Friday, May 05, 2023

The Glory of the Lord Fills the Temple of Our Hearts Throughout Our Land - May 5, 2023

 

Morning by Morning, May 5 - The Glory of the Lord Fills the Temple of Our Hearts Throughout Our Land

 

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Put Your thoughts in my mind and Your desires in my heart, as You give me grace to walk in Your ways today. ...

 

As I wait for Your leading, the imagery of this Scripture comes to mind:

 

“When Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the Lord filled the temple. And the priests could not enter the house of the Lord, because the glory of the Lord had filled the Lord’s house” (2 Chronicles 7:1-2).

 

First there was prayer and then there was fire. First there was dedication and preparation, and then there was Your habitation of the glory of Your Presence. You “filled the temple” because it was dedicated, consecrated, and set apart as “the Lord’s house.”

 

And when “the fire came down” and Your glory “filled the temple,” all the people “bowed their faces to the ground ... and worshiped and praised the Lord” (v. 3). Even the priests “could not stand to minister ... for the glory of the Lord filled the house of God” (2 Chronicles 5:14).

 

As my good friend John shared with us last night at our home group, hardly able to speak under the anointing Your Holy Spirit, this is the context of the prayer we pray of national repentance for revival and healing in our land:

 

“If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land” (2 Chronicles 7:14).

 

It’s Your heart to forgive and heal. It’s Your heart for Your Holy Fire to fall and fill hearts that are set apart as holy unto You. And by Your grace, we are Your temple; we are Your house. For in You, our bodies are Your temple and our hearts are Your house (1 Corinthians 6:19-20).

 

As You spoke to King Solomon of that earthly temple, You speak to us as Your spiritual temples when we humble ourselves to seek You in repentance and prayer for ourselves and our land: “Now My eyes will be open and My ears be attentive to prayer made in this place. For now I have chosen and sanctified this house, that My name may be there forever; and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually” (2 Chronicles 7:15-16).

 

Following our National Day of Prayer yesterday, as presidential leaders of our land have established from the beginning of our history as a nation, and as hearts across this land turned to You in repentance and prayer in our day, Lord, would You send Your Fire from Heaven! Lord, would You come fill Your temple, Your house -- the hearts and souls of Your children who have set themselves apart for You as a habitation of Your glory in our homes and neighbors and communities across this land! May the light of Your glory dwell in us, arise and shine from within us, pushing back the darkness and opening up the heavens over us and throughout this land!

 

As we draw near to You, You draw near to us (James 4:8). As we abide in You, You abide in us (John 15:4). As we surrender to You and open our hearts to You, You fill us with Your Spirit to display Your glory through our lives everywhere You have positioned us in our land and for this time (Ephesians 5:18; Isaiah 61:1-7; Matthew 5:14).

 

Continue to unfold and fulfill the Promise of Your Prophetic Word for the people of God whose hearts are dedicated to God as the temple of God:

 

“Arise, shine;

For your Light has come!

And the Glory of the Lord is risen upon you.

For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth,

And deep darkness the people;

But the Lord will arise over you,

And His Glory will be seen upon you.

The Gentiles shall come to your Light,

And kings to the brightness of your rising.

 

“Lift up your eyes all around, and see:

They all gather together, they come to you;

Your sons shall come from afar,

And your daughters shall be nursed at your side.

Then you shall see and become radiant,

And your heart shall swell with joy!” (Isaiah 60:1-5)

 

Lord, let it be so -- here in our hearts and here in our land and throughout our world. “For the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea!” (Isaiah 11:9; Habakkuk 2:14) “And this Gospel of the Kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come!” (Matthew 24:14) In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.


Be encouraged today. In the love of Jesus, Tommy Hays

 

My friend, may you be filled with the Light of the Glory of the Lord, as the Lord pushes back the darkness and opens up the heavens over you in your heart and in your land, in Jesus' name. God bless you!



Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries

Mailing Address:

412 S. Adams Street #148

Fredericksburg, Texas 78624


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May 5-6 - Friday Night and Saturday Morning

Messiah Ministries' Men's Retreat hosted this time at Bridge Church in Fredericksburg. All men are welcome! We had fantastic feedback from our "pilot" retreat in February. Send me an email if you are interested! tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org


May 10

Speaking at San Antonio Aglow International Ministries - Day Time Lighthouse. 10 to Noon. Contact: sa.day.aglow@gmail.com

 

May 25-29

Ministry in Mexico City at several churches and different settings for inner healing, deliverance, evangelism, and prayer for revival.


June 1

Speaking at Boerne, Texas Lighthouse of Aglow International Ministries. The Kendall Inn at 7pm


July 17-31

Preaching an Evangelistic Crusade in Kenya!


Tuesday Nights (September through May)

Teaching my Free to Be Like Jesus course at Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas https://messiah-ministries.org

Based on my Books Free to Be Like Jesus and First the Spirit

https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays


Wednesday Mornings

Joining with MorningStar Ministries to Lead Online Restoration Ministry Sessions for Online Connect Groups from around the world.

 

Personal Ministry Appointments

Spiritual Direction Sessions and Personal Prayer Ministry Sessions 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: 

tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org

 

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

https://messiah-ministries.org/partner/contribute

Free On-line Video Series: Setting Hearts Free!

My Core Teaching and Ministry

https://messiah-ministries.org/resources

https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays

Thursday, May 04, 2023

2023 National Day of Prayer - Praying the Covenant of Healing and Revival - May 4, 2023

 

Morning by Morning, May 4 - 2023 National Day of Prayer - Praying the Covenant of Healing and Revival

 

Good morning, Lord Jesus. King of Kings and Lord of Lords, come rule in reign in my heart, in my family, in my community, in my nation, and in the earth -- this day and every day. ...

 

“Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much” (James 5:16).

 

On this National Day of Prayer, I join with Americans across this land and with those who pray for America around the world in the 2023 National Prayer for America:

 

We come with fervent hearts to praise You Lord.

You are The Word, the Way, Truth and Life.

The Alpha and Omega, Lion of Judah, Almighty God

who was, and is, and is to come. You clothed

Yourself in flesh and dwelt among us, to remove

our sin and clothe us in Your righteousness that

we might dwell with You forever and ever.

 

With broken, humbled hearts we repent of our

sins. Confessing to You our faithlessness,

prayerlessness, and disobedience. Forgive us for

our doubt, our prideful and quarrelsome words

that reveal our unclean hearts. Cleanse us and

renew a right and steadfast spirit within us we

pray.

 

With grateful hearts we thank You fervently for

the blessings in our life and throughout

America; they are more than we are able to

count. We will remember Your grace and testify

to Your goodness in all generations. Help us to

refrain from complaining, but instead be

prompted to pray faithfully in every

circumstance. Teach us to have a content heart

knowing You are always enough for our every

need.

 

As the Church we commit to pray and love our

neighbor and nation as You loved us, that our

reputation in this world would be rooted in Your

love. Holy Spirit work and overflow through us

in every prayer, thought, word, and deed. May

our character, conversations, and conduct

reflect the righteousness in which You clothed

us and command us to live.

 

With an obedient heart we put on the full armor

of God; Your breastplate of righteousness

guards our heart from which flows the springs of

life. We pray fervently for our communities and

country; the people who are in the Church,

Family, Education, Business and Workplace,

Military, Government, Arts, Entertainment and

Media. Every person is Your workmanship,

fearfully and wonderfully created and loved.

With hopeful hearts we pray that all would

choose to receive Your love and follow You. We

pray that America would confess, “Jesus is

Lord” and reflect Your righteousness in every

sphere of influence, and every aspect of our

lives. We ask that heavenly hope would flood

our hearts, silence hate, and that You will heal

our land.

 

Believing You; all You are, all You said, and all

You have promised, we pray fervently in

righteousness and avail much. In Jesus Name

we pray, Amen!

 

(Kathy Branzell, President, National Day of Prayer Task Force, www.NationalDayOfPrayer.org)

 

Yes, Lord! With humble hearts in corporate repentance in the national agreement of prayer on behalf of our land, we submit to Your ancient Words that are just as true today to embrace Your Covenant of National Healing, Freedom and Revival:

 

“If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land” (2 Chronicles 7:14).

 

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.


Be encouraged today. In the love of Jesus, Tommy Hays

 

My friend, may you experience healing, freedom and revival in your heart and in our land as you join in humble, fervent prayer for this nation and the nations of the earth, in Jesus' name. God bless you!



Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries

Mailing Address:

412 S. Adams Street #148

Fredericksburg, Texas 78624


Please share this word to encourage a friend!

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May 5-6 - Friday Night and Saturday Morning

Messiah Ministries' Men's Retreat hosted this time at Bridge Church in Fredericksburg. All men are welcome! We had fantastic feedback from our "pilot" retreat in February. Send me an email if you are interested! tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org


May 10

Speaking at San Antonio Aglow International Ministries - Day Time Lighthouse. 10 to Noon. Contact: sa.day.aglow@gmail.com

 

May 25-29

Ministry in Mexico City at several churches and different settings for inner healing, deliverance, evangelism, and prayer for revival.


June 1

Speaking at Boerne, Texas Lighthouse of Aglow International Ministries. The Kendall Inn at 7pm


July 17-31

Preaching an Evangelistic Crusade in Kenya!


Tuesday Nights (September through May)

Teaching my Free to Be Like Jesus course at Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas https://messiah-ministries.org

Based on my Books Free to Be Like Jesus and First the Spirit

https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays


Wednesday Mornings

Joining with MorningStar Ministries to Lead Online Restoration Ministry Sessions for Online Connect Groups from around the world.

 

Personal Ministry Appointments

Spiritual Direction Sessions and Personal Prayer Ministry Sessions 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: 

tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org

 

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

https://messiah-ministries.org/partner/contribute

Free On-line Video Series: Setting Hearts Free!

My Core Teaching and Ministry

https://messiah-ministries.org/resources

https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays

Wednesday, May 03, 2023

Overcoming Evil with Good in the Power of Love that Never Fails - May 3, 2023

 

Morning by Morning, May 3 - Overcoming Evil with Good in the Power of Love that Never Fails

 

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Be at the center of my heart and every moment of my day. ...

 

As I wait for Your leading, this Scripture comes to mind:

 

“Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good. Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another; not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord; rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer; distributing to the needs of the saints, given to hospitality.

 

“Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep. Be of the same mind toward one another. Do not set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own opinion.

 

“Repay no one evil for evil. Have regard for good things in the sight of all men. If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men. Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, ‘Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,’ says the Lord. Therefore

 

‘If your enemy is hungry, feed him;

If he is thirsty, give him a drink;

For in so doing you will heap coals of fire on his head.’

 

“Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good” (Romans 12:9-21).

 

This kind of “love without hypocrisy” that requires our obedience to Your Word and our expression of Your Heart in our world is hard. In fact, it’s impossible -- impossible in our own power or wisdom, even with our best determination and effort.

 

But it’s not impossible for You. And with Your Holy Spirit abiding in us, it’s no longer impossible for us. “Christ in (us), the hope of glory” (Colossians 1:27). “(We) are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in (us).... If the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in (us), He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to (our) mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in (us)” (Romans 8:9-11). “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible” (Matthew 19:26). In fact, just as You said, “all things are possible to him who believes” (Mark 9:23).

 

So even living like a Christian is possible for us. Even when we’re mad at the evil around us, even as we “abhor what is evil” and fight against it with our prayers and our voices and our votes. But we are desperately dependent on You. Apart from You, we can do nothing but just be overwhelmed and overcome by this broken and fallen world in hopeless despair (John 15:5).

 

But we are not apart from You! You are in us! And Your Word and Your Spirit and Your Faith and Your Hope and Your Love abide in us. So by the power of Your Grace at work within us, we can overcome as we choose to obey and express the power of Your Love in our world. As You said, “If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.... These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full” (John 15:7-11).

 

That’s the only way we can have joy in the face of the evil we abhor. That’s the only way we can be part of what You’re doing in our world and truly make a difference -- not shouting and screaming, rioting and raging, not overcoming evil with evil -- but overcoming evil with good while both being diligent in action and fervent in spirit, continually steadfast in prayer and abiding in the power of Your love that conquers all, for Your “Love never fails” (1 Corinthians 13:8). In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.


Be encouraged today. In the love of Jesus, Tommy Hays

 

My friend, may you be empowered with the Love that never fails, abiding in you and overcoming the evil you abhor in this world, in Jesus' name. God bless you!



Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries

Mailing Address:

412 S. Adams Street #148

Fredericksburg, Texas 78624


Please share this word to encourage a friend!

Anyone can sign up for free at:

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Please Keep us in Prayer for These

Messiah Ministries Events


May 5-6 - Friday Night and Saturday Morning

Messiah Ministries' Men's Retreat hosted this time at Bridge Church in Fredericksburg. All men are welcome! We had fantastic feedback from our "pilot" retreat in February. Send me an email if you are interested! tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org


May 10

Speaking at San Antonio Aglow International Ministries - Day Time Lighthouse. 10 to Noon. Contact: sa.day.aglow@gmail.com

 

May 25-29

Ministry in Mexico City at several churches and different settings for inner healing, deliverance, evangelism, and prayer for revival.


June 1

Speaking at Boerne, Texas Lighthouse of Aglow International Ministries. The Kendall Inn at 7pm


July 17-31

Preaching an Evangelistic Crusade in Kenya!


Tuesday Nights (September through May)

Teaching my Free to Be Like Jesus course at Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas https://messiah-ministries.org

Based on my Books Free to Be Like Jesus and First the Spirit

https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays


Wednesday Mornings

Joining with MorningStar Ministries to Lead Online Restoration Ministry Sessions for Online Connect Groups from around the world.

 

Personal Ministry Appointments

Spiritual Direction Sessions and Personal Prayer Ministry Sessions 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: 

tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org

 

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

https://messiah-ministries.org/partner/contribute

Free On-line Video Series: Setting Hearts Free!

My Core Teaching and Ministry

https://messiah-ministries.org/resources

https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays

Tuesday, May 02, 2023

Looking to “The Express Image of God” - May 2, 2023

 

Morning by Morning, May 2 - Looking to “The Express Image of God”

 

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

 

I look to You. I seek You. You are “the Express Image” of God:

 

“God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds; who being the brightness of His glory and the Express Image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become so much better than the angels, as He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they” (Hebrews 1:1-4).

 

And as I turn to You and look to You, Your Spirit removes everything between us and changes everything within me to be more like You, “transformed into the same image:”

 

“Nevertheless when one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord” (2 Corinthians 3:16-18).

 

Keep removing every veil, every sin, every distorted image of who You are and who I am in You. Keep drawing me close to You, lifting up my spirit to You, setting me free in Your liberty to seek You and see You, to behold and worship You, as You change me into Your image “from glory to glory” more and more every day.

 

“For this is the will of God, (my) sanctification” (1 Thessalonians 4:3). This is Your plan for my life -- to make me more like You every day through every battle I face, every test I endure, and every challenge I overcome -- all by Your grace, as I’m looking to You (Romans 8:29; Hebrews 12:1-2). In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.


Be encouraged today. In the love of Jesus, Tommy Hays

 

My friend, may you keep looking to Jesus, "the Express Image of God," as He keeps changing You into His image by His Spirit more and more every day, "from glory to glory," in Jesus' name. God bless you!



Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries

Mailing Address:

412 S. Adams Street #148

Fredericksburg, Texas 78624


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Thank you and Praise God for all He did at Revival at the Barn with salvations, healing, and baptisms in the horse trough! Here's one testimony from a great friend of ours, Carolyn Urban, who couldn't come but joined with us on our Messiah Ministries' FB Live:


WOW, PRAISE GOD!! I feel like I had an "Asbury experience" streaming "Revival at the Barn" in my living room. I suffer from chronic, debilitating back and shoulder pain which had been getting worse lately and so limiting my life and I was fighting depression. Through the testimony of Scott Knudson and the powerful anointed message of Pastor Tommy, I felt the love of the Lord so strongly and a peace come over me that is indescribable. That night and last night I slept better than I have slept in a long, long time, getting 8 hours of deep sleep and waking up to at least a 50% reduction in my pain level and a much-improved state of mind. Thank you, Lord and Revival at the Barn!


You can join us for the videos and photos on our Messiah Ministries FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/MessiahMinistries.org


Thank you for your prayers for us at the Fellowship of Ministries Annual Retreat with MorningStar Ministries all last week, where my wife Rocio Caballero Hays was Ordained! She also received a prophetic word and miraculous healing of her knee from Chris Reed, which they recorded and is also on our Messiah Ministries FB Page:

https://www.facebook.com/MessiahMinistries.org


May 5-6

Messiah Ministries' Men's Retreat hosted this time at Bridge Church in Fredericksburg. All men are welcome! We had fantastic feedback from our "pilot" retreat in February. Send me an email if you are interested! tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org


May 10

Speaking at San Antonio Aglow International Ministries - Day Time Lighthouse. 10 to Noon. Contact: sa.day.aglow@gmail.com

 

May 25-29

Ministry in Mexico City at several churches and different settings for inner healing, deliverance, evangelism, and prayer for revival.


June 1

Speaking at Boerne, Texas Lighthouse of Aglow International Ministries. The Kendall Inn at 7pm


July 17-31

Preaching an Evangelistic Crusade in Kenya!


Tuesday Nights (September through May)

Teaching my Free to Be Like Jesus course at Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas https://messiah-ministries.org

Based on my Books Free to Be Like Jesus and First the Spirit

https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays


Wednesday Mornings

Joining with MorningStar Ministries to Lead Online Restoration Ministry Sessions for Online Connect Groups from around the world.

 

Personal Ministry Appointments

Spiritual Direction Sessions and Personal Prayer Ministry Sessions 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: 

tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org

 

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

https://messiah-ministries.org/partner/contribute

Free On-line Video Series: Setting Hearts Free!

My Core Teaching and Ministry

https://messiah-ministries.org/resources

https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays

https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays