Morning by Morning, February 12 - They Can't Cancel the Culture of Christ
Good morning, Lord Jesus. Take me by the hand and lead me by the heart into all You have for me today and all I am in You today -- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit of God. ...
They tried to cancel Christ, but could not. They're trying to cancel us, the followers of Christ, but they will not. For our witness is not based on the world's wisdom and our culture is not based on the world's culture, but on the victory of Your Cross, the power of Your Blood, and the glory of Your resurrection, as those who are called by Your name, grounded in Your Word and filled with Your Spirit.
In the words of an early witness of the culture of Christ, the Apostle Paul declared:
"When I came to you, brothers and sisters, I did not come proclaiming the mystery of God to you in lofty words or wisdom. For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified. And I came to you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling. 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.
Yet among the mature we do speak wisdom, though it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to perish. But we speak God's wisdom, secret and hidden, which God decreed before the ages for our glory. None of the rulers of this age understood this; for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory" (1 Corinthians 2:1-8).
They thought Your crucifixion would silence Your movement. They thought their intimidation and threats and all their efforts to cancel the culture of the Cross would force Your people to shrink back and shut up, to stand down from their firm faith in the King of Glory, the victory of Your Cross, and the power of Your resurrection. But they were wrong.
Their threats and retaliation and vengeance, only served to fan the flames of revival in the wake of a great outpouring of Your Holy Spirit:
"After (Peter and John who had been arrested and threatened not to speak or teach or reveal the power of God in the name of Jesus) were released, they went to their friends and reported what the chief priests and the elders had said to them. When they heard it, they raised their voices together to God and said, 'Sovereign Lord, who made the heaven and the earth, the sea, and everything in them, it is You who said by the Holy Spirit through our ancestor David, your servant:
'Why did the Gentiles rage,
and the peoples imagine vain things?
and the peoples imagine vain things?
The kings of the earth took their stand,
and the rulers have gathered together
against the Lord and against His Messiah.'
and the rulers have gathered together
against the Lord and against His Messiah.'
For in this city, in fact, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, gathered together against Your Holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed, to do whatever Your hand and Your plan had predestined to take place. And now, Lord, look at their threats, and grant to Your servants to speak Your Word with all boldness, while You stretch out Your hand to heal, and signs and wonders are performed through the name of your Holy Servant Jesus.' When they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the Word of God with boldness!" (Acts 4:23-31)
We are Your servants. Shake us up and fill us up with Your Spirit that we my speak Your Word with boldness in our day against every threat we face. And confirm Your Word by the power of Your Spirit, as You stretch out Your hand in our day "to heal, and signs and wonders are performed through the name of Your Holy Servant Jesus!"
They couldn't cancel Christ in those days. And they won't cancel the culture of Christ in our day. The Christ culture cancellers still believe they can try to crucify the Lord of glory without reaping the whirlwind of His glory that's being multiplied and magnified all over the earth. Just as You prophesied long ago of the power Your Cross, Your resurrection, and this great move of Your Holy Spirit:
"The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls to the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit" (John 12:23).
Let the culture of Christ bear Your fruit! Much more fruit than the world or even Your servants can imagine! Far from being cancelled, this great movement of our times has just begun! Even the best is yet to come! In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays
My friend, may you be grounded in God's Word and filled with God's Spirit to stand firm in the faith and boldly proclaim the victory of the Cross, the power of the Blood and resurrection of Christ in this great revival and movement of the Holy Spirit in our day, in Jesus name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!
Friends, please keep us in prayer for the upcoming Messiah Ministries Events:
Postponed: Canyon Lake, Texas Aglow Meeting Saturday Being Postponed due to Icy Weather.
But 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. Details to follow later.
Pakistan Evangelism Ministry.
Our next monthly evangelistic outreach is set for Saturday February 20th through our Skype Internet Ministry.
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. (Has been moved to Feb 23th for planning). 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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