Tuesday, October 01, 2019

Morning by Morning, October 1 - Bitter Waters Made Sweet!
 
Good morning, Lord Jesus. I speak out Your name -- the name above every other name -- and I listen for Your voice -- for Your sheep hear Your voice. ...
 
"Then Moses ordered Israel to set out from the Red Sea, and they went into the wilderness of Shur. They went three days in the wilderness and found no water. When they came to Marah, they could not drink the water of Marah because it was bitter. That is why it was called Marah. And the people complained against Moses, saying, 'What shall we drink?' He cried out to the Lord; and the Lord showed him a piece of wood; he threw it into the water, and the water became sweet" (Exodus 15:22-25).
 
You're the God who makes our bitter waters sweet. In the days of Moses, You led Israel through their wilderness by the pillar of cloud by day and pillar of fire by night of Your Spirit (Exodus 13:21-22). And You still lead us through our wilderness on the journey into the fullness of Your promises by Your Spirit (Romans 8:14). 
 
You led them to a place of bitter waters to "put them to the test" and see if they would trust You even in the bitter places of the wilderness (Exodus 15:25b).  And You still lead us to show us any place of bitterness in our hearts that would poison our peace and hinder our journey into the fullness of our inheritance in You, for when a "root of bitterness springs up ... many become defiled" (Hebrews 12:15).
 
When the people tasted of the bitter waters, they complained (Exodus 15:24), but Moses cried out to You in prayer and faith (v. 15:25). And You turned his eyes to see "a piece of wood" that would make the bitter waters sweet (v. 15:25). And there You revealed to them another dimension of Your nature, expressed in another of Your names, saying "I Am Jehovah Rapha-- I Am the Lord who heals you" (Exodus 15:26).
 
That "piece of wood" speaks of the cross of Christ. "He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that, free from sins, we might live for righteousness; by His wounds you have been healed" (1 Peter 2:24). When we cast our burdens, our anxieties, and all our cares upon You (1 Peter 5:7), when we let You search our hearts to uproot any bitterness or other "wicked way" that would hinder our journey to "live for righteousness" and live into the fullness of Your promises (Psalm 139:23-24), we are casting the cross into the waters of our struggles and sins.
 
Then and there, You make our bitter waters sweet! You remind us that You are our Jehovah Rapha, the Lord who heals us! You remind us to praise You and turn to You in prayer instead of complaining and turning away from You in despair. And You remind us to keep trusting You and keep following You by the pillar and presence of Your ever-abiding Spirit who will keep leading us through the wilderness and into our promised land! In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays

My friend, may you look to the cross of Christ and cast it into your struggles and sins, that the Lord may make your bitter waters sweet, as He leads you by His Spirit on your journey into the fullness of all your inheritance in Him, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!


Friends, thank you so much for all your prayers and support for our successful Golf Tournament and Silent Auction Fundraiserlast Saturday! We were blessed to hear from Max Lucado and Jim Barker gives us some words of encouragement and have a great time together on a beautiful day! God bless you and every way He ministers through you to fulfill your gifting and calling in Christ! 



My friend, Thank you for joining with me on this daily journey of prayer, seeking to grow in intimacy with God and the character of Christ. Thank you to all those who join with me in support and prayer of this ministry of helping people experience and encounter the Living God through intimate prayer and transformational ministry of healing and freedom in Christ -- "healing from the inside out" of "spirit and soul and body." God bless you!

 


For Speaking Engagements, Spiritual Retreats, Seminars, and Conferences, please contact me at:  tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org    God bless you!


Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries
Healing from the Inside Out
  
Pastoral Director | Rapha God Ministries
4 Dominion Drive, Building 1
San Antonio, Texas 78257

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Friday, September 27, 2019

Morning by Morning, September 27 - Knowing Both the Scriptures and the Power of God
 
Good morning, Lord Jesus. Align my heart with Yours, my thoughts with Yours, and my steps with Yours, now and throughout the moments of my day.  ...
 
"Jesus answered them, 'You are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God" (Matthew 22:29).
 
Father God, I want to know both Your Scriptures and Your power. I want to know Your Word and see Your Word made manifest. I want to know You, to experience You, to worship You "in spirit and truth"   -- not just in "spirit," not just in "truth," but both "in spirit and truth" (John 4:23).
 
Take me deeper in Your Word. Take me higher in Your Spirit. Make me "rooted and grounded in love" -- in love with Your Word, in love with Your Spirit, in love with You in every dimension and every expression of Your Being, so I "may be filled with all the fullness of God" (Ephesians 3:14-19).
 
Lord Jesus, You are the Word made Flesh (John 1:14). You are the very essence of God's Word and God's Spirit, together as One, alive and active in our world. And as You are, so am I to be in my world (1 John 14:17).
 
Come, Holy Spirit. Give me a deeper hunger for Your Word, a more intimate encounter with Your Spirit. I don't want to be "balanced" in the sense of having just enough of Your Word and just enough of Your Spirit to fit into my world, or even my "church." I want to be radically surrendered in whole-hearted devotion to You, to Your Word, to Your Spirit, to fully know and experience Your Scriptures and Your power, to be part of Your great plan to turn my world and even my "church" "upside down" in Your power and love through my life! (Acts 17:6) In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays

My friend, may you grow deeper in the Word of God and go higher in the Spirit of God, even more radically surrendered in whole-hearted devotion to God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, as He turns the world around you upside down through you and your radical love for Him, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

    

Friends, please please keep us in prayer and come join us if you can for our annual Golf Scramble and Silent Auction Fundraiser for Rapha God Ministries this coming Saturday, September 28th in San Antonio at The Quarry. We are excited to have Max Lucado and Jim Barker join us, with sponsors like K-Love radio, Whataburger, and Rudy's Bar-b-que! We don't charge for our personal prayer ministry sessions so it is available to all, free of cost, so support from our friends and sponsors help make our ministry possible. 


Even if you don't golf, come hear Max Lucado give a word of encouragement and enjoy the silent auction and big bar-b-que luncheon! Sign up or make a contribution on-line at Rapha God Ministries Annual Fundraiser

Max Lucado, Jeremy Camp, Randy Frazee from our 1st year Fundraiser


 
Max, Tommy, Tammy, Jeremy, Randy from our 1st year


Tommy and Rocio Hays


Friends, Thank you for joining with me on this daily journey of prayer, seeking to grow in intimacy with God and the character of Christ. Thank you to all those who join with me in support and prayer of this ministry of helping people experience and encounter the Living God through intimate prayer and transformational ministry of healing and freedom in Christ -- "healing from the inside out" of "spirit and soul and body." God bless you!

 


For Speaking Engagement, Spiritual Retreats, Seminars, and Conferences, please contact me at tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org
God bless!


Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries
Healing from the Inside Out
  
Pastoral Director | Rapha God Ministries
4 Dominion Drive, Building 1
San Antonio, Texas 78257

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Thursday, September 26, 2019































Morning by Morning, September 26 - "Revive Us Again!"
Good morning, Lord Jesus. Arise in my heart and shine through my life today. ...
"Will You not revive us again, so that Your people may rejoice in You? Show us Your steadfast love, O Lord, and grant us Your salvation.... Steadfast love and faithfulness will meet; righteousness and peace will kiss each other. Faithfulness will spring up from the ground, and righteousness will look down from the sky. The Lord will give what is good, and our land will yield its increase. Righteousness will go before Him, and will make a path for His steps" (Psalm 85:6-13).
You revive us so we can rejoice in You. You awaken us so we can arise in You. You cause faithfulness to spring up and righteousness to rain down so we can reap the harvest that's exceedingly, abundantly more than all we could ever ask or imagine in You (Ephesians 3:20).
There's an intimacy of faithfulness in You and love for You that brings righteousness and peace together in our hearts and in our land. And that makes a path for Your steps, that builds a highway of holiness in our hearts, and that prepares the way of the Lord for revival and awakening in our land (Isaiah 35:8 and 40:3; Matthew 3:3).
O Lord, "Will You not revive us again?" Send Your Holy Fire from Heaven! Fan into flame Your Holy Spirit within us! Awaken us from our spiritual slumber to stand up and speak out, to rise up and run the race of our destiny in You! As in the days of Elijah, there are seven thousand who have not bowed their knees to Baal, who will never surrender and never retreat until we see Your Kingdom come and Your will be done -- here in our hearts and here in our land! (1 Kings 19:18)
Yes, You will revive us again! Yes, You will have Your great harvest! (Matthew 13:39) As Your Word says, "Sleeper, awake! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine you!" (Ephesians 5:14) Like the old praise song proclaims, "Shine, Jesus, shine! ... Blaze, Spirit, blaze! ... Flow, river, flow! ... Send forth Your Word, Lord, and let there be Light!" In Jesus' name I pray. Amen. 

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

My friend, may you be revived and awakened with the fire and passion of the Holy Spirit to let the Light of Jesus shine through you to bring a great harvest of God's Kingdom in you and everything around you, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

   

Friends, please please keep us in prayer and come join us if you can for our annual Golf Scramble and Silent Auction Fundraiser for Rapha God Ministries this coming Saturday, September 28th in San Antonio at The Quarry. We excited to have Max Lucado and Jim Barker join us, with sponsors like K-Love radio, Whataburger, and Rudy's Bar-b-que! We don't charge for our personal prayer ministry sessions so it is available to all, free of cost, so support from our friends and sponsors help make our ministry possible.

Even if you don't golf, come hear Max Lucado give a word of encouragement and enjoy the silent auction and big bar-b-que luncheon! Sign up or make a contribution on-line at Rapha God Ministries Annual Fundraiser

Max Lucado, Jeremy Camp, Randy Frazee from our 1st year Fundraiser


 
Max, Tommy, Tammy, Jeremy, Randy from our 1st year


Tommy and Rocio Hays


Friends, Thank you for joining with me on this daily journey of prayer, seeking to grow in intimacy with God and the character of Christ. Thank you to all those who join with me in support and prayer of this ministry of helping people experience and encounter the Living God through intimate prayer and transformational ministry of healing and freedom in Christ -- "healing from the inside out" of "spirit and soul and body." God bless you!

 


For Speaking Engagement, Spiritual Retreats, Seminars, and Conferences, please contact me at tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org
God bless!


Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries
Healing from the Inside Out
  
Pastoral Director | Rapha God Ministries
4 Dominion Drive, Building 1
San Antonio, Texas 78257

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Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Morning by Morning, September 25 - See You at the Pole!
 
Good morning, Lord Jesus. Be at the center of my heart and every moment of my day. ...
 
"If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves and pray, seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land" (2 Chronicles 7:14).
 
On a Saturday night in 1990, a small group of teenagers in Burleson, Texas got together to pray and were deeply burdened by the Holy Spirit to pray for the schools in their community. That night they were led to gather hand in hand and heart to heart around the flagpole at four schools. In prayers of faith and repentance, they stood in the gap for the students and teachers and administrators and all who would touch the lives of the students in their schools. They prayed Your Word and word spread. "See You at the Pole" was born!
 
On September 12, 1990, more than 45,000 teenagers met for early morning prayer before school at their school flagpoles in four states. On September 11, 1991, they estimate more than a million students joined hands and hearts around school flag poles from one end of America to the other! And this morning of 2019, they still do!
 
We need Your Holy Spirit to fill our hearts, our students and teachers, all of our schools, all of our homes, all of our communities, all of our land as never before. You look for those who will "stand in the gap" to intercede and pray in repentance and faith (Ezekiel 22:30). And even though darkness will increase on the earth, You have not left us without Your Light to shine forth in the hearts of Your people in the midst of the darkness. "Arise, shine! For your Light has come! And the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. For darkness shall cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples; but the Lord will arise upon you and His glory will appear over you! ... Lift up your eyes and look around; they all gather together, they come to you.... Then you shall see and be radiant; your heart shall thrill and rejoice!" (Isaiah 60:1-5)
 
I join my prayers with the prayers of every heart gathered around a school flagpole this morning across our land. I join my prayers with every humble heart who is called by Your name and called to pray for restoration and revival, for awakening and arising to shine with the Light of Your glory wherever we are in our land. O Lord, hear our prayer and heal our land! Let Your Light shine forth to push back the darkness, to open up the heavens, to let Your kingdom come and Your will be done in our schools, in our hearts, in our land, and to the ends of the earth! Let us fix our eyes on Jesus! (Hebrews 12:2) Even in the midst of the darkness, let our hearts thrill and rejoice with revival and awakening in You! In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays

My friend, may you arise and shine with the light of the glory of God upon you, joining in prayer for our schools, our land, and our world, fixing your eyes on Jesus and letting His Light shine through you to push back the darkness and open the heavens, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

   

Friend, please please keep us in prayer and come join us if you can for our annual Golf Scramble and Silent Auction Fundraiser for Rapha God Ministries this coming Saturday, September 28th in San Antonio at The Quarry. We excited to have Max Lucado and Jim Barker join us, with sponsors like K-Love radio, Whataburger, and Rudy's Bar-b-que! We don't charge for our personal prayer ministry sessions so it is available to all, free of cost, so support from our friends and sponsors help make our ministry possible. Sign up or make a contribution on-line at Rapha God Ministries Annual Fundraiser

Max Lucado, Jeremy Camp, Randy Frazee from our 1st year Fundraiser


 
Max, Tommy, Tammy, Jeremy, Randy from our 1st year


Tommy and Rocio Hays


Thank you for joining with me on this daily journey of prayer, seeking to grow in intimacy with God and the character of Christ. Thank you to all those who join with me in support and prayer of this ministry of helping people experience and encounter the Living God through intimate prayer and transformational ministry of healing and freedom in Christ -- "healing from the inside out" of "spirit and soul and body." God bless you!

 


For Speaking Engagement, Spiritual Retreats, Seminars, and Conferences, please contact me at tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org
God bless!


Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries
Healing from the Inside Out
  
Pastoral Director | Rapha God Ministries
4 Dominion Drive, Building 1
San Antonio, Texas 78257

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Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Morning by Morning, September 24 - Jesus the King of Glory is Coming!
 
Good morning, Lord Jesus. I lift up my eyes to the hills -- to the mountain of the God and the holy place of Your Presence, to the place and to the One where my help comes from (Psalm 121:1). ...
 
"But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who have died, so that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with Him those who have died. For this we declare to. You by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will by no means precede those who have died. For the Lord Himself, with a cry of command, with the archangel's call and with the sound of God's trumpet, will descend from heaven, and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up in the clouds together with them to meet the Lord in the air; and so we will be with the Lord forever. Therefore encourage one another with these words" (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18).
 
One day You will return in Your glory in the clouds! One day the clouds will part and the heavens will open. One day we'll hear Your cry of command, we'll hear the archangel's call, we'll hear the sound of Your trumpet blast. And we'll see You descend from heaven in all the glory of Your manifest Presence! Christ has died; Christ is risen; Christ will come again!
 
Every day between this day and that day to come, You long to come in Your glory into my heart. You long to part the clouds of all that would keep me from seeing You as You are, to open the heavens of Your mercy and grace over my life, to quicken my spirit to hear Your voice and answer Your call. You long for Your trumpet blast to bring down every Jericho wall around my heart that would be any barrier between us so I can fully take hold of the promised land of my inheritance in You and Your will for me!
 
"Lift up your heads, O gates! and be lifted up, O ancient doors! that the King of Glory may come in. Who is the King of Glory? The Lord of hosts, He is the King of Glory!" (Psalm 24:9-10)
 
Come, Lord Jesus! Come, King of Glory! Come in the glory of Your manifest Presence into every place in my heart, every area of my life, every moment of my day! "The Spirit and the bride say, 'Come!' And let everyone who hears say, 'Come!' And let everyone who is thirsty come! Let anyone who wishes take the Water of Life as a gift!" (Revelation 22:17) You will fulfill the promise of Your Word, "The One who testifies to these things say, 'Surely I AM coming soon!'" (Revelation 22:20) "Amen! Come, Lord Jesus!" (Revelation 22:20). "The grace of the Lord Jesus be with (us all)!" (Revelation 22:21) In Jesus' name I pray. Amen. 
Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays

My friend, may you look up to Jesus and open wide your heart for Jesus the King of Glory to come in, even as you long with expectant faith for the second coming of Christ, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

  

Friends, please please keep us in prayer and come join us if you can for our annual Golf Scramble and Silent Auction Fundraiser for Rapha God Ministries this coming Saturday, September 28th in San Antonio at The Quarry. We excited to have Max Lucado and Jim Barker join us, with sponsors like K-Love radio, Whataburger, and Rudy's Bar-b-que! We don't charge for our personal prayer ministry sessions so it is available to all, free of cost, so support from our friends and sponsors help make our ministry possible. Sign up or make a contribution on-line at Rapha God Ministries Annual Fundraiser

Max Lucado, Jeremy Camp, Randy Frazee from our 1st year Fundraiser


 
Max, Tommy, Tammy, Jeremy, Randy from our 1st year


Tommy and Rocio Hays


My friend, Thank you for joining with me on this daily journey of prayer, seeking to grow in intimacy with God and the character of Christ. Thank you to all those who join with me in support and prayer of this ministry of helping people experience and encounter the Living God through intimate prayer and transformational ministry of healing and freedom in Christ -- "healing from the inside out" of "spirit and soul and body." God bless you!

 


For Speaking Engagement, Spiritual Retreats, Seminars, and Conferences, please contact me at tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org
God bless!


Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries
Healing from the Inside Out
  
Pastoral Director | Rapha God Ministries
4 Dominion Drive, Building 1
San Antonio, Texas 78257

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