Morning by Morning, February 10, 2026 — “I will Guide You with My Eye” in Discernment of the Will of God

 

Morning by Morning, February 10, 2026 — “I will Guide You with My Eye” in Discernment of the Will of God Good morning, Lord Jesus. Spirit to Spirit, heart to Heart, deep to Deep, I seek You first in these first moments of my morning—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. ... “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye” (Psalm 32:8). Sometimes my mind can make a mess of things and my thoughts can lead me astray from Your way. So I need You to put Your thoughts in my mind and Your desires in my heart to “instruct (me) and teach (me) in the way (I) should go.” And how do I know it’s Your thoughts instead of my own. That it’s You instructing me and teaching me and guiding me instead of me leaning on my own understanding, not fully trusting You and acknowledging You as my source of wisdom and direction for the decisions of my path (Proverbs 3:5-6)? ... As I wait, what comes to my heart is this: “I guide you with My eye, as you look to Me to see where I am leading You. The guidance is Mine, but ultimately, the choice is yours. Choose well. Discern well. Test your thoughts and your heart against My Word and My Spirit.” ... Yes, Lord. You’re reminding me now of the steps of discernment You’ve taught me along the way and that I’ve learned to teach others in the process of discerning Your guidance: “Test all things; hold fast what is good” (1 Thessalonians 5:21). 1. Does it conform to the written Word of God? “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the person of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work” (2 Timothy 3:16-17). God will never speak anything that contradicts His written Word. Not everything we face in life is specifically addressed by chapter and verse, but nothing truly from Him will violate the principles and truth of Scripture. 2. Does it bear witness with our spirit? “For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God” (Romans 8:14). Do we have a sense in our spirit that this “rings true”? Or do we have a check in our spirit that this may not be fully from the Lord? Does what we believe we have heard lead us toward God with conviction and hope, or away from God with confusion, condemnation, and despair? Does it bring clarity or chaos, peace or torment? 3. Does it conform to the character of God? “Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love” (1 John 4:7-8). Does it sound like something Jesus would say or do? Does it seem to carry the Father-heart of God, the mind of Christ, and the holy nature of the Holy Spirit? God is love—His voice will always be consistent with His nature. 4. Does it bear good fruit? Jesus said, “You will know them by their fruits… every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit” (Matthew 7:16-18). Does the word or act seem to display the fruit of the Spirit or the fruit of the flesh (Galatians 5:16-26)? Over time, does it lead to greater Christlikeness, freedom, and love—or the opposite? Does the life of the person sharing the word or doing the act seem to display the character of Christ, seeking to “follow in His steps” (1 Peter 2:21). At the same time, we must humbly remember that “there is none righteous, no, not one” and that “all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:10, 23). There is always some mixture of flesh and spirit, wheat and tares, within us all, so no one always says and does everything perfectly in line with the perfect will of God. 5. Does it bear witness with the counsel of others we trust? “In the multitude of counselors there is safety” (Proverbs 11:14). When trusted, mature believers pray and weigh it with us, is there a shared sense of peace and agreement, or a check and lack of clarity? As others we trust and respect seek to discern it, what do they see that we may not yet see? “We know in part and we prophesy in part,” but when we bring our parts together and seek to discern the truth in humble submission to God, do we come to a place of consensus and peace within our own hearts? Thank You for giving me these steps of discernment to discern Your guidance. May they help me and others seek You, to see where You’re looking and guiding with Your eye, so we can choose well to go where You’re directing us in our paths according to Your will. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays My friend, may you be guided by God as you seek Him and discern His guidance, 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 you were created to be —Free to Be Like Jesus— secure in your identity, growing in maturity, fulfilling your destiny" https://messiah-ministries.org/partner/contribute

Please Keep us in Prayer for These Messiah Ministries Events Every Tuesday Night: (Starting up our 2nd Semester on Tuesday January 13 at 6pm) Teaching my annual 9 Month Discipleship and Equipping Course Free to Be Like Jesus! at Bridge Church Fredericksburg, Texas. 6:00PM Central Time. Zoom Link to join us at 6PM CST: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81392201741?pwd=H8iHgLeWaxF01SZ30BYIPsYZmY9Dud.1 Based on My Books: Free to Be Like Jesus and First the Spirit https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays  February 7 Offering Prayers during the Celebration Memorial for my Great Aunt Lois in Fort Worth, Texas   February 10-14 Prayer Ministry Team at Awakening Annual Conference of Global Methodist Church, Frisco, Texas  February 17-18 Free to Be Like Jesus Seminar at Hondo Methodist Church, Global Methodist Church, in Hondo, Texas February 25-March 1, 2026 Setting Hearts Free Revival Meeting at Goshen First Church, Global Methodist Church, in Goshen, Indiana. Bilingual Services in English and Spanish, with Rocio Hays interpreting. March 12-16 Personal Counseling for Mens Ministry retreat with Selah Ministries, Gentry Ranch, Mason, TX April 25 Preaching for the Revival Meeting at The Empty Cross on the mountain overlooking Kerrville, Texas at The Coming King Sculpture Prayer Garden May 4-25 Return Ministry to Karachi and Lahore, Pakistan for Crusades and Leader Conferences May 23 Officiate the Wedding of Judith and Tom in Fredericksburg, Texas May 30-June 7 Teaching with Dr. Dave Gentry at Selah Ministries Mens' Boot Camp at Cloudcroft, NM June 14. Preaching both Services at Bridge Church Fredericksburg, Texas. My past sermons available in the Sermon Archives: https://www.bridgefbg.com/messages 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, February 9, 2026 — The Super Bowls of Heaven

 

Morning by Morning, February 9, 2026 — The Super Bowls of Heaven Good morning, Lord Jesus. Steady my spirit in Your embrace—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit of God. ... Much attention on the Super Bowl in our world draws my attention to the super “bowls” of Your heavenly realm: “Now when He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints” (Revelation 5:8). “The prayers of the saints” have been rising to Heaven like incense, filling the “golden bowls.” The worship and the prayers are for the Lamb. You hear our prayers. And You store up our prayers. They are precious to You. Pleasing to You. And there will come a time when the bowls are full and its time to fulfill all that’s in Your heart according to Your Word. Give us grace to pray, according to Your will. Give us grace to wait, according to Your plan. Not passively sitting by, but actively engaged, fully alive, passionately praising and praying and pursuing Your kingdom and Your will in our world, as You taught us to pray, “Your kingdom come. Your will be done. On earth as it is in heaven” (Matthew 6:10). We don’t see it yet, in its fullness. But we will. And so we pray. Looking forward to the day when the bowls are full for You to move in response to all that’s risen to You as a pleasing aroma of our worship and prayer. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays My Friend, may you be moved by the Holy Spirit to lift up your prayers and worship to heaven, praying God's kingdom to come and His will to be done on earth as it is in heaven, 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 you were created to be —Free to Be Like Jesus— secure in your identity, growing in maturity, fulfilling your destiny" https://messiah-ministries.org/partner/contribute

Please Keep us in Prayer for These Messiah Ministries Events Every Tuesday Night: (Starting up our 2nd Semester on Tuesday January 13 at 6pm) Teaching my annual 9 Month Discipleship and Equipping Course Free to Be Like Jesus! at Bridge Church Fredericksburg, Texas. 6:00PM Central Time. Zoom Link to join us at 6PM CST: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81392201741?pwd=H8iHgLeWaxF01SZ30BYIPsYZmY9Dud.1 Based on My Books: Free to Be Like Jesus and First the Spirit https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays  February 7 Offering Prayers during the Celebration Memorial for my Great Aunt Lois in Fort Worth, Texas   February 10-14 Prayer Ministry Team at Awakening Annual Conference of Global Methodist Church, Frisco, Texas  February 17-18 Free to Be Like Jesus Seminar at Hondo Methodist Church, Global Methodist Church, in Hondo, Texas February 25-March 1, 2026 Setting Hearts Free Revival Meeting at Goshen First Church, Global Methodist Church, in Goshen, Indiana. Bilingual Services in English and Spanish, with Rocio Hays interpreting. March 12-16 Personal Counseling for Mens Ministry retreat with Selah Ministries, Gentry Ranch, Mason, TX April 25 Preaching for the Revival Meeting at The Empty Cross on the mountain overlooking Kerrville, Texas at The Coming King Sculpture Prayer Garden May 4-25 Return Ministry to Karachi and Lahore, Pakistan for Crusades and Leader Conferences May 23 Officiate the Wedding of Judith and Tom in Fredericksburg, Texas May 30-June 7 Teaching with Dr. Dave Gentry at Selah Ministries Mens' Boot Camp at Cloudcroft, NM June 14. Preaching both Services at Bridge Church Fredericksburg, Texas. My past sermons available in the Sermon Archives: https://www.bridgefbg.com/messages 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 Some of My Books are Now in Other Languages (Spanish, French, Urdu) For Spanish: https://www.facebook.com/tommyhaysenespanol

Morning by Morning, February 6, 2026 — “Divine Order”

 

Morning by Morning, February 6, 2026 — “Divine Order” Good morning, Lord Jesus. Your name is above every name, and I declare Your name over my life, my day, and my world, to intentionally begin my day with You (Philippians 2:9). ... As I wait for the leading of Your Spirit, what I hear in my heart is “Divine Order.” ... And this Word: “Order my steps according to Your word, and let not any iniquity have dominion over me” (Psalm 119:133 MEV). In divine wisdom, according to Your divine ways, “order my steps,” Lord. “According to Your word” and directed by Your Spirit, let Your word be “a lamp to my feet and a light to my path” (Psalm 119:105). Help me trust You to be in charge, for You to be in control. You are Lord, not me. You are leading, not me. May I hear Your voice and follow You (John 10:27). May I “hear a word behind (me), saying, ‘This is the way, walk in it,’ whenever (I) turn to the right hand or whenever I turn to the left” (Isaiah 30:21). Align my day with Your “divine order,” I pray. I trust You and Your ways, now and all my days. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays My friend, may your heart and steps be aligned in "divine order" today and every 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 you were created to be —Free to Be Like Jesus— secure in your identity, growing in maturity, fulfilling your destiny" https://messiah-ministries.org/partner/contribute

Please Keep us in Prayer for These Messiah Ministries Events Every Tuesday Night: (Starting up our 2nd Semester on Tuesday January 13 at 6pm) Teaching my annual 9 Month Discipleship and Equipping Course Free to Be Like Jesus! at Bridge Church Fredericksburg, Texas. 6:00PM Central Time. Zoom Link to join us at 6PM CST: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81392201741?pwd=H8iHgLeWaxF01SZ30BYIPsYZmY9Dud.1 Based on My Books: Free to Be Like Jesus and First the Spirit https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays  February 6 Co-leading Prophetic Intercession with Conference Call Prayer Team of the Office of Faith 7am February 7 Offering Prayers during the Celebration Memorial for my Great Aunt Lois in Fort Worth, Texas   February 10-14 Prayer Ministry Team at Awakening Annual Conference of Global Methodist Church, Frisco, Texas  February 17-18 Free to Be Like Jesus Seminar at Hondo Methodist Church, Global Methodist Church, in Hondo, Texas February 25-March 1, 2026 Setting Hearts Free Revival Meeting at Goshen First Church, Global Methodist Church, in Goshen, Indiana. Bilingual Services in English and Spanish, with Rocio Hays interpreting. March 12-16 Personal Counseling for Mens Ministry retreat with Selah Ministries, Gentry Ranch, Mason, TX April 25 Preaching for the Revival Meeting at The Empty Cross on the mountain overlooking Kerrville, Texas at The Coming King Sculpture Prayer Garden May 4-25 Return Ministry to Karachi and Lahore, Pakistan for Crusades and Leader Conferences May 23 Officiate the Wedding of Judith and Tom in Fredericksburg, Texas May 30-June 7 Teaching with Dr. Dave Gentry at Selah Ministries Mens' Boot Camp at Cloudcroft, NM June 14. Preaching both Services at Bridge Church Fredericksburg, Texas. My past sermons available in the Sermon Archives: https://www.bridgefbg.com/messages 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 Some of My Books are Now in Other Languages (Spanish, French, Urdu) For Spanish: https://www.facebook.com/tommyhaysenespanol

Morning by Morning, February 5, 2026 — “My Strength and My Shield”

Morning by Morning, February 5, 2026 — “My Strength and My Shield” Good morning, Lord Jesus. Be high and lifted up here in my heart and in my world. ... “The Lord is my strength and my shield; My heart trusted in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart greatly rejoices, And with my song I will praise Him” (Psalm 28:7). You are my Strength within me and my Shield about me. As my strength, You empower me to be courageous. You anoint me to stand firm. You inspire me to boldly live my life grounded in Your Word and filled with Your Spirit. Though apart from You, I can do nothing; but I am never apart from You, always strong in You. That’s part of what it means that Your strength is made perfect in my weakness, that Your grace is sufficient for me (2 Corinthians 12:9). It’s not a weakness of character or power, but a weakness of surrendering my will to Your will, my ways to Your ways, my plans to Your plans, my inabilities to Your abilities. “For when I am weak, then I am strong” (2 Corinthians 12:10). As my shield, You also protect me. You surround me with Your Presence. You send forth Your word and Your angels to guard me (Psalm 91:1-16). “You, O Lord, are a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head” (Psalm 3:3). In Your strength and by Your shield, You “quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one” (Ephesians 6:16). Shielded by You, “No weapon formed against (me) shall prosper, and every tongue which rises against (me) in judgment, You shall condemn. The is the heritage of the servants of the Lord” (Isaiah 54:17). Empowered and protected, by Your strength and Your shield, send me forth into my day, filled with a song in my spirit of thanksgiving and praise. My heart greatly rejoices in You. “My heart triumphs” in You and all You do for me (Psalm 28:7 NASB). In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays My friend, may you be strong in the Lord and protected in His Presence as your Strength and your Shield, 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 you were created to be —Free to Be Like Jesus— secure in your identity, growing in maturity, fulfilling your destiny" https://messiah-ministries.org/partner/contribute

Please Keep us in Prayer for These Messiah Ministries Events Every Tuesday Night: (Starting up our 2nd Semester on Tuesday January 13 at 6pm) Teaching my annual 9 Month Discipleship and Equipping Course Free to Be Like Jesus! at Bridge Church Fredericksburg, Texas. 6:00PM Central Time. Zoom Link to join us at 6PM CST: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81392201741?pwd=H8iHgLeWaxF01SZ30BYIPsYZmY9Dud.1 Based on My Books: Free to Be Like Jesus and First the Spirit https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays  February 6 Co-leading Prophetic Intercession with Conference Call Prayer Team of the Office of Faith 7am February 7 Offering Prayers during the Celebration Memorial for my Great Aunt Lois in Fort Worth, Texas   February 10-14 Prayer Ministry Team at Awakening Annual Conference of Global Methodist Church, Frisco, Texas  February 17-18 Free to Be Like Jesus Seminar at Hondo Methodist Church, Global Methodist Church, in Hondo, Texas February 25-March 1, 2026 Setting Hearts Free Revival Meeting at Goshen First Church, Global Methodist Church, in Goshen, Indiana. Bilingual Services in English and Spanish, with Rocio Hays interpreting. March 12-16 Personal Counseling for Mens Ministry retreat with Selah Ministries, Gentry Ranch, Mason, TX April 25 Preaching for the Revival Meeting at The Empty Cross on the mountain overlooking Kerrville, Texas at The Coming King Sculpture Prayer Garden May 4-25 Return Ministry to Karachi and Lahore, Pakistan for Crusades and Leader Conferences May 23 Officiate the Wedding of Judith and Tom in Fredericksburg, Texas May 30-June 7 Teaching with Dr. Dave Gentry at Selah Ministries Mens' Boot Camp at Cloudcroft, NM June 14. Preaching both Services at Bridge Church Fredericksburg, Texas. My past sermons available in the Sermon Archives: https://www.bridgefbg.com/messages 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 Some of My Books are Now in Other Languages (Spanish, French, Urdu) For Spanish: https://www.facebook.com/tommyhaysenespanol