"Stand Firm" in Faith - November 6, 2020

 Morning by Morning, November 6 - "Stand Firm" in Faith

Good morning, Lord Jesus. You're the King of kings and the Lord of lords. Be King of my heart and Lord of my life. Come rule and reign in all that is within me and all that is around me. ... 

"Moses said to the people, 'Do not be afraid, stand firm, and see the deliverance that the Lord will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians whom you see today you shall never see again" (Exodus 14:13). 

Standing firm in faith keeps us from falling into fear. Remembering Your word keeps us from wavering at the words of the world. Our faith is in You. Our trust is in You. Our hope is in You. You are the One who will accomplish Your word. You're watching over Your word to perform it (Jeremiah 1:12). And Your word never returns empty, but always accomplishes that which You purpose and always succeeds in the thing for which You sent it (Isaiah 55:11).

So by the power of Your grace, we stand firm in Your word, trusting by faith, that You are at work to bring about Your will. No matter what army of the opposite is charging forward to drive our hopes into the sea, no matter how mighty their horses and chariots or their determination for the destruction of our dreams grounded in Your word and confirmed by Your Spirit, we will stand firm in You. We will look and see the salvation of the Lord and the deliverance at hand that only You can do. Some may trust in horses; some may trust in chariots; but we will trust in the name of our God and the power of Your word (Psalm 20:7). In Jesus' name I pray. Amen. 

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

My friend, may you stand firm in the faith, trusting in the One who is always faithful to watch over and perform His word, 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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This Battle's Not Over - November 5, 2020

 Morning by Morning, November 5 - This Battle's Not Over

 

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Help me hear Your heart -- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit of God -- to pray and proclaim Your will, here on earth as it already is in heaven, here in every sphere of influence of responsibility and authority You've entrusted to me as a child of God and disciple of Christ. ...

 

"God is our refuge and strength,
    a very present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change,
    though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea;
though its waters roar and foam,
    though the mountains tremble with its tumult. Selah

There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
    the holy habitation of the Most High.
God is in the midst of the city; it shall not be moved;
    God will help it when the morning dawns.

The nations are in an uproar, the kingdoms totter;
    He utters His voice, the earth melts.
The Lord of hosts is with us;
    the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah

Come, behold the works of the Lord;
    see what desolations He has brought on the earth.
He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;
    He breaks the bow, and shatters the spear;
    He burns the shields with fire.
'Be still, and know that I am God!
    I am exalted among the nations,
    I am exalted in the earth.'
The Lord of hosts is with us;
    the God of Jacob is our refuge! Selah" (Psalm 46:1-11)

 

Though the nations be in an uproar, through the kingdoms of this world totter with tumult, You utter Your voice, You speak forth Your word, and the mountains tremble and shake, as the earth and all that would rise against You melts away like wax. Mighty God! Our Refuge! Our Strength! Our Very Present Help in time of trouble!

 

On the one hand, You're speaking to me and all Your children, "Be still and know that I am God." And at the same time, You're speaking to the nations and kingdoms of this world that would seek to oppose Your will and Your word, "Be still and know that I am God!" They must cease and desist. They must bow before Your name and submit to Your will. All that is in darkness will be exposed. What is hidden in secret will be shouted from the mountaintops.

 

So by the power of Your grace, stirred up in my human spirit by the burning Fire of Your Holy Spirit in faith to never surrender and never retreat before the enemies of the cross and the righteousness of God, I agree in my prayers and words of proclamation to the kingdoms of this world opposing the Kingdom of my God: "You will be still and You will submit and You will know that the Lord alone is God! He makes your wars cease. He breaks your bows. He shatters your spears. He burns your shields with fire. He alone will be exalted among the nations! He alone will be exalted in the earth! In Jesus' mighty name!" (v. 9)

 

This battle is not over. This spiritual war for the soul of a nation is not finished. "God is in the midst of (this nation); it shall not be moved! God will help it when the morning dawns!" (v. 5).

 

So before that day dawns, when all is exposed by the light and set right, "there is a river whose streams make glad the (people) of God, the holy habitation of the Most High" (v. 4). Your River of Life flows in our hearts, with both the faith to trust in You and the peace to know You hear our prayers and are moving in Your power. So "we will not fear" (v. 2). "The Lord of hosts is with us! The God of Jacob is our Refuge!" (v. 11) And all the world will "Come and behold the works of the Lord!" (v. 8) 

 

I believe it. And I'm not backing off or standing down until I see it or until You tell me otherwise. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

 

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

My friend, may you be still and know that the Lord alone is God; and may you boldly and faithfully proclaim that truth to all that's hidden and opposing the will of God in your world, in Jesus name. Please pray the same for me. And I join with you in fasting and prayer for the elections and and for all we are facing in our world. God bless you, my friend!

 

New Mailing Address for Messiah Ministries:

Tommy & Rocio Hays

Messiah Ministries

17503 La Cantera Parkway, Suite 104407

San Antonio, Texas 78257

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"The Valley of Decision" on Election Day - November 3, 2020

 Morning by Morning, November 3 - "The Valley of Decision" on Election Day

 

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Be Lord of my heart and all my desires, Lord of my mind and all my thoughts, Lord of my will and all my choices. ...

 

"Multitudes, multitudes,
    in the valley of decision!
For the day of the Lord is near
    in the valley of decision.
The sun and the moon are darkened,
    and the stars withdraw their shining.

The Lord roars from Zion,
    and utters His voice from Jerusalem,
    and the heavens and the earth shake.
But the Lord is a refuge for His people,
    a stronghold for the people of Israel.

So you shall know that I, the Lord your God,
    dwell in Zion, my holy mountain.
And Jerusalem shall be holy,
    and strangers shall never again pass through it.

In that day
the mountains shall drip sweet wine,
    the hills shall flow with milk,
and all the stream beds of Judah
    shall flow with water;
a fountain shall come forth from the house of the Lord
    and water the Wadi Shittim" (Joel 3:14-18).

 

Today is Election Day in America. Multitudes will go down to "the valley of decision" to cast their vote and speak their voice and make their choice. Multitudes already have.

 

Come, Holy Spirit. May the decisions of the multitudes be decisions led by Your Spirit, informed by Your Word, guided by Your principles of the Kingdom of God and the authority of Your Scripture. May they be decisions for life and not death, for blessing and not cursing, exalting Your ways in our land as one nation under God. 

 

"Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people" (Proverbs 14:34). "Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne" (Psalm 89:14). And "Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord" (Psalm 33:12).

 

If our choices are right and our decisions are true, the mountains and hills, the streams and plains, will flow with the blessings of God. "A fountain shall come forth!"

 

Lord, let Your Fountain of Living Water come forth in our land. Let there be revival, awakening, and harvest as never before, as the heart of our nation continues to return to You. Move in Your power. Move by Your grace. 

 

Against all odds, move in impossible and mighty ways that only You can do, so that all will see and know that only You have done this. For "Nothing is impossible with God" (Luke 1:37) and "With God all things are possible" (Matthew 19:26). On this day of decision, may Your multitudes remember as we pray in faith for our land that "All things are possible for those who believe" (Mark 9:23). And no matter what has happened at the close of this day and through the days to come, "We know that all things work together for good for those who love (You), who are called according to Your purpose" (Romans 8:28). In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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

My friend, may you make your decisions this day and every day led by the Holy Spirit, informed by God's Word, guided by His principles and the authority of His Scripture, receiving an overflowing fountain of God's blessings in your life, in Jesus name. Please pray the same for me. And I join with you and so many in fasting and prayer for the elections and for all we're facing in our world. God bless you, my friend!

 

Praise Report from Preaching in Pakistan through our Skype Internet Ministry. We're praising God for another move of the Holy Spirt in Pakistan with the Power and Love of Jesus Christ! Our ministry partner there Pastor Rizwan Fazal reports over 320 salvations and many reports of healing and freedom in Jesus' name!

Thank you so much for all your prayers, my friends! We're honored and excited to be part of what the Lord is doing in these thrilling days of global harvest! Each month, we try to preach in a different village through our live stream Skype Ministry, where Pastor Fazal sets up a big screen and projector and interprets my message live, with followup ministry. Please keep us in prayer for open doors for our next crusade next month! God bless you!

"And the Good News about the Kingdom will be preached throughout the whole world, so that all nations will hear it; and then the end will come!" (Matthew 24:14)

Healing Academy in Fredericksburg at the Bridge Church Tonight. Please keep us in prayer, as Rocio and I travel to Fredericksburg, expectant and excited for another great evening of healing worship, teaching and impartation. Every week gets better! Praying the Holy Spirit will connect you in those places He has for you to be filled up and overflowing! The Healing Academy teaching is based on my Book Free to Be Like Jesus -- Transforming Power of Inner Healing & Deliverance.

 

My friend, please let me know if your church or group would like to discuss arranging an Intensive Version of our Healing Academy in Your community. Just reply to this email

I'm excited to be joining by Zoom call with Pastor Jeff Bealmear at the Olney Methodist Church in Illinois, as they teach the Free to Be Like Jesus material. I'll be up there with them in person in December. Please keep us in prayer!

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Messiah Ministries

17503 La Cantera Parkway, Suite 104407

San Antonio, Texas 78257

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My Servant, My Cyrus "Shall Carry Out All My Purpose" - October 30, 2020

 Morning by Morning, October 30 - My Servant, My Cyrus "Shall Carry Out All My Purpose"

 

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Put Your thoughts in my mind and Your desires in my heart, to guide my steps as I seek to walk in Your ways today -- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit of God. ...

 

"But now hear, O Jacob My servant,
    Israel whom I have chosen!
Thus says the Lord who made you,
    who formed you in the womb and will help you:
Do not fear, O Jacob My servant,
    Jeshurun whom I have chosen....

Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer,
    who formed you in the womb:
I am the Lord, who made all things,
    who alone stretched out the heavens,
    who by Myself spread out the earth;
who frustrates the omens of liars,
    and makes fools of diviners;
who turns back the wise,
    and makes their knowledge foolish;
who confirms the word of His servant,
    and fulfills the prediction of His messengers;
who says of Jerusalem, 'It shall be inhabited,'
    and of the cities of Judah, 'They shall be rebuilt,
    and I will raise up their ruins';
who says to the deep, 'Be dry-
    I will dry up your rivers';
who says of Cyrus, 'He is My shepherd,
    and He shall carry out all My purpose';
and who says of Jerusalem, 'It shall be rebuilt,'
    and of the temple, 'Your foundation shall be laid'" (Isaiah 44:1-28).

 

You have Your plans and Your purposes. You alone are God and there is no other (v. 6). You alone have the authority to choose whom You will choose to fulfill what You choose for them to fulfill. You "pour out (Your) Spirit" upon whom You will (v. 3). And You appoint and anoint Your servants for Your assignments (v. 21).

 

You forgive our transgressions of the past and cleanse us from the unrighteousness of our sins, if we turn them over to You (v. 22). You restore us and redeem us and then, in the sovereignty of Your mercy and power of Your grace, You determine to even honor us and use us in the unfolding of Your plans and fulfillment of Your purpose (v. 24). Sometimes even in the very places of our greatest failures to display Your glory and Your power to redeem all people and all things.

 

Who are we to judge? (v. 25) Who are we to say we know better, we know best, in resistance of Your will and Your chosen purposes through Your chosen servants? (v. 26)

 

You are the First and You are the Last; You see the end from the beginning and the beginning from the end (v. 6). You alone are the One "Who has announced from of old the things to come; (You alone) tell us what is yet to be" (v. 7).

 

Sometimes, we'd rather trust in the idolatry of our own will and ways apart from Yours (v. 9). Sometimes we'd rather bow down and worship what we've created by our own hands in our own image for our own desires (v. 17). But it's foolishness and vanity, coming to nothing, all to our shame of not faithfully trusting You (v. 20).

 

Like it or not, agree with You and Your wisdom or not, You will have Your way. Your "Cyrus," Your "shepherd" for a time such as this, "shall carry out all (Your) purpose" (v. 23). Lord, let it be so, just as You have said. Give us humility to trust and faith to believe You know what's best. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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

My friend, may you fully trust in the all the plans and purposes of God in our lives and in our land for such a time as this, in Jesus name. Please pray the same for me. And I join with you and so many in fasting and prayer for the elections and for all we're facing in our world. God bless you, my friend!

Preaching in Pakistan Yesterday through our Skype Internet Ministry.

A great night of ministry outdoors under a beautiful sky in Pakistan! No problems at all this time on the Skype connection and projector. Praise God! Looking forward to hearing all that God has done in the mighty name of Jesus! Every month we've been receiving testimonies of hundreds of souls being saved and lives being changed by the love of God revealed in Jesus Christ! Thank you so much for your prayers in partnership with us in this ministry!

 

"And the Good News about the Kingdom will be preached throughout the whole world, so that all nations will hear it; and then the end will come!" (Matthew 24:14)

Free to Be Like Jesus!

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New Mailing Address for Messiah Ministries:

Tommy & Rocio Hays

Messiah Ministries

17503 La Cantera Parkway, Suite 104407

San Antonio, Texas 78257

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Set Free from the Crippling, Silencing, Shaming Spirits of This Age - October 29, 2020

Morning by Morning, October 29 - Set Free from the Crippling, Silencing, Shaming Spirits of This Age

 

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Let Your Word and Your Spirit arise in my heart as I seek to begin my day embraced by my Father, centered in Christ, and filled with the Holy Spirit. ...

 

"Now He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. And just then there appeared a woman with a spirit that had crippled her for eighteen years. She was bent over and was quite unable to stand up straight. When Jesus saw her, He called her over and said, 'Woman, you are set free from your ailment.' When He laid His hands on her, immediately she stood up straight and began praising God! But the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had cured on the sabbath, kept saying to the crowd, 'There are six days on which work ought to be done; come on those days and be cured, and not on the sabbath day.' But the Lord answered him and said, 'You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the manger, and lead it away to give it water? And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen long years, be set free from this bondage on the sabbath day?' When He said this, all His opponents were put to shame; and the entire crowd was rejoicing at all the wonderful things that He was doing" (Luke 13:10-17).

 

Like this woman, this "daughter of Abraham" under the Covenant of God, there are spirits who try to cripple the Body of Christ. There are spirits of intimidation, oppression, and persecution who constantly come against Your people -- to keep them "bent over" and "unable to stand." They would keep Your people who are called by Your name bowed down, hidden away, silenced and unseen, while they try to push their agendas and advance their kingdom. They love to voice their indignation and loudly express their paternalistic disapproval, all in the name of their own self-righteousness.

 

But You have come to set the captives free! You have come to awaken our spirit and lift up Your Body, that we can stand up straight, boldly praising our God! "For (we are) not ashamed of the Gospel; it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who has faith!" (Romans 1:16).

 

Let the "hypocrites" be "put to shame" and their selective indignation be exposed for all it is. By the power of Your grace, we will arise and we will rejoice "at all the wonderful things" You are doing in our day!

 

Let the crippling, silencing, shaming spirits of this age be broken off and cast away from the Body of Christ in the mighty name of Jesus! These are our days to arise and shine, with the Light of Your glory arising and shining through us! (Isaiah 60:1-3)

 

"Everything exposed by the Light becomes visible, 'for everything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says, 'Sleeper awake! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you! ... Be filled with the Spirit, as you sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs among yourselves, singing and making melody to the Lord in your hearts, giving thanks to God the Father at all times and for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ!" (Ephesians 5:13-20) In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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

My friend, may you be set free from everything that would try to cripple you, silence you, or shame you, that the Gospel may live large in you and through your life, in Jesus name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

Preaching in Pakistan Today through our Skype Internet Ministry.

Friends, please keep us in prayer this morning (Thursday Night in Pakistan). If the weather permits, I will be preaching another one of our outdoor evangelistic meetings in Pakistan through our Skype Internet Ministry. Each month, I am preaching in different villages around Lahore, Pakistan in the Punjab Region. Through our team there with Pastor Rizwan Fazal, we set up a tent or facility with a big screen, projector, interpreter, and prayer team for a live evangelistic outreach. We follow up with prayer ministry and discipleship. Thank you to all my friends who pray for us and support us to make this ministry possible each month! God bless you!

 

"And the Good News about the Kingdom will be preached throughout the whole world, so that all nations will hear it; and then the end will come!" (Matthew 24:14)

Free to Be Like Jesus!

Transforming Power of Inner Healing & Deliverance 

 

Amazon.Com/TommyHays-Christian Author

New Mailing Address for Messiah Ministries:

Tommy & Rocio Hays

Messiah Ministries

17503 La Cantera Parkway, Suite 104407

San Antonio, Texas 78257

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Messiah-Ministries.org

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