"Setting" Ourselves to Seek the Lord for Our Nation - December 3, 2020

 Morning by Morning, December 3 - “Setting” Ourselves to Seek the Lord for Our Nation

 

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Arise in my heart, Holy Spirit of God, as I entrust my life and my day completely to You -- Father, Son, and Holy Spirt of God. ...

 

“After this the Moabites and Ammonites, and with them some of the Meunites, came against Jehoshaphat for battle. Messengers came and told Jehoshaphat, ‘A great multitude is coming against you from Edom, from beyond the sea; already they are at Hazazon-tamar’ (that is, En-gedi). Jehoshaphat was afraid; he set himself to seek the Lord, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. Judah assembled to seek help from the Lord; from all the towns of Judah they came to seek the Lord” (2 Chronicles 20:1-4).

 

When the king was afraid, “he set himself to seek the Lord.” And all Judah “assembled” with him “to seek the Lord.”

 

How did he “set” himself in seeking You? ...

 

Your Word says he “stood in the assembly ... in the house of the Lord” (v. 5). Then he declared Your authority and power to prevail over the enemies coming against their nation (v. 6-7). 

 

He remembered and proclaimed Your promise that You would “hear and save” whenever Your people would turn to You in times of “disaster, sword, judgment, pestilence, or famine” (v. 8-9). And in humility he acknowledged the honest facts before him that the enemies of the nation would surely prevail if You Yourself did not intervene and act on their behalf, crying out, “O our God, will You not execute judgement upon them? For we are powerless against this great multitude that is coming against us” v. 12). Finally, he committed it all into Your hands in trusting faith and confident surrender, declaring, “We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on You” (v. 12).

 

With their eyes on You, coming together in prayer in the house of the Lord, You heard and You answered. “Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jahaziel (saying) ‘Thus says the Lord to you: ‘Do not fear or be dismayed at this great multitude; for the battle is not yours but God’s.... This battle is not for you to fight; take your position, stand still, and see the victory of the Lord on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem.’ Do not fear or be dismayed; tomorrow go out against them, and the Lord will be with you!’” (v. 13-17)

 

As they “rose early in the morning and went out” against them, those appointed to go “before the army” declared Your goodness with thanksgiving and praise (v. 20-21). “As they began to sing and praise (You) set an ambush against (the enemies of their nation)” (v. 22). At Your hand, the enemies of their land were “routed” and even began “to destroy one another” (v. 23).

 

The people of God “returned to Jerusalem with joy, for the Lord hand enabled them to rejoice over their enemies!” (v. 27) Then “the fear of God came on all the kingdoms of the countries when they heard the Lord had fought against the enemies of Israel!” (v. 29).

 

Our battle in our nation is not against flesh and blood, but the spiritual forces of darkness, always seeking to steal, kill, and destroy our calling and destiny as a people of God and a nation under God (Ephesians 6:12; John 10:10). And Your Spirit is stirring in our hearts to keep worshipping You, in prayer and praise, rising early every morning and going out to battle to take our position, to stand firm, and to see the victory of the Lord on our behalf. 

 

Right now, we “see the victory of the Lord” by faith and not by sight (2 Corinthians 5:7). But we believe with expectant faith You have hear our prayers, You have seen our hearts turn, and You are setting ambushes against the spiritual enemies of our nation to route them and destroy them in ways that only You can do. And when You do what only You can do, so that all will see the miraculous intervention of God, the fear of God will come upon this nation and all the nations of the world who look and see what You have done. In the great “harvest” of revival and awakening to come, we will rejoice with great joy over Your great victory! (Matthew 13:39) In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.

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

My friend, may you set yourself to seek the Lord for our nation, see the victory of the Lord with eyes of faith, as He ambushes and routes the spiritual enemies of our land, in Jesus name. Please pray the same for me. And I join with you and so many in prayer for our nation through this challenging time. God bless you, my friend! 

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The Dominion that Shall Not Pass Away - December 1, 2020

 Morning by Morning, December 1 - The Dominion that Shall Not Pass Away

 

Good morning, Lord Jesus. You are King of my heart and Lord of my life, and I welcome You to rule and reign in the authority of Your dominion over every area of my life. ...

 

"Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world. And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you. To Him be the dominion forever and ever. Amen" (1 Peter 5:8-11 ESV). 

 

You didn't say "Run from him" or "Retreat from him." You said "Resist him, firm in your faith." And when we do -- when we humble ourselves in prayer and rise up in proclamation of our faith, all in Your power and all by Your grace -- our adversary must flee. As Your Word promises us and encourages us, "Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you!" (James 4:7)

 

Yes, we may have to suffer through the battle for "a little while." But even the sufferings of the battle teach us perseverance in prayer, train us in the mighty weapons of our spiritual warfare, and unite us together as one in one Spirit to be one Body and to speak with one voice as Your people who are called by Your name. "For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds!" (2 Corinthians 10:4)

 

The strongholds of a false dominion will come down and its strongman must flee. As You taught us in the ministry of spiritual warfare, "If it is by the finger of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his goods are safe; but when one stronger than he attacks him and overcomes him, he takes away his armor in which he trusted and divides his spoil" (Luke 11:20-22). You taught is this just after teaching us to preserve in faith and persevere in prayer (Luke 11:5-13). For there is none stronger than You.

 

No surrender. No retreat. Never running from the battle but always running to the battle. Steadfast in obedience. Firm in our faith. In due time, after "a little while," You "restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish" Your true dominion in our hearts and in our land, all in accordance with Your purposes and Your plan of Your kingdom that shall not pass away (1 Peter 5:10). You are "the God of all grace" and You are the God who will have His way, as Your people humble themselves to seek Your face and pray (2 Chronicles 7:14).

 

For "Your dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away; and (Your) kingdom one that shall not be destroyed!" (Daniel 7:14). "To (You) be the dominion forever and ever. Amen!" (1 Peter 5:11) In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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

Tommy, may you stand firm in your faith, persevere in prayer until you see the Lord restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish His dominion in your life and our land, in Jesus name. Please pray the same for me. And I join with you and so many in prayer for our nation through this challenging time. God bless you, my friend! 

 

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. 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.

 

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 at TommyHays@Messiah-Ministries.org

 

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 on Wednesday Nights. I'll be up there with them in person in toward the end of our course. Please keep us in prayer!

 

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"Due Time" - November 30, 2020

 Morning by Morning, November 30 - "Due Time"

 

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Be at the center of my heart and the forefront of my mind, as I seek to begin my day embraced by my Father, centered in Christ, and filled with the Holy Spirit. ...

 

"Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you" (1 Peter 5:6-7).

 

There is a "due time." Just as You make all things new, You call all things due at just the right time in just the right way. And just as Your thoughts are not our thoughts and Your ways are not our ways (Isaiah 55:8), Your "due time" is not always our "due time."

 

No doubt the enemy of our souls can be the source of many of our delays (Daniel 10:12-14). He's a thief of Your plans and purposes for our lives who comes "to steal and kill and destroy" (John 10:10), "like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour" (1 Peter 5:8). But at the same time, there are times when it's not delay from our enemy but the "due time" of God we're waiting for. And it's in learning to trust and wait for the "due time" of God that we learn "it's through faith and patience we inherit the promises" (Hebrews 6:12).

 

Our God is greater than our enemy, greater than any other, even greater our than our perceived need for results to be produced in our time and in our way. "He who is in (us) is greater than the he who is in the world" (1 John 4:4). There's no greater name than Your name (Acts 4:12). And at Your name everything less must bow and confess that You are Lord (Philippians 2:9-11). But there is a "due time" for all things to be done according to Your plan.

 

So give us grace to patiently wait on Your "due time." In the meantime, You're exposing what needs to be exposed and bringing to light what needs to come to light. You're at work in ways we don't always see and working things together for good in ways we can find hard to believe (Romans 8:28). 

 

We're tempted to say, "Surly, Lord, it's about due time!" But by the power of Your grace at work in us and in our world, may we choose to trust You and say, "Yes, Lord. I trust You and Your time." And in "due time" it will be Your perfect time, at just the right time. For You're the God who makes all things beautiful in Your time (Ecclesiastes 3:11) -- in Your "due time." In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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

My friend, may you be empowered with God's grace and patience to wait upon His "due time" for all that He's put in your heart to be fulfilled according to His plan, in Jesus name. Please pray the same for me. And I join with you and so many in prayer for our nation through this challenging time. God bless you, my friend! 

 

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Tommy & Rocio Hays

Messiah Ministries

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San Antonio, Texas 78257

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Biblical Proportions in Our Days - November 25, 2020

 Morning by Morning, November 25 - Biblical Proportions in Our Days

 

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Put Your thoughts in my mind and Your desires in my heart, to lead me in Your ways today -- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. ...

 

"Just as it was in the days of Noah, so too it will be in the days of the Son of Man" (Luke 17:26).

 

The days of Noah were days of Biblical proportions. And so too it will be in our days. Just as the waters covered the sea and all the earth, so too shall "the earth be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea" (Habakkuk 2:14; Isaiah 11:9).

 

Son of Man, Son of God, come in Your glory! Come cover the earth and fill our hearts with the light of Your glory! Let nothing be hidden but all laid bare for all to see -- here in our hearts and here in our land.

 

In these days of the Son of Man, let there be a great flood of Your glory so that there may be a great harvest for Your kingdom! (Matthew 13:39 and 24:14; Revelation 5:9)

 

"The earth is the Lord's and all that is in it,
    the world, and those who live in it;

for He has founded it on the seas,
    and established it on the rivers.

 

Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord?
    And who shall stand in His holy place?'

Those who have clean hands and pure hearts,
    who do not lift up their souls to what is false,
    and do not swear deceitfully.

They will receive blessing from the Lord,
    and vindication from the God of their salvation.

Such is the company of those who seek him,
    who seek the face of the God of Jacob.

 

Lift up your heads, O gates!
    and be lifted up, O ancient doors!
    that the King of Glory may come in.

Who is the King of Glory?
    The Lord, strong and mighty,
    the Lord, mighty in battle.

Lift up your heads, O gates!
    and be lifted up, O ancient doors!
    that the King of Glory may come in.

Who is this King of Glory?
    The Lord of hosts,
    He is the King of Glory!" (Psalm 24:1-10)

 

Son of Man, Son of God, King of Glory -- open the gates and come into our lives and our land with a mighty flood of Your glory in the Biblical proportions of our days! In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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

My friend, may you be filled with hope, trusting in the One who fills the earth with the light of His glory in the Biblical proportions of our days, in Jesus name.Please pray the same for me. And I join with you and so many in prayer for our nation through this challenging time. God bless you, my friend! 

Happy Thanksgiving to you!

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"Church at Philadelphia -- No One May Seize Your Crown" - November 24, 2020

 Morning by Morning, November 24 - "Church at Philadelphia -- No One May Seize Your Crown"

 

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Give me Your heart, as I seek to listen for Your leading and walk in Your ways -- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit of God. ...

 

"And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write:

 

These are the words of the Holy One, the True One,
    who has the key of David,
    who opens and no one will shut,
        who shuts and no one opens:

 

'I know your works. Look, I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept My word and have not denied My name. I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not, but are lying -- I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and they will learn that I have loved you. Because you have kept My word of patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth. I am coming soon; hold fast to what you have, so that no one may seize your crown. If you conquer, I will make you a pillar in the temple of My God; you will never go out of it. I will write on you the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God, the new Jerusalem that comes down from My God out of heaven, and My own new name. Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches'" (Revelation 3:7-13).

 

Yes, Lord. I hear. Yes, Lord. Let us hear -- Your church, Your people who are called by Your name, Your faithful ones who are holding fast with patient endurance to all You have crowned with authority. Let us keep Your word and pass our test of faith.

 

By the power of Your grace at work within Your praying, persevering church -- especially when it feels we have little power and wavering faith -- You remind us that all power in heaven and earth have been given to You (Matthew 28:18). And You remind us that You alone have the power to open the doors that no man can open for himself and shut the doors that no man can shut for himself (Isaiah 22:22).

 

You will have Your temple. And may we be Your pillars of that temple who stand firm, who hold fast, who do not crumble or fall, who bow to none other than the Lord Jesus Christ. When we are weak, then we are strong in You, for Your power is made perfect in our weakness and the power of Your grace is sufficient for us (2 Corinthians 12:9). 

 

O God who holds the key of David, who turns the hearts of kings, Your grace is sufficiently powerful for us to keep pressing in and pressing on to persevere in faith until we see Your kingdom come and Your will be done -- here in our "Philadelphia" and every "city" and "church" where there remains a remnant who are called by Your name, who are fervently calling on Your name, and who are faithfully proclaiming the power of Your name. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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

My friend, may you hold fast in faith, empowered by the grace of the One who opens doors and shut doors according to His will and power, as His people pray, in Jesus name. Please pray the same for me. And I join with you and so many in fasting and prayer for our nation through this challenging time. God bless you, my friend!

Healing Academy in Fredericksburg at the Bridge Church Tonight. Please keep us in prayer, as I travel to Fredericksburg, expectant and excited for another great evening of healing worship, teaching and impartation. 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 at TommyHays@Messiah-Ministries.org

I'm excited to be joining by Zoom call with Pastor Jeff Bealmearat the Olney Methodist Church in Illinois, as they teach the Free to Be Like Jesus material on Wednesday Nights. I'll be up there with them in person in toward the end of our course. Please keep us in prayer!

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San Antonio, Texas 78257

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