Thursday, July 21, 2022

Grace to Live Out the Royal Law of Love - July 21, 2022

 

Morning by Morning, July 21 - Grace to Live Out the Royal Law of Love
 
Good morning, Lord Jesus. Good morning, Holy Spirit. Good morning, Heavenly Father. You are One and You are Holy and I choose to entrust my heart and life to be wholly Yours--from every dimension of my being to every Dimension of Your Being. ...
 
 “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.
 
“And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates” (Deuteronomy 6:4-9 NKJV).
 
When You walked this earth, You said, “This is the first commandment. And the second, like it, is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these” (Mark 12:30-31).
 
Set this law of love in my heart, what Your Word calls “the royal law” in James 2:8:
 
“If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself,’ you do well.”
 
Fill my heart with Your grace by Your Spirit to live out this law from the inside out, from a heart that You’ve changed and filled with Your love, so that I can love--love You and love others--with all my heart.
 
As You said as You walked among us, to show us the heart of our Father, lived out in our lives by Your Holy Spirit:
 
“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another” (John 13:34).
 
We “have love for one another” just as we have love for God. It’s all by Your grace as we willingly choose to entrust ourselves to You and Your love, allowing Your Spirit to set this law of love in our hearts. This is the love we have, the faith with have, the hope we have, just as Your Word promises:
 
“Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us” (Romans 5:5).
 
So by the power of Your grace at work within me, moving in me and changing my heart from the inside out, set the royal law of love in my heart with all the grace I need from You to live it out this day and every day. “For from His fullness we have all received, grace upon grace” (John 1:16 ESV). In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.

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

My friend, may you live out the "royal law" of love by the power of God's grace at work within you this day and every day, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you!

Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries

Messiah Ministries Mailing Address:
412 S. Adams Street #148
Fredericksburg, Texas 78624

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Save the Date! — September 10th!
Celebration Fundraiser for Messiah Ministries
Hosted in Fredericksburg, Texas at The Venue at Rafter E Ranch
Get Your Ticket, Sponsor a Table, RSVP on our Event Page:

July 21 Guest Speaker at San Antonio, Texas Aglow International Ministries Evening Gathering at 7 PM
All are Welcome!
SAN ANTONIO EVENING AGLOW
THURSDAY, JULY 21, 2022 AT 7:00 PM
FRIENDSHIP CHURCH, IN THE FELLOWSHIP HALL (BLDG. 2)
14015 SAN PEDRO AVE.
SAN ANTONIO, TX 78232
CONTACT FOR INFO: sa.aglow.evening@gmail.com

July 23-31
Evangelist and Keynote Speaker for the Nova Scotia Camp Meeting at Fundy Bay
Also, during the morning sessions, we will have Prophetic Roundtables led by fellow MorningStar Fellowship of Ministries members Sylvain and Julianne Gauthier.
All are Welcome! Come join us!
1224 Baxter’s Harbour Road; Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Contact: Wade Marshall or ask me for details

August 18-30
Our Next Ministry Trip to Central Mexico in Torreon, Morelia, Patzcuaro, and San Miguel with Pastor Fernando Tovar and our ministry partners at Morelia House of Prayer and Rey de Reyes Iglesia!

September 1-3
Teaching our Level 1 Weekend Intensive School of the Spirit, in Lampasas, Texas for interdenominational, city-wide teams of healing and deliverance prayer ministry.
Based on the principles of my books:
Free to Be Like Jesus! — Transforming Power of Inner Healing & Deliverance and
First the Spirit — Right Alignment of Spirit, Soul, and Body

September 10
Celebration Fundraiser for Messiah Ministries!
Hosted in Fredericksburg, Texas at The Venue at Rafter E Ranch
Get Your Ticket, Sponsor a Table, RSVP on our Event Page:

September 11
Starting a 6 Weeks Teaching Series at Bridge Church same time as the 9:00 Service as part of the discipleship plan at Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas.

September 13
Also Starting a New Class of the Freedom Equipping Course at Bridge on Tuesday Nights at 6:00. All are welcome.

October 7-8
Revival at the Barn! at Yee Haw Ranch in Fredericksburg, Texas

October 21-23
Mens' Retreat in the Ozark Mountains of Missouri, where I'll be teaching and equipping on Freedom Prayer Ministry.

November 17-19
Teaching our Level 2 Weekend Intensive School of the Spirit in Lampasas, Texas

Wednesday Mornings
Joining with MorningStar Ministries to Lead Online Inner Healing and Deliverance Ministry Sessions for the Online Connect Groups from around the world.

Personal Ministry Appointments
Spiritual Direction Sessions and Personal Prayer Ministry Sessions of Inner Healing & Spiritual Freedom 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 all contributions help support the calling and vision of Messiah Ministries.

Free On-line Video Series
Setting Hearts Free!
My Core Teaching and Ministry

Wednesday, July 20, 2022

Looking and Listening into the Heavens - July 20, 2022

 

Morning by Morning, July 20 - Looking and Listening into the Heavens
 
Good morning, Lord Jesus. King of kings and Lord of lords, rule and reign in my heart and every moment of my day. ...
 
“The heavens are telling the glory of God,
    and the firmament proclaims His handiwork.
Day to day pours forth speech,
    and night to night declares knowledge.
There is no speech, nor are there words;
    their voice is not heard;
yet their voice goes out through all the earth
    and their words to the end of the world” (Psalm 19:1-4).
 
With all the world, I’ve been amazed by the stunning images returning to Earth from the Webb Telescope, hurtling through the heavens and peering into deep space. Due to the principles of the speed of light, the farther the images, the earlier in time that we’re able to see. Astounding.
 
If we were able to look far enough, if we were able to look early enough, could we actually see the moment of the beginning of creation? What would that look like?
 
But instead of only looking for the beginning, we should also be listening for the beginning. We should be looking and listening into the heavens. What we would see would be thrilling, but what we would hear would be Heaven and Earth shattering. For all creation has a beginning. And all creation has a Creator. You alone are eternal. You alone are everlasting:
 
“Before the mountains were brought forth
    or ever You had formed the earth and the world,
    from everlasting to everlasting You are God” (Psalm 90:2).
 
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. Then God said, ‘Let there be light’; and there was light” (Genesis 1:1-3).
 
Yes, if we could look that far, if we could look that early, we would see light bursting into the darkness. And we hear the sound of light being created with these words that must still be eternally ringing in the heavens, “Let there be light.”
 
Even now in this moment of time, in this sliver of eternity we call “today,” let Your Spirit hover over all that is dark in our world, in our nation, even in all that has not yet yielded to Your word and Your light in my heart and life, and speak Your eternal words of “spirit and life” by Your “Spirit of Truth” (John 6:63 and 16:13).
 
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through Him, and without Him not one thing came into being. What has come into being in Him was life, and the life was the light of all people. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overtake it” (John 1:1-5).
 
Lord Jesus, Word of God, One with the Father and One with the Spirit, “only speak the word” over me and my world. And all will be forever changed (Matthew 8:8) -- whether in the heavens or right here in my heart. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.

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

My friend, may you hear the Word of the Lord, words of spirit and life being spoken into your heart and into our world that can change everything in a moment, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you!

Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries

Messiah Ministries Mailing Address:
412 S. Adams Street #148
Fredericksburg, Texas 78624

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Messiah Ministries Events

July 21 Guest Speaker at San Antonio, Texas Aglow International Ministries Evening Gathering at 7 PM
All are Welcome!
SAN ANTONIO EVENING AGLOW
THURSDAY, JULY 21, 2022 AT 7:00 PM
FRIENDSHIP CHURCH, IN THE FELLOWSHIP HALL (BLDG. 2)
14015 SAN PEDRO AVE.
SAN ANTONIO, TX 78232
CONTACT FOR INFO: sa.aglow.evening@gmail.com

July 23-31
Evangelist and Keynote Speaker for the Nova Scotia Camp Meeting at Fundy Bay
Also, during the morning sessions, we will have Prophetic Roundtables led by fellow MorningStar Fellowship of Ministries members Sylvain and Julianne GauthierAll are Welcome! Come join us!
1224 Baxter’s Harbour Road; Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Contact: Wade Marshall or ask me for details

August 18-30
Our Next Ministry Trip to Central Mexico in Torreon, Morelia, Patzcuaro, and San Miguel with Pastor Fernando Tovar and our ministry partners at Morelia House of Prayer and Rey de Reyes Iglesia!

September 1-3
Teaching our Level 1 Weekend Intensive School of the Spirit, in Lampasas, Texas for interdenominational, city-wide teams of healing and deliverance prayer ministry.
Based on the principles of my books:
Free to Be Like Jesus! — Transforming Power of Inner Healing & Deliverance and
First the Spirit — Right Alignment of Spirit, Soul, and Body

September 10
Celebration Fundraiser for Messiah Ministries!
Hosted in Fredericksburg, Texas at The Venue at Rafter E Ranch
Get Your Ticket, Sponsor a Table, RSVP on our Event Page:

September 11
Starting a 6 Weeks Teaching Series at Bridge Church same time as the 9:00 Service as part of the discipleship plan at Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas.

September 13
Also Starting a New Class of the Freedom Equipping Course at Bridge on Tuesday Nights at 6:00. All are welcome.

October 7-8
Revival at the Barn! at Yee Haw Ranch in Fredericksburg, Texas

October 21-23
Mens' Retreat in the Ozark Mountains of Missouri, where I'll be teaching and equipping on Freedom Prayer Ministry.

November 17-19
Teaching our Level 2 Weekend Intensive School of the Spirit in Lampasas, Texas

Wednesday Mornings
Joining with MorningStar Ministries to Lead Online Inner Healing and Deliverance Ministry Sessions for the Online Connect Groups from around the world.

Personal Ministry Appointments
Spiritual Direction Sessions and Personal Prayer Ministry Sessions of Inner Healing & Spiritual Freedom 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 all contributions help support the calling and vision of Messiah Ministries.

Free On-line Video Series
Setting Hearts Free!
My Core Teaching and Ministry

Tuesday, July 19, 2022

“Walk Worthy of the Lord” - July 19, 2022

 

Morning by Morning, July 19 - “Walk Worthy of the Lord”
 
Good morning, Lord Jesus. Fill me up with Your Spirit, as I lift up Your name through my life today (Ephesians 5:18). ...
 
“For this reason, since the day we heard it, we have not ceased praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of God’s will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him, as you bear fruit in every good work and as you grow in the knowledge of God” (Colossians 1:9-10).
 
Give me grace to “walk worthy of the Lord” today. I want to be “fully pleasing” to You and “bear good fruit in every good work.”
 
I don’t want to limp along or drag along in this walk. I don’t want to get side-tracked or distracted. I don’t want to get tripped up or just stumble through. I want to walk along with You, in step with You, following “in (Your) steps” on the journey You have for my life today (1 Peter 2:21).
 
You’ve taught me along the journey, that this is not a “walk” I can do in my strength or my wisdom, not in my goodness or self-righteousness. It’s all by Your grace. Apart from You, I can do thing (John 15:5). And I thank You that I never have to be apart from You and that by Your grace empowering my desires and my choices, I can do all things all things through You -- through Christ who strengthens me (Philippians 4:13).
 
Your part is to empower me. My part is to say, “Yes, Lord.”
 
“For God is working in (me), giving (me) the desire and the power to do what pleases Him” (Philippians 2:13 NLT).
 
So here in these first moments of my morning and then throughout the moments of my day, keep filling me with “the knowledge of (Your) will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding.” Keep giving me both the desire and the power to do what pleases You -- as best as I can and all by Your grace, this day and every day. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.

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

My friend, may you be empowered by God's grace to "walk worthy of the Lord" today, doing what pleases Him and lifting up His name in honor through your life, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you!

Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries

Messiah Ministries Mailing Address:
412 S. Adams Street #148
Fredericksburg, Texas 78624

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Messiah Ministries Events

July 21 Guest Speaker at San Antonio, Texas Aglow International Ministries Evening Gathering at 7 PM
All are Welcome!
SAN ANTONIO EVENING AGLOW
THURSDAY, JULY 21, 2022 AT 7:00 PM
FRIENDSHIP CHURCH
IN THE FELLOWSHIP HALL (BLDG. 2)
14015 SAN PEDRO AVE.
SAN ANTONIO, TX 78232
CONTACT FOR INFO: sa.aglow.evening@gmail.com

July 23-31
Evangelist and Keynote Speaker for the Nova Scotia Camp Meeting at Fundy Bay
I'm excited to be the Evangelist and Keynote Speaker at the Camp Meeting at Fundy Bay Camp in Nova Scotia, Canada. During the morning sessions, we will have Prophetic Roundtables led by fellow MorningStar Fellowship of Ministries members Sylvain and Julianne GauthierAll are Welcome! Come join us!

Fundy Bay Camp Meeting
1224 Baxter’s Harbour Road; Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Contact: Wade Marshall or ask me for details

August 18-30
Our Next Ministry Trip to Central Mexico in Torreon, Morelia, Patzcuaro, and San Miguel with Pastor Fernando Tovar and our ministry partners at Morelia House of Prayer and Rey de Reyes Iglesia!

September 1-3
Teaching our Level 1 Weekend Intensive School of the Spirit, in Lampasas, Texas for interdenominational, city-wide teams of healing and deliverance prayer ministry.
Based on the principles of my books:
Free to Be Like Jesus! — Transforming Power of Inner Healing & Deliverance and
First the Spirit — Right Alignment of Spirit, Soul, and Body

September 10
Celebration Fundraiser for Messiah Ministries!
Hosted in Fredericksburg, Texas at The Venue at Rafter E Ranch
Please consider being a sponsor!
Let me know if you, your church, or your company are able to:

September 11
Starting a 6 Weeks Teaching Series at Bridge Church same time as the 9:00 Service as part of the discipleship plan at Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas.
Also Starting a New Class of the Freedom Equipping Course at Bridge on Tuesday Nights at 6:00

October 7-8
Revival at the Barn! at Yee Haw Ranch in Fredericksburg, Texas

October 21-23
Mens' Retreat in the Ozark Mountains of Missouri, where I'll be teaching and equipping on Freedom Prayer Ministry.

November 17-19
Teaching our Level 2 Weekend Intensive School of the Spirit in Lampasas, Texas

Wednesday Mornings
Joining with MorningStar Ministries to Lead Online Inner Healing and Deliverance Ministry Sessions for the Online Connect Groups from around the world.

Personal Ministry Appointments
Spiritual Direction Sessions and Personal Prayer Ministry Sessions of Inner Healing & Spiritual Freedom 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 all contributions help support the calling and vision of Messiah Ministries.

Free On-line Video Series
Setting Hearts Free!
My Core Teaching and Ministry

Monday, July 18, 2022

The Spiritual Principle of “Increase” and “Decrease” to “Prepare the Way of the Lord” - July 18, 2022

 

Morning by Morning, July 18 - The Spiritual Principle of “Increase” and “Decrease” to “Prepare the Way of the Lord”
 
Good morning, Lord Jesus. Put Your thoughts in my mind and Your desires in my heart, as I wait for Your leading to begin my day embraced by my Father, centered in Christ, and filled with the Holy Spirit. ...
 
“He must increase, but I must decrease” (John 3:30).
 
There is a spiritual principle of “increase” and “decrease.” It’s very much parallel to the spiritual principle of “humility” and “pride”, where Your Word teaches us and invites us, “Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you” (James 4:10; 1 Peter 5:6). “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble” (James 4:6).
 
Just as John the Baptist said of You in his calling and ministry of one crying out “Prepare the way of the Lord,” so Your Holy Spirit moves in my spirit, crying out to me, “Prepare the way of the Lord” in my heart (Matthew 3:3).
 
How do I “Prepare the way of the Lord” in my heart? ...
 
By yielding my heart to Your Heart, my spirit to Your Spirit. By allowing You to put Your thoughts in my thoughts and Your desires in my desires. By trusting You to place Your words in my mouth and Your moves as my actions. By following You with Your steps as my path and Your goals as my destination. By surrendering my will to Your will and entrusting my ways to Your ways. By letting You make me more like You each day--as best as I can and all by Your grace--until I am conformed into the image of the Son of God (Romans 8:29) and I am like You in my world (1 John 4:17), with You expressing Your nature through my transformed nature (2 Peter 1:4).
 
This is how I decrease and You increase--not decreasing in my sense of value or worth or significance or true identity, but decreasing in my sense of insisting on my own control, my own nature, my own will, my own way apart from Yours.
 
This is how I “Prepare the way of the Lord”--not insisting on my way, but trusting Your way; not building my own kingdom, but embracing Your Kingdom; not developing my own identity apart from who You say I am, but taking hold of the new identity I have in You as a child of God and disciple of Christ.
 
“Christ in (me), the hope of glory” is You being glorified in me and through me, as You keeping making me more like You, as I keep decreasing and You keep increasing in this way (Colossians 1:27). For by Your grace at work within me, I am growing up in “maturity, to the measure of the full stature of Christ” (Ephesians 4:13).
 
“Speaking the truth in love, we must grow up in every way into Him who is the head, into Christ” (Ephesians 4:15). In this way, we are being “transformed by the renewing of the mind, so that (we) may discern what is the will of God--what is good and acceptable and perfect” (Romans 12:2). And “this is the will of God, (our) sanctification” (1 Thessalonians 4:3; Romans 6:22).
 
So give me Your grace--the free gift of God--to keep choosing this path each step of the way, to keep embracing Your will and Your way morning by morning, moment by moment, day after day. You keep increasing and empowering me to keep decreasing. You keep preparing the way of the Lord in me and my heart and in all the earth, as I cry out with Your Spirit, “Come, Lord Jesus!” (Revelation 22:20)
 
With this heart, may we hear and embrace Your Word from Your Heart, “Surely I AM coming soon!” (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 allow the Holy Spirit to keep preparing the way of the Lord in your heart, decreasing in your will and your way, that He may increase in His will and His way for your life in Him and His life in you, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries

Messiah Ministries Mailing Address:
412 S. Adams Street #148
Fredericksburg, Texas 78624

Please share this word to encourage a friend!
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Please Keep us in Prayer for These
Messiah Ministries Events

July 21 Guest Speaker at San Antonio, Texas Aglow International Ministries Evening Gathering at 7 PM
All are Welcome!
SAN ANTONIO EVENING AGLOW
THURSDAY, JULY 21, 2022 AT 7:00 PM
FRIENDSHIP CHURCH
IN THE FELLOWSHIP HALL (BLDG. 2)
14015 SAN PEDRO AVE.
SAN ANTONIO, TX 78232
CONTACT FOR INFO: sa.aglow.evening@gmail.com

July 23-31
Evangelist and Keynote Speaker for the Nova Scotia Camp Meeting at Fundy Bay
I'm excited to be the Evangelist and Keynote Speaker at the Camp Meeting at Fundy Bay Camp in Nova Scotia, Canada. During the morning sessions, we will have Prophetic Roundtables led by fellow MorningStar Fellowship of Ministries members Sylvain and Julianne GauthierAll are Welcome! Come join us!

Fundy Bay Camp Meeting
1224 Baxter’s Harbour Road; Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Contact: Wade Marshall or ask me for details

August 18-30
Our Next Ministry Trip to Central Mexico in Torreon, Morelia, Patzcuaro, and San Miguel with Pastor Fernando Tovar and our ministry partners at Morelia House of Prayer and Rey de Reyes Iglesia!

Partner with us by Prayer and Financial Support for This Ministry Trip to Mexico:

September 1-3
Teaching our Level 1 Weekend Intensive School of Ministry, in Lampasas, Texas for interdenominational, city-wide teams of healing and deliverance prayer ministry.
Based on the principles of my books:
Free to Be Like Jesus! — Transforming Power of Inner Healing & Deliverance and
First the Spirit — Right Alignment of Spirit, Soul, and Body

September 10
Celebration Fundraiser for Messiah Ministries!
Hosted in Fredericksburg, Texas at The Venue at Rafter E Ranch
Please consider being a sponsor!
Let me know if you, your church, or your company are able to:

September 11
Starting a 6 Weeks Teaching Series at Bridge Church same time as the 9:00 Service as part of the discipleship plan at Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas.
Also Starting a New Class of the Freedom Equipping Course at Bridge on Tuesday Nights at 6:00

October 7-8
Revival at the Barn! at Yee Haw Ranch in Fredericksburg, Texas

October 21-23
Mens' Retreat in the Ozark Mountains of Missouri, where I'll be teaching and equipping on Freedom Prayer Ministry.

November 17-19
Teaching our Level 2 Weekend Intensive School of Ministry in Lampasas, Texas

Monday Nights
Rocio and I lead an Online Connect Group for MorningStar Ministries

Wednesday Mornings
Joining with MorningStar Ministries to Lead Online Inner Healing and Deliverance Ministry Sessions for the Online Connect Groups from around the world.

Personal Ministry Appointments
Spiritual Direction Sessions and Personal Prayer Ministry Sessions of Inner Healing & Spiritual Freedom 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 all contributions help support the calling and vision of Messiah Ministries.

Free On-line Video Series
Setting Hearts Free!
My Core Teaching and Ministry