Wednesday, December 22, 2021

Christ is Born in Us and We’re Born Again in Christ - December 22, 2021

 

Morning by Morning, December 22 - Christ is Born in Us and We’re Born Again in Christ

Good morning, Lord Jesus. You are the Word made Flesh. And I welcome Your Word here in my heart, to ponder and pray Your Word in my heart today. ...

“And (Mary) gave birth to her firstborn Son and wrapped Him in bands of cloth, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn” (Luke 2:7).

Mary opened her womb to Your Holy Spirit, that You could come into this world as Lord and Savior to be born in her. Her response to Your invitation through the angel was, “Let it be with me according to your word” (Luke 1:38).

And just as Mary opened her womb, so You invite each one of us to open our hearts to Your Holy Spirit, that You may come into our world to be born in us as our personal Lord and Savior. You invite each of us to say to You, like Mary said to the angel, “Let it be with me according to Your Word.” 

When we do, Your Holy Spirit enters our human spirits, as the heart of God comes into our hearts, so that we’re born by the Spirit to live “in the Spirit” instead of living in merely in our flesh, according to Your Word:

“But you are not in the flesh; you are in the Spirit, since the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to Him. But if Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. If the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also through His Spirit that dwells in you” (Romans 8:9-11).

“Spirit of Christ,” be born in us -- be born in me and every heart that’s opened to You. When You’re born in us, we’re born again in You (John 3:3). And when we’re born again in You, You come and live Your life in our world through us. “When Christ who is (our) life is revealed, then (we) also will be revealed with Him in glory” (Colossians 3:4). “Christ in (us),” who is the Spirit of Christ in us, “the hope of glory” (Colossians 1:27).

Born in me, I’m born again in You. Come shine with the Light of Your hope and Your glory through me today and every day. Let it be with me according to Your Word. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.

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

My friend, may you be filled with the Spirit of Christ, born in you as you're born again in Him, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

Tommy & Rocio Hays | Messiah Ministries

Messiah Ministries Mailing Address:
412 S. Adams Street #148
Fredericksburg, Texas 78624

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Thank you and God bless you, friends!
—Tommy & Rocio Hays | Messiah Ministries
Ministry in Pakistan!

Friends, thanks to your prayers and support, we were able to help our ministry partners in Pakistan, Pastor Rizwan and Mehwish, distribute needed food and supplies to families at Christmas Time in Pakistan! Thank you and God bless you!
Please Keep us in Prayer for These 
Messiah Ministries Events

Watch our Weekly Episodes of Healing From the Inside Out on our Messiah Ministries YouTube Channel:
More Episodes being added each week! Please share it with anyone who needs to encounter the Healing Love of God!

December 25
Sharing the Christmas Message in Pakistan at Pastor Rizwan and Mehwish Fazal's Church in Lahore, Pakistan through our Internet Ministry.

January 27 to February 8, 2022
Ministry in Morelia, Mexico
Including 2 Freedom Encounter Weekends being planned
Also, I'm thrilled to be speaking with a City-wide Pastors and Leaders Gathering in Morelia, with my wife Rocio translating in Spanish.

March, 2022
Teaching on Deliverance Prayer Ministry at the Bible College of Christmas Family Church International, 
San Antonio, Texas

March 31-April 2,
Spiritual Retreat - Messiah Ministries' Freedom Encounter Weekend at Mo Ranch.
All a welcome. Details being planned.
Send me an email if you're interested in joining us for a weekend of worship and ministry in a beautiful Texas Hill Country Setting at Mo Ranch. TommyHays@Messiah-Ministries.org

June 17-18
Leading a Spiritual Retreat with South Texas Aglow Leadership at South Padre Island.

Freedom Equipping Class every week as part of the discipleshipplan at Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas
Monday Afternoons (1:30 - 3:30)
Tuesday Nights (6:00 - 8:00)

Based on the principles of my book
Free to Be Like Jesus! — Transforming Power of Inner Healing & Deliverance

Monday Nights
Rocio and I lead an Online Connect Group for MorningStar Ministries

Wednesday Mornings
Joining with MorningStar Ministries to Lead Online Inner Healing and Deliverance Ministry Sessions for the Online Connect Groups.

Personal Ministry Appointments
Spiritual Direction Sessions and Personal Prayer MinistrySessions of Inner Healing & Spiritual Freedom by Appointment and as the Holy Spirit leads. Please keep us in prayer for spiritual breakthrough and transformation! Let us know if you'd like to set up a session: 

Sessions are without cost and all contributions help support the calling and vision of Messiah Ministries.

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Tuesday, December 21, 2021

When “The Time Came” - December 21, 2021

 

Morning by Morning, December 21 - When “The Time Came”

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Savior of the world and Lord of my life, fill my heart with Your Spirit, as I wait upon You and Your leading to begin my day. ...

“Joseph also went from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, because he was descended from the house and family of David. He went to be registered with Mary, to whom he was engaged and who was expecting a Child. While they were there, the time came for her to deliver her Child” (Luke 2:4-6).

When “the time came” for one of the most spiritually significant events of all eternity -- the birth of Christ -- Mary and Joseph were at a different place than they had been before. They were in a place called Nazareth, but when “the time came” for this dramatic day in their lives, they were in a new place called Bethlehem. And it was exactly the right place to be at exactly the right time to be there.

Somehow in the mystery of the alignment of human free will and the divinely determined will of our sovereign God, all things aligned for the day of this event. The Emperor of Rome had ordered them to travel there to Bethlehem (v. 1). Mary and Joseph had chosen to travel there to Bethlehem (v. 5). And at the same time, the prophetic Word of God had foreseen and foretold over seven hundred years before that day that Bethlehem would be the exact place for this specific event when “the time came” for the birth of Christ:

“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for Me One who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times” (Micah 5:2).

In the same way, I ask You to align my heart with Your heart, my days with Your days, my time with Your time, so that I’m at the right place at the right time for all You’ve purposed for my life when the time comes for every spiritually significant event of my life. In the mystery of Your sovereignty and my freedom, I ask You to line up what the government of the world is doing with what the government of heaven has decreed, as You guide me to make my choices along the way according to Your plan.

When I look back on these days from the side of eternity to come, I pray I’ll be able to say -- like Mary and Joseph -- I was at the right place at the right time when “the time came.” In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.

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

My friend, may you be led by the Holy Spirit to be in the right place at the right time when the time comes for every significant spiritual event for your life, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

Tommy & Rocio Hays | Messiah Ministries

Messiah Ministries Mailing Address:
412 S. Adams Street #148
Fredericksburg, Texas 78624

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Your contribution of any amount
is truly needed and greatly appreciated to help us continue to fulfill our calling and vision of "Healing from the Inside Out" and "Preparing the Way of the Lord" through Messiah Ministries. 
Thank you and God bless you, friends!
—Tommy & Rocio Hays | Messiah 
Please Keep us in Prayer for These 
Messiah Ministries Events

Watch our Weekly Episodes of Healing From the Inside Out on our Messiah Ministries YouTube Channel:
More Episodes being added each week! Please share it with anyone who needs to encounter the Healing Love of God!

December 25
Sharing the Christmas Message in Pakistan at Pastor Rizwan and Mehwish Fazal's Church in Lahore, Pakistan through our Internet Ministry.

January 27 to February 8, 2022
Ministry in Morelia, Mexico
Including 2 Freedom Encounter Weekends being planned
Also, I'm thrilled to be speaking with a City-wide Pastors and Leaders Gathering in Morelia, with my wife Rocio translating in Spanish.

March, 2022
Teaching on Deliverance Prayer Ministry at the Bible College of Christmas Family Church International, 
San Antonio, Texas

March 31-April 2,
Spiritual Retreat - Messiah Ministries' Freedom Encounter Weekend at Mo Ranch.
All a welcome. Details being planned.
Send me an email if you're interested in joining us for a weekend of worship and ministry in a beautiful Texas Hill Country Setting at Mo Ranch. TommyHays@Messiah-Ministries.org

June 17-18
Leading a Spiritual Retreat with South Texas Aglow Leadership at South Padre Island.

Freedom Equipping Class every week as part of the discipleshipplan at Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas
Monday Afternoons (1:30 - 3:30)
Tuesday Nights (6:00 - 8:00)

Based on the principles of my book
Free to Be Like Jesus! — Transforming Power of Inner Healing & Deliverance

Monday Nights
Rocio and I lead an Online Connect Group for MorningStar Ministries

Wednesday Mornings
Joining with MorningStar Ministries to Lead Online Inner Healing and Deliverance Ministry Sessions for the Online Connect Groups.

Personal Ministry Appointments
Spiritual Direction Sessions and Personal Prayer MinistrySessions of Inner Healing & Spiritual Freedom by Appointment and as the Holy Spirit leads. Please keep us in prayer for spiritual breakthrough and transformation! Let us know if you'd like to set up a session: 

Sessions are without cost and all contributions help support the calling and vision of Messiah Ministries.

Sign up Here for this Free Video Series for Inner Healing and Spiritual Freedom in Christ:

Monday, December 20, 2021

“Good News of Great Joy!” - December 20, 2021

 

Morning by Morning, December 20 - “Good News of Great Joy!”

Good morning, Lord Jesus. I speak out Your name and wait for Your leading, as I direct my thoughts and open my heart to begin my day embraced by my Father, abiding in the Son, and filled with the Holy Spirit. ...

“Then an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, ‘Do not be afraid; for see -- I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people: to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is the Messiah, the Lord’” (Luke 2:9-11).

You’re still our Good News of Great Joy!

You were when You were born in the manger at Bethlehem 2,000 years ago and You are still are today when You’re born in every heart that embraces Your mercy and love as Savior, Messiah, and Lord.

When we hear the Good News, we’re filled with great joy. And when we take hold of that Good News to make it our own and share it with the world in such desperate need of the peace and joy that only You can provide, You still release Your joy to the world through us. For by Your Spirit abiding in us, we are Your messengers of hope and carriers of joy as Your disciples and ambassadors. “We are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making His appeal through us” (2 Corinthians 5:20). In the mystery of faith and mercy of grace, we are “the body of Christ and individually members of it” (1 Corinthians 12:27). “Christ in (us), the hope of glory” (Colossians 1:27) -- Christ in us, sharing the hope and peace and love of God to bring joy to our world today, as Your Holy Spirit turns human hearts to You to embrace Your good news of great joy!

When we pray the Lord’s prayer, that “Your Kingdom come” and “Your will be done,” we’re praying for more joy in our hearts and more joy on earth as it is in heaven. For You said, “the kingdom of God is within (us)” (Luke 17:21 KJV). And Your Word says, “the kingdom of God is ... righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit” (Romans 14:17).

Come, Holy Spirit. Fill my heart with the Good News of Great Joy of Jesus  -- my Savior, Messiah, and Lord today. Let it bubble up and flow out of me everywhere You send me to bring more of Your joy to our world. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.

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

My friend, may you be filled and overflowing with the Holy Spirit, releasing the Good News of Great Joy of Jesus everywhere you , in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

Tommy & Rocio Hays | Messiah Ministries

Messiah Ministries Mailing Address:
412 S. Adams Street #148
Fredericksburg, Texas 78624

Please share this word to encourage a friend!
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Friends, please keep us in mind for your Year End Giving!
Your contribution of any amount
is truly needed and greatly appreciated to help us continue to fulfill our calling and vision of "Healing from the Inside Out" and "Preparing the Way of the Lord" through Messiah Ministries. 
Thank you and God bless you, friends!
--Tommy & Rocio Hays | Messiah 
Please Keep us in Prayer for These 
Messiah Ministries Events

Watch our Weekly Episodes of Healing From the Inside Out on our Messiah Ministries YouTube Channel:
More Episodes being added each week! Please share it with anyone who needs to encounter the Healing Love of God!

December 25
Sharing the Christmas Message in Pakistan at Pastor Rizwan and Mehwish Fazal's Church in Lahore, Pakistan through our Internet Ministry.

January 27 to February 8, 2022
Ministry in Morelia, Mexico
Including 2 Freedom Encounter Weekends being planned
Also, I'm thrilled to be speaking with a City-wide Pastors and Leaders Gathering in Morelia, with my wife Rocio translating in Spanish.

March, 2022
Teaching on Deliverance Prayer Ministry at the Bible College of Christmas Family Church International, 
San Antonio, Texas

March 31-April 2,
Spiritual Retreat - Messiah Ministries' Freedom Encounter Weekend at Mo Ranch.
All a welcome. Details being planned.
Send me an email if you're interested in joining us for a weekend of worship and ministry in a beautiful Texas Hill Country Setting at Mo Ranch. TommyHays@Messiah-Ministries.org

June 17-18
Leading a Spiritual Retreat with South Texas Aglow Leadership at South Padre Island.

Freedom Equipping Class every week as part of the discipleshipplan at Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas
Monday Afternoons (1:30 - 3:30)
Tuesday Nights (6:00 - 8:00)

Based on the principles of my book
Free to Be Like Jesus! — Transforming Power of Inner Healing & Deliverance

Monday Nights
Rocio and I lead an Online Connect Group for MorningStar Ministries

Wednesday Mornings
Joining with MorningStar Ministries to Lead Online Inner Healing and Deliverance Ministry Sessions for the Online Connect Groups.

Personal Ministry Appointments
Spiritual Direction Sessions and Personal Prayer MinistrySessions of Inner Healing & Spiritual Freedom by Appointment and as the Holy Spirit leads. Please keep us in prayer for spiritual breakthrough and transformation! Let us know if you'd like to set up a session: 

Sessions are without cost and all contributions help support the calling and vision of Messiah Ministries.

Sign up Here for this Free Video Series for Inner Healing and Spiritual Freedom in Christ:

Friday, December 17, 2021

Joseph the Stepfather of Faith - December 17, 2021

 

Morning by Morning, December 17 - Joseph the Stepfather of Faith

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

“Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place in this way. When His mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found to be with Child from the Holy Spirit. Her husband Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to expose her to public disgrace, planned to dismiss her quietly. But just when he had resolved to do this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, ‘Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for the Child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will bear a Son, and you are to name Him Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.’ All this took place to fulfill what had been spoken by the Lord through the prophet:

‘Look, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son,
    and they shall name Him Emmanuel,’ 

which means, ‘God is with us.’  When Joseph awoke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him; he took her as his wife, but had no marital relations with her until she had borne a Son; and he named Him Jesus” (Matthew 1:18-25).

We don’t really hear that much about Joseph, maybe because he’s not mentioned again in Scripture after Your birth and early years. But he was a man of faith and obedience. He was a man of honor and character, compassion and mercy. He was a man with prophetic dreams and supernatural encounters, willing to make life-changing decisions based upon his faith in God and seeking to discern the will of God above his own.

We think of Abraham as the father of faith (Romans 4:16). And maybe we should think of Joseph as the stepfather of faith. In a sense he was the stepfather of Jesus -- not the biological father because You were conceived by the Holy Spirit rather than by a human father, but entrusted to Joseph to “father” You as an expression and extension of Your heavenly Father.

Like many men of these times, I’ve also been entrusted with the role of a stepfather, as well as my role as a natural father. And I pray that by the grace of God, I can “father” like Joseph as a man faith and obedience, honor and character, compassion and mercy, led by the Spirit to seek and obey the will of God for my life and to be a godly influence in the lives entrusted to me. I pray the same for each of us called to be an expression and extension of the Father heart of God in our world through these times. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.

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

My friend, may you be filled and led by the Spirit to walk in faith as an extension and expression of the heart of God in every relationship entrusted to you, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

Tommy & Rocio Hays | Messiah Ministries

Messiah Ministries Mailing Address:
412 S. Adams Street #148
Fredericksburg, Texas 78624

Please share this word to encourage a friend!
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Please Keep us in Prayer for These 
Messiah Ministries Events

Watch our Weekly Episodes of Healing From the Inside Out on our Messiah Ministries YouTube Channel:
More Episodes being added each week! Please share it with anyone who needs to encounter the Healing Love of God!

December 16-18
Attending School of the Prophets at MorningStar Ministries at Fort Mill, South Carolina (One weekend each month).

January 27 to February 8, 2022
Ministry in Morelia, Mexico
Including 2 Freedom Encounter Weekends being planned
Also, I'm thrilled to be speaking with a City-wide Pastors and Leaders Gathering in Morelia, with my wife Rocio translating in Spanish.

March 31-April 2,
Spiritual Retreat - Messiah Ministries' Freedom Encounter Weekend at Mo Ranch.
All a welcome. Details being planned.
Send me an email if you're interested in joining us for a weekend of worship and ministry in a beautiful Texas Hill Country Setting at Mo Ranch. TommyHays@Messiah-Ministries.org

June 17-18
Leading a Spiritual Retreat with South Texas Aglow Leadership at South Padre Island.

Freedom Equipping Class every week as part of the discipleshipplan at Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas
Monday Afternoons (1:30 - 3:30)
Tuesday Nights (6:00 - 8:00)

Based on the principles of my book
Free to Be Like Jesus! — Transforming Power of Inner Healing & Deliverance

Monday Nights
Rocio and I lead an Online Connect Group for MorningStar Ministries

Wednesday Mornings
Joining with MorningStar Ministries to Lead Online Inner Healing and Deliverance Ministry Sessions for the Online Connect Groups.

Personal Ministry Appointments
Spiritual Direction Sessions and Personal Prayer MinistrySessions of Inner Healing & Spiritual Freedom by Appointment and as the Holy Spirit leads. Please keep us in prayer for spiritual breakthrough and transformation! Let us know if you'd like to set up a session: 

Sessions are without cost and all contributions help support the calling and vision of Messiah Ministries.

Sign up Here for this Free Video Series for Inner Healing and Spiritual Freedom in Christ: