Tuesday, September 05, 2017

Morning by Morning, September 5 - Turning Hurricane Harvey into a Harvest of the Kingdom
 
Good morning, Lord Jesus. Make me more like You today.  ...
 
"Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are My disciples" (John 13:35 NLT).
 
Several of us from our ministry went to the Red Cross disaster response training this weekend to help with the victims from Hurricane Harvey. Since the local Red Cross facility was being overwhelmed with what they called "the Texas-sized" response of people wanting to help, they held the training in the sanctuary of the one of the biggest churches in San Antonio. It was a beautiful sight to see thousands from across our city -- crossing all the cultural, racial, and denominational barriers -- come together as one to help.
 
All across Texas, we see hearts opening up and walls coming down. And the body of Christ is in the midst of it all to be the hands and heart of Jesus, right alongside our neighbors who may not yet share our faith but who share God's heart of compassion and mercy and love.  True unity comes from the Holy Spirit -- "the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace" (Ephesians 4:3). 
 
In that unity of the Spirit -- with the walls that would divide us being swept away in a hurricane of love no less devastating to the kingdom of darkness than this hurricane that devastated the coastline of Texas -- all the world is watching us and our response. And may they see the heart of Jesus in the midst of it all. May they know we are Christians by our love. And as they see the unity of the Spirit rising up in our hearts silencing the storms of racism and hatred that were brewing in our land, may there be a great harvest of the kingdom that comes out of this hurricane of destruction. 
 
The witness of oneness is a witness to the world that the Father sent His Son to save us all. As You modeled the unity of the Spirit on the earth and prayed to Father for us all, "I pray that they will all be one, just as You and I are One ... so that the world will believe You sent Me.... May they experience such perfect unity that the world will know that You sent Me and that You love them as much as You love Me" (John 17:21-23 NLT). In this way and in so many more, You are redeeming this storm and turning Hurricane Harvey into a great harvest of the kingdom  (Matthew 13:39). In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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



I pray in agreement with you that the Holy Spirit will continue to unite us and love through us, as God redeems this storm to turn Hurricane Harvey into a great harvest of the kingdom, in Jesus' name. I join with you in prayer for that lives would be restored in this coastal region of Texas, Louisiana and the Gulf of Mexico, and that all who are suffering in the wake of this storm would experience the protection and provision of our God, in Jesus' name! May the presence of God in His mercy and love and through His people be evident in the midst of it all. God bless you, my friend!


Our Prayers are with all the people of this region of Texas, Louisiana, and all who are enduring this storm and the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey


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

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Thursday, August 31, 2017

Morning by Morning, August 31 - Our Hope and Help
 
Good morning, Lord Jesus. Lead my heart, renew my mind, and guide my steps in the way, the truth, and the life of Christ today.  ...
 
"I waited patiently for the Lord; He inclined to me and heard my cry. He drew me up from the desolate pit, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure.... Do not, O Lord, withhold Your mercy from me; let Your steadfast love and Your faithfulness keep me safe forever.... Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me; O Lord, make haste to help me.... As for me, I am poor and needy, but the Lord takes thought for me. You are my help and my deliverer; do not delay, O my God!" (Psalm 40:1-17)
 
O Lord, our God, hear our cry. Hear the cry of every soul whose patience is running thin and whose faith is growing weary. Reach down into their pit of despair and lift them out of the miry bog of confusion and disillusionment. Set their feet on the solid ground of the assurance of Your presence, Your protection, and Your provision. Bring order out of their chaos and hope to their hearts.
 
O God, hear! O God, act! O God, come in Your power and love in both Your supernatural miracles and in Your Spirit-led people, reaching out to the hurting and taking hold of the helpless, to weather this storm and rebuild their lives in You. We need Your hope! We need Your help! "You are (our) Help and (our) Deliverer; do not delay, O (our) God! (v. 17) In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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




I pray in agreement with you and all who are led to join us in prayer by the Holy Spirit that the rain would stop, the land would dry up, and lives would be restored in this coastal region of Texas, Louisiana and the Gulf of Mexico, and that all who are suffering in the wake of this storm would experience the protection and provision of our God, in Jesus' name! May the presence of God in His mercy and love and through His people be evident in the midst of it all. And may this terrible storm be turned into a great harvest. God bless you, my friend!


Our Prayers are with all the people of this region of Texas, Louisiana, and all who are enduring this storm and the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey


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

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Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Morning by Morning, August 30 - Search and Rescue
 
Good morning, Lord Jesus. Show me how to pray, as I turn my eyes to You and listen for the leading of Your Spirit.  ...
 
"For thus says the Lord God:  I Myself will search for My sheep, and will seek them out. As shepherds seek out their flocks when they are among their scattered sheep, so I will seek out My sheep. I will rescue them from all the places to which they have been scattered on a day of clouds and thick darkness" (Ezekiel 34:11-12).
 
In these days of clouds and thick darkness, with whole communities still reeling from the floods and rains of destruction from this terrible storm, we need You and cry out to You, O Lord, our God. You are our Good Shepherd, our True Shepherd, our Faithful Shepherd, who says, "I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak" (v. 16).
 
Thank You for the workers and volunteers, for the neighbors and friends, for the total strangers with a heart to help who come together as one as an extension of Your heart and hands for all who are lost and suffering. Search and rescue. Deliver and save. Bring hope and healing, security and shelter in the midst of this storm. Give all who are hurting and afraid the hope and faith to believe there will soon come a day when "they shall be secure on their soil; and they shall know that (You are) the Lord" (v. 27). In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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



I pray in agreement with you and all who are led to join us in prayer by the Holy Spirit that the rain would stop and lives would be restored in this coastal region of Texas, Louisiana and the Gulf of Mexico, and that all who are suffering in the wake of this storm would experience the protection and provision of our God, in Jesus' name! May the presence of God in His mercy and love and through His people be evident in the midst of it all. And may this terrible storm be turned into a great harvest. God bless you, my friend!


Our Prayers are with all the people of this region enduring this storm and the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey



Come join us for our
Level 1 Prayer Ministry Training
Biblical Principles of Inner Healing and Deliverance
Starting Tuesday Night, September 5th, being hosted at Oak Hills Church in San Antonio. DVDs are also available.

The core teaching for our Level 1 School of Ministry
 is based upon my book:

 Free to Be Like Jesus 
 Transforming Power of Inner Healing & Deliverance
 


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

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Tuesday, August 29, 2017


Morning by Morning, August 29 - Fervent Prayer that the Rain Would Stop

Good morning, Lord Jesus. I look up to You and speak up to You and welcome You to take hold of me and speak into me, as I seek to begin my day in communion with You -- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit of God.  ... 

"Elijah was a human being like us, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth" (James 5:17). 

O Lord, as we hear and see the overwhelming devastation of the rains that continue to pour down and the waters that continue to rise up along the Texas coast and Gulf of Mexico, we're moved to cry out to You in prayer and call on Your name in faith. You moved in Elijah's heart to pray fervently that it might not rain. And Lord, that's our prayer for this region overwhelmed by these floods and desperate for a miraculous move of God. Father God, in the name of Jesus, let the rain stop and begin to dry up the land. 

Your Word calls us to both humility and faith in our prayers -- humility to seek You and faith to believe You, humility to be available to pray and intercede as You lead by Your Spirit and faith to trust that You're putting Your prayers on our hearts to pray according to Your will. "Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words. And God, who searches the heart, knows what is the mind of the Spirit because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God" (Romans 8:26-27). 

I believe Your Spirit is leading us to pray in humility and faith for the rain to stop and the land to dry up. I believe Your Spirit is leading us to pray for protection and provision of all who are suffering and for suffering souls to be saved as they cry out to You in their distress.  "They cried to the Lord in their trouble, and He brought them out from their distress; He made the storm be still, and the waves of the sea were hushed. Then they were glad because they had quiet, and He brought them to their desired haven. Let them thank the Lord for His steadfast love, for His wonderful works to humankind" (Psalm 107:28-31). 

Move in the hearts of Your sons and daughters to pray like Elijah, in humility and faith. By the power of Your grace, may our fervent, earnest prayers, led by Your Spirit, be "powerful and effective" (James 5:16). And may we trust in Your Word when You said, "Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Again, truly I tell you, if two of you agree on earth about anything you ask, it will be done for you by My Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered in My name, I am there among them" (Matthew 18:18-20). In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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



I pray in agreement with you and all who are led to join us in prayer by the Holy Spirit that the rain would stop in this coastal region of Texas and the Gulf of Mexico, and all who are suffering in the wake of this storm would experience the protection and provision of our God, in Jesus' name! May the presence of God in His mercy and love and through His people be evident in the midst of it all. And may this terrible storm be turned into a great harvest. God bless you, my friend!

Our Prayers are with all the people of this region enduring the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey



Come join us for our
Level 1 Prayer Ministry Training
Biblical Principles of Inner Healing and Deliverance
Starting Tuesday Night, September 5th, being hosted at Oak Hills Church in San Antonio. DVDs are also available.

The core teaching for our Level 1 School of Ministry
 is based upon my book:

 Free to Be Like Jesus 
 Transforming Power of Inner Healing & Deliverance
 


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

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Monday, August 28, 2017

Morning by Morning, August 28 - Our Rescue and Refuge
 
Good morning, Lord Jesus. Your sheep hear Your voice, so I call on Your name and listen for Your leading.  ...
 
"Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress; He made the storm be still, and the waves of the sea were hushed. Then they were glad because they had quiet, and He brought them to their desired haven" (Psalm 107:28-30).
 
Though the hurricane has passed, the rains remain and the rivers are rising in what they're calling unprecedented, catastrophic flooding on the Texas coast. Thousands are stranded and wait for rescue. Thousands more wonder when it will ever end. While I'm thankful that we were not overwhelmed in our community as they expected, I'm moved with compassion and stirred to intercession for all who were and for all who long for this nightmare to be over.
 
So I join with every heart crying out to You, calling on Your name, and seeking Your help. Lord, dry up the rains, push back the clouds, clear up the skies, and send forth Your word. Bring provision and protection for all who are in need. Send out Your angels and send out Your servants to be Your hands and Your heart. 
 
You've stilled the storm and hushed the waves, now be our Rescue and our Refuge for all who are crying out in distress. We need You now in our hour of need. And we thank You now for every way we will see You come through and bring each soul "to their desired haven." In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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



I pray you'll be rescued and comforted if you're in distress and that you'll be moved to intercession for all who are, in Jesus' name! Please join me in prayer for all who are suffering in the wake of this hurricane. May the presence of God in His mercy and love and through His people be evident in the midst of it all. God bless you, my friend!

Our Prayers are with the people of Houston, Texas and all enduring the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey



Come join us for our
Level 1 Prayer Ministry Training
Biblical Principles of Inner Healing and Deliverance
Starting Tuesday Night, September 5th, being hosted at Oak Hills Church in San Antonio. DVDs are also available.

The core teaching for our Level 1 School of Ministry
 is based upon my book:

 Free to Be Like Jesus 
 Transforming Power of Inner Healing & Deliverance
 


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

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Friday, August 25, 2017

Morning by Morning, August 25 - "Until the Destroying Storms Pass By"
 
Good morning, Lord Jesus. You are One with the Father, One with the Holy Spirit. Be One within me, as I open my heart to You in the deep communion of contemplative prayer.   ...
 
"Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for in You my soul takes refuge; in the shadow of Your wings I will take refuge, until the destroying storms pass by" (Psalm 57:1).
 
The first hurricane to hit the coast of Texas in twelve years is heading our way fast. They say there may be 125 mph winds, a 12-foot storm surge, and a deluge of three feet of rain flooding down on us soon. And to all that, I say with the Body and Bride of Christ, strategically positioned here in Texas, "Peace! Be Still!" in the name of Jesus! (Mark 4:39)
 
I'm reminded of the bronze sculpture outside the Methodist Church at the edge of the waters of Corpus Christ Bay. It's a sculpture of Jesus standing boldly, with authority in his eyes and peace on his face, stretching out his arms over the waters, as he faces the sea. We don't worship any graven images, but we are inspired by the Word of God that encourages us to trust in the One who rebukes the wind and the waves at the sound of His voice.
 
Lord, speak out Your voice against this destroying storm. Rebuke the wind and the waves of destruction and violence and death. Let Your Spirit hover over the chaos of these waters and this darkness. Speak life to our hearts and peace to our souls, as we take refuge in the grip of Your grace and under the shadow of Your wings.
 
We set aside our pride and humble our hearts to be desperately dependent upon You alone. You are our Rock and our Refuge. Be our Strong Tower, our Mighty God, as we call on Your name "until the destroying storms pass by." And my our prayers of urgency become prayers of consistency, as we continue to keep our hearts humble and our faith strong before the One who is our only true and lasting Hope -- come hell or high water. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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



I pray you'll experience the peace of Christ in your heart and the authority of the power of His name, through whatever storms may ever come your way, in Jesus' name! Please pray the same for me. Please pray for Texas. God bless you, my friend!



Come join us for our
Level 1 Prayer Ministry Training!
Biblical Principles of Inner Healing and Deliverance
Starting Tuesday Night, September 5th, being hosted at Oak Hills Church in San Antonio. DVDs are also available.

The core teaching for our Level 1 School of Ministry
 is based upon my book:

 Free to Be Like Jesus 
 Transforming Power of Inner Healing & Deliverance
 


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

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Thursday, August 24, 2017

Morning by Morning, August 24 - "Your Father's Good Pleasure"
 
Good morning, Lord Jesus. I want to begin my day with You -- meditating on the written Word, in the communion of prayer with the living Word. You are the Word of God; and I'm watching and waiting for God's Word to speak to my heart.  ...
 
"Do not be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom" (Luke 12:32).
 
You're a good Father. And it's Your good pleasure to give me the kingdom. What is "the kingdom" that You desire to give me, my Father?  ...
 
As I watch and wait, this Scripture comes to my heart:  "For the kingdom of God is not food and drink but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit" (Romans 14:17).  ...
 
Yes, Lord. Everything I need to experience Your righteousness is Your good pleasure to give me. Everything I need to experience Your peace is Your good pleasure to give me. Everything I need to experience Your joy is Your good pleasure to give me. And You give it all to me through Your Holy Spirit -- the "Spirit of God (who) dwells in (me)" (Romans 8:9) -- the "Spirit of God" who leads me and positions me to receive everything it is Your good pleasure to give me (Romans 8:14). You know everything I need, so You invite me to ask and command me not to worry (Philippians 4:6).
 
Thank You, my Father. It's not prideful or selfish to seek and to receive all these things that it's Your good pleasure to give me. It bring You joy to bring me joy -- righteousness and peace and joy. It delights You to delight in me. "For the Lord your God is living among you. He is a mighty savior. He will take delight in you with gladness. With His love, He will calm all your fears. He will rejoice over you with joyful songs!" (Zephaniah 3:17 NLT)  
 
So may it be my good pleasure to delight You by graciously receiving from You all You're generously giving to me in Your good pleasure. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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


I pray you'll ask for and receive everything it's your Father's good pleasure to give you, delighting in Him as He delights in you with gladness, in Jesus' name! Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!



Come join us for our
Level 1 Prayer Ministry Training!
Biblical Principles of Inner Healing and Deliverance
Starting Tuesday Night, September 5th, being hosted at Oak Hills Church in San Antonio. DVDs are also available.



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

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