Everlasting Covenant of Mercy - August 14

Good morning, Lord Jesus. You are One with the Father, One with the Holy Spirit. Draw me near in the communion of prayer to be one with You. Put Your thoughts in my mind and Your desires in my heart. Change me from the inside out to be more like You today. ...

"Yes, thus says the Lord God: I will deal with you as you have done, you who have despised the oath, breaking the covenant; yet I will remember my covenant in the days of your youth, and I will establish with you an everlasting covenant" (Ezekiel 16:59-60).

You know every sin and every struggle; You know every fear and every failure; and yet You love us. You know every heartbreak and every way we've broken the hearts of others; You know promise we've every made and every promise we've ever broken; and yet You love us. You know every wrong choice we've ever made in the freedom our relationship of love with You requires; You know every wrong choice we've yet to make in the adventure of the journey our faith in You inspires; and yet You love us.

Though we are often faithless, You are always faithful. Though there are consequences for our choices, there's mercy in Your heart. And in the tender mercy and steadfast love You have for us, the children of Your creation, You've made a covenant with us-an everlasting covenant that will not and cannot be broken. And every time we turn to You and call on Your name, You remember Your covenant. And in some sense, just as importantly, You remind us of Your covenant with us. You are the God of covenant who is "merciful to all" (Romans 11:32).

Lord, let us not presume upon Your faithfulness, but rather pursue our own. Let us not get bound up or bogged down in the sins and failures of our past or present, but rather look up and press in to Your grace to forgive, Your power to heal, and Your will to keep using every experience to keep changing us into Your image, more and more every day. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.

Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays

Friends, please keep us in prayer as I go on to ministry in Naples, Florida this week at Kingdom Life Anglican Church.

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Forces of Healing and Hope - August 13

Good morning, Lord Jesus. All of me, for all of You. ...

"Your people will offer themselves willingly on the day You lead Your forces in holy splendor" (Psalm 110:3).

We are the army of the Lord-forces of healing and hope, freedom and life, in the power of Your love being manifested through our lives. And You are the "Commander of the Army of the Lord" (Joshua 5:14).

Give us great courage to offer ourselves willing, to run to the battle. Give us eyes to see You and see ourselves are we truly are. Let us be aligned and arrayed in the holy splendor of Your righteousness and the beauty of Your holiness that comes only through Your forgiveness of our sins, Your healing of our wounds, and Your freedom from our chains.

Empowered by Your Spirit and led by our Commander, we will be a force to be reckoned with. By the power of Your grace, we will be the force You use to "turn the world upside down" in our generation (Acts 17:6). In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.

Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays

Friends, thank you for your prayers for us at the Men's Meeting and Church Gathering at New Covenant Church in Thomasville, Georgia this weekend. The Holy Spirit moved in deeply personally and prophetically to us until we flooded the altar Sunday morning on our faces before God and then rose in victory and breakthrough, shouting His praises! Please keep us in prayer now as I go onto ministry in Naples, Florida this week at Kingdom Life Anglican Church.

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"Like a Spring of Water" - August 10

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit-I worship You, Lord God, in every dimension of Your Being with every dimension of my being. ...

"The Lord will guide you continually and satisfy your needs in parched places, and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters never fail. Your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt; you shall raise up the devastations of many generations; you shall be called the repairer of the breach, the restorers of the streets to live in" (Isaiah 58:11-12).

Lord, I want my heart and life to be "like a spring of water, whose waters never fail." I want to drink deeply of Your Spirit and follow closely Your guidance. In the ways You have restored me and repaired me, I want You to use me to be a repairer and restorer in the lives of others.

So give me a right heart, with right motives (v. 58:1-5). Cause the things that move Your heart to move my heart (v. 58:6-10). Give me the courage to live the life You've created for me, wholly committed and surrendered to You, holding nothing back (v. 58:13). "Then (I) shall take delight in the Lord, and (You) will make (me) ride upon the heights of the earth" (v. 58:14).

As best as I can and all by Your grace, I give You complete access and total permission to convict me and heal me, to free me and change me from the inside out to be the son You've created me to be and live the life You've prepared for me. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.

Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays

Friends, I'll be speaking at New Covenant Church in Thomasville, Georgia this weekend on Saturday and Sunday mornings on Spiritual Warfare and Healing Our Land. Please come join us if you can and plese keep us in prayer.

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"I Shall Rise" - August 9

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Sanctify my mind and all my thoughts; purify my heart and all my desires; make me more like You today. ...

"Do not rejoice over me, O my enemy; when I fall, I shall rise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord will be a light to me" (Micah 7:8).

You are the God who turns our battles into victories, our challenges into opportunities, and our sufferings into obedience. You even take the places of our sin and shame, cleanse them in Your blood, and then use them as places of authority with compassion in the lives of others. You are our redeemer, abounding in steadfast love and full of tender mercies, always at work turning our ashes to beauty and despair to praise (Isaiah 61:3).

The enemy of our souls mocks and laughs, as he works to tempt us and trick us and torment us into giving up or giving in. But You always have the last laugh-"He who sits in heaven laughs; the Lord has them in derision" (Psalm 2:4). You hear us when we call and rush to us in our distress, mighty to save (Psalm 18:6-19). Though we may fall, we will rise; though we may sit in darkness, our light will break forth like noon day, when we humble ourselves to call on Your name and fully entrust ourselves into Your hands. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.

Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays

Friends, I'll be speaking at New Covenant Church in Thomasville, Georgia this weekend on Saturday and Sunday mornings on Spiritual Warfare and Healing Our Land. Please come join us if you can and plese keep us in prayer.

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Hostility and Jealousy Depart - August 8

Good morning, Lord Jesus. As best as I can and all by Your grace, I open my heart and soul to You-Father, Son, and Holy Spirit of God. ...

"The jealousy of Ephraim shall depart, the hostility of Judah shall be cut off, Ephraim shall not be jealous of Judah, and Judah shall not be hostile toward Ephraim. But they shall swoop down on the backs of the Philistines in the west, and together they will plunder the people of the east" (Isaiah 11:13-14).

Our battle is not against flesh and blood; it's against the spiritual forces of wickedness that come to divide us and destroy us, to dishonor Your name and defile Your creation (Ephesians 6:12). So You continually call us to humble ourselves in Your sight and let You open our eyes to see everything in us that is not yet like You (Psalm 139:22-23).

You want us to be willing to let You draw up and out the hostilities and hurts, the jealousies and pride, the selfishness and resentment that the enemy of our souls constantly uses to keep us wounded and bound. With all our attention on our hurts and focused on fighting our chains, we are no threat to his purposes and become trophies of his arrogant rebellion against You, while being willing participants in our own destruction.

But if we humble ourselves before You, then You will lift us up (James 4:10). If we submit ourselves to You and resist the devil, then he will flee (James 4:7). Then we can get our eyes off of ourselves and our self-pity, and lift them up to You, our strength and help (Psalm 121:1). Then we can arise as one, forgiving each other and fighting for one another, as You send us forth into the battle for the hearts and souls of the nations (Psalm 110:3; Matthew 24:14).

Lord, give us this spirit of humility, this spirit of repentance, that we can turn our eyes off of ourselves and the enemy behind our sinful actions and back to You. "But as for me, I will look to the Lord. I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me" (Micah 7:6). Hear me, O God, and help me hear You, as I try to willingly choose to humble myself in trusting surrender to You alone. Then let my God arise and my enemies be scattered (Psalm 68:1-35). In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.

Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays

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Spiritual Battles Overcome in Christ - August 7

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Be near to me throughout the moments of my day. ...

"By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the spirit of Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world. You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world" (1 John 4:2-4, NKJ).

Most everyone I know seems to be in some sort of spiritual battle, in varying degrees of intensity. Some battle in their health, some in their relationships, some in their finances, some in their spiritual life, some in just getting out of bed to face what may be coming today in their lives or in the lives of those they love. Sometimes the battle is outside of us; sometimes the battle is inside of us; most of the time, it seems it's both. But greater is He who is in us than he who is in the world.

I thank You, Lord, that You are not only aware of our battles, that You are not only with us in our battles, but that You are within us in our battles. You are the One who is in us. "Christ in (us), the hope of glory" (Colossians 1:27).

So You know intimately every thought that comes against our minds, every wound that touches our hearts, every fear that steals our peace, every discouragement that crushes our hope. And You arise within us, to strengthen and encourage us, to anoint us with the presence and power of Your Spirit from on high and from within. "If the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also through His Spirit that dwells in you" (Romans 8:11).

"The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? ... Though an enemy encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war rise up against me, yet I will be confident" (Psalm 27:1-3). By the power and mercy of Your grace, I will be confident in Christ, who dwells within me and wars mightily and victoriously for me. Praise Your holy and mighty name! In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.

Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays

Friends, let's cover one another in prayer in these challenging days. We are more than conquerors as we allow Christ to arise within us and through us, but we need prayer to encourage us to take our place in the battle. In Christ together, the battle belongs to the Lord!

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Always "Abounding in Steadfast Love" - August 6

Good morning, Lord Jesus. I call on Your name and seek out Your face. Help me begin this day and every day embraced by my Father, centered in Christ, and filled with Your Holy Spirit. ...

"The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.... As a father has compassion for his children, so the Lord has compassion for those who fear Him. For He knows how we were made; He remembers that we are dust" (Psalm 103:8-14).

Your love never backs off, never shuts down, never lets go. You are always abounding in steadfast love. Even when You correct us and discipline us, You keep reaching out to us in Your mercy and grace.

You remember we are dust-sometimes so dry we feel we could blow away, sometimes so filthy we feel we could never be clean, sometimes so muddy we feel we're so weighed down and washed out that we could never rise again. But we are dust You've created with Your hands and awakened by Your breath. And with this dust of all the everyday moments and choices of our lives, You keep shaping us into vessels fit for Your purpose to display Your glory, Your mercy, and Your love-even when we deserve it the least and always when we need it the most.

Thank You, Father, for always abounding in steadfast love. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.

Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays

Friends, Sylvia and I will be speaking and ministering inner healing and prophetic ministry this week in Marietta and Thomassville, Georgia. Please come join us if you can and keep us in your prayers.

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The Rider on the White Horse - July 31

Friends,  I'm sorry I haven't been able to send out my morning prayers for a few days due to our intense travel and ministry times in the Yukon, but I'm so glad you've joined me in the journey of prayer. Let's pray for one another to keep growing in deeper intmacy with God through prayer every day.

Good morning, Lord Jesus. I welcome You into my heart and into every moment and area of my life, this day and every day. ...

"Then I saw heaven opened, and there was a white horse! Its rider is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war. His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on His head are many diadems; and He has a name that is inscribed that no one knows but Himself. He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. And the armies of heaven, wearing fine linen, white and pure, were following Him on white horses. From His mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with a rod of iron; He will tread the wine press of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty. On His robe and on His thigh He has a name inscribed, 'King of kings and Lord of lords' " (Revelation 19:11-16).

Lord Jesus, You are the Rider on the white horse. You are the One with fire in Your eyes and crowns on Your head. You release the words and the wrath of God the Almighty, trampling underfoot the evil and rebellion of the wickedness of the world in the righteousness and power of Your name. You are Faithful and True; You are The Word of God; You are the King of kings and the Lord of lords. You are mighty and majestic, virtuous and victorious. As Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, You are God the Almighty.

One day You will return in glory in the skies (1 Thessalonians 5:16). And every moment of every day, You desire to arise in glory in our hearts (Isaiah 60:1). As You arise in us and upon our land, our enemies are scattered and Your name is glorified (Psalm 68:1). In the righteousness of setting things right and the restoration of Your creation, You are the One who is worthy to judge and make war-saving the lost, healing the wounded, and freeing the captives, who will ride in righteousness with You.

What a prophetic picture of this exciting Scripture we experienced this past week! You opened the door and called us to follow You from our ministry time in Alaska to White Horse, Canada, high in the wilderness of the Yukon territory. We had heard of the intense spiritual warfare of this region from leaders and friends who had gone before us. There's great calling and destiny upon this land and its people, ordained by God since before the foundation of time. And likewise, the enemy of Your creation has been at work in the generations of the indigenous people, the settlers to follow, and every other generation to ever encounter the spiritual battles of life and death, righteousness and evil, prosperity and poverty, upon this majestically beautiful land. But You were at work and at war, mightily moving in all of us to see Your victory in the midst of our battles.

The most profound picture, as a foretaste of what You were doing, came at our Sunday afternoon meeting outdoors by the freshwater stream . A man temporarily living on the property was arrested and as he was being taken away, a young woman emerged. Broken and ashamed, crying and afraid, she chose to stay to hear the Word of God in a spiritual atmosphere of worship and prayer.

As You led me to speak of the Father's heart revealed in the love and power of Jesus Christ, she gave her life to You that day! From brokenness to breakthrough, from shame to peace, from tears to joy, You were judging and making war against the enemy of her soul. With shouts of victory and joy, we baptized her in the fresh waters of that stream and the Living Waters of Your Spirit that very afternoon! Praise You, Jesus! You are the Rider on the White Horse; and there's another one who will ride with the armies of heaven, dressed in white at Your side! In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.

Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays

Friends, thank you so much for your prayers for us. We've had incredible time of ministry here in Alaska and Canada these past two weeks. Despite intense spiritual warfare, we've seen the Lord move mightily in salvation, healing, deliverance, equipping for ministry, impartation of spiritual gifts, and great buidling of lasting relationships for the Kingdom. We'll be heading home tomorrow. We couldn't do this kind of ministry without the prayers of those who cover us and join with us in the Spirit.

If you would like to be part of our Interactive Intercessory Prayer Team, please send a note to Heather Butler, our Pastor of Prayer Ministries, who lives in Wales but coordinates our team through the internet: PrayerLead@Messiah-Ministries.org

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"A Strong City" of Our God - July 25

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Align my heart with Your heart, my thoughts with Your thoughts, and my will with Your will. Make me more like You today. ...

"On that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; He sets up victory like walls and bulwarks. Open the gates, so that the righteous nation that keeps faith may enter in. Those of steadfast mind You keep in peace-in peace because they trust in You. Trust in the Lord forever, for in the Lord God, you have an everlasting rock" (Isaiah 26:1-4).

You are my strength and my song. In You I put my hope; in You I put my trust. Not in the cities of the nations, but in the city of our God alone can we find our peace. Not in our righteousness, but in the righteousness of the steadfast love and tender mercy of our God alone can we enter into the security and rest You've prepared for those who trust in You.

Open the gates of Your mercy. Open the gates of Your love. Open the gates of Your peace. Fill our hearts with songs of praise; fill our mouths with shouts of victory. You are our everlasting rock, who will never falter and never fail. This is the promise of life You have for all will choose to live in the city of our God. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.

Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays

Friends, thank you for your prayers for us this past week at Breakthrough Church in Juneau, Alaska (http://breakthroughalaska.com) We've seen the Lord move deeply and mightily with inner healing, deliverance, and prophetic ministry! This week we'll have some personal ministry appointments with people, along with a few days of rest. This weekend, we'll be ministering at Cowboy Church at Whitehorse Riding Stables in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada on Saturdy Night July 28 at 6PM and Sunday July 29 at 1PM. Please keep us in prayer. We praise God for our great friend and intercessor, Linda Coulter who provided the way for us to come and minister in Alaska! And we praise God for you and all who cover us in prayer and support us in ministry that allow us to go where the Lord sends us.

If you would like to be part of our Interactive Intercessory Prayer Team, please send a note to Heather Butler, our Pastor of Prayer Ministries, who lives in Wales but coordinates our team through the internet: PrayerLead@Messiah-Ministries.org

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Breaking Through and Breaking Free - July 24

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Let Your light and love shine in my heart and soul today. ...

"On this mountain the Lord of host will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wines, of rich food filled with marrow, of well-aged wines strained clear. And He will destroy on this mountain the shroud that is cast over all peoples, the sheet that is spread over all nations; He will swallow up death forever" (Isaiah 25:6-8).

Mount Juneau overlooks this capitol city of Alaska, where we've been speaking and ministering the healing love and power of God for a week among the people here. There's often a thick covering of cloud embracing the tops of the mountains, with the peaks stretching up and pressing through. It makes me think of the glory of the Lord covering this land with Your Presence and promises of what is to come.

And at the same time, the enemy of our souls also tries to cover this land, with his shroud of darkness and death, with discouragement and depression. Sunday morning, You gave me a vision of encouragement to share with the people. As they lifted their faces to You in worship and lifted high their hands in praise, their outstretched arms were like the peaks of the mountains, pushing up through the enemy's shroud, breaking through and breaking free!

You lead me to declare these words from Isaiah 25 over them. And also the following verses of assurance and hope: "Then the Lord will wipe away the tears from all faces, and the disgrace of His people He will take away from all the earth, for the Lord has spoken. It will be said on that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for Him, that He might save us. This is the Lord of whom we have waited; let us be glad and rejoice in His salvation. For the hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain" (Isaiah 25:8-10).

Yes, Lord. Let it be so here in this place and throughout the earth. Stir up Your Spirit of worship and praise that lifts our spirits, breaks off the darkness, and open ups Your heavens over our lives. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.

Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays

Friends, thank you for your prayers for us this past week at Breakthrough Church in Juneau, Alaska (http://breakthroughalaska.com) We've seen the Lord move deeply and mightily with inner healing, deliverance, and prophetic ministry! This week we'll have some personal ministry appointments with people, along with a few days of rest. This weekend, we'll be ministering at Cowboy Church in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. Please keep us in prayer. We praise God for our great friend and intercessor, Linda Coulter who provided the way for us to come and minister in Alaska! And we praise God for you and all who cover us in prayer and support us in ministry that allow us to go where the Lord sends us.

If you would like to be part of our Interactive Intercessory Prayer Team, please send a note to Heather Butler, our Pastor of Prayer Ministries, who lives in Wales but coordinates our team through the internet: PrayerLead@Messiah-Ministries.org

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Sacrifice of Life for Love - July 20

Good morning, Lord Jesus. I lift up my eyes and open my ears to look and listen for Your leading in these first moments of my morning today. ...

"Jesus answered them, 'The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. Those who love their life, lose it, and those who hate their life in this world will keep it for eternal life. Whoever serves Me must follow Me, and where I am, there will My servant be also. Whoever serves Me, the Father will honor" (John 12:23-26).

A valley stream runs by the Breakthrough Church at the foot of the mountain in Juneau, Alaska where we were speaking last night. And right before the meeting we saw several huge salmon, who had swam upstream from the ocean to spawn and to die. It's the last act of their life cycle-to return to the stream where they were born and lay down their lives to give birth to the next generation. In these sacred moments, having grown into fully maturity, they are consumed with this passion and service of self-sacrifice.

How beautiful. How sad if we see it through self-centered eyes. And yet, how humbling is this prophetic picture of Your call to us to lay down our lives for the sake of others, just as You laid down Your life for us. This is truly the test of our spiritual maturity. And this is truly the way we find our way home, being conformed into the image of the One we're called to follow.

Lord, help me find my way home. Help me grow up into spiritual maturity, following You and Your example of sacrificial love. Help me willingly choose every day to lay down my life for Your sake and Your calling for the purposes You've chosen for my life to bear much fruit. May it no longer be I who live, but Christ who lives in me (Galatians 2:20). In Jesus' name I pray.

Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays

Friends, please keep us in prayer as Sylvia and I speak and minister this week at Breakthrough Church in Juneau, Alaska (http://breakthroughalaska.com) Next week, we'll be ministering at Cowboy Church in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. We praise God for our great friend and intercessor, Linda Coulter who provided the way for us to come and minister in Alaska! And we praise God for you and all who cover us in prayer and support us in ministry that allow us to go where the Lord sends us.

If you would like to be part of our Interactive Intercessory Prayer Team, please send a note to Heather Butler, our Pastor of Prayer Ministries, who lives in Wales but coordinates our team through the internet: PrayerLead@Messiah-Ministries.org

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"The North Gate" - July 19

Good morning, Lord Jesus. All that I am and all that I have belong to You. I give to You as my offering every moment of my day. ...

"Then He brought me by way of the north gate to the front of the temple; and I looked, and lo! the glory of the Lord filled with temple of the Lord; and I fell upon my face" (Ezekiel 44:4).

Seeing the sun rise this morning over Mt. Juneau in this far northern land of Alaska, Your Holy Spirit is bringing to mind the north gate of the temple. As Ezekiel came to the north gate, he looked and saw the glory of the Lord fill the temple. And he was undone. He fell to his face in worship and awe of Your manifest Presence.

Lord, let this northern gate of America be a place where the people of God fall on their faces in worship. Let it be a place where the glory of Your manifest Presence comes rushing into our land again like a mighty, rushing river of revival. Open up this gate, O God, "that the King of glory may come in" (Psalm 24:7).

As in the days of Ezekiel, show us the things in our hearts and in our land that are hindrances to a great move of Your Holy Spirit (Ezekiel 44:6-8). Convict us of our sins, heal us of our wounds, and free us from our chains. By the blood of Jesus, cleanse our hearts and our land to welcome Your Spirit afresh in the temple of our lives. Draw us to a deeper place of intimacy with You, as we honor Your Word and welcome Your Spirit in wholly surrendered, passionate worship of You alone (Ezekiel 44:15-31). In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.

Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays

Friends, please keep us in prayer as Sylvia and I speak and minister this week at Breakthrough Church in Juneau, Alaska (http://breakthroughalaska.com) Next week, we'll be ministering at Cowboy Church in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. We praise God for our great friend and intercessor, Linda Coulter who provided the way for us to come and minister in Alaska! And we praise God for you and all who cover us in prayer and support us in ministry that allow us to go where the Lord sends us.

If you would like to be part of our Interactive Intercessory Prayer Team, please send a note to Heather Butler, our Pastor of Prayer Ministries, who lives in Wales but coordinates our team through the internet: PrayerLead@Messiah-Ministries.org

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"Come Up Here" - July 18

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Good morning, Heavenly Father. Good morning, Holy Spirit. Lord God Almighty, I love You and worship You in every Dimension of Your Being with every dimension of my being. ...

"After this I looked, and there in heaven a door stood open! And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet, said, 'Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.' At once, I was in the Spirit, and there in heaven was a throne, with One seated on the throne!" (Revelation 4:1-2)

We've "come up here" to Alaska for two weeks of ministry and adventure near the top of the world. I've never been this far north before. And I've also never seen such heavenly beauty on earth before. Snow-covered peaks, stretching high above the clouds and overlooking the rugged beauty of lush green trees and deep blue waters, leave us breathless at the majesty and grandeur of Your creation.

Lord, open our eyes to see Your beauty in the nature of the land and in the nature of Your people here in this high place on the earth. Like John, let us hear Your voice and see with Your eyes what You are doing. Give us Your words of encouragement and comfort to come alongside the Body and Bride of Christ in this region of the world.

Give us great expectant faith to see You healing the broken, freeing the captives, and preparing the way of the Lord in the hearts of Your people. Let us see the beauty of Your holiness, as You minister Your freedom and healing from the inside out in the hearts of Your children. Let us "come up here" to encounter Your Presence and experience Your power through the healing love of God in this high and heavenly place. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.

Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays

Friends, please keep us in prayer as Sylvia and I speak and minister this week at Breakthrough Church in Juneau, Alaska (http://breakthroughalaska.com) Next week, we'll be ministering at Cowboy Church in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. We praise God for our great friend and intercessor, Linda Coulter who provided the way for us to come and minister in Alaska! And we praise God for you and all who cover us in prayer and support us in ministry that allow us to go where the Lord sends us.

If you would like to be part of our Interactive Intercessory Prayer Team, please send a note to Heather Butler, our Pastor of Prayer Ministries, who lives in Wales but coordinates our team through the internet: PrayerLead@aol.com

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"With Unveiled Face" - July 17

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Help me begin this day and every day embraced by the Father, centered in Christ, and filled with the Holy Spirit. ...

"Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And all of us, with unveiled faces, seeing the glory of the Lord as though reflected in a mirror, are being transformed into that same image from one degree of glory to another, for this comes from the Lord, the Spirit" (2 Corinthians 3:17-18).

You've given me the freedom to worship You or not, trust You or not, obey You or not, love You or not. Without freedom, it wouldn't really be true worship or trust or obedience or love. So in the freedom You've given me and in the power of Your grace by Your Spirit at work within me, I do seek You; I do seek to behold Your glory-with "unveiled face."

In the spirit of worship and prayer in communion with You, remove the veil from my face. Remove everything that would keep me from seeing You as You truly are. As deep calls unto deep, as Your Holy Spirit abides in communion with my human spirit, open the eyes of my heart to see You. Move in me with the desire to become more like You-to be transformed into Your image from degree of glory to another, "to be conformed into the image of (the Son of God)" (Romans 8:29). In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.

Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays

God bless you, Tommy! May you see the Lord and His glory today, as the Spirit of God continues to make you more like Jesus. Please pray the same for me.

Please keep us in prayer as Sylvia and I travel to Juneau, Alaska for ministry there later this week at Breakthrough Church and at Cowboy Church in Yukon, Canada next week. Upcoming Ministry Events with Tommy & Sylvia Hays | Messiah Ministries

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"Into All the Truth" - July 16

Good morning, Lord Jesus. You are the King of kings and Lord of lords. Be King and Lord of every moment of my day. ...

"I have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. When the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak of His own, but will speak whatever He hears, and He will declare to you the things that are to come. He will glorify Me, because He will take what is Mine and declare it to you. All that the Father has is Mine. For this reason I said that He will take what is Mine and declare it to you" (John 16:13-15).

Holy Spirit of God, You always glorify Jesus. Lord Jesus Christ, You always honor the Father, perfectly revealing His heart and nature to us as "the way, and the truth, and the life" (John 14:6). Heavenly Father, You are always reaching out to us by the abiding presence of Your Spirit, drawing us to Christ, who is always drawing us to You (John 14:10).

Lord, help me listen to Your Spirit and embrace Your truth, as He guides me into all truth, step by step and day by day. And help me be patient to trust Your timing of what and when You teach me, because You know best how much I can bear, along the journey to spiritual maturity.

There is so much more I need to know and so much more I need to experience. But You are a faithful Guide. And You are the One who is forever called "Faithful and True" (Revelation 19:11). In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.

Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays

Friends, thank you so much for your prayers for us this past week and weekend at the Youth United Spiritual Retreat at Country Lake Christian Retreat in Indiana. Sylvia and I, along with our teaching and prayer ministry team from Messiah Ministries, saw the Holy Spirit move in mighty ways with salvation, healing and freedom among the Korean-American and International Youth. Please keep them all in your prayers as they all to home to live out all the Lord has done and continues to do. 2012 Youth United Spiritual Retreat

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Healing Hearts, Blessing the Land - July 11

Good morning, Lord Jesus. I love You, Lord. Thank You for first loving me. ...

"Lo, I will send you the prophet Elijah before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes. He will turn the hearts of the parents to their children and the hearts of children to their parents, so that I will not come and strike the land with a curse" (Malachi 4:5-6).

Your Father heart is to bless and not curse, to build up and not to destroy, to save and not condemn. You want our land and our lives to prosper and express the witness of Your glory and grace in this world. But our hearts much be right, in relationship with You and with one another. "God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.... Humble yourselves before the Lord and He will exalt you" (James 4:6-10).

So send Your Word and send Your Spirit to change our hearts and heal our land. Send the Spirit of Elijah to prepare the way of the Lord in the earth and in Your people, now before Your second coming, just as You did before Your first coming (Matthew 3:3). That day will be both "the great and terrible day of the Lord"-"great" for those who turn to You in humility and faith, but "terrible" for those who persist in the pride of their own way in rebellion to You.

Lord, restore the love and respect between generations. Empower us by Your grace to honor one another, even willing to lay down our lives for one another. Instead of the jealousy, resentment, and strife that flow out our selfish, wounded, and fearful hearts, give us the heart of the Father and the mind of Christ so we can flow in the power and love of Your Holy Spirit. Then our land and our lives will be blessed, even in the midst of this broken and fallen world. Then we will be the Body and Bride of Christ, shining in the light of Your glory, prepared and expectant for the coming day of the Lord. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.

Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays

Friends, Sylvia and I, along with a teaching and prayer ministry team from Messiah Ministries, will be speaking at a Spiritul Retreat this week for Korean-American and International Youth at Country Lake Christian Retreat near Lexington, Indiana, (Youth United Spiritual Retreat). Please keep us in your prayers for an outpouring of the Lord's power and love!

Also please pray for all our friends at the annual Aldersgate Conference this week in Charleston, WV on Spirit-filled Life and Ministry. Wish we could somehow be there too! It's my favorite spiritual renewal gathering every summer, hosted by Aldersgate Renewal Ministries (Aldersgate 2012 Holy Spirit Conference).

Be empowered, equipped, and encouraged to fulfill your destiny in Christ!

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Higher Thoughts - July 10

Good morning, Lord Jesus. I rest in You and awaken in You. ...

I rest in You and awaken in You

I fear You and love You

I'm lost to this world and found in You

I'm dead to myself and alive in You

You are my Answer and Wisdom

You are my All in All ...

Thank You, Lord, for these words You are writing in my spirit this morning. Help me think more like You think and see myself more like You see me. Your precepts and principles just seem like paradoxes and puns to the wise of this world, but they are keys of the Kingdom of God. "For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts" (Isaiah 55:8-9).

I don't want to have the mind of the world; I want to have "the mind of Christ" (1 Corinthians 2:16). I want to "be transformed by the renewing of (my) mind" (Romans 12:2). I want to have Your higher thoughts.

How I think-how I think of myself, how I think of You, how I think of my place in Your world, and how I think of Your place in my life-determine, in large part, who I am and who I am growing up to be. Spiritual maturity has a lot to do with Spiritual thinking and believing. "For as he thinks in his heart, so is he" (Proverbs 3:7, NKJ). "According to your faith let it be done to you" (Matthew 9:29).

So by the power of Your grace, put Your thoughts in my thoughts and change how I think to how You think. I open my mind to Your words and open my heart to Your ways. Change me and make me more like You each day. Your Word invites me and challenges me to "have this same mind in (me) that as in Christ Jesus" (Philippians 2:5). Let this become my way of thinking and believing. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.

Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays

Friends, Sylvia and I, along with a teaching and prayer ministry team, will be speaking at a Spiritul Retreat this week for Korean-American and International Youth at Country Lake Christian Retreat near Lexington, Indiana, (Youth United Spiritual Retreat). Please keep us in your prayers for an outpouring of the Lord's power and love!

Also please pray for all our friends at the annual Aldersgate Conference this week in Charleston, WV on Spirit-filled Life and Ministry. Wish we could somehow be there too! It's my favorite spiritual renewal gathering every summer, hosted by Aldersgate Renewal Ministries (Aldersgate 2012 Holy Spirit Conference).

Be empowered, equipped, and encouraged to fulfill your destiny in Christ!

Tommy & Sylvia Hays | Messiah Ministries

Healing from the Inside Out

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