Morning by Morning, July 2, 2025 - “Yet Will I Trust Him”

 

Morning by Morning, July 2, 2025 - “Yet Will I Trust Him”   Good morning, Lord Jesus. Put Your thoughts in my mind and Your desires in my heart, as I seek to follow You today. ... “Yet will I trust Him” (Job 13:15). Job didn’t understand all that was going on around him and even within him. There were things around him and within him that needed to be addressed. Ultimately, he would turn to You in repentance, humility, and faith in the climax of his heart-breaking, soul-shaking struggle, declaring “I repent in dust and ashes” (Job 42:6). And You would restore him and re-establish him beyond his comprehension (Job 42:10). But through his struggles against his spiritual foes and even his self-righteous friends, against his overwhelming grief and mind-numbing shock of all he was going through, somehow he kept his eyes on You. Not matter what happened or what was to come, even if it was from Your own hand, he declared in his heart and with the words of his mouth, “Yet will I trust Him.” “And the Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning” (Job 42:12). As much as we suffer and endure on our own journeys through this broken and fallen world, where You are at work in us through all we go through, no matter the source, You use it all to work together for good, as You remind us You love us and we are called according to Your purpose (Romans 8:28). You use it all to make us more like You (Romans 8:29). It could be said for almost all of us, certainly for me, that we have not suffered and endured as Job. Thank God. But at the same time, we have a witness from the journey of Job to seek a heart like Job. That’s a heart that says, “No matter what comes, no matter the source, or as they say in the South, ‘Come hell or high water,’ ‘Yet will I trust Him.’” Yes, Lord. Give me that heart, I pray. Give me that heart to say, “Yet will I trust Him” no matter what. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. Be encouraged today. In the love of Jesus, Tommy Hays My friend, may you keep looking to the Lord, trusting in Him, no matter what you go through, 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 4  Leading Prayer at the Patriotic Prayer Gathering for Fredericksburg, Texas 4th of July Parade at the County Courthouse Gazebo 9am. Hosted by the Fredericksburg Tea Party. All are welcome! July 6 Preaching the Sunday Morning Services at Bridge Church Fredericksburg, Texas July 9 Speaking at San Antonio Day Aglow Lighthouse Meeting 10am. All are welcome!  305 E Ramsey Rd., Ste 329, San Antonio, TX SA.day.aglow@gmail.com July 11-13 Preaching at Aldersgate Renewal Ministries Regional Meeting at Grafton Methodist Church, St. Paris, Ohio 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 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

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Morning by Morning, July 1, 2025 - “Come, Follow Me” for “My Sheep Hear My Voice, and I Know Them, and They Follow Me”

 

Morning by Morning, July 1, 2025 - “Come, Follow Me” for “My Sheep Hear My Voice, and I Know Them, and They Follow Me” Good morning, Lord Jesus. I speak out Your name and listen for Your leading in my heart, for You said and continue to say to all who take time to hear, “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me” (John 10:27). As I watch and wait in the silence of surrender before You and in the communion of prayer with You, I hear this simple invitation in my heart: “Come, follow Me.” ... Yes, Lord. To “come” is a choice. To “follow” is a choice. To follow You, and not someone or something else is a choice. As a practical matter, how do I come and follow You? ... What comes to my heart is this: “Let Me put My thoughts in your mind, My desires in your heart. Let Me speak My words through your mouth, stretch out My hands through your hands, and take you where I lead through your steps.” ... As I seek to discern the Source and the truth of these words I sense in my heart, always testing them first against the established Truth of the Word of God, these Scriptures come to mind: “Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it” (1 Corinthians 12:27). “It is enough for the disciple to be like his Teacher, and the servant like his Master” (Matthew 10:25). “For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in His steps” (1 Peter 2:21). “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me” (Matthew 16:24). “If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory” (Colossians 3:1-4). Yes, Lord. These written Words of God confirm what I sense are the spoken words of God from Your Spirit into my spirit, inviting me to “Come, follow (You)” today. So come and lead me, as I come and follow You. “For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God” (Romans 8:14). Draw me nearer to You as I draw nearer to You, that I may know You and know that You know me (James 4:8; Matthew 7:23). By the power of Your grace at work within me, make me more and more sensitive to Your leading and more and more obedient in my following. Keep putting Your thoughts in my mind, Your desires in my heart, Your words in my mouth. Keep directing my path and correcting my missteps. Keep me seeking, listening, trusting, and obeying along every step, every decision all along the way, as I seek to know and follow the One who is “the Way” (John 14:8). In the freedom I have, these are the choices I make—here in my heart right now and, by God’s grace, throughout the moments of my day. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. Be encouraged today. In the love of Jesus, Tommy Hays My friend, may you hear and trust and obey the voice of the Lord as you choose to come and follow Him, letting Him put His thoughts in your mind and His desires 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 Every Saturday Morning in Pakistan through Zoom Messiah Ministries Discipleship Training School in Pattoki, Pakistan June 21-29 Thank you for all your prayers! Praising God for all He did! Teaching on Spiritual Warfare at Selah Men's Ministry Retreat in Cloudcroft, New Mexico July 4  Leading Prayer at the Patriotic Prayer Gathering for Fredericksburg, Texas 4th of July Parade at the County Courthouse Gazebo 9am. Hosted by the Fredericksburg Tea Party. All are welcome! July 6 Preaching the Sunday Morning Services at Bridge Church Fredericksburg, Texas July 9 Speaking at San Antonio Day Aglow Lighthouse Meeting 10am. All are welcome!  305 E Ramsey Rd., Ste 329, San Antonio, TX SA.day.aglow@gmail.com  July 11-13 Preaching at Aldersgate Renewal Ministries Regional Meeting at Grafton Methodist Church, St. Paris, Ohio 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 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

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Morning by Morning, June 30, 2025 - “Iron Sharpens Iron” as Disciples of Jesus

 

Morning by Morning, June 30, 2025 - “Iron Sharpens Iron” as Disciples of Jesus Good morning, Lord Jesus. Just as Your Word promises, I draw near to You and embrace You drawing near to me—Father, Son and Holy Spirit of God (James 4:8). ... “As Iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another” (Proverbs 27:17). I’ve been away for a week on a men’s retreat up in the mountains with no cell phones or internet connections. My part was to teach on Biblical Principles of Spiritual Warfare and to soak in the teachings of other men, in deep times of the Presence of God, as iron sharpens iron for the spiritual battles and journeys of our lives. How freeing to be unshackled from emails and world news, from distractions and details, to have deep times of contemplation and encounters with You, as we breathed in the fresh mountain air and a fresh breath from Your Holy Spirit. And now I’m on the journey home to put into practice what You’ve been teaching, seeking to live out the way of discipleship You’ve called me and every one of us to live. Not settling for merely being a Christian who’s going to Heaven when I die, but being a disciple of Jesus Christ, surrendering all of me to all of You, that I can experience the Your Heaven in my now. As You required of those who would be Your first disciples, so You continue to require of each of us: “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me” (Matthew 16:24). Thank You for putting this desire in my heart and empowering me by Your Spirit to deny myself, to take up my cross, and follow You however You lead and whatever that looks like in my life every day—day by day, step by step, morning by morning, all along the way. “For God is working in (me), giving (me) the desire and the power to do what pleases Him” (Philippians 2:13). As we’ve been learning on the mountain, to be reaffirmed and lived out when we get back home to the valley, “the way” is just as much a Person to experience and to follow, to be with and to become like, as it is a journey. You are “the Way.” You are “the Way and the Truth and the Life,” Lord Jesus (John 14:8). And as I close this first burst of prayer from here in the solitude of the communion of prayer with You on my way home, I’m remembering a word of encouragement from one my friends who was one of the men You were using to sharpen the iron of my spirit. He quoted from Oswald Chambers in My Utmost for His Highest: “Take the initiative. ... We are in danger of forgetting that we cannot do what God does and that God will not do what He has called us to do. ... Beware of the tendency of asking the way when you know it perfectly well. Take the initiative. Stop hesitating. Take the first step. Be resolute when God speaks. Act in faith immediately on what He says....” I do know perfectly well the way. You are “the Way.” So as best as I can and all by Your grace, I choose to embrace the Way that leads to the abundance of Life in the fullness of Truth that only You can supply (John 10:10). Keep letting iron sharpen iron, as You Lead me in Your Way today and every day, I pray—Father, Son and Holy Spirit of God. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. Be encouraged today. In the love of Jesus, Tommy Hays My Friend, may you be filled with the desire and the power to deny yourself, take up your cross, and follow Jesus as one of His true disciples, as iron sharpens iron in your spirit morning by morning and day by day, 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

Special Note: Friends, I will be away teaching at a Men's Retreat in the New Mexico Mountains all next week, with very limited internet. So I will probably not be sending out my Morning by Morning Devotional, but still joining with you in prayer in my heart. God Bless You and Thank You for joining me in this Journey of Prayer from my morning prayer time. 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 June 21-29 Thank you for all your prayers! Praising God for all He did! Teaching on Spiritual Warfare at Selah Men's Ministry Retreat in Cloudcroft, New Mexico July 4 Leading Prayer at the Patriotic Prayer Gathering for Fredericksburg, Texas 4th of July Parade at the County Courthouse Gazebo 9am. Hosted by the Fredericksburg Tea Party. All are welcome! July 6 Preaching the Sunday Morning Services at Bridge Church Fredericksburg, Texas July 9 Speaking at San Antonio Day Aglow Lighthouse Meeting 10am. All are welcome! 305 E Ramsey Rd., Ste 329, San Antonio, TX SA.day.aglow@gmail.com  July 11-13 Preaching at Aldersgate Renewal Ministries Regional Meeting at Grafton Methodist Church, St. Paris, Ohio 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 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

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Morning by Morning, June 20, 2025 - A “Wall of Fire All Around” Her and “the Glory” of God Within Her

 

Morning by Morning, June 20, 2025 - A “Wall of Fire All Around” Her and “the Glory” of God Within Her Good morning, Lord Jesus. Help me hear Your heart, as I begin my day grounded in Your Word and filled with Your Spirit—Father, Son and Holy Spirit of God. ... The news speaks of “ballistic missiles raining down on Israel” and that her city of “Tel Aviv is in ruins.” But the world’s news leads me to the Good News of Your Word that always speaks a Word of Your heart and Your will for that land ultimately prevailing, though suffering through so much. Your Word of a “Wall of Fire” around Israel’s capitol city and “the apple of (Your) eye” comes to mind this morning in the midst of the war and terror taking place: “And I (the Prophet Zechariah) lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand! Then I said, ‘Where are you going?’ And he said to me, ‘To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length.’ And behold, the angel who talked with me came forward, and another angel came forward to meet him and said to him, ‘Run, say to that young man, ‘Jerusalem shall be inhabited as villages without walls, because of the multitude of people and livestock in it. And I will be to her a Wall of Fire all around, declares the Lord, and I will be the Glory in her midst.’ “Up! Up! Flee from the land of the north, declares the Lord. For I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heavens, declares the Lord. Up! Escape to Zion, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon. For thus said the Lord of hosts, after His glory sent me to the nations who plundered you, for He who touches you touches the apple of His eye: ‘Behold, I will shake My hand over them, and they shall become plunder for those who served them. Then you will know that the Lord of Hosts has sent me. “Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for behold, I come and I will dwell in your midst, declares the Lord. And many nations shall join themselves to the Lord in that day, and shall be My people. And I will dwell in your midst, and you shall know that the Lord of Hosts has sent me to you. And the Lord will inherit Judah as His portion in the Holy Land, and will again choose Jerusalem. “Be silent, all flesh, before the Lord, for He Has roused Himself from His holy dwelling” (Zechariah 2:1-13). As I read Your Word, I don’t fully understand all its applications and timing. But I do know every Word of God, whether spoken or written by the Spirit of God, will be fulfilled. For Your Word will not return to You empty or void, but will accomplish every purpose of Your will in Your time and in Your way (Isaiah 55:11). “Heaven and earth will pass away, but (Your) Words will not pass away” (Matthew 24:35). So in all that’s going on in our world right now, in the Middle East and beyond, I pray You would draw all people to You, even redeeming the fear of terror, the insecurity and instability of wars and rumors of wars. I pray You would be a “Wall of Fire” all around and the “Glory” of Your manifest Presence within the people who are “the apple of (Your) eye” and all people who would call upon Your name to be their Security and Hope. In Jesus’ name I pray. Be encouraged today. In the love of Jesus, Tommy Hays My friend, may you find all Your Security and Hope in the One who is a Wall of Fire around you and the Glory of the manifest Presence of God within you, joining in prayer for God's Word according to God's will and timing to be fulfilled, 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

Special Note: Friends, I will be away teaching at a Men's Retreat in the New Mexico Mountains all next week, with very limited internet. So I will probably not be sending out my Morning by Morning Devotional, but still joining with you in prayer in my heart. God Bless You and Thank You for joining me in this Journey of Prayer from my morning prayer time. 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 June 21-29 Teaching on Spiritual Warfare at Selah Men's Ministry Retreat in Cloudcroft, New Mexico July 4 Leading Prayer at the Patriotic Prayer Gathering for Fredericksburg, Texas 4th of July Parade at the County Courthouse Gazebo 9am. All are welcome! July 6 Preaching the Sunday Morning Services at Bridge Church Fredericksburg, Texas July 9 Speaking at San Antonio Day Aglow Lighthouse Meeting 10am. All are welcome! 305 E Ramsey Rd., Ste 329, San Antonio, TX SA.day.aglow@gmail.com  July 11-13 Preaching at Aldersgate Renewal Ministries Regional Meeting at Grafton Methodist Church, St. Paris, Ohio 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 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

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