The Wings of "the Great Eagle" Shall Rise and Fly - February 10, 2021

Morning by Morning, February 10 - The Wings of "the Great Eagle" Shall Rise and Fly

 Good morning, Lord Jesus. I welcome You here in my heart and every moment of my day. ... 

"So when the dragon saw that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child. But the woman was given the two wings of the great eagle, so that she could fly from the serpent into the wilderness, to her place where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time. Then from his mouth the serpent poured water like a river after the woman, to sweep her away with the flood. But the earth came to the help of the woman; it opened its mouth and swallowed the river that the dragon had poured from his mouth. Then the dragon was angry with the woman, and went off to make war on the rest of her children, those who keep the commandments of God and hold the testimony of Jesus" (Revelation 12:13-17). 

There's so much imagery in the Book of Revelation, so much that's often hard to understand. And yet, the primary purpose of the Book, as declared in the very first words of the Book, is "the revelation of Jesus Christ" (Revelation 1:1). There is blessing for us when we take time to give attention to the Words of this Book: "Blessed is the one who reads aloud the Words of the Prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and keep what is written in it; for the time is near" (Revelation 1:3). And there is blessing for us whenever we take time to give attention to "the revelation of Jesus Christ" in any form. 

What comes to me this morning is the imagery of the eagle -- "the two wings of the great eagle" who came to help the woman under assault from the dragon, the serpent seeking to destroy and her child. Many would say this "child" speaks of Jesus. "She gave birth to a Son, a male Child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron" (Revelation 12:5). Jesus is the One who will rule with "a rod of iron" (Revelation 2:27 and 19:15; Psalm 2:9). And many would say "the woman" speaks of Israel, who gave birth to her Messiah, the Child who was both Son of Man and Son of God, that this "dragon" is so intent on destroying even from birth (Revelation 12:4). And this "dragon" continues to "make war on the rest of her children" who are "those who keep the commandments of God and hold the testimony of Jesus" (Revelation 12:17). 

So much to see and yet so much we don't yet understand. So we pray for greater revelation, clearer understanding, to know what "the Spirit is saying to the churches" in every age and in our present time (Revelation 2:7). 

Many would say "the great eagle" may speak of the destiny of a nation represented by the eagle. And I'm one who hopes and prays the imagery of the Words of this Prophecy speak in some level of our nation -- the United States of America. A great eagle often flies atop the flag of our nation. And You have put a great love for the people and the nation of Israel in our hearts to stand beside her, to pray for her, to bless her, as a nation -- a nation who desperately needs Your protection and, above all, a revelation of her Messiah, the Lord Jesus Christ. 

Lord, I don't yet understand all the imagery of Your Word. But I do understand this stirring in my spirit to pray that the identity and destiny of this nation under God would yet be fulfilled. I do pray the "dragon" will not sweep away the woman, the Child, or her children "who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus." I pray "the wings of the great eagle" would stretch out and fly to fulfill her great purpose and destiny. And I pray You'd open up the heavens over this land and open up the earth to swallow the flood of destruction coming out of the mouth of this evil in our world (Revelation 12:16).

With so many others, I look forward to the day when Your Words of this Prophecy are fulfilled: "Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Messiah, for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God. But they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they did not cling to life even in the face of death!" (Revelation 12:10-11) "The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Messiah, and He will reign forever and ever!" (Revelation 11:15)  

Lord, let it be so! Lord, even now, let the wings of Your great eagle arise and fly! In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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

My friend, may you arise and fly in your spirit like "the great eagle" and fulfill your calling and destiny in your heart and in your land, with a great revelation of Jesus Christ as Lord and Messiah, in Jesus name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend! 

   

Friends, please keep us in prayer for the upcoming Messiah Ministries Events:

Speaking at the Canyon Lake, Texas Aglow Lighthouse monthly gathering, Saturday Feb. 13. Please contact Sheila Kolaja for details and to rsvp at: sheilakolaja1@gmail.com

Pakistan Evangelism Ministry. 

Our next monthly evangelistic outreach is set for February 20th through our Skype Internet Ministry. 

Save the Dates! 

March 19th-20th Speaking at Voice of Joy Ministries' annual Gathering hosted at Cornerstone Church, Danville, Kentucky. Contact Pastor Amy Barkman: amyb_love@att.net

March 21st Preaching Sunday morning at All Nations UMC Church, Nicholasville, Kentucky.

Contact Pastor Hunn Choi: moc.nsm@iocnnuh

Teaching Weekly Healing Prayer Ministry Course Online at Coker UMC in San Antonio, Texas. Our weekly online zoom series Healing Prayers: Free to Be Like Jesus on Thursdays. I'm teaching and equipping a prayer ministry team to serve at Coker United Methodist Church in San Antonio. God is getting His people ready for the great harvest to come! I pray for your equipping and serving as well in your calling and destiny with the gifts the Lord is giving and stirring up in you! God bless you!

Teaching The Life Transformation Course

live in person every week at the Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas beginning Tuesday Night, February 23th at 6:30. (Has been moved to Feb 23th for planning). Based on the principles of my book Free to Be Like Jesus! 

Mailing Address for Messiah Ministries:

Tommy & Rocio Hays

Messiah Ministries

17503 La Cantera Parkway, Suite 104407

San Antonio, Texas 78257

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"Spring Up, O Well" of Revival! - February 9, 2021

Morning by Morning, February 9 - "Spring Up, O Well" of Revival!

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Take me by the heart and lead me by Your Spirit into the adventure of all you have set before me today -- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit of the Living God. ... 

Your light is best seen in darkness. Your hope rises in stark contrast to despair. And Your faith stands firm against every onslaught of doubt, unbelief, confusion, and fear. Those are the very conditions that make our hearts and our land ripe for revival! 

We can choose what voices we hear, where we spend our time, who gets our attention. And many of the voices I'm hearing are speaking of revival! As I begin my day seeking to be centered in You, grounded in Your Word and filled with Your Spirit, what I'm hearing in my heart, from Your heart to mine, is a word I've heard You speak to me before:   

"Spring up, O well!" ... "Spring up, O well of revival!" ... "Spring up, O well of all that's trying to be shut down and shut up, silenced and shamed, threatened and intimidated and sent away never to be seen or heard, despite all that's burning in our spirits with the Holy Fire of Revival!" ... 

You're bringing to mind this Word of Scripture from the journey of Israel through the wilderness times. You commanded Moses:

 "'Gather the people together, and I will give them water.'  Then Israel sang this sing: "Spring up, O well! -- Sing to it!" (Numbers 21:16-17) 

Your Holy Spirit is gathering Your people together -- across our land and throughout the earth, out of every tongue and tribe and nation. In these wilderness times we're facing in our world, You're gathering Your people to pray and proclaim Your goodness and grace, Your provision and power, Your faith and hope for what is about to come. Empower us to sing and shout, to decree and declare in the authority of Your name and in agreement with Your will: "Spring up, O well!" ... Spring up, O well of revival, O well of awakening, O well of salvation, O well of faith and hope and love, O well of the Living Waters bursting forth in the wilderness of our world and the desert of our despair! Spring up, O well!" 

Your everlasting promise of hope is rising in my heart: 

"The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad, the desert shall rejoice and blossom; like the crocus it shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice with joy and singing! ... They shall see the glory of the Lord, the majesty of our God! (Isaiah 35:1-2) 

So in the name of Jesus, we gather together in our hearts, in our nations, and in every place where we're feeling overwhelmed and wandering in the wilderness places of our world right now, where our spiritual enemy would want our spirits to dry up in a desert of despair. And together as one we speak to the well of the mighty Salvation of our God, "Spring up, O well! ... Spring up and flow forth with the Living Waters of the Holy Spirit! Bring new life to our land, new hope to our hearts! Revival! Awakening! Salvation and Harvest! The arising and shining of the Body and Bride of Christ, as the maturing sons and daughters of God, to be Your ambassadors and messengers of faith and hope and love in the midst of our world! 

"Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped; then the lame shall leap like a deer, and the tongue of the speechless sing for joy! For waters shall break forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert! ... The ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away! (Isaiah 35:5-10) 

Yes, Lord, let it be so! Yes, Lord, let Your Well spring up! In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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

Friends, may you experience the well of revival, well of the Living Waters of our God rising up and flowing out of you, bringing life, awakening, and revival to all the Lord would touch through you, in Jesus name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend! 

   

Friends, please keep us in prayer for the upcoming Messiah Ministries Events:

Speaking at the Canyon Lake, Texas Aglow Lighthouse monthly gathering, Saturday Feb. 13. Please contact Sheila Kolaja for details and to rsvp at: sheilakolaja1@gmail.com

Pakistan Evangelism Ministry. 

Our next monthly outreach is being planned for February 20th through our Skype Internet Ministry. 

Save the Dates! 

March 19th-20th Speaking at Voice of Joy Ministries' annual Gathering hosted at Cornerstone Church, Danville, Kentucky. Contact Pastor Amy Barkman: amyb_love@att.net

March 21st Preaching Sunday morning at All Nations UMC Church, Nicholasville, Kentucky.

Contact Pastor Hunn Choi: moc.nsm@iocnnuh

Teaching Weekly Healing Prayer Ministry Course Online at Coker UMC in San Antonio, Texas. Our weekly online zoom series Healing Prayers: Free to Be Like Jesus on Thursdays. I'm teaching and equipping a prayer ministry team to serve at Coker United Methodist Church in San Antonio. God is getting His people ready for the great harvest to come! I pray for your equipping and serving as well in your calling and destiny with the gifts the Lord is giving and stirring up in you! God bless you!

Teaching The Life Transformation Course

live in person every week at the Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas beginning Tuesday Night, February 23th at 6:30. (Has been moved to Feb 23th for planning). Based on the principles of my book Free to Be Like Jesus! 

Mailing Address for Messiah Ministries:

Tommy & Rocio Hays

Messiah Ministries

17503 La Cantera Parkway, Suite 104407

San Antonio, Texas 78257

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Make Way for the King! - February 8, 2021

 Morning by Morning, February 8 - Make Way for the King!

 

Good morning, Lord Jesus. All that I am and all that I have I entrust all to You -- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit of God. ...

 

"He will also go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, 'to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,' and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord" (Luke 1:17).

 

Just as John the Baptist came before Your first coming in the "the spirit and power of Elijah" in order to "make ready a people prepared for the Lord," so You're pouring out "the spirit and power of Elijah" in our day to make us ready for Your second coming. For You are the God "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty!" (Revelation 1:8)

 

Come Holy Spirit. Make our hearts ready to receive our King. Turn the hearts of the fathers to the children. Turn the hearts of the disobedient to the wisdom of the just. Give us eyes to see what You're doing in our day and ears to hear what You're speaking in our day. As You said in Your Word, "Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes. And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land with a decree of utter destruction" (Malachi 4:5-6 ESV).

 

Father, we desperately need "the spirit and power of Elijah" to fulfill Your purpose and live out our destiny in these days. We desperately need Your Holy Spirit to move in our hearts with both the spirit of Your character and to move in our lives with the authority of Your power. Not just the "spirit" and not just the "power," but both the "spirit and the power of Elijah" to make ready our hearts for the coming of our King.

 

I hear in my heart this morning, "Make way for the King! Make way for the King!" ...

 

Yes, Lord Jesus, King of Glory. By the power of Your grace, I make way for You in my heart and in my world. And I make way for "the spirit and power of Elijah" to move in me and move through me to prepare the way of the Lord in all who would call upon Your name. Come set things right in our relationships -- with You and with one another.

 

You bring to mind Your written Word of Your Scripture in agreement with Your spoken word to my heart from Psalm 24:

 

"Lift up your heads, O you gates!
And be lifted up, you everlasting doors!
And the King of Glory shall come in.

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

Lift up your heads, O you gates!
Lift up, you everlasting doors!
And the King of Glory shall come in.

Who is this King of Glory?
The Lord of hosts,
He is the King of Glory!" (Psalm 24:7-10).

 

Come, King of Glory! We make way for the King! And we make way for the spirit and power of Elijah to be at work in us and at work in our world with the spirit of Your character and the authority of Your power to "make ready a people prepared for the Lord!" In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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

My friend, may you be filled and empowered by the Holy Spirit in the spirit and power of Elijah to prepare the way of the Lord in your heart and in our world, as you make way for the King, in Jesus name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend! 

  

Friends, please keep us in prayer for the upcoming Messiah Ministries Events:

Speaking at the Canyon Lake, Texas Aglow Lighthouse monthly gathering, Saturday Feb. 13. Please contact Sheila Kolaja for details and to rsvp at: sheilakolaja1@gmail.com

Pakistan Evangelism Ministry. 

Our next monthly outreach is being planned for February 20th through our Skype Internet Ministry. 

Save the Dates! 

March 19th-20th Speaking at Voice of Joy Ministries' annual Gathering hosted at Cornerstone Church, Danville, Kentucky. Contact Pastor Amy Barkman: amyb_love@att.net

March 21st Preaching Sunday morning at All Nations UMC Church, Nicholasville, Kentucky.

Contact Pastor Hunn Choi: moc.nsm@iocnnuh

Teaching Weekly Healing Prayer Ministry Course Online at Coker UMC in San Antonio, Texas. Our weekly online zoom series Healing Prayers: Free to Be Like Jesus on Thursdays. I'm teaching and equipping a prayer ministry team to serve at Coker United Methodist Church in San Antonio. God is getting His people ready for the great harvest to come! I pray for your equipping and serving as well in your calling and destiny with the gifts the Lord is giving and stirring up in you! God bless you!

Teaching The Life Transformation Course

live in person every week at the Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas beginning Tuesday Night, February 23th at 6:30. (Has been moved to Feb 23th for planning). Based on the principles of my book Free to Be Like Jesus! 

Mailing Address for Messiah Ministries:

Tommy & Rocio Hays

Messiah Ministries

17503 La Cantera Parkway, Suite 104407

San Antonio, Texas 78257

Messiah-Ministries.org

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The Voice of the Good Shepherd - February 5, 2021

 Morning by Morning, February 5 - The Voice of the Good Shepherd

 

Good morning, Lord Jesus. I speak out Your name and listen for Your voice, for Your sheep hear Your voice and follow You (John 10:3).

 

"I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd lays down His life for the sheep. The hired hand, who is not the Shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away -- and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. The hired hand runs away because a hired hand does not care for the sheep. I am the Good Shepherd. I know My own and My own know Me, just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep. I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to My voice. So there will be one flock with one Shepherd" (John 10:11-16).

 

You're our Good Shepherd. You love us and care for us. You fight for us and You've even laid down Your life for us. You never run away and Your love never runs out. And at the same time, Your heart is also to reach out to the "other sheep that do not belong" so that You can "bring them also." A good shepherd's heart is not only to pastor and nurture and feed, but also to seek and save those who are lost.

 

Give us Your heart, Lord Jesus. Give us the heart of a good shepherd -- to love one another and look out for one another, but also to look for the ones that do not belong so we can bring them also into the fold of Your mercy and love. Amazingly, even they "will listen to (Your) voice" when they see You seeking them and calling them in truth and in love -- the love that lays down Your life for them too.

 

Then, together, we will be "one flock" loved and guided by "one Shepherd" -- our Good Shepherd. By the power of Your grace, help us learn to better hear Your voice so we can better express Your voice, speaking in truth and in love, as You seek and save those who are lost (Luke 19:10). 

 

"So we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making His appeal through us" (2 Corinthians 5:20). "Whoever speaks must do so as one speaking the very words of God; whoever serves must do so with the strength that God supplies, so that God may be glorified in all things through Jesus Christ. To Him belong the glory and the power forever and ever" (1 Peter 4:11). "Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness on the day of judgment, because as He is, so are we in this world" (1 John 4:17). Make us more like You today, that we can be more like You in this world, Good Shepherd. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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

My friend, may you draw near to God to hear the voice of our Good Shepherd and faithfully express His voice through your life, speaking the truth in love, to those already near in the fold but also to those who don't yet know they belong, in Jesus name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend! 

  

Friends, please keep us in prayer for the upcoming Messiah Ministries Events:

Pakistan Evangelism Ministry. 

Our next monthly outreach is being planned for February 20th through our Skype Internet Ministry.

Teaching at our Helotes "Texas-sized Backyard Gathering" on Saturday, Feb. 6th. A day of worship, teaching, and encouragement in Helotes, Texas.

Speaking at the Canyon Lake, Texas Aglow Lighthouse monthly gathering, Saturday Feb. 13. Please contact Sheila Kolaja for details and to rsvp at: sheilakolaja1@gmail.com

Save the Dates! 

March 19th-20th Speaking at Voice of Joy Ministries' annual Gathering hosted at Cornerstone Church, Danville, Kentucky. Contact Pastor Amy Barkman: amyb_love@att.net

March 21st Preaching Sunday morning at All Nations UMC Church, Nicholasville, Kentucky.

Contact Pastor Hunn Choi: moc.nsm@iocnnuh

Teaching Weekly Healing Prayer Ministry Course Online at Coker UMC in San Antonio, Texas. Our weekly online zoom series Healing Prayers: Free to Be Like Jesus on Thursdays. I'm teaching and equipping a prayer ministry team to serve at Coker United Methodist Church in San Antonio. God is getting His people ready for the great harvest to come! I pray for your equipping and serving as well in your calling and destiny with the gifts the Lord is giving and stirring up in you! God bless you!

Teaching The Life Transformation Course

live in person every week at the Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas beginning Tuesday Night, February 23th at 6:30. (Has been moved to Feb 23th for planning). Based on the principles of my book Free to Be Like Jesus! 

Mailing Address for Messiah Ministries:

Tommy & Rocio Hays

Messiah Ministries

17503 La Cantera Parkway, Suite 104407

San Antonio, Texas 78257

Messiah-Ministries.org

Please share this word to encourage a friend!

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Holding High "The Staff of God" -- the Cross of Christ - February 4, 2021

 Morning by Morning, February 4 - Holding High "The Staff of God" -- the Cross of Christ

 Good morning, Lord Jesus. Your name and Your glory be high and lifted up, here in my heart and every moment of my day. ... 

"Then Amalek came and fought with Israel at Rephidim. Moses said to Joshua, 'Choose some men for us and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand.' So Joshua did as Moses told him, and fought with Amalek, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. Whenever Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed; and whenever he lowered his hand, Amalek prevailed. But Moses' hands grew weary; so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side; so his hands were steady until the sun set. And Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the sword" (Exodus 17:8-13). 

Every story of the battles and the warriors, the strategies and the victories, even the failures and defeats of the Old Covenant speak to us of the spiritual principles of our spiritual battles under the New Covenant. "These things happened to them as an example, but they were written down for our instruction, on whom the end of the ages has come" (1 Corinthians 10:11). Today, our battles are spiritual battles, drawing wisdom from the actual battles our forefathers of the faith before us have fought. "For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places" (Ephesians 6:12). 

Joshua led the army of the Lord into battle against the enemies of the people of God. But he could only prevail in the battle "whenever Moses held up his hand." But Moses did not lift up an empty hand to prevail. In his hand he took hold of "the staff of God." It was not the hand of Moses but the staff of God that released the power of God to prevail. It was God's power that prevailed, but God chose to release His power through the staff in the hand of Moses. 

As an example to us, instructing us in our spiritual battles of our day, how we need Your spiritual leaders, like Moses, to be positioned "on the top of the hill with the staff of God in (their) hand." How we need the intercessors and prayer watchmen, like Aaron and Hur, to lift up them up when their hearts and "hands grow weary" as the battle rages on. And how we need the courageous warriors, like Joshua, ready to run to the battle with the battle cry of "No surrender! No retreat!" stirring up like a flaming fire that will not be quenched in their hearts wholly devoted to You and the advancement of Your kingdom. 

It's wasn't the power or wisdom or leadership or strategy or even the prayers of Moses or Joshua, of Aaron or Hur that won their battle. And it's won't be our own power, our own wisdom, our own leadership, our own strategy, or even our own prayers that will win the battle of our day. It will be You. And at the same time, it will be You moving through us in our obedience and faithfulness to Your word.  Moses really did have to take his position on the hill, or the battle would not have been won. 

Moses really did have to lift up his hands, taking hold and lifting high the staff of God, or the battle would not have been won. Aaron and Hur really did have lift up his weary arms, or the battle would not have been won. And Joshua really did have to keep pressing the battle, even when there were times that it seemed the enemy was prevailing, as his spiritual leader and the intercessors were wavering and weary and letting down their arms, until they found "the stone" to rest upon and undergird their post in the battle from "the top of the hill," or the battle would not have been won. 

Teach us Your ways, Lord. Ground us in Your Word and empower us by Your Spirit. Our "staff of God" is the Cross of Christ -- high and lifted up over every battle we face! Give us Your wisdom and Your strategies that we may yet prevail -- all by Your power and all by Your grace. Victory will come and You will prevail, as we each take our post and make our stand, trusting in You alone as the only Source of Victory. As You said long ago, "Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the Lord of hosts!" (Zechariah 4:6) In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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

My friend, may you be take your post and stand your ground, lifting high the "staff of God" - the Cross of Christ, in your heart, in your hand, and across this land, in Jesus name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend! 

  

Friends, please keep us in prayer for the upcoming Messiah Ministries Events:

Teaching at our Helotes "Texas-sized Backyard Gathering" on Saturday, Feb. 6th. A day of worship, teaching, and encouragement in Helotes, Texas.

Speaking at the Canyon Lake, Texas Aglow Lighthouse monthly gathering, Saturday Feb. 13. Please contact Sheila Kolaja for details and to rsvp at: sheilakolaja1@gmail.com

Teaching Weekly Healing Prayer Ministry Course Online at Coker UMC in San Antonio, Texas. Our weekly online zoom series Healing Prayers: Free to Be Like Jesus on Thursdays. I'm teaching and equipping a prayer ministry team to serve at Coker United Methodist Church in San Antonio. God is getting His people ready for the great harvest to come! I pray for your equipping and serving as well in your calling and destiny with the gifts the Lord is giving and stirring up in you! God bless you!

Teaching The Life Transformation Course

live in person every week at the Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas beginning Tuesday Night, February 23th at 6:30. (Has been moved back to Feb 23th for planning). Based on the principles of my book Free to Be Like Jesus! 

Mailing Address for Messiah Ministries:

Tommy & Rocio Hays

Messiah Ministries

17503 La Cantera Parkway, Suite 104407

San Antonio, Texas 78257

Messiah-Ministries.org

Please share this word to encourage a friend!

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"With One Voice" United by the Word and the Spirit - February 3, 2021

Morning by Morning, February 3 - "With One Voice" United by the Word and the Spirit

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Keep my heart clean and my spirit right, as I seek to begin my day embraced by my Father, centered in Christ, and filled with the Holy Spirit. ... 

"Whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, so that by steadfastness and by the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. May the God of steadfastness and encouragement grant you to live in harmony with one another, in accordance with Christ Jesus, so that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ" (Romans 15:4-6).

Thank You for "the encouragement of (Your) Scriptures (that) we might have hope." Thank You for the unity of Your Spirit that we might "with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ." For it's Your Word and Your Spirit that unites us as one -- not the words of men or the spirit of this world, not any person or political party, and certainly not the lowest common denominator of some kind of watered-down version of Your Word or wishy-washy version of Your Spirit. We're united in You alone! 

Unite us as one, Lord! Unite us as one with You and with one another in the bond of Your Spirit. "Anyone united to the Lord become one spirit with Him" (1 Corinthians 6:17). "There is one body and one Spirit, just as (we) were called to the one hope of (our) calling, One Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is above all and through all and in all" (Ephesians 4:4-6). 

From every tribe and tongue and nation in our generation and in our time to be alive in this brief sliver of eternity, where You created us and called us and honored us to be Your messengers of Your Word and carriers of the Presence of Your Spirit for such a time as this, may we be one! "Together with one voice" may we glorify You and stand firm for You in the face of everything that's being aligned against You. For the world is not as much aligned against us as it is actually aligned against You and Your Word and Your Spirit. As You said, "Whoever listens to you listens to Me; whoever rejects you rejects Me; and whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me" (Luke 10:16). 

So in "steadfastness" and full of "encouragement" may we be found faithful in the challenges of our day, just as those who have gone before us were steadfast in Your encouragement in their day. When we are grounded in Your Word and filled with Your Spirit we are "ambassadors for Christ, since God is making His appeal through us" (2 Corinthians 5:20). Now, by the power of Your grace moving in us, let our hearts be strong, our faith be firm, and our voice be heard! In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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

My friend, may you be steadfast and encouraged as you are grounded in the Word and filled with the Spirit to speak with one voice as an ambassador of Christ in our world, in Jesus name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend! 

 

Friends, please keep us in prayer for the upcoming Messiah Ministries Events:

Teaching at our Helotes "Texas-sized Backyard Gathering" on Saturday, Feb. 6th. A day of worship, teaching, and encouragement in Helotes, Texas.

Speaking at the Canyon Lake, Texas Aglow Lighthouse monthly gathering, Saturday Feb. 13. Please contact Sheila Kolaja for details and to rsvp at: sheilakolaja1@gmail.com

Teaching Weekly Healing Prayer Ministry Course Online at Coker UMC in San Antonio, Texas. Our weekly online zoom series Healing Prayers: Free to Be Like Jesus on Thursdays. I'm teaching and equipping a prayer ministry team to serve at Coker United Methodist Church in San Antonio. God is getting His people ready for the great harvest to come! I pray for your equipping and serving as well in your calling and destiny with the gifts the Lord is giving and stirring up in you! God bless you!

Teaching The Life Transformation Course

live in person every week at the Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas beginning next Tuesday Night, February 23th at 6:30. Based on the principles of my book Free to Be Like Jesus! 

Mailing Address for Messiah Ministries:

Tommy & Rocio Hays

Messiah Ministries

17503 La Cantera Parkway, Suite 104407

San Antonio, Texas 78257

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