Morning by Morning, January 5, 2026 — Listening to Hear the “Still Small Voice”

 

Morning by Morning, January 5, 2026 — Listening to Hear the “Still Small Voice”   Good morning, Lord Jesus. I speak out Your name and listen for Your voice to begin my day looking to You. ... “Then He said, ‘Go out, and stand on the mountain before the Lord.’ And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind tore into the mountains and broke the rocks in pieces before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake; and after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice” (1 Kings 19:11-12). Elijah had seen You move in power in his past. He had walked in obedience and faith. He had experienced fire fall from heaven and hearts turned back to God. And at the same time, he had questions about what would come next and wondered about his place in Your plans. He had seen an awakening of revival in his nation, but now came the backlash and counterattacks, trying to intimidate him and discourage him. You called him out of his cave and onto Your mountain. Though You were moving in power all around him in the wind, in the earthquake, in the fire, You wanted him to hear You in his heart. You gave him room to speak out to You all his questions, even his complaints and concerns. You patiently listened. Then You told him where to go and what to do for his next season of life in ministry with You. He continued in the anointing of Your Presence with Your mantle of authority, but he also began to more diligently focus on raising up the next generation. Elijah’s renewed sense of spiritual direction didn’t come from all You had done in his past or even all You were doing around him. It came from hearing Your “still small voice” in his heart. Lord, help me hear Your “still small voice.” Those who seek to follow You know You and hear You (John 10:27). They hear the voice of One speaking Your word, saying, “This is the way, walk in it” (Isaiah 30:21). “For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God” (Romans 8:14). Thank You for calling me and every one of Your sons and daughters out of our caves and onto the mountain of Your Presence. To know You, to hear You, to follow You. Thank You for patiently listening to us get out of our hearts and minds everything that we think we need to express, so we can get quiet and wait and listen for Your leading. Thank You for giving us hearts of obedience to go in the power of Your grace in obedience and faith to fulfill our part in Your plans in every season of our lives and ministry. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.   Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays My friend, may you hear in your heart the still small voice of the One you know and hear in order to follow in obedience and faith, fulling your part in God's plans, in Jesus' name. Happy New Year and 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 you were created to be —Free to Be Like Jesus— secure in your identity, growing in maturity, fulfilling your destiny" https://messiah-ministries.org/partner/contribute

Please Keep us in Prayer for These Messiah Ministries Events Every Tuesday Night: (Starting up our 2nd Semester on Tuesday January 13 at 6pm) Teaching my annual 9 Month Discipleship and Equipping Course Free to Be Like Jesus! at Bridge Church Fredericksburg, Texas. 6:00PM Central Time Based on My Books Free to Be Like Jesus —Transforming Power of Inner Healing & Deliverance and First the Spirit—Right Alignment of Spirit, Soul and Body https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays January 22-23 Equipping Retreat with Wallshakers Intercessory Prayer Teaching Team for Mid-Texas Conference of the Global Methodist Church at Bracken Church, San Antonio, Texas January 29-31, 2026. Setting Hearts Free Revival Meeting at Goshen First Church, Global Methodist Church, in Goshen, Indiana February 17-18. Healing From the Inside Out Seminar at Hondo Methodist Church, Global Methodist Church, in Hondo, Texas February 2025 Return Ministry in Cartagena, Colombia March Return Ministry to Karachi and Lahore, Pakistan June 14 Preaching both Services at Bridge Church Fredericksburg, Texas. My past sermons available in the Sermon Archives: https://www.bridgefbg.com/messages 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

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Morning by Morning, January 2, 2026 – Ready. Set. Go! — Running the Race of Faith

 

Morning by Morning, January 2, 2026 – Ready. Set. Go! — Running the Race of Faith Good morning, Lord Jesus. Take my heart and lead my life, as I begin my 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). One way Your Word describes my journey of faith in You is like running a race. First, I get ready. I lay aside every weight that would weigh me down. That’s healing and freedom through the One who endured the cross for me. I get set free from every sin that would ensnare me or trip me up. That’s forgiveness and mercy through the One who endured the cross for me. Then, I get set. I position myself to listen for the shot to sound. That’s waiting on You, listening for You, learning to recognize Your voice in the intimacy of prayer, ready to trust and obey. Then, I go. When I hear the sound of Your command, I take off. Not too soon; not too late. But right in step and right on time because You’ve made me ready and I’m set to go. That’s active participation in Your plan and purpose. Not sitting back passively, waiting for somebody else or something else to happen. Not waiting for You to do something You’ve commanded me to do. But to “Go” in obedience and faith to run my race (Matthew 28:20). And nobody can run my race but me. As I go, as I’m running my race, I’m not looking at my feet. I’m not looking at the crowd. I’m not looking at myself. I’m looking to You, “looking unto Jesus.” Because You are the Goal. You are the Prize. You are the “Finisher” of my faith. The goal of this race to become more like You. As You are, so am I to be in my world (1 John 4:17). I become like the One I’m looking to, like the One I behold, being “transformed” into Your “same image” every step of this race “from glory to glory” (2 Corinthians 3:18). All by Your “same Spirit” empowering me, energizing me, making me more like You as I’m looking unto You (v. 17-18). Lord, let me run my race today and every day so as to win “the prize” (1 Corinthians 9:24). You are the Prize. You are the Goal. Becoming like You is the purpose of this race—to “be conformed to the image” of the Son of God who endured the cross for me (Romans 8:29). You endured Your cross for me so I could run my race for You, all for the sake of “the joy” set before You and now for the sake of the joy You set before me. By the power of Your grace, may I run well, may I finish well, may all be well with my soul on this journey of faith, this race of faith in transformation and conformation into Your image You set before me. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.   Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays My friend, may you run your race well by the power of God's grace, looking unto Jesus and being transformed and conformed into His image, in Jesus' name. Happy New Year and 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 you were created to be —Free to Be Like Jesus— secure in your identity, growing in maturity, fulfilling your destiny" https://messiah-ministries.org/partner/contribute

Please Keep us in Prayer for These Messiah Ministries Events Every Tuesday Night: Teaching my annual 9 Month Discipleship and Equipping Course Free to Be Like Jesus! at Bridge Church Fredericksburg, Texas. 6:00PM Central Time Based on My Books Free to Be Like Jesus —Transforming Power of Inner Healing & Deliverance and First the Spirit—Right Alignment of Spirit, Soul and Body https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays January 22-23 Equipping Retreat with Wallshakers Intercessory Prayer Teaching Team at Bracken Church, San Antonio, Texas January 29-31, 2026. Setting Hearts Free Revival Meeting at Goshen First Church, Global Methodist Church, in Goshen, Indiana February 17-18. Healing From the Inside Out Seminar at Hondo Methodist Church, Global Methodist Church, in Hondo, Texas February 2025 Return Ministry in Cartagena, Colombia March Return Ministry to Karachi and Lahore, Pakistan June 14 Preaching both Services at Bridge Church Fredericksburg, Texas. My past sermons available in the Sermon Archives: https://www.bridgefbg.com/messages 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 Some of My Books are Now in Other Languages (Spanish, French, Urdu) For Spanish: https://www.facebook.com/tommyhaysenespanol

Morning by Morning, January 1, 2026 — Seek First on the First

 

Morning by Morning, January 1, 2026 — Seek First on the First Good morning, Lord Jesus. Awaken my soul, as I look to You and listen for the leading of Your Spirit. ... “For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God” (Romans 8:14). Here in these first moments of this first morning of this new year, I sense You setting before me a choice. A choice of how to begin this year. A choice of how to lay the foundation for this year. A choice of how to set in motion my heart, my attitude, my perspective for this year. What comes to mind are these simple Words: “Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you” (Matthew 6:33). Yes, Lord. Let that be the standard for every choice, every decision I’ll make this year. Taking time to seek You. Setting the priority to seek You first. Not just in general, but in every specific. Not just along the way, but before the beginning my day. Not just at the beginning of my day, but then all along the way. You and Your kingdom, Your will, Your purposes, Your desires for the moments of my days. Let Your Spirit keep Your priority before me. Let me see what a year of my life would be like to truly seek You first instead of anything else first. May I truly be a son of God, led by the Spirit of God. And may I look back on this year in the first moments of the first morning of the next new year to see what You have done in me and through me. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.   Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays My friend, may you be led by the Spirit of God as a child of God, seeking God and the kingdom of God first every day and all along the way the way this new year, in Jesus' name. Happy New Year and 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 you were created to be —Free to Be Like Jesus— secure in your identity, growing in maturity, fulfilling your destiny" https://messiah-ministries.org/partner/contribute

Please Keep us in Prayer for These Messiah Ministries Events Every Tuesday Night: Teaching my annual 9 Month Discipleship and Equipping Course Free to Be Like Jesus! at Bridge Church Fredericksburg, Texas. 6:00PM Central Time Based on My Books Free to Be Like Jesus —Transforming Power of Inner Healing & Deliverance and First the Spirit—Right Alignment of Spirit, Soul and Body https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays January 22-23 Equipping Retreat with Wallshakers Intercessory Prayer Teaching Team at Bracken Church, San Antonio, Texas January 29-31, 2026. Setting Hearts Free Revival Meeting at Goshen First Church, Global Methodist Church, in Goshen, Indiana February 17-18. Healing From the Inside Out Seminar at Hondo Methodist Church, Global Methodist Church, in Hondo, Texas February 2025 Return Ministry in Cartagena, Colombia March Return Ministry to Karachi and Lahore, Pakistan June 14 Preaching both Services at Bridge Church Fredericksburg, Texas. My past sermons available in the Sermon Archives: https://www.bridgefbg.com/messages 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 Some of My Books are Now in Other Languages (Spanish, French, Urdu) For Spanish: https://www.facebook.com/tommyhaysenespanol

Morning by Morning, December 31, 2025 — Letting Go of 2025 and Laying Hold of 2026

 

Morning by Morning, December 31, 2025 — Letting Go of 2025 and Laying Hold of 2026   Good morning, Lord Jesus. I welcome You here in my heart and every moment of my day. ...   “Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 3:12-14).   Here at the end of the year of 2025, I let go of the past and press on to what lies ahead for the year 2026.   Thank You for every challenge You used to shape me, every person You used to inspire me, every situation You used to teach me and help make me more like You on my spiritual journey with every one of my brothers and sisters in Christ to be conformed to the image of the Son of God (Romans 8:28-29). By the power of Your grace, empower me to keep “reaching forward to those things which are ahead.” Empowering me to keep pressing on “toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.”   This is the goal You set before me: To draw closer to You. To become more like You. To do what You call me to do as I become who You’ve created me to be.   For this, “I press on.” For this, “I lay hold.” Thanking You for my past, but now letting go of my past, to embrace my future in You on my journey of faith with You—morning by morning, moment by moment, 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 to let go of the past and lay hold of your future, embracing all God has for you to draw you nearer to Him, to make you more like Him, to fulfill all you are called to do as you become all He's created you to be, in Jesus' name. 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 you were created to be —Free to Be Like Jesus— secure in your identity, growing in maturity, fulfilling your destiny" https://messiah-ministries.org/partner/contribute

Please Keep us in Prayer for These Messiah Ministries Events Every Tuesday Night: Teaching my annual 9 Month Discipleship and Equipping Course Free to Be Like Jesus! at Bridge Church Fredericksburg, Texas. 6:00PM Central Time Based on My Books Free to Be Like Jesus —Transforming Power of Inner Healing & Deliverance and First the Spirit—Right Alignment of Spirit, Soul and Body https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays December 19-29 With Rocio's Family and Ministry Opportunities in Acámbaro, Mexico and the area of Central Mexico January 29-31, 2026. Setting Hearts Free Revival Meeting at Goshen First Church, Global Methodist Church, in Goshen, Indiana February 17-18. Healing From the Inside Out Seminar at Hondo Methodist Church, Global Methodist Church, in Hondo, Texas February 2025 Return Ministry in Cartagena, Colombia March Return Ministry to Karachi and Lahore, Pakistan June 14 Preaching both Services at Bridge Church Fredericksburg, Texas. My past sermons available in the Sermon Archives: https://www.bridgefbg.com/messages 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 Some of My Books are Now in Other Languages (Spanish, French, Urdu) For Spanish: https://www.facebook.com/tommyhaysenespanol