Thursday, December 08, 2016

Morning by Morning, December 8 - The Sign of God
 
Good morning, Lord Jesus. I welcome You here in my heart, in my thoughts, and in every moment of my day.  ...
 
"Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign:  Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel" (Isaiah 7:14 NKJV).
 
A virgin who bears a Child, a God who humbles Himself in the likeness of human flesh and blood to walk among us, and a world of people forgiven for a world of sins throughout all generations by nothing they ever did and nothing they could ever do -- these are miraculous signs of Your inconceivable mercy and love.
 
And every day You forgive me and free me, every day You speak to my heart and lead me in Your ways, every day You are at work within me to make me more like You -- these are days You display Your glory with signs in the heavens and signs on the earth that prove to me You are Immanuel -- God with me.
 
Open my eyes to see these signs and wonders of my wonderful God -- my "Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace" (v. 9:6). And let me never doubt for a day that You are with me, that You are for me, and that You love me. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays

May you see the sign of God who displays His glory through your life -- forgiven and free through His sacrifice of love for you, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend! 

  

Friends, Thank You for your prayers for us as I was honored to share the message last night at the First Wednesday Worship and Prayer Service at Oak Hills Church in San Antonio. We had a wonderful evening in the deep presence of the Lord! Thank you for helping me fulfill my calling to minister the healing love of God, through all your prayers and encouragement. I pray the same for you and your calling. God bless!


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Healing from the Inside Out
  
Pastoral Director | Rapha God Ministries
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San Antonio, Texas 78257

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Wednesday, December 07, 2016

Morning by Morning, December 7 - Jesus Messiah, the Great Light
 
Good morning, Lord Jesus. I lift up my heart and listen for Your leading -- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit of the living God.  ...
 
"The people who walked in darkness have seen a great Light; those who lived in a land of deep darkness -- on them light has shined.... They rejoice before You as with joy at the harvest" (Isaiah 9:2).
 
About seven hundred years before the birth of Jesus, Your Holy Spirit lifted the heart and opened the spiritual eyes of the prophet Isaiah to see the light of the glory of God breaking into our world through the coming Messiah. 
 
With hope in his heart for his nation and all the world, Isaiah prophesied of this coming One:  "For a Child has been born for us, a Son given to us; authority rests upon His shoulders; and He is named Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace!" (v. 9:6)
 
Like all of his people who lived in his day, Isaiah could see the darkness of the chaos and confusion, the opposition and oppression of his broken and fallen world all around him every day. He knew very well "the yoke of their burden, and the bar across their shoulders, the rod of their oppressor" (v. 9:3). But at the same time, You stirred in his heart to cry out for the coming of the One who would heal their brokenness and break their bondage (v. 61:1-4). With assurance of faith, he boldly proclaimed of his Messiah, "His authority shall grow continually, and there will be endless peace for the throne of David and his kingdom. He will establish and uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time onward and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this!" (v. 9:7)
 
Yes, Lord. You will do this. You have done this. You have broken into our darkness and brought us into the glory of Your marvelous light (1 Peter 2:9). All is fulfilled in You -- in Jesus the Christ, our Messiah of God -- as You confirmed through one of Your first disciples, that in "Galilee of the Gentiles -- the people who sat in darkness have seen a great Light, and for those who sat in the region and the shadow of death Light has dawned!" (Matthew 4:15-16)
 
You are our "Wonderful Counselor" who freely gives us Your wisdom and guidance for every choice we must make. You are our "Mighty God" who is mighty to save in whatever we need to be free from all that would hold us back from being all You created us to be. You are our "Everlasting Father" whose arms are always open wide to embrace us and love us, to protect us and provide for us, to correct us and encourage us, as the children of God You remind us we are. And You are our "Prince of Peace" who keeps us in perfect peace, no matter what comes against us or goes on around us, as we keep our hearts and minds fixed on You and the everlasting strength only You can provide (Isaiah 26:3-4).
 
With Your Word and Your Spirit in our hearts, with a heart like Isaiah, we can boldly proclaim Your eternal truth in our lives and our generation:  "Arise, shine; for your Light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you! For darkness shall cover the face of the earth, and thick darkness the peoples; but the Lord will arise upon you, and His glory will appear over you.... Lift up your eyes and look around.... Then you shall see and be radiant; your heart shall thrill and rejoice!" (Isaiah 60:1-5)  
 
Jesus Messiah, come let the light of Your glory shine through me today (Matthew 5:14). In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays

May the light of the glory of God arise and shine upon you today, with the great Light of Jesus our Messiah shining through you, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend! 

Jesus Messiah  

Friends, I'm excited to be sharing the message Tonight at the First Wednesday Worship and Prayer Service at Oak Hills Church, Crownridge campus in San Antonio at 7pm. www.oakhillschurch
Please come join us if you can and keep us in prayer. Our Rapha God Ministries prayer team will be joining the Oak Hills Church prayer team to offer personal prayer ministry for all who come. All are welcome! 


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Healing from the Inside Out
  
Pastoral Director | Rapha God Ministries
4 Dominion Drive, Building 1
San Antonio, Texas 78257

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Monday, December 05, 2016

























Morning by Morning, December 5 - More Like You

Good morning, Lord Jesus. I worship and adore You. I choose to live this day for You -- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.  ...

I hear Your Spirit writing a new song of surrender and praise in my spirit this morning.  ...

I worship and adore You
I long to live for You
Give me Your heart today

I welcome and embrace You
I look up and praise You
More of Your heart today

Make me more like You
In all I say and do
O give me Your heart today


Yes, Lord. Make me more like You today -- more and more every day. Just as Your Word promises You long to do in me and every one of Your children:  “For God knew His people in advance, and He chose them to become like His Son, so that His Son would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. And having chosen them, He called them to come to Him. And having called them, He gave them right standing with Himself. And having given them right standing, He gave them His glory” (Romans 8:29-30 NLT). In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.

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


May you be more like the Jesus today, by the power of His grace and love at work within you to give you more and more of His heart every day, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend! 

  


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San Antonio, Texas 78257

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Friday, December 02, 2016

Morning by Morning, December 2 - Unchanging God and His Steadfast Word
 
Good morning, Lord Jesus. I welcome You, Lord God -- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit -- into my heart and into my day.  ...
 
"God is not a human being, that He should lie, or a mortal, that He should change His mind. Has He promised, and will He not do it? Has He spoken, and will He not fulfill it?" (Numbers 23:19)
 
You are my unchanging God. In You, "there is no variation or shadow due to change" (James 1:17). You are "the same yesterday and today and forever" (Hebrews 13:8). In You, all the promises of God are Yes and Amen (2 Corinthians 1:20). 
 
And You have spoken Your steadfast word. You have eternally declared, "I the Lord will speak the word that I speak, and it will be fulfilled" (Ezekiel 12:25). "The Lord of hosts has sworn:  As I have designed, so shall it be; and as I have planned, so shall it come to pass.... For the Lord of hosts has planned and who will annul it? His hand is stretched out, and who will turn it back?" (Isaiah 14:24).
 
You are faithful and unchanging. You are "Faithful and True" (Revelation 19:11). And I trust You and Your Word and Your will. I don't have to worry about You wavering. I don't have to be concerned about Your Kingdom collapsing. When all is said and done, Your Word will stand. And by the power of the grace of God, I will stand on Your Word, as I stand in You. "Now to Him who is able to keep (me) from falling, and to make (me) stand without blemish in the presence of His glory with rejoicing, to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, power, and authority, before all time and now and forever!" (Jude 24-25) In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays

May you stand firm in the steadfast word of our unchanging God, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend! 

  
 


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Healing from the Inside Out
  
Pastoral Director | Rapha God Ministries
4 Dominion Drive, Building 1
San Antonio, Texas 78257

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Thursday, December 01, 2016


Jesus Messiah
Dear Friends of Messiah Ministries & Tommy Hays,
 

"The people who walked in darkness have seen a great Light....
They rejoice before You as with joy at the harvest....
For a Child has been born for us, a Son given to us; authority rests upon His shoulders; and He is named Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace!"
(Isaiah 9:2-6 fulfilled in Matthew 4:16)

As we celebrate this season of the Light of Christ who has come into our hearts to fill us with joy, we pray you would be filled afresh with the Joy of Jesus, as His light shines through you!
And we celebrate all the ways you've joined with us at Messiah Ministries to continue our calling to offer hope and healing through prayer ministry and teaching to our community, and through the strategic opportunities at home and abroad to share minister the healing love and power of God.  Through partners like you, we are able to offer this life-changing ministry freely, without charge to all who come for personal ministry sessions with our ministry partnership with Rapha God Ministries at our base in San Antonio.
 
Please remember us in your year end giving and plans for the coming year. Every gift of any size is truly needed and greatly appreciated! "We thank God for you every time we remember you, constantly praying with joy in every one of our prayers for you, because of your sharing in the gospel" (from Philippians 1:3-5).
 
God bless you and Merry Christmas!
Tommy Hays




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Morning by Morning, December 1 - "Do You Hear Me?"
 
Good morning, Lord Jesus. Draw me close to You -- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit of God.  ...
 
"He who has ears to hear, let him hear!" (Matthew 11:15 NKJV)
 
It seems I hear You asking me this morning, "Do you hear Me?"  ...
 
And the first response that seems to rise up in me is, "Lord, I think I try to hear You. What are You asking me? I know by now that You never ask me a question to find out the answer. Laugh out loud. But You're wanting me to take time to dig a little deeper in a measure of revelation by Your Spirit."  ...
 
It seems I hear You saying, "Hear not only My words. Hear also My heart. Hear My heart behind My words. Out of My heart, I speak. And My heart is love. I Am Love. So even My words of correction, even My words of judgment of what is unrighteous, are expressions of My heart of love. I am not willing that any should perish, but that all would come to know Me and My love. So always seek to hear My love in My words."
 
Yes, Lord. Help me do that. Help me grow in that. Help me embrace this as a key when I read Your written Word or seek to discern Your spoken words. Your Word speaks of Your character and Your desire for our character, saying:  "Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. He who does not love does not know God, for God is love" (1 John 4:7-8 NKJV).
 
By the power of Your grace, help me love. And help me always hear Your heart of love in Your words. Then help me express Your heart of love through mine. When others hear me, may they hear Your character of love in me. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays

May you hear the heart of God and express His heart through your words and life in His love, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend! 

  
 


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Healing from the Inside Out
  
Pastoral Director | Rapha God Ministries
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San Antonio, Texas 78257

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