Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Morning by Morning, March 12 - Days of Noah, Favor of God

Good morning, Lord Jesus. I lift up my face and my heart to worship You and welcome You into every moment of my day, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.  ...

"The Lord saw that the wickedness of humankind was great in the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of their hearts was only evil continually. And the Lord was sorry that He had made humankind on the earth, and it grieved Him to His heart.... But Noah found favor in the sight of the Lord" (Genesis 6:2).

You reveal in Your Word, "Just as it was in the days of Noah, so too it will be in the days of the Son of Man" (Luke 17:23). But even as wickedness and darkness may increase to cover the face of the earth, You will always have a people who find Your favor and carry Your light to display Your glory:  "Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. For darkness shall cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples; but the Lord will arise upon you, and His glory will appear over you. Nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn" (Isaiah 60:1-3).

Noah was courageous in the face of the culture of his days. And Noah was obedient as he sought the face of his God. By the grace of God, he endured the darkness the covered the earth with a hope that was set on You. Then You blessed him and his family with Your favor, anointing them and commanding them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth," as You entrusted authority and dominion to their hands (Genesis 9:1-3).

These are the days of the Son of Man, with both good and evil growing up into full maturity for the harvest of souls to come at the end of the age (Matthew 13:36-43). And You still seek a people who will seek Your face to have Your heart to display Your glory with the light of Your Gospel. You still bless and anoint those who, like Noah, have found favor in Your sight because they have found You.

Like Noah, give us courage to overcome our world and wisdom to obey our Creator. With the authority we have in Christ, let us be fruitful and multiply, as we grow in maturity and make disciples of Christ to the ends of the earth. As Your light shines through us and Your glory arises upon us, "the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, 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,  I pray you will find favor with God and shine with the light of His glory everywhere He sends you with the authority and dominion He has entrusted to you. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

Friends, I'm excited to be speaking and ministering at the Heal The City Prayer Summit this weekend, March 14-15, sponsored by Healing Rooms of San Antonio. Please come join us if you can for this City-wide Prayer and Worship Gathering starting Friday Night (registration at www.HealingRoomsSA.com)
  
  

Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries
Healing from the Inside Out
  
Pastoral Director | Rapha God Ministries
4 Dominion Drive, Building 1
San Antonio, Texas 78257

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Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Morning by Morning, March 11 - Overcome the World

Good morning, Lord Jesus. You are the King of kings and Lord of lords. Be King and Lord of my life today.  ...

"They will make war on the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, for He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with Him are called and chosen and faithful" (Revelation 17:14).

Every day the world is at war with our faith. The wisdom of the world is at war with the wisdom of heaven; the ways of the world are at war with the ways of heaven. But we should not be surprised, as if something strange were happening. You said from the beginning, "In Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world" (John 16:33 NKJV).

You have overcome the world. You are the King of the kingdom of God and "(Your) kingdom not is of this world" (John 18:36). And now through faith in You, Your kingdom is within me (Luke 17:21). Because You have overcome, I can overcome, for You are in me and I am in You (John 15:5). In relationship with You and by the Presence and power of Your Spirit at work within me, I am one of Your "called and chosen and faithful."

You've not called me out of this world, but to overcome this world--all by the power of the grace of God at work within me (John 17:14-19). Empower me to overcome the wisdom and ways, the temptations and trials, of the world around me today. Let Your kingdom come, Your will be done, here in my heart in the midst of my world today. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays


My Friend,  I pray the Spirit of Christ within will overcome the spirit of the world around you, as You make Jesus King of kings and Lord of lords in every area of your life. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

Friends, I'm excited to be speaking and ministering at the Heal The City Prayer Summit this weekend, March 14-15, sponsored by Healing Rooms of San Antonio. Please come join us if you can for this City-wide Prayer and Worship Gathering starting Friday Night (registration at www.HealingRoomsSA.com)
  
  

Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries
Healing from the Inside Out
  
Pastoral Director | Rapha God Ministries
4 Dominion Drive, Building 1
San Antonio, Texas 78257

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Monday, March 10, 2014

Morning by Morning, March 10 - Tender Heart, Humble Mind

Good morning, Lord Jesus. As I begin my day, I deliberately choose to begin it with You -- embraced by my Father, centered in Christ, and filled with Your Spirit.  ...

"Finally, all of you, have unity of spirit, sympathy, love for one another, a tender heart, and a humble mind. Do not repay evil for evil or abuse for abuse; but, on the contrary, repay with a blessing" (1 Peter 3:8-9).

By the power of Your mercy and grace at work within me, make my heart more tender and make my mind more humble. Increase my desire and capacity for unity, sympathy, and love. Empower me to pray for those who persecute me, bless those who curse me, and love those who hate me (Matthew 5:44).

Help me have Your heart and mind; make more like You each day (Philippians 2:5). I confess I have far to go, but I do believe it is my heart for You to take me there. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays


My Friend,  may the Holy Spirit, sent from our Father God, make you more like Jesus each day. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

Friends, I'm excited to be speaking and ministering at the Heal This City Prayer Summit this weekend, March 14-15, sponsored by Healing Rooms of San Antonio. Please come join us if you can for this City-wide Prayer and Worship Gathering starting Friday Night (free registration at www.HealingRoomsSA.com)
  



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Healing from the Inside Out
  
Pastoral Director | Rapha God Ministries
4 Dominion Drive, Building 1
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Thursday, March 06, 2014

Morning by Morning, March 6 - Steady Steps

Good morning, Lord Jesus. As I journal my prayers, I open my heart and focus my thoughts on You alone in these first moments of my morning to set the course for my day. ...

"He will guard the feet of His faithful ones ..." (1 Samuel 2:8).

Guard my feet and guide my steps. "Keep my steps steady according to Your promise, and never let iniquity have dominion over me" (Psalm 119:133). Lead me in the paths of Your righteousness.

Lord, I need You to put Your thoughts in my mind and Your desires in my heart. I need you to continually give me the desire and the power to "follow in (Your) steps" (1 Peter 2:21). By Your Spirit leading my spirit, help me choose each day and throughout the moments of my day to "walk in the way of the good, and keep to the paths of the just" -- as best as I can and all by Your grace (Proverbs 2:20). In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays


My Friend,  may the Spirit of God guard your feet and guide your steps, leading you into the fullness of the promises and favor of God today. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend! 

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Healing from the Inside Out
  
Pastoral Director | Rapha God Ministries
4 Dominion Drive, Building 1
San Antonio, Texas 78257

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Wednesday, March 05, 2014

Healing Service with Max Lucado & Tommy Hays Tonight in San Antonio

Please join us if you can or join us by prayer or by Live-Stream if you can't tonight for our Healing Prayer Service at 7PM Central Standard Time at Oak Hills Church in San Antonio, Texas

I'm excited to be joining Max Lucado at the Crownridge Campus of Oak Hills Church on I-10 in San Antonio to share a message on hope and healing. Our Rapha God Ministries Prayer Team will be joining the Oak Hills Prayer Team and Elders to pray personally for everyone at the altar. We'll also have Spanish-speaking prayer teams.

May the name of Jesus be high and lifted up as we encounter the healing love of God in spirit, soul, and body. May you also experience the Lord's power and Presence in your church and community. Thank you for your prayers!

God bless you, my friend!
  
Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries
Healing from the Inside Out
  
Pastoral Director | Rapha God Ministries
4 Dominion Drive, Bldg 1
San Antonio, Texas 78257

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Morning by Morning, March 5 - Ashes and Honor

Good morning, Lord Jesus. I humble myself in Your sight and pray You would lift me up in Your embrace. Help me begin this day and every day embraced by the Father, centered in Christ, and filled with the Spirit.  ...

"But Tamar put ashes on her head, and tore the long robe that she was wearing; she put her hand to her head, and went away, crying aloud as she went" (2 Samuel 13:19).

In many traditions and streams of the Body of Christ today, people put ashes on their head or receive the imposition of ashes on their heads from their priest or pastor to mark Ash Wednesday. Part of the meaning is to speak of an attitude of humility and repentance for sin on this first day of the Lenten season of forty days before Easter Sunday. And any cultures and traditions in the world also celebrate Fat Tuesday the night before as one night of revelry before forty days of repentance.

But regardless or our traditions and rituals, You are a God who "draws near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit" (Psalm 34:18). "A broken and contrite heart, O God, You will not despise" (Psalm 51:17). As we humble ourselves in Your sight, You lift us up (James 4:10). You are our God who "raises up the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap to make them set with princes and inherit a seat of honor" (1 Samuel 2:8).

Thank You for the forgiveness of sins and the embrace of Your love. Rather than just a day on the calendar or a ritual in the Church, help me live a lifestyle of humility of heart so I can also live a life fully embraced in Your Presence and lifted up into the place of honor in Your heart. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays


My Friend,  may you be lifted up by the Holy Spirit into the place of honor in the heart of our God as you humble yourself in His sight today. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!


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Healing from the Inside Out
  
Pastoral Director | Rapha God Ministries
4 Dominion Drive, Building 1
San Antonio, Texas 78257

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Tuesday, March 04, 2014

Morning by Morning, March 4 - Words of Life

Good morning, Lord Jesus. I seek Your face, call out Your name, and listen for Your voice, here in these first moments of my morning to start my day deliberately in Your Presence.  ...

"Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits" (Proverbs 18:21).

Sanctify my tongue, Lord. Fill my heart with Your Spirit and my mouth with Your words. Help me keep in communion with Your throughout the moments of my day so that I only speak the words I hear You speak. "Whoever is from God hears the words of God" (John 8:47).

Let my words bring life and not death, build up and not tear down. Let the blessings from Your heart be released through the words of my mouth into the hearts and lives of those You bring across my path today. "Let the words of my mouth and the mediation of my heart be acceptable to You, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer" (Psalm 19:14). In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays


My Friend,  may the Holy Spirit fill your heart and mouth with the words of God today. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!


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Healing from the Inside Out
  
Pastoral Director | Rapha God Ministries
4 Dominion Drive, Building 1
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Monday, March 03, 2014

Morning by Morning, March 3 - "Equip the Saints" for Maturity in Christ

Good morning, Lord Jesus. I look to You and listen for the leading of Your voice. ...

"The gifts He gave were that some would be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of the ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until all of us come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to maturity, to the measure of the full stature of Christ" (Ephesians 4:11-13).

Equip us and mature us. Build us up and grow us up as the body of Christ with the heart of Christ. Put Your thoughts on our mind and Your desires in our heart. Make us more like You each day. "We must no longer be children.... But speaking the truth in love, we must grow up in every way into Him who is the head, into Christ" (v. 14-15).

As You are doing with the body of Christ as a whole in this season, also show me personally within myself where I need to be built up and to grow up. Show me what is still immature within me. I want to embrace Your will to conform me into the image of the Son of God (Romans 8:29).

"When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became an adult, I put an end to childish ways" (1 Corinthians 13:11). Lord, I want to be an adult in the Spirit and mature in Christ. And I want to know my part and take my place in the mature and healthy, equipped and empowered body of Christ that has grown into "the measure of the full stature of Christ" (Ephesians 4:13). Give me grace to embrace all You desire to do in me to accomplish Your will. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays


My Friend,  may the Holy Spirit equip you and mature you, together with the body of Christ, to be built up and grow up into the full measure of the stature of Christ. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

Friends, thank you for praying for us this past weekend for  ourLevel 1 School of Ministry helping equip the Body of Christ for the ministry of inner healing and deliverance -- "healing from the inside out." We had another full class of 80 again at Rapha God Ministries, being hosted at Oak Hills Church in San Antonio! The Holy Spirit moved mightily among us with students from many different streams and churches of the body of Christ. We'll be staring our Level 2 School in a couple of weeks on Thursday Nights for seven weeks. God bless you as God equips you for the work of ministry where He has strategically positioned you.


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Healing from the Inside Out
  
Pastoral Director | Rapha God Ministries
4 Dominion Drive, Building 1
San Antonio, Texas 78257

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Friday, February 28, 2014

Morning by Morning, February 28 - The Hands and Heart of Jesus

Good morning, Lord Jesus. You are mighty to save -- mighty to minister the fullness of Your salvation to us -- eternal life, healing, deliverance, wholeness and holiness in every dimension of our being. Show Yourself mighty in my life today.  ...

"Once, when He was in one of the cities, there was a man covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he bowed with his face to the ground and begged him, 'Lord, if you choose, you can make me clean.' Then Jesus stretched out His hand, touched him, and said, 'I do choose. Be made clean.' Immediately the leprosy left him" (Luke 5:12-13).

Just as You did when You walked this earth in the flesh, You continue move through this earth in the power of Your Spirit saving the lost, healing the sick, casting out demons, cleansing the leapers, raising the dead. You still choose to stretch out Your hand and heal in the hurting, broken, and bound in spirit, soul, and body.

You are "the same yesterday and today and forever" (Hebrews 13:8). And we are Your Body -- the Body of Christ, filled with the Spirit of Christ, continuing the ministry of Christ (Matthew 10:8). As the Father sent You, so You send us to teach what You taught, to do what You did, in the power that You had (John 20:21). The same Spirit that anointed You to preach the Good News of the Kingdom of God, to heal the sick, to overcome evil is the same Spirit within us as the Body of Christ (John 20:22).

Lord, stretch out Your hand to save and heal and deliver today. Let us be Your Body, filled with Your Spirit, continuing Your ministry, everywhere You send us. We are Your expression of Your hands and Your heart in this earth (1 Corinthians 12:27). In Jesus name I pray. Amen.

Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays


My Friend,  I pray you will know you are an expression of the hands and heart of Jesus today. May He be mighty to save, heal, and deliver through you in the power of His Spirit within you wherever He sends you. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

Friends, please keep us in prayer this week for our Level 1 School of Ministry this Thursday through Saturday, helping equip the Body of Christ for the ministry of inner healing and deliverance -- "healing from the inside out." We're excited to have a full class again at Rapha God Ministries, being hosted at Oak Hills Church in San Antonio!


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Healing from the Inside Out
  
Pastoral Director | Rapha God Ministries
4 Dominion Drive, Building 1
San Antonio, Texas 78257

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Thursday, February 27, 2014

Morning by Morning, February 27 - "Chosen and Destined by God"

Good morning, Lord Jesus. I abide in You, as You abide in me.  ...

"(We) have been chosen and destined by God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit to be obedient to Jesus Christ and to be sprinkled with His blood. May grace and peace be (ours) in abundance" (1 Peter 1:2).

Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, You are the Lord my God. As best as I can and all by Your grace, I entrust every dimension of my being to every dimension of Your Being. I'm covered by Your blood and embraced by Your love. I'm chosen and destined by God to be filled with Your Spirit and follow Christ. As I do, all by the power of Your grace at work within me, Your peace will abound in me, regardless of what's not at peace around me.

No matter what challenges I may face or even injustices I may endure, even when it seems I'm being "tested by fire," I have "an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for (me)" (v. 3-9). You're at work through it all, with me through it all, developing "the genuineness of (my) faith--being more precious than gold" (v. 7). May my life "be found to result in (Your) praise and glory and honor when (more and more of the nature of) Jesus Christ is revealed (in me) (v.7). In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays


My Friend,  I pray you will the peace of Christ in the depths of your heart no matter what fires of testing you endure in faith, so that God may express His praise and glory and honor through your life. May you always know you are chosen and destined by God. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

Friends, please keep us in prayer this week for our Level 1 School of Ministry this Thursday through Saturday, helping equip the Body of Christ for the ministry of inner healing and deliverance -- "healing from the inside out." We're excited to have a full class again at Rapha God Ministries, being hosted at Oak Hills Church in San Antonio!


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Healing from the Inside Out
  
Pastoral Director | Rapha God Ministries
4 Dominion Drive, Building 1
San Antonio, Texas 78257

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Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Morning by Morning, February 26 - Walking and Talking with Jesus

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Walk with me and talk with me and tell me I am Your own. ...

"Now on that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus.... While they were talking and discussing, Jesus Himself came near and went with them.... Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets, He interpreted to them the things about Himself in all the Scriptures.... They said to each other, 'Were not our hearts burning within us while He was talking to us on the road, while He was opening the Scriptures to us?'" (Luke 24:13-32).

Come alongside me today, Lord Jesus. Open up the Word of God to me. Let Your Spirit burn inside of me as the Word of God within me. You're my Lord and Savior, my Father and Friend. You're my Constant Companion.

Open the eyes of my heart to see You as You truly are (v. 31). Stir in my heart to know the intimacy and power of Your Presence, forever with me throughout every moment of my day. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays


My Friend,  I pray you will experience the intimacy and power of the Presence of Jesus in your journey today. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

Friends, please keep us in prayer this week for our Level 1 School of Ministry this Thursday through Saturday, helping equip the Body of Christ for the ministry of inner healing and deliverance -- "healing from the inside out." We're excited to have a full class again at Rapha God Ministries, being hosted at Oak Hills Church in San Antonio!


Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries
Healing from the Inside Out
  
Pastoral Director | Rapha God Ministries
4 Dominion Drive, Building 1
San Antonio, Texas 78257

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Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Morning by Morning
Daily Prayer Journey with Tommy Hays
Morning by Morning, February 25 - "Gathered in My Name"

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Help me start this day and every day embraced by my Father, centered in Christ, and filled with Your Holy Spirit.  ...

"For where two or three are gathered in My name, I am there among them" (Matthew 18:20).

These days, most of my days are spent in two hour, inner healing, prayer ministry sessions. Two or three of us gather together in the authority Your name and by the power of Your Spirit to come alongside one of Your children who is bound or broken, wounded or afraid, shutdown or ashamed and help them release to You everything in them that's holding them back from being all You created them to be. We help facilitate an encounter with You so they can let go of the past and "press on toward the goal for the prize of the heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus" (Philippians 3:13-14).

You're always there in the midst of us. You're always healing what was broken, restoring what was stolen, affirming their identity and awakening their destiny, all in the intimacy of Your Presence. We're really there just to help that hurting one embrace their Healer, take hold of their Deliverer, and arise into newness of life to advance into the fullness of their inheritance in Christ.

It can be exhausting, but it's always exhilarating. It never gets old to see You heal the brokenhearted and set the captives free, to see You bring beauty from ashes and give Your wounded and weary children the garments of praise instead of the spirit of heaviness, so that they may be established in Your love as oaks of righteousness (Isaiah 61:1-4, fulfilled in Luke 4:18-19).

We'd never see a healing, never experience a deliverance, never see the diamond of the hidden treasure of someone heart burst forth in the light of Your glory if You weren't there. Apart from You, we can do nothing (John 15:5). But we are never apart from You; You are with us always (Matthew 28:20). You're always speaking, always inviting us to hear Your voice and follow the leading of Your Spirit (John 10:3). And wherever two or three are gathered together in intimacy and power of Your name, there is Love, for You are there in the midst of us.

Lord God -- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, thank You for the gift of spending the days of my life ministering the healing love of God. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays


My Friend,  I pray you will experience the intimacy and power of the Presence of Jesus wherever He leads you to gather in His name today and every day. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

Friends, please keep us in prayer this week for our Level 1 School of Ministry this Thursday through Saturday, helping equip the Body of Christ for the ministry of inner healing and deliverance -- "healing from the inside out." We're excited to have a full class again at Rapha God Ministries, being hosted at Oak Hills Church in San Antonio!



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Healing from the Inside Out
  
Pastoral Director | Rapha God Ministries
4 Dominion Drive, Building 1
San Antonio, Texas 78257

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Monday, February 24, 2014

Morning by Morning, February 24 - "A Seal Upon Your Heart"

Good morning, Lord Jesus. I lift up my eyes and open up my heart to welcome You into every moment of my day.  ...

"Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm; for love is strong as death, passion fierce as the grave. Its flashes are flashes of fire, a raging flame" (Song of Solomon 8:6).

Seal me to Your heart, Lord. Awaken a fierce and passionate love in me that burns for You like an unquenchable fire (v. 8:7). Let there be nothing religious or routine in my relationship with You. Let there be nothing lukewarm or lackluster, nothing halfhearted or hollow.

Lord, let Your first commandment be my first love (Exodus 20:1). Don't ever let me be among those whose love grows cold (Matthew 24:12). By the power of the grace of God, let me never forget my First Love (Revelation 2:4).

Move in me to love You with all my heart and mind and soul and strength (Matthew 22:36).  You are a Consuming Fire for me; I want to be a consuming fire for You (Hebrews 12:29). In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays


My Friends,  I pray you will burn with a fierce and passionate love for the Lord your God with all your heart, mind, soul, and strength. May the Lord set you as a seal upon His heart. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

Friends, please keep us in prayer this week for our Level 1 School of Ministry this Thursday through Saturday. We're excited to have a full class again at Rapha God Ministries, being hosted at Oak Hills Church in San Antonio!

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Healing from the Inside Out
  
Pastoral Director | Rapha God Ministries
4 Dominion Drive, Building 1
San Antonio, Texas 78257

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Friday, February 21, 2014

Morning by Morning, February 21 - Wheat and Weeds

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Help me hear Your voice and follow Your leading -- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.  ...

"(Jesus) put before them another parable:  'The kingdom of heaven may be compared to someone who sowed good seed in his field; but while everybody was asleep, an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, then went away. So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared as well.... Let both of them grow together until the harvest; and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, Collect the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn'" (Matthew 13:24-30).

Lord, as I grow up by Your grace into maturity, help me grow in discernment. Send in Your reapers to gather the weeds out of my own heart so that the grains of wheat that have grown from the seed of the words of Spirit and life You've planted in my heart may be gathered into Your great harvest. "As a plan for the fullness of time, (You) gather all things up in (Christ), things in heaven and things on earth. In Christ we have also obtained an inheritance, having been destined according to the purpose of Him who accomplishes all things according to His counsel and will, so that we, who were the first to set our hope on Christ, might live for the praise of His glory" (Ephesians 1:10-12).

I pray for increase in the "Spirit of wisdom and revelation as (I) come to know (You), so that, with the eyes of (my) heart enlightened, (I) may know what is the hope to which (You) have called (me) ..." (Ephesians 1:17-18). I pray for an increase in the spiritual gift of discernment (1 Corinthians 12:10).

You are "the One who sows the good seed" (Matthew 13:37). And by the grace of God, I am one of Your "children of the kingdom" (Matthew 13:38). Let there be a harvest of righteousness in my heart, as You bundle up and burn everything in me that's not like You (Matthew 13:43). In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays


My Friend,  may you grown in discernment as the wheat and weeds in this world grow up into maturity, and may your heart be a part of God's great harvest of righteousness in the earth. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

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Healing from the Inside Out
  
Pastoral Director | Rapha God Ministries
4 Dominion Drive, Building 1
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Thursday, February 20, 2014

Morning by Morning, February 20 - "In the Valley of Decision"

Good morning, Lord Jesus. You are the King of kings and Lord of lords. Rule and reign in my life; be Lord of every moment of my day.  ...

"Multitudes, multitudes, in the valley of decision! For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision" (Joel 3:11)

In a sense, every day is the day of the Lord and every valley is the valley of decision. You set before us each day life or death, blessing or curse; and You invite us to choose whom we will trust, whom we will obey, whom we will serve.

All Your promises are before us. The abundance of life we can have in You is ready to be embraced every day if we will turn and look to the One who promises to bring us through every valley and into the fulfillment of our inheritance. As You said to Moses and Joshua and all the children of Israel, You say to us every day:  "I call heaven and earth to witness against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Choose life so that you and your descendants may life, loving the Lord your God, obeying Him, and holding fast to Him; for that means life to you and length of days, so that you may live in the land that the Lord swore to give to your ancestors, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob" (Deuteronomy 30:19-20).

As we choose You and keep choosing You, You bring us through every valley (Psalm 23:4). You bring us through the waters and rivers and fires, for You love us and You are with us (Isaiah 43:1-5).  So as best as I can and all by Your grace, I choose You. "As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord" (Joshua 24:15). Let this day be a good day, a day of the Lord in my life. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays


My Friend,  may you know the Presence and power and grace of God with you through every decision, as you keep choosing Him and trusting Him to faithful to you through whatever choices you face. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries
Healing from the Inside Out
  
Pastoral Director | Rapha God Ministries
4 Dominion Drive, Building 1
San Antonio, Texas 78257

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