Our "Twenty-One Days" to Breakthrough for Righteousness - November 13, 2020

 Morning by Morning, November 13 - Our "Twenty-One Days" to Breakthrough for Righteousness

 

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Rule and reign in my heart, in my thoughts, in my will, in my desires, in every area of my life and every moment of my day, O King of kings and Lord of lords (Revelation 19:16). ...

 

"Righteousness is on Your side, O Lord...." (Daniel 9:7).

 

Daniel declared Your truth from Your Word when he humbled himself to fast and pray for his nation. Righteousness is on Your side; and we are called to be on the side of righteousness. For "Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people" (Proverbs 14:34).

 

Daniel was fasting and praying but not yet seeing the answer to his prayers being made manifest in his nation, even though he was so strongly moved in his heart to pray and stand firm in the word that he heard. He "had been mourning for three weeks" (Daniel 10:2). And when the angel of the Lord came to him to encourage him, he said, "My strength left me, and my complexion grew deathly pale, and I retrained no strength. Then I heard the sound of his words...." (Daniel 10:8-9).

 

How we need to hear the sound of Your words, Lord. How we need to be encouraged and strengthened to continue to fast and to pray and stand on the side of righteousness, despite what we see at the moment.

 

From the very first day Daniel began to repent and pray as he stood in the gap by falling on his knees, in intercession by the moving of Your Spirit according to the Word of God, You sent Your answer and You sent Your angel to reveal Your mercy, to forgive and free Your people, and to heal their land (Daniel 9:23 and 10:12). But for "twenty-one days" there was a raging spiritual battle taking place in the unseen realm of the heavenlies over the land for the heart and soul of the nation (Daniel 10:13-14).

 

After twenty-one days, a breakthrough came. After twenty-one days, an answer came. The angel of the Lord touched him and strengthened him and affirmed him that he was "greatly beloved," as he encouraged him, "Stand on your feet!" (Daniel 10:11)  As Daniel was still "trembling" in his body, the angel of the Lord was strengthening his spirit, exhorting him, "Do not fear, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your mind to gain understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your words have been heard, and I have come because of your words" (Daniel 10:12).

 

O Lord, hear our words. O Lord, hear our prayer! For these "twenty-one days" -- whatever that speaks of in our hearts, in our land, in our days -- let us not grow weary or give up, but persist and persevere. Let us continue to pray with a heart of humility and stand on the side of righteousness.

 

Daniel had become "speechless" with his "face toward the ground," but the angel of the Lord "touched (his) lips, and (he) opened (his) mouth to speak" (Daniel 10:15-16). Then the angel of the Lord continued to strengthen and encourage the man of God, speaking to his spirit, "Do not fear, greatly beloved, you are safe! Be strong and courageous!" (v. 18-19) "Peace be to you; be strong, yes, be strong!" (NKJV). Then the angel revealed to him, "I've come to tell you what is inscribed in the Book of Truth" (v. 21).

 

O Lord, strengthen us! O Lord, continue to give us Your words to speak and Your prayers to pray and Your truth to proclaim from Your Book of Truth! Though the spiritual battles rage during our "twenty-one days" between our prayers and Your answer, empower us to persist in prayer until the breakthrough comes. May we yet be a people and a nation who stand on the side of righteousness, as we humbly bow in prayer with our eyes firmly fixed on the Righteous One! In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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

My friend, may you persevere and persist in prayer, humbly and faithfully looking to the Righteous One who is strengthening you and encouraging you to keep standing on the side of righteousness, in your heart and for your nation, in Jesus name. Please pray the same for me. I join with you with expectant faith that breakthrough is coming! God bless you, my friend!

 

"The teachings of the Bible are so interwoven and entwined with our whole civil and social life that it would be literally-and I do not mean figuratively, I mean literally-impossible for us to figure to ourselves what that life would be if these teachings were removed. We would lose almost all the standards by which we now judge both public and private morals-all the standards toward which we, with more or less resolution, strive to raise ourselves...." 

                            --President Teddy Roosevelt

 

"The Bible is the rock on which our Republic rests." 

                            --President Andrew Jackson

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Hope that Does Not Disappoint - November 12, 2020

 Morning by Morning, November 12 - Hope that Does Not Disappoint

 

Good morning, Lord Jesus. I worship You -- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit of God -- and welcome You in every Dimension of Your Being into every dimension of my being -- spirit, soul, and body. ...

 

"May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit" (Romans 15:13).

 

My hope is not any man or any event. My hope is in You. And as I hope in You, You fill me with all joy and peace despite what's going on with any man or any event. As I hope in You, You keep filling me with the power and the presence of Your Holy Spirit. Then Your Spirit shows me what I'm to be believing for, what I'm to be hoping for, what I'm to be persisting in prayer for. But it all begins when I put You first, above all else, above every man and every event, above every outcome and breakthrough I'm hoping for and believing for. 

 

Your Word says it this way: "Seek first the first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you" (Matthew 6:33). It's important to seek these things we believe You put on our hearts, by the moving of Your Spirit and grounded in Your Word -- to persist in prayer, to make our requests known, to seek revelation of Your will and then pray Your will on earth as it is in heaven, as best as we can and all by Your grace, just as far as Your grace will go. But it's most important of all to seek You first, before seeking any of these things.

 

When we do, when we seek You first, when we look first to the God of hope even before praying and believing for all we're hoping for, You fill us with the joy and peace that does not disappoint us. "Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out into our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us" (Romans 5:5). And then even more hope abounds in us  -- rising up within us, pouring out through us, releasing new life and fresh faith to all that it touches by the power of Your Spirit to press on and pray through until we see our hopes come true. For "faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not (yet) seen" (Hebrews 11:1). In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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

My friend, may you be filled with all joy and peace as you look to the God of hope, seeking Him first above all else, that your hope and faith may abound in Him, in Jesus name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

 

   

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Honoring Those Who Answered their Call to Duty on This Veteran's Day - November 11, 2020

 Morning by Morning, November 11 - Honoring Those Who Answered their Call to Duty on This Veteran's Day

 

Good morning, Lord Jesus. I seek Your face and listen for Your voice, to begin my day grounded in Your Word and filled with Your Spirit. ...

 

I'm mindful that today is Veteran's Day in America. And I'm thankful for the soldiers and all who have served our nation and fought for our freedom and the freedom of others in the nations of this world at the call of duty.

 

I'm reminded that being a warrior is also a dimension and expression of Your nature. "The Lord is a Warrior; the Lord is His name" (Exodus 15:3).

 

"The Lord will go forth like a warrior,

He will arouse His zeal like a man of war.

He will utter a shout, yes, He will raise a war cry.

He will prevail against His enemies" (Isaiah 42:12).

 

With the heart of David, whom You called and secured in his identity as both a worshipper and a warrior, I worship You as my Warrior and I thank You for the warriors on the battlefields of this world who have fought to save me from my enemies, just as I thank You for the warriors on the battlefields of the spirit who have fought and continue to fight in the authority of Your name and power of Your blood to save me from spiritual enemies:

 

"Then David spoke to the Lord the words of this song, on the day when the Lord had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. And he said:

 

'The Lord is my Rock and my Fortress and my Deliverer;

The God of my strength, in whom I will trust;
My Shield and the Horn of my salvation,
My Stronghold and my Refuge;
My Savior, You save me from violence.

I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised;
So shall I be saved from my enemies" (2 Samuel 22:1-4).

 

Thank You for the men and women of God who answered the call in their time, for on this side of heaven, until Your return and restoration of all things in our broken and fallen world, "there is a time for war" (Ecclesiastes 3:8). So there is a need for the warriors who would hear their call. And there is a need to honor those who have answered that call.

 

On this Veteran's Day, I thank You and I honor them. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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

My friend, may you be filled with thanksgiving to God as you honor those who have fought for you and all of us on the battlefields of this world and the battlefields of the spirit, in Jesus name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

 

  

 

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"Like Warriors in Battle" - November 10, 2020

 Morning by Morning, November 10 - "Like Warriors in Battle"

 

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Fill my spirit with Your Spirit and my mouth with Your words, as I seek to begin my day embraced by my Father, centered in Christ, and filled with the Holy Spirit. ...

 

"Together they shall be like warriors in battle,
    trampling the foe in the mud of the streets;
they shall fight, for the Lord is with them,
    and they shall put to shame the riders on horses" 

(Zechariah 10:5).

 

Through these days, many voices of appeasement to the forces of darkness are being lifted in the name of civility and the call to capitulate in surrender without a fight for what is right. The voices of intimidation to silence the voices of Your people grow stronger each day. But in the spiritual realm, where the true battles are fought and won, there will be no surrender and no retreat. Only the response of the faithful who continue to take up the weapons of our warfare and continue to run to the battle for the soul of our nation.

 

Come and lead us through this battle, Lord. You're our General, the Commander of the Army of the Lord. In worship, we hear Your battle plans. In prayer, we discern Your path to victory. In authority, we execute Your orders and obey Your command -- without flinching, without faltering, without fail -- doing just as You say for as long as You say. This is how we fight our battles! And this battle belongs to the Lord! In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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

My friend, may you persist in worship and prayer and your authority in the name of our God in obedience to His command until the battle is won, in Jesus name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

 

 

"I said before that the most sublime picture in American history is of George Washington on his knees in the snow at Valley Forge. That image personifies a people who know that it's not enough to depend on our own courage and goodness. We must also seek help from God our father and preserver."  

-- President Ronald Reagan, 1982

 

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Darkness Prevails Only Until Final Judgment is Handed Down - November 9, 2020

 Morning by Morning, November 9 - Darkness Prevails Only Until Final Judgment is Handed Down

 

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Put Your thoughts in my mind and Your desires in my heart, as I listen for Your leading. ...

 

"As for me, Daniel, my spirit was troubled within me, and the visions of my head terrified me.... As I looked, this horn 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 7:15-22).

 

Like Daniel, our spirits can be troubled by what we see. In the spiritual wars taking place in the heavenly realms around us, there are times when it seems the darkness is prevailing over the light. Yet there is only One who decrees His Final Judgment. There is only One who will determine who will gain possession of the kingdom.

 

Come, Holy Spirit. Give us the grace of persevering faith. Let us not grow weary in our prayers or overwhelmed by what we see. Guard our minds from doubt and our hearts from unbelief. Empower us to persist until the time of Your judgment to come.

 

You showed Daniel the seasons of time when what was wrong seemed to prevail. But You always showed him an appointed time to come when You would set things right:

"As I watched,
thrones were set in place,
    and an Ancient One took His throne,
His clothing was white as snow,
    and the hair of His head like pure wool;
His throne was fiery flames,
    and its wheels were burning fire.
A stream of fire issued
    and flowed out from His presence.
A thousand thousands served Him,
    and ten thousand times ten thousand stood attending Him.
The court sat in judgment,
    and the books were opened" (Daniel 7:9-10).

 

You are the One who sits in judgment. There is no other. You alone issue Your decree of Final Judgment from the throne of Your court.

 

"As I watched in the night visions,

I saw one like 'the Son of Man' (NKJV),
    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 serve Him.
His dominion is an everlasting dominion
    that shall not pass away,
and His kingship is one
    that shall never be destroyed!" (Daniel 7:13-14).

 

So no matter what we see, no matter what seems to be prevailing at the time, we know You still sit on Your throne and You still have the last word to make the final decree from Your court. Darkness prevails only until Your Final Judgment is handed down. Your judgments are always right and true. And ultimately, Your judgments will always prevail. For Your dominion is an everlasting dominion that shall not pass away; and Your kingship is an eternal kingship that shall never be destroyed! In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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

My friend, may you persist in persevering faith, no matter what seems to be prevailing at the time, until we receive the Final Judgment of the Ancient One who always has the last word, in Jesus name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

 

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"Stand Firm" in Faith - November 6, 2020

 Morning by Morning, November 6 - "Stand Firm" in Faith

Good morning, Lord Jesus. You're the King of kings and the Lord of lords. Be King of my heart and Lord of my life. Come rule and reign in all that is within me and all that is around me. ... 

"Moses said to the people, 'Do not be afraid, stand firm, and see the deliverance that the Lord will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians whom you see today you shall never see again" (Exodus 14:13). 

Standing firm in faith keeps us from falling into fear. Remembering Your word keeps us from wavering at the words of the world. Our faith is in You. Our trust is in You. Our hope is in You. You are the One who will accomplish Your word. You're watching over Your word to perform it (Jeremiah 1:12). And Your word never returns empty, but always accomplishes that which You purpose and always succeeds in the thing for which You sent it (Isaiah 55:11).

So by the power of Your grace, we stand firm in Your word, trusting by faith, that You are at work to bring about Your will. No matter what army of the opposite is charging forward to drive our hopes into the sea, no matter how mighty their horses and chariots or their determination for the destruction of our dreams grounded in Your word and confirmed by Your Spirit, we will stand firm in You. We will look and see the salvation of the Lord and the deliverance at hand that only You can do. Some may trust in horses; some may trust in chariots; but we will trust in the name of our God and the power of Your word (Psalm 20:7). In Jesus' name I pray. Amen. 

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

My friend, may you stand firm in the faith, trusting in the One who is always faithful to watch over and perform His word, in Jesus name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

 

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