Monday, June 05, 2023

Jars of Clay, Broken but Shining the Light of the Glory of God - June 5, 2023

 

Morning by Morning, June 5 - Jars of Clay, Broken but Shining the Light of the Glory of God

 

Good morning, Lord Jesus. I look to You and listen for Your leading. ...

 

“For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake. For God, who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness,’ has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us” (2 Corinthians 4:5-7 ESV).

 

Let my life proclaim the surpassing power of Your life today. You’re Lord, not me. You’re the Savior, not any of us. You’re the One with the surpassing power to save souls, heal hearts, break chains, push back the darkness with the Presence of Your glorious Light.

 

You’re the Treasure. Yet by the grace of God, in this mystery of faith, You’ve chosen to hide Your Treasure in our hearts and display Your glory through our lives. We’re like simple, fragile jars of clay, made from mud though made to be handled with care, but often dropped, mishandled, set aside and broken in the rough and tumble of life in a broken and fallen world. And at the same time, created to carry the Light of the glory of God in us.

 

You are the Light of the world (John 8:12). And at the same time, You said of us, as Your disciples, “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill (that) cannot be hidden” (Matthew 5:14). Just like You are the Light of a Candle, shining out of our jars of clay; and You are the Treasure, laid up in our hearts as Your treasure chest. That’s all part of what Your Word means, “Christ in (us), the hope of glory” -- Your glory, shining through us (Colossians 1:27).

 

And some of the most amazing ways You display Your glory through our lives is through the cracks in our pots, the brokenness of our jars of clay. The broken places become the glory places, because that’s how the Light of Your Glory shines through us for others to see. That’s how a hurting and broken world around us sees Your Light shing through us.

 

As this Scripture of our nature of “jars of clay” carrying Your treasure in our hearts and displayed through our lives goes on to say:

 

“We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies. For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh” (2 Corinthians 4:8-11).

 

It's worth it all, because You’re with us through it all -- displaying Your glory through our lives, drawing lost souls and broken hearts to the Light of Your glory and the Love of our God through the brokenness of our lives lived out trusting in You. Just as Your Word goes on to say, encouraging us to continue and empowering us to shine with the Light of Your Glory through our jars of clay:

 

“We do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal” (2 Corinthians 4:16-18).

 

Lord, let the Light of Your “eternal weight of glory” shine through me -- even through my brokenness, even especially though my brokenness -- today and every day on this side of eternity. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.


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

 

My friend, may you let the light of the glory of God shine through your heart and life, even through your brokenness, especially through your brokenness, 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 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

Events@Messiah-Ministries.org


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.


November 2-13

Ministry in Spain! Freedom Encounter Weekends at 2 Churches inviting us for Inner Healing and Deliverance Prayer Ministry and Equipping


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


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

Friday, June 02, 2023

We Need a Move. This is a Move. We are the Move! - June 2, 2023

 

Morning by Morning, June 2 - We Need a Move. This is a Move. We are the Move!

 

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Make me more like You today (Romans 8:29). ...

 

“God, who made the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands. Nor is He worshiped with men’s hands, as though He needed anything, since He gives to all life, breath, and all things. And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their pre-appointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings, so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us; for in Him we live and move and have our being” (Acts 17:24-28).

 

In You “we live and move and have our being.” And by the grace of God, in the mystery of faith, You “live and move and have (Your Being)” in us! “Christ in (us), the hope of glory!” (Colossians 1:27).

 

You “(do) not dwell in temples made with hands.” You dwell in us! Our bodies are Your temple; our hands our Your hands; our hearts are Your home! As Your Word asks each one of us to ponder and believe and receive this truth, “Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? ... Do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?” (1 Corinthians 6:15-19) “He who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him” (v. 17).

 

Last night we were ministering with the men and women of God at the monthly lighthouse gathering for Aglow International Ministries in Boerne, Texas. The anointed worship leaders we leading us in a song of crying out to You that “We need a move” -- a move of Your Holy Spirit. As we pressed in deeper with passion for Your Presence, the words became, “This is a move!” And what You spoke into my heart to become the message and ministry of the evening was “We are the move!”

 

For Your Spirit dwells in us. Your Spirit moves in us, moves through us, changes our world all around us because You abide within us! Our lives are not our own -- they are Yours. We not building our temples, but Your Temple; not our kingdoms but Your Kingdom. In You, “we live and move and have our being.” And at the same time, in us, “(You) live and move and have (Your Being)!”

 

“As (You are), so are we in this world” (1 John 4:17). The same Spirit that raised You from the grave now lives in us (Romans 8:11). By the power of Your grace at work within us, “(We) are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwell in (us)” (Romans 8:9). “Blessed are (we), for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon (us).... on our part He is glorified” (1 Peter 4:14). “If anyone speaks, let him speak as the utterances of God. If anyone ministers, let him do it as with the ability which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever!” (1 Peter 4:11).

 

We need a move! This is a move! We are the move! All by Your grace, all in Your name, all for Your glory! In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen!


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

 

My friend, may you be a move of God, as you live and move and have your being in Him, allowing Him to live and moves and have His Being 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

Come Join Us Tonight in Boerne, Texas if You Can

and Please Pray for Us if You Can't

Please Keep us in Prayer for These

Messiah Ministries Events


June 1 - Thank You for All Your Prayers! A Wonderful Evening and Move of God Last Night in Boerne, Texas Lighthouse of Aglow International Ministries.

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.


November 2-13

Ministry in Spain! Freedom Encounter Weekends at 2 Churches inviting us for Inner Healing and Deliverance Prayer Ministry and Equipping


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


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, 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


Please share this word to encourage a friend!

Anyone can sign up for free at:

https://messiah-ministries.org

Come Join Us Tonight in Boerne, Texas if You Can

and Please Pray for Us if You Can't

Please Keep us in Prayer for These

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