Faith, Family, and the Fear of the Lord - November 2, 2022

 

Morning by Morning, November 2 - Faith, Family, and the Fear of the Lord   Good morning, Lord Jesus. I look to You and listen for the leading of Your Spirit to begin my day embraced by my Father, centered in Christ, and filled with the Holy Spirit. ...   “Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord,     who walks in His ways! You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands;     you shall be blessed, and it shall be well with you. Your wife will be like a fruitful vine     within your house; your children will be like olive shoots     around your table. Behold, thus shall the man be blessed     who fears the Lord. The Lord bless you from Zion!     May you see the prosperity of Jerusalem     all the days of your life! May you see your children's children!     Peace be upon Israel!” (Psalm 128:1-6)   All the blessings of God, all the blessings upon Abraham and the covenant people of God, are ours in Christ by Your grace through our faith. “That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith” (Galatians 3:14).   At the heart of these blessings is a calling to center the priorities of our lives around faith, family, and the fear of the Lord. Then through the grace of God, our lives are positioned to embrace Your promises with fruitfulness, prosperity, and peace. Then “it shall be well with (us).”   “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places” (Ephesians 1:3).   We are blessed to be a blessing -- in the community where we work, in the nation where we vote, among the people we call neighbors and friends, along the journey of our daily encounters with the people we engage and the challenges we face. We are blessed to abide in You as You abide in us to carry Your Presence everywhere You position us and send us to be Your salt and Your light to make a difference in our world (John 15:5; Matthew 5:13-16).   Lord, let these Biblical values be at the center of my values and be the plumbline for my life. May they influence how I discern issues, how I make decisions, how I live and how I vote, how I judge what is right and what is true.   And give me the courage to live out Your convictions -- even the courage to swim against the current of any of the Christ-less-ness in our culture and take my stand against the tide of tyranny against these Biblical convictions. For we are called and blessed to be “a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for (God’s) own possession, that (we) may proclaim the excellencies of Him who called (us) out of darkness into His marvelous Light” (1 Peter 2:9). In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. Be encouraged today! In the love of Jesus, Tommy Hays   My friend, may you be courageous in your convictions that are centered in the Word and will of God in your discernment and all your choices to represent Christ in your world, in Jesus' name. God bless you! Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries Mailing Address: 412 S. Adams Street #148 Fredericksburg, Texas 78624   Please share this word to encourage a friend! Anyone can sign up for free at: https://messiah-ministries.org

Please Keep us in Prayer for These Messiah Ministries Events   November 8 - Tuesday Night Class at Bridge Church Teaching my 9 Month Freedom Equipping Course: Based on my Book Free to Be Like Jesus The Bridge Church at 6:00 in Fredericksburg, Texas All are welcome! Click Here to Order Free to Be Like Jesus and My Other Books https://www.amazon.com/Tommy-Hays/e/B002BMDCXM  November 17-19 Teaching our Level 2 Weekend Intensive School of Ministry in Lampasas, Texas November 10-12 MorningStar Ministries School of the Prophets December 17 Officiating the Wedding of AJ and Debbie Rodriguez' Daughter Andrea and Matthew Greve   January 12-30 Central Mexico Ministry Trip Freedom Encounter Weekends, Rocio Leading a Women's Conference, Seminars and Prayer Ministry, Wedding in Uruapan, Morelia, Ixtapa   February 3-4 Leading a Messiah Ministries Spiritual Retreat at T Bar M Ranch, New Braunfels, Texas. All are Welcome!   February 18 South Texas Aglow Annual Conference in Laredo, Texas Rocio and I will be leading a session on Inner Healing Prayer Ministry   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:  tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org   Sessions are without cost and all contributions help support the calling and vision of Messiah Ministries. https://messiah-ministries.org/partner/contribute

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Governmental Authorities Perplexed by the Power of God through His Empowered People - November 1, 2022

 

Morning by Morning, November 1 - Governmental Authorities Perplexed by the Power of God through His Empowered People   Good morning, Lord Jesus. I open up my heart to You as You open up Your possibilities to me to follow in Your steps today everywhere You lead me. ...   “Now Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening, and he was perplexed, because it was said by some that John had been raised from the dead, by some that Elijah had appeared, and by others that one of the prophets of old had risen. Herod said, ‘John I beheaded, but who is this about whom I hear such things?’ And he sought to see Him” (Luke 9:7-9).   Herod was the governmental authority in Israel, in submission to the governmental authority of Rome, which was the ruling governmental authority of the world at that time. And he “sought to see (You)” because of “all that was happening.” He was “perplexed” with this move of the power of God taking place in his realm of power and authority.   Not only was he perplexed by what he heard You were doing, he was perplexed by what he heard Your disciples were doing. The immediate verses of Scripture just before this passage describe “all that was happening”:   “And (Jesus) called the twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases, and He sent them out to proclaim the Kingdom of God and to heal. And He said to them, ‘Take nothing for your journey, no staff, nor bag, nor bread, nor money; and do not have two tunics. And whatever house you enter, stay there, and from there depart. And wherever they do not receive you, when you leave that town shake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them.’ And they departed and went through the villages, preaching the Gospel and healing everywhere” (Luke 9:1-6).   Then the very next verse says: “Now Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening, and he was perplexed” (v. 7). And because he was perplexed, “he sought to see (You)” (v. 9).   Lord, let the governmental authorities of our community and our nation be “perplexed” by all that is happening through a move of God in our hearts that affects our communities and our nations. Let them be perplexed by the power of God over the powers of darkness and disease. The days are dark, and the culture is diseased. But You have given “power and authority” to Your disciples to make a difference.   When we take our stand and speak out our voices and live out Your character with the power and authority You’ve entrusted to us, we are salt and light in our world to make a difference in our world (Matthew 5:13-16). We “bring to light for everyone what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God, who created all things, so that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places” (Ephesians 3:9-10).   As we do, may even the governmental authorities who oppose us and this move of the power of God through manifestations of the coming of the Kingdom of God in our communities and nations be perplexed enough to seek You.   As we do, we experience a foretaste of the breakthroughs to come, of Your Kingdom breaking into our world, even now as we are faithful to You and all You have entrusted to us. We “have shared in the Holy Spirit and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come” (Hebrews 6:4-5).   So empower us, embolden us. Remind us of our calling to be salt and light, courageous and strong in the strength of Your power with the commission of Your authority to stand up and speak out against the darkness and disease of our society “preaching the Gospel and healing everywhere” (Luke 9:6).   As we do, we look forward to the fulfillment of Your prophetic Word in the age to come: “The kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever!” (Revelation 11:15) In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.   Be encouraged today! In the love of Jesus, Tommy Hays   My friend, may you be empowered and emboldened to be salt and light in your community and nation as you stand up and speak out and live out the character of Christ to make a difference in your world, in Jesus' name. God bless you! Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries Mailing Address: 412 S. Adams Street #148 Fredericksburg, Texas 78624   Please share this word to encourage a friend! Anyone can sign up for free at: https://messiah-ministries.org

Please Keep us in Prayer for These Messiah Ministries Events   November 1 - Tuesday Night Class at Bridge Church Teaching my 9 Month Freedom Equipping Course: Based on my Book Free to Be Like Jesus The Bridge Church at 6:00 in Fredericksburg, Texas All are welcome! Click Here to Order Free to Be Like Jesus and My Other Books https://www.amazon.com/Tommy-Hays/e/B002BMDCXM  November 17-19 Teaching our Level 2 Weekend Intensive School of Ministry in Lampasas, Texas December 17 Officiating the Wedding of AJ and Debbie Rodriguez' Daughter Andrea and Matthew Greve   January 12-30 Central Mexico Ministry Trip Freedom Encounter Weekends, Rocio Leading a Women's Conference, Seminars and Prayer Ministry, Wedding in Uruapan, Morelia, Ixtapa   February 3-4 Leading a Messiah Ministries Spiritual Retreat at T Bar M Ranch, New Braunfels, Texas. All are Welcome!   February 18 South Texas Aglow Annual Conference in Laredo, Texas Rocio and I will be leading a session on Inner Healing Prayer Ministry   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:  tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org   Sessions are without cost and all contributions help support the calling and vision of Messiah Ministries. https://messiah-ministries.org/partner/contribute

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“Hallowed Be Thy Name” is Our Declaration Rather Than Halloween Our Celebration - October 31, 2022

 

Morning by Morning, October 31 - “Hallowed Be Thy Name” is Our Declaration Rather Than Halloween Our Celebration   Good morning, Lord Jesus. Your name is above every name and everything (Philippians 2:9). So I speak out Your name over everything in my life and bring everything in my life into submission to the authority of Your name as I being my day looking to You. ...   As I write out the date for my morning prayer, I realize this is the day much of the world celebrates Halloween. There are many discussions about the spiritual roots relating the occultic practices, the appeasement of goblins and ghouls with treats, the wandering soul of Jack of the Lantern, the latter synchronization of the day into All Saints Eve, and the contemporary counter-celebrations of the great Harvest of souls coming into the Kingdom of God.   But what comes to my heart this morning is not the emphasis of the name Halloween but the call to reverence of the name of our God who is Hollowed. As You taught us to pray:   “Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in Heaven” (Matthew 6:9-10).   Hallowed by Thy name, Father. Holy is Your name, Lord God -- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. “Hallowed by Thy Name” is my declaration rather than Halloween being my celebration.   On this day where darkness and death are celebrated, where fear and wickedness is glorified, I choose to glorify Your name and celebrate Your goodness and mercy to bring us life instead of death and faith instead of fear. Holy are You. Hallowed by Thy name.   “In Him was Life, and the Life was the Light of men. The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome It” (John 1:4-5).   “And this is the judgment: the Light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the Light because their works were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the Light and does not come to the Light, lest his works should be exposed. But whoever does what is true comes to the Light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God” (John 3:19-21).   Thank You for the Light of Your glory that fills our hearts and cleanses our souls from all that’s glorified in this world apart from You.   “Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world” (1 John 4:4).   On this day and every day, on this night and every night, let the Light of Your Glory arise and shine in Your people who are called by Your name (Isaiah 60:1-3). Let Your Light overcome the darkness and be a Lantern that leads every soul to You. “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved” (John 3:16-17). In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.   Be encouraged today! In the love of Jesus, Tommy Hays   My friend, may you be filled the Holy Spirit to shine forth the Light of the Glory of God in the midst of the darkness, for His Light always overcomes the darkness, in Jesus' name. God bless you! Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries Mailing Address: 412 S. Adams Street #148 Fredericksburg, Texas 78624   Please share this word to encourage a friend! Anyone can sign up for free at: https://messiah-ministries.org

Please Keep us in Prayer for These Messiah Ministries Events   November 1 - Tuesday Night Class at Bridge Church Teaching my 9 Month Freedom Equipping Course: Based on my Book Free to Be Like Jesus The Bridge Church at 6:00 in Fredericksburg, Texas All are welcome! Click Here to Order Free to Be Like Jesus and My Other Books https://www.amazon.com/Tommy-Hays/e/B002BMDCXM  November 17-19 Teaching our Level 2 Weekend Intensive School of Ministry in Lampasas, Texas December 17 Officiating the Wedding of AJ and Debbie Rodriguez' Daughter Andrea and Matthew Greve   January 12-30 Central Mexico Ministry Trip Freedom Encounter Weekends, Rocio Leading a Women's Conference, Seminars and Prayer Ministry, Wedding in Uruapan, Morelia, Ixtapa   February 3-4 Leading a Messiah Ministries Spiritual Retreat at T Bar M Ranch, New Braunfels, Texas. All are Welcome!   February 18 South Texas Aglow Annual Conference in Laredo, Texas Rocio and I will be leading a session on Inner Healing Prayer Ministry   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:  tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org   Sessions are without cost and all contributions help support the calling and vision of Messiah Ministries. https://messiah-ministries.org/partner/contribute

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The Blessing of Rain from the Mercy of God - October 28, 2022

 

Morning by Morning, October 28 - The Blessing of Rain from the Mercy of God   Good morning, Lord Jesus. Help me hear Your voice in my heart and follow Your leading in my walk, as I begin my day embraced by my Father, centered in Christ, and filled with the Holy Spirit of God. ...   I woke up to “the sound of abundance of rain” this morning (1 Kings 18:41). In the days of Elijah there was drought in the land. And here in Fredericksburg, Texas, we’ve had our fourth driest year in 128 years. Lord, let it rain! Just like the worship song declares, “Open the flood gates of Heaven. Let it rain!”   I thank You, Lord, for the promise of this spiritual principle concerning the blessing of Your rain:   “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust” (Matthew 5:43-45).   Your rain is a sign of Your mercy. Even when we don’t deserve it -- which we never do by any of our own goodness or righteousness apart from You. Even when we’re unjust and surrounded by the unjust, even when we’re acting in evil and surrounded by those who act in evil, You cause Your rain to fall and Your sun to rise.   The abundant rain and the consistent sun are blessings of God from the goodness of God whose heart is full of mercy and love for us all, whether we deserve it or not. And it’s usually “not.” But here’s the promise of Your Word and the expression of Your heart in one of my favorite Scriptures of all time:   “The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;     His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning;     great is Your faithfulness” (Lamentations 3:22-23).   And our response:   ““The Lord is my portion,’ says my soul,     ‘therefore I will hope in Him’” (v. 24).   Your mercies are new this morning -- here in my community and here in my heart -- on the just and the unjust, on the good and the evil. And may this blessing of Your abundant mercy and steadfast love turn hearts and souls to You, to put our hope and faith in You alone. “Great is Thy faithfulness. Great is Thy faithfulness. Morning by Morning, new mercies I see.” In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.   Be encouraged today! In the love of Jesus, Tommy Hays   My friend, may you be blessed by the abundant mercies and steadfast love of God in your life and in your community, in Jesus' name. God bless you! Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries Mailing Address: 412 S. Adams Street #148 Fredericksburg, Texas 78624   Please share this word to encourage a friend! Anyone can sign up for free at: https://messiah-ministries.org

Please Keep us in Prayer for These Messiah Ministries Events   November 1 - Tuesday Night Class at Bridge Church Teaching my 9 Month Freedom Equipping Course: Based on my Book Free to Be Like Jesus The Bridge Church at 6:00 in Fredericksburg, Texas All are welcome! Click Here to Order Free to Be Like Jesus and My Other Books https://www.amazon.com/Tommy-Hays/e/B002BMDCXM  November 17-19 Teaching our Level 2 Weekend Intensive School of Ministry in Lampasas, Texas   January 12-30 Central Mexico Ministry Trip Freedom Encounter Weekends, Rocio Leading a Women's Conference, Seminars and Prayer Ministry, Wedding in Uruapan, Morelia, Ixtapa   February 3-4 Leading a Messiah Ministries Spiritual Retreat at T Bar M Ranch, New Braunfels, Texas. All are Welcome!   February 18 South Texas Aglow Annual Conference in Laredo, Texas Rocio and I will be leading a session on Inner Healing Prayer Ministry   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:  tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org   Sessions are without cost and all contributions help support the calling and vision of Messiah Ministries. https://messiah-ministries.org/partner/contribute

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