Friday, November 06, 2026

Morning by Morning, November 6, 2026 — “It Don’t Matter Who’s in Austin,” Jesus is Still the King

 

Morning by Morning, November 6, 2026 — “It Don’t Matter Who’s in Austin,” Jesus is Still the King


Good morning, Lord Jesus. Looking to You, I’m listening for Your leading (John 10:27). …


I returned home from ministry overseas to find a new governor and U.S. senator elected to represent our home State. Some are celebrating. Some are mourning. Some are confused or angry or wishing they would have voted. And almost everyone is wondering just what it all means.


Words of Scripture come to mind about finding our true foundation, staying the course through the storm, holding fast to the faith, learning and growing through correction and discipline, remembering to shine as light even, and especially through the darkness. By the power of Your grace, we “continue in faith” knowing, “We must through many tribulations enter the kingdom of God” (Acts 14:22).


Even the words of an old country song, sung by the prophetic voices of Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson, come to mind for these shifting times: “It don’t matter who’s in Austin, Bob Wills is still the king.”


Bob Wills may be the eternal king of country music and western swing, and a new Governor may be moving to Austin and a new Senator moving to Washington, for us to pray for (1 Timothy 2:1-2). As a free people, we are now free to live into the realities of our choices or failures to choose. But there is still one King of kings and Lord of lords who still rules and reigns from the throne of Heaven. And Your Word still rings true in the hearts of all who persevere in faith and trust You in hope:


“Yet I have set My King

On My holy hill of Zion….


“Now therefore, be wise, O kings;

Be instructed, you judges of the earth.

Serve the Lord with fear,

And rejoice with trembling.

Kiss the Son, lest He be angry,

And you perish in the way,

When His wrath is kindled but a little.

Blessed are all those who put their trust in Him”

(Psalm 2:6, 10-12).


My trust is in You, Lord. Help us learn and grow. Help us persevere and overcome. Help us be the people and the state and the nation You’ve called us and created us to be. No matter what. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.


Be encouraged this day. In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays


My friend, may you be continue in the faith, looking to the King of kings and Lord of lords, no matter what, in Jesus' name. God bless you, my friend! And you have a great day!


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I published my new book The Elijah Awakening! Thank you for your prayers!

Available now on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HJBPH3TC

Please spread the word and I would love to hear what you think.


Oct-May Every Tuesday Night teaching my Free To Be Like Jesus class based on my book at Bridge Church, Fredericksburg, Texas. Guest Teachers when I travel for ministry.

To get the link to join by Zoom at 6PM CST, send me an email: tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org

Oct 22-25 Teaching Free to Be Like Jesus seminar, Healing Service, and preaching Sunday services at St. James Methodist Church in Athens, Georgia. Preaching the Sunday Morning Services.

Nov 7 Joining to help lead the Celebration of Life service for the passing of our great friend John Bennett at Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas

Nov 8 Preaching Sunday Service at Christ in the Hills Global Methodist Church in Fredericksburg, Texas

Nov 9 Speaking at Hillsboro/Whitney Texas Aglow 7Pm. All are welcome:

Hill College Cafeteria, 112 Lamar Dr Hillsboro TX 
Nov 21 Speaking on The Elijah Awakening at The Gathering in Comfort, Texas

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.

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Free On-line Video Series: Setting Hearts Free! 

My Core Teaching and Ministry

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Wednesday, November 04, 2026

Morning by Morning, November 4, 2026 — Bringing Home a Culture of Honor

 

Morning by Morning, November 4, 2026 — Bringing Home a Culture of Honor


Good morning, Lord Jesus. On the plane, flying home from ministry in South Korea, in the midst of a sea of sleeping people around me, I sense that familiar drawing of Your Heart to my heart, Your Spirit to my spirit, calling me to awaken and arise and come into Your Presence for our time of communion together in prayer. …


“Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another; not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord; rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer; distributing to the needs of the saints, given to hospitality” (Romans 12:10-13).


Among our brothers and sisters of Korea, I’ve been especially moved by their honor and their hospitality.


When they greet us and one another, they humbly bow and smile. When they welcome us into their homes and church gatherings, they generously offer simple and loving gifts. With honor and hospitality, they welcome us and express the love of God to us.


In honoring us, in their hospitality toward us, they honor You. As You said, “He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me” (Matthew 10:40).


I’m both convicted and inspired by the hearts of the Korean people. And along with their expressions of honor and hospitality, they often expressed gratitude to our nation for the past generations of faithfulness to You and service to them. Many spoke of the American missionaries who sacrificially shared the Gospel and established the seeds of faith that have become a vibrant expression of Jesus in their land. Today, some of the largest churches in the world and most vibrant moves of prayer and revival are happening in Korea.


And many spoke of the American soldiers who came to defend them against the onslaught of communism from their neighbor to the north during the Korean War and the onslaught of imperialism from their neighbor to the east during the occupation of Japan.


In less than a hundred years, this nation has gone from destitute poverty to astonishing prosperity. And their hearts are filled with gratitude to You and to those You sent to share the hope and faith and blessings of God they experience today. They’re instilling this spirit of gratitude in their children for generations to come, reminding me of Your Word:


“We will not hide them from their children,

Telling to the generation to come the praises of the Lord,

And His strength and His wonderful works that He has done” (Psalm 78:4).


Today, our brothers and sisters of Korea are passionate to send their own missionaries to the nations, including our own. Freely they’ve received, and now freely, joyfully, extravagantly they give (Matthew 10:8; 2 Corinthians 1:4).


As I go home now to enter back into my own world, may I carry this culture of honor and hospitality in my heart. May I be more grateful to acknowledge those who have gone before me so that I can experience the blessings of God I didn’t deserve or earn but enjoy through the sacrifice of others. And may I be more intentional to give what’s been given to me, to live into and live out this culture of the Kingdom of God I’ve seen so beautifully expressed in the hearts of the people of Korea. In Jesus’ name  pray. Amen.


Be encouraged this day. In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays


My friend, may you be inspired by the culture of honor expressed in the heart of the Korean people, expressing the culture of the Kingdom of though your life, 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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I published my new book The Elijah Awakening! Thank you for your prayers!

Available now on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HJBPH3TC

Please spread the word and I would love to hear what you think.

Oct-May Every Tuesday Night teaching my Free To Be Like Jesus class based on my book at Bridge Church, Fredericksburg, Texas. Guest Teachers when I travel for ministry.

To get the link to join by Zoom at 6PM CST, send me an email: tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org

Oct 22-25 Teaching Free to Be Like Jesus seminar, Healing Service, and preaching Sunday services at St. James Methodist Church in Athens, Georgia. Preaching the Sunday Morning Services.

Oct 27-Nov 4 Representing Mid-Texas Prayer Ministry Team of Global Methodist Church on the Prayer Pilgrimage to Seoul, South Korea hosted by the Kwanglim Church (largest Methodist Church in the world)

Nov 7 Joining to help lead the Celebration of Life service for the passing of our great friend John Bennett at Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas

Nov 8 Preaching Sunday Service at Christ in the Hills Global Methodist Church in Fredericksburg, Texas

Nov 9 Speaking at Hillsboro/Whitney Texas Aglow 7Pm. All are welcome.
Nov 21 Speaking on The Elijah Awakening at The Gathering in Comfort, Texas

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

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HJBPH3TC

Free On-line Video Series: Setting Hearts Free! 

My Core Teaching and Ministry

https://messiah-ministries.org/resources

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

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


Some of My Books are Now in Other Languages

(Spanish, French, Urdu)

For Spanish:

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Wednesday, October 21, 2026

Morning by Morning, October 21, 2026 — “In One Accord, All Would Be Won.”

 

Morning by Morning, October 21, 2026 — “In One Accord, All Would Be Won.”


Good morning, Lord Jesus. Help me hear Your heart and move in obedience, as You will and as You lead—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit of God. …


As I wait for the leading of Your Spirit, this thought rises to my mind:


“In one accord, all would be won.” …


And this Scripture, speaking of the power of “one accord,” when we are one in the Spirit and one in the Lord as the Body of Christ in our world:


“So when they heard that, they raised their voice to God with one accord and said: ‘Lord, You are God, who made heaven and earth and the sea, and all that is in them, who by the mouth of Your servant David have said:


‘Why did the nations rage,

And the people plot vain things?

The kings of the earth took their stand,

And the rulers were gathered together

Against the Lord and against His Christ.’


“For truly against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose determined before to be done. Now, Lord, look on their threats, and grant to Your servants that with all boldness they may speak Your word, by stretching out Your hand to heal, and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of Your holy Servant Jesus.


"And when they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness!” (Acts 4:24-31)


In “one accord,” all would be won. In “one accord,” whatever adversities we face, whatever challenges we encounter, whatever threats of oppression or persecution or intimidation we endure, all would be won. We would overcome.


In the power of grace, we would pray deeply and speak boldly. We would be Your body, Your disciples, Your ambassadors in another great move of Your Spirit that could not be stopped, in a rushing tide that could not be turned back.


In the power of Your grace, we would see You stretching out Your hand and moving in Your power in the ways we long to see and the ways Your Word has promised:


“I will build My church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it” (Matthew 16:18 ESV).


Come, Holy Spirit! Come unite our hearts in “one accord.” Unite our hearts and our prayers with You and with one another.


Whether standing up with our votes in an election or speaking out our voices against the societal pressures and moral decay of our day or however Your Spirit stirs our hearts to boldly be the Body of Christ in our day, in “one accord,” all would be won. In “one accord,” we would be able to declare, “Thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!” (1 Corinthians 15:57) In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.


Be encouraged this day. In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays


My friend, may you be moved by the Holy Spirit to join in prayer and action in one accord with the Lord and the Body of Christ and see the victory of our Lord Jesus Christ, 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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https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays


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—Free to Be Like Jesus—

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


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Please Keep Us in Prayer for These

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I published my new book The Elijah Awakening! Thank you for your prayers!

Available now on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HJBPH3TC

Please spread the word and I would love to hear what you think.

Oct-May Every Tuesday Night teaching my Free To Be Like Jesus class based on my book at Bridge Church, Fredericksburg, Texas. Guest Teachers when I travel for ministry.

To get the link to join by Zoom at 6PM CST, send me an email: tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org

Oct 22-25 Teaching Free to Be Like Jesus seminar, Healing Service, and preaching Sunday services at St. James Methodist Church in Athens, Georgia. Preaching the Sunday Morning Services.

Oct 27-Nov 4 Representing Mid-Texas Prayer Ministry Team of Global Methodist Church at the Annual Prayer Summit in Seoul, South Korea

Nov 7 Joining to help lead the Celebration of Life service for the passing of our great friend John Bennett at Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas

Nov 9 Speaking at Hillsboro/Whitney Texas Aglow 7Pm. All are welcome.
Nov 21 Speaking on The Elijah Awakening at The Gathering in Comfort, Texas

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

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HJBPH3TC

Free On-line Video Series: Setting Hearts Free! 

My Core Teaching and Ministry

https://messiah-ministries.org/resources

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

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


Some of My Books are Now in Other Languages

(Spanish, French, Urdu)

For Spanish:

https://www.facebook.com/tommyhaysenespanol