Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Our Adversary and Our Advocate - October 31, 2023

 

Morning by Morning, October 31 - Our Adversary and Our Advocate

 

Good morning, Lord Jesus. You’re my Security, my Rock, and my Refuge. So I seek to begin my day centered and grounded in You. ...

 

“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world” (1 Peter 5:8-9).

 

“My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world” (1 John 2:1).

 

We have an adversary, and we have an Advocate. We have one that seeks to kill and steal and destroy, and we have One who brings us life and life abundantly (John 10:10).

 

We resist one “steadfast in the faith,” and we embrace the One who is always steadfast in faith, who never leaves us nor forsakes us, who’s always with us, who is always faithful (2 Timothy 2:13).

 

In this broken and fallen world, desperately in need of Savior, in need of a sense of Security, seeking to understand the sufferings and senselessness of all that’s going on around us and throughout our world, we need our Advocate. We need someone who will speak to us and speak for us, who will stand for us and empower us to stand for You.

 

Lord Jesus, be my Advocate today. Be my Voice today. Speak to my spirit and speak by Your Spirit. Let me hear and know Your Voice of Truth, and be led by Your Spirit of Truth in all I hear and in all I speak and where I choose to stand. Yours is “the Spirit of Truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but (we) know Him, for He dwells with (us) and (is now) in (us)” (John 14:17).

 

This is Your Spirit, “the Spirit of God (who) dwells in (us), “the Spirit of Christ” (Romans 8:9). This is our “Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father (has sent) in (Your) name (to) teach (us) all things and (to) remind (us) of everything (You) have said to (us)” (John 14:26).

 

With our Advocate in our hearts, we can resist and overcome our adversary, steadfast in our faith in You. With our Advocate, speaking the Voice of Truth in our hearts, empowering us with Truth in our spirits, we can overcome by the power of Your grace working in us and moving through us to “Resist the devil (our adversary), and he will flee from (us)! (James 4:7) In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.


Be encouraged today. In the love of Jesus, Tommy Hays


My friend, may you be secure in the One who is your Advocate to resist and overcome our adversary, victorious and overcoming in the power and the Presence and the Spirit of Jesus, in Jesus' name. God bless you, my friend! And you have a great day!


Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries

Mailing Address:

412 S. Adams Street #148

Fredericksburg, Texas 78624


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Setting hearts free to be all they were created to be

--Free to Be Like Jesus--

secure in their identity, growing in maturity, fulfilling their destiny"

Please Keep us in Prayer for These

Messiah Ministries Events


Every Tuesday Night at 6PM

Teaching our 9 Month Equipping Course on Tuesday Nights at 6PM at The Bridge Church, Fredericksburg, Texas based on my books Free to Be Like Jesus! and First the Spirit.

Part of the Bridge Church Discipleship Plan.

https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays


October 30- Thank You for Your Prayers! The Seminary Students at Truett Seminary of Baylor University yesterday were hungry for an encounter with the Living God in the Word and in the Spirit!


November 1

New Wine Worship! Our new monthly gathering for worship and prayer in the free flowing of the Holy Spirit at the Gateway Gathering Venue on Luckenbach Road. 7PM All are welcome! Spread the word!

GATEWAY GATHERING VENUE

394 RM 1376 (LUCKENBACH RD)

FREDERICKSBURG, TX 78624

https://www.gatewayfbgtx.com/


November 4-21

Ministry in Spain and Belgium! Freedom Encounter Weekends at Churches in Spain, Churches in Belgium, and ministry along the way inviting us for Inner Healing and Deliverance Prayer Ministry


December 1-2

Speaking at our Sons of Thunder Mens' Retreat at the Opry House at Mountain Home, Texas in the Hill Country just North of Kerrville.

https://sons-of-thunder.com


January 13, 2024

Speaking at Canyon Lake, Texas Aglow Ministries Gathering


January 20, 2024

Speaking at Bastrop, Texas Aglow Ministries Lighthouse


January 22-30, 2024

Ministry in Morelia, Mexico with our Ministry Partner there, Pastor Fernando Tovar at Rey de Reyes Iglesia Christiana


February 2024

Ministry in Bangalore, India with Rev. Samuel and Pastor Pramila Jeyaraj at Jubilee Revival Worship Center


March 8-10

Leading a Free to Be Like Jesus Conference at the House of Prayer in Montpelier, Ohio


Contact Me for a Conference or Retreat in Your Church or Community: tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org


March 2024

Planning a ministry trip in person to Pakistan with our ministry partners there. Please pray about contributing this amazing ministry opportunity to make an impact for the Kingdom of God in Pakistan!


Wednesday Mornings

Joining with MorningStar Ministries to Lead Online Restoration Ministry Sessions for Online Connect Groups from around the world.

 

Personal Ministry Appointments

Spiritual Direction Sessions and Personal Prayer Ministry Sessions of Inner Healing & Spiritual Freedom 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 all contributions help support the calling and vision of Messiah Ministries.

https://messiah-ministries.org/partner/contribute

Free On-line Video Series: Setting Hearts Free!

My Core Teaching and Ministry

https://messiah-ministries.org/resources

https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays

Monday, October 30, 2023

“We Have Our Voice Back!” - The “Speaker of the House” is a Follower of the Word as a Bible-believing Servant of God Who’s Not Backing Down -October 30, 2023

 

Morning by Morning, October 30 - “We Have Our Voice Back!” - The “Speaker of the House” is a Follower of the Word as a Bible-believing Servant of God Who’s Not Backing Down

 

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Take me by my heart and lead me by Your Spirit into all You desire for me to hear and speak today -- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit of God. ...

 

“All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work” (2 Timothy 3:16-17).

 

A few days ago, the new Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States was installed into office after many challenges. His name is Mike Johnson. And from what I can see, he’s not backing down from his faith in God or his honor of the Bible as the Authority and Plumbline for what is right and true in the decisions of his heart, as he speaks on behalf of the representatives of the people of our nation.

 

His position of “Speaker of the House” is prophetically significant. And the fact that it has taken many challenges for him to be positioned in this spiritually strategic position for such a time as this is no accident, mistake, or coincidence. And neither are the unrelenting attacks already taking place against his character and his faith for taking such a bold stand, with no surrender and no retreat from the authority of Scripture in his life and leadership.

 

In my spirit, I believe it is a prophetic sign of a shifting in the heart of America. Actually, I believe it’s more of an affirmation of the true heart of America that’s been silent for too long but intimidated no more!

 

Come, Holy Spirit. Stir up the true heart of America--the sons and daughters, the men and women who are free and bold to express their faith in You and Your Word as the Standard and Authority for our lives and the life of our nation. Under our Constitution You divinely formed in the minds and hearts of its writers and signatories, we honor and protect the freedom to believe and express any religion or faith. And whatever religion or faith we choose to embrace as the truth, we are free to express it and to live it--whether we’re the Speaker of the House or the leader of our own house. We’re free to declare and never back down from the determination of our hearts, “As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord” (Joshua 24:15).

 

Congressman Johnson “speaks” for all, but he’s free to be guided by One. From his position of authority, he’s free to be led in his heart and life, and even in his strategic position of leadership in our nation by the One he knows to be the Author of all that is right and true. And You are that One. Your Word is True. Inspired. Inerrant. Infallible. “Alive and active and sharper than any two-edged sword” (Hebrews 4:12).

 

Lord, forgive us for the voices of those who have spoken and led on our behalf in the past who did not believe and honor You or Your Word. Let us be cleansed from all unrighteousness by the Blood of the Lamb according to the Word of God that comes through repentance in our hearts and for our land (1 John 1:9; 2 Chronicles 7:14). Let us be restored and even revived and awakened to move forward in our destiny and in advance of Your Kingdom as “one nation under God.”

 

As I write these words and pray this prayer, I hear in my heart, “We have our voice back!”

 

Yes, Lord! Let it be so! “We have our voice back!” Let us now have ears to hear the Voice of the One who always leads the way into righteousness and truth. As You have said and continue to say, “My sheep hear My Voice, and I know them, and they follow Me” (John 10:27). In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.


Be encouraged today. In the love of Jesus, Tommy Hays


My friend, may you be bold to stand firm in your faith in very place and position the Lord has called you to be, affirming Him and His Word as the truth and standard for your life and your house, in Jesus' name. God bless you, my friend! And you have a great day!


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


My Books on Inner Healing, Spiritual Freedom and Spiritual Intimacy with God are Available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays


Setting hearts free to be all they were created to be

--Free to Be Like Jesus--

secure in their identity, growing in maturity, fulfilling their destiny"

Pakistan Ministry Mighty Move of the Holy Spirit Praise Report from our Meeting Last Week! I just received this report from our ministry partner there, Pastor Rizwan Fazal, after our outdoor evangelistic meeting through our Skype Internet Ministry, where my message of salvation, hope, healing, and freedom in Jesus is being interpreted in real time for the people there in Pakistan!


"Good morning Pastor Tommy! I hope you’re doing well. Thanks Lord as 375 Souls are Saved and 57 Persons are Healed!

Shareef Masih healed from heart problem.

Sagar Masih healed from stones at his gall bladder.

Anwar Masih healed from both hands were closed due to muscles problems from last 4 years but his hands are opening now. He wasn’t able to eat or move fingers but fingers are working now!" We praise God for all He has done!


Friends, thank you so much for all your prayers, encouragement, and support for us to be able to hold these evangelistic outreach meetings through our Internet Ministry into Pakistan. I am preaching in different villages around Lahore, Pakistan in the Punjab Region through Skype in these outdoor evangelistic meetings. Leading our local team, Pastor Rizwan Fazal and his wife Mehwish set up a big screen in an outdoor meeting and my message is interpreted there in real time in Pakistan. Then we follow up with prayer and discipleship through our ministry partners there. We're excited to see what God is doing in these days of revival and spiritual awaking in Pakistan! Thank you for all your prayers, encouragement, and support that helps make this ministry possible!

Please Keep us in Prayer for These

Messiah Ministries Events


Every Tuesday Night at 6PM

Teaching our 9 Month Equipping Course on Tuesday Nights at 6PM at The Bridge Church, Fredericksburg, Texas based on my books Free to Be Like Jesus! and First the Spirit.

Part of the Bridge Church Discipleship Plan.

https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays


October 30

Teaching a Seminar Class at Truett Theological Seminary, Baylor University in Waco, Texas on our ministry's approach to Inner Healing and Deliverance Prayer Ministry


November 1

New Wine Worship! Our new monthly gathering for worship and prayer in the free flowing of the Holy Spirit at the Gateway Gathering Venue on Luckenbach Road. 7PM All are welcome! Spread the word!

GATEWAY GATHERING VENUE

394 RM 1376 (LUCKENBACH RD)

FREDERICKSBURG, TX 78624

https://www.gatewayfbgtx.com/


November 4-21

Ministry in Spain and Belgium! Freedom Encounter Weekends at 2 Churches in Spain, 2 Churches in Belgium, and ministry along the way inviting us for Inner Healing and Deliverance Prayer Ministry


December 1-2

Speaking at our Sons of Thunder Mens' Retreat at the Opry House at Mountain Home, Texas in the Hill Country just North of Kerrville.

https://sons-of-thunder.com


January 13, 2024

Speaking at Canyon Lake, Texas Aglow Ministries Gathering


January 20, 2024

Speaking at Bastrop, Texas Aglow Ministries Lighthouse


January 22-30, 2024

Ministry in Morelia, Mexico with our Ministry Partner there, Pastor Fernando Tovar at Rey de Reyes Iglesia Christiana


February 2024

Ministry in Bangalore, India with Rev. Samuel and Pastor Pramila Jeyaraj at Jubilee Revival Worship Center


March 8-10

Leading a Free to Be Like Jesus Conference at the House of Prayer in Montpelier, Ohio


March 2024

Planning a ministry trip in person to Pakistan with our ministry partners there. Please pray about contributing this amazing ministry opportunity to make an impact for the Kingdom of God in Pakistan!


Wednesday Mornings

Joining with MorningStar Ministries to Lead Online Restoration Ministry Sessions for Online Connect Groups from around the world.

 

Personal Ministry Appointments

Spiritual Direction Sessions and Personal Prayer Ministry Sessions of Inner Healing & Spiritual Freedom 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 all contributions help support the calling and vision of Messiah Ministries.

https://messiah-ministries.org/partner/contribute

Free On-line Video Series: Setting Hearts Free!

My Core Teaching and Ministry

https://messiah-ministries.org/resources

https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays

Friday, October 27, 2023

The Way of Escape for the Captives of Israel and for All of Us - October 27, 2023

 

Morning by Morning, October 27 - The Way of Escape for the Captives of Israel and for All of Us

 

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Help me begin my day grounded in Your Word and filled with Your Spirit. ...

 

As I seek to pray and have my heart and thoughts aligned with Yours to begin my day, the lives of those taken captive from Israel and other nations by the terrorists keeps coming to mind. And now one of the Prophecies of Isaiah comes to mind, speaking of a day to come when many of those in Israel who have been captive shall “escape” and see the glory of the Lord revealed in her Messiah--revealed in You:

 

“In that day the Branch of the Lord shall be beautiful and glorious;

And the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and appealing

For those of Israel who have escaped” (Isaiah 4:2).

 

You are “the Branch of the Lord”:

 

“There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse,

And a Branch shall grow out of his roots.

The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him,

The Spirit of wisdom and understanding,

The Spirit of counsel and might,

The Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.

His delight is in the fear of the Lord,

And He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes,

Nor decide by the hearing of His ears;

But with righteousness He shall judge the poor,

And decide with equity for the meek of the earth;

He shall strike the earth with the rod of His mouth,

And with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked.

Righteousness shall be the belt of His loins,

And faithfulness the belt of His waist” (Isaiah 11:1-5).

 

You are the Rod from the stem of Jesse the father of David, the Branch, the One who perfectly fulfills the seven-fold Spirit of the Lord, the Judge of all the earth, the Savior, the Messiah who has come and the Messiah who will come again--“the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End ... who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty” (Revelation 1:8).

 

And as I think on that day to come, I join in prayer this day today for the rescue and “escape” of all who are help captive in Israel--whether physically held captive and kidnapped by enemies bent on her annihilation and destruction or spiritually held captive from not recognizing their Deliverer and Savior. Even use all that is happening, even the evil that’s come upon her and the tribulation of anything she’s yet to go through, to turn the hearts of Israel to You--using all that was intended for evil, to be used for good (Genesis 50:20; Romans 8:28).

 

For there will come a day when the Prophecy of Your Word will be fulfilled in Romans Chapter 11:

 

“And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written:

 

‘The Deliverer will come out of Zion,

And He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob;

For this is My covenant with them,

When I take away their sins” (Romans 11:26-27).

 

And one day to come, the Prophecy of Zechariah Chapter 12 will be fulfilled for Israel as well:

 

“In that day the Lord will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; the one who is feeble among them in that day shall be like David, and the house of David shall be like God, like the Angel of the Lord before them. It shall be in that day that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

 

“And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication; then they will look on Me whom they pierced. Yes, they will mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son, and grieve for Him as one grieves for a firstborn” (Zechariah 12:8-10).

 

So between this day and “that day” to come, we pray for the captives to “escape,” we pray for all Israel to be saved, we stand with Israel--with the people of God who desperately need to know their Deliverer and Savior, our Deliverer and Savior--as well as all people every place and race and nation-- Arab, Jew, Gentile, by whatever name or identity--who all need to know their only Deliverer and Savior--the Lord Jesus Christ. “For there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12). In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.


Be encouraged today. In the love of Jesus, Tommy Hays


My friend, may you be secure in our Deliverer and Savior, praying for the rescue and escape of the captives, whether physically or spiritually, in Israel and in all the world, in Jesus' name. And I join with you as you stand with Israel in prayer. God bless you, my friend! And you have a great day!


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


My Books on Inner Healing, Spiritual Freedom and Spiritual Intimacy with God are Available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays


Setting hearts free to be all they were created to be

--Free to Be Like Jesus--

secure in their identity, growing in maturity, fulfilling their destiny"

Men, come join us for this Son's of Thunder Men's Event this Sunday Afternoon in Fredericksburg if you can! Everyone please be praying!

Topics of Money, Sex & Power

Register at: https://sons-of-thunder.com

Please Keep us in Prayer for These

Messiah Ministries Events


Every Tuesday Night at 6PM

Teaching our 9 Month Equipping Course on Tuesday Nights at 6PM at The Bridge Church, Fredericksburg, Texas based on my books Free to Be Like Jesus! and First the Spirit.

Part of the Bridge Church Discipleship Plan.

https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays


October 28

Teaching on Healing and Deliverance at Unveiled!--Central Texas Area 2023 Leadership Development Day for Aglow International Ministries.

All are Welcome! Register Online:  UNVEILED-AGLOW


October 29

Speaking at Sons of Thunder Men's Retreat "Money, Sex, and Power" at The Hanger Airport Conference Center in Fredericksburg. 4Pm Sunday Afternoon. All Men are Welcome!

https://sons-of-thunder.com


October 30

Teaching a Seminar Class at Truett Theological Seminary, Baylor University in Waco, Texas on our ministry's approach to Inner Healing and Deliverance Prayer Ministry


November 1

New Wine Worship! Our new monthly gathering for worship and prayer in the free flowing of the Holy Spirit at the Gateway Gathering Venue on Luckenbach Road. 7PM All are welcome! Spread the word!

GATEWAY GATHERING VENUE

394 RM 1376 (LUCKENBACH RD)

FREDERICKSBURG, TX 78624

https://www.gatewayfbgtx.com/


November 4-21

Ministry in Spain and Belgium! Freedom Encounter Weekends at 2 Churches in Spain, 2 Churches in Belgium, and ministry along the way inviting us for Inner Healing and Deliverance Prayer Ministry


December 1-2

Speaking at our Sons of Thunder Mens' Retreat at the Opry House at Mountain Home, Texas in the Hill Country just North of Kerrville.

https://sons-of-thunder.com


January 13, 2024

Speaking at Canyon Lake, Texas Aglow Ministries Gathering


January 20, 2024

Speaking at Bastrop, Texas Aglow Ministries Lighthouse


January 22-30, 2024

Ministry in Morelia, Mexico with our Ministry Partner there, Pastor Fernando Tovar at Rey de Reyes Iglesia Christiana


February 2024

Ministry in Bangalore, India with Rev. Samuel and Pastor Pramila Jeyaraj at Jubilee Revival Worship Center


March 8-10

Leading a Free to Be Like Jesus Conference at the House of Prayer in Montpelier, Ohio


March 2024

Planning a ministry trip in person to Pakistan with our ministry partners there. Please pray about contributing this amazing ministry opportunity to make an impact for the Kingdom of God in Pakistan!


Wednesday Mornings

Joining with MorningStar Ministries to Lead Online Restoration Ministry Sessions for Online Connect Groups from around the world.

 

Personal Ministry Appointments

Spiritual Direction Sessions and Personal Prayer Ministry Sessions of Inner Healing & Spiritual Freedom 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 all contributions help support the calling and vision of Messiah Ministries.

https://messiah-ministries.org/partner/contribute

Free On-line Video Series: Setting Hearts Free!

My Core Teaching and Ministry

https://messiah-ministries.org/resources

https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays