Morning by Morning, September 26, 2024 - “I Will Lift Up My Eyes to the Hills”

 

Morning by Morning, September 26, 2024 - “I Will Lift Up My Eyes to the Hills”   Good morning, Lord Jesus. Let the Light of Your Glory arise in my heart today. ...   We’re blessed to live in what’s called “the Texas Hill Country” out west of Austin and northwest of San Antonio in a little community along the Pedernales River Valley called Fredericksburg. There are no mountains here, but there are hills and valleys. And they make for spectacular views at sunrise and sunset. This morning, I was just taking in the view and remembering Your Word of looking up to the hills, and personalizing it to myself:   “I will lift up my eyes to the hills— From whence comes my help? 2 My help comes from the Lord, Who made heaven and earth. 3 He will not allow (my) foot to be moved; He who keeps (me) will not slumber. 4 Behold, He who keeps (me) Shall neither slumber nor sleep. 5 The Lord is (me) keeper; The Lord is (my) shade at (my) right hand. 6 The sun shall not strike (me) by day, Nor the moon by night. 7 The Lord shall preserve (me) from all evil; He shall preserve (my) soul. 8 The Lord shall preserve (my) going out and (my) coming in From this time forth, and even forevermore” (Psalm 121:1-8).   Yes, Lord. “I will lift up my eyes to the hills.” ...   You are my Helper and my Keeper, the Maker of heaven and earth and in the middle of every moment of my day. I lift up my eyes to “the hills” which speak of Your Presence--high in the earth, high in my heart, high above all that would weigh me down or hold me back from all You’ve created me to be and all You have for me today.   Your Spirit brings to mind another invitation from Your Word to look up to the hill of Your Presence:   “The earth is the Lord’s, and all its fullness, The world and those who dwell therein. 2 For He has founded it upon the seas, And established it upon the waters. 3 Who may ascend into the hill of the Lord? Or who may stand in His holy place? 4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to an idol, Nor sworn deceitfully. 5 He shall receive blessing from the Lord, And righteousness from the God of his salvation. 6 This is Jacob, the generation of those who seek Him, Who seek Your face. Selah” (Psalm 24:1-6).   I seek Your face as I look up to Your hills this morning. Cleanse my hands and purify my heart. Let nothing but You be lifted up in my heart, as You are lifted up before me now and throughout the moments of my day. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. Be encouraged today. In the love of Jesus, Tommy Hays My friend, may you eyes be lifted up the hills of the Presence of the Lord, now and throughout the moments of your day, in Jesus' name, Amen. God bless you, my friend! And you have a great day! Click Here to Listen to Today's Prayer: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2375760 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: https://messiah-ministries.org 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"

Photo of a Texas Hill Country Sunrise on the edge of Fredericksburg Taken by our great friend, home group leader, and famous Texas sculptor, John Bennett

Please Keep us in Prayer for These Messiah Ministries Events Every Tuesday Night Teaching my 9 Month Equipping Course Free to Be Like Jesus! at Bridge Church Fredericksburg, Texas. 6:00PM Central Time Zoom link available by request to my email. Based on My Book, Free to Be Like Jesus: https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org October 2 New Wine Worship. Our Monthly Gathering for Worship, Praise in the Freedom and Depth of the Holy Spirit at our Messiah Ministries home base in Fredericksburg, Texas. All are welcome. 1st Wednesday of Every Month at 7pm. October 3 Speaking at Boerne, Texas Aglow Lighthouse Meeting. All are Welcome. October 11 Preaching Fire on the Mountain! Revival Fire Meeting at The Empty Cross of The Coming King Prayer Garden in Kerrville, Texas. 7:00PM All are Welcome! Spread the word! This will be the culmination night of the 10 Days of Prayer for the 10 Days of Awe Movement in Kerrville and Boerne, Texas October 17 Speaking at San Antonio Evening Aglow Meeting hosted at Friendship Church 7pm. All are welcome! November 2 Family Celebration for my wife Rocio's 60th Birthday! November 5-12 Ministry Trip to Cali, Colombia for Revival Meetings Again November 22-24 Teaching a Healing Academy at FUMC McMinnville, Tennessee December 7 Speaking at Kerrville Aglow Christmas Gathering December 19 10th Wedding Anniversary for Tommy & Rocio Hays! December 21 Wedding Celebration of Elijah & Ashleigh Hays in Maysville, Kentucky  Wednesday Mornings Leading Online Restoration Ministry Sessions for Online Connect Groups of MorningStar Ministries from around the world by appointment.   Personal Ministry Appointments Spiritual Direction Sessions and Personal Prayer Ministry Sessions of Inner Healing & Spiritual Freedom by Appointment. tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org  Sessions are without set cost and all contributions help support the calling and vision of Messiah Ministries. https://messiah-ministries.org/partner/contribute

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Morning by Morning, September 25, 2024 - “Set Things Right”

 

Morning by Morning, September 25, 2024 - “Set Things Right”   Good morning, Lord Jesus. I’m listening for Your leading (John 10:27). ...   As I wait, what comes to my heart are these words: “Set things right.” ...   Like every morning, I wait now to be led by the Spirit of God as a child of God (Romans 8:14). As I’m listening in my spirit for the wisdom, discernment, and leading of Your Holy Spirit, what comes into the heart of my spirit and then up to in the thoughts of my mind are these words:   “You ‘set things right’ by setting your heart on Me. It’s a choice. It’s an attitude. It’s a perspective that you determine in your heart to embrace. ‘Set things right’ by setting your heart on Me.” ...   Yes, Lord. As seek to discern what I believe I’m hearing in my heart, this Scripture immediately comes to mind to confirm what I believe are Your words to me this morning by the Spirit of God grounded in the Word of God from Colossians Chapter 3. It’s a long Passage, but powerful, convicting, enlightening, and confirming:   “If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. 2 Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. 3 For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory. "5 Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. 6 Because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience, 7 in which you yourselves once walked when you lived in them.   “8 But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth. 9 Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds, 10 and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him, 11 where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all and in all. Be encouraged today. In the love of Jesus, Tommy Hays My friend, may you be empowered by the grace of God to "set things right" as you set your heart on Jesus today, in Jesus' name, Amen. God bless you, my friend! And you have a great day! Click Here to Listen to Today's Prayer: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2375760 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: https://messiah-ministries.org 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 Every Tuesday Night Teaching my 9 Month Equipping Course Free to Be Like Jesus! at Bridge Church Fredericksburg, Texas. 6:00PM Central Time Zoom link available by request to my email. Based on My Book, Free to Be Like Jesus: https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org October 2 New Wine Worship. Our Monthly Gathering for Worship, Praise in the Freedom and Depth of the Holy Spirit at our Messiah Ministries home base in Fredericksburg, Texas. All are welcome. 1st Wednesday of Every Month at 7pm. October 3 Speaking at Boerne, Texas Aglow Lighthouse Meeting. All are Welcome. October 11 Preaching Fire on the Mountain! Revival Fire Meeting at The Empty Cross of The Coming King Prayer Garden in Kerrville, Texas. 7:00PM All are Welcome! Spread the word! This will be the culmination night of the 10 Days of Prayer for the 10 Days of Awe Movement in Kerrville and Boerne, Texas October 17 Speaking at San Antonio Evening Aglow Meeting hosted at Friendship Church 7pm. All are welcome! November 2 Family Celebration for my wife Rocio's 60th Birthday! November 5-12 Ministry Trip to Cali, Colombia for Revival Meetings Again November 22-24 Teaching a Healing Academy at FUMC McMinnville, Tennessee December 7 Speaking at Kerrville Aglow Christmas Gathering December 19 10th Wedding Anniversary for Tommy & Rocio Hays! December 21 Wedding Celebration of Elijah & Ashleigh Hays in Maysville, Kentucky  Wednesday Mornings Leading Online Restoration Ministry Sessions for Online Connect Groups of MorningStar Ministries from around the world by appointment.   Personal Ministry Appointments Spiritual Direction Sessions and Personal Prayer Ministry Sessions of Inner Healing & Spiritual Freedom by Appointment. tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org  Sessions are without set cost and all contributions help support the calling and vision of Messiah Ministries. https://messiah-ministries.org/partner/contribute

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Morning by Morning, September 24, 2024 - “Looking unto Jesus”

 

Morning by Morning, September 24, 2024 - “Looking unto Jesus”   Good morning, Lord Jesus. Put Your thoughts in my mind and Your desires in my heart, as I turn my eyes upon You in my spirit to begin me day embraced by my Father, centered in Christ, and filled with the Holy Spirit. ...   “Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God” (Hebrews 12:1-2).   Show me how go about my day “looking unto Jesus.” ...   As I wait and listen, these words come to my heart:   “To look unto Me is to set Me before you in every situation, in every encounter along the steps of your day. Be consciously aware of My Presence, for I am with you always. Deliberately, intentionally let Me put My thoughts in your mind and My desires in your heart, that you may act in My nature that comes from the character of My heart.” ...   Yes, Lord. I desire “the mind of Christ” (1 Corinthians 2:16).   I know You formed Your mind in my mind the moment I was saved and became “a new creation,” that “all things have become new” in You (2 Corinthians 5:17). In that way, “we might become the righteousness of God in (You)” (2 Corinthians 5:21). But at the same time, my old way of thinking still tries to come into the thoughts of my mind and the desires of my heart.   So I need You and the mercy and power of Your grace to be at work within me, giving me Your thoughts and Your desires as I deliberately, intentionally seek You and set You before me--now and throughout the moments of my day, as best as I can and all by Your grace--“looking unto Jesus.” In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. Be encouraged today. In the love of Jesus, Tommy Hays My friend, may you be filled with the grace of God empowering you to deliberately, intentionally go about your day "looking unto Jesus," in Jesus' name, Amen. God bless you, my friend! And you have a great day! Click Here to Listen to Today's Prayer: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2375760 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: https://messiah-ministries.org 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 Every Tuesday Night Teaching my 9 Month Equipping Course Free to Be Like Jesus! at Bridge Church Fredericksburg, Texas. 6:00PM Central Time Zoom link available by request to my email. Based on My Book, Free to Be Like Jesus: https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org October 2 New Wine Worship. Our Monthly Gathering for Worship, Praise in the Freedom and Depth of the Holy Spirit at our Messiah Ministries home base in Fredericksburg, Texas. All are welcome. 1st Wednesday of Every Month at 7pm. October 3 Speaking at Boerne, Texas Aglow Lighthouse Meeting. All are Welcome. October 11 Preaching Fire on the Mountain! Revival Fire Meeting at The Empty Cross of The Coming King Prayer Garden in Kerrville, Texas. 7:00PM All are Welcome! Spread the word! This will be the culmination night of the 10 Days of Prayer for the 10 Days of Awe Movement in Kerrville and Boerne, Texas October 17 Speaking at San Antonio Evening Aglow Meeting hosted at Friendship Church 7pm. All are welcome! November 2 Family Celebration for my wife Rocio's 60th Birthday! November 5-12 Ministry Trip to Cali, Colombia for Revival Meetings Again November 22-24 Teaching a Healing Academy at FUMC McMinnville, Tennessee December 7 Speaking at Kerrville Aglow Christmas Gathering December 19 10th Wedding Anniversary for Tommy & Rocio Hays! December 21 Wedding Celebration of Elijah & Ashleigh Hays in Maysville, Kentucky  Wednesday Mornings Leading Online Restoration Ministry Sessions for Online Connect Groups of MorningStar Ministries from around the world by appointment.   Personal Ministry Appointments Spiritual Direction Sessions and Personal Prayer Ministry Sessions of Inner Healing & Spiritual Freedom by Appointment. tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org  Sessions are without set cost and all contributions help support the calling and vision of Messiah Ministries. https://messiah-ministries.org/partner/contribute

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Morning by Morning, September 19, 2024 - “Joined” as “One” with God in the Mystery of Faith

 

Morning by Morning, September 19, 2024 - “Joined” as “One” with God in the Mystery of Faith   Good morning, Lord Jesus. You’re One with the Father, One with the Holy Spirit, and I embrace Your invitation to each of us to be one with You--for “he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him” (1 Corinthians 6:17). ...   Let my heart be joined with Your Heart. Let my mind be joined with Your Mind. Let my will be joined with Your will and my ways be joined with Your ways.   In marriage, Your Word says, “a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife and the two shall become one flesh” (Matthew 19:5; Genesis 2:24). In the joining of hearts and minds, there’s such a profound mystery of unity where the husband and wife both retain their individuality, but at the same time, “the two become one.” While separate in their unique identity in one sense, something also changes as they are joined together. “So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate” (Mathew 19:6).   In a similar way, that’s the invitation You offer to us--to become “one” with You, even as we maintain our unique identity. You’ll always be our Creator and we will always be Your created. You’ll always be our Savior and we will always be those You came to seek and to save. And at the same, You join us together as “one” with You--“one” with the Father, “one” with the Son, and “one” with the Holy Spirit in this profound mystery of faith. And in that same mystery of faith, nothing “shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 8:38-39).   You expressed Your passion for this unity of spirit in one of Your final prayers before going to the cross in Your great sacrifice of love: “That they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us.... I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me” (John 17:20-23).   Lord, give me grace to embrace this Truth and live into this mystery of faith where I’m joined with You as “one” forever and ever. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. Be encouraged today. In the love of Jesus, Tommy Hays My friend, may you be empowered to embrace the Truth of this profound mystery of faith that you have been made "one" with God through His mercy, grace, and love for you, Amen. God bless you, my friend! And you have a great day! Click Here to Listen to Today's Prayer: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2375760 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: https://messiah-ministries.org 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 Every Tuesday Night Teaching my 9 Month Course Free to Be Like Jesus! at Bridge Church Fredericksburg, Texas. Zoom link available by request to my email. 6:00PM Central Time Based on My Book, Free to Be Like Jesus: https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org October 3 Speaking at Boerne, Texas Aglow Lighthouse Meeting October 26 Preaching Fire on the Mountain! Revival Meeting at The Empty Cross of The Coming King Prayer Garden in Kerrville, Texas. 7:00PM All are Welcome! This will be the culmination of the 10 Days of Prayer for the 10 Days of Awe Movement in Kerrville and Boerne, Texas October 17 Speaking at San Antonio Evening Aglow Meeting hosted at Friendship Church 7pm. All are welcome! November 2 Family Celebration for my wife Rocio's 60th Birthday! November 5-12 Ministry Trip to Cali, Colombia for Revival Meetings Again November 22-24 Teaching a Healing Academy at FUMC McMinnville, Tennessee December 7 Speaking at Kerrville Aglow Christmas Gathering December 19 10th Wedding Anniversary for Tommy & Rocio Hays! December 21 Wedding Celebration of Elijah & Ashleigh Hays in Maysville, Kentucky  Wednesday Mornings Leading Online Restoration Ministry Sessions for Online Connect Groups of MorningStar Ministries from around the world by appointment.   Personal Ministry Appointments Spiritual Direction Sessions and Personal Prayer Ministry Sessions of Inner Healing & Spiritual Freedom by Appointment. tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org  Sessions are without set cost and all contributions help support the calling and vision of Messiah Ministries. https://messiah-ministries.org/partner/contribute

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Morning by Morning, September 18 - “Kings and Priests” of Our God

 

Morning by Morning, September 18 - “Kings and Priests” of Our God   Good morning, Lord Jesus. King of Kings and Lord of Lords, come rule and reign in my heart and every moment of my day (Revelation 19:16). ...   “John, to the seven churches which are in Asia:   “Grace to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne, and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth.   “To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. “Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen.   “‘I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says the Lord, ‘who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty’” (Revelation 1:4-8).   The Apostle John wrote these words from an island prison in exile from the world. But his heart was free, his faith was strong, his hope was secure as a citizen of Heaven and a son of God.   John was confident in his identity and declared the same of us--we are “kings and priests” to our God. “Kings” because we’ve been entrusted with dominion in our spheres of influence in this world under the authority of the One who is King of Kings and Lord of Lords. “Priests” because we’ve been made holy by the Blood of the Lamb who has cleansed us from our sins that we might enter into the holy place of the very Presence of our God as we worship in spirit and truth.   As we read and hear these Words, as we embrace and live this Truth, we are “blessed” by God and anointed by the Holy Spirit as “kings and priests” (v. 3). And our hearts are filled with faith and love of the One “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty!   One day You will be “coming in the clouds, and every eye will see (You).” But every moment of every day between now and that day to come, we can invite You to come in our hearts, to rule and reign in our lives--secure in our identity and fulfilling our destiny in You. To You, Lord God--Father, Son, and Holy Spirit--“be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.” In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. Be encouraged today. In the love of Jesus, Tommy Hays Tommy, may you be blessed with the confidence and security of your identity as a "king and priest" of our God through Jesus Christ, in Jesus' name, Amen. God bless you, my friend! And you have a great day! Click Here to Listen to Today's Prayer: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2375760 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: https://messiah-ministries.org 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 Every Tuesday Night Teaching my 9 Month Course Free to Be Like Jesus! at Bridge Church Fredericksburg, Texas. Zoom link available by request. 6:00PM Central Time Based on My Book, Free to Be Like Jesus: https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org October 3 Speaking at Boerne, Texas Aglow Lighthouse Meeting October 17 Speaking at San Antonio Evening Aglow Meeting hosted at Friendship Church 7pm. All are welcome! October 26 Preaching the Revival Meeting at The Empty Cross of The Coming King Prayer Garden in Kerrville, Texas. All are Welcome! November 5-12 Ministry Trip to Cali, Colombia for Revival Meetings Again November 22-24 Teaching a Healing Academy at FUMC McMinnville, Tennessee December 7 Speaking at Kerrville Aglow Christmas Gathering December 19 10th Wedding Anniversary for Tommy & Rocio Hays! December 21 Wedding Celebration of Elijah & Ashleigh Hays in Maysville, Kentucky  Tuesday Nights at 6PM - Beginning Again September 10th Teaching our 9 Month Equipping Course on Tuesday Nights at 6PM at 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  Lead Online Restoration Ministry Sessions for Online Connect Groups of MorningStar Ministries from around the world.   Personal Ministry Appointments Spiritual Direction Sessions and Personal Prayer Ministry Sessions of Inner Healing & Spiritual Freedom by Appointment. tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org  Sessions are without set cost and all contributions help support the calling and vision of Messiah Ministries. https://messiah-ministries.org/partner/contribute

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