Friday, April 09, 2021

Eyes to See His Deep Love for Us - April 9, 2021

 

Morning by Morning, April 9 - Eyes to See His Deep Love for Us

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Be my Vision with eyes to see with the eyes of Heaven everywhere I look today. ...

“I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of Glory, may give you a Spirit of wisdom and revelation as you come to know Him, so that, with the eyes of your heart enlightened, you may know what is the hope to which He has called you, what are the riches of His glorious inheritance among the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of His power for us who believe, according to the working of His great power. God put this power to work in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the age to come. And He has put all things under His feet and has made Him the head over all things for the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all” (Ephesians 1:17-23).

Father of Glory, You open the eyes of my heart. Holy Spirit, You gives me wisdom and revelation to come to know Jesus. Lord Jesus Christ, You are head over all things and You fill all things, from Your high and exalted position far above all things -- now in this age and in the age to come. 

I know I’m just beginning to see and to understand. And I’ll have all eternity to see and understand more. But the more I see and understand, the more I trust You and Your great love for me and all You’ve done for me to live out eternity with You -- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit of God.

I’m just beginning to understand “the immeasurable greatness of (Your) power for us who believe” -- the power of change our hearts, to open our eyes, to begin to comprehend how great is Your love for us and how marvelous Your plan for us, now in this age and for all eternity. I hear in my heart right now the words of an old hymn (or maybe a new song that really sounds like an old hymn):

“How deep our Father’s love for us,
How vast beyond all measure,
That He should give His only Son
To make a wretch His treasure....
Why should I gain from His reward?
I cannot give an answer;
But this I know with all my heart --
His wounds have paid my ransom.”
(by Stuart Townend from Ireland)

I may never fully comprehend just how deep and wide and vast is Your love for me. But I do pray You would keep opening my eyes with wisdom and revelation to understand more of who You are and all You’ve done and how much You love me. This is the hope to which You have called me. This this is the spiritual journey that I’m walking. This is the gift of eternal life that I’m living. All because of Your immeasurable love for me. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.

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

My friend, may they eyes of your heart be opened to see more and more, with wisdom and revelation, just how deep is od's love for you, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

Tommy & Rocio Hays
Messiah Ministries
17503 La Cantera Parkway, Suite 104407
San Antonio, Texas 78257

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April 15th
Retreat in Person and by Zoom with the Prayer Ministry Team for Coker United Methodist Church, San Antonio, preparing for the Healing Services April 25-26th.

April 18th (Now Rescheduled to June 6th)
Preaching the Sunday Services at the Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas 9:00 and 10:45, live and livestream rescheduled for June 6th now instead of April 18th)

April 22-24th
Fellowship of Ministries Retreat for MorningStar Ministries, Fort Mill, South Carolina. 

April 25-26th
Healing Prayer Services at Coker UMC San Antonio, TX
In-Person, April 25th- 6:30 PM, Coker Sanctuary- 231 E North Loop Rd San Antonio, TX 78216 (Note: Use the Wurzbach Parkway Entrance as the N. Loop Entrance is closed due to construction)
Via Zoom, April 26th- 6:30 PM
Contact Jenn Clauser Communications@coker.org

May 6th
Rocio Hays is leading one of the prayer times in at the 2021 City Wide Women’s Prayer Gathering at Iglesia Puerta de Restauracion, San Antonio, TX 9:30 to 11:30am.

May 14-16th
Keynote Speaker at 2021 Spring Conference of Central Texas Area Aglow in Kerrville, Texas featuring international worship leader Terry MacAlmon in an outdoor worship evening Friday Night at the Empty Cross at Kerrville Coming King Prayer Garden, followed by our conference Saturday and Sunday.
Contact Christina Roberts at christinaroberts@att.net

July 14-17
Speaking on the Power of the Holy Spirit
Aldersgate Renewal Ministries Annual Conference

Tuesday Nights
Teaching Life Transformation Course live in person every week at the Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas from 6 to 8:00. All are welcome to come join us at any time along the course. Based on the principles of my book Free to Be Like Jesus!

Tuesday Mornings
Teaching by Zoom on Deliverance Ministry Training for leaders of MorningStar Ministries Connect Groups. Ten week series.

Thursday afternoons
Continue Teaching Healing Prayer Ministry by Zoom for Coker United Methodist Church San Antonio, Texas prayer team. Eight week course.

Thursday, April 08, 2021

Only Jesus. Simply Jesus. No One but Jesus. - April 8, 2021

 

Morning by Morning, April 8 - Only Jesus. Simply Jesus. No One but Jesus.

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

“When I came to you, brothers and sisters, I did not come proclaiming the mystery of God to you in lofty words or wisdom. For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified. And I came to you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling. My speech and my proclamation were not with plausible words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power, so that your faith might rest not on human wisdom but on the power of God” (1 Corinthians 2:1-5).

Not my words, but Your words. Not my wisdom, but Your power. Not lofty platitudes or the popular philosophies of the day clothed in politically correct language and socially acceptable standards dumbed down to the lowest common denominator. But “Jesus Christ, and Him crucified.”

Only Jesus. Simply Jesus. No one but Jesus.

“There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12). “For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek” (Romans 1:16).

The Message of the Cross is always at the heart and the power of God. There’s no true “demonstration of the Spirit and of power” without faithfully declaring “Jesus Christ, and Him crucified.”

The Message of “Him crucified” is Message of Him raised in resurrection power and resurrection glory from His crucifixion. The Blood of the Cross is the victory of Christ. “For God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him (in the Lord Jesus Christ), and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through the Blood of His Cross” (Colossians 1:20).

That peace of God is a demonstration of the power of God by the Spirit of God that we can only experience through the Gospel of Jesus Christ and Him crucified. Out of that peace come healing, freedom, and the fullness of our salvation -- not just in Heaven when we die, but also here in our hearts now.

So let my words be Your words today. Let my heart be one with Your heart today. Let all I say and I all I do be rooted and grounded, centered and focused on You alone, Lord Jesus Christ. And let there be “a demonstration of the Spirit and of power” everywhere You send me today with Your Message of healing and hope, forgiveness and freedom, available to all through the Cross of Christ. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.

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

My friend, may you experience and share a demonstration of the Spirit and of power in your life and everywhere you, with Jesus in your heart and His Message at the heart of all you do and say, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

Tommy & Rocio Hays
Messiah Ministries
17503 La Cantera Parkway, Suite 104407
San Antonio, Texas 78257

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Some of Our Upcoming Events:

April 15th
Retreat in Person and by Zoom with the Prayer Ministry Team for Coker United Methodist Church, San Antonio, preparing for the Healing Services April 25-26th.

April 18th (Now Rescheduled to June 6th)
Preaching the Sunday Services at the Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas 9:00 and 10:45, live and livestream rescheduled for June 6th now instead of April 18th)

April 22-24th
Fellowship of Ministries Retreat for MorningStar Ministries, Fort Mill, South Carolina. 

April 25-26th
Healing Prayer Services at Coker UMC San Antonio, TX
In-Person, April 25th- 6:30 PM, Coker Sanctuary- 231 E North Loop Rd San Antonio, TX 78216 (Note: Use the Wurzbach Parkway Entrance as the N. Loop Entrance is closed due to construction)
Via Zoom, April 26th- 6:30 PM
Contact Jenn Clauser Communications@coker.org

May 6th
Rocio Caballero Hays is leading one of the prayer times in at the 2021 City Wide Women’s Prayer Gathering at Iglesia Puerta de Restauracion, San Antonio, TX 9:30 to 11:30am.

May 14-16th
Keynote Speaker at 2021 Spring Conference of Central Texas Area Aglow in Kerrville, Texas featuring international worship leader Terry MacAlmon in an outdoor worship evening Friday Night at the Empty Cross at Kerrville Coming King Prayer Garden, followed by our conference Saturday and Sunday.
Contact Christina Roberts at christinaroberts@att.net

Tuesday Nights
Teaching Life Transformation Course live in person every week at the Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas from 6 to 8:00. All are welcome to come join us at any time along the course. Based on the principles of my book Free to Be Like Jesus!

Tuesday Mornings
Teaching by Zoom on Deliverance Ministry Training for leaders of MorningStar Ministries Connect Groups. Ten week series.

Thursday afternoons
Continue Teaching Healing Prayer Ministry by Zoom for Coker United Methodist Church San Antonio, Texas prayer team. Eight week course.

Wednesday, April 07, 2021

Alive in Christ with Victory over Death! - April 7, 2021

 

Morning by Morning, April 7 - Alive in Christ with Victory over Death!

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Resurrected and Risen Lord, arise in me to go out into my world in Your Resurrection Power today. ...

“Jesus of Nazareth, a Man attested to you by God with deeds of power, wonders, and signs that God did through Him among you, as you yourselves know -- this Man, handed over to you according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of those outside the law. But God raised Him up, having freed Him from death, because it was impossible for Him to be held in its power.... This Jesus God raised up, and of that all of us are witnesses. Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He has poured out this that you both see and hear.... Therefore let the entire house of Israel know with certainty that God has made Him both Lord and Messiah, this Jesus whom you crucified” (Acts 2:22-36).

Death couldn’t hold You. The grave couldn’t silence You. Hell couldn’t rule over You. You were crucified, dead, and buried, but raised from the dead by the Spirit of God that filled Your lungs and broke open Your tomb and destroyed the power of death. Amen! Hallelujah!

Then You, in perfect union with our Father, poured out upon us, upon all who believe You and trust You with our lives, that same Holy Spirit that raised You from the dead. “If the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also through His Spirit that dwells in you” (Romans 8:11).

You defeated death and the one who seeks only to steal and kill and destroy, so that just as it had no power over You, death and the fear of death no longer have any power over us. “Since, therefore, the children share flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared the same things, so that through death He might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by the fear of death” (Hebrews 2:14-15).

Thank You that the Power of Your Resurrection is the same Power of the Holy Spirit releasing Your victory over death and Your Resurrection Power in us every day:

“When this perishable body puts on imperishability, and this mortal body puts on immortality, then the saying that is written will be fulfilled:
‘Death has been swallowed up in victory.’
‘Where, O death, is your victory?
    Where, O death, is your sting?’
The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!” (1 Corinthians 15:54-57).

Because You live, I can arise and live, in newness of life, in victory over death and victory over the fear of death today. Even when it comes my day to die a physical death on this earth -- if I’m not one of those to see You come again in Your glory from Heaven, which I pray to be -- my spirit will never die and never taste of death. Just as You promised:

“Because I live, you also will live. On that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you” (John 14:19-20).

“I AM the Resurrection and the Life. Those who believe in Me, even though they die, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?” (John 11:25-26)

Yes, Lord, I do! And by the power of Your grace, Your Resurrection Power in me, I am alive and joyfully choose to live for You because You now live in me. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.

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


My friend, may you live in victory over death and fear with God's Resurrection Power living in you, living your life for Jesus because Jesus lives in you, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you! 

Tommy & Rocio Hays
Messiah Ministries
17503 La Cantera Parkway, Suite 104407
San Antonio, Texas 78257

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Some of Our Upcoming Events:

April 18th (now rescheduled for June 6th)
Preaching the Sunday Services at the Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas 9:00 and 10:45, live and livestream.

April 22-24th
Fellowship of Ministries Retreat for MorningStar Ministries, Fort Mill, South Carolina.

April 25-26th
Healing Prayer Services at Coker UMC
In-Person, April 25th- 6:30 PM, Coker Sanctuary- 231 E North Loop Rd San Antonio, TX 78216 (Note: Use the Wurzbach Parkway Entrance as the N. Loop Entrance is closed due to construction)
Via Zoom, April 26th- 6:30 PM
Contact Jenn Clauser: Communications@coker.org

May 6th
Rocio Caballero Hays leading a prayer time at the 2021 City Wide Women’s Prayer Gathering at Iglesia Puerta de Restauracion, San Antonio, TX 9:30 to 11:30am.

May 14-16th
Keynote Speaker at 2021 Spring Conference of Central Texas Area Aglow in Kerrville, Texas featuring international worship leader Terry MacAlmon in an outdoor worship evening Friday Night at the Empty Cross at Kerrville Coming King Prayer Garden, followed by our conference Saturday and Sunday.
Contact Christina Roberts at christinaroberts@att.net

June 6th
Preaching the Sunday Services at the Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas 9:00 and 10:45, live and livestream.

Tuesday Nights
Teaching Life Transformation Course live in person every week at the Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas from 6 to 8:00. All are welcome to come join us at any time along the course. Based on the principles of my book Free to Be Like Jesus!

Tuesday Mornings
Teaching by Zoom on Deliverance Ministry Training for leaders of MorningStar Ministries Connect Groups. Ten week series.

Thursday afternoons
Continue Teaching Healing Prayer Ministry by Zoom for Coker United Methodist Church San Antonio, Texas prayer team. 
Tommy & Rocio Hays | Messiah Ministries
"Preparing the Way of the Lord
... Healing from the Inside Out"
Free to Be Like Jesus
—Transforming Power of Inner Healing & Deliverance
Morning by Morning, 365 Day Prayer Devotional for Deeper Intimacy with God

Tuesday, April 06, 2021

He Turns Weeping to Joy! - April 6, 2021

 

Morning by Morning, April 6 - He Turns Weeping to Joy!

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Be at the center of my heart and with me on every step of my day. ...

“But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb; and she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had been lying, one at the head and the other at the feet. They said to her, ‘Woman, why are you weeping?’ She said to them, ‘They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid Him.’ When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, ‘Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you looking for?’ Supposing Him to be the gardener, she said to Him, ‘Sir, if You have carried Him away, tell me where you have laid Him, and I will take him away.’ Jesus said to her, ‘Mary!’ She turned and said to Him in Hebrew, ‘Rabbouni!” (which means Teacher). Jesus said to her, ‘Do not hold on to Me, because I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to My brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.’ Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, ‘I have seen the Lord’; and she told them that He had said these things to her” (John 20:11-18).

In reading through these familiar passages of the Resurrection again, Your Holy Spirit is revealing different things to me. They’re familiar words but timeless truths. And there’s always more depth to explore, more truth to glean, more life to embrace.

What strikes me this morning is that both You and Your angels ask Mary the same question, “Woman, why are you weeping?” ...

You weren’t asking the question because You didn’t know the answer. You knew. The angels. All of heaven and that part of the earth knew. Jesus of Nazareth had been crucified, dead, and buried. And she was weeping. She was grieving. Her heart was breaking and her mind was spinning in what must have been the most devastating time of disappointment and discouragement, of hopeless despair she had ever endured. She knew about the Cross and the Empty Tomb. But she had not yet experienced the Power of the Resurrection.

How many today are just the same? They know about the Cross and the Empty Tomb. They’ve heard all the “Easter” stories. But down in their hearts they’re still weeping, still grieving, still stuck in their sorrows and all the struggles they’re enduring in a world or through a time that seems so hopeless, so discouraging, so disappointing.

Like Mary, how we need to hear You speak our name! How we need a personal encounter with the Risen Lord! How need an experience of Your Resurrection Power!

You’re the God who turns weeping to dancing, who turns sorrow to singing. You’re the God who takes our sorrows and sadness, our hopelessness and despair, to speak New Life into our spirits!

Just like You rolled back the stone and emptied the tomb in the Glory of Your Resurrection, You can roll back our doubts and empty our sorrows and fill us afresh with Faith and Trust in Your Resurrection Power!

You’re the Fulfillment of every Promise of Your Word, “Weeping may endure for a night, but joy come in the morning!” (Psalm 30:5) “In Your Presence there is fullness of joy!” (Psalm 16:11) “The ransomed of the Lord shall return and come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away!” (Isaiah 35:10)

Lord Jesus, I thank You for the freedom to grieve in sorrow, to ask questions in doubt, to be honest with my pain and every struggle I’m ever going through, no matter how discouraging, disappointing, or hopeless it may seem. But I also thank You for Power of Your Resurrection! For the New Life You speak into my spirit! For the invitation I have every day to listen for Your Voice, to hear You speak my name, and turn my weeping to joy as I encounter Your Presence! In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.

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

My friend, may your weeping be turned to joy as you encounter the Presence of the Rise Lord and His Resurrection Power, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

Tommy & Rocio Hays
Messiah Ministries
17503 La Cantera Parkway, Suite 104407
San Antonio, Texas 78257

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Some of Our Upcoming Events:

April 18th (Now Rescheduled to June 6th)
Preaching the Sunday Services at the Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas 9:00 and 10:45, live and livestream rescheduled for June 6th now instead of April 18th)

April 22-24th
Fellowship of Ministries Retreat for MorningStar Ministries, Fort Mill, South Carolina. 

April 25-26th
Healing Prayer Services at Coker UMC San Antonio, TX
In-Person, April 25th- 6:30 PM, Coker Sanctuary- 231 E North Loop Rd San Antonio, TX 78216 (Note: Use the Wurzbach Parkway Entrance as the N. Loop Entrance is closed due to construction)
Via Zoom, April 26th- 6:30 PM

Coker's Announcement: The Lord invites all who are burdened to come to Him. At 6:30 PM on April 25th and 26th we are making the space- in-person first, and then online- and will have the prayer team available to pray healing prayers over you (for both inner and physical healing). We will begin with a time in worship, declare of Jesus as our Savior & Healer, hear a message of hope, continue into a time of corporate prayer, and then if you would like individual prayer you can join the prayer ministers in the room on the 25th, or online in a smaller Zoom Room on the 26th, for individual prayer. The service will be co-led by Rev Adam Knight and Rev Tommy Hays (author, and founder of Messiah Ministries). Worship will be provided by Randall Kitchen. The service will be offered in person the first night, and on Zoom the second. Both services will be similar- so you can join in the one you are most comfortable in (or both if you would like). Details and updates will be posted online at Coker.org/Pray.
 
Registration is not required, but will allow us to e-mail you any updates- register online here: https://form.jotform.com/210816571607152
Please Direct Questions Communications@coker.org

May 6th
Rocio Caballero Hays leading a prayer time in Spanish at the 2021 City Wide Women’s Prayer Gathering at Iglesia Puerta de Restauracion, San Antonio, TX 9:30 to 11:30am.

May 14-16th
Keynote Speaker at 2021 Spring Conference of Central Texas Area Aglow in Kerrville, Texas featuring international worship leader Terry MacAlmon in an outdoor worship evening Friday Night at the Empty Cross at Kerrville Coming King Prayer Garden, followed by our conference Saturday and Sunday.
Contact Christina Roberts at christinaroberts@att.net

Tuesday Nights
Teaching Life Transformation Course live in person every week at the Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas from 6 to 8:00. All are welcome to come join us at any time along the course. Based on the principles of my book Free to Be Like Jesus!

Tuesday Mornings
Teaching by Zoom on Deliverance Ministry Training for leaders of MorningStar Ministries Connect Groups. Ten week series.

Thursday afternoons
Continue Teaching Healing Prayer Ministry by Zoom for Coker United Methodist Church San Antonio, Texas prayer team. Eight week course.

Monday, April 05, 2021

All Nations UMC English Ministry Sunday Worship (Mar. 21)

“Hearts Burning Within Us” in the Resurrected Presence of Jesus Christ - April 5, 2021

 

Morning by Morning, April 5 - “Hearts Burning Within Us” in the Resurrected Presence of Jesus Christ

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Arise and live in Your resurrection power in my heart and life today. ...

"Now on that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus.... While they were talking and discussing, Jesus Himself came near and went with them.... Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets, He interpreted to them the things about Himself in all the Scriptures.... They said to each other, 'Were not our hearts burning within us while He was talking to us on the road, while He was opening the Scriptures to us?'" (Luke 24:13-32)

Come near and come alongside me today, Lord Jesus. Open up the Word of God to me. Show me Your love, Your power, and Your Presence in all Your Scriptures. For “all the Scriptures” ultimately reveal You to us (Luke 24:27). In You, “the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen (Your) glory, the glory of a Father’s only Son, full of grace and truth” (John 1:14).

Let my heart burn within me with the eternal Flame of Your Holy Spirit, as You walk with me and talk with me, revealing to me Your Word and filling me with Your Spirit. You're my Lord and Savior, my Father and Friend. You’re my Resurrected King. You're my Constant Companion. You’re my “Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace” (Isaiah 9:6).

Open the eyes of my heart to see You as You truly are (Luke 24:13). Empower me by Your Spirit to go share the Good News of Your resurrection power everywhere You send me so that other hearts may be opened to also see You as You truly are. And keep fanning into flame the burning desire of my heart to keep growing in the intimacy, maturity, and power of Your ever-abiding Presence, now forever with me every hour, every moment, all by Your grace (Matthew 28:20). In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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


My friend, may your heart burn within you with the ever-abiding Presence of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you! 

Tommy & Rocio Hays
Messiah Ministries
17503 La Cantera Parkway, Suite 104407
San Antonio, Texas 78257

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Join us and Pray for us!
Some of Our Upcoming Events:

April 18th
Preaching the Sunday Services at the Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas 9:00 and 10:45, live and livestream.

April 22-24th
Fellowship of Ministries Retreat for MorningStar Ministries, Fort Mill, South Carolina.

April 25-26th
Healing Prayer Services at Coker UMC
In-Person, April 25th- 6:30 PM, Coker Sanctuary- 231 E North Loop Rd San Antonio, TX 78216 (Note: Use the Wurzbach Parkway Entrance as the N. Loop Entrance is closed due to construction)
Via Zoom, April 26th- 6:30 PM
Contact Jenn Clauser: Communications@coker.org

May 6th
Rocio Caballero Hays leading a prayer time at the 2021 City Wide Women’s Prayer Gathering at Iglesia Puerta de Restauracion, San Antonio, TX 9:30 to 11:30am.

May 14-16th
Keynote Speaker at 2021 Spring Conference of Central Texas Area Aglow in Kerrville, Texas featuring international worship leader Terry MacAlmon in an outdoor worship evening Friday Night at the Empty Cross at Kerrville Coming King Prayer Garden, followed by our conference Saturday and Sunday.
Contact Christina Roberts at christinaroberts@att.net

Tuesday Nights
Teaching Life Transformation Course live in person every week at the Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas from 6 to 8:00. All are welcome to come join us at any time along the course. Based on the principles of my book Free to Be Like Jesus!

Tuesday Mornings
Teaching by Zoom on Deliverance Ministry Training for leaders of MorningStar Ministries Connect Groups. Ten week series.

Thursday afternoons
Continue Teaching Healing Prayer Ministry by Zoom for Coker United Methodist Church San Antonio, Texas prayer team. 
Tommy & Rocio Hays | Messiah Ministries
"Preparing the Way of the Lord
... Healing from the Inside Out"
Free to Be Like Jesus
—Transforming Power of Inner Healing & Deliverance
Morning by Morning, 365 Day Prayer Devotional for Deeper Intimacy with God

Sunday, April 04, 2021

"He is not Here, for He is Risen!" - April 4, 2021

 

Morning by Morning, April 4 - "He is not Here, for He is Risen!"
 
Good morning, Lord Jesus. I wake up this morning of the Resurrection Sunday of Holy Week, during these days of the remembrance and celebration of Passover, to come close to You with excitement and expectancy to hear what You'll say and see what You'll do -- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit of God. 
 
"Now after the Sabbath, as the first day of the week began to dawn, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb. And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat on it. His countenance was like lightning, and his clothing as white as snow. And the guards shook for fear of him, and became like dead men. But the angel answered and said to the women, 'Do not be afraid, for I know you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here; for He is risen, as He said! Come, see the place where the Lord lay. And go quickly and tell His disciples that His is risen from the dead! ..." (Matthew 28:1-7)
 
God's not dead. He is alive!
 
Death and the devil didn't win. Hell couldn't hold You down. The grave couldn't keep You hidden away. The stone couldn't seal You up. You overcame it all in the victory of the cross and the power of the resurrection!
 
And because You overcame, we can overcome. Because You had victory, we can have victory. Because hope and faith won the day by the power of God in You, hope and faith by the same power of God in us will win the day for us!
 
"If the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies also through His Spirit who dwells in you" (Romans 8:11).
 
Father, You sent Your Spirit to raise Jesus from the dead. And You send that same Spirit in that same power to raise us from the dead -- to give is the victory of life over death, of hope over despair, of faith over fear. By the power of Your grace at work in us, at work in our world, hope and faith will win the day! You are our Hope. You are our Faith. You are our Answer and only Hope for all we face, as we put all our faith in You alone.
 
For death is swallowed up in victory! ... Thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ! (1 Corinthians 15:54)
 
We're not overcomers unless we've overcome something. We don't have a testimony unless we've been tested. We can't be more than conquerors unless we've had something to conquer. And the empty tomb is the eternal witness of the power of God to empower us to overcome whatever we're going through in our world today and in our world to come!
 
"We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation. And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because He has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with His love" (Romans 5:3-5).
 
Let the same Power that raised Jesus from the dead stir up the hearts of God's people around the world to release Your power of hope and faith to overcome as never before! Let everything we're going through develop endurance and character and hope in us that can't be held down or sealed off or shut up. Let Your resurrection life and power arise in us to shine in our world as we remember and celebrate what You have done!
 
Around the world, as we remember the victory of the cross and the empty tomb, let us receive and embrace Your promise and power of faith and hope:  "Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit!" (Romans 15:13) In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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

My friend, may you be filled afresh with hope and faith in the One who overcome the grave and the devil so that we can overcome all that we face in the resurrection power of the risen Christ, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

Tommy & Rocio Hays
Messiah Ministries
17503 La Cantera Parkway, Suite 104407
San Antonio, Texas 78257

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Some of Our Upcoming Events:

April 18th
Preaching the Sunday Services at the Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas 9:00 and 10:45, live and livestream.

April 22-24th
Fellowship of Ministries Retreat for MorningStar Ministries, Fort Mill, South Carolina. 

April 25-26th
Healing Prayer Services at Coker UMC San Antonio, TX
In-Person, April 25th- 6:30 PM, Coker Sanctuary- 231 E North Loop Rd San Antonio, TX 78216 (Note: Use the Wurzbach Parkway Entrance as the N. Loop Entrance is closed due to construction)
Via Zoom, April 26th- 6:30 PM

Coker's Announcement: The Lord invites all who are burdened to come to Him. At 6:30 PM on April 25th and 26th we are making the space- in-person first, and then online- and will have the prayer team available to pray healing prayers over you (for both inner and physical healing). We will begin with a time in worship, declare of Jesus as our Savior & Healer, hear a message of hope, continue into a time of corporate prayer, and then if you would like individual prayer you can join the prayer ministers in the room on the 25th, or online in a smaller Zoom Room on the 26th, for individual prayer. The service will be co-led by Rev Adam Knight and Rev Tommy Hays (author, and founder of Messiah Ministries). Worship will be provided by Randall Kitchen. The service will be offered in person the first night, and on Zoom the second. Both services will be similar- so you can join in the one you are most comfortable in (or both if you would like). Details and updates will be posted online at Coker.org/Pray.
 
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May 14-16th
Keynote Speaker at 2021 Spring Conference of Central Texas Area Aglow in Kerrville, Texas featuring international worship leader Terry MacAlmon in an outdoor worship evening Friday Night at the Empty Cross at Kerrville Coming King Prayer Garden, followed by our conference Saturday and Sunday.
Contact Christina Roberts at christinaroberts@att.net

Tuesday Nights
Teaching Life Transformation Course live in person every week at the Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas from 6 to 8:00. All are welcome to come join us at any time along the course. Based on the principles of my book Free to Be Like Jesus!

Tuesday Mornings
Teaching by Zoom on Deliverance Ministry Training for leaders of MorningStar Ministries Connect Groups. Ten week series.

Thursday afternoons
Continue Teaching Healing Prayer Ministry by Zoom for Coker United Methodist Church San Antonio, Texas prayer team. Eight week course.