Wednesday, June 30, 2021

Empowered with the Desire to Be More Like Jesus Each Day - June 30, 2021

 

Morning by Morning, June 30 - Empowered with the Desire to Be More Like Jesus Each Day

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Put Your thoughts in my mind and Your desires in my heart. Put Your nature in my character and Your words in my mouth. I need You to that and I’m trusting You to do that. ...

 “For God is working in (me), giving (me) the desire and the power to do what pleases Him” (Philippians 2:13 NLT).

Yes, Lord. Give me “the desire” and “the power” to do what pleases You. Give the “the desire” and “the power” to quit doing what doesn’t please You. Give me “the desire” and “the power” to become more like You today (2 Corinthians 3:18). As You are, so am I to be in my world (1 John 4:17). 

Help me start off my day well, so I can walk through this day well and finish this day well -- as best as I can and all by Your grace. Align my heart and order my steps (Psalm 37:23). Empower me by Your Spirit with godly desire to walk in Your steps and grow in Your ways -- more and more every day (1 Peter 2:21). 

I’m the first to admit I have a long way to go. And I’m quick to admit I desperately need You to go with me -- to guide me and direct me, while You’re making me more like You each day. Thank You that You do (Isaiah 43:5). For You are “with (me) always, (through every moment of my day and every step of the way) even to the end of the age” (Matthew 28:20). In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.

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

My friend, may you be empowered with desire by the Holy Spirit at work within you to make you more like Jesus each day, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

Tommy & Rocio Hays
Messiah Ministries
412 S. Adams Street #148
Fredericksburg, Texas 78624

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--Now Also in Hardback--

Friends, I'm so excited to publish my new book on right alignment of spirit, soul, and body called First the Spirit!
Order your copy today in Hardback, Paperback or Kindle!

All purchases support the calling and vision of 
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Join us and Pray for us!
Some of Our Upcoming Events:

July 10th
Preaching at Canyon Lake, Texas Aglow International Meeting

July 14-17
Speaking on the Power of the Holy Spirit
Aldersgate Renewal Ministries Annual Conference at Asbury Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky

August 11th
Speaking at San Antonio Aglow International Meeting
10-2:00

August 13-14th 
Leading a Prayer Ministry Equipping Weekend at
Centenary Church in Lexington, Kentucky

August 29-30th
Healing Prayer Services
at Coker UMC in San Antonio, Texas.
Friday 8/29 at 7PM in person; Saturday 8/30 at 7PM by zoom.

Tuesday Nights
Teaching Freedom Equipping Course live in person every week at the Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas from 6 to 8:00. All are welcome to come join us at any time along the course. Based on the principles of my book Free to Be Like Jesus!

Tuesday Mornings
Teaching by Zoom on Deliverance Ministry Training for leaders of MorningStar Ministries Online Connect Groups.

Personal Ministry Appointments
Spiritual Direction Sessions and Personal Prayer MinistrySessions of Inner Healing & Deliverance by Appointment and as the Holy Spirit leads. Please keep us in prayer for spiritual breakthrough and transformation! Let us know if you'd like to set up a session: 


Sessions are without cost and any contributions help support the calling and vision of Messiah Ministries.

Tuesday, June 29, 2021

Is Being “Woke” the Counterfeit that Precedes the “Great Awakening?” - June 29, 2021

 

Morning by Morning, June 29 - Is Being “Woke” the Counterfeit that Precedes the “Great Awakening?”

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Be the King of my heart and the Lord of my life, as I seek to begin my day embraced by my Father, centered in Christ, and filled with the Holy Spirit. ...

“The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone” (Isaiah 9:2).

Lord Jesus, You fulfilled this prophetic Word when You came in Your glory at Your first coming. As the Gospel of Matthew records:

“And leaving Nazareth (Jesus) went and lived in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali, so that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:

‘The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,
    the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles--
the people dwelling in darkness
    have seen a great light,
and for those dwelling in the region and shadow of death,
    on them a light has dawned.’

From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand’” (Matthew 4:13-17). 

And now, as we prepare for Your second coming -- here in our hearts and here in our world -- Your prophetic Word is being fulfilled in our day as well. For these are days of “people dwelling in darkness” and “in the region and shadow of death.” But at the same time, these are days where Your Light is breaking in to our darkness and the Light of a new day is dawning.

Though every day I read more accounts of things happening in my world that grieve my spirit and make me sick to my stomach, also in fulfillment of Your prophetic Word -- fulfilled in measure in the days of Isaiah, fulfilled in measure in the days of Your first coming, being fulfilled in measure in the days before Your second coming:

“Woe to those who call evil good
    and good evil,
who put darkness for light
    and light for darkness,
who put bitter for sweet
    and sweet for bitter” (Isaiah 5:20).

I just read of an account of a naked man walking into the women’s section of a day spa where women and underage girls were exposed to his biological male parts because of his ideological female orientation at the moment. How can that be right? Or good? Or honoring? Or healthy? Or even sane?

And yet, there is a great movement in our land of “people dwelling in darkness” who have not seen “a great light” of the Truth of Your Word, grounded in the authority of Scripture, and confirmed by the conscience of a spirit seeking to be sensitive and filled with Your Holy Spirit.

Our world of “Wokeism” is ready for a “Great Awakening!” There’s always “the real” and “the counterfeit,” while often “the counterfeit” comes just before “the real” breaks forth. Being “woke” may turn out to be the great counterfeit before the Great Awakening. The darkness of our world is primed and ready for the “Great Light” to break forth in the Dawn of a New Day!

As Your Word also prophecies in ever-increasing measures of fulfillment:

“Arise, shine, for your Light has come,
    and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.
For behold, darkness shall cover the earth,
    and thick darkness the peoples;
but the Lord will arise upon you,
    and His glory will be seen upon you!” (Isaiah 60:1-2)

Come, Holy Spirit in the Light of Your glory. Come break into our world with a breakout of revival in our land! Come let Truth arise and Freedom ring to overcome our darkness with the Kingdom of Your glorious Light!

“The god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake. For God, who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness,’ has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ!” (2 Corinthians 4:4-6).

Great Light shine! Great harvest grow ripe for the reaping of the salvation of souls like our world has never seen! (Matthew 13:39) Great Awakening come!

Let those who think they are “woke” be “awakened” with the Light of the glory God and the Truth of His Word, revealed in the heart and the face of Jesus Christ!

“Awake, O sleeper,
    and arise from the dead,
and Christ will shine on you!” (Ephesians 5:14)

“Arise and shine for your Light has come!” (Isaiah 60:1)

Let this world that seems increasingly turned upside down in these days be turned upside down by the Light and Truth, by the Love and Grace of the Glory of God breaking into our world! (Acts 17:6) Let us hear in our hearts Your timeless call to revival and awakening in our land: “Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!” (Matthew 4:17) In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.

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

My friend, may the Light of the Glory of God reveled in the face of Jesus Christ, who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life, break into your heart and our world in the Great Awakening of our day, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

Tommy & Rocio Hays
Messiah Ministries
412 S. Adams Street #148
Fredericksburg, Texas 78624

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My New Book Just Published!

--Now Also in Hardback--

Friends, I'm so excited to publish my new book on right alignment of spirit, soul, and body called First the Spirit!
Order your copy today in Hardback, Paperback or Kindle!

All purchases support the calling and vision of 
Messiah Ministries
Join us and Pray for us!
Some of Our Upcoming Events:

July 10th
Preaching at Canyon Lake, Texas Aglow International Meeting

July 14-17
Speaking on the Power of the Holy Spirit
Aldersgate Renewal Ministries Annual Conference at Asbury Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky

August 11th
Speaking at San Antonio Aglow International Meeting
10-2:00

August 13-14th 
Leading a Prayer Ministry Equipping Weekend at
Centenary Church in Lexington, Kentucky

August 29-30th
Healing Prayer Services
at Coker UMC in San Antonio, Texas.
Friday 8/29 at 7PM in person; Saturday 8/30 at 7PM by zoom.

Tuesday Nights
Teaching Freedom Equipping Course live in person every week at the Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas from 6 to 8:00. All are welcome to come join us at any time along the course. Based on the principles of my book Free to Be Like Jesus!

Tuesday Mornings
Teaching by Zoom on Deliverance Ministry Training for leaders of MorningStar Ministries Online Connect Groups.

Personal Ministry Appointments
Spiritual Direction Sessions and Personal Prayer MinistrySessions of Inner Healing & Deliverance by Appointment and as the Holy Spirit leads. Please keep us in prayer for spiritual breakthrough and transformation! Let us know if you'd like to set up a session: 


Sessions are without cost and any contributions help support the calling and vision of Messiah Ministries.



Monday, June 28, 2021

Both Grounded in the Word and Led by the Spirit - June 28, 2021

 

Morning by Morning, June 28 - Both Grounded in the Word and Led by the Spirit

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Have first place in my heart, as I welcome You here and in every place that I go today. ...

“And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia. And when they had come up to Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them. So, passing by Mysia, they went down to Troas. And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of Macedonia was standing there, urging him and saying, ‘Come over to Macedonia and help us.’  And when Paul had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go on into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them” (Acts 16:6-10).

We can assume we know where to go and what to do. But if we are in Christ and Christ is in us, we’re no longer our own, but belong to You. Where we go and what we do, what we speak and how we speak it, who we see and even who we help, all belong to You.

No doubt You wanted the word of God to be spoken in Asia. For “this Gospel of the Kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations” (Matthews 24:14). You are “not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance” (2 Peter 3:9). You call us to be “baptized with the Holy Spirit” and “receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon (us), and (we) will be (Your) witnesses ... to the ends of the earth” (Acts 1:4-8).

But at the same time, we must wait for Your leading and listen for Your Spirit. In Your timing and in Your way, we can be “forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word” at a certain time or in a certain place (Acts 16:6). “The Spirit of Jesus” may not “allow” us to do what seems obvious to us, in our own wisdom, our own timing, our own way, even when it’s consistent with Your Word (Acts 16:7).

That’s why You give us the Gift of Your Written Word, but we also need the Gift of Your Living Word. We’re to be both grounded in Your Word and also led by Your Spirit. So we must have a deeply personal relationship with You, with Your Holy Spirit deeply abiding in us. We’re to look for Your visions and listen for Your leading to go where You say go and do what You say do -- all in Your time and all in Your way.

Your sheep hear Your voice, and Your voice leads Your sheep (John 10:3). “For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God (for we) have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, ‘Abba! Father!’ The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God” (Romans 8:14-16).

Come, Holy Spirit -- “Spirit of Jesus,” Spirit of the Living God -- and fall afresh on me today, as I cry out ‘Abba! Father!’  Fill me up. Saturate me with Your Spirit. Baptize me with Your Spirit. Empower me and send me in the power of Your Spirit where You will, to say what You call me to say and do what You call me to do -- not leaning on my own understanding, but trusting in You will all my heart, to follow You wherever You lead (Proverbs 3:5-6). In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.

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

My friend, may you be grounded in the Word of God and led by the Spirit of God in all you do and all you say, everywhere you go, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

Tommy & Rocio Hays
Messiah Ministries
412 S. Adams Street #148
Fredericksburg, Texas 78624

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My New Book Just Published!

--Now Also in Hardback--

Friends, I'm so excited to publish my new book on right alignment of spirit, soul, and body called First the Spirit!
Order your copy today in Hardback, Paperback or Kindle!

All purchases support the calling and vision of 
Messiah Ministries
Join us and Pray for us!
Some of Our Upcoming Events:

July 10th
Preaching at Canyon Lake, Texas Aglow International Meeting

July 14-17
Speaking on the Power of the Holy Spirit
Aldersgate Renewal Ministries Annual Conference at Asbury Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky

August 11th
Speaking at San Antonio Aglow International Meeting
10-2:00

August 13-14th 
Leading a Prayer Ministry Equipping Weekend at
Centenary Church in Lexington, Kentucky

August 29-30th
Healing Prayer Services
at Coker UMC in San Antonio, Texas.
Friday 8/29 at 7PM in person; Saturday 8/30 at 7PM by zoom.

Tuesday Nights
Teaching Freedom Equipping Course live in person every week at the Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas from 6 to 8:00. All are welcome to come join us at any time along the course. Based on the principles of my book Free to Be Like Jesus!

Tuesday Mornings
Teaching by Zoom on Deliverance Ministry Training for leaders of MorningStar Ministries Online Connect Groups.

Personal Ministry Appointments
Spiritual Direction Sessions and Personal Prayer MinistrySessions of Inner Healing & Deliverance by Appointment and as the Holy Spirit leads. Please keep us in prayer for spiritual breakthrough and transformation! Let us know if you'd like to set up a session: 


Sessions are without cost and any contributions help support the calling and vision of Messiah Ministries.



Friday, June 25, 2021

Exalting the Name of Jesus to the Glory of the Father - June 25, 2021

 

Morning by Morning, June 25 - Exalting the Name of Jesus to the Glory of the Father

Good morning, Lord Jesus. King of kings and Lord of lords, come rule and reign in my heart and my life today. ...

“Therefore God has highly exalted Him and bestowed on Him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father” (Philippians 2:9-11).

God the Father is glorified when I bow my knees and confess as Lord God the Son -- “that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of the Father.” God the Father is glorified when I exalt Your name in my heart and exalt Your name “above every name” and everything in my life on this earth.

As Your Word says, “There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved” -- only through the name of Jesus, God the Son (Acts 4:12). And when You declared this Word through the Apostle Peter on the day of Pentecost, Peter was “filled with the Holy Spirit” (Acts 4:8). For it’s God the Holy Spirit who stirs in our hearts with a passion for Jesus to glorify our Father when we bow our knees in humility and confess His name with “boldness” (Acts 4:31).

“If (we) confess with (our) mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in (our) heart that God raised Him from the dead, (we) will be saved” (Romans 10:9). So “whatever (we) do in word or deed, (we) do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father” (Colossians 3:17). We have one and only one “Savior, who is Christ the Lord” (Luke 2:11). “He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those who are with Him are the called and chosen and faithful” (Revelation 17:14).

These timeless Words are ever-faithful and ever-true of Your terms for our salvation through a personal relationship with Jesus Christ:

“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through Him. Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God” (John 3:16-18).

Come, Holy Spirit. Fill my heart with a passion for Jesus and draw me into a deeper personal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ, more deeply every day, to the glory of God my Father. By Your Presence, moving in my heart, I’m “giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified (me) to share in the inheritance of the saints in the Light. He has delivered (me) from the domain of darkness and transferred (me) to the kingdom of His beloved Son, in whom (I) have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by Him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities -- all things were created through Him and for Him.... For in Him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the Blood of His Cross” (Colossians 1:12-20) In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.

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

My friend, may God the Holy Spirit fill your heart with a deeper passion for God the Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, to the glory of God the Father, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

Tommy & Rocio Hays
Messiah Ministries
412 S. Adams Street #148
Fredericksburg, Texas 78624

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Pakistan Ministry Report from our Crusade Last Night!
From Pastor Rizwan and Mehwish Fazal: "285 Souls are Saved and 31 Persons are Healed! The Village was hungry thirsty for Lord Jesus!" Praise God!!

Most every month, we go into a new village and set up a projector screen for me to preach through Skype and have live translation through our ministry partners, Pastor Rizwan and Mehwish Fazal to share a message of hope and healing, then with follow-up ministry. 

This time we were having much more of a technical battle. But we were trusting God’s Word to press through it all and still touch hearts and change lives in the mighty name of Jesus! We praise God for this report as our team was still able to minister. Thank you so much for all your prayers, encouragement, and financial support to make this ministry possible!

“And the Good News about the Kingdom will be preached throughout the whole world, so that all nations will hear it; and then the end will come!” (Matthew 24:14)

Tommy & Rocio Hays | Messiah Ministries
Some Photos from Last Night's Crusade
My New Book Just Published!
My friend, I'm so excited to publish my new book on right alignment of spirit, soul, and body called First the Spirit!
Order your copy today on Amazon in Paperback or Kindle!

All purchases support the calling and vision of 
Messiah Ministries
Join us and Pray for us!
Some of Our Upcoming Events:

July 10th
Preaching at Canyon Lake, Texas Aglow International Meeting

July 14-17
Speaking on the Power of the Holy Spirit
Aldersgate Renewal Ministries Annual Conference

August 11th
Speaking at San Antonio Aglow International Meeting
10-2:00 (location TBD)

August 13-14th 
Leading a Prayer Ministry Equipping Weekend
Centenary Church in Lexington, Kentucky

August 29-30th
Healing Prayer Services
at Coker UMC in San Antonio, Texas.
Friday 8/29 at 7PM in person; Saturday 8/30 at 7PM by zoom.

Tuesday Nights
Teaching Freedom Equipping Course live in person every week at the Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas from 6 to 8:00. All are welcome to come join us at any time along the course. Based on the principles of my book Free to Be Like Jesus!

Tuesday Mornings
Teaching by Zoom on Deliverance Ministry Training for leaders of MorningStar Ministries Online Connect Groups.

Personal Ministry Appointments
Spiritual Direction Sessions and Personal Prayer MinistrySessions of Inner Healing & Deliverance by Appointment and as the Holy Spirit leads. Please keep us in prayer for spiritual breakthrough and transformation! Let us know if you'd like to set up a session: tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org

Sessions are without cost and any contributions help support the calling and vision of Messiah Ministries.

Thursday, June 24, 2021

"Great and Mighty Things" - June 24, 2021

 

Morning by Morning, June 24 - "Great and Mighty Things" 

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Align my spirit, soul, and body with Your heart, plans, and purposes for my day -- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit of God.  ... 

"Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know" (Jeremiah 33:3 NKJV). 

As I begin my day centered in You -- grounded in Your Word and filled with Your Spirit -- I call to You and listen for Your answer. I look expectantly in faith for the great and mighty things You’ll show me and do in me and even do through me as a child of God, filled with the Spirit of God, seeking to walk out this day in the will of God.

You're a great and mighty God. And You do great and mighty things. So I'm excited to see what You will do today!

Some things may be dramatic; some things may be more subtle. But all You do is always good. You're a good Father who gives good gifts to Your children and desires good things for Your people (Luke 11:13). And You have Your way of always working everything out to cause it all to work together for good -- no matter the source and no matter the circumstances (Romans 8:28). 

So I thank You for the blessing of adventure -- an adventure of faith every day. As I call to You, You answer. As I seek You, You show me the way.  As I put my life in Your hands, You put my life in the center of Your will. And I believe it's Your will to show me great and mighty things I did not know today -- in fact, "exceedingly abundantly above all that we can ask or think!" (Ephesians 3:20); in fact, “even greater things” than we have seen before (John 14:12). In Jesus' name I pray. Amen. 

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

My friend, may you see God's great and mighty things in you and through you tod, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

Tommy & Rocio Hays
Messiah Ministries
412 S. Adams Street #148
Fredericksburg, Texas 78624

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Friends, thank you for all your prayers and words of encouragement for your prayers for our time of rest and fun away! 

Right before we left, I was able to share the core message the Lord has put in my spirit for this season at Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas. You can watch the service and my message on "Preparing the Way of the Lord" here: 
My New Book Just Published!
My friend, I'm so excited to publish my new book on right alignment of spirit, soul, and body called First the Spirit!
Order your copy today on Amazon in Paperback or Kindle!

All purchases support the calling and vision of 
Messiah Ministries
Join us and Pray for us!
Some of Our Upcoming Events:

June 24th
Preaching in Pakistan. Outdoor evangelistic crusade through our monthly Internet Ministry. (Thursday Morning here about 11:00am; Thursday Night in Pakistan). Please pray for salvation, healing, deliverance, and revival!

July 10th
Preaching at Canyon Lake, Texas Aglow Meeting

July 14-17
Speaking on the Power of the Holy Spirit
Aldersgate Renewal Ministries Annual Conference

August 13-14th 
Leading a Prayer Ministry Equipping Weekend
Centenary Church in Lexington, Kentucky
(Still planning the details)

August 29-30th
Healing Prayer Services
at Coker UMC in San Antonio, Texas.
Friday 8/29 at 7PM in person; Saturday 8/30 at 7PM by zoom.

Tuesday Nights
Teaching Freedom Equipping Course live in person every week at the Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas from 6 to 8:00. All are welcome to come join us at any time along the course. Based on the principles of my book Free to Be Like Jesus!

Tuesday Mornings
Teaching by Zoom on Deliverance Ministry Training for leaders of MorningStar Ministries Online Connect Groups.

Personal Ministry Appointments
Spiritual Direction Sessions and Personal Prayer Ministry Sessions of Inner Healing & Deliverance by Appointment and as the Holy Spirit leads. Please keep us in prayer for spiritual breakthrough and transformation! Let us know if you'd like to set up a session: tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org

Sessions are without cost and any contributions help support the calling and vision of Messiah Ministries.