Morning by Morning, January 9, 2026 — “One Spirit with Him”
Good morning, Lord Jesus. I lift up my heart and speak out Your name to wait for the leading of Your Spirit to begin my day in deliberate, conscious communion with You. ...
“He who is joined to the Lord becomes one spirit with Him” (1 Corinthians 6:17).
What does it mean to be “joined” to You? What does it mean to become “one” with You? I ask for wisdom, understanding, and practical application, Lord. ...
As I wait and listen, seeking to be grounded in Your Word and led by Your Spirit, it seems this is what I hear in my heart:
“To be joined with Me, to become one with Me, is to be fully surrendered to Me. As best as you can. All by My grace. Your part is to let that be the expression and attitude and perspective of your heart. My part is to move in your willing heart to form My nature in your nature, as you willingly surrender Your heart to Mine, Your nature to Mine, more and more.” ...
Thank You, Lord. I seek to discern what I believe I’m hearing in my heart, by Your still small voice speaking in my heart, these Scriptures comes to mind to test what I believe I’m hearing as Your spoken word against the certainty of Your written Word:
“Abide in Me, and I in you... I am the Vine, you are the branches” (John 15:4-5).
“We know that we live in Him, and He in us, because He has given us His Spirit” (1 John 4:13).
“For we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones” (Ephesians 5:30).
“As He is, so are we in this world” (1 John 4:17).
“I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me” (Galatians 2:20).
“Now the Lord is the Spirit. And where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we all, seeing the glory of the Lord with unveiled faces, as in a mirror, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory by the Spirit of the Lord” (2 Corinthians 3:17-18).
Yes, Lord. “From glory to glory,” make me more and more like You—now in these deliberate, conscious moments in Your Presence, as I intentionally seek to see Your glory with an unveiled face in the communion of prayer and also throughout the moments of my day, the steps of my spiritual journey, in You. As I surrender more and more of me to more and more of You, may I be “transformed into (Your) image,” may I be “conformed to the image of (the Son of God)” (Romans 8:29). May I be joined with You and become one with You.
These are more than poetic phrases or hopeful and polite meditations. These the Promises of the Word of God. And as best as I can and all by Your grace, I embrace Your Promises with faith and the joyful expectation of all You will do in me and in every heart that will intentionally embrace this expression, attitude, and perspective You allow us and expect us to have. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.
Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays
My friend, may you be joined with the Lord and become one with Him, from glory to glory, more and more every day, in Jesus' name. God bless you, my friend! And you have a great day!
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