Morning by Morning, November 4 - “Morning in America Again.” Morning in Our World and Our Hearts Again. Good morning, Lord Jesus. Put Your thoughts in my mind, Your desires in my heart, Your words in my mouth, as I seek to begin my day grounded in Your Word and filled with Your Spirit. ... Right away, as I watch and wait to listen for the leading of Your Holy Spirit, I hear in my heart, “Hope will not disappoint us.” ... And right away this Scripture comes to mind from Romans Chapter 5: “Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand; and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God. And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us” (Romans 5:1-5). Right now, many are discouraged by what they see in our communities and in our nation -- no matter where they stand on the political spectrum, no matter where they stand in their personal views of the social issues of our day. And all are seeking hope, yearning with hope for a better day. Even the current President quoted the words of a past President from the opposing party the other day when President Biden recalled President Reagan’s message of being able to declare with hope, “It’s Morning in America Again.” Yes, Lord. Let it be morning in America again. Let it be morning in our world again. Come bursting into the darkness of our world, the darkness of our land, even the darkness of our own hearts and minds that don’t fully see You as You are or ourselves in truth of Your light that reveals all that’s in us that’s not yet like You. Let it be morning in us again. Your Word speaks of a day when “the sun of righteousness shall rise” to set things right again, spoking in the very last Chapter from the darkness of days at the close of the Old Testament with a Word of faith pointing us toward the hope to be fulfilled in the New Testament, in Malachi Chapter 4: “For behold, the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble. The day that is coming shall set them ablaze, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch. But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall. And you shall tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet, on the day when I act, says the Lord of hosts” (Malachi 4:1-3). The New King James Version translates “the sun of righteousness” as “the Sun of Righteousness” who arises with healing “in His wings” (v. 2). For You are our Sun. You are our Light. You are our Hope. Only You can truly make it morning in America again, morning in our world again, morning in our hearts again. Come, Holy Spirit. Lift our eyes to Light of the Sun -- to the Light of the Son of God who is coming in His day to set things right, who comes every day to set things right within us now. Fill our hearts with this hope -- hope that will not disappoint us. Give us Your faith and grace to embrace this Promise of Your Word: “The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day” (Proverbs 3:18). As the old hymn declares in faith and hope, “Morning by Morning, new mercies I see. Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord unto me.” Lord, let it be morning in us again. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.
Be encouraged today! In the love of Jesus, Tommy Hays My friend, may you be filled with faith and the hope that does not disappoint that it will be morning in America and your world and your heart again by the power of the grace of God, in Jesus' name. God bless you!
Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries Mailing Address: 412 S. Adams Street #148 Fredericksburg, Texas 78624 Please share this word to encourage a friend! Anyone can sign up for free at: https://messiah-ministries.org | 
