Monday, June 28, 2021

Both Grounded in the Word and Led by the Spirit - June 28, 2021

 

Morning by Morning, June 28 - Both Grounded in the Word and Led by the Spirit

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Have first place in my heart, as I welcome You here and in every place that I go today. ...

“And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia. And when they had come up to Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them. So, passing by Mysia, they went down to Troas. And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of Macedonia was standing there, urging him and saying, ‘Come over to Macedonia and help us.’  And when Paul had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go on into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them” (Acts 16:6-10).

We can assume we know where to go and what to do. But if we are in Christ and Christ is in us, we’re no longer our own, but belong to You. Where we go and what we do, what we speak and how we speak it, who we see and even who we help, all belong to You.

No doubt You wanted the word of God to be spoken in Asia. For “this Gospel of the Kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations” (Matthews 24:14). You are “not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance” (2 Peter 3:9). You call us to be “baptized with the Holy Spirit” and “receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon (us), and (we) will be (Your) witnesses ... to the ends of the earth” (Acts 1:4-8).

But at the same time, we must wait for Your leading and listen for Your Spirit. In Your timing and in Your way, we can be “forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word” at a certain time or in a certain place (Acts 16:6). “The Spirit of Jesus” may not “allow” us to do what seems obvious to us, in our own wisdom, our own timing, our own way, even when it’s consistent with Your Word (Acts 16:7).

That’s why You give us the Gift of Your Written Word, but we also need the Gift of Your Living Word. We’re to be both grounded in Your Word and also led by Your Spirit. So we must have a deeply personal relationship with You, with Your Holy Spirit deeply abiding in us. We’re to look for Your visions and listen for Your leading to go where You say go and do what You say do -- all in Your time and all in Your way.

Your sheep hear Your voice, and Your voice leads Your sheep (John 10:3). “For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God (for we) have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, ‘Abba! Father!’ The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God” (Romans 8:14-16).

Come, Holy Spirit -- “Spirit of Jesus,” Spirit of the Living God -- and fall afresh on me today, as I cry out ‘Abba! Father!’  Fill me up. Saturate me with Your Spirit. Baptize me with Your Spirit. Empower me and send me in the power of Your Spirit where You will, to say what You call me to say and do what You call me to do -- not leaning on my own understanding, but trusting in You will all my heart, to follow You wherever You lead (Proverbs 3:5-6). In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.

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

My friend, may you be grounded in the Word of God and led by the Spirit of God in all you do and all you say, everywhere you go, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

Tommy & Rocio Hays
Messiah Ministries
412 S. Adams Street #148
Fredericksburg, Texas 78624

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--Now Also in Hardback--

Friends, I'm so excited to publish my new book on right alignment of spirit, soul, and body called First the Spirit!
Order your copy today in Hardback, Paperback or Kindle!

All purchases support the calling and vision of 
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Join us and Pray for us!
Some of Our Upcoming Events:

July 10th
Preaching at Canyon Lake, Texas Aglow International Meeting

July 14-17
Speaking on the Power of the Holy Spirit
Aldersgate Renewal Ministries Annual Conference at Asbury Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky

August 11th
Speaking at San Antonio Aglow International Meeting
10-2:00

August 13-14th 
Leading a Prayer Ministry Equipping Weekend at
Centenary Church in Lexington, Kentucky

August 29-30th
Healing Prayer Services
at Coker UMC in San Antonio, Texas.
Friday 8/29 at 7PM in person; Saturday 8/30 at 7PM by zoom.

Tuesday Nights
Teaching Freedom Equipping 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 Online Connect Groups.

Personal Ministry Appointments
Spiritual Direction Sessions and Personal Prayer MinistrySessions of Inner Healing & Deliverance by Appointment and as the Holy Spirit leads. Please keep us in prayer for spiritual breakthrough and transformation! Let us know if you'd like to set up a session: 


Sessions are without cost and any contributions help support the calling and vision of Messiah Ministries.



Friday, June 25, 2021

Exalting the Name of Jesus to the Glory of the Father - June 25, 2021

 

Morning by Morning, June 25 - Exalting the Name of Jesus to the Glory of the Father

Good morning, Lord Jesus. King of kings and Lord of lords, come rule and reign in my heart and my life today. ...

“Therefore God has highly exalted Him and bestowed on Him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father” (Philippians 2:9-11).

God the Father is glorified when I bow my knees and confess as Lord God the Son -- “that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of the Father.” God the Father is glorified when I exalt Your name in my heart and exalt Your name “above every name” and everything in my life on this earth.

As Your Word says, “There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved” -- only through the name of Jesus, God the Son (Acts 4:12). And when You declared this Word through the Apostle Peter on the day of Pentecost, Peter was “filled with the Holy Spirit” (Acts 4:8). For it’s God the Holy Spirit who stirs in our hearts with a passion for Jesus to glorify our Father when we bow our knees in humility and confess His name with “boldness” (Acts 4:31).

“If (we) confess with (our) mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in (our) heart that God raised Him from the dead, (we) will be saved” (Romans 10:9). So “whatever (we) do in word or deed, (we) do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father” (Colossians 3:17). We have one and only one “Savior, who is Christ the Lord” (Luke 2:11). “He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those who are with Him are the called and chosen and faithful” (Revelation 17:14).

These timeless Words are ever-faithful and ever-true of Your terms for our salvation through a personal relationship with Jesus Christ:

“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through Him. Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God” (John 3:16-18).

Come, Holy Spirit. Fill my heart with a passion for Jesus and draw me into a deeper personal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ, more deeply every day, to the glory of God my Father. By Your Presence, moving in my heart, I’m “giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified (me) to share in the inheritance of the saints in the Light. He has delivered (me) from the domain of darkness and transferred (me) to the kingdom of His beloved Son, in whom (I) have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by Him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities -- all things were created through Him and for Him.... For in Him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the Blood of His Cross” (Colossians 1:12-20) In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.

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

My friend, may God the Holy Spirit fill your heart with a deeper passion for God the Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, to the glory of God the Father, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

Tommy & Rocio Hays
Messiah Ministries
412 S. Adams Street #148
Fredericksburg, Texas 78624

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Pakistan Ministry Report from our Crusade Last Night!
From Pastor Rizwan and Mehwish Fazal: "285 Souls are Saved and 31 Persons are Healed! The Village was hungry thirsty for Lord Jesus!" Praise God!!

Most every month, we go into a new village and set up a projector screen for me to preach through Skype and have live translation through our ministry partners, Pastor Rizwan and Mehwish Fazal to share a message of hope and healing, then with follow-up ministry. 

This time we were having much more of a technical battle. But we were trusting God’s Word to press through it all and still touch hearts and change lives in the mighty name of Jesus! We praise God for this report as our team was still able to minister. Thank you so much for all your prayers, encouragement, and financial support to make this ministry possible!

“And the Good News about the Kingdom will be preached throughout the whole world, so that all nations will hear it; and then the end will come!” (Matthew 24:14)

Tommy & Rocio Hays | Messiah Ministries
Some Photos from Last Night's Crusade
My New Book Just Published!
My friend, I'm so excited to publish my new book on right alignment of spirit, soul, and body called First the Spirit!
Order your copy today on Amazon in Paperback or Kindle!

All purchases support the calling and vision of 
Messiah Ministries
Join us and Pray for us!
Some of Our Upcoming Events:

July 10th
Preaching at Canyon Lake, Texas Aglow International Meeting

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

August 11th
Speaking at San Antonio Aglow International Meeting
10-2:00 (location TBD)

August 13-14th 
Leading a Prayer Ministry Equipping Weekend
Centenary Church in Lexington, Kentucky

August 29-30th
Healing Prayer Services
at Coker UMC in San Antonio, Texas.
Friday 8/29 at 7PM in person; Saturday 8/30 at 7PM by zoom.

Tuesday Nights
Teaching Freedom Equipping 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 Online Connect Groups.

Personal Ministry Appointments
Spiritual Direction Sessions and Personal Prayer MinistrySessions of Inner Healing & Deliverance by Appointment and as the Holy Spirit leads. Please keep us in prayer for spiritual breakthrough and transformation! Let us know if you'd like to set up a session: tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org

Sessions are without cost and any contributions help support the calling and vision of Messiah Ministries.

Thursday, June 24, 2021

"Great and Mighty Things" - June 24, 2021

 

Morning by Morning, June 24 - "Great and Mighty Things" 

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Align my spirit, soul, and body with Your heart, plans, and purposes for my day -- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit of God.  ... 

"Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know" (Jeremiah 33:3 NKJV). 

As I begin my day centered in You -- grounded in Your Word and filled with Your Spirit -- I call to You and listen for Your answer. I look expectantly in faith for the great and mighty things You’ll show me and do in me and even do through me as a child of God, filled with the Spirit of God, seeking to walk out this day in the will of God.

You're a great and mighty God. And You do great and mighty things. So I'm excited to see what You will do today!

Some things may be dramatic; some things may be more subtle. But all You do is always good. You're a good Father who gives good gifts to Your children and desires good things for Your people (Luke 11:13). And You have Your way of always working everything out to cause it all to work together for good -- no matter the source and no matter the circumstances (Romans 8:28). 

So I thank You for the blessing of adventure -- an adventure of faith every day. As I call to You, You answer. As I seek You, You show me the way.  As I put my life in Your hands, You put my life in the center of Your will. And I believe it's Your will to show me great and mighty things I did not know today -- in fact, "exceedingly abundantly above all that we can ask or think!" (Ephesians 3:20); in fact, “even greater things” than we have seen before (John 14:12). In Jesus' name I pray. Amen. 

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

My friend, may you see God's great and mighty things in you and through you tod, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

Tommy & Rocio Hays
Messiah Ministries
412 S. Adams Street #148
Fredericksburg, Texas 78624

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Friends, thank you for all your prayers and words of encouragement for your prayers for our time of rest and fun away! 

Right before we left, I was able to share the core message the Lord has put in my spirit for this season at Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas. You can watch the service and my message on "Preparing the Way of the Lord" here: 
My New Book Just Published!
My friend, I'm so excited to publish my new book on right alignment of spirit, soul, and body called First the Spirit!
Order your copy today on Amazon in Paperback or Kindle!

All purchases support the calling and vision of 
Messiah Ministries
Join us and Pray for us!
Some of Our Upcoming Events:

June 24th
Preaching in Pakistan. Outdoor evangelistic crusade through our monthly Internet Ministry. (Thursday Morning here about 11:00am; Thursday Night in Pakistan). Please pray for salvation, healing, deliverance, and revival!

July 10th
Preaching at Canyon Lake, Texas Aglow Meeting

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

August 13-14th 
Leading a Prayer Ministry Equipping Weekend
Centenary Church in Lexington, Kentucky
(Still planning the details)

August 29-30th
Healing Prayer Services
at Coker UMC in San Antonio, Texas.
Friday 8/29 at 7PM in person; Saturday 8/30 at 7PM by zoom.

Tuesday Nights
Teaching Freedom Equipping 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 Online Connect Groups.

Personal Ministry Appointments
Spiritual Direction Sessions and Personal Prayer Ministry Sessions of Inner Healing & Deliverance by Appointment and as the Holy Spirit leads. Please keep us in prayer for spiritual breakthrough and transformation! Let us know if you'd like to set up a session: tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org

Sessions are without cost and any contributions help support the calling and vision of Messiah Ministries.

Tuesday, June 08, 2021

Turning 60 and Still Turning to You - June 8, 2021

 

Morning by Morning, June 8 - Turning 60 and Still Turning to You

Good morning, Lord Jesus. I look to You, as I begin my day and continue my journey to grow up into maturity -- “to the measure of the full stature of Christ” in every way You desire to express Your nature through my life (Ephesians 4:15). For as You are, so are we to be in our world (1 John 4:17). ...

In two days, I’ll be turning 60. I’m thinking about it today because this will be my last chance to sit down and write out my morning prayer before leaving on a family trip early, early in the morning. For several years, a Birthday Scripture has come to mind to speak of a prophetic truth for that year of my life. This year is a big one -- 60! And a big Scripture comes to mind -- Isaiah 60 -- one of my favorites (though It’s all good!)

“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.
Nations shall come to your Light,
    and kings to the Brightness of your dawn!” (Isaiah 60:1-3)

You are my Light, Lord Jesus. You are the Brightness of my dawn. And I pray You would arise up me and shine through me -- more and more every day, but in a breakthrough way this 60th year of my life.

It’s Your Glory. “And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen His glory, the glory as of a Father’s only Son, full of grace and truth” (John 1:14). It’s Your Light. For You are “the Light of the world. Whoever follows (You) will never walk in darkness but will have the Light of Life” (John 8:12).

And at the same time, in the sovereignty of Your will and the mystery of Your ways, You choose to display Your Glory and shine Your Light through us. “Christ in (us), the hope of glory” -- Your Glory, Your Light, arising upon us and shining through us (Colossians 1:27).

“For we do not proclaim ourselves; we proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord and ourselves as your bondservants for Jesus’ sake. For it is God who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness,’ who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ” (2 Corinthians 4:5-6).

This day, all this 60th year, and for the rest of my life on my journey through this world, may I carry the manifest Glory of Your Presence in my heart by Your Spirit abiding in me; and may my face shine with the Light of Jesus shining through me. May even nations and kings be drawn to the brightness of Your Dawn, dawning on me -- not only for me, but for all who turn to You and entrust their lives completely in trusting surrender and expectant faith. By the grace of God, I’m turning 60 and still turning to You! In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.

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

My friend, may the Light and Glory of Jesus Christ arise and shine upon you, as you carry His Presence everywhere you go, leading many to Him with His love and grace flowing through you, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

Tommy & Rocio Hays
Messiah Ministries
412 S. Adams Street #148
Fredericksburg, Texas 78624

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Friends, thank you for all your prayers and words of encouragement for the Sunday services at Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas this weekend! We had a powerful time in the deep presence of the Lord! You can watch the service and my message on 
"Preparing the Way of the Lord" here: 
My New Book Just Published!
Friends, I'm so excited to publish my new book on right alignment of spirit, soul, and body called First the Spirit!
Order your copy today on Amazon in Paperback or Kindle!

All purchases support the calling and vision of 
Messiah Ministries
Join us and Pray for us!
Some of Our Upcoming Events:

June 10th
Family Time in Mexico for my 60th Birthday

July 10th
Preaching at Canyon Lake, Texas Aglow Meeting

June 24th
Preaching in Pakistan. Outdoor evangelistic crusade through our monthly Internet Ministry. (Thursday Morning here; Thursday Night in Pakistan).

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

August 6-7th 
Leading an Inner Healing Prayer Weekend
Centenary Church in Lexington, Kentucky
(Still planning the details)

Tuesday Nights
Teaching Freedom Equipping 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 Online Connect Groups.

Personal Ministry Appointments
Spiritual Direction Sessions and Personal Prayer Ministry Sessions of Inner Healing & Deliverance by Appointment and as the Holy Spirit leads. Please keep us in prayer for spiritual breakthrough and transformation! Let us know if you'd like to set up a session: tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org

Sessions are without cost and any contributions help support the calling and vision of Messiah Ministries.

Monday, June 07, 2021

Knowing “This is the Way” - June 7, 2021

 

Morning by Morning, June 7 - Knowing “This is the Way”

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Put Your thoughts in my mind, Your desires in my heart, Your words in my mouth. Make me more like You today. ...

“And when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left, your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, ‘This is the way; walk in it’” (Isaiah 30:21).

The issues of our day and the challenges we face are new every morning. The cultural landscape, the political pitfalls, the clashing of accusations, the suspicions and suppressions, and all that would seek to divide us and conquer us, to steal and kill and destroy us -- all swirl around us and strike at us like a snake full of poisonous venom.

But our God is greater! And “the One who is in (us) is greater than the one who is in the world!” (1 John 4:4)

Every generation fights its battles. Every age has to come of its own, through all it endures and overcomes. But we cannot overcome and come of our own in the ways of Your Spirit if we’re trusting in the ways of our world.

More than ever, we need to hear Your voice. We need to learn to lean in to Your Presence, more deeply and intimately than ever before, so that we know that it’s Your voice we’re hearing and discern how You’re leading. For “(we) have not passed this way before” (Joshua 3:4).

But just as our issues and challenges are new every morning, so is Your grace and guidance, Your mercy and love:

“The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, 
    His mercies never come to an end;
they are new every morning;
    great is Your faithfulness.
‘The Lord is my portion,’ says my soul,
   ‘therefore I will hope in Him.’
The Lord is good to those who wait for Him,
    to the soul that seeks Him” (Lamentations 3:22-25).

Come, Holy Spirit. Father God, speak to my heart. Lord Jesus, help me hear Your voice. I’m waiting on You and listening for Your leading to guide my steps and let me know in my heart, “This is the way. Walk in it.” In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.

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

My friend, may you lean in to the Lord in deeper intimacy than ever before to recognize His voice and follow His leading, knowing in your heart, "This is the way. Walk in it", in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

Tommy & Rocio Hays
Messiah Ministries
412 S. Adams Street #148
Fredericksburg, Texas 78624

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Friends, thank you for all your prayers and words of encouragement for the Sunday services at Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas yesterday! We had a powerful time in the deep presence of the Lord! You can watch the service and my message on 
"Preparing the Way of the Lord" here: 
My New Book Just Published!
Friends, I'm so excited to publish my new book on right alignment of spirit, soul, and body called First the Spirit!
Order your copy today on Amazon in Paperback or Kindle!

All purchases support the calling and vision of 
Messiah Ministries
Join us and Pray for us!
Some of Our Upcoming Events:

June 7th (Being Rescheduled due to Lockdown in India)
Preaching in India in the Andra Pradesh Region. Outdoor evangelistic crusade in our new ministry partnership there through our Internet Ministry. (Monday morning 6/7 here; Monday Night 6/7 in India).

June 10th
Family Time in Mexico for my 60th Birthday

July 10th
Preaching at Canyon Lake, Texas Aglow Meeting

June 24th
Preaching in Pakistan. Outdoor evangelistic crusade through our monthly Internet Ministry. (Thursday Morning here; Thursday Night in Pakistan).

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

Tuesday Nights
Teaching Freedom Equip 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 Online Connect Groups.

Personal Ministry Appointments
Spiritual Direction Sessions and Personal Prayer Ministry Sessions of Inner Healing & Deliverance by Appointment and as the Holy Spirit leads. Please keep us in prayer for spiritual breakthrough and transformation! Let us know if you'd like to set up a session: tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org

Sessions are without cost and any contributions help support the calling and vision of Messiah Ministries.