Morning by Morning, October 16, 2026 — “Is There Not A Cause?”

 

Morning by Morning, October 16, 2026 — “Is There Not A Cause?” Good morning, Lord Jesus. Fill me with Your Spirit and lead me in Your ways (Romans 8:9). … As I wait for Your leading, the words of young David come to mind as he sought to rally the men of Israel in the face of Goliath’s threats: “Is there not a cause?” (1 Samuel 17:29) I’m thinking of mid-term elections coming up soon. Polls and sentiment seem to be leaning against the perspectives I hold, which I see as positions in favor of biblical values and principles honoring faith, family, and freedom. A guiding principle for how I make my decisions and cast my votes is “Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people” (Proverbs 14:34). But to those who are complacent about participating in elections or speaking up for issues of righteousness, I say, “Is there not a cause?” I’m thinking of the everyday battles we face in our everyday world. Sometimes we feel like we’re facing our own giants: fear, discouragement, sickness, financial challenges, struggles within and without, and all around. And we feel outnumbered and overmatched, like we’re just a little boy with a slingshot coming against a giant with a sword. But to those who feel weary or alone, ready to give up hope, I remind you of this truth, “You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world” (1 John 4:4). And I say, “Is there not a cause?” Young David answered the call. He was stirred up to action in faith by the cause. In the boldness that faith imparts, in the courage that only You can provide, David declared his dependence on You, his confidence in You, and the righteousness of his cause. He refused to sit back passively for somebody else to fight the battle or to shrink back from the action that the present challenge required. He rose to the occasion to see Your victory through his actions of obedience and faith in You: “Then David said to the Philistine, ‘You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin. But I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you and take your head from you!’” (1 Samuel 17:45-46). And so he did (v. 48-51). When David rose to the occasion and took up the cause, the others rallied to action (v. 52). And there was great victory! (v. 53) “Is there not a cause” in our times, in our nation, in our families and our world? Is there not One who is in us who is greater than the one who is in the world? Is this not the time to be active instead of passive, to be bold and courageous instead of cowardly and silent? Yes, “the battle is the Lord’s” and at the same time, You put the battle “into our hands” (v. 47). May we be found faithful in our times to rise to the occasion and answer the call and take up the cause. As best as we can and all by the power of Your grace. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen Be encouraged this day. In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays My friend, may you be stirred by the Holy Spirit to answer the call and take up the cause in courage, obedience and faith, trusting in the One who is in you and greater than the one in the world, 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 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 17 Speaking at Worship Fest at YeeHaw Ranch on Hwy 290 just east of Fredericksburg, Texas. https://www.facebook.com/worshipfestfredericksburg Oct 18 Leading Communion Time and Giving Time at Bridge Church Fredericksburg Sunday Services 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

Order my new book The Elijah Awakening today and let me know what you think! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HJBPH3TC

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Morning by Morning, October 15, 2026 — “Conscious Communion”

 

Morning by Morning, October 15, 2026 — “Conscious Communion” Good morning, Lord Jesus. Let Your Spirit arise in my spirit, as I seek to begin my day in conscious communion with You. … “But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His. And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you” (Romans 8:9-11). I’m always in communion with You. As You said, “I am with you always” (Matthew 28:20). But, at the same time, I also have to admit I’m not always in conscious communion with You. Sometimes it’s more like subconscious communion with You or even unconscious communion with You. Because sometimes I forget. And if I’d really be honest, there have even been times when I have consciously tried to run away or push away from You. As if that were possible. And as if that made any sense. But here’s the truth David came to understand and express in Your Word long ago in Psalm 139: “O Lord, You have searched me and known me. You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off. You comprehend my path and my lying down, And are acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word on my tongue, But behold, O Lord, You know it altogether. You have hedged me behind and before, And laid Your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain it. “Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend into heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there. If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, Even there Your hand shall lead me, And Your right hand shall hold me. If I say, “Surely the darkness shall fall on me,” Even the night shall be light about me; Indeed, the darkness shall not hide from You, But the night shines as the day; The darkness and the light are both alike to You. “For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother’s womb. I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well. My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, The days fashioned for me, When as yet there were none of them. “How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them! If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand; When I awake, I am still with You” (Psalm 139:1-18). Yes, Lord. “When I awake, I am still with You.” And You are still with me—in every waking moment, in every sleeping moment, in each and every moment throughout all the moments of my day. So let me be more deliberate, more intentional, more consciously aware of Your constant communion with me. And now: “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with (us) all” (2 Corinthians 13:14). In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. Be encouraged this day. In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays My friend, may you be taught and empowered to respond well through any challenges or tribulations you go through, as the Lord develops His character in you, 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  Sept Praise God! 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. Sept-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 17 Speaking at Worship Fest at YeeHaw Ranch on Hwy 290 just east of Fredericksburg, Texas. https://www.facebook.com/worshipfestfredericksburg Oct 18 Leading Communion Time at Bridge Church Fredericksburg Sunday Services 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

Order my new book The Elijah Awakening today and let me know what you think! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HJBPH3TC

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Morning by Morning, October 14, 2026 — “Respond Well”

 

Morning by Morning, October 14, 2026 — “Respond Well” Good morning, Lord Jesus. Put Your thoughts in my mind, Your desires in my heart, Your words in my mouth, as I seek You and seek to follow You today. … As I wait for the leading of Your Spirit, I hear in my heart: “Respond well. Learn to respond well, for your responses shape your soul and develop your character.” … Yes, Lord. And this Scripture comes to mind from Your written Word of what I believe I’m hearing as Your spoken word to my heart: “Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; and perseverance, character; and character, hope. Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us” (Romans 5:1-5). By the power of Your grace at work within me, help me learn to respond well. Whatever “tribulation” I go through, whatever challenges I face, whatever decisions I make, teach me and empower me to respond from a heart that belongs to You, from a mind that’s being transformed and renewed by You, from a spirit that’s filled with Your Spirit living in me, abiding in me, and leading me. “For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God” (Romans 8:14). Help me learn “perseverance.” Help me learn how to press through and overcome, without giving up, shutting down, or running away. Help me learn how to respond in love, without reacting with hate, being consumed with anger, or retaliating with vengeance. Help me learn to forgive and release each person and situation to You, without burying it inside, harboring it in my heart, or hardening part of my heart in judgment. Instead, teach me and empower me to respond well. As I persevere and overcome, You’re using all I go through to make me more like You, conforming me into the image of the Son of God (Romans 8:28-29). You’re making me more like You each day (1 John 4:17). You’re shaping my soul and developing my character, setting me free to be all You created me to be, as the son of God You said I am (Romans 8:16). As I learn to respond well, I’m learning to live well. To live as a victor and not a victim. To live as an overcomer and not one who’s always being overcome. To live as more than a conqueror because greater is the One who lives in me—empowering me, shaping me, making me more like You each day through every experience and encounter I face. If this is the faith I have, the determination I have, “the hope” I have, “this hope does not disappoint.” In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. Be encouraged this day. In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays My friend, may you be taught and empowered to respond well through any challenges or tribulations you go through, as the Lord develops His character in you, 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  Sept Praise God! 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. Sept-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 17 Speaking at Worship Fest at YeeHaw Ranch on Hwy 290 just east of Fredericksburg, Texas. https://www.facebook.com/worshipfestfredericksburg Oct 18 Leading Communion Time at Bridge Church Fredericksburg Sunday Services 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. 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

Order my new book The Elijah Awakening today and let me know what you think! 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