The Fire and the Fear of the Lord Burning in Us! - October 2, 2020

 Morning by Morning, October 2 - The Fire and the Fear of the Lord Burning in Us!

 

Good morning, Lord Jesus. King of Kings and Lord of Lords, come rule and reign in my heart and every moment of my day. ...

 

"Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we try to persuade others.... For the love of Christ urges us on, because we are convinced that One has died for all; therefore all have died. And He died for all, so that those who live might live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died and was raised for them.... So we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making His appeal through us; we you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God" (2 Corinthians 5:11-20).

 

With deep worship, inspiring testimonies, and a powerful bond of unity in the Spirit of so many hungering and thirsting for a fresh encounter with the Living God last night, I had the honor and joy of sharing a message of the love and power and mercy of God. What an honor and joy we all have in our way through the opportunities You open to be "ambassadors for Christ," urged on  by "the love of Christ," to "persuade others" of the goodness of God from the heart of faith and hope and love You given each of us. You've changed us and now You invite us and inspire us to live for You and love for You, no longer for ourselves "but for Him who died and was raised for (us)." 

 

As I shared last night, I'm certain there has been a shift in the spiritual atmosphere of our land through the citywide and national gatherings for repentance and prayer, in hearts and homes across our country. And though the battles are intensified, so are the breakthroughs.

 

In my own words and prayers, seeking to be led by Your Spirit, I sense an intensified level of boldness and courage, speaking the truth in love, without compromise yet full of Your compassion. I feel more free than ever before. And I see the same in those around me who are passionately pursuing You with all they have and all they are. It's as if "there is a new creation; everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new!" (v. 17) "All this is from God!" (v. 18)

 

But this morning, as I ponder these things that are still fresh on my mind and still stirring in my heart, what I sense above all is a call to a deeper level of holiness, of surrender, of a passion for purity of my heart. As You entrust to us greater measures of Your authority as Your ambassadors, You're also calling us to greater measures of our responsibility to embrace Your Refiner's Fire.

 

It's in "knowing the fear of the Lord," in embracing the Fire of the Lord, that You're calling us and empowering us at a much greater level than before "to persuade others" of this great hope and Your great love. The Fire and the fear of the Lord are burning in us!

 

There's a Holy Fire being kindled to burn across our land. And right now, that Holy Fire is being kindled in us as never before. Purify us, sanctify us. Purify me. Sanctify me. Burn out of us and out of me all that's not yet like You!

 

As You increase the level authority You're entrusting to us to speak Your words, "making (Your) appeal through us," You're increasing our authenticity of the character of Your nature in us. Our words will reveal Your heart. Our lives will reflect Your nature. And our witness will lead our world to You. All by the power of Your grace at work within us, for "all this is from God" and all this is for God. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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

My friend, may you embrace the Fire and the fear of the Lord burning in you, sanctifying you, make you more like Jesus to be and ambassador of Christ in the character of Christ as His witness in your world, in Jesus name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

 

Thank you for all your prayers for us last night at our Aglow Meeting at the Kendall Inn in Boerne.  Though our gathering was in a hotel conference hall instead of a church, the heavens were open and we were on holy ground in the Presence of the Lord! I pray you receive in Your spirit all the Lord poured into us in our spirits!

Next Wednesday, October 7th at 7PM, I'm excited to be preaching a word at "The Glory Tent" set up for citywide revival meetings outside The King's Mission Fellowship on the Southside of San Antonio. My wife Rocio will be interpreting our message in Spanish. Come join us if you and pray for us if you can't! 

The Glory Tent at The King's Mission Fellowship in San Antonio

610 Moursund Blvd; San Antonio, TX

 

Join us for our next PraySA.org Citywide Revival Prayer Gathering

Saturday, October 3, 2020 at 3:00, San Pedro Springs Park, San Antonio

"Return to me with all your heart." (Joel 2:12)

"San Antonio, join us for citywide prayer to call upon the Lord to heal our land. 2020 has been a year of great turmoil, but is also a year of great promise. Together, with repentant hearts, we will pray and ask the Lord to move on our city and our nation."  --Max Lucado

Join PraySA on 10.3.20 at 3:00 pm at San Pedro Springs Park

Registration and more info:

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New Mailing Address for Messiah Ministries:

Tommy & Rocio Hays

Messiah Ministries

17503 La Cantera Parkway, Suite 104407

San Antonio, Texas 78257

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The Lord Will "Suddenly Come to His Temple" - October 1, 2020

 Morning by Morning, October 1 - The Lord Will "Suddenly Come to His Temple"

 

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Arise in my spirit, as my spirit arises in You -- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit of God. ...

 

"See, I am sending My messenger to prepare the way before Me, and the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple.... For He is like a refiner's fire and like fullers' soap; He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and He will purify the descendants of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, until they present offerings to the Lord in righteousness. Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the Lord as in the days of old and as in former years.... Then those who revered the Lord spoke to one another. The Lord took note and listened, and a book of remembrance was written before Him of those who revered the Lord and thought on His name. They shall be Mine, says the Lord of hosts, My special possession on the day when I act and I will spare them as parents spare their children who serve them. Then once more you shall see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve Him. See the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble; the day that comes shall burn them up, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch. But for you who revere My name the sun of righteousness shall rise, with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall. And you shall tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet, in the day when I act, says the Lord of hosts" (Malachi 3:1-4:3).

 

In Your Book of Remembrance, I believe it is now written that a remnant of those who revere Your name, who fear the Lord our God, have turned to You in repentance and representation of a nation seeking to come again under God. I believe there's been a critical mass of those are turning to You, crying out to You, from across our land that You would hear our prayer, forgive our sin, and heal our land (Genesis 16:32; 2 Chronicles 7:14). And I believe it's Your desire according to Your Word to forgive us and cleanse us from all unrighteousness and restore us to right relationship with You, secure in our identity and to fulfill our destiny (1 John 1:9).

 

You've sent Your Holy Spirit to prepare the way of the Lord in our hearts for this return to You and revival in our land. And You've promised in Your Word, "Return to Me, and I will return to you, says the Lord of hosts" (Malachi 3:7).  I believe You've been looking into the hearts of a remnant who revere Your name, that there's been a shift in the spiritual atmosphere over our land, and that now is the time You will "suddenly come to (Your) temple." And we are Your "temple" -- the "temple" of Your Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 6:19). We are "the body of Christ" -- hungry and thirsty to be filled up and overflowing with "the Spirit of Christ" in our days, for such a time as this (1 Corinthians 12:27; Romans 8:9; Ephesians 5:18).

 

As You suddenly come into Your "temple," as we return to You and You return to us, You are coming like a "refiner's fire" and "fullers' soap" to burn out of us all that is not like You and set us ablaze with all that is like You. You're restoring holiness, purity, righteousness, and the reverent fear of the Lord to our land. You're making Your bride ready (Revelation 19:7) and bringing many sons to glory (Hebrews 2:10). May we arise and shine with the authority of Your name in our words and the character of Your nature in our hearts (1 John 4:17).

 

We will soon begin to see the fruit, the evidence of the Presence and power of our God -- with the Sun of Righteousness arising with healing love and power, with days of refreshing and joy like calves leaping from the stall. All this, even in the midst of the wickedness and darkness of these days, but with increasing displays of You crushing the wickedness under the soles of our feet, as we stand firm in You and You stand firm in us -- in those who return to You in the reverent fear of the Lord.

 

Lord, let it be so! Lord, come suddenly now into Your temple. Let Your Refiner's Fire burn in us and across our land and "to the ends of the earth!" (Acts 1:8) In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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

My friend, may you embrace the Refiner's Fire, as the Lord suddenly comes in the temple of your heart and into our land with His Holy Revival Fire, in Jesus name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

Tonight please come join us 

if you can and keep us in prayer if you can't for this exciting opportunity of ministry:

An Evening of Worship, Encouragement, and Ministry

October 1, 2020 at the Kendall Inn in Boerne, Texas 

Sponsored by Aglow International

 

Free to Be Like Jesus!

Transforming Power of Inner Healing & Deliverance 

 

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New Mailing Address for Messiah Ministries:

Tommy & Rocio Hays

Messiah Ministries

17503 La Cantera Parkway, Suite 104407

San Antonio, Texas 78257

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A Clear Trumpet Call to Battle - September 30, 2020

 Morning by Morning, September 30 - A Clear Trumpet Call to Battle

 

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Be at the center of all I am and all I do, all I seek and all I pray, now and throughout the moments of my day. ...

 

"If the trumpet makes an uncertain sound, who will prepare for battle?" (1 Corinthians 14:8).

 

You're sounding Your trumpet. You're sounding Your alarm. Give us ears to hear and eyes to see. Align our hearts with Your Heart and our spirits with Your Spirit. May we hear and prepare for the epic battle at hand.

 

Yet there is a measure of spiritual dissonance from so many spiritual leaders who are called to sound the trumpet in these times. There's uncertainty and insecurity. There's confusion and compromise and complacency. Some seem to be sounding the "charge" and others seem to be sounding the "retreat." Some seem to be sending us to the left and others sending us to the right. 

 

But Your Voice is not muffled. The Sound of Heaven is not divided. The Breath of Your Spirit is not hesitant or halting, but clear and distinct, confident and direct.

 

So set us free from confusion. Deliver us from division. Align our leaders with the only One who can call us up for duty and lead out into battle and establish us in the victory of the Kingdom of God.

 

Let us hear the sound of Your Trumpet and the Voice of Your Spirit. As we listen for Your Voice, as we lean in and look up to truly seek to discern Your leading, we will hear what Your Spirit is saying is Your church (Revelation 3:22). Then "when (we) turn to the right or when (we) turn to the left, (our) ears shall hear a word behind (us), saying, 'This is the way; walk in it'" (Isaiah 30:21). Then "together (we) may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ" (Romans 15:6). Then as "one" the world will know that the Father has sent His Son to lead us into the mercy and love You desire for every one of us (John 17:21). In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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

My friend, may you hear the Voice of the Spirit, as you lean in and look to hear and follow His leading into the victory He has for you, in Jesus name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

Please come join us if you can and keep us in prayer if you can't for this exciting opportunity of ministry:

An Evening of Worship, Encouragement, and Ministry

October 1, 2020 at the Kendall Inn in Boerne, Texas Sponsored by Aglow International

 

Free to Be Like Jesus!

Transforming Power of Inner Healing & Deliverance 

 

Amazon.com/TommyHays-AuthorPage

 

New Mailing Address for Messiah Ministries:

Tommy & Rocio Hays

Messiah Ministries

17503 La Cantera Parkway, Suite 104407

San Antonio, Texas 78257

Tommy & Rocio Hays | Messiah Ministries

Messiah-Ministries.org

Please share this word to encourage a friend!

An Evening of Worship, Encouragement, and Ministry October 1, 2020 at the Kendall Inn in Boerne, Texas Sponsored by Aglow International

 Friends, please come join us if you can and keep us in prayer if you can't for this exciting opportunity of ministry:

An Evening of Worship, Encouragement, and Ministry

October 1, 2020 at the Kendall Inn in Boerne, Texas Sponsored by Aglow International

Bring a Friend and Spread the Word!

Tommy & Rocio Hays

Messiah Ministries

17503 La Cantera Parkway, Suite 104407

San Antonio, Texas 78257

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More Detailed Ministries 

and Fruitfulness of Messiah Ministries,

All by the Power and Grace of God

  

Personal Prayer Ministry for Inner Healing and Restoration

 

Almost 200 sessions of personal prayer ministry a year for the past several years, while Tommy formerly served as Pastoral Director of Rapha God Ministries. Almost countless other prayer ministry sessions and spiritual direction sessions through 22 years of meeting with people in a loving and safe environment to help them be set free of all that would hold them back from being all the Lord created them to be, receiving healing and freedom in Jesus' name, to be secure in their identity and fulfilling their destiny in Christ. Many sessions were translated in Spanish, and the languages of many nations such as Pakistan, India, Brazil, and Hungary.

 

Evangelistic Meetings, Conferences, and Crusades in the Nations

 

Travelled throughout many states in the US, from Alaska to Florida and almost countless places in between and to the nations, preaching and teaching in churches, retreats, camp meetings, open air gatherings, crusades, prayer revivals, and street ministry, including Pakistan, India, Uganda, Kenya, Israel, the Philippines, Brazil, Costa Rica, El Salvador, England, France, Wales, Estonia, Mexico, and Canada.

 

"Morning by Morning" Daily Prayer Devotional

 

Fresh, daily prayer devotional written and shared most every morning from my personal prayer time to start each day embraced by the Father, centered in Christ, and filled with the Holy Spirit. Sent to 2,200 readers around the world for free through email to help people draw near to the Lord, hear His voice, and sense His leading in deeper intimacy. Many of these prayers, spanning over 15 years, are also now available in our 2 Devotional Books covering every day of the year.

 

Free to Be Like Jesus! - Transformational Power of Inner Healing & Deliverance Book

 

Biblical, spiritual principles, testimonies, and model prayers based on the revelation and insights of the Lord in the ministry of inner healing and deliverance prayer ministry. Used as standard resource for teaching and equipping in prayer ministry. Taught as the core curriculum in over 40 Schools of Ministry in many settings with hundreds of students including pastors, intercessors, and those called to healing prayer ministry. Currently being translated into Spanish.  Endorsed by trusted spiritual leaders:

 

Endorsement from Max Lucado--"Tommy Hays has spent a lifetime studying the place of prayer in inner healing. I have personally benefitted from his teaching, writing, and encouragement. This book gathers a wealth of helpful insights and experiences into one volume. I am honored to have it on my shelf and honored to call Tommy my friend."

Endorsement from Andy Reese, Author of Freedom Tools--"Tommy Hays combines a lawyer's keen logic with a spiritual intuition to bring inner healing to a practical, effective, and applied level. His proven techniques have been used in hundreds of ministry settings and can serve as simple yet profound tools in the hands of even the novice minister."

Endorsement from Randy Clark, Global Awakening--"Free to Be Like Jesus! will take you on a journey to learn more about the inner healing ministry. This book has many foundational spiritual truths and will help you if you want more healing in your own life, or if you want more tools to assist you in your inner healing ministry.

 

Advancing the Unity of the Body of Christ

 

For many years, hosted and led the Greater Lexington Strategic Prayer Summit bringing together prayer warriors and worshippers, pastors and leaders, from across the many diverse streams of the River of God in the Lexington, Kentucky region to seek the Lord's heart for the coming year in unity and agreement in prayer and prophetic proclamation and intercession. Invited by Max Lucado to join him in preaching messages of healing and hope at the monthly First Wednesday Serves of Worship and Healing at Oak Hills Church for six years. Served alongside leaders of other ministries on the Board and Advisory Councils of the Aldersgate Renewal Ministries, National Christian Foundation of Kentucky, Aglow International, Spiritual Leadership, Inc., and Rapha God Ministries.

 

Some Current Projects:

 

Healing Academy--Teaching our Healing Academy for training and equipping for healing prayer ministry on Tuesday Nights over 7 weeks at The Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas. Discerning other invitations in other cities and nations for this teaching and ministry. 

 

Evangelism--Monthly outdoor evangelistic crusades and outreach meetings through our Skype Internet Ministry into Pakistan in partnership with two ministries in Pakistan. I am preaching in a different village each month around Lahore, Pakistan in the Punjab Region. Our local team sets up a big screen in an outdoor meeting usually, while a pastor or evangelist simultaneously interprets my message of hope and healing live in Pakistan. Then we follow up with prayer and discipleship through our ministry partnership. Every month, between 250 and 350 souls are being saved, with many reports of healing miracles. Momentum is growing! Now other invitations with other ministries in the region are coming in with even more opportunities to be part of the awakening revival in Pakistan, such as the Pastors and Leaders Retreat we just led through Skype.

 

"Setting Hearts Free"--An Online Encounter being developed for a webinar teaching and ministry encounter, covering key principles with prayer ministry of healing from fear, trauma, rejection, shame, and emotional wounds and strongholds of the past.

 

Developing podcasts and video blogs--Bringing the transforming power of personal prayer ministry to exponentially more people through media. One series being developed focuses on contemplative prayer to experience a deeper, more intimate prayer life. Another series focuses on teaching key principles of inner healing with prayer ministry encounters. And another series focuses upon equipping and training for the ministry of inner healing and deliverance.

 

On-line personal prayer ministry sessions--Through this time of quarantine in the San Antonio area, but also reaching to many other states and nations. I recently had prayer ministry sessions in Scotland, Poland, and Sweden through Zoom. The Lord is opening doors to make our ministry much more accessible over barriers of distance, language, and cost, as He empowers us to help prepare the Bride and Body of Christ for these days of God's glory and revival in the earth.

 

City-Wide Prayer for Revival--Joining Max Lucado on the leadership team, along with other city leaders, in planning citywide prayer gatherings in San Antonio and the Hill Country region in multiple weekly prayer gatherings for revival in our land.

We praise God for all He has done and will do!

Come join us!

www.messiah-ministries.org/partner/contribute

Tommy & Rocio Hays

Messiah Ministries

17503 La Cantera Parkway, Suite 104407

San Antonio, Texas 78257

Tommy & Rocio Hays | Messiah Ministries

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Presidential Proclamation of "Return" to God - September 29, 2020

 Morning by Morning, September 29 - Presidential Proclamation of "Return" to God

 

Good morning, Lord Jesus. I'm listening for Your leading, as I worship and wait, here in the communion of prayer with You -- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit of God. ...

 

"Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth! For I Am God, and there is no other!" (Isaiah 45:22)

 

The spiritual atmosphere over our nation has shifted. On Saturday the Sabbath of September 26, 2020, I believe heaven has recorded in the Book of Life that America turned to God in repentance and prayer.

 

With the national prayer walk led by Franklin Graham and the national sacred assembly led by Jonathan Cahn, all before the capitol of our nation's seat of government in Washington, I believe You looked to see if there was a remnant who would stand in the gap and call on Your name to turn to You on behalf of our land (Ezekiel 22:30). And we joined in. From homes and churches, from cell phones and laptops, from backyards and living rooms, in our cars and on our knees, all across this land, saying, "Yes. Lord. We hear Your call to repentance and return. We turn to You. We return to You. You are God and there is no other!"

 

With those who joined with us in our little gathering to pray that morning, we were shocked and stunned at the dramatic smashing of the potter's vessel in shattered pieces across the platform, just as the prophet Jeremiah smashed the potter's vessel before people of Israel speaking of the fate of the nation that refuses to turn to God (Jeremiah 19:10). With convicted and repentant hearts across the nation and around the world, we cried out to You in repentance and prayer that this nation would turn to You, return to You, again in our hearts as a nation under God.

 

And then, we were just as shocked and stunned to hear Jonathan Cahn return to read from a fax of the Presidential Proclamation just received and to be publicly declared, following this prophetic act on behalf of our nation. From his position and seat of governmental authority, the President of the United States of America issued his "Presidential Message on the National Day of Prayer and Return, 2020" at that moment on September 26, 2020.

 

It was not just a Proclamation of a National Day of Prayer, but of a National Day of Prayer "and Return." In words which will become known to be historic, expressing humility and faith, repentance and trust on behalf of our nation, the President and First Lady declared they joined "millions of Christians here in the United States and around the world in prayer, as we turn our hearts to our Lord and Savior.... Today, I am pleased to join my voice to yours in thanking God for blessing this nation with great power and responsibility. With reverence, humility and thanksgiving, we beg for His continued guidance and protection."

 

Those words, spoken from that position of governmental authority, personally and on behalf of our nation, carry untold spiritual significance. No doubt, a Spirit of Revival has been released into the heart of our nation. No doubt, we will see evidence in the days to come of a shifting and changing in hearts and homes, in laws and leaders, in words and actions, and in more than we can imagine across this land. No doubt, the spiritual battles will intensify, the choices and their consequences will become more clear, and the fruit and move of God will become more dramatic among us. For "Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord" (Psalm 33:12).

 

Come, Holy Spirit! Breathe new life into these dry bones of our nation to arise and return to become and fulfill all You've desired to do in us and through us as a nation under God! (Ezekiel 37:1-14) "Sleeper, awake! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you!" (Ephesians 5:14)

 

This revival, this awakening at hand, is the move of Your Spirit moving in our hearts to turn our hearts completely to You. This revival and awakening is Your power at work within us to restore us to righteousness, to pursue Your holiness, to trust in You alone as the Lord our God. And all by the power of Your grace, we will be that light to the nations and that city on a hill we've been called to be and prophesied to be for such a time as this! In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

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

My friend, may you stirred up in your spirit, filled afresh with the Holy Spirit, as you continue to pray for and expect and witness the great awakening and revival in our land and in the earth, pressing through the spiritual opposition and on to the victory and great harvest we have in Jesus, in Jesus name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!

  

Praise Report from Preaching in Pakistan Monday though our Skype Internet Ministry!

Friends, I'm excited to share this praise report I just received from Pastor Rizwan Fazal after our outdoor evangelistic meeting in a new village for our outreach in Pakistan last night: "Thanks very much to share Word of God with people of Pakistan in Kot Radha Kishan Village. Thanks Lord 406 Souls are Saved and 32 Persons are Healed from different things!" Praise God!

 

Thank you so much for all your prayers, encouragement, and support for us to be able to hold these monthly evangelistic outreach meetings through our Internet Ministry into Pakistan. Each month, I am preaching in different villages around Lahore, Pakistan in the Punjab Region through Skype in these outdoor evangelistic meetings. Leading our local team, Pastor Rizwan Fazal sets up a big screen in an outdoor meeting usually and interprets my message of hope and healing live in Pakistan. Then we follow up with prayer and discipleship through our partnership of ministry with Pastor Fazal and his wife. We're excited to see what God is doing in these days of revival in Pakistan!

"And the Good News about the Kingdom will be preached throughout the whole world, so that all nations will hear it; and then the end will come!" 

(Matthew 24:14)

 

Please come join us if you can and keep us in prayer if you can't for this exciting opportunity of ministry:

An Evening of Worship, Encouragement, and Ministry

October 1, 2020 at the Kendall Inn in Boerne, Texas Sponsored by Aglow International

 

Free to Be Like Jesus!

Transforming Power of Inner Healing & Deliverance 

 

Amazon.com/TommyHays-AuthorPage

 

New Mailing Address for Messiah Ministries:

Tommy & Rocio Hays

Messiah Ministries

17503 La Cantera Parkway, Suite 104407

San Antonio, Texas 78257

Tommy & Rocio Hays | Messiah Ministries

Messiah-Ministries.org

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