Morning by Morning, February 18 - "Be Prepared to Power Up!"
Good morning Lord Jesus. I welcome You here in my heart and every moment of my day. Lead me now, as I listen -- heart to Heart, spirit to Spirit, deep to Deep -- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit of God. ...
As I listen for Your leading, I believe I hear in my heart: "Be prepared to power up." ...
Yes. Lord. ...
What comes immediately to mind in Your written Word to confirm what I believe I'm discerning from Your spoken word is this timeless Truth and calling to "be prepared to power up" from the Book of Acts:
"In the first book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus did and taught from the beginning until the day when He was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom He had chosen. After His suffering He presented Himself alive to them by many convincing proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God. While staying with them, He ordered them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait there for the promise of the Father. 'This,' He said,
is what you have heard from Me; for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.'
So when they had come together, they asked Him, 'Lord, is this the time when You will restore the kingdom to Israel?' He replied, 'It is not for you to know the times or periods that the Father has set by His own authority. But 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.' When He had said this, as they were watching, He was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. While He was going and they were gazing up toward heaven, suddenly two men in white robes stood by them. They said, 'Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up toward heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw Him go into heaven'" (Acts 1:1-11).
When You were lifted up into heaven, those first disciples of Yours were about to receive a great power up! But as they were looking up to watch You go, the angels suggested they shouldn't "stand looking up toward heaven" but be listening up to what You had just said. You told them to "wait there for the promise of the Father" because they would "be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now." You told them they would "receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon (them)" so that they could be Your "witnesses" wherever they were and then "to the ends of the earth."
So to be prepared for their power up, they needed to wait with expectant faith for a great outpouring of Your Holy Spirit. To be prepared for their power up, they needed to be hungering and thirsting for this infilling and overflowing of Your Holy Spirit. To be prepared for their power up, they needed to stop standing around and looking up to watch You go away into heaven and start pressing in and praying through until heaven came down into them!
Come, Holy Spirit! Let heaven come down into us now! We're watching and waiting. We're pressing in and praying through. We're ready with a holy restlessness and relentless hunger to be prepared to power up!
"O that You would tear open the heavens and come down so that the mountains would quake at Your Presence!" (Isaiah 64:1) With both the Spirit of the Fear of the Lord and the deep intimacy of the infilling Presence of the Lord, may we quake at Your Presence here in our hearts. And may we be powered up to display Your glory and Your power as Your witnesses in our world wherever we are and to the ends of the earth! In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays
My Friend, may you be filled up and powered up as you are baptized in the Holy Spirit, pressing in and praying through in the both the Spirit of the Fear of the Lord and deep intimacy of the Presence of the Lord in you, in Jesus name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!
Pakistan Pastor and Leaders' Gathering for Fasting and Prayer Last Night.
I was excited to be invited last night to speak a word of encouragement to a group of pastors and leaders in Pakistan who are fasting and praying for 3 days for revival in Pakistan! Praise God! And I will also be preaching through our Skype Internet Ministry this Saturday (Saturday night in Pakistan, and Saturday morning in Texas). Please keep us in prayer!
Fasting and Prayer Gathering Last Night
Friends, please keep us in prayer for the upcoming Messiah Ministries Events:
Central Texas Area Aglow Spring Conference May 14-16.
I'm excited to be invited to be the Keynote Speaker at the Annual Gathering for the Central Texas Area Aglow in Kerrville Texas this coming May, in conjunction with Terry MacAlmon leading in worship at The Empty Cross in Kerrville.
Pakistan Evangelism Ministry this Saturday!
Our next monthly evangelistic outreach is set for Saturday February 20th through our Skype Internet Ministry. Our team sets up a projector screen in an outdoor meeting in a different village every month, where I preach through Skype with an interpreter to invite the people to come experience the love and power of God through Jesus Christ. Please keep us in prayer for another outpouring of the Holy Spirit in Pakistan!
Save the Dates!
March 19th-20th Speaking at Voice of Joy Ministries' annual Gathering hosted at Cornerstone Church, Danville, Kentucky. Contact Pastor Amy Barkman: amyb_love@att.net
March 21st Preaching Sunday morning at All Nations UMC Church, Nicholasville, Kentucky.
Contact Pastor Hunn Choi: moc.nsm@iocnnuh
Teaching Weekly Healing Prayer Ministry Course Online at Coker UMC in San Antonio, Texas. Our weekly online zoom series Healing Prayers: Free to Be Like Jesus on Thursdays. I'm teaching and equipping a prayer ministry team to serve at Coker United Methodist Church in San Antonio. God is getting His people ready for the great harvest to come! I pray for your equipping and serving as well in your calling and destiny with the gifts the Lord is giving and stirring up in you! God bless you!
Teaching The Life Transformation Course
live in person every week at the Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas beginning Tuesday Night, February 23th at 6:30. Based on the principles of my book Free to Be Like Jesus!
Mailing Address for Messiah Ministries:
Tommy & Rocio Hays
Messiah Ministries
17503 La Cantera Parkway, Suite 104407
San Antonio, Texas 78257
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