Wednesday, February 07, 2018

Morning by Morning, February 7 - Victory and Deliverance through Every Spiritual Battle!
 
Good morning, Lord Jesus. King of kings and Lord of lords, be King of my heart and Lord of my life this day and every day.  ...
 
"But Moses said to the people, 'Do not be afraid, stand firm, and see the deliverance that the Lord will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians whom you see today you shall never see again. The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to keep still.' Then the Lord said to Moses, 'Whey do you cry out to me? Tell the Israelites to go forward. But you lift up your staff, and stretch out your hand over the seas on the dry ground.... Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea. The Lord drove the sea back by a strong east wind all night, and turned the sea into dry land; and the waters were divided. The Israelites went into the sea on dry ground, the waters forming a wall for them on their right and on their left. The Egyptians pursued, and went into the sea after them, all of Pharaoh's horses, chariots, and chariot drivers.... Then the Lord said to Moses, 'Stretch out your hand over the sea, so that the water may come back upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots and chariot drivers.' So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at dawn the sea returned to its normal depth. AS the Egyptians fled before it, the Lord tossed the Egyptians into the sea. The waters returned and covered the chariots and the chariot drivers, the entire army of Pharaoh that had followed them into the sea; not one of them remained" (Exodus 14:13-28).
 
The physical warfare the children of Israel faced under the Old Covenant speaks to us of the spiritual warfare we face under the New Covenant. All that they endured and learned in the physical realm of their day "serve as an example, and they were written down to instruct us" for all we endure and learn in the spiritual realm today (1 Corinthians 10:11). Pharaoh and his armies speak of our spiritual enemy and his armies who pursue us to destroy us--"The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. (You) came that (we) may have life, and have it abundantly" (John 10:10). "For our struggle is not against enemies of blood and flesh, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in heavenly places" (Ephesians 6:12).
 
In the example and lesson of Moses, You told the Israelites to stand firm, to stand still and see the deliverance of the Lord. And at the same time You told them to go forward through the sea when You rolled back the waters. In standing firm and standing still, they were not to be merely passive in Your deliverance. They were to be actively obedient to take their steps of faith through the waters to the other side. Likewise, You were the One who parted the waters for Israel to pass and then closed the waters to destroy her enemies. But at the same time, Moses was not to be merely passive in his faith, but actively stretching his rod over the waters to open then and then to close them. You were their Deliverer, the battle belonged to the Lord; and at the same time, they were called to be actively engaged in their deliverance through the warfare they faced. And so it is with us.
 
Moses stretched out his rod over the waters. What is our rod of authority? The Israelites walked in obedient faith through the waters. What are our steps of faith? They walked across on safe and dry ground that had been at the bottom of the sea. Where is our place of our safe and holy ground? ...
 
As I ponder these questions, I believe I hear You speaking to my heart:  "I Am your Rod of Authority. I Am Your Holy Ground. The weapons of your warfare are the means of My grace. As I empower you by My grace, actively use your mighty weapons to actively participate with Me in your deliverance. Humility, intimacy, authority, and praise--these are mighty weapons of your warfare for the bringing down of spiritual strongholds as I defeat your enemies before your eyes."
 
Yes, Lord. Thank You for these "weapons of our warfare" (2 Corinthians 10:4). Thank You for "humility," that we can humble ourselves in Your sight to willingly choose to be desperately dependent upon You alone to be our Salvation, our Healer, and our Deliverer. Thank You for "intimacy," that we can draw near to You, forgiven from sin and secure in our identity as children of God, favored by our Father and resting in Your Presence. Thank You for "authority," that we can pray and speak in the power of the name and the blood of Jesus, grounded in the Word of God, confident in the certainty of Your promises and provision and protection. Thank You for "praise," that we can worship You in spirit and truth, looking up to You to behold Your glory as You change us into Your image from glory to glory, setting our minds and hearts on the things that are above, on the things that are eternal, seated with Christ in the heavenly places, and forever abiding and embraced in the unfailing love of Your Presence.
 
Help me keep learning and living into all You've provided for my deliverance from my spiritual enemies in every spiritual battle I'll ever face. Thank You for Your unbreakable promise in Your unfailing love that "in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us" (Romans 8:37). "Thanks be to God, who give us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!" (1 Corinthians 15:57). In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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




My Friend, I pray you continue to grow and lead in the mighty weapons and means of grace the Lord has given you in humility, intimacy, authority, and praise that you may know His victory and deliverance in every spiritual battle, in Jesus' name! Please pray the same for meGod bless you, my friend! 

 
I'm excited to be sharing this word of hope and healing at the First Wednesday Service of Worship and Healing Prayer Tonight at Oak Hills Church, Crownridge, in San Antonio at 7pm.  Come join us! All are welcome!    


Friends, thank you so much for all your prayers last Saturday, as I was able to share a word of healing and hope to a village community in Pakistan though live-streaming internet where the Gospel is rarely shared. 


Here is the Pastor Fazel's Praise Report
Dear Pastor Tommy Hays, Thanks very much to do Skype Video Online Live Meeting again in Village. Praise God, 217 Souls are saved and 33 persons are healed. People are insisting and requesting us to do every month a Skype Video Meeting in their different unreached villages. 

Please let me know if you sense a calling to help us be able to arrange more of these monthly gatherings sharing the Gospel with a designated gift to our Pakistan Internet Ministry


I welcome you to join with me in a daily journey of passionate, pursuing prayer through my 365 Day Prayer Devotional, Morning by Morning, Second Edition, for a deeply intimate and personal journey of prayer each day.


https://www.amazon.com/Morning-Daily-Prayer-Journey-Second/dp/1540466922/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1515422684&sr=8-2

 

 

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 06, 2018

Morning by Morning, February 6 - A "Set Time ... In Due Season"
 
Good morning, Lord Jesus. O Lord, my God--Father, Son, and Holy Spirit--take hold of me and every dimension of my life--spirit, soul, and body.  ...
 
"They said to him, 'Where is your wife Sarah?' And he said, 'There, in the tent.' Then one said, 'I will surely return to you in due season, and your wife Sarah shall have a son.' And Sarah was listening at the tent entrance behind him. Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in age; it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. So Sarah laughed to herself, saying, 'After I have grown old, and my husband is old, shall I have pleasure?' The Lord said to Abraham, 'Why did Sarah laugh, and say, 'Shall I indeed bear a child, now that I am old?' Is anything too wonderful for the Lord? At the set time I will return to you, in due season, and Sarah shall have a son'" (Genesis 18:9-14).
 
There is a "set time ... in due season." And You're the One who sets the time and the season. Sometimes Your promises seem "too wonderful" and even impossible. Sometimes it seems our chance has passed, we've missed the moment, our ship has sailed, our window of opportunity has closed. Sometimes it even seems likes the door of destiny has been slammed in our face. "But God..." (Genesis 8:1; 20:3; 21:12; 31:7; 45:8; 48:21; 50:24; ect., ect., ect.; over and over and over again; more than we could ever ask or imagine...). 
 
"But God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love which He loved us, even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ--by grace you have been saved--and raised us up with Him and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the ages to come He might show the immeasurable riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus" (Ephesians 2:4-7).
 
Give me grace to firmly believe and patiently wait for the "set time ... in due season" for every promise You've spoken to my heart by Your Spirit and through Your Word. Whenever I'm tempted to question or laugh, to scoff or doubt, remind me of every time it looked so impossible and unbelievable "but God...." For this saying is sure and this Word is true, "For God all things are possible" (Mark 10:27). "The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul that seeks Him" (Lamentations 3:25). 
 
There is a time and a season for all things, according to Your will and Your ways for every one of us (Ecclesiastes 3:1-8). You make all things beautiful in Your time (Ecclesiastes 3:11). And You have shown Yourself so worthy so many times of my patience and my trust. So as for me, I will put my trust in You--in the God whose promises are always Yes and Amen (2 Corinthians 1:20). In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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




My Friend, I pray see every promise of the Lord to you by His Spirit and through His Word come to pass and make all things beautiful for you in His time and in His way, in Jesus' name! Please pray the same for meGod bless you, my friend! 

 
    
Friends, thank you so much for all your prayers last Saturday, as I was able to share a word of healing and hope to a village community in Pakistan though live-streaming internet where the Gospel is rarely shared. 


Here is the Pastor Fazel's Praise Report
Dear Pastor Tommy Hays, Thanks very much to do Skype Video Online Live Meeting again in Village. Praise God, 217 Souls are saved and 33 persons are healed. People are insisting and requesting us to do every month a Skype Video Meeting in their different unreached villages. 

Please let me know if you sense a calling to help us be able to arrange more of these monthly gatherings sharing the Gospel with a designated gift to our Pakistan Internet Ministry


I welcome you to join with me in a daily journey of passionate, pursuing prayer through my 365 Day Prayer Devotional, Morning by Morning, Second Edition, for a deeply intimate and personal journey of prayer each day.


 

 

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, February 05, 2018

Morning by Morning, February 5 - "Follow Me"
 
Good morning, Lord Jesus. I behold You, as You take hold of me to lead me in the way that leads to life in You today.  ...
 
I listen for Your leading, I hear You singing a song in my spirit this morning. ...
 
Follow Me
Where I will lead
You will never need
For all you'll ever need
Is always here in Me
So come and follow Me
 
Lord, I will follow You
I give my all to You
For all You've brought me through
When there was nothing I could do
But put all my trust in You
So I'll come and follow You
 
With Me you'll see
You're never alone
With Me you'll know
You're My very own
 
Come walk with Me
Come hear My voice
Abide in Me
In My peace and joy forevermore
 
Yes, Lord. "You show me the path of life. In Your Presence there is fullness of joy; in Your right hand are pleasures forevermore" (Psalm 16:11). As You said long ago You continue to say every day, "My sheep hear My voice. I know them, and they follow Me. I give them eternal life and they will never perish. No one will snatch them out of My hand" (John 10:27-28).
 
Thank You for the gift of grace to seek Your face and listen for Your voice to arise in my spirit and follow You each day. Thank You for Your daily invitation to walk with You, to abide in You, and to live in Your peace and joy at the beginning of my day, throughout the moments of my day, and forevermore. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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




Tommy, I pray you'll seek the face of Jesus and listen for the leading of His voice to follow Him wherever He leads in the fullness of His peace and joy forevermore, in Jesus' name! Please pray the same for meGod bless you, my friend! 

 
    
Friends, thank you so much for all your prayers last Saturday, as I was able to share a word of healing and hope to a village community in Pakistan though live-streaming internet where the Gospel is rarely shared. 


Here is the Pastor Fazel's Praise Report
Dear Pastor Tommy Hays, Thanks very much to do Skype Video Online Live Meeting again in Village. Praise God, 217 Souls are saved and 33 persons are healed. People are insisting and requesting us to do every month a Skype Video Meeting in their different unreached villages. 

Please let me know if you sense a calling to help us be able to arrange more of these monthly gatherings sharing the Gospel with a designated gift to our Pakistan Internet Ministry


I welcome you to join with me in a daily journey of passionate, pursuing prayer through my 365 Day Prayer Devotional, Morning by Morning, Second Edition, for a deeply intimate and personal journey of prayer each day.

https://www.amazon.com/Morning-Daily-Prayer-Journey-Second/dp/1540466922/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1515422684&sr=8-2

 

 

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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Friday, February 02, 2018

Morning by Morning, February 2 - Growing in Grace
 
Good morning, Lord Jesus. Help me hear Your heart and let my heart be one with Yours--Father, Son, and Holy Spirit of God.  ...
 
"In accordance with His promise, we wait for a new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness is at home. Therefore, beloved, while you are waiting for these things, strive to be found by Him at peace, without spot or blemish; and regard the patience of our Lord as salvation.... Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen" (2 Peter 3:13-18).
 
Help me keep growing in grace today. Show me where I'm not a peace within my soul, where I'm not yet without spot or blemish, where righteousness is not yet fully at home here in my heart.... 
 
I don't have to wait very long for the answer or look very deep for some hidden secret sin. I'm aware of my struggles and so are You. And at the same time, You help me to be just as aware of Your grace and the power of Your love that never leaves me as I am but always empowers me to keep growing in grace everyday of my spiritual journey with You, as I "pursue righteousness and a godly life" (1 Timothy 6:11 NLT).
 
Thank You for the promise of how You see me, even as I journey to spiritual maturity in You:  "There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ has set (me) free from the law of sin and death" so that now I can embrace Your grace to "walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.... (I am) not in the flesh; (I am) in the Spirit, since the Spirit of God dwells in (me).... for if (I) live according to the flesh, (I) will die; but if by the Spirit (I) put to death the deeds of the body, (I) will live. For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God" (Romans 8:1-14).
 
I keep growing in grace all by the power of Your Spirit at work within me, "for God is working in (me), giving (me) the desire and the power to do what please Him" (Philippians 2:13 NLT). As best as I can and all by Your grace--morning by morning, moment by moment, step by step, and choice by choice--"(I) must grow up in every way into Him who is the head, into Christ" (Ephesians 4:15). 
 
Your will for me and for all who are called by Your name is that we would come "to maturity, the measure of the full stature of Christ"--to Christ-like-ness (Ephesians 4:13). "For this is the will of God, (our) sanctification" (1 Thessalonians 4:3).
 
As You are, so are we in this world; as You are, so are we to become, as we keep growing in grace (1 John 4:17). So in the mystery of faith and the power of Your grace, Your Word is forever true:  "For our sake He made Him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God" (2 Corinthians 5:21). Growing in grace, that in You we might become those who can grow to know that "righteousness is at home" in our hearts--not by what we've done, but all by what You've done for us and by what You're doing within us (2 Peter 3:13). In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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




M friend, I pray you keep growing in grace every day, growing up in spiritual maturity into Him who is our head, into he full measure of the stature of Christ, as best as you can and all by His grace at work within you, in Jesus' name! Please pray the same for meGod bless you, my friend! 

    
Friends, I welcome your prayers on this Saturday, as I have another opportunity to share a word of healing and hope to a village community in Pakistan though live-streaming internet where the Gospel is rarely shared. My souls be saved and lives be changed by the power of God's grace in the mighty name of Jesus! Thank you for joining with me in this ministry through your prayers!

I welcome you to join with me in a daily journey of passionate, pursuing prayer through my 365 Day Prayer Devotional, Morning by Morning, Second Edition, for a deeply intimate and personal journey of prayer each day.


 

 

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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Thursday, February 01, 2018


Morning by Morning, February 1 - "Re-joyed" 24/7

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Guide my heart and guide my steps as I look and listen for Your leading today.  ... 

"They brought in the ark of God, and set it inside the tent that David had pitched for it; and they offered burnt offerings and offerings of well-being.... He appointed certain of the Levites as ministers before the ark of the Lord, to invoke, to thank, and to praise the Lord, the God of Israel.... Then on that day David first appointed the singing of praises to the Lord by Asaph and his kindred:  O give thanks to the Lord, call on His name, make known His deeds among the peoples. Sing to Him, sing praise to Him, tell of His wonderful works. Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice. Seek the Lord and His strength, seek His Presence continually!" (1 Chronicles 16:1-11) 

The first Psalms sung out from the tabernacle of David were songs of thanksgiving and praise, of Your glory and power, with the promise that all who seek You and Your strength and Your Presence would rejoice forever in their hearts. For 24/7 they lifted up their praises in worship and prayer to You and for 24/7 You poured Your peace and Your joy into their hearts. As they rejoiced, they were continually "re-joyed"--"re-joyed" 24/7. 

"Re-joy" me every day, Lord. Rebuild the tabernacle of David in me each day (Amos 9:11; Acts 15:16). Let my heart by Your tabernacle. Let the ark of God be the continual Presence of God by Your Word and Your Spirit here in my heart. Let me begin every day lifting up my praises to You in worship and prayer and then continue 24/7 in the spirit to Spirit and deep unto Deep of constant communion with You, as I abide in You and You abide in me (John 15:4). 

As I'm "re-joyed," the joy of the Lord will be my strength (Nehemiah 8:10). And as I live out the moments of my day--"re-joyed" 24/7, I will know and embrace Your promise to me that "in Your Presence there is fullness of joy; in Your right hand are pleasures forevermore!" (Psalm 16:11)  In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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





My friend, I pray you are "re-joyed" 24/7, abiding in the Lord as He abides you, praising him from the tabernacle of your heart in worship prayer throughout the moments of your day, in Jesus' name! Please pray the same of meGod bless you, my friend! 

    


Friends, I welcome you to join with me in a daily journey of passionate, pursuing prayer through my 365 Day Prayer Devotional, Morning by Morning, Second Edition, for a deeply intimate and personal journey of prayer each day.

https://www.amazon.com/Morning-Daily-Prayer-Journey-Second/dp/1540466922/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1515422684&sr=8-2

 


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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Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Morning by Morning, January 31 - Presidential Proclamation:  "In God We Trust"
 
Good morning, Lord Jesus. I speak out Your name and listen for Your voice as I worship and wait in the communion of prayer.  ...
 
"For God alone my soul waits in silence, for my hope is from Him. He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken. On God rests my deliverance and my honor; my mighty rock, my refuge is in God. Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us" (Psalm 62:5-8).
 
Last night at the President's State of the Union Address, he declared the motto of our nation is "In God we trust." Regardless of political persuasion, love him or hate him, his presidential proclamations from his position of governmental authority have spiritual significance for our nation. "First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be made for everyone, for kings and all who are in high positions, so that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and dignity" (1 Timothy 2:1-2).
 
May the motto of our nation become an authentic expression of the people of my land, in humility and honor, in faithfulness and obedience before You, O God. "Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people He has chosen as His own inheritance. The Lord looks from heaven; He sees all the sons of men. From the place of His dwelling He looks on all the inhabitants of the earth; He fashions their heart individually; He considers all their works. No king is saved by the multitude of an army; a mighty man is not delivered by strength. A horse is a vain hope for safety; neither shall it deliver any by its great strength. Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear Him, on those who hope in His mercy, to deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine. Our soul waits for the Lord; He is our help and our shield. For our heart shall rejoice in Him, because we have trusted in His holy name. Let Your mercy, O Lord, be upon us, just as we hope in You" (Psalm 33:12-22 NKJV).
 
And Lord, let the motto of our nation be the motto of my heart. By grace and in faith, may I trust in You and Your holy name. Forgive me for when I'm tempted to trust in myself or anything less than Your will as my destiny and Your Word as my authority. Give me a holy fear of the Lord to honor You and a holy love of the Lord to trust You. For me and for my nation, may You always be "our help and our shield," for in God we trust. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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




My friend, I pray you trust in the Lord with all your heart, leaning not on your own understanding, but in all your ways acknowledging Him and trusting His to direct your paths--for you and for your nation, in Jesus' name! Please pray the same of meGod bless you, my friend! 

   


Friends, I welcome you to join with me in a daily journey of passionate, pursuing prayer through my 365 Day Prayer Devotional, Morning by Morning, Second Edition, for a deeply intimate and personal journey of prayer each day.


https://www.amazon.com/Morning-Daily-Prayer-Journey-Second/dp/1540466922/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1515422684&sr=8-2

 

 

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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