Thursday, June 01, 2023

My Heart’s “Like an Open Book” to God - June 1, 2023

 

Morning by Morning, June 1 - My Heart’s “Like an Open Book” to God

 

Good morning, Lord Jesus. You said You’d be with me always (Matthew 28:20). And so You are. So I welcome You here in my heart and every moment of my day. ...

 

David said it this way, as expressed in The Passion translation of Psalm 139:

 

“Lord, You know everything there is to know about me.

You perceive every movement of my heart and soul,

and You understand my every thought before it even enters my mind.

 

“You are so intimately aware of me, Lord.

You read my heart like an open book

and You know all the words I’m about to speak

before I even start a sentence!

You know every step I will take before my journey even begins.

You’ve gone into my future to prepare the way,

and in kindness You follow behind me

to spare me from the harm of my past. 

You have laid Your hand on me!

This is just too wonderful, deep, and incomprehensible!

Your understanding of me brings me wonder and strength.

 

“Where could I go from Your Spirit?

Where could I run and hide from Your face?

If I go up to heaven, You’re there!

If I go down to the realm of the dead, You’re there too!

If I fly with wings into the shining dawn, You’re there!

If I fly into the radiant sunset, You’re there waiting!

 

“Wherever I go, Your hand will guide me;

Your strength will empower me.

It’s impossible to disappear from You

or to ask the darkness to hide me,

for Your Presence is everywhere, bringing light into my night.

There is no such thing as darkness with You.

The night, to You, is as bright as the day;

there’s no difference between the two.

 

“You formed my innermost being, shaping my delicate inside

and my intricate outside,

and wove them all together in my mother’s womb. 

I thank you, God, for making me so mysteriously complex!

Everything You do is marvelously breathtaking.

It simply amazes me to think about it!

How thoroughly You know me, Lord!

 

“You even formed every bone in my body

when you created me in the secret place; 

carefully, skillfully You shaped me from nothing to something.

You saw who You created me to be before I became me! 

Before I’d ever seen the light of day,

the number of days You planned for me

were already recorded in Your book.

 

“Every single moment You are thinking of me!

How precious and wonderful to consider

that You cherish me constantly in Your every thought!

O God, Your desires toward me are more

than the grains of sand on every shore!

When I awake each morning, You’re still with me”

(Psalm 139:1-18 The Passion).


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

 

My Friend, may you choose well in ways that delight the heart of the One who loves you and who knows your heart "like an open book," in Jesus' name. God bless you, my friend! And you have a great day!



Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries

Mailing Address:

412 S. Adams Street #148

Fredericksburg, Texas 78624


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Messiah Ministries Events


June 1

Speaking at Boerne Aglow at 7PM Tonight!

Boerne, Texas Lighthouse of Aglow International Ministries.

The Kendall Hall conference room at the rear of The Kendall Inn in Boerne at 7pm. All are welcome! Spread the word!

Info: boerneaglow@gmail.com


June 15

Speaking at San Antonio, Texas Evening Aglow 7PM

Hosted at Friendship Church, 14015 San Pedro. Contact Hannah for details: sa.aglow.evening@gmail.com All are welcome!


June 16-17 (Being Postponed until August)

Setting Hearts Free!

Messiah Ministries Conference hosted at Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas Friday Night and Saturday. All are Welcome!

No Charge. Love Offering. Please send us an email to register:

Events@Messiah-Ministries.org


July 17-31

Preaching an Evangelistic Festival in Kenya! I'll be part of a team of evangelists and intercessors sharing the Gospel in outdoor meetings, prisons, universities, orphanages, street ministry in Nyeri, Kenya, led by Wesley Paul Ministries. Over 150 Churches and ministry alliances across all denominations are hosting us!


September 9 - Save the Date!

Messiah Ministries' Annual Celebration Fundraiser

Free to Be Like Jesus - Texas Style!

Please make plans to come join us if you can. Hosted this year at the Y.O. Ranch Hotel & Conference Center in Kerrville, Texas


October 14

Speaking at the Worship Meeting with Louada Raschke Ministries at The Empty Cross in Kerrville, Texas for the Lunar Eclipse optimal vantage point in the Texas Hill Country when thousands will come to see it that weekend. Coming King Sculpture Prayer Garden.


Tuesday Nights (September through May)

Teaching my Free to Be Like Jesus course at Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas. Based on my Books Free to Be Like Jesus and First the Spirit

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


Every Wednesday Morning

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 31, 2023

The One Who Said, “I Am He” Abides in Us - May 31, 2023

Morning by Morning, May 31 - The One Who Said, “I Am He” Abides in Us

 

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Your name is above every name; and I speak Your name over everything in my life and every moment of my day (Philippians 2:9). ...

 

As I wait for the leading of Your Spirit, an image comes to mind from the Garden of Gethsemane. When Judas who betrayed You came with “a detachment of troops ... with lanterns, torches, and weapons” to arrest You, You said to them, “Whom are you seeking?” (Luke 18:1-4)

 

When they answered they were seeking Jesus of Nazareth, You simply said, “I am He” (v. 5). And immediately, they “drew back and fell to the ground!” (v. 6)

 

All their lanterns and torches couldn’t hold a candle to the One who is the Light of the World (John 8:12). All their weapons formed against You could not prosper in the face of the One who is the Word of God (John 1:14; Isaiah 54:17).

 

And now, by the grace of God, in the mystery of faith, the One who said “I am He” lives in me. “Christ in (me), the hope of glory” (Colossians 1:27). “The Spirit of Christ” abides in me (Romans 8:9) and I abide in You (John 15:4). The same Spirit who raised You from the dead, the same Spirit that pushed back and knocked over that detachment of troops in the Garden now dwells in my heart and in the heart of every one of Your disciples (Romans 8:11).

 

Lord Jesus, release Your words of power through us today. You are the Word of God made flesh (John 14:1).  And at the same time, Your words are made flesh through the words of the sons and daughters of God who are called by Your name, who abide in You, and Your words abide in us. 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” (John 15:7). You said, “These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full” (v. 11).

 

Speak Your words through me and every one of Your disciples, the sons and daughters of God, today, I pray, Lord Jesus. Shine forth Your Light. Push back the darkness. Overcome the enemies of the Cross and the kingdoms of this world, as a foretaste and foreshadow of the age to come when “the kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ (who) shall reign forever and ever!” (Revelation 11:15)

 

By the power of Your grace, in the mystery of faith, with Your words abiding in us because our hearts are abiding in You, we “have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come” (Hebrews 6:5). Nothing can stand against You and the power and authority of Your name; all must bow and confess You as Lord to the glory of the Father (Philippians 2:9-11). And if the One who is the Word of God be within us, if Your words be released through us, if God be for us who can stand against us! (Romans 8:31) In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.


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

 

My friend, may you the word of God be released through you in the power and authority of the name of Jesus, who abides in you, in Jesus' name. God bless you, my friend! And you have a great day!



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:

https://messiah-ministries.org

Please Keep us in Prayer for These

Messiah Ministries Events


May 25-29 Praising God for All He Has Done! Thank You for All Your Prayers! We had salvations, healing, and freedom in Jesus' Name!


Ministry in Mexico City area at several churches and different settings for our Freedom Encounters of inner healing, deliverance, evangelism, and prayer for revival.


June 1

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


June 15

Speaking at San Antonio, Texas Evening Aglow 7PM

Hosted at Friendship Church, 14015 San Pedro. Contact Hannah for details: sa.aglow.evening@gmail.com All are welcome!


June 16-17 (Just Scheduled!)

Setting Hearts Free!

Messiah Ministries Conference hosted at Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas Friday Night and Saturday. All are Welcome!

No Charge. Love Offering. Please send us an email to register:

Events@Messiah-Ministries.org


July 17-31

Preaching an Evangelistic Festival in Kenya! I'll be part of a team of evangelists and intercessors sharing the Gospel in outdoor meetings, prisons, universities, orphanages, street ministry in Nyeri, Kenya, led by Wesley Paul Ministries. Over 150 Churches and ministry alliances across all denominations are hosting us!


September 9

Save the Date! Messiah Ministries' Annual Celebration and Fundraiser. Please make plans to come join us if you can. This year hosted at the YO Ranch Conference Room Kerrville, Texas.


Tuesday Nights (September through May)

Teaching my Free to Be Like Jesus course at Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas. Based on my Books Free to Be Like Jesus and First the Spirit

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


Every Wednesday Morning

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 30, 2023

Personal Pentecost - May 30, 2023

 

Morning by Morning, May 30 - Personal Pentecost

 

Good morning, Lord Jesus. I speak out Your name and listen for Your voice to begin my day embraced by my Father, centered in Christ, and filled with the Holy Spirit. ...

 

We’ve just returned from central Mexico, finishing a week of ministry there in a different church every night, sharing the message and ministry of inner healing, spiritual freedom, and life transformation through the love of our Father, experiencing the Presence of Jesus, and encountering the power of the Holy Spirit to heal the brokenhearted and set the captives free in Your mighty name. On Sunday, I was blessed to speak a message of Your power and love at two different churches on Pentecost Sunday to complete our mission. What came to my heart was an invitation for our personal Pentecost -- a deeply personal encounter with the Holy Spirit of the Living God -- first cleansing our hearts and then filling our hearts. Not just one day but every day.

 

You had promised Your disciples just before Your return to Heaven, “You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth” (Acts 1:8). You told them, “You shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now” (v. 5).

 

Then between that day and the day of Pentecost to come, the day they would be baptized with the Holy Spirit and be indued with power to be Your witnesses, at home and to the ends of the earth, they joined together in prayer and in pursuit of what You had promised (v. 13). They didn’t just wait around or go their separate ways. They got together and prayed. They pressed into the promises of God. They actively pursued the Presence and the power of Your Holy Spirit.

 

“When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting!” (Acts 2:1-2)

 

Come, Holy Spirit! Come stir within each one of us a hunger and a passion to pursue Your Presence and Your power -- power to be witnesses of Jesus in our homes and everywhere You send us every day of our lives. May we passionately pursue our personal Pentecost. Set us ablaze with tongues of fire and hearts ablaze with a passion for You and all You send us to do (v. 3). May we declare “the wonderful works of God” with our words and with our lives, filled up and overflowing with the Spirit of the Living God! (v. 11)

 

Burn everything out of us that is not yet like You. And fill us up with the One who comes to make us more like You every day. May we be emptied out so we can be filled up -- filled up and overflowing -- from hearts that have been healed and freed and set on fire from our personal Pentecost with You. Not just one day but every day.

 

This is the command and the promise of Your prophetic words: “Be filled with the Spirit” (Ephesians 5:18). “(Jesus) will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and Fire!” (Matthew 3:11). “Behold, I send the Promise of My Father upon you; but tarry in the city of Jerusalem (which is to say to us in our city right wherever we are) until you are endued with power from on high!” (Luke 24:49) In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.


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

 

My friend, may you be filled be filled up and overflowing, baptized with the Holy Spirit in your personal Pentecost this day and every day, in Jesus' name. God bless you, my friend! And you have a great day!



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:

https://messiah-ministries.org

Please Keep us in Prayer for These

Messiah Ministries Events


May 25-29 Praising God for All He Has Done! Thank You for All Your Prayers! We had salvations, healing, and freedom in Jesus' Name!


Ministry in Mexico City area at several churches and different settings for our Freedom Encounters of inner healing, deliverance, evangelism, and prayer for revival.


June 1

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


June 15

Speaking at San Antonio, Texas Evening Aglow 7PM

Hosted at Friendship Church, 14015 San Pedro. Contact Hannah for details: sa.aglow.evening@gmail.com All are welcome!


June 16-17 (Just Scheduled!)

Setting Hearts Free!

Messiah Ministries Conference hosted at Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas Friday Night and Saturday. All are Welcome!

No Charge. Love Offering. Please send us an email to register:

Events@Messiah-Ministries.org


July 17-31

Preaching an Evangelistic Festival in Kenya! I'll be part of a team of evangelists and intercessors sharing the Gospel in outdoor meetings, prisons, universities, orphanages, street ministry in Nyeri, Kenya, led by Wesley Paul Ministries. Over 150 Churches and ministry alliances across all denominations are hosting us!


September 9

Save the Date! Messiah Ministries' Annual Celebration and Fundraiser. Please make plans to come join us if you can. This year hosted at the YO Ranch Conference Room Kerrville, Texas.


Tuesday Nights (September through May)

Teaching my Free to Be Like Jesus course at Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas. Based on my Books Free to Be Like Jesus and First the Spirit

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


Every Wednesday Morning

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 24, 2023

“As You Go...” - May 24, 2023

 

Morning by Morning, May 24 - “As You Go...”

 

Good morning, Lord Jesus. You are the King of Kings and Lord of Lords (Revelation 19:16). Rule and reign in my heart and every moment of my day...

 

My wife, Rocio, and I are packing up to head out the door for the airport to go minister in the Mexico City area for the next several days. We’re praying for salvations, healing, deliverance, and revival everywhere You send us, as we speak in a different church every night, with personal prayer ministry sessions and Holy Spirit-led encounters and divine appointments all during the days. We really don’t know what to expect, but we are expectant!

 

As we get ready to go, what comes to my heart this morning in these first moments of prayer are these words: “As you go....”

 

Yes, Lord. We’re going. But as we go, we go with You. We remember You go with us. You’re always with us. You never leave us, never forsake us, always abiding within us.

 

As I press in to listen more deeply to what You’re speaking to me in this moment, this Scripture comes to mind:

 

“As you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand’” (Matthew 10:7).

 

Yes, Lord. Fill our mouths with Your words. Fill our hearts with Your love. Give us boldness to declare the truth and help facilitate encounters with You and Your kingdom that’s “at hand.” Stretch out Your hands through us, Your heart through us. Even advance Your kingdom in the hearts of people through us, as we obey Your command and embrace Your commission to go. And “as (we) go,” may we never forgot that You are the One who sent us and You are the One who is with us.

 

Now the full context and the next verse of that Scripture comes to mind:

 

“As you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give” (Matthew 10:7-8).

 

Yes, Lord. Let it be so! All in Your power, all by Your grace, all in Your name! We really have no idea what to expect, but with a Word like this burning in our hearts, we are expectant! We’re excited to see what God will do! In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.


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

 

My friend, may you be filled with the love of God, sharing the truth that His kingdom is at hand, as you join with His kingdom to advance in the hearts of people through His abiding Presence in you everywhere He sends you today in His name and His power, in Jesus' name. God bless you, my friend! And you have a great day!



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:

https://messiah-ministries.org

Disciples of Jesus Sent Out Two by Two to Proclaim the Kingdom

in The Chosen series

Last Night at our Final Class of the Year

with Prayers of Impartation and Anointing for my Tuesday Night Free to Be Like Jesus class at Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas. Join us for the Next Class Starting Again in September

either in person or connected online.

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

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

Please Keep us in Prayer for These

Messiah Ministries Events


May 25-29

Ministry in Mexico City area at several churches and different settings for our Freedom Encounters of inner healing, deliverance, evangelism, and prayer for revival.


Rocio and I will be preaching and ministering at a different church every night (Wednesday through Sunday) and really welcome all your prayers for us and for those we'll be ministering to! Thank you!


June 1

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


June 15

Speaking at San Antonio, Texas Evening Aglow 7PM

Hosted at Friendship Church, 14015 San Pedro. Contact Hannah for details: sa.aglow.evening@gmail.com All are welcome!


June 16-17 (Just Scheduled!)

Setting Hearts Free!

Messiah Ministries Conference hosted at Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas Friday Night and Saturday. All are Welcome!

No Charge. Love Offering. Please send us an email to register:

Events@Messiah-Ministries.org


July 17-31

Preaching an Evangelistic Festival in Kenya! I'll be part of a team of evangelists and intercessors sharing the Gospel in outdoor meetings, prisons, universities, orphanages, street ministry in Nyeri, Kenya, led by Wesley Paul Ministries. Over 150 Churches and ministry alliances across all denominations are hosting us!


September 9

Save the Date! Messiah Ministries' Annual Celebration and Fundraiser. Please make plans to come join us if you can. This year hosted at the YO Ranch Conference Room Kerrville, Texas.


Tuesday Nights (September through May)

Teaching my Free to Be Like Jesus course at Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas. Based on my Books Free to Be Like Jesus and First the Spirit

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


Every Wednesday Morning

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