Tuesday, June 27, 2023

Choose Life Each Day - June 27, 2023

 

Morning by Morning, June 27 - Choose Life Each Day

 

Good morning, Lord Jesus. You are the Way and the Truth and the Life (John 14:6). So lead me in Your way, speak into me with Your truth, and give me the grace to embrace Your life, as I entrust my life and this day to You. ...

 

“And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God” (1 John 5:11-13).

 

Your name is Life. Your Spirit is Life. And there is Life in no one but You. “Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12). “No one comes to the Father except through (You)” (John 14:6b).

 

This is the reason You came into our world and into my heart -- “that (we) may have life, and that (we) may have it more abundantly” in You (John 10:10). “The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life” (Job 33:4). “For the law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death” (Romans 8:2).

 

Just as You given me life, You’ve also given me Your Spirit -- the Spirit of Life who now lives in me. “If the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in (me), He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to (my) mortal body also through His Spirit who dwells in me” (Romans 8:11). “He who has an ear, let him hear! (says the Lord) ... To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God” (Revelation 2:7).

 

By the mercy of Your grace, I do choose to eat from the Tree of Life today. I choose to drink deeply of Your “Living Water” (John 4:10) and of the “pure river of (the) water of life” (Revelation 22:1). I choose to embrace Your Spirit of Life, Your Words of Spirit and Life, and Your Way of Spirit and Life today (John 6:63).

 

You set before me this day and every day, before me and every one of us blessing or curse, death or Life (Deuteronomy 30:19). And I choose Life. As the Prophet Isaiah declared of You and Your coming into our world, “O Lord, by these things men live; and in all these things is the life of my spirit; so You will restore me and make me live!” (Isaiah 38:16) 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 Life today as you continue to entrust your life to the only One has the Words of Spirit and Life for 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


My Books on Inner Healing and Spiritual Freedom are Available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays


Setting Disciples free to be all they were created to be

--Free to Be Like Jesus--

secure in their identity, growing in maturity, fulfilling their destiny"

Please Keep us in Prayer for These

Messiah Ministries Events


July 9

Preaching at The Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas

https://bridgefbg.com/sunday-worship-live-stream/


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 and joining in weekly gatherings of unified prayer across the city!


August 5

Setting Hearts Free! conference

Messiah Ministries' Conference hosted at Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas on Saturday 8:30 to 4:30, with breakfast and lunch included. Worship and Inner Healing Prayer Ministry.

All are Welcome! Please Spread the Word!

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

Events@Messiah-Ministries.org


August 6

Preaching at The Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas

https://bridgefbg.com/sunday-worship-live-stream/


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.


October 21

Speaking at the Heart of Texas Meeting of Aglow International in Belton, Texas


October 28

Teaching on Deliverance Prayer Ministry at the Central Texas Area Leaders Meeting for Aglow International Ministries.


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

Monday, June 26, 2023

Good to Belong - June 26, 2028

 

Morning by Morning, June 26 - Good to Belong

 

Good morning, Lord Jesus. I turn to You to begin my day embraced by my Father, centered in Christ, and filled with Your Holy Spirit. ...

 

“Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit” (Ephesians 2:19-22).

 

In You, we’re citizens of the kingdom, companions on the journey, the construction of something You began when You set Yourself as the chief cornerstone of all You’re building up in each one of us. Our hearts are now Your home; our lives are now where You display Your glory, as Your glory comes and fills the temples of our souls.

 

As The Message expresses it:

 

“That’s plain enough, isn’t it? You’re no longer wandering exiles. This kingdom of faith is now your home country. You’re no longer strangers or outsiders. You here, with as much right to the name Christian as anyone. God is building a home. He’s using us all--irrespective of how we got here--in what He is building. He used the apostles and prophets for the foundation. Now He’s using you, fitting you in brick by brick, stone by stone, with Christ Jesus as the cornerstone that holds all the parts together. We see it taking shape day after day--a holy temple built by God, all of us built into it, a temple in which God is quite at home.”

 

It’s good to belong. It’s good to be a part of what You’re building--“brick by brick, stone by stone,” moment by moment and morning by morning. It’s good to be home in You and to know You are at home in me. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.


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


My friend, may you be filled with peace in the knowledge of the truth that You belong to God and He abides in you with your heart as His home, 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


My Books on Inner Healing and Spiritual Freedom are Available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays


Setting Disciples free to be all they were created to be

--Free to Be Like Jesus--

secure in their identity, growing in maturity, fulfilling their destiny"

Please Keep us in Prayer for These

Messiah Ministries Events


July 9

Preaching at The Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas

https://bridgefbg.com/sunday-worship-live-stream/


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 and joining in weekly gatherings of unified prayer across the city!


August 5

Setting Hearts Free! conference

Messiah Ministries' Conference hosted at Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas on Saturday 8:30 to 4:30, with breakfast and lunch included. Worship and Inner Healing Prayer Ministry.

All are Welcome! Please Spread the Word!

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

Events@Messiah-Ministries.org


August 6

Preaching at The Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas

https://bridgefbg.com/sunday-worship-live-stream/


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.


October 21

Speaking at the Heart of Texas Meeting of Aglow International in Belton, Texas


October 28

Teaching on Deliverance Prayer Ministry at the Central Texas Area Leaders Meeting for Aglow International Ministries.


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 23, 2023

Sadness to Gladness, Graves into Gardens - June 23, 2023

 

Morning by Morning, June 23 - Sadness to Gladness, Graves into Gardens

 

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Put Your thoughts in my mind and Your desires in my heart, as I begin my day centered in You. ...

 

I love this ministry of inner healing You’ve called me to -- helping people be set free from all that holds them back from being all You created them to be -- in the arms of the love of our Father, in the power and presence of Jesus coming into every age and memory of trauma or pain or shame, in the moving of the Holy Spirit of the Living God to uproot and remove the source of the struggles and symptoms of all that’s less than Your will in our “spirit and soul and body” (1 Thessalonians 5:23).

 

Sorrow and sadness has to flee, as You reveal and remove and replace what’s less than Your heart with healing and freedom, peace and joy (Matthew 3:10; Luke 4:11).

 

As the song says, “You turn graves into gardens.” And another says, “You break every chain.” And another says, “We speak the name of Jesus over every stronghold as You break through our shadows.”

 

As Your Word says, You heal the brokenhearted and set the captives free, giving beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garments praise for the spirit of heaviness, as You sets things right within us by the righteousness within You (Isaiah 61:1-3).

 

As the Psalm says,

 

“Hear, O Lord, and have mercy on me;

Lord, be my helper!”

You have turned for me my mourning into dancing;

You have put off my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness,

To the end that my glory may sing praise to You and not be silent.

O Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever!” (Psalm 30:10-12)

 

As The Passion Translation of that Verse says,

 

“So hear me now, Lord; show me Your famous mercy.

O God, be my Savior and rescue me!

Then He broke through and transformed all my wailing

into a whirling dance of ecstatic praise!

He has torn the veil and lifted from me

the sad heaviness of mourning.

He wrapped me in the glory-garments of gladness.

How could I be silent when it’s time to praise You?

Now my heart sings out, bursting with joy—

a bliss inside that keeps me singing,

‘I can never thank You enough!’” (Psalm 30:10-12)

 

It’s true. I can never thank You enough for all You are, for all You’ve done, for all You’re doing and going to do. You’re the only God who can come into the memories and moments of the pain and shame, the brokenness and bondages, the limitations and distortions of our identities and destinies to heal us from the inside out and set us free to be like Jesus -- to be all You created us to be -- secure in our identity and growing up in spiritual maturity, empowered to move in spiritual authority to fulfill our God-given destiny (Ephesians 4:11-16). In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.


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


My friend, may you healed from the inside out, set free to be like Jesus, secure in your identity, growing in spiritual maturity, moving in spiritual authority, and fulfilling your God-given destiny, in Jesus' name. God bless you, my friend! And you have a great day!


My Books on Inner Healing and Spiritual Freedom are Available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays


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


July 9

Preaching at The Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas


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 and joining in weekly gatherings of unified prayer across the city!


August 5

Setting Hearts Free! conference

Messiah Ministries' Conference hosted at Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas on Saturday 8:30 to 4:30, with breakfast and lunch included. Worship and Inner Healing Prayer Ministry.

All are Welcome! Please Spread the Word!

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

Events@Messiah-Ministries.org


August 6

Preaching at The Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas


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.


October 21

Speaking at the Heart of Texas Meeting of Aglow International in Belton, Texas


October 28

Teaching on Deliverance Prayer Ministry at the Central Texas Area Leaders Meeting for Aglow International Ministries.


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 22, 2023

Declaration of Faithfulness and Hope - June 22, 2023

 

Morning by Morning, June 22 - Declaration of Faithfulness and Hope


Good morning, Lord Jesus. I lift my eyes up to the hills, to the holy place of Your heavenly Presence, for that’s where my help comes from, that’s where my hope come from, that’s where everything that’s good and holy, right and true in my life comes from (Psalm 121:1-2). ...


As I personalize Your Word for my life this day, it becomes a declaration of Your faithfulness and fills my heart with thanksgiving and hopefulness:


“I will lift up my eyes to the hills--

From whence comes my help?

My help comes from the Lord,

Who made heaven and earth.

He will not allow (my) foot to be moved;

He who keeps (me) will not slumber.

Behold, He who keeps (me)

Shall neither slumber nor sleep.

The Lord is (my) keeper;

The Lord is (my) shade at (my) right hand.

The sun shall not strike (me) by day,

Nor the moon by night.

The Lord shall preserve (me) from all evil;

He shall preserve (my) soul.

The Lord shall preserve (my) going out and (my) coming in

From this time forth, and even forevermore!” (Psalm 121:1-8).


In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.


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


My friend, may you lift up your eyes and be filled up in your heart as you declare the faithfulness and hope of God for your day and all your life, 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


July 9

Preaching at The Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas


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 and joining in weekly gatherings of unified prayer across the city!


August 5

Setting Hearts Free! conference

Messiah Ministries' Conference hosted at Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas on Saturday 8:30 to 4:30, with breakfast and lunch included. Worship and Inner Healing Prayer Ministry.

All are Welcome! Please Spread the Word!

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

Events@Messiah-Ministries.org


August 6

Preaching at The Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas


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.


October 21

Speaking at the Heart of Texas Meeting of Aglow International in Belton, Texas


October 28

Teaching on Deliverance Prayer Ministry at the Central Texas Area Leaders Meeting for Aglow International Ministries.


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