Monday, June 17, 2024

“Who Can Be Against Us?” ... “Whom Shall I Fear?” - June 17, 2024

 

Morning by Morning, June 17 - “Who Can Be Against Us?” ... “Whom Shall I Fear?”

 

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Be at the center of all I am and all I do today. ...

 

“What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? He that spared not His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?” (Romans 8:31-32 KJV)

 

You are for me; and You are with me. You abide right here within me. I in You and You in me (John 15:4).

 

So what have I to fear? What need is there to worry? ...

 

“The Lord is my Light and my Salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the Strength of my life; of who shall I be afraid?” (Psalm 27:1)

 

Remind me of this Truth as I face every challenging circumstance. Remind me of Your Presence as I fight every battle.

 

Yes, there will battles to fight and circumstances to face as I go through the days of my journey through this broken and fallen world. But just as You are at work in this world to redeem it, You are also at work in me--redeeming me, shaping me, growing me, defining me, encouraging me, empowering me, maturing me, making me more like You each day through all I go through (1 John 4:17).

 

So what can stand against me? What can come against me that You will not ultimately turn around and use for me, as You’re conforming me in the image of the Son of God?

 

“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are called according to His purpose. For whom He did foreknow, He also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be firstborn among many brethren” (Romans 8:28-29).

 

By the mercies of God, You’ve given me faith to believe in You, to trust in You, with all that I am and all that I have, as You freely offer to all who will receive and embrace the powerful, merciful, ever-present love and grace of God at work within us (John 3:16).  

 

So as I rise up now and go out into my day, I go with God. I go with the One who’s with me and abiding within me. And there’s nothing that can stand against me, nothing that can challenge me, that You will not use to make me more like You today. “Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is (1 John 3:2). In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.


Be encouraged today. In the love of Jesus, Tommy Hays


My friend, may you know the Lord our God is with you and within you, making all you go through to make you more like Jesus each day, in Jesus' name I pray. Amen. God bless you, my friend! And you have a great day!


Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries

502 North Milam Street

Fredericksburg, Texas 78624


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secure in their identity, growing in maturity, fulfilling their destiny"

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Messiah Ministries Events


June 20

Teaching on the End Times, Tribulation, and Rapture at a Home Group in Fredericksburg, Texas


June 23

Preaching Sunday Services at Bridge Church, Fredericksburg, Texas

https://bridgefbg.com/sunday-worship-live-stream


July 4

Speaking at the Patriotic Prayer Gathering at Gillespie County Courthouse Gazebo at 9:00AM before the 4th of July Parade in Fredericksburg, Texas


July 5

New Wine Worship at Messiah Ministries Home Base at 7:00PM in Fredericksburg, TX. All are Welcome! First Wednesday of Every Month


July 27

Speaking at the Aglow International Ministries Gathering for Interest to start of a citywide Prayer Lighthouse in Fredericksburg, Texas. All are welcome.


July 30-August 1

Teaching the Healing Academy at Aldersgate Renewal Ministries, Goodlettsville, TN in the Nashville, Tennessee area

https://www.aldersgaterenewal.org/arm-events


August

Ministry in Cartagena, Columbia


September 14

Wedding of Arturo Machado and Heather Tack at MorningStar Ministries, Fort Mill, South Carolina


Tuesday Nights at 6PM - Beginning Again Next September

Teaching our 9 Month Equipping Course on Tuesday Nights at 6PM at Bridge ChurchFredericksburg, Texas based on my books Free to Be Like Jesus! and First the Spirit

https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays


Wednesday Mornings

Joining with MorningStar Ministries to Lead Online Restoration Ministry Sessions for 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


Free On-line Video Series: Setting Hearts Free! 

My Core Teaching and Ministry

https://messiah-ministries.org/resources

https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays

Friday, June 14, 2024

“Fervent, Effective Prayers” - June 14, 2024

 

Morning by Morning, June 14 - “Fervent, Effective Prayers”

 

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Put Your thoughts in my mind, Your desires in my heart, Your words in my mouth, Your actions to my feet, as I seek to follow You and You make me more like You today (1 John 4:17). ...

 

“The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much” (James 5:16).

 

Lord, I have no righteousness apart from You. I fall short of Your glory every day (Romans 3:23). But You are my righteousness. By the power of Your blood, You forgive me for my sins and cleanse me in my soul to restore me to righteousness in You (1 John 1:9). You make me right with You, right with others, right within myself in the righteousness of God I have in You and all You’ve done for me (2 Corinthians 5:21).

 

Through You, I’m “reconciled to God” and through You, I am now an “ambassador for Christ” in my words and prayers and actions (2 Corinthians 5:20). That’s why I can pray “effective, fervent prayers” that “avail much.” Not because I’m righteous of anything I’ve not or haven’t done, but because of who You are and who You are in me--the Righteous One in me--allowing me pray “effective, fervent prayers” as “a righteous man.”

 

Lord, I want my prayers to be effective. I want to know I’m praying Your heart according to Your will in what I fervently pray. I don’t know how to pay as I ought, but You do; and You give me Your Spirit to change my mind and my heart to line up with Your mind and Your heart so I can pray in agreement with Your will, just as Your Word promises:

 

“Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God” (Romans 8:26-27).

 

Come, Holy Spirit. Come pray though me with fervency and effectiveness. Come make my heart and my prayers righteous in the site of my Father, praying as an ambassador of the Son in the power and authority of the Spirit. And give me a heart to settle for nothing less. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.


Be encouraged today. In the love of Jesus, Tommy Hays


My friend, may you pray fervent, effective prayers in the righteousness of the Righteous One who prays though you by His Spirit and cleanses you from all unrighteousness by the power of His blood. God bless you, my friend! And you have a great day!


Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries

502 North Milam Street

Fredericksburg, Texas 78624


Please share this word to encourage a friend!

Anyone can sign up for free at:

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https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays


“Setting hearts free to be all they were created to be

—Free to Be Like Jesus—

secure in their identity, growing in maturity, fulfilling their destiny"

Please Keep us in Prayer for These

Messiah Ministries Events


June 20

Teaching on the End Times, Tribulation, and Rapture at a Home Group in Fredericksburg, Texas


June 23

Preaching Sunday Services at Bridge Church, Fredericksburg, Texas

https://bridgefbg.com/sunday-worship-live-stream


July 4

Speaking at the Patriotic Prayer Gathering at Gillespie County Courthouse Gazebo at 9:00AM before the 4th of July Parade in Fredericksburg, Texas


July 5

New Wine Worship at Messiah Ministries Home Base at 7:00PM in Fredericksburg, TX. All are Welcome! First Wednesday of Every Month


July 27

Speaking at the Aglow International Ministries Gathering for Interest to start of a citywide Prayer Lighthouse in Fredericksburg, Texas. All are welcome.


July 30-August 1

Teaching the Healing Academy at Aldersgate Renewal Ministries, Goodlettsville, TN in the Nashville, Tennessee area

https://www.aldersgaterenewal.org/arm-events


August

Ministry in Cartagena, Columbia


September 14

Wedding of Arturo Machado and Heather Tack at MorningStar Ministries, Fort Mill, South Carolina


Tuesday Nights at 6PM - Beginning Again Next September

Teaching our 9 Month Equipping Course on Tuesday Nights at 6PM at Bridge ChurchFredericksburg, Texas based on my books Free to Be Like Jesus! and First the Spirit

https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays


Wednesday Mornings

Joining with MorningStar Ministries to Lead Online Restoration Ministry Sessions for 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


Free On-line Video Series: Setting Hearts Free! 

My Core Teaching and Ministry

https://messiah-ministries.org/resources

https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays

Thursday, June 13, 2024

 

Morning by Morning, June 13 - The Promise of the Holy Spirit Poured Out in Us

 

Good morning, Lord Jesus. I speak out Your name and listen for Your voice and the leading of Your Spirit in my heart to begin my day deliberately, intentionally seeking and following You (John 10:27). ...

 

I’ve been reading again the words of the Apostle Peter on the Day of Pentecost, as he boldly declared to everyone the testimony of Jesus in the power of the Holy Spirit. He called this outpouring of the Holy Spirit the “promise” from the Father and “poured out” by Jesus upon the people of God, now available to all who would answer the call of “the Lord our God,” proclaiming:

 

“This Jesus God has raised up, of which we are all witnesses. Therefore being exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He poured out this which you now see and hear.

 

For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he says himself:

‘The Lord said to my Lord,

“Sit at My right hand,

Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.”’

“Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ.

 

“Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, ‘Men and brethren, what shall we do?’

 

“Then Peter said to them, ‘Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call” (Acts 2:32-39).

 

This Promise of the Father, this outpouring of “the gift of the Holy Spirit” is for me and for my children, for every child of God who hungers and thirsts for You and the Presence and power of Your Spirit filling us up and overflowing through our lives, who will answer Your call available to all. “The promises of God in (Christ) are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us!” (2 Corinthians 1:20). “God is faithful, by whom (we) were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord” (1 Corinthians 1:9).

 

So this day and every day, I receive Your promise and embrace Your Spirit. I answer Your call and obey Your command to “be filled with the Spirit” (Ephesians 5:18). In this mystery of faith and by the power of God and the outpouring of Your Spirit, may I continually position my human spirit to “be baptized with the Holy Spirit” (Acts 1:6), to “receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon (me)” to “be (one of Your) witnesses to (You wherever I am) and to the end of the earth!” (Acts 1:8) In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.


Be encouraged today. In the love of Jesus, Tommy Hays


My friend, may you be "baptized with the Holy Spirit," filled up and overflowing with the Presence and the power of the Holy Spirit--this day and every day--to be a "testimony" to Jesus wherever you are and everywhere He sends you by His Spirit. God bless you, my friend! And you have a great day!


Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries

502 North Milam Street

Fredericksburg, Texas 78624


Please share this word to encourage a friend!

Anyone can sign up for free at:

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My Books on Inner Healing, Spiritual Freedom and Spiritual Intimacy with God are Available on Amazon: 

https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays


“Setting hearts free to be all they were created to be

—Free to Be Like Jesus—

secure in their identity, growing in maturity, fulfilling their destiny"

Please Keep us in Prayer for These

Messiah Ministries Events


June 20

Teaching on the End Times, Tribulation, and Rapture at a Home Group in Fredericksburg, Texas


June 23

Preaching Sunday Services at Bridge Church, Fredericksburg, Texas

https://bridgefbg.com/sunday-worship-live-stream


July 4

Speaking at the Patriotic Prayer Gathering at Gillespie County Courthouse Gazebo at 9:00AM before the 4th of July Parade in Fredericksburg, Texas


July 5

New Wine Worship at Messiah Ministries Home Base at 7:00PM in Fredericksburg, TX. All are Welcome! First Wednesday of Every Month


July 27

Speaking at the Aglow International Ministries Gathering for Interest to start of a citywide Prayer Lighthouse in Fredericksburg, Texas. All are welcome.


July 30-August 1

Teaching the Healing Academy at Aldersgate Renewal Ministries, Goodlettsville, TN in the Nashville, Tennessee area

https://www.aldersgaterenewal.org/arm-events


August

Ministry in Cartagena, Columbia


September 14

Wedding of Arturo Machado and Heather Tack at MorningStar Ministries, Fort Mill, South Carolina


Tuesday Nights at 6PM - Beginning Again Next September

Teaching our 9 Month Equipping Course on Tuesday Nights at 6PM at Bridge ChurchFredericksburg, Texas based on my books Free to Be Like Jesus! and First the Spirit

https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays


Wednesday Mornings

Joining with MorningStar Ministries to Lead Online Restoration Ministry Sessions for 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


Free On-line Video Series: Setting Hearts Free! 

My Core Teaching and Ministry

https://messiah-ministries.org/resources

https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays

Wednesday, June 12, 2024

Pentecost Outpouring “With One Accord in One Place” - June 12, 2024

 

Morning by Morning, June 12 - Pentecost Outpouring “With One Accord in One Place”

 

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Be at the center of my heart and in the middle of every moment of my day. ...

 

On the Biblical calendar, today is the day of Pentecost--fifty days after Passover. And You’re bringing to mind that day of Pentecost when Your Holy Spirit was poured out upon Your people of Your church, after the days You were crucified, dead, buried, raised from the dead, and ascended to Heaven:

 

“When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance” (Acts 2:1-4).

 

Bring us into “one accord” again! Bring us into “one place” again! “One accord” with Your will, “one place” of hungering and thirsting for the Presence and the power of Your Holy Spirit! “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled!” (Matthew 5:6)

 

Set us ablaze again with Your holy Fire! Sanctify our tongues again to speak Your words of spirit and truth and life in all that we say and pray and proclaim by Your Spirit!

 

Send Your “mighty rushing wind” again in our hearts to blow out the chaff and debris from our souls and fill us again with the Life and Breath of the Living God! May we all be “filled with the Holy Spirit!” and overflowing with Your words and Your power to turn our world upside down again (Acts 17:6).

 

Do it again, Lord! Come, Holy Spirit in Your power and Your Presence. May every hungry heart experience a fresh encounter of personal Pentecost, as You unite us together in “one accord” in a fresh Pentecostal outpouring in the “one place” of the heart of Your people of Your church around the world ‘til “the knowledge of the glory of the Lord covers the earth as the waters cover the sea!” (Habakkuk 2:14) In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.


Be encouraged today. In the love of Jesus, Tommy Hays


My friend, may you be filled up and overflowing with the Presence and the power of the Holy Spirit--this day and every day--as you hunger and thirst for righteousness, joined together with all who do around our world in "one accord in one place" of God's Presence. God bless you, my friend! And you have a great day!


Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries

502 North Milam Street

Fredericksburg, Texas 78624


Please share this word to encourage a friend!

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My Books on Inner Healing, Spiritual Freedom and Spiritual Intimacy with God are Available on Amazon: 

https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays


“Setting hearts free to be all they were created to be

—Free to Be Like Jesus—

secure in their identity, growing in maturity, fulfilling their destiny"

Please Keep us in Prayer for These

Messiah Ministries Events

June 23

Preaching Sunday Services at Bridge Church, Fredericksburg, Texas


July 4

Speaking at the Patriotic Prayer Gathering at Gillespie County Courthouse Gazebo at 9:00AM before the 4th of July Parade in Fredericksburg, Texas


July 27

Speaking at the Aglow International Ministries Gathering for Interest to start of a citywide Prayer Lighthouse in Fredericksburg, Texas. All are welcome.


July 30-August 1

Teaching the Healing Academy at Aldersgate Renewal Ministries, Goodlettsville, TN in the Nashville, Tennessee area

https://www.aldersgaterenewal.org/arm-events


August

Ministry in Cartagena, Columbia


September 14

Wedding of Arturo Machado and Heather Tack at MorningStar Ministries, Fort Mill, South Carolina


Tuesday Nights at 6PM - Beginning Again Next September

Teaching our 9 Month Equipping Course on Tuesday Nights at 6PM at Bridge ChurchFredericksburg, Texas based on my books Free to Be Like Jesus! and First the Spirit

https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays


Wednesday Mornings

Joining with MorningStar Ministries to Lead Online Restoration Ministry Sessions for 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


Free On-line Video Series: Setting Hearts Free! 

My Core Teaching and Ministry

https://messiah-ministries.org/resources

https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays

Monday, June 10, 2024

Isaiah 63:9 for My 63rd Year - June 10, 2024

 

Morning by Morning, June 10 - Isaiah 63:9 for My 63rd Year

 

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Help me begin my day deliberately embracing Your Presence--Father, Son, and Holy Spirit of God. ...

 

On this day, my sixty-third birthday, as has become my tradition for each year, I’m turning the 63rd Chapter of the Book of Isaiah. And the verse that speaks to my spirit most directly today is Verse 9:

 

“In all their distress He was distressed,

And the Angel of His Presence saved them;

In His love and in His mercy He redeemed them,

And He lifted them and carried them all the days of old”

(Isaiah 63:9 NASB).

 

Thank You, Lord. Whenever I’ve been distressed, You have been with me in my distress. Just as whenever I’ve been worried or anxious or afraid, whenever I’ve be discouraged or discontent or distracted, whenever I’ve been joyful or peaceful or kind, You have been with me. For You are with me “always” (Matthew 28:20). “The Angel of (Your) Presence never leaves me nor forsakes me, but always abides with me and even within me by Your Spirit (Hebrews 13:5; John 15:4; Colossians 1:27).

 

In all “(Your) love and (Your) mercy” for me, You have “redeemed” me. In all my sins and failures, You have forgiven me and cleansed me. In all my moments of questions or doubts, You have encouraged me and empowered me. In all my challenges and struggles, You have reminded me who I am in You and more importantly, who You are in me--secure in my identity to fulfill my destiny of every word You’ve written in Your book of life for me (Psalm 139:16; Revelation 20:15).

 

You’ve always lifted me and embraced me in Your everlasting love for me. You always “make known to me the way of life (where) in Your Presence is fullness of joy!” (Psalm 16:11) And You will always inspire me and empower me to live into the fullness of all You’ve created me to be and anointed me to do through “all the days of old” -- here at 63 years old and every year to come (Isaiah 63:9). In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.


Be encouraged today. In the love of Jesus, Tommy Hays


My friend, may you be inspired and empowered to live into the fullness of all the Lord has written of you in His book of life for you, in Jesus' name. God bless you, my friend! And you have a great day!


Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries

502 North Milam Street

Fredericksburg, Texas 78624


Please share this word to encourage a friend!

Anyone can sign up for free at:

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My Books on Inner Healing, Spiritual Freedom and Spiritual Intimacy with God are Available on Amazon: 

https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays


“Setting hearts free to be all they were created to be

—Free to Be Like Jesus—

secure in their identity, growing in maturity, fulfilling their destiny"

Please Keep us in Prayer for These

Messiah Ministries Events


June 10

My 63rd Birthday!


June 11

Speaking on Inner Healing and Deliverance in Mason, Texas


June 23

Preaching Sunday Services at Bridge Church, Fredericksburg, Texas


July 27

Speaking at the Aglow International Ministries Gathering for Interest to start of a citywide Prayer Lighthouse in Fredericksburg, Texas. All are welcome.


July 30-August 1

Teaching the Healing Academy at Aldersgate Renewal Ministries, Goodlettsville, TN in the Nashville, Tennessee area

https://www.aldersgaterenewal.org/arm-events


August

Ministry in Cartagena, Columbia


Wedding of Arturo Machado and Heather Tack at MorningStar Ministries, Fort Mill, South Carolina


Tuesday Nights at 6PM - Beginning Again Next September

Teaching our 9 Month Equipping Course on Tuesday Nights at 6PM at The Bridge Church, Fredericksburg, Texas based on my books Free to Be Like Jesus! and First the Spirit

https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays


Wednesday Mornings

Joining with MorningStar Ministries to Lead Online Restoration Ministry Sessions for 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


Free On-line Video Series: Setting Hearts Free! 

My Core Teaching and Ministry

https://messiah-ministries.org/resources

https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays