Morning by Morning, November 22 - “Flourishing Finish” with Thanksgiving and Joy Good morning, Lord Jesus. Thank You for Your Presence here in my heart, as I abide in You and You abide in me (John 15:4). ... We returned home last night from our two weeks of ministry through Spain and Belgium, sharing the love of God in the name of Jesus and the power of the Holy Spirit. We loved the people we met and ministered to all along the way, seeing You continue Your ministry of healing the brokenhearted and setting the captives free -- Free to Be Like Jesus in spirit, soul, and body -- seeing You set Your people free to be all that would hold them back from being all they were created to be in You (Luke 4:18; Isaiah 61:1-3; John 8:36; John 20:21; 1 John 4:17). And between this first day home and the next day tomorrow when we celebrate the Day of Thanksgiving, my heart is full of thanksgiving for who You are and all You’ve done and all You’ll continue to do. I thank You for every seed of You’ve sown of Your words of spirit and life and truth. I thank You for every heart You’ve healed and life You’ve changed in Your power and love. I’m always amazed by the grace You give for hearts to be so open to You and so trusting of us to minister Your love to them. And now, as we continue to entrust and release every person and the work of Your ministry to You -- into Your care and into Your hands -- I’m reminded this morning of the heart of the Apostle Paul whose heart was filled with peace and hope and trust in all You would bring to fulfillment in Your perfect time and Your perfect way: “I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine making request for you all with joy, for your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ” (Philippians 1:3-6). Yes, Lord. You’ll be faithful to complete it. Every word You’ve sown, every word You’ve sent forth in the authority of Your name and power of Your love, will not return empty, but will fully accomplish all You intend: “So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it” (Isaiah 55:11). I love the way The Message version describes Paul’s heart of thanksgiving to You for Your ministry and for all those who joined with Timothy and him through all their prayers and encouragement. I join with him in Spirit in expressing that same heart today: “Paul and Timothy, both of us committed servants of Christ Jesus, write this letter to all the followers of Jesus in Philippi, pastors and ministers included. We greet you with the grace and peace that comes from God our Father and our Master, Jesus Christ. “Every time you cross my mind, I break out in exclamations of thanks to God. Each exclamation is a trigger to prayer. I find myself praying for you with a glad heart. I am so pleased that you have continued on in this with us, believing and proclaiming God’s Message, from the day you heard it right up to the present. There has never been the slightest doubt in my mind that the God who started this great work in you would keep at it and bring it to a flourishing finish on the very day Christ Jesus appears!” (Philippians 1:1-6 The Message). With thanksgiving and joy, I thank You with a glad heart, knowing Your “flourishing finish” is sure to come from all You have done! In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.
Be encouraged today. In the love of Jesus, Tommy Hays
My Friend, may you be filled with thanksgiving and joy, trusting in God to be faithful to bring to completion all the good work He has done in you and through you, in Jesus' name. God bless you, my friend! And you have a great day!
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