Morning by Morning, September 4 - Morning Meditation

Good morning, Lord Jesus. You're my Lord and Savior, my Father and Friend. I worship You and welcome You into every moment of my day.  ...

"May the glory of the Lord endure forever; may the Lord rejoice in His works -- who looks on the earth and it trembles, who touches the mountains and they smoke. I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being. May my meditation be pleasing to Him, for I rejoice in the Lord" (Psalm 104:31-34).

In these first moments of my morning -- before I give my thoughts to any other matter, before I begin to think of anything else I need to do today, before I open my mouth to be filled with any other word besides Your name and Your praise -- I want to meditate on You alone. I want to speak Your name, sing Your praise, and seek Your face. I want to take time sit in the silence, to wait for the leading of Your Spirit, to embrace the majesty and mystery of Your Presence here with me, even here within me. ...

May my meditation be pleasing to You. May my offering of my heart and my time be a gift You enjoy. Though I'm the one who needs it, I do hope it brings You some measure of joy to receive it. "Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer" (Psalm 19:14). In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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

My Friend,  may the Spirit of the Lord draw you into a deep place of meditation upon our God and His Word and His Presence within your heart every day. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

Please keep me and our ministry in prayer as I go out on the road several times for engagements this coming month in our ministry of "Healing from the Inside Out" to help prepare the Body and Bride of Christ for the coming of our King:

Sept 12-14  Living Waters Mens Retreat, Brevard, North Carolina

Sept 15-16  Ministry with prophetic psalmist Heather Butler from Wales, our Pastor of Prayer, at East Stone Gap UMC, Virginia

Sept 22  Holy Spirit Day Apart, Kingswood UMC, Amarillo

Sept 27-28 Healing Service and Methodist School of Supernatural Ministry with Aldersgate Renewal Ministries in Flint, Michigan

Oct 2  Healing Service with Max Lucado, Oak Hills Church, San Antonio, Texas

Heather Butler, our great friend and intercessor from Wales will be in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and Kentucky in September. She will be in Lexington, Kentucky Thursday Night and Friday Night, Sept 12-13. We can forward her itinerary to you if you'd like to join her and receive from the Lord through her gift of prophetic singing and the word the Lord has given her for this visit. I'm excited to be joining her for ministry in Virginia. Please keep us in prayer and come join us if you can!

Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries

Healing from the Inside Out

www.Messiah-Ministries.org 

  

Pastoral Director | Rapha God Ministries

4 Dominion Drive, Building 1

San Antonio, Texas 78257

www.RaphaGodMinistries.com 

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Morning by Morning, August 29 - Change of Heart

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Make me more like You today.  ...

"A new heart I will give you, and a new spirit I will put within you; and I will remove from your body the heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. I will put My Spirit within you, and make you follow My statutes and be careful to observe My ordinances. Then you shall live in the land that I gave to your ancestors; and you shall be My people, and I will be your God" (Ezekiel 36:24).

What You promised to Your people Israel, You promise for all who will humble themselves to seek Your face and receive Your Spirit. You'll change us from the inside out -- from a heart of stone to a heart of flesh, from hardness of heart to tenderness of heart, from insisting on our ways to trusting in Your ways. "For it is God who is at work in (us), enabling (us) both to will and to work for His good pleasure" (Philippians 2:13).

With Your Spirit abiding deeply within our spirits, at work within us from the inside out -- encouraging us, enabling us, empowering us -- we will inherit the fullness of all You've provided for us -- identity in You, destiny in Your will, an eternal shalom of true peace with You, peace with one another, and peace within ourselves (Romans 5:1). You will be our God and we will be Your people forever, for "God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us" (Romans 5:5).

Come, Holy Spirit. I need a change of heart. I need a heart like Jesus, who perfectly reveals the heart of my Father. Come change my heart from the inside out. From Deep to deep, and Spirit to spirit, keep filling my spirit and changing my heart this day and every day, until Your nature becomes my nature, Your thoughts become my thoughts, and Your ways become my ways (Romans 8:29). In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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

My Friend,  may you have a change of heart today, as our Father God keeps pouring His Holy Spirit into your heart to make you more like Jesus every day. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

Friends, thank you for your prayers for us. We've been filming parts of our teaching on Sozo Inner Healing Prayer Ministry at Rapha God Ministries in San Antonio. The teachings, testimonies, and real-life demonstrations of inner healing and deliverance prayer ministry went incredibly well. Praise God! Please keep us in prayer to develop this resource to share with others for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry. God bless you!

Please keep me and our ministry in prayer as I go out on the road several times for engagements this coming month in our ministry of "Healing from the Inside Out" to help prepare the Body and Bride of Christ for the coming of our King:

Sept 1  First Christian Church, Ruidoso, New Mexico

Sept 12-14  Living Waters Mens Retreat, Brevard, North Carolina

Sept 15-16  Ministry with prophetic psalmist Heather Butler from Wales, our Pastor of Prayer, at East Stone Gap UMC, Virginia

Sept 22  Holy Spirit Day Apart, Kingswood UMC, Amarillo

Sept 27-28 Healing Service and Methodist School of Supernatural Ministry with Aldersgate Renewal Ministries in Flint, Michigan

Heather Butler, our great friend and intercessor from Wales will be in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and Kentucky in September. We can forward her itinerary to you if you'd like to join her and receive from the Lord through her gift of prophetic singing and the word the Lord has given her for this visit. I'm excited to be joining her for ministry in Virginia. Please keep us in prayer and come join us if you can!

Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries

Healing from the Inside Out

www.Messiah-Ministries.org 

  

Pastoral Director | Rapha God Ministries

4 Dominion Drive, Building 1

San Antonio, Texas 78257

www.RaphaGodMinistries.com 

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Morning by Morning, August 27 - Best Friends Forever Good morning, Lord Jesus. Let me hear what You're saying, see what You're doing, sense what You're saying, here in these first moments of my morning as I wait upon the leading of Your Holy Spirit, embraced in the arms of my Father.  ... "Thus the Lord used to speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend" (Exodus 33:11). Lord God Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, You are the God of all creation, You are the Lord of all the universe, and yet You humble Yourself to speak us. You even delight to speak to us as friends (John 15:12-15). Abraham was a "friend of God," and by the mercy of Your grace and the mystery of faith, so am I (James 2:23). So are all Your children who embrace Your love and Your grace as Father and Friend. Abraham and Moses knew You so intimately in their journey with You as friends, yet in Christ, we are now in relationship with You through an even "better covenant" with even "better promises" (Hebrews 8:6). "Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is so high that I cannot attain it" (Psalm 139:6). "O the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God!" (Romans 11:33) Yet, it's all true. You love us like a Father and journey with us like a Friend -- the best Father we could ever have and our Best Friend Forever. I praise Your holy name and embrace Your holy friendship, as I let Your truth sink deeply into my soul. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen. Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays My Friend,  may you know more deeply today how much our God loves you so, as your Father and your Friend. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend! Friends, for the next several days, we will be filming parts of our teaching on Sozo Inner Healing Prayer Ministry at Rapha God Ministries in San Antonio. Please keep us in prayer to develop this resource to share with others for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry. God bless you! Please keep me and our ministry in prayer as I go out on the road several times for engagements this coming month in our ministry of "Healing from the Inside Out" to help prepare the Body and Bride of Christ for the coming of our King: Sept 1  First Christian Church, Ruidoso, New Mexico Sept 12-14  Living Waters Mens Retreat, Brevard, North Carolina Sept 15-16  Ministry with prophetic psalmist Heather Butler from Wales, our Pastor of Prayer, at East Stone Gap UMC, Virginia Sept 22  Holy Spirit Day Apart, Kingswood UMC, Amarillo Sept 27-28 Healing Service and Methodist School of Supernatural Ministry with Aldersgate Renewal Ministries in Flint, Michigan Please keep us in prayer and come join us if you can! Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries Healing from the Inside Out www.Messiah-Ministries.org     Pastoral Director | Rapha God Ministries 4 Dominion Drive, Building 1 San Antonio, Texas 78257 www.RaphaGodMinistries.com  Share this word to encourage a friend!

Morning by Morning, August 26 - Ready Now and Forever

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Speak to my spirit; stir my heart; order my steps; lead me to honor You through my life today.  ...

" 'Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns. Let us rejoice and exult and give Him the glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His bride has made herself ready; to her it has been granted to be clothed with fine linen, bright and pure' -- for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints" (Revelation 19:6-8).

With the body of Christ that is whole, with the bride of Christ that is holy, I want to be ready for the coming of Christ on the Day of the Lord (Ephesians 5:25-27). And at the same time, I want every day to be the Day of the Lord in my heart and through my life now (2 Peter 3:1-18).

Every day counts; every moment matters; every choice has consequences. So let me "be careful then how (I) live, not as unwise people but as wise, making the most of the time.... (Let me) not be foolish, but understand with the will of the Lord is" (Ephesians 5:15-17). "The world and its desire are passing away, but those who do the will of God live forever" (1 John 2:17). So as best as I can and all by Your grace, let me be ready, let me use my time well, let me do the will of God, let me live forever, and let the Almighty One who reigns forever live in me now. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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

My Friend,  may you be whole and holy, ready for the coming of the Lord, now and forever, living out the will of God all by the power of the grace of God. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

Friends, for the next several days, we will be filming parts of our teaching on Sozo Inner Healing Prayer Ministry at Rapha God Ministries in San Antonio. Please keep us in prayer to develop this resource to share with others for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry. God bless you!

Please keep me and our ministry in prayer as I go out on the road several times for engagements this coming month in our ministry of "Healing from the Inside Out" to help prepare the Body and Bride of Christ for the coming of our King:

Sept 1  First Christian Church, Ruidoso, New Mexico

Sept 12-14  Living Waters Mens Retreat, Brevard, North Carolina

Sept 15-16  Ministry with prophetic psalmist Heather Butler from Wales, our Pastor of Prayer, at East Stone Gap UMC, Virginia

Sept 22  Holy Spirit Day Apart, Kingswood UMC, Amarillo

Sept 27-28 Healing Service and Methodist School of Supernatural Ministry with Aldersgate Renewal Ministries in Flint, Michigan

Please keep us in prayer and come join us if you can!

Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries

Healing from the Inside Out

www.Messiah-Ministries.org 

  

Pastoral Director | Rapha God Ministries

4 Dominion Drive, Building 1

San Antonio, Texas 78257

www.RaphaGodMinistries.com 

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Morning by Morning, August 22 - "Greater Boldness and Without Fear" Good morning, Lord Jesus. Be high and lifted up in my words and thoughts and actions today.  ... "I want you to know, beloved, that what has happened to me has actually helped to spread the gospel, so that it has become known throughout the whole imperial guard and to everyone else that my imprisonment is for Christ; and most of the brothers and sisters, having been made confident in the Lord by my imprisonment, dare to speak the word with greater boldness and without fear" (Philippians 1:12-14). You are the God who redeems all things. You cause good to come out of everything we'll entrust to You. You never waste a moment of our suffering or our sins, our persecutions or our pain if we will give it to You to be cleansed in Your blood, sanctified in Your fire, and then used for Your glory. That's how You "cause all things (to) work together for good for those who love (You) and are called according to (Your) purpose" (Romans 8:28). You love to give us "beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness" (Isaiah 61:3, NKJ). Even as Paul sat in a prison shackled in chains, his witness went further than his freed feet could ever carry him. His body was bound but his heart and his hope went to the ends of the earth. His example of faithfulness still inspires every new generation of the followers of Christ to "speak the word with greater boldness and without fear." Lord, let me be bold and fearless today. Paul said, "Remember my chains" to remind us of the high cost of discipleship and to never offer any excuses for letting someone else do our job of sharing the good news of forgiveness and freedom, hope and healing through Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior (Colossians 4:18). You said, "Remember Me" to remind us You laid down Your life for us so that we could live our lives for You (Luke 22:19). Inspire me by Your Word and empower me by Your Spirit to live my life for You today. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen. Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays My Friend,  I pray you will be inspired and empowered with great boldness and without fear to share your heart and the hope of Christ that is within you everywhere the Lord sends you today. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend! Friends, please keep me and our ministry in prayer as I go out on the road several times for engagements this coming month in our ministry of "Healing from the Inside Out" to help prepare the Body and Bride of Christ for the coming of our King: Sept 1  First Christian Church, Ruidoso, New Mexico Sept 12-14  Living Waters Mens Retreat, Brevard, North Carolina Sept 15-16  Ministry with prophetic psalmist Heather Butler from Wales, our Pastor of Prayer, at East Stone Gap UMC, Virginia Sept 22  Holy Spirit Solemn Assembly, Kingwood UMC, Amarillo Sept 27-28 Healing Service and Methodist School of Supernatural Ministry with Aldersgate Renewal Ministries in Flint, Michigan Please keep us in prayer and come join us if you can! Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries Healing from the Inside Out www.Messiah-Ministries.org     Pastoral Director | Rapha God Ministries 4 Dominion Drive, Building 1 San Antonio, Texas 78257 www.RaphaGodMinistries.com  Share this word to encourage a friend!

Morning by Morning, August 21 - "Renewal by the Holy Spirit"

Good morning, Lord Jesus. In these first moments of my morning, I lift up my eyes and open up my heart to deliberately, intentionally begin my day in the deep Presence of God.  ...

"But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, He saved us, not because of any works of righteousness that we had done, but according to His mercy, through the water of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit. This Spirit He poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that, having been justified by His grace, we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life" (Titus 3:4-7).

Father God, pour out Your Spirit upon me today through Jesus Christ my Savior. Let me live into the fullness of my inheritance as a son of God, now and forever. Let the understanding and the experience of the fullness of my salvation by true in the thoughts of my mind also in the nature of my heart.

I've been reborn and I'm being renewed -- all by Your mercy and grace, all by Your goodness and loving kindness. Father, Son and Holy Spirit, You've done a deep work in me; and "I am confident of this, that the One who began a good work (in me) will bring it to completion by the day of Jesus Christ (Philippians 1:6). In Jesus' name pray. Amen.

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

My Friend,  may you be renewed by the Holy Spirit every moment of every day, as the One who began a good work in you is faithful to complete it. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

Friends, please keep me and our ministry in prayer as I go out on the road for several engagements this coming month in our ministry of "Healing from the Inside Out" to help prepare the Body and Bride of Christ for the coming of our King:

Sept 1  First Christian Church, Ruidoso, New Mexico

Sept 12-14  Living Waters Mens Retreat, Brevard, North Carolina

Sept 15-16  Ministry with Heather Butler from Wales, our Pastor of Prayer Ministries at East Stone Gap, Virginia

Sept 27-28 Healing Service and Methodist School of Supernatural Ministry in Flint, Michigan

Please keep us in prayer and come join us if you can!

Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries

Healing from the Inside Out

www.Messiah-Ministries.org 

  

Pastoral Director | Rapha God Ministries

4 Dominion Drive, Building 1

San Antonio, Texas 78257

www.RaphaGodMinistries.com 

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Morning by Morning, August 20 - "The Fountain of the Water of Life"

Good morning, Lord Jesus. You are the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End and Everything in between (Revelation 1:8). Be with me this day and every day, from beginning to end and every moment in between.  ...

"And He said to me, 'It is done! I Am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts. He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son. But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death" (Revelation 21:6-8, NKJ).

Lord, I thirst.... I thirst for the water of life that flows freely from Your fountain. I thirst for Your "living water" (John 4:10). Let me drink deeply every day -- drinking in Your Word, drinking in Your Spirit, drinking in the Presence of God here in my heart, mind, soul and strength. You are the Fountain of the Water of Life. You are "the Fountain of Living Waters" (Jeremiah 2:13). "For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light" (Psalm 36:9).  So as I open wide my spirit to You, let Your water of life "become in (me) a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life" (John 4:14).

Lord, refresh my soul and renew my faith with the fullness of Your life. Put Your thoughts in my mind and Your desires in my heart so that I desire and choose the things that lead to life and not to death. Empower me to overcome. Align my heart and soul to "inherit all things" You've prepared for me and for all love You and honor You by embracing Your grace to give You our hearts (Revelation 21:7). In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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

My Friend,  I pray you will be filled to overflowing with the living waters from the One who is the Fountain of the Water of Life, bringing life to all the Lord touches through you today. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries

Healing from the Inside Out

www.Messiah-Ministries.org 

  

Pastoral Director | Rapha God Ministries

4 Dominion Drive, Building 1

San Antonio, Texas 78257

www.RaphaGodMinistries.com 

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Morning by Morning, August 19 - Know and Be Known Good morning, Lord Jesus. Be at the center of my thoughts, my desires and my day. ... "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of My Father in heaven. On that day many will say to Me, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and cast out demons in Your name, and do many deeds of power in Your name?' Then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; go away from Me, you evildoers' " (Matthew 7:21-23). Father God, let me know Your will for my life today. Then let me do it. Let me hear what You're saying, see what You're doing, then follow the leading of Your Spirit in my heart to live out the kingdom of heaven throughout the moments of my day. If I prophesy, let it be because I'm hearing the word of the Lord and sharing it by the leading of Your Spirit (1 Corinthians 14:3). If I cast out demons in the authority of the name of Jesus as a child of the living God, let it be because You are healing the brokenhearted and setting the captives free by the leading of Your Spirit (Mark 16:17). If I do many deeds of power in Your name, all by Your strength and all by Your grace, let it be because You are displaying Your kingdom and Your power and Your glory by the leading of Your Spirit (1 Corinthians 12:10). Let me do all things by Your leading from the place of intimacy with You in my heart. Apart from You, I can do nothing; so never let me be apart from You (John 15:5). Lord Jesus, I want to know You. And I want You to know me. I don't want to just have a religion; I want a relationship with God. I don't want to just have right doctrine in my head; I want to have a right heart. And I don't want to just escape from the fires of hell, I want to live out the fullness of the kingdom of heaven in my life every day, here on earth as it is in heaven. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.  Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays My Friend,  I pray you will grow in ever-increasing intimacy with our God, knowing and doing the will of God by the leading of His Spirit in your heart every day. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend! Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries Healing from the Inside Out www.Messiah-Ministries.org     Pastoral Director | Rapha God Ministries 4 Dominion Drive, Building 1 San Antonio, Texas 78257 www.RaphaGodMinistries.com  Share this word to encourage a friend!

Morning by Morning, August 16 - Let the Dry Bones Live!

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Lord God Almighty -- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit -- You are One and You are holy, mysterious and mighty, faithful and true, full of mercy and love, worthy of all honor and praise. I worship You and entrust myself to You as Lord of my life and every moment of my day.  ...

"The hand of the Lord came upon me and brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones.... And He said to me, 'Son of man, can these bones?" (Ezekiel 37:1-3, NKJ)

Lord, open my eyes to see the dry bones around me today. Let me see what is dead and lifeless, who is weary and discouraged, the ones whose lives seem scattered and strewn down in the midst of the valleys they were never about to get through.

You showed Ezekiel those bones. You wanted him to see the truth as it was -- dead, dry bones, down in a valley. You didn't want him to ignore them or give up on them. You didn't want him to merely accept them for what they were. You wanted him to see them both for what they were but also for what they were to become.

But instead of sending him on a mission to go gather them up, count them and organize them, try to fit them into some image of them he had formed in his own mind out of his own desires for them, You were teaching Ezekiel not to rely upon his power or plans for the transformation of those dry bones at all. Instead, You told him, "Prophesy to these bones, and say to them, 'O dry bones, here the word of the Lord!"

To prophesy is simply to hear and speak the word of the Lord. And as Ezekiel obeyed Your command with Your words in his mouth and Your compassion in his heart, the word of God went forth, carrying with it the breath of the very Spirit of God (v. 7-10). There was not only transformation, but resurrection into newness of life. Those dry bones became "an exceedingly great army" (v. 10). Then You promised to fill them with Your Spirit and establish them in the inheritance of their destiny for the glory of Your name (v. 14).

Lord, let me see with Your eyes what You want to transform and resurrect in my life and my world around me. Let me see what You're doing, hear what You're saying and speak it forth. Let me recognize the truth of things as they are, but also declare the truth of what they are to become. "Death and life are in the power of the tongue;" and You want our tongues and our words sanctified and submitted to Your will and Your ways, available for Your purposes to establish Your Kingdom by Your power through our lives on earth as it is in heaven (Proverbs 18:21).

Spirit of the Living God, fill my mouth with Your words so I can breathe life everywhere You send me today. Let me speak Your words of "edification and exhortation and comfort" into the valleys and the places of dry bones You want to transform into a different destiny today. Let that exceedingly great army of lovers of the Lord, filled with Spirit of the Lord, changed by the power of the Lord from the inside out rise up and fulfill her destiny. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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

My Friend,  I pray the Spirit of the Living God will fill you with His breath and His words to speak life everywhere He sends you today. May you see that army of the lovers of the Lord rise up around you! Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries

Healing from the Inside Out

www.Messiah-Ministries.org 

  

Pastoral Director | Rapha God Ministries

4 Dominion Drive, Building 1

San Antonio, Texas 78257

www.RaphaGodMinistries.com 

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Morning by Morning, August 15 - Fire and Hammer of the Word of God Good morning, Lord Jesus. Let Your Spirit fill my heart and Your Word feed my spirit.  ... "Is not My word like fire, says the Lord, and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces?" (Jeremiah 23:29) Lord, let Your word burn in me like fire. Consume me. Purify me. Burn out of me everything within me that is not yet like You. Lord, let Your word break like a hammer every idol I've made with my own hands, built up in my own image, bowed before and worshipped with my time, my attention, or my resources that I've wrongfully allowed to have the place in my life that belongs only to You. Lord, let Your word be my authority and my guide, the standard of my life. "Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path" (Psalm 119:105). Convict me when I stray; correct me when I'm wrong; remind me when I forget. Then bring my heart back into alignment with Your heart, so that I desire what is right and then do what is right because it truly seems right to me in agreement with You. Your word is always right and Your will is always the right thing to do. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen. Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays My Friend,  I pray God's word will burn in your heart and break down your idols until you are consumed with a passion for Him and empowered to live your life for Him alone. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend! Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries Healing from the Inside Out www.Messiah-Ministries.org     Pastoral Director | Rapha God Ministries 4 Dominion Drive, Building 1 San Antonio, Texas 78257 www.RaphaGodMinistries.com  Share this word to encourage a friend!

Morning by Morning, August 14 - Final Decree, Everlasting Dominion

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Put Your thoughts in my mind and Your desires in my heart. Order my steps and lead the way, as I seek to follow You through the adventures of my day.  ...

"As I watched, thrones were set in place, and an Ancient One took His throne.... The court sat in judgment, and the books were opened.... I saw One like a human being coming with the clouds of heaven. And He came to the Ancient One and was presented before Him. To Him was given dominion and glory and kingship, that all peoples, nations, and languages should server Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that shall not pass away, and His kingship is one that shall never be destroyed" (Daniel 7:9-14).

There is a heavenly court and a righteous Judge. There is an eternal judgment and an everlasting dominion. There is One who is the King of kings and Lord of lords whose kingdom shall not pass away. And despite every injustice and evil we endure for a time in our journey through this broken, fallen world, there will come a day when You set all things right. "Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; steadfast love and faithfulness go before You" (Psalm 89:14).

Your verdict will be true and Your decree will be final. Then all heaven and earth will declare, "The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Messiah, and He will reign forever and ever" (Revelation 11:15).

Give us grace to endure to that day (Matthew 24:13). Let us not doubt Your wisdom nor Your sovereignty. The enemy of our souls may have his day, but You will have the last say. You showed Your prophet Daniel the vision of the battle for the souls of men and the dominion of the earth. He said, "As I looked, (the evil one) made war with the holy ones and was prevailing over them, until the Ancient One came; then judgment was given for the holy ones of the Most High, and the time arrived when the holy ones gained possession of the kingdom" (Daniel 7:21-22).

Let us embrace Your encouragement and command:  "Be alert at all times, praying that you many have the strength to escape all these things that will take place, and to stand before the Son of Man" (Luke 21:36). One day we will stand before You, from every tongue and tribe and nation throughout all generations.  "For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God" and "each of us will be accountable to God" (Romans 14:1012). But in Christ, we will be declared innocent by Your blood and victorious by Your cross -- not guilty, set free, restored to righteousness and the everlasting dominion of the Kingdom of God (Colossians 1:20).

As for the arrogant and wicked enemy of our souls, "his dominion shall be taken away, to be consumed and totally destroyed" (Daniel 7:26). And at the same time, in the Kingdom of our God and decree of Your judgment, "the kingship and dominion and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven shall be given to the people of the holy ones of the Most High; their kingdom shall be an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey them" (Daniel 7:27). "Thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ" (1 Corinthians 15:57). In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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

My Friend,  I pray God will give you grace to endure through every injustice and battle until the day we see Him fully establish the righteousness and justice of His dominion in all the earth. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries

Healing from the Inside Out

www.Messiah-Ministries.org 

  

Pastoral Director | Rapha God Ministries

4 Dominion Drive, Building 1

San Antonio, Texas 78257

www.RaphaGodMinistries.com 

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Morning by Morning, August 13 - My Vision and Voice

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart. Let me see what You're doing and hear what You're saying as I wait upon You in the communion of prayer.  ...

"Call to Me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known" (Jeremiah 33:3).

Lord, I receive Your invitation to call to You -- to call on Your name, to pour out my heart, to ask my questions, to hear Your voice, to be taught by Your Spirit. Remove every blinder from my eyes, every barrier from my heart. Remove every distraction and distortion that would keep me from hearing Your heart and knowing Your truth. Help me be humble and hungry, teachable and true to Your revelation and guidance as Lord of my life. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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

My Friend,  I pray you would see what the Lord is doing and hear what He is saying, with no barriers or distractions or distortions, as you call on His name, seek His face, and listen for His voice. May He show you great and hidden things you have not known, as you journey in ever-increasing depths of intimacy with our God. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries

Healing from the Inside Out

www.Messiah-Ministries.org 

  

Pastoral Director | Rapha God Ministries

4 Dominion Drive, Building 1

San Antonio, Texas 78257

www.RaphaGodMinistries.com 

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Morning by Morning, August 12 - "Tear Open the Heavens and Come Down!"

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Here I am, Lord -- watching and waiting for Your leading, as I join my spirit with Your Spirit in the morning embrace of my Father.  ...

"O that You would tear open the heavens and come down, so that the mountains would quake at Your Presence ... When You did awesome deeds that we did not expect, You came down, the mountains quaked at Your Presence. From ages past no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides You, who works for those who wait for Him" (Isaiah 64:1-4).

As I open up my heart, would You tear open Your heavens? As I draw near to You, would You draw near to me? As I humble myself in the fear of the Lord, would You cause the mountains of my soul to quake in Your Presence until nothing stands between You and me?

You are the God "who works for those who wait for Him" (v. 4). We have no idea all that You do for us every day as we walk out our lives through the valleys and over the mountains, through the fiery trials and along the peaceful streams. Our ears can't fully hear, our eyes can't fully see, our minds can fully perceive all that You're doing on our behalf as we wait on You to go before us, come alongside us, and rise up within us.

You do awesome deeds we don't expect -- healing hurts we don't even know we have, breaking chains we're blinded from seeing, working miracles we'll never know until the day we see You face to Face in the heavenly places (v. 3). But every day heaven comes down; every day our God is at work. So I give You thanks and praise for all the ways You're moving in the power of Your Presence in my life -- all the ways I know, but also for all the ways I don't yet know. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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

M Friend,  I pray you would experience the power of the Presence of the God of Heaven coming down into your heart and every circumstance of your life today and every day. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

Friends, thank you so much for your prayers for us Sunday at the ATT&T Center Gathering with Steven Curtis Chapman and Max Lucado. The arena (home of the Spurs!) was filled to overflowing with worship, as we all sensed the Presence of God moving in our hearts and our city. Our prayer ministry team from Rapha God Ministries joined the Oak Hills Prayer Team to cover the arena in prayer. One of our Spanish-speaking teams led eight people to the Lord as soon as they walked in the gates! And so many countless others experienced the love and power of God as we worshiped Him in spirit and truth. I pray for an outpouring of God's Spirit and Presence in your heart and your city! God bless you!

  

 

Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries

Healing from the Inside Out

www.Messiah-Ministries.org 

  

Pastoral Director | Rapha God Ministries

4 Dominion Drive, Building 1

San Antonio, Texas 78257

www.RaphaGodMinistries.com 

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Morning by Morning, August 9 - Forever Steadfast in Unfailing Love

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Make me more like You today.  ...

"My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast; I will sing and make melody. Awake, my soul! ... For Your steadfast love is higher than the heavens, and Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds" (Psalm 108:1-4).

You know every need and every desire. You know everything that brings me low and everything that lifts my spirit high. You know my darkest sins and every selfless sacrifice. You know it all. You know me and everything about me. And yet You still love me, You're still for me, You're still at work within me and still at work through me. Your steadfast heart for me makes my heart steadfast in You. You're faithfulness toward me makes me long to be faithful to You.

So I will sing!

And I will shout!

Awake my soul in praise!

So I will run!

And I will dance!

Awake my soul in praise!

Forever faithful

Forever graceful

You're forever steadfast in Your unfailing love for me!

Yes, Lord. Thank You for this song You're singing in my spirit. "I will give thanks to You, O Lord, among the peoples, and I will sing praises to You among the nations" (Psalm 108:3). In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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

My Friend,  I pray you would know deeply in your heart the steadfast, faithful, and unfailing love our Father God always has for you. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

Friends, I'm excited to be sharing the morning devotional this Sunday morning with the prayer teams prior to the service at theATT&T Center Gathering with Steven Curtis Chapman and Max Lucado.    This is the annual gathering in San Antonio of all the Oak Hills Church campuses, and the whole community is invited to join. Our prayer ministry team from Rapha God Ministries has been partnering with Oak Hills Church and was invited to join their prayer team to pray for salvation, healing, and any need for the people who come for prayer or respond to the worship and message. Everyone in the city is welcome this Sunday, August 11 beginning at 9:00 am. Please keep us in prayer for an outpouring of God's Spirit in our city, and I pray the same for yours (www.oakhillschurch.com/att2013) God bless you!

Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries

Healing from the Inside Out

www.Messiah-Ministries.org 

  

Pastoral Director | Rapha God Ministries

4 Dominion Drive, Building 1

San Antonio, Texas 78257

www.RaphaGodMinistries.com 

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