Friday, August 08, 2025

Morning by Morning, August 7, 2025 - First Things First

 

Morning by Morning, August 7, 2025 - First Things First


Good morning, Lord Jesus. I speak out Your name and welcome You into every moment of my day. ...


“Who has performed and done it,

Calling the generations from the beginning?

‘I, the Lord, am the First;

And with the last I am He” (Isaiah 41:4).


Lord, You are “the First.” Be the First in my life. First Things first.


Let Your name be the first word from my mouth every morning. Let Your face be the first thing I seek as I begin each day in the communion of prayer and the fellowship of Your Spirit. Let Your will be my first desire and Your ways be my first choice.


Let everything else come second, as I seek You first, Your Kingdom of God, Your righteousness in my heart, where You set things right in me, right in my relationship with You, and right in my relationship with all others (Matthew 6:33).


By the power of Your grace at work within me, may I have no other gods before You (Exodus 20:3). Let every idol that would try to rise up and take Your place in my heart as my priority be cast down. Let every “stronghold” that would try to hold on strongly to my thoughts and desires, to try to replace Your place of authority and priority in my life be pulled down, “casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God” (2 Corinthians 10:4-5).


And let Your name be exalted. Let Your name be glorified. Let Your name and Your place be high and lifted up in my heart and life, right now in these first moments of my day and then throughout every moment of my day. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.


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


My friend, may the Lord who is the First be first in you heart and life, right now and every moment of your day with First Things first, in Jesus' name. God bless you, my friend! And you have a great day!


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Every Morning in Pakistan except Sunday Morning

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Every Saturday Morning in Pakistan through Zoom

Messiah Ministries Discipleship Training School in Pattoki, Pakistan


August 10

Joining with the Gillespie County Ministerial Association in our home community of Fredericksburg, Texas to Go School to School, praying over the schools, teachers, students, and administrators


August 18-25

Preaching Crusades and Ministry in return ministry to Cartagena, Colombia 


September 21 

Preaching the Sunday Morning Services at Bridge Church Fredericksburg, Texas


October 21

Speaking at Around the Table Monthly Faith Based Social Gathering at Yee Haw Ranch Fredericksburg, Texas 6:30pm. All are Welcome.



November

Prayers for Returning for ministry in Pakistan in Karachi, Pattoki, and Lahore


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Thursday, August 07, 2025

Morning by Morning, August 7, 2025 - “King of Glory” in King’s City and Throughout the Earth

 

Morning by Morning, August 7, 2025 - “King of Glory” in King’s City and Throughout the Earth


Good morning, Lord Jesus. Help me begin my day embraced by my Father, centered in Christ, and filled with the Holy Spirit. ...


“For the Lord is our Judge,

The Lord is our Lawgiver,

The Lord is our King;

He will save us” (Isaiah 33:22).


In the King’s City community of Nyeri, Kenya, we held our outdoor crusade gatherings our last week in the country. We prayer walked the community, praying in person for the people as we went, while praying for their shops and families, their needs they expressed and their hopes they desired. Not many refused the opportunity of prayer, as we prayed in the mighty name of Jesus.


The community was originally named after a tribal king, but we prayed and prophetically declared that the people of this community would experience the breakthrough and revival of the King of Kings and Lord of Lords! (Revelation 19:16) For “the Lord is our King; He will save us!” (Isaiah 33:22) There is salvation, breakthrough, and revival in no other name! (Acts 4:12)


Just like in King’s City, come rule and reign in my heart, King Jesus. You take Your place of authority and majesty, of Savior and Lord, in every area of my life, of my community, of my nation.


“The earth is the Lord’s, and all its fullness,

The world and those who dwell therein....


“Lift up your heads, O you gates!

Lift up, you everlasting doors!

And the King of glory shall come in.

Who is this King of glory?

The Lord of hosts,

He is the King of glory!” (Psalm 24:1, 9-10)


Fulfill the Promise of Your Word in me and in Your Body throughout the earth: “But truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord” (Numbers 14:21). “For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea!” (Habakkuk 2:14) As the hymn of battle and victory declares, “Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord!” Open the eyes of every heart to see You and the coming of Your glory, King Jesus! (Ephesians 1:18) In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.


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


My friend, may you open the gates of your heart, that the King of Glory may come in to rule and reign in every area of your life, your community, your nation, and throughout the earth, in Jesus' name. God bless you, my friend! And you have a great day!


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Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries

502 North Milam Street

Fredericksburg, Texas 78624


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—Free to Be Like Jesus—

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Every Morning in Pakistan except Sunday Morning

Messiah Ministries Christian School in Tara Garth, Pakistan with children from the Brick Kilns and village. Let me know if you're led to help support our school with Christian and Muslim students and teachers.

tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org

Every Saturday Morning in Pakistan through Zoom

Messiah Ministries Discipleship Training School in Pattoki, Pakistan


August 18-25

Preaching Crusades and Ministry in return ministry to Cartagena, Colombia 


September 21 

Preaching the Sunday Morning Services at Bridge Church Fredericksburg, Texas


October 21

Speaking at Around the Table Monthly Faith Based Social Gathering at Yee Haw Ranch Fredericksburg, Texas 6:30pm. All are Welcome.



November

Prayers for Returning for ministry in Pakistan in Karachi, Pattoki, and Lahore


Personal Ministry Appointments

Spiritual Direction Sessions and Personal Prayer Ministry Sessions of Inner Healing & Spiritual Freedom by Appointment in Person and Online through Zoom.

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

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Free On-line Video Series: Setting Hearts Free! 

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Wednesday, August 06, 2025

Morning by Morning, August 6, 2025 - “Rest for a while”

 

Morning by Morning, August 6, 2025 - “Rest for a while”


Good morning, Lord Jesus. I speak out Your name and listen for Your leading, for Your sheep hear Your voice, You know them, and they follow You (John 10:27). ...


This morning, I’m back home in my prayer chair to begin my day with You, after my long journey home from ministry in Kenya. I’m still praising You for all You have done. Here back at home in Texas, there are some pressing matters I’ll need to attend to, but I also need to yield to Your call to prioritize some time of rest in You—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit of God.


“And (Jesus) said to them, ‘Come aside by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while.’ For there were many coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat” (Mark 6:31).


Thank You for the blessing of all those who are coming and going in my life, as well as those who allow me to come and go in their lives. But just as we must take time to eat, we must also take time to rest.


Right now, my days and nights are mixed up from the changes of time zones. Even my summers and winters are mixed up from the changes of hemispheres. But whether my eyes are open or shut, whether I’m laying down in a bed or moving about my day, I pray for the grace of rest.


In my rising up or my sitting down, in my staying in or going out, I embrace the Promises of Your Word:


“My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest” (Exodus 33:14).


“Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light” (Matthew 11:28-29).


Even as I speak out this prayer and declare the Promises of Your Word, I sense a rest settling over my soul. I take in a big breath and say in my heart, “It’s good to be home. It’s good to be resting in You.” In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.


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


My friend, may you embrace the grace to rest in Jesus in every way you need and wherever you are, in Jesus' name. God bless you, my friend! And you have a great day!


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Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries

502 North Milam Street

Fredericksburg, Texas 78624


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—Free to Be Like Jesus—

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


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Every Morning in Pakistan except Sunday Morning

Messiah Ministries Christian School in Tara Garth, Pakistan with children from the Brick Kilns and village. Let me know if you're led to help support our school with Christian and Muslim students and teachers.

tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org

Every Saturday Morning in Pakistan through Zoom

Messiah Ministries Discipleship Training School in Pattoki, Pakistan


August 18-25

Preaching Crusades and Ministry in return ministry to Cartagena, Colombia 


September 21 

Preaching the Sunday Morning Services at Bridge Church Fredericksburg, Texas


October 21

Speaking at Around the Table Monthly Faith Based Social Gathering at Yee Haw Ranch Fredericksburg, Texas 6:30pm. All are Welcome.



November

Returning for ministry in Pakistan in Karachi, Pattoki, and Lahore


Personal Ministry Appointments

Spiritual Direction Sessions and Personal Prayer Ministry Sessions of Inner Healing & Spiritual Freedom by Appointment in Person and Online through Zoom.

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

Free On-line Video Series: Setting Hearts Free! 

My Core Teaching and Ministry

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Tuesday, August 05, 2025

Morning by Morning, August 5, 2025 - Heading Home from Kenya with Joy—Exhausted and Exhilarated!

 

Morning by Morning, August 5, 2025 - Heading Home from Kenya with Joy—Exhausted and Exhilarated!


Good morning, Lord Jesus. Where You go, I will go, as Your follow and disciple, seeking to be as faithful as I can (Matthew 4:19). ...


Writing my morning prayer today from the Heathrow Airport in London on my way home from Kenya to Texas, I’m both exhausted and exhilarated. I praise You for all You have done and excited for all You will do, as Your name is gloried and Your kingdom is advanced. I reminded of a time when Your first disciples returned with joy, having completed one of their mission of preaching the good news, healing the broken-hearted, and setting the captives free in the authority of Your name:


“Then the seventy returned with joy, saying, ‘Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name.’


“And (Jesus) said to them, ‘I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven’” (Luke 10:17-20).


Their great joy in faithfulness to You brought You great joy in thankfulness to our Father:


“In that hour Jesus rejoiced in the Spirit and said, ‘I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and revealed them to babes. Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in Your sight. All things have been delivered to Me by My Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son, and the one to whom the Son wills to reveal Him.’


“Then (Jesus) turned to His disciples and said privately, ‘Blessed are the eyes which see the things you see; for I tell you that many prophets and kings have desired to see what you see, and have not seen it, and to hear what you hear, and have not heard it’” (Luke 10:21-24).


Thank You, Lord, for blessing my eyes to see the things I have seen and the words of praise to You I have heard. In the authority of Your name, we saw salvations of souls, healing of bodies and hearts, freedom from spiritual captivity, cleansing of the land, opening of the heavens, and Fire of Revival. Thank You, for letting me be a part of what You are doing in this people and their land and in the nations of the earth in these days before Your return!


Thank You for speaking into the heart of my great friend for many years, who hosted my very first revival meeting under a tent in a tabaco field in rural Kentucky near the site of the famous Cane Ridge Revival, to invite me to be the Evangelist for the ministry team from his church. It was such an honor and joy to join with them (Pastor Jeff, Mandie, Levi, Laurie), along with Aaron and his sons, under the leadership and coordination of Bishop Gachengo and the citywide Council of Bishops of Nyeri, Kenya and Rev. Dr. Harrison from Washington currently and Sabasaba, Kenya originally.


Our last night of our last crusade was in the Kings’ City community of Nyeri. Named for an ancient tribal king, but now redeemed through prayer and prophetic proclamation as the city of the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Chairman of the citywide Bishop’s Council, Bishop Paul, declared there had never been a meeting like this in that community with such a spirit of unity from all the various churches coming together and such a Presence of the Spirit of the Lord on those grounds, as we all worshipped and prayed and ministered the healing love of God in Jesus’ mighty name in the power of the Holy Spirit. They want us to come again and again, the Lord willing with Your provision and grace.


Look what the Lord has done! Look what the Lord is doing and will do!


 In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.


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


My friends, may you be filled with joy as you follow Jesus everywhere He takes you to be His ambassador and disciple, whether in your home or to the nations, in Jesus' name. God bless you, my friend! And you have a great day!


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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 your identity, growing in maturity, fulfilling your destiny"


We Welcome Your Financial Support to Fulfill our Vision and Calling

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Please Keep us in Prayer for These

Messiah Ministries Events

and

We Welcome You to Join Us as You're Led to Fulfill our Vision and Calling with Your Prayers and Financial Support

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Every Morning in Pakistan except Sunday Morning

Messiah Ministries Christian School in Tara Garth, Pakistan with children from the Brick Kilns and village. Let me know if you're led to help support our school with Christian and Muslim students and teachers.

tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org

Every Saturday Morning in Pakistan through Zoom

Messiah Ministries Discipleship Training School in Pattoki, Pakistan


July 29-August 4 - Coming Home. Thank you for your prayers and support!

2nd Week of Ministry in Kenya! Thank you for all your prayers! We're seeing the Lord move in power and love and joy here! Outreach in "the slums", youth ministry, strategic prayer assignments, crusade meetings, revival meeting, pastors conference in Nyeri


August 18-25

Preaching Crusades and Ministry in return ministry to Cartagena, Colombia 


September 21 

Preaching the Sunday Morning Services at Bridge Church Fredericksburg, Texas


October 21

Speaking at Around the Table Monthly Faith Based Social Gathering at Yee Haw Ranch Fredericksburg, Texas 6:30pm. All are Welcome.



November

Returning for ministry in Pakistan in Karachi, Pattoki, and Lahore


Personal Ministry Appointments

Spiritual Direction Sessions and Personal Prayer Ministry Sessions of Inner Healing & Spiritual Freedom by Appointment in Person and Online through Zoom.

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

Free On-line Video Series: Setting Hearts Free! 

My Core Teaching and Ministry

https://messiah-ministries.org/resources

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