Morning by Morning, May 5 - Heart of David

 

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Come into my heart, every area of my life, every moment of my day, now and forever.  ...

 

"The Spirit of the Lord speaks through me, His word is upon my tongue" (2 Samuel 23:2).

 

At the end of his life, when all was said and done, David spoke his "last words" from the heart of one who lived his life passionately for You. He saw himself as "the man whom God exalted, the anointed of the God of Jacob, the favorite of the Strong One of Israel" (v. 1).

 

Despite all his sins and failures -- lived large and famously recorded for all to see for all eternity -- he knew Your hand and Your Spirit were upon him. He wasn't ashamed to worship You, passionately and freely, in spirit and truth "with all his might" (2 Samuel 6:14). He wasn't afraid to follow You into every battle, no matter the odds; and he wasn't too proud to cry out to You for help in every distress, no matter how hopeless (2 Samuel 22:3-7). He never let a lion or a bear get away with hurting his flock (1 Samuel 17:34-36). And he never let a giant get away with slandering the name of his God (1 Samuel 17:50). He was "a man after (God's) own heart" (1 Samuel 13:14; Acts 13:22).

 

As You walked this earth -- though You were God incarnate, God with us, the Word made flesh -- You were honored to be welcomed and praised as "the Son of David" (Matthew 21:9). As both Son of God and Son of Man, fully God yet fully man, You were known as "Jesus the Messiah, the Son of David, the son of Abraham" (Matthew 1:1).

 

And now "in Christ" we are, in a sense, sons of David as well (2 Corinthians 5:17). We are in Christ and Christ is in us (Colossians 1:27). We are sons and daughters of God, "for in Christ Jesus (we) are all children of God through faith. As many of (us) as were baptized into Christ have clothed (ourselves) with Christ.... And if (we) belong to Christ, then (we) are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to the promise" (Galatians 3:26-29).

 

So like David prayed, create in me a clean heart and renew a right spirit within me, never take away Your Holy Spirit from me and always restore unto me the joy of my salvation in You (Psalm 51:10-12). "O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise! (Psalm 51:15)  Let Your Holy Spirit fall afresh upon me and the Spirit of Christ rise up within me each day (Romans 8:9). And when it's all been said and done, may I be able to say that as a child of God, by the power of Your grace at work within me, "The Spirit of the Lord (spoke) through me, His word (was) upon my tongue" (2 Samuel 23:2). In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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

I pray the Spirit of the Living God will fall afresh upon you and the Spirit of Christ will rise up within you, with the words of the Lord upon your tongue and the nature of Jesus, the Son of God and the Son of David, in your heart, in Jesus' name. May you be one of God's children after God's own heart. 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, May 4 - "For Such a Time as This"

 

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Lord and Savior, I want to lean in and listen for the leading of Your Spirit -- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit of the living God.  ...

 

"Yet who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?" (Esther 4:14 NKJV)

 

Who knows what lies before us in the unfolding of time? God knows. Who knew all that would happen along the journey of our lives to get us to this place where we find ourselves strategically positioned for the purposes and glory of God at this time? God knew. 

 

You are the God who sees the end from the beginning and the beginning from the end (Isaiah 46:10). You are the God who eternally declares, "My purpose shall stand, and I will fulfill My intention.... I have spoken, and I will bring it to pass; I have planned, and I will do it" (Isaiah 46:10-11). "From everlasting to everlasting You are God" (Psalm 90:2).

 

So You take our steps of faith and also our missteps of sin, You take all the things we have done and all the things done to us -- whether good or evil, whether conceived in the heart of man in the heart of our Father, whether sent from the throne of heaven or from the pits of hell -- and You cause it all to "work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to (Your) purpose" (Romans 8:28). What our human flesh and our spiritual enemy may intend for evil, You will always turn it around and use it for good according to Your purposes in fulfillment of Your plans (Genesis 50:20).

 

You honor and bless our choices of obedience, and at the same time, You never waste a moment of our sufferings -- regardless of whether they are the consequences of our sinful choices or the consequences of choices made in rebellion against Your will in our broken and fallen world. But even the choices that broke Your heart will not have the last say if we entrust all things to You. You are our Redeemer (Job 19:25). And You love to turn our despair into hope, our ashes into beauty, our mourning into joy, and our heaviness into praise (Isaiah 61:3).

 

Yes, I believe. I believe I was conceived on this earth and born into Your Kingdom for such a time as this. I'm honored to be chosen and called to be alive at this time in the unfolding of history and Your plans for the ages. "But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory, which none of the rulers of this age knew; for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. But as it is written:  'Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him.' But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit" (1 Corinthians 2:7-10).

 

The days were dark when You inspired Mordecai to speak to Esther to take a stand for Your people and Your purposes (Esther 4:13). And just as Mordecai spoke to Esther, Your Holy Spirit speaks to us in the places you've called us in the Kingdom of God to take our stand and to shine with Your Light in the midst of our darkness wherever You've strategically positioned us for such as time as this. "Arise, shine; for (our) Light has come! And the glory of the Lord is risen upon (us). For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and deep darkness the people; but the Lord will arise over (us), and His glory will be seen upon (us)" (Isaiah 60:1-2).

 

Like Esther and Mordecai, by the power of Your grace at work within me, I join those of my generation who choose to embrace our identity and destiny in You for such a time as this. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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

I pray you will arise and shine in the place God has strategically positioned you in His kingdom for His purposes, causing all you've been through in your life to work together for good, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

 

Friends, I'm excited to be sharing a message of hope and healing with Max Lucado Tonight at the First Wednesday Healing & Worship Service at Oak Hills Church in San Antonio, Crownridge campus on I-10. Our Rapha God Ministries team will be joining the Oak Hills Church prayer team to offer personal prayer ministry. Please come join us if you can at 7pm. All are welcome!

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, May 3 - "They Had Been with Jesus"

 

Good morning, Lord Jesus. You are the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End (Revelation 21:6). I want to begin and end every day with You.  ...

 

"Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they realized that they had been with Jesus" (Acts 4:13 NKJV).

 

As I go about the moments of my day, I want people to know I've been with Jesus. As I open my heart to You in these first moments of my morning and welcome You into every moment of my day, I won't have to tell anybody the Spirit of Jesus is upon me, but I do pray they will know the Spirit of Jesus is within me (Philippians 1:19).

 

So put Your thoughts in my mind and Your desires in my heart. Let my words be grounded in Your Word; let my spirit be filled you're your Spirit. Let Your nature become my nature and Your ways become my ways. As You are, so I am to be in my world (1 John 4:17). May I decrease, as You increase (John 3:30). 

 

The more I surrender my heart and my life to You, the more Your heart and Your life will flow through me -- and the more everyone I encounter will know I've been with You and Your Spirit is within me. "Christ in me" (Colossians 1:7). In Jesus' name I pray. Amen. 

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

I pray you will be filled with the Spirit of Jesus as you surrender more and more of heart and your life to Him every day, in Jesus' name. May everyone know everywhere you go that you've been with Jesus and that Jesus is within you. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

 

Friends, Thank You! so much for your prayers for us this past weekend at Burket United Methodist Church with my good friend Pastor Gary Loy and Kevin Shelton in the Warsaw, Indiana area -- a little church with a big heart! And the Lord's Presence was with us in a big way! We had salvations, miraculous physical healing, deep inner healing, great deliverance and spiritual freedom, with powerful and refreshing renewal of the Holy Spirit in the mighty name of Jesus, to the glory of our faithful, loving Father! I pray for a fresh moving of the Spirit in your heart and your community. Please pray the same for me. God bless you!

I'm excited to be sharing a message of hope and healing with Max Lucado tomorrow night at the First Wednesday Healing & Worship Service at Oak Hills Church in San Antonio, Crownridge campus on I-10. Our Rapha God Ministries team will be joining the Oak Hills Church prayer team to offer personal prayer ministry. Please come join us if you can at 7pm. All are welcome!

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, April 28 - "That He Might Make Known His Mighty Power"

 

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Help me start this day embraced by my Father, centered in Christ, and filled with the Holy Spirit. ...

 

"Yet He saved them for His name's sake, so that He might make known His mighty power. He rebuked the Red Sea, and it became dry; He led them through the deep as through a desert. So He saved them from the hand of the foe, and delivered them from the hand of the enemy. The waters covered their adversaries; not one of them was left. Then they believed His words; they sang His praise" (Psalm 106:8-12).

 

O Lord, make known Your mighty power in my life today. I want to follow where You lead me and believe what You speak to me. I want to sing Your praises -- the praises of the One who saves and heals and delivers, the praises of the One who fights for me for Your name's sake until not one of my adversaries is left.

 

And as I see You display Your power for the glory of Your name, let me not forget what You've done or take for granted who You are (v. 13). Let me not turn back or put You to test (v. 14). Let me never forget that You are my Savior and the Source everything good in my life (v. 21). Let me not be found grumbling with ingratitude or discouraged in discontent despite all the mercy and grace You've poured into my life when I deserved it the least (v. 25). 

 

Rather, let me always remember that You are the God who is faithful and true, steadfast in Your love and gracious in Your mercy, who hears me when I call and never lets me go (v. 45). By the mercies of God, I join with those who've known Your love and seen Your power to save to the uttermost and "give thanks to Your holy name and glory in Your praise" (v. 47). "Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. And let all the people say, 'Amen." Praise the Lord!" (v. 48). In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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

I pray you experience the mighty power of our God in your life today, giving thanks to His name and glory in His praise, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

 

Friends, please keep us in prayer this weekend as I travel to preach in Indiana at Burket United Methodist Church with my good friend, Pastor Gary Loy and also teach on Emotional Roots of Physical Afflictions. Come join us if you're in the area. God bless you!

Please keep our Rapha God Ministries team in prayer this Sunday Night. We're excited to be invited to provide altar prayer ministry for Matthew West at the Bible Tour Performance in San Antonio at Laurie Auditorium this Sunday Night. Thank you and 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, April 27 - Savior and Shepherd

 

Good morning, Lord Jesus. You are my Savior and my Shepherd. Let me hear Your voice and follow the leading of Your Spirit.  ...

 

Savior and Shepherd

Conquering King

My Rock and my Refuge

My Everything

Your name is Mighty

Faithful and True

You fill me with Your Spirit

And make me like You

 

Yes, Lord. Make me more like You today (Romans 8:29). You are "The Word of God," "Faithful and True" (Revelation 19:11). And yet, in all Your sovereignty and majesty -- One with the Father and One with the Holy Spirit -- You desire to be One within me as well (John 17:21). You desire to speak to my spirit as the Good Shepherd of my soul and lead me by my heart as the Lord and Savior of my life (John 10:3). 

 

As You are, so are we to be in this world, by the power of Your grace at work within us, as the children of God (1 John 4:17). "God abides in those who confess that Jesus is the Son of God, and they abide in God" (1 John 4:15). Abide in me today, as You invite me to abide in You (John 15:4). Fill me with Your Spirit and make me like You, my Savior and my Shepherd (Ephesians 5:18). In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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

I pray you will be filled afresh with the Holy Spirit, embraced in the grace of Your heavenly Father, and follow the voice of Your Savior and Shepherd abiding in you, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

 

Friends, please keep us in prayer this weekend as I travel to preach in Indiana at Burket United Methodist Church with my good friend, Pastor Gary Loy and also teach on Emotional Roots of Physical Afflictions. Come join us if you're in the area. God bless you!

Please keep our Rapha God Ministries team in prayer this Sunday Night. We're excited to be invited to provide altar prayer ministry for Matthew West at the Bible Tour Performance in San Antonio at Laurie Auditorium this Sunday Night. Thank you and 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, April 26 - Know the One Who is Able

 

Good morning, Lord Jesus. You are One with the Father, One with the Holy Spirit. Be One within me today, as You lead me in the way of life in Christ.  ...

 

"I know the One in whom I have put my trust, and I am sure that He is able to guard until that day what I have entrusted to Him" (2 Timothy 1:12).

 

Lord, I know You and I trust You. The more I know You, the more I trust You. The more I trust You, the more I love You and thank You for all You've done for me and all You've done in me.

 

And though life can be hard and the challenges can be tough, though the battles against our hope and faith can be very real and very intense, we don't lose heart as we keep entrusting our hearts to you. You never promised it wouldn't be hard, but You promised You'd always be with us no matter how hard it gets. 

 

You said, "Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall be burned, and the flame shall not consumer you. For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior" (Isaiah 43:1-3). You said, "I will never leave you or forsake you" (Hebrews 13:5). You said, "I am with you always, to the end of the age" (Matthew 28:20).

 

I believe You. I trust You and I love You. And by the power of the grace of God, I will "guard the good treasure entrusted to (me), with the help of the Holy Spirit living in (me)" (2 Timothy 1:14). "For I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day" (2 Timothy 1:12 NKJV). In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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

I pray your heart will not be troubled and your faith and hope will be secure in the One You've come know and trust, who always loves you and is always with you, in Jesus' name. 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, April 25 - Father Heart of God Healing Father Wounds in the Father's Love

 

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Be high and lifted up, here in my heart and every moment of my day.  ...

 

"Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes. And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the land with a curse" (Malachi 4:5-6 RSV).

 

Come, Holy Spirit. Just as John came in the spirit of Elijah to prepare the way of the Lord before the first coming of Christ, would You come and prepare the way of the Lord in our hearts and in our land before the second coming of Christ (Matthew 17:11-13). Return the hearts of the fathers to the children and the hearts of the children to the fathers. "Prepare the way of the Lord" in us, as we "repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near" (Matthew 3:1-3).

 

Heal our father wounds with the Father's love that flows from the Father heart of God. As we forgive our earthly fathers and You give our earthly fathers the grace to forgive us, and just as You forgive us of our failures as earthly fathers who failed to fully reveal the Father heart of God to our children, You are restoring us to right relationship with one another and with our Father in heaven. Let the curse of rebellion and rejection, of dishonor and disrespect, of distance and division, of unforgiveness and misunderstanding be broken. And let the blessing of the Father in the fullness of Your Spirit heal our hearts and heal our land. 

 

How great the Father's love for us, who always looks for us and longs for us to come receive His embrace of forgiveness and love and grace (Luke 15:20). "And because (we) are children, God has sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, 'Abba! Father!'" So (we) are no longer a slave but a child, and if a child then also and heir, through God" (Galatians 4:6-7). 

 

Abba! Father! I turn my heart to You today. I embrace Your forgiveness and love and grace, as Your Father love heals my father wounds and heals the father wounds I've inflicted. Lord, let it be so in me and throughout the Body of Christ in our generation "before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes" (Malachi 4:5). Come, Lord Jesus! (Revelation 22:17) In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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

I pray the Father's love would fill your heart and heal your wounds, as the Holy Spirit prepares the way of the Lord in you and in our land for the coming of Christ, in Jesus' name. One day the Lord will come again in the clouds, and at the same time, He wants to come right now into our hearts everyday. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

Friends, Thank You! for all your prayers for us at our Rapha God Ministries healing conference this weekend -- From Brokenness to Breakthrough. It was wonderful! Saturday night the Lord gave me a message about the Father's heart and He spoke to us through many prophetic voices at the close of our time to affirm His healing love. I pray the same for you! 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, April 22 - Outpouring

 

Good morning, Lord Jesus. I seek You first, O Lord, my God -- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Speak to my heart and guide my thoughts as I seek to entrust my life and this day completely to You.  ...

 

As soon as I begin to pray this morning, I hear in my heart the word "Outpouring."  ...

 

Yes, Lord. I'm listening. What are You speaking?  ...

 

It seems I hear You saying, "I am pouring out My Spirit upon your heart, upon your city, upon your land. I am opening the windows of My heaven and pouring out a great measure of My Spirit. Like a cleansing rain that washes away the impurities and the allergens in the air, I am cleansing the hearts of My people and washing away the impurities of their souls. For all who would open wide their hearts to Me, I am opening wide My heavens to them."  ...

 

Yes, Lord. I want to be one who is opening wide my heart to You. Show me how to do that. Empower me by Your grace to do that.

 

I believe I hear You saying, "You open wide your heart when you seek Me first, when you don't hold back, when you willingly and passionately choose to welcome Me into the beginning and every moment of your day, when you worship Me in spirit and truth."

 

Yes, Lord. "The hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such as these to worship Him. God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship Him in spirit and truth" (John 4:23-24).

 

Worship welcomes Your Spirit. As we pour out our hearts to You, You pour out Your Spirit upon us -- upon our hearts, upon our city, upon our land. And You cleanse us by the washing of the water of Your word (Ephesians 5:26). You fill us with Your Holy Spirit (Ephesians 5:18). "Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and of spirit, making holiness perfect in the fear of the Lord" (2 Corinthians 7:1).

 

Come, Holy Spirit. Stir in our spirits to worship our Father, worshiping our Savior, in spirit and truth, letting You cleanse our souls and awaken our hearts with fresh passion to love the Lord our God with all our heart and soul and mind and strength" (Mark 12:30). Father God, in the name of Jesus, would You "open the windows of heaven for (us) and pour down for (us) an overflowing blessing" of Your Presence in every dimension of our lives (Malachi 3:10).

 

In a deeper measure than we've ever experienced in our hearts, in our city, and in our land, would You continue to fulfill the promise of Your Word:  "In the last days it will be, God declares, that I will pour out My Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters will prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream visions. Even upon My slaves, both men and women, in those days I will pour out My Spirit; and they shall prophesy. And I will show portents in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood, and fire, and smoky mist. The sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the coming of the Lord's great and glorious day. Then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved" (Acts 2:17-21 and Joel 2:28-32).

 

Father, I come into agreement in prayer with everyone who calls on the name of the Lord, with everyone who passionately cries out to You to worship You in spirit and truth, with everyone who welcomes You into every moment of their days, with everyone who opens wide their hearts to embrace Your Presence, Your power, Your grace, and Your love. I agree with every prayer for a fresh outpouring of Your Spirit in our hearts and our city and our land (2 Chronicles 7:14). 

 

"O that You would tear open the heavens and come down!" (Isaiah 64:1) O that You would revive us and awaken us, that the kingdom of heaven would rise up from within us! (Ephesians 5:14)  In this mighty outpouring of Your Spirit, may we passionately, persistently pursue our identity and our destiny as the pure and holy and passionate Bride and Body of Christ You've created us to be and longed for us to become! (Ephesians 5:27)  

 

Lord, let it be so -- here on earth -- here in our hearts, in our city, in our land -- as it is in heaven (Matthew 6:10). By the power and the grace of God, "the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea!" (Habakkuk 2:14)  In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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

I pray for a fresh and mighty outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon your heart, your city, and your land! May the Lord open His heavens over you and rise up by His Holy Spirit within you to be all He created you to be and longs for you to become, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

Friends, please pray for an Outpouring upon our city tonight as we begin our Inner Healing Conference in San Antonio!

         

From Brokenness to Breakthrough!

Please join us and spread the word for our 

 2016 Inner Healing Conference of Rapha God Ministrieson April 22-23 in San Antonio

hosted at Oak Hills Church, North Central Campus by the Airport

 

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, April 21 - Radiant Aroma

 

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Fill me with Your Spirit and draw me deeply into Your Presence, as I begin my day centered in You.  ...

 

As I wait for the leading of Your Spirit, I hear these words in my heart:  "Radiant Aroma."  ... Lord, what are You speaking to me by these words?  ...

 

The Scriptures come to mind of the offerings made by fire upon the altar of the Lord, burning with the radiance of the fire and releasing a pleasing aroma to God. "And the priest shall burn all on the altar as a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the Lord" (Leviticus 1:9 NKJV).

 

All of the laws and the rituals of the Old Covenant are fulfilled in You, Lord Jesus (Matthew 5:17). You are the Altar; You are the Sacrifice; You are the Fire. You are the Radiance and You are the Aroma. "Walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma" (Ephesians 5:2 NKJV).

 

And now, in Christ, we are to "be imitators of God as dear children" (Ephesians 5:1 NKJV). "But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads in every place the fragrance that comes from knowing Him. For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing" (2 Corinthians 2:14-15 NRSV). And now the fire of God, the holy Fire of Your Holy Spirit burns within our hearts to display the radiance of Your glory through our lives (Luke 24:32; Isaiah 61:3). "Christ in (us), the hope of glory" (Colossians 1:27).

 

My Father God, let me be a radiant aroma of Christ today. I offer my life "a living sacrifice" to You (Romans 12:1). As the fire of Your Spirit burns in my heart, let me be radiant with Your glory shining through me and let the aroma of Christ diffuse the atmosphere around me everywhere You send me. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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

I pray the fire of the Holy Spirit will burn in your heart, that the radiant light of Christ will shine through you, and that you will carry and diffuse the aroma of Christ everywhere you go, as you offer your life and this day to God as a living sacrifice to Him, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

Please come join us of our Inner Healing Conference this weekend  -- From Brokenness to Breakthrough! If you're not able to join us, you might consider our dvds from our School of Ministry on the Biblical principles of inner healing, request my book Free to Be Like Jesus or call our ministry office for other resources or to set up your personal prayer ministry appointment:  RaphaGodMinistries.com We offer sessions free, without cost to all who come.

         

From Brokenness to Breakthrough!

Please join us and spread the word for our 

 2016 Inner Healing Conference of Rapha God Ministrieson April 22-23 in San Antonio

hosted at Oak Hills Church, North Central Campus by the Airport

 

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, April 20 - "In Your Hearts Sanctify Christ as Lord"

 

Good morning, Lord Jesus. You're Lord of my life. Come be Lord of the moments of my day.  ...

 

"In your hearts sanctify Christ as Lord" (1 Peter 3:15).

 

Lord, I know You're the One who saves me and sanctifies me. You're the One who forgives me and frees me, who heals me and holds me. You're the One the loves me and leads me, who calls me and commissions me. So how do I "sanctify Christ as Lord" in my heart?  ...

 

It seems I hear You say in my heart:  "You sanctify Me as Lord in your heart to the degree that you choose to trust Me and entrust to Me that measure of control and authority in your life, from your heart."  ...

 

Yes, Lord. Any area of my heart, any area of my life, where I'm in control, I'm not trusting You to be in control. Where I'm being Lord, I'm not trusting You to be Lord. Those are the places of my heart I've not fully committed and surrendered to You alone as Lord of my life.

 

Show me those places, Lord. Search my heart and see if there's anything I'm holding back from You, anything I'm protecting and guarding within myself instead of fully entrusting myself to completely to You, anything in me that's not yet like You. "Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my thoughts. See if there is any wicked way in me, (any resistant, not fully trusting way in me), and lead me in the way everlasting" (Psalm 139:23-24).

 

And as You reveal these things to me, these places in my heart I've not fully surrendered to You, help me trust You more so I can choose to surrender more -- as best as I can and all by grace, more and more every day. Give me the wisdom and the courage, the power and the grace, to sanctify You as Lord in my heart, Lord Jesus Christ. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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

I pray you'll allow the Lord to reveal Himself to you in the way you need so you can can trust Him more and entrust more of your heart to Him every day, sanctifying Jesus Christ as Lord in your heart, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend! 

Friends, this is our model of inner healing prayer ministry -- Reveal, Remove, and Replace -- letting the Lord reveal Himself and what we need to let go or surrender to Him, letting Him remove it as He heals us and frees us, then letting Him replace it with a deeper measure of His love, His truth, His Spirit so we can live into the fullness of all He created us to be.

Please come join us of our Inner Healing Conference this weekend  -- From Brokenness to Breakthrough! If you're not able to join us, you might consider our dvds from our School of Ministry on the Biblical principles of inner healing, request my book Free to Be Like Jesus or call our ministry office for other resources or to set up your personal prayer ministry appointment:  RaphaGodMinistries.com We offer sessions free, without cost to all who come.

          

From Brokenness to Breakthrough!

Please join us and spread the word for our 

 2016 Inner Healing Conference of Rapha God Ministrieson April 22-23 in San Antonio

at Oak Hills Church, North Central Campus by the Airport

 

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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