Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Morning by Morning, July 22, 2025 - I Will Name Him Moses

 

Morning by Morning, July 22, 2025 - I Will Name Him Moses


Good morning, Lord Jesus. King of Kings and Lord of Lords, come rule and reign in heart and life today. ...


“Moses indeed was faithful in all his house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which would be spoken afterward” (Hebrews 3:5).


Today, I will have the honor of naming the firstborn child of our Director of Ministries in Pakistan, Babar Amanat, and his wife Naseem. I wanted to make sure they were sure of giving such an unbelievable honor to me for such a significant place in someone’s life—their name, which speaks of their identity and their destiny. And as I have prayed, I do believe You have given me the name for this child: Moses.


Moses was faithful and courageous, to lead the people of God out of their bondage and oppression and through the wilderness of their journey of faith to position them for entry into the Promised Land of their destiny in You. He was not perfect, but he did have a heart to pursue You and follow You, secure in his identity and fulfilling his destiny.


At the heart of Moses’ faithfulness and obedience, as a servant leader of a nation of people, was his deeply personal, spiritually intimate relationship with You. “So the Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend” (Exodus 33:11).


Lord, as I name this son of God today, may You grant him the grace to live into all You have for him and all You’ll accomplish through him. Let everything he’ll ever do flow out of who he is in You. Fill him with Your Spirit, draw him near to Your heart, and display Your glory through his life.


I pray the same for every son and daughter of God who are part of this generation You are raising up to accomplish Your will in our world in these days. May each one be drawn near to Your heart, know You deeply and intimately, to hear Your voice and obey Your will, secure in their identity as a beloved child of God and fulfilling their destiny as a faithful disciple of Jesus Christ. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.


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


My friend, may you fulfill your destiny as a disciple of Jesus Christ, secure in your identity as a child of God, in Jesus' name. God bless you, my friend! And you have a great day!


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Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries

502 North Milam Street

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 your identity, growing in maturity, fulfilling your destiny"


We Welcome Your Financial Support to Fulfill our Vision and Calling

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Firstborn child of Babar and Naseem Amanat in Pakistan

Please Keep us in Prayer for These

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Every Morning in Pakistan except Sunday Morning

Messiah Ministries Christian School in Tara Garth, Pakistan with children from the Brick Kilns and village. Let me know if you're led to help support our school with Christian and Muslim students and teachers.

tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org

Every Saturday Morning in Pakistan through Zoom

Messiah Ministries Discipleship Training School in Pattoki, Pakistan


July 23-August 4

Returning to Preach Crusades and minister in Kenol, Kenya and Nyeri, Kenya with Pastor Jeff Bealmear and Team


August 18-25

Preaching Crusades and Ministry in return ministry to Cartagena, Colombia 


September 21 

Preaching the Sunday Morning Services at Bridge Church Fredericksburg, Texas


October 21

Speaking at Around the Table Monthly Faith Based Social Gathering at Yee Haw Ranch Fredericksburg, Texas 6:30pm. All are Welcome.



November

Returning for ministry in Pakistan in Karachi, Pattoki, and Lahore


Personal Ministry Appointments

Spiritual Direction Sessions and Personal Prayer Ministry Sessions of Inner Healing & Spiritual Freedom by Appointment in Person and Online through Zoom.

tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org

 Sessions are without set 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

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Monday, July 21, 2025

Morning by Morning, July 21, 2025 - “Reign in Life”

 

Morning by Morning, July 21, 2025 - “Reign in Life”


Good morning, Lord Jesus. I begin my day embraced by my Father, centered in Christ, and filled with Your Holy Spirit (Ephesians 5:18). ...


As I wait and listen, what comes to my heart is a phrase I heard in church Sunday morning: “Reign in life.”


And this Word from Your Scripture:


“For if by the one man’s offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ” (Romans 5:17).


Through the sin of one man named Adam way back in the Garden of Eden, death began to reign in the earth, passed down from generation to generation in the destruction and decay of all humanity and all creation. Death and all its consequences entered the world through sin (v. 12).


But through the selfless sacrifice of the one Man, Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God who takes aways the sin of the world on behalf of all humanity and all creation, we now “receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness (v. 17). And in the abundance of Your grace, in the overflowing of Your mercy, we not only exist in life, not only endure and survive this life, we “reign in life” through Jesus Christ!


We are “more than conquerors through Him who loved us!” (Romans 8:37) We are overcomers by the blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony, freely surrendering our lives to You that You could live in us, reigning in life, with victory over death! (Revelation 12:11) “Thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!” (1 Corinthians 15:57) “Thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ!” (2 Corinthians 2:14)


We can “reign in life” because You reign in us.


You are the “King of Kings and Lord of Lords” (Revelation 19:16). And as You reign in us and empower us to “reign in life” as King of our hearts and Lord of our lives, we are victorious in You.


“For if we died with Him, we shall also live with Him.

If we endure, we shall also reign with Him” (2 Timothy 2:11-12).


So come rule and reign in my heart and my life today—this day and every day, my Lord and my King. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.



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


My friend, may you be empowered to reign in life as Jesus Christ rules and reigns in your heart, in Jesus' name. God bless you, my friend! And you have a great day!


Click Here to Listen to Today's Prayer:

https://www.buzzsprout.com/2375760


Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries

502 North Milam Street

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 your identity, growing in maturity, fulfilling your destiny"


We Welcome Your Financial Support to Fulfill our Vision and Calling

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


Please Keep us in Prayer for These

Messiah Ministries Events

and

We Welcome You to Join Us as You're Led to Fulfill our Vision and Calling with Your Prayers and Financial Support

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


Every Morning in Pakistan except Sunday Morning

Messiah Ministries Christian School in Tara Garth, Pakistan with children from the Brick Kilns and village. Let me know if you're led to help support our school with Christian and Muslim students and teachers.

tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org

Every Saturday Morning in Pakistan through Zoom

Messiah Ministries Discipleship Training School in Pattoki, Pakistan


July 17 - Thank you for your prayers last night for the San Antonio Evening Aglow Lighthouse Meeting 7pm. Here's a Recording my Message and Ministry on Praying in the Spirit last night:

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/16mKm5ocg8/


July 23-August 4

Returning to Preach Crusades and minister in Kenol, Kenya and Nyeri, Kenya with Pastor Jeff Bealmear and Team


August 18-25

Preaching Crusades and Ministry in return ministry to Cartagena, Colombia 


September 21 

Preaching the Sunday Morning Services at Bridge Church Fredericksburg, Texas


October 21

Speaking at Around the Table Monthly Faith Based Social Gathering at Yee Haw Ranch Fredericksburg, Texas 6:30pm. All are Welcome.


Personal Ministry Appointments

Spiritual Direction Sessions and Personal Prayer Ministry Sessions of Inner Healing & Spiritual Freedom by Appointment in Person and Online through Zoom.

tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org

 Sessions are without set 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, July 18, 2025

Morning by Morning, July 18, 2025 - “Prepare the Way of the Lord”

 

Morning by Morning, July 18, 2025 - “Prepare the Way of the Lord”


Good morning, Lord Jesus. I begin my day looking to You (Hebrews 12:2). ...


“The voice of one crying in the wilderness:

‘Prepare the way of the Lord;

Make straight in the desert

A highway for our God.

Every valley shall be exalted

And every mountain and hill brought low;

The crooked places shall be made straight

And the rough places smooth;

The glory of the Lord shall be revealed,

And all flesh shall see it together;

For the mouth of the Lord has spoken’” (Isaiah 40:3-5).


Come, Holy Spirit. Prepare the way of the Lord here in my heart and here in my world.


Make my paths straight. Wherever I need conviction, correction, redirection. Align my steps with Your Word and Your heart, as You set my feet on the path that leads into the fullness of Your will for my life.


Lift up the valleys of any areas in my heart and emotions that are battle-weary or worn. Build me up from the inside out wherever I feel beaten-down or hurt. Fill the low places with Your Living Waters to flow like a river of Your Spirit in me and through me.


Bring down every mountain and hill of pride—the kind of pride that asserts my own will, my own way, where I am in control instead of surrendering to Your control. Pull down every idol that I allow to exalt itself in my life with a place and priority that only You should have.


Straighten up the crooked places. Whatever’s out of joint or out of alignment, come set it right again. Establish in me a desire for righteousness in You—right with God, right with others, right within myself. Rekindle the fire of the desire for holiness of heart and life in my thoughts and desires to make me more like You each day.


Make the rough places smooth wherever I need to be sanded down, wherever barriers and blockages of my flesh that get in the way of Your Spirit need to be rebuffed or removed. Sanctify my tongue to be smooth and not harsh, building up and not tearing down, speaking Your words of spirit and life and not destruction and death, all in alignment with Your will and in Your ways.


May Your glory be revealed. “Christ in (me), the hope of glory” (Colossians 1:27). Prepare the way of the Lord in me, that I may “Arise, shine, for (my) Light has come. And the glory of the Lord is risen upon (me)” (Isaiah 60:1). Let my flesh bow down, let my spirit arise, to see Your glory displayed as You “prepare the way of the Lord” in me. “For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.” Now let the heart of my spirit hear and trust and obey. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.


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


My friend, may the Holy Spirit prepare the way of the Lord in you, that God may display His glory through your life, in Jesus' name. God bless you, my friend! And you have a great day!


Click Here to Listen to Today's Prayer:

https://www.buzzsprout.com/2375760


Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries

502 North Milam Street

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 your identity, growing in maturity, fulfilling your destiny"


We Welcome Your Financial Support to Fulfill our Vision and Calling

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


Please Keep us in Prayer for These

Messiah Ministries Events

and

We Welcome You to Join Us as You're Led to Fulfill our Vision and Calling with Your Prayers and Financial Support

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


Every Morning in Pakistan except Sunday Morning

Messiah Ministries Christian School in Tara Garth, Pakistan with children from the Brick Kilns and village. Let me know if you're led to help support our school with Christian and Muslim students and teachers.

tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org

Every Saturday Morning in Pakistan through Zoom

Messiah Ministries Discipleship Training School in Pattoki, Pakistan


July 17 - Thank you for your prayers last night for the San Antonio Evening Aglow Lighthouse Meeting 7pm. Here's a Recording my Message and Ministry on Praying in the Spirit last night:

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/16mKm5ocg8/

July 20

Preaching in Karachi, Pakistan online through Zoom at All Nations Church, where I was able to minister in person a few months ago during the India/Pakistan war. We praise God for peace between the nations now! Please join me in prayer about returning in November to several communities where I was before, including Tera Garth, where we have our school, in Karachi and in Lahore. We welcome any support, as you are led.


July 23-August 4

Returning to Preach Crusades and minister in Kenol, Kenya and Nyeri, Kenya with Pastor Jeff Bealmear and Team


August 18-25

Preaching Crusades and Ministry in return ministry to Cartagena, Colombia 


September 21 

Preaching the Sunday Morning Services at Bridge Church Fredericksburg, Texas


October 21

Speaking at Around the Table Monthly Faith Based Social Gathering at Yee Haw Ranch Fredericksburg, Texas 6:30pm. All are Welcome.


Personal Ministry Appointments

Spiritual Direction Sessions and Personal Prayer Ministry Sessions of Inner Healing & Spiritual Freedom by Appointment in Person and Online through Zoom.

tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org

 Sessions are without set 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

Thursday, July 17, 2025

Morning by Morning, July 17, 2025 - “Narrow is the Way”

 

Morning by Morning, July 17, 2025 - “Narrow is the Way”


Good morning, Lord Jesus. Help me begin my day embraced by my Father, centered in Christ, and filled with the Holy Spirit. ...


As I wait for the leading of Your Spirit, what I hear in my heart is, “Narrow is the way.” ...


Your Words come to mind from the Sermon on the Mount, as phrased in the King James Version: “Narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it” (Matthew 7:14).


Your broader statement in the words of the New King James Version says it this way:


“Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it” (Matthew 7:13-14).


Among all You meant by Your Words, I’m sure the heart of Your invitation and warning is to have our eyes on You, our hearts and minds set on You, above all else. Our relationship with You is our priority.


You are “the Way” (John 14:6). You are “the Gate” (John 10:7 NIV).


There’s only one Gate. There’s only one Way.


The Narrow Way is a Person. And the narrow way is a way of life. Lord, give me the power of Your grace to pursue You and Your way of life. The wide gate and the broad way of this world “leads to destruction.”


Your way is “difficult.” And “there are few who find it.” But Your way “leads to life.” By the warning of Your Words, only Your way “leads to life.”


Let me be one of Yours who overcomes the difficulties, one of the “few” who find Your way and live out Your way. I wish that all would. But the Truth is, only a “few” will. As best as I can and all by Your grace, I deeply desire to be among those “few” as You teach me and lead me by Your Spirit into all that means.


Correct me and redirect me whenever I get off Your path of life. Remind me and re-empower me to look up to You, to have my eyes on You, to follow after You, to abide in You as You abide in me, on my journey of faith through the challenges and temptations of this world (John 15:4).


By Your Spirit, dwelling in my heart, imparting to me Your desires and Your ways, help me follow in Your way, the narrow Way. “For God is working in (me), giving (me) the desire and the power to do what pleases Him” (Philippians 2:13 NLT). By Your Spirit, “You show me the path of life; in Your Presence is fullness of joy” (Psalm 16:11).


By the power of the grace of God, by the power of the Spirit of the Living God living in me, at work within me, I choose to enter in by the narrow Gate and continue my journey of faith along the path of the narrow Way. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.



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


My friend, may you be empowered by the Holy Spirit with the desire to enter in and journey on the path of the narrow way, looking to Jesus and following Jesus, as a child of God our Father, as best as you can and all by His grace, in Jesus' name. God bless you, my friend! And you have a great day!


Click Here to Listen to Today's Prayer:

https://www.buzzsprout.com/2375760


Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries

502 North Milam Street

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 your identity, growing in maturity, fulfilling your destiny"


We Welcome Your Financial Support to Fulfill our Vision and Calling

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


Please Keep us in Prayer for These

Messiah Ministries Events

and

We Welcome You to Join Us as You're Led to Fulfill our Vision and Calling with Your Prayers and Financial Support

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


Every Morning in Pakistan except Sunday Morning

Messiah Ministries Christian School in Tara Garth, Pakistan with children from the Brick Kilns and village


Every Saturday Morning in Pakistan through Zoom

Messiah Ministries Discipleship Training School in Pattoki, Pakistan


July 17

Speaking at San Antonio Day Aglow Lighthouse Meeting 7pm. All are welcome! 

14015 San Pedro Ave., Bldg. 2, SATX Sa.aglow.evening@gmail.com


July 20

Preaching in Karachi, Pakistan online through Zoom at All Nations Church, where I was able to minister in person a few months ago during the India/Pakistan war. We praise God for peace between the nations now! Please join me in prayer about returning in November to several communities where I was before, including Tera Garth, where we have our school, in Karachi and in Lahore. We welcome any support, as you are led.


July 23-August 4

Returning to Preach Crusades and minister in Kenol, Kenya and Nyeri, Kenya with Pastor Jeff Bealmear and Team


August 18-25

Preaching Crusades and Ministry in return ministry to Cartagena, Colombia 


September 21 

Preaching the Sunday Morning Services at Bridge Church Fredericksburg, Texas


October 21

Speaking at Around the Table Monthly Faith Based Social Gathering at Yee Haw Ranch Fredericksburg, Texas 6:30pm. All are Welcome.


Personal Ministry Appointments

Spiritual Direction Sessions and Personal Prayer Ministry Sessions of Inner Healing & Spiritual Freedom by Appointment in Person and Online through Zoom.

tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org

 Sessions are without set 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