In It to Win It! - March 19, 2021

 

Morning by Morning, March 19 - In It to Win It! Good morning, Lord Jesus. Help me hear what You’re saying and go where You’re leading, as I seek to begin my day embraced by my Father, centered in Christ, and filled with the Holy Spirit. ... “Do you not know that in a race the runners all compete, but only one receives a prize? Run in such a way that you may win it” (1 Corinthians 9:24). We’re in a spiritual race. We’re in a spiritual war. But whether we’re running our race or fighting our war, we’re in it to win it! And we win it when we’ve allowed You to make us like You. We’re in this world to be “conformed” into the image of the Son of God (Romans 8:29). As You are so are we to be in this world (1 John 4:17). As we behold You -- in worship, trust, and surrender of every area of our lives -- You are changing us, transforming us, by Your Spirit into Your image “from glory to glory” (1 Corinthians 3:17-18). We’re learning to love and becoming like the One who is Love (1 John 4:8). We’re running this race “looking the Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith” (Hebrews 12:1-2). We’re fighting this war in the battlefield of our souls and on the frontlines of the war of good and evil, truth and lies, right and wrong following “the Commander of the army of the Lord” (Joshua 5:14). By the power of Your grace, I’m in it to win it! As the Apostle Paul expressed in the midst of his running his race and fighting his battles: “Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do:  Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 3:12-14).  Through the victory of the cross, You’ve already won this race and this war in victory for me (Colossians 2:13-15). And now, by the power of Your grace at work within me, may I take hold of all You’ve done as You keeping taking hold of all I am. I’m in it to win it because You’ve already won it for me! In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays My friend, may you take hold of the One who has taken hold of you, as you run your race and fight your battles, looking to Jesus in the power of His Spirit, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you!  Tommy & Rocio Hays Messiah Ministries 17503 La Cantera Parkway, Suite 104407 San Antonio, Texas 78257 Please share this word to encourage a friend! Anyone can sign up for free to receive them at: Messiah-Ministries.org

Join us and Pray for us! Some of Our Upcoming Events: March 19-20th  Speaking at Voice of Joy Ministries' 2021 Spring Conference hosted at Cornerstone Church, Danville, Kentucky.  Contact Pastor Amy Barkman: amyb_love@att.net March 21st  Preaching Sunday morning at All Nations UMC Church,  Nicholasville, Kentucky. Contact Pastor Hunn Choi: moc.nsm@iocnnuh March 23rd Speaking for Pakistan Pastors and Leaders Conference through our Skype Internet Ministry. March 23rd Teaching by Zoom on Inner Healing & Deliverance Ministry for leaders of MorningStar Ministries Connect Groups. Eight week series.  March 25th Continue Teaching Healing Prayer Ministry by Zoom for Coker United Methodist Church San Antonio, Texas prayer team. Eight week course. March 26-27th Mens' Retreat at Cowhead Creek Ranch, Kerrville, Texas Tuesday Nights Tuesday Night Series teaching Life Transformation Course live in person every week at the Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas beginning Tuesday Night, March 16th at 6:30  Based on the principles of my book Free to Be Like Jesus! April 18th Preaching the Sunday Services at the Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas May 14-16th Keynote Speaker at 2021 Spring Conference of Central Texas Area Aglow in Kerrville, Texas featuring international worship leader Terry MacAlmon in an outdoor worship evening Friday Night at the Empty Cross at Kerrville Coming King Prayer Garden. Contact Christina Roberts at christinaroberts@att.net Register Online for RiseUpAglow2021

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Stimulus Gift - March 17, 2021

 

Morning by Morning, March 17 - Stimulus Gift Good morning, Lord Jesus. Fill me with Your Spirit and make me more like You today. ... “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning” (James 1:17). Our “stimulus check” hit our bank account this morning. It said it came from the US Treasury, but You are the ultimate Source of every good gift. So I give You the thanksgiving and praise. And since all I have and all I am already belongs to You, I pray You’d stimulate the economy of heaven and advance the kingdom of God with every good gift You’ve ever poured into me. “As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s grace” (1 Peter 4:10). Lord, let souls be saved. Let lives be changed. Let the Good News of the Gospel of the Kingdom of God be proclaimed with power and authority in the mighty name of Jesus to the ends of the earth. “For by grace (we) have been saved through faith, and that not of (ourselves); it is the gift of God” (Ephesians 2:8). Thank You for Your good gifts. And thank You for the greatest Gift of all -- my salvation through faith in my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. As You stimulate a stirring revival and great awakening in our world, let every heart be open wide to receive Your great Gift. And let every good gift You’ve given me be a part of the great move of Your Spirit in our days. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays My friend, may you embrace and share the great Gift of your salvation through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you!  Tommy & Rocio Hays Messiah Ministries 17503 La Cantera Parkway, Suite 104407 San Antonio, Texas 78257 Please share this word to encourage a friend! Anyone can sign up for free to receive them at: Messiah-Ministries.org

Join us and Pray for us! Some of Our Upcoming Events: Tuesday Nights Tuesday Night Series teaching Life Transformation Course live in person every week at the Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas beginning Tuesday Night, March 16th at 6:30. We were off to a great start last night! Based on the principles of my book Free to Be Like Jesus! March 19-20th  Speaking at Voice of Joy Ministries' 2021 Spring Conference hosted at Cornerstone Church, Danville, Kentucky.  Contact Pastor Amy Barkman: amyb_love@att.net March 21st  Preaching Sunday morning at All Nations UMC Church,  Nicholasville, Kentucky. Contact Pastor Hunn Choi: moc.nsm@iocnnuh March 23rd Speaking for Pakistan Pastors and Leaders Conference through our Skype Internet Ministry. March 23rd Teaching by Zoom on Deliverance Ministry for leaders of MorningStar Ministries Connect Groups. Eight week series.  March 25th Continue Teaching Healing Prayer Ministry by Zoom for Coker United Methodist Church San Antonio, Texas prayer team. Eight week course. March 26-27th Mens' Retreat at Cowhead Creek Ranch April 18th Preaching the Sunday Services at the Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas May 14-16th Keynote Speaker at 2021 Spring Conference of Central Texas Area Aglow in Kerrville, Texas featuring international worship leader Terry MacAlmon in an outdoor worship evening Friday Night at the Empty Cross at Kerrville Coming King Prayer Garden. Contact Christina Roberts at christinaroberts@att.net Register Online for RiseUpAglow2021 

“Come. Follow Me.” - March 16, 2021

 

Morning by Morning, March 16 - “Come. Follow Me.” Good morning, Lord Jesus. I speak out Your name and listen for Your voice, for Your sheep hear Your voice and Your disciples follow Your leading. ... As I wait and watch with the eyes of my heart and the ears of my spirit, I sense You saying, “Come. Follow Me.” ... Yes, Lord. This Word comes to mind: “Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said, ‘You lack one thing; go, sell what you own, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow Me” (Mark 10:21). To come and follow You means to quit following the lesser things that take up our time and our treasure. To come and follow You means there’s a shifting in our priorities and a renewed focus of our perspectives. There’s a realignment of our realities and a redistribution of our resources. And at the heart of it is all is a change in our heart to direct our first love to the One who first loved us. I’ve heard Your “Come. Follow Me.” before. I was a trial lawyer and You called me to a full time focus of ministry. I was in Texas and You called me prepare for ministry in Kentucky. I was in ministry in Kentucky and You called me to come back home to Texas. And so many other places in my heart, in my thinking, in my understanding of who I am in light of Who You are, where You’ve continued to call me every step of the way, “Come. Follow Me.” I’ve not always heard You clearly, but I can say I’ve always loved You dearly. And I thank Your loving me so dearly to keep forgiving me, teaching me, and leading me on this adventure of a lifetime. So, Here I am, Lord. Ready to come and follow You, wherever You lead. Everything’s always an adventure of faith with You!  A friend was telling me just the other day that Your word is a lamp to our feet and not a spotlight. Most of the time, it’s just enough light of revelation to see the next step, not the whole journey or even much of the path just up ahead. Maybe we’d find it harder to go if we really knew what all is set before us. Maybe that’s why we walk by faith and not by sight on this journey with You. But I’ve learned this much along the way and every day of trying my best by the power of Your grace to “Come. Follow You.” It’s way better to trust in Your wisdom than my wisdom, Your ways than my ways, Your plans than my plans. For Your ways are higher than my ways and Your thoughts are higher than my thoughts (Isaiah 55:9). For Your plans for me always good and full hope for my future (Jeremiah 29:11). And it’s way better to trust in the One who sees the end from the beginning and the beginning from the end, instead of trying to trust in the self-centered, self-limiting, and so often self-defeating plans of one who can only see in a mirror dimly on this side of eternity (Isaiah 46:10; 1 Corinthians 13:12). A fool trusts in his own way, but a wise person gets off his rear and gets his gear to get up and go without looking back when he hears the Master say, “Come. Follow Me.” Maybe that’s not quite a Proverb, but it sure is the truth. So I can tell You’re up to something. Some say another one of Your names is “Jehova Sneaky.” But I’ve read Your Book and taken a look at Your sneak previews of things to come, so I say, “I’m all in. I’m all Yours. Where else would I go? I have decided to follow You. No turning back. I’m answering Your call, whatever it is, to Come. Follow You. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.  Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays My friend, may you hear and answer the call of Jesus however He is speaking to your heart, "Come. Follow Me." in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you!  Tommy & Rocio Hays Messiah Ministries 17503 La Cantera Parkway, Suite 104407 San Antonio, Texas 78257 Please share this word to encourage a friend! Anyone can sign up for free to receive them at: Messiah-Ministries.org

Join us and Pray for us! Some of Our Upcoming Events: Starting Tonight, March 16th Tuesday Night Series teaching Life Transformation Course live in person every week at the Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas beginning Tuesday Night, March 16th at 6:30 (This week, not nexts week, as I said by mistake earlier). Based on the principles of my book Free to Be Like Jesus! March 19-20th  Speaking at Voice of Joy Ministries' 2021 Spring Conference hosted at Cornerstone Church, Danville, Kentucky.  Contact Pastor Amy Barkman: amyb_love@att.net March 21st  Preaching Sunday morning at All Nations UMC Church,  Nicholasville, Kentucky. Contact Pastor Hunn Choi: moc.nsm@iocnnuh March 23rd Speaking for Pakistan Pastors and Leaders Conference through our Skype Internet Ministry. March 23rd Teaching by Zoom on Inner Healing & Deliverance Ministry for leaders of MorningStar Ministries Connect Groups. Eight week series.  March 25th Continue Teaching Healing Prayer Ministry by Zoom for Coker United Methodist Church San Antonio, Texas prayer team. Eight week course. March 26-27th Mens' Retreat at Cowhead Creek Ranch, Kerrville, Texas April 18th Preaching the Sunday Services at the Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas May 14-16th Keynote Speaker at 2021 Spring Conference of Central Texas Area Aglow in Kerrville, Texas featuring international worship leader Terry MacAlmon in an outdoor worship evening Friday Night at the Empty Cross at Kerrville Coming King Prayer Garden. Contact Christina Roberts at christinaroberts@att.net Register Online for RiseUpAglow2021

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“Living Menorahs” Worshipping God - March 15, 2021

 

Morning by Morning, March 15 - “Living Menorahs” Worshipping God Good morning, Lord Jesus. I lift up my face and open up my heart to seek You and embrace You to begin my day embraced by my Father, centered in Christ, and filled with Your Holy Spirit. ... “I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet saying, ‘Write in a book what you see and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to Pergamum, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea. Then I turned to see Whose voice it was that spoke to me, and on turning I saw seven golden lampstands, and in the midst of the lampstands I saw One like the Son of Man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash across His chest. His head and His hair were white as white wool, white as snow; His eyes were like a flame of fire, His feet were like burnished bronze, refined as in a furnace, and His voice was like the sound of many waters. In His right hand He held seven stars, and from His mouth came a sharp, two-edged sword, and His face was like the sun shining with full force” (Revelation 1:10-16). We were worshipping together at a home group gathering at a friend’s house last night, where the only agenda was to have no agenda but to watch and wait for the leading of the Lord. We wound up in a circle around the living room, with faces and hands lifted up as we sang and prayed and embraced the deep presence of Your Spirit. And a vision came to my heart with this Word from the Book of Revelation. In the vision in my heart, we were the “lampstands.” With our faces and arms and palms of our hands lifted up in worship, we were like living menorahs -- the lampstand of gold in the inner court of the tabernacle with seven lamps burning with fire from the oil. Our faces were the center lamp and our arms were the branches, lifted up and burning with a fiery passion for You from the Oil of the Holy Spirit rising up within us.  And You were standing in the midst of us. ... What a picture of Your Presence. Just as You said: “Where two or three are gathered in My name, I AM there among them” (Matthew 18:20). “Abide in Me as I abide in you.... I AM the Vine, you are the branches” (John 15:4). At a time when some bubbled up with expressions of joy, this Word of confirmation from Your Scripture came to mind: “Therefore my heart is glad, and my soul rejoices; my body rests secure.... You show me the path of life. In Your Presence there is fullness of joy; in Your right hand are pleasures forevermore” (Psalm 16:9-11). Thank You for the intimacy and the joy of Your Presence, as welcome we You into our homes and our hearts. Thank You for standing in the midst of us, speaking to us like the sound of many waters in all the different ways You communicate Your abiding Presence with us.  As Your Word encourages us to pursue Your Presence: “Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you” (James 4:8). “Seek the Lord and His strength; seek His Presence continually” (1 Chronicles 16:11). “You will seek Me and find Me, when you seek Me with all your heart” (Jeremiah 29:13). “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness -- (for the One Who is our righteousness) -- for they will be filled” (Matthew 5:6). And Your never-changing reply from Your steadfast love, “I AM with you always” (Matthew 28:20). In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays My friend, may you filled with the Oil of the Holy Spirit, burning brightly with a fiery passion for Jesus, as you worship the Living God in spirit and truth, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you!  Tommy & Rocio Hays Messiah Ministries 17503 La Cantera Parkway, Suite 104407 San Antonio, Texas 78257 Please share this word to encourage a friend! Anyone can sign up for free to receive them at: Messiah-Ministries.org

Join us and Pray for us! Some of Our Upcoming Events: Starting This Tuesday Night, March 16th Tuesday Night Series teaching Life Transformation Course live in person every week at the Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas beginning Tuesday Night, March 16th at 6:30 (This week, not nexts week, as I said by mistake earlier). Based on the principles of my book Free to Be Like Jesus! March 19-20th  Speaking at Voice of Joy Ministries' 2021 Spring Conference hosted at Cornerstone Church, Danville, Kentucky.  Contact Pastor Amy Barkman: amyb_love@att.net March 21st  Preaching Sunday morning at All Nations UMC Church,  Nicholasville, Kentucky. Contact Pastor Hunn Choi: moc.nsm@iocnnuh March 23rd Speaking for Pakistan Pastors and Leaders Conference through our Skype Internet Ministry. March 23rd Teaching by Zoom on Deliverance Ministry for leaders of MorningStar Ministries Connect Groups. Eight week series.  March 25th Continue Teaching Healing Prayer Ministry by Zoom for Coker United Methodist Church San Antonio, Texas prayer team. Eight week course. March 26-27th Mens' Retreat at Cowhead Creek Ranch April 18th Preaching the Sunday Services at the Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas May 14-16th Keynote Speaker at 2021 Spring Conference of Central Texas Area Aglow in Kerrville, Texas featuring international worship leader Terry MacAlmon in an outdoor worship evening Friday Night at the Empty Cross at Kerrville Coming King Prayer Garden. Contact Christina Roberts at christinaroberts@att.net Register Online for RiseUpAglow2021

“Christ’s Ambassadors” in Our World - March 12, 2021

 

Morning by Morning, March 12 - “Christ’s Ambassadors” in Our World Good morning, Lord Jesus. I am in Christ and Christ is in me; I abide in You and You abide in me. So give me Your words to say and Your prayers to pray, as I begin my day seeking to follow You and be one with You. For “whoever is united with the Lord is one with Him in the Spirit” (1 Corinthians 6:17). “We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making His appeal through us” (2 Corinthians 4:20). Father God, by the power of Your grace and the mystery of faith, we are “Christ’s ambassadors” on this earth. “For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body” (1 Corinthians 12:12). We are “the body of Christ” (1 Corinthians 12:27). “We have the mind of Christ” (1 Corinthians 2:16). We have “the Spirit of Christ” for “indeed the Spirit of God lives in (us)” (Romans 8:9). “Christ in (us), the hope of glory” (Colossians 1:27). So fill me with that confidence and security of my identity in You today. Empower me to fulfill my destiny in You today. As Your Word inspires us and empowers us: “Each of (us) should use whatever gift (we) have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God. If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen” (1 Peter 4:10-11). So it’s not prideful or arrogant or blasphemous to see ourselves as Your ambassadors in our world. It’s obedience and faithfulness. You’ve created us and called us and sent us forth into our world for this very purpose -- for You to display Your glory through our lives. In our obedience and faithfulness -- secure in our identity to fulfill our destiny -- You will be praised and receive all glory and power forever and ever! As Teresa of Avila said long ago: “Christ has no body now but (ours). No hands, no feet on earth but (ours). (Ours) are the eyes through which He looks with compassion on this world. (Ours) are the feet with which He walks to do good. (Ours) are the hands through which He blesses all the world. (Ours) are the hands, (ours) are the feet, (ours) are the eyes, (we) are His body. Christ has no body now on earth but (ours).” “Here I am, Lord. Send me!” as I do my part as part of Your body on this earth and in my world (Isaiah 6:8) In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays My friend, may our Father send His Holy Spirit to prepare the way of the Lord in your heart for the coming of our King Jesus today and every day, in you and through you, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you!  Tommy & Rocio Hays Messiah Ministries 17503 La Cantera Parkway, Suite 104407 San Antonio, Texas 78257 Please share this word to encourage a friend! Anyone can sign up for free to receive them at: Messiah-Ministries.org

Join us and Pray for us! Some of Our Upcoming Events: March 18th and Weekly on Thursdays - San Antonio, Texas Teaching Healing Prayer Ministry for Coker UMC Prayer Team March 19-20th - Danville, Kentucky Speaking at Voice of Joy Ministries' 2021 Spring Conference hosted at Cornerstone Church, Danville, Kentucky.  Contact Pastor Amy Barkman: amyb_love@att.net March 21st - Nicholasville, Kentucky Preaching Sunday morning at All Nations UMC Church,  Nicholasville, Kentucky. Contact Pastor Hunn Choi: moc.nsm@iocnnuh Starting March 23rd - Fredericksburg, Texas Tuesday Night Series teaching Life Transformation Course live in person every week at the Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas beginning Tuesday Night, March 23th at 6:30.  Based on the principles of my book Free to Be Like Jesus! March 26-27th - Kerrville, Texas Mens' Retreat at Cowhead Creek Ranch May 14-16th - Kerrville, Texas Keynote Speaker at 2021 Spring Conference of Central Texas Area Aglow in Kerrville, Texas featuring international worship leader Terry MacAlmon in an outdoor worship evening Friday Night at the Empty Cross at Kerrville Coming King Prayer Garden. Contact Christina Roberts at christinaroberts@att.net Register Online for RiseUpAglow2021

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Saved in Christ and “Raised with Christ” - March 11, 2021

 

Morning by Morning, March 11 - Saved in Christ and “Raised with Christ” Good morning, Lord Jesus. You’re my Vine and I’m one of Your branches. I abide in You and You abide in me as I embrace Your Spirit in every level and depth of my being to begin my day centered in You. ... “So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth, for you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory” (Colossians 3:1-4). I was dead in my sins, but now I’m forgiven and free to be fully alive in Your grace. I was lost but now I’m found. I was on my own -- having to depend upon my own will power, my own wisdom, trying make my own way in my journey through this world -- but now I’m never alone and never left to depend on myself alone, because You’re always with me and even abiding within me by Your Spirit. “Christ in (me), the hope of glory” (Colossians 1:27). You’ve saved me and raised me up with You. You’ve set my mind free, set my heart free, set my life free to be “hidden with Christ in God” so that Christ is my life and my life is Christ’s. So keep lifting my eyes up to “seek the things that are above” so I can keep setting my mind on the things that are above -- above my sins, above my past, above all my failures and regrets, and all that would pull me down and keep my heart and spirit from soaring with You in the heavenly place of Your embrace. That’s where I was created to live. That’s who I was created to be. As the old worship song says, “Turn your eyes upon Jesus. Look full in His wonderful face. And the things of earth will grow strangely dim in the light of His glory and grace.” ... As I begin my day -- embraced by my Father, centered in Christ, and filled with Your Holy Spirit -- I’m turning my eyes upon You, I’m opening my heart wide to You, and I’m taking hold of the truth that I’m raised up with You so that “Christ who is (my) life” will be “revealed” through my life today. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays My friend, may you be raised in Christ, secure and fulfilled in the truth you are saved by Christ and Christ abides in by His Spirit you, the hope of His glory display through you and your life in Him, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you!  Tommy & Rocio Hays Messiah Ministries 17503 La Cantera Parkway, Suite 104407 San Antonio, Texas 78257 Please share this word to encourage a friend! Anyone can sign up for free to receive them at: Messiah-Ministries.org

Join us and Pray for us! Some of Our Upcoming Events: March 19-20th  Speaking at Voice of Joy Ministries' 2021 Spring Conference hosted at Cornerstone Church, Danville, Kentucky.  Contact Pastor Amy Barkman: amyb_love@att.net March 21st  Preaching Sunday morning at All Nations UMC Church,  Nicholasville, Kentucky. Contact Pastor Hunn Choi: moc.nsm@iocnnuh Starting March 23rd  Tuesday Night Series teaching Life Transformation Course live in person every week at the Bridge Church in Fredericksburg, Texas beginning Tuesday Night, March 23th at 6:30.  Based on the principles of my book Free to Be Like Jesus! March 26-27th Mens' Retreat at Cowhead Creek Ranch May 14-16th Keynote Speaker at 2021 Spring Conference of Central Texas Area Aglow in Kerrville, Texas featuring international worship leader Terry MacAlmon in an outdoor worship evening Friday Night at the Empty Cross at Kerrville Coming King Prayer Garden. Contact Christina Roberts at christinaroberts@att.net Register Online for RiseUpAglow2021

Prepare the Way of the Lord!” - March 10, 2021

 

Morning by Morning, March 10 - “Prepare the Way of the Lord!” Good morning, Lord Jesus. Help me begin this day and every day embraced by my Father, centered in Christ, and filled with the Holy Spirit. ... “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord; Make straight in the desert A highway for our God. Every valley shall be exalted And every mountain and hill brought low; The crooked places shall be made straight And the rough places smooth; The glory of the Lord shall be revealed, And all flesh shall see it together; For the mouth of the Lord has spoken’” (Isaiah 40:3-5 NKJV). I hear in my heart this morning, “Prepare the way of the Lord! Prepare the way of the Lord!” ... Yes, Lord. That’s been the heart of my calling and focus of ministry for nearly twenty-five years -- to “Prepare the way of the Lord” in the hearts of Your people, to prepare the body and bride Christ for the coming of our King, not just on the earth at the second coming of Christ, but also in our hearts every day between now and then through prayer and inner healing and spiritual freedom, ministering the healing love of God in the powerful name of Jesus, at home and abroad. It’s been my yearning desire to see the nature of Christ formed in me and in Your people, growing up to maturity, set free from all that would hold us back from being all You created us to be (Galatians 4:19). What are You speaking to me this morning in this cry I hear in my heart? ... I believe I hear You saying: “This is a new season of preparation. A season of deeper preparation. More thorough preparation. My people are more desperate for change, more desperate for hope, more desperate to pursue Me and My Spirit in their hearts that I may make a difference in their lives and in their world. But there are high places in their hearts that must be brought low. There are low places in their spirits that must be lifted up. There are crooked places in their paths and in their ways that must be made straight. And only I can do that. They must turn to Me and yield to Me and allow Me to uproot and remove everything in them that is not yet like Me, that I can fill them afresh with My Spirit and display My glory through their lives. I am releasing this fresh anointing of My Presence and My power to “Prepare the way of the Lord” in this new season of preparation.” ... Yes, Lord. Let it be so in me. As You do this in me -- more deeply than ever before -- do this through this ministry You’ve entrusted to me more powerfully than ever before. “Prepare the way of the Lord” in me and through me, by Your Spirit.  Bring down the high places of pride that would rise up in resistance and rebellion to Your authority in our lives. Lift up the law places of depression, discouragement, hopelessness, confusion, and despair. Make the crooked places straight in our hearts, our thoughts, our desires, and our actions so we can walk in righteousness and holiness of heart and life in You by the power of Your Holy Spirit at work within us (1 Thessalonians 5:23-24). “Christ in (us), the hope of glory” (Colossians 1:27). Father, set us free from all that would hold us back from being all You created us to be. Set us free from our sins and sorrows, our wounds and regrets, our strongholds and chains, our lies and false beliefs, and all that’s less that who You say we are and all You’ve created us to be by the power of Your grace. Set us free to be like Jesus in our world, with His character in our hearts and His power in our words and prayers in the authority of His name! Yes, Lord -- Free to be like Jesus! “Because as He is, so are we in this world” (1 John 4:17) Father, You’ve sent Your Holy Spirit to prepare a holy bride for the coming of the King of Glory, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Prepare the way of the Lord! Prepare the way of the Lord in me, in us, in our world! “The Spirit and the bride say ‘Come!’” (Revelation 22:17) In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays My friend, may our Father send His Holy Spirit to prepare the way of the Lord in your heart for the coming of our King Jesus today and every day, in you and through you, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you!  Mailing Address for Messiah Ministries: Tommy & Rocio Hays Messiah Ministries 17503 La Cantera Parkway, Suite 104407 San Antonio, Texas 78257 Please share this word to encourage a friend! Anyone can sign up for free to receive them at: Messiah-Ministries.org

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