Morning by Morning—Daily Prayer Journey with Tommy Hays: "There's Purpose in My Power!"

Friday, May 29, 2020

"There's Purpose in My Power!" - Morning by Morning, May 29, 2020

Morning by Morning, May 29 - "There's Purpose in My Power!"

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Be at the center of all I am and all I do -- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit of God. ...

As we pray for a fresh and mighty outpouring of Your Holy Spirit, of Your power and love, in these days of Pentecost now upon us, I hear You speaking in my heart: "There's purpose in My power." ...

As I listen for more, You're bringing to mind Your written Word to confirm Your spoken word: "You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth" (Acts 1:8)

Yes, Lord. There's purpose in Your power. You empower us with Your Spirit to be Your witnesses. You empower us with Your Spirit to share the power and the love of God in the name of Jesus everywhere You send us. And You empower us with Your Spirit to confirm the truth of Your Word and the nature of Your heart through salvation and healing and freedom in Your name:

"So then the Lord Jesus, after He had spoken to them, was taken into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God. And they went out and proclaimed the Good News everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by the signs that accompanied it" (Mark 16:19-20).

As the apostle Paul experienced and explained while he went everywhere You sent him in the authority and power of Your name and Your Spirit, "Our message of the Gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and in much assurance" (1 Thessalonians 1:5). In seeing You confirm Your Word with Your power as he bore witness to Your name, he declared, "My speech and my proclamation were not with plausible words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power, so that your faith might rest not on human wisdom but on the power of God!" (1 Corinthians 2:4-5).

It's no "coincidence" that the Day of Pentecost comes at this time when our world so desperately needs a great demonstration of Your great power of Your great love through Your people who are wholeheartedly watching and waiting on You for this great outpouring of Your Spirit.

Come, Holy Spirit! Come, Holy Fire! Come, Holy Power! -- the power to be witnesses of Jesus and the heart of our Father, to be witnesses of the love and mercy of God wherever we are and everywhere You send us in the authority and power of Your name! Let this be an unprecedented Pentecost in these unprecedented times! In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays

My Friend, may you be indued with power from on high, filled afresh with the Holy Spirit of the Living God, and empowered to be a witness of Jesus wherever you are and everywhere He sends you, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!