Tuesday, November 05, 2024

Morning by Morning, November 5, 2024 - “As for Me and My House, We Will Serve the Lord” on This Election Day in America


Morning by Morning, November 5, 2024 - “As for Me and My House, We Will Serve the Lord” on This Election Day in America

 

Good morning, Lord Jesus. I look to You and listen for Your leading, as I begin my day embraced by my Father, centered in Christ, and filled with Your Holy Spirit (John 10:27). ...

 

As we enter into Election Day in America this morning, this ancient Scripture--with Words, spiritual principles and current applications that are forever true--comes to mind:

 

“Now therefore, fear the Lord, serve Him in sincerity and in truth, and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the River and in Egypt. Serve the Lord! And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord” (Joshua 24:14-15).

 

Yes, Lord. By the power of Your grace and the leading of Your Spirit, “As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” With our voices, with our votes, with our attitudes and our actions, we will serve the Lord.

 

By the power of Your grace, we will not serve the so-called “gods” of this world that seek to hover over our land as principalities and powers that resist the truth and the will of the One True God who is Lord of all. But we welcome Your Holy Spirit to come like “a rushing mighty Wind” across our nation and throughout the earth! (Acts 2:1)

 

Push back the darkness and open up Your heavens over our land for a shifting and a turning into a new day of righteousness in our land. “Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people” (Proverbs 14:34).

 

“Oh, that You would rend the heavens!

That You would come down!

That the mountains might shake at Your Presence—

As fire burns brushwood,

As fire causes water to boil—

To make Your name known to Your adversaries,

That the nations may tremble at Your presence!

When You did awesome things for which we did not look,

You came down,

The mountains shook at Your presence.

For since the beginning of the world

Men have not heard nor perceived by the ear,

Nor has the eye seen any God besides You,

Who acts for the one who waits for Him.

You meet him who rejoices and does righteousness,

Who remembers You in Your ways.

You are indeed angry, for we have sinned—

In these ways we continue;

And we need to be saved!” (Isaiah 64:1-5)

 

Yes, Lord! “We need to be saved!” And only You are our Savior! “Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved!” (Acts 4:12)

 

So give us grace to do our part, as Your Holy Spirit moves in our hearts and in the heart of our nation to turn to You, to call upon Your name, to speak up and get up and go vote according to Your principles of righteousness and truth, grounded in Your Word and filled with Your Spirit!

 

“Restore us, O God; cause Your face to shine, and we shall be saved!” (Psalm 80:3) “He who endures to the end shall be saved!” (Matthew 24:13) “And it shall come to pass that whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved!” (Acts 2:21)

 

Save our nation, O God! Make America Godly Again! We must all make our own decisions and cast our own votes as our conscience determines and hopefully as Your Spirit leads, “But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord!” (Joshua 24:15) In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.



Be encouraged today. In the love of Jesus, Tommy Hays


My friend, may you join in prayer for Election Day in America to choose well in accordance with the righteousness and will of God by the leading of His Holy Spirit, in Jesus' name, Amen. God bless you, my friend! And you have a great day!


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Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries

502 North Milam Street

Fredericksburg, Texas 78624


Please share this word to encourage a friend!

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“Setting hearts free to be all they were created to be

—Free to Be Like Jesus—

secure in their identity, growing in maturity, fulfilling their destiny"

Messiah Ministries Annual Fundraiser set for March 1 this year

Please Save the Date, Get Your Tickets, and Spread the Word!

https://messiah-ministries.org/event

Please Keep us in Prayer for These

Messiah Ministries Events

Every Tuesday Night

Teaching my 9 Month Equipping Course Free to Be Like Jesus! at Bridge Church Fredericksburg, Texas. 6:00PM Central Time

Zoom link available by request to my email.

Based on My Book, Free to Be Like Jesus:

https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays

tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org



November 4

Praying for the Election 2:00 at Yee Haw Ranch Outfitters in Fredericksburg, Texas (where we have Revival at the Barn in the Spring each year). All are Welcome!


November 5

Praying for Election Day in America


November 6

New Wine Worship at our Messiah Ministries Home Base in Fredericksburg, Texas on the 1st Wednesday of Every Month. All are welcome!


November 8 Pakistan Ministry.

Preaching through our Internet Ministry for a Pastors and Leaders Conference in Karachi, Pakistan with All Nations Church


November 13-18

Ministry Trip to Cali, Colombia for Revival Meetings, Pastors and Leaders seminar


November 21-24

Teaching a Healing Academy at FUMC McMinnville, Tennessee


December 7

Speaking at Kerrville Aglow Christmas Gathering


December 19

10th Wedding Anniversary for Tommy & Rocio Hays!


December 21

Wedding Celebration of Elijah & Ashleigh Hays in Maysville, Kentucky


March 1, 2025

Messiah Ministries Annual Fundraiser at YO Ranch in Kerrville, TX. Testimonies to God's Glory! Dinner, Celebration, Worship, Live Auction, Silent Auction. Live Worship Painting by Jenna Mae Tipton to be auctioned. Tickets are On Sale Now to Preregister at Discount Price by Dec. 31st.

https://messiah-ministries.org/event

Wednesday Mornings

Leading Online Restoration Ministry Sessions for Online Connect Groups of MorningStar Ministries from around the world by appointment.

 

Personal Ministry Appointments

Spiritual Direction Sessions and Personal Prayer Ministry Sessions of Inner Healing & Spiritual Freedom by Appointment.

tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org

 Sessions are without set cost and all contributions help support the calling and vision of Messiah Ministries.

https://messiah-ministries.org/partner/contribute

Free On-line Video Series: Setting Hearts Free! 

My Core Teaching and Ministry

https://messiah-ministries.org/resources

https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays

Monday, November 04, 2024

Morning by Morning, November 4, 2024 - “In the Valley of Decision”

 

Morning by Morning, November 4, 2024 - “In the Valley of Decision”

 

Good morning, Lord Jesus. King of Kings and Lord of Lords, rule and reign over my life and my land and throughout our world (Revelation 1:5). ...

 

As we near Election Day in our nation tomorrow, this Scripture comes to mind in my prayers today:

 

“Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision!

For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision” (Joel 3:14).

 

Many have already made their decision and cast their vote in the days of early voting. Many more will make their decision of whether to fulfill their Constitutional responsibility and assert their Constitutional authority to get up and go to the polls or sit back passively to let others go do it instead, just hoping for the best.

 

But “the Lord is near.” The Lord is here. The Lord is ready to pour down into every “valley” of a heart that bows low in humility to ask You how we should pray, to ask You how we should vote. And in that “valley of decision” You will guide by Your Spirit and move in our hearts to lead us into the truth of Your ways and Your will and Your purposes for our land.

 

“Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God” (Romans 8:26-27).

 

And Your Word reveals Your will--“the will of God.” Your Word declares Your will that “Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people” (Proverbs 14:34). So as we look at the issues on the ballot, at the representatives of the platforms that line up with righteousness or unrighteousness, as right or wrong, as defined by Your Word and not by the desires of those who do only what is right in their own eyes rather than in submission to the authority of Scripture and the leading of the Holy Spirit, let us choose the way of righteousness (Judges 21:25).

 

We have a responsibility to make right choices in this “valley of decision” for our nation for these days and for the many days to come. We will give an account for our decisions (Hosea 8:4). We will live out the effects of the decisions we make by the leadership we choose (1 Samuel 12:13-25). We will be given over to the choices we make and the Spirit or spirits we choose to follow (Romans 1:24). So let us choose well. Let us choose this day whom we will serve with our voice and our vote (Joshua 24:15).

 

Let us choose well. And let us pray that others will choose well. Let us pray that those who will be led by the Spirit of God will get up and go vote according to the principles of the Word of God to let the voice of Your will be heard in our land.

 

Lord, draw “near” to every heart that needs to be moved by Your Spirit to take a stand for the principles of righteousness, for the platform that most closely aligns with Your Word expressing Your will for this nation and every nation. For “Righteousness exalts a nation.” And Your Holy Spirit leads us to the mind and heart of the only Righteous One. May we be a nation who exalts You by our right choices in “the valley of decision.” In Jesus’ name I pray.  Amen.


Be encouraged today. In the love of Jesus, Tommy Hays


My friend, may you be moved by the Spirit of God in alignment with the will and Word of God to let your voice be heard and join in prayer for the voices of be heard of all who are led by the Spirit of God in this nation and the nations of our world, in Jesus' name, Amen. God bless you, my friend! And you have a great day!


Click Here to Listen to Today's Prayer:

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Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries

502 North Milam Street

Fredericksburg, Texas 78624


Please share this word to encourage a friend!

Anyone can sign up for free at:

https://messiah-ministries.org


My Books on Inner Healing, Spiritual Freedom and Spiritual Intimacy with God are Available on Amazon: 

https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays


“Setting hearts free to be all they were created to be

—Free to Be Like Jesus—

secure in their identity, growing in maturity, fulfilling their destiny"

Messiah Ministries Annual Fundraiser set for March 1 this year

Please Save the Date, Get Your Tickets, and Spread the Word!

https://messiah-ministries.org/event

Please Keep us in Prayer for These

Messiah Ministries Events

Every Tuesday Night

Teaching my 9 Month Equipping Course Free to Be Like Jesus! at Bridge Church Fredericksburg, Texas. 6:00PM Central Time

Zoom link available by request to my email.

Based on My Book, Free to Be Like Jesus:

https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays

tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org



November 4

Praying for the Election 2:00 at Yee Haw Ranch Outfitters in Fredericksburg, Texas (where we have Revival at the Barn in the Spring each year). All are Welcome!


November 6

New Wine Worship at our Messiah Ministries Home Base in Fredericksburg, Texas on the 1st Wednesday of Every Month. All are welcome!


November 8 Pakistan Ministry.

Preaching through our Internet Ministry for a Pastors and Leaders Conference in Karachi, Pakistan with All Nations Church


November 13-18

Ministry Trip to Cali, Colombia for Revival Meetings, Pastors and Leaders seminar


November 21-24

Teaching a Healing Academy at FUMC McMinnville, Tennessee


December 7

Speaking at Kerrville Aglow Christmas Gathering


December 19

10th Wedding Anniversary for Tommy & Rocio Hays!


December 21

Wedding Celebration of Elijah & Ashleigh Hays in Maysville, Kentucky


March 1, 2025

Messiah Ministries Annual Fundraiser at YO Ranch in Kerrville, TX. Testimonies to God's Glory! Dinner, Celebration, Worship, Live Auction, Silent Auction. Live Worship Painting by Jenna Mae Tipton to be auctioned. Tickets are On Sale Now to Preregister at Discount Price by Dec. 31st.

https://messiah-ministries.org/event

Wednesday Mornings

Leading Online Restoration Ministry Sessions for Online Connect Groups of MorningStar Ministries from around the world by appointment.

 

Personal Ministry Appointments

Spiritual Direction Sessions and Personal Prayer Ministry Sessions of Inner Healing & Spiritual Freedom by Appointment.

tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org

 Sessions are without set cost and all contributions help support the calling and vision of Messiah Ministries.

https://messiah-ministries.org/partner/contribute

Free On-line Video Series: Setting Hearts Free! 

My Core Teaching and Ministry

https://messiah-ministries.org/resources

https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays

Friday, November 01, 2024

Morning by Morning, November 1, 2024 - “The Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus”

 

Morning by Morning, November 1, 2024 - “The Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus”

 

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Turning my attention to You, I wait for the leading of Your Spirit. ...

 

“There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.... For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.... But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His.... But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you” (Romans 8:1-2, 5, 9, 11).

 

Thank You for “the Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus.” Thank You for giving me both the desire and the power to embrace this Law of Life, to let this Law be my way of Life.

 

It’s not so much a Law I have to live up to as it is a Law of Life that lives in me because Your Spirit lives in me--the very same Spirit that raised You from the dead. This is “the Spirit of Life” (v. 2), “the Spirit of God” (v. 9), “the Spirit of Christ” (v. 9), the Spirit who “dwells in (me)” and every one of us who open our hearts and entrust our lives to You (v. 9).

 

So as I begin my day, I consciously, deliberately, intentionally set my mind on “the things of the Spirit” instead of “the things of the flesh” (v. 5), to “walk” out the steps and moments of my day “according to the Spirit” rather than “according to the flesh” (v. 1). To “set (my) mind” is an active choice of my will, made by the power of Your grace that I choose to allow to motivate my will (v. 5).

 

Making that choice right here, right now in these first moments of my morning sets the course of my day in motion to “live according to the Spirit” today (v. 5). It’s Your Spirit who opens the eyes of my heart to see this choice, to see that there is a choice, and who gives me the desire to make this choice--the choice to choose life in the Spirit rather than life in the flesh, to let Your “Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus” set me “free from the Law of Sin and Death” (v. 2).

 

When I do, by the power of Your grace at work within me, I sense Your deep peace and Your overflowing pleasure that “There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus” (v. 1). In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.


Be encouraged today. In the love of Jesus, Tommy Hays


My friend, may you sense the deep peace and overflowing pleasure of God as you set your mind on the things of the Spirit and embrace the Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus today, in Jesus' name, Amen. God bless you, my friend! And you have a great day!


Click Here to Listen to Today's Prayer:

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Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries

502 North Milam Street

Fredericksburg, Texas 78624


Please share this word to encourage a friend!

Anyone can sign up for free at:

https://messiah-ministries.org


My Books on Inner Healing, Spiritual Freedom and Spiritual Intimacy with God are Available on Amazon: 

https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays


“Setting hearts free to be all they were created to be

—Free to Be Like Jesus—

secure in their identity, growing in maturity, fulfilling their destiny"

Messiah Ministries Annual Fundraiser set for March 1 this year

Please Save the Date, Get Your Tickets, and Spread the Word!

https://messiah-ministries.org/event

Please Keep us in Prayer for These

Messiah Ministries Events

Every Tuesday Night

Teaching my 9 Month Equipping Course Free to Be Like Jesus! at Bridge Church Fredericksburg, Texas. 6:00PM Central Time

Zoom link available by request to my email.

Based on My Book, Free to Be Like Jesus:

https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays

tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org



November 6

New Wine Worship at our Messiah Ministries Home Base in Fredericksburg, Texas on the 1st Wednesday of Every Month. All are welcome!


November 8 Pakistan Ministry.

Preaching through our Internet Ministry for a Pastors and Leaders Conference in Karachi, Pakistan with All Nations Church


November 13-18

Ministry Trip to Cali, Colombia for Revival Meetings, Pastors and Leaders seminar


November 21-24

Teaching a Healing Academy at FUMC McMinnville, Tennessee


December 7

Speaking at Kerrville Aglow Christmas Gathering


December 19

10th Wedding Anniversary for Tommy & Rocio Hays!


December 21

Wedding Celebration of Elijah & Ashleigh Hays in Maysville, Kentucky


March 1, 2025

Messiah Ministries Annual Fundraiser at YO Ranch in Kerrville, TX. Testimonies to God's Glory! Dinner, Celebration, Worship, Live Auction, Silent Auction. Live Worship Painting by Jenna Mae Tipton to be auctioned. Tickets are On Sale Now to Preregister at Discount Price by Dec. 31st.

https://messiah-ministries.org/event

Wednesday Mornings

Leading Online Restoration Ministry Sessions for Online Connect Groups of MorningStar Ministries from around the world by appointment.

 

Personal Ministry Appointments

Spiritual Direction Sessions and Personal Prayer Ministry Sessions of Inner Healing & Spiritual Freedom by Appointment.

tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org

 Sessions are without set cost and all contributions help support the calling and vision of Messiah Ministries.

https://messiah-ministries.org/partner/contribute

Free On-line Video Series: Setting Hearts Free! 

My Core Teaching and Ministry

https://messiah-ministries.org/resources

https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays

Thursday, October 31, 2024

Morning by Morning, October 31, 2024 - Both “Mighty God” and Greatest “Friend”

 

Morning by Morning, October 31, 2024 - Both “Mighty God” and Greatest “Friend”

 

Good morning, Lord Jesus. “Mighty God” and my Greatest “Friend,” I look to You and I begin my day embraced by my Father, centered in Christ, and filled with Your Holy Spirit. ...

 

“And His name will be called

Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,

Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace” (Isaiah 9:6).

 

“No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you” (John 15:15).

 

By the power of Your grace and in the mystery of faith, You are both my “Mighty God” and my Greatest “Friend.” I don’t deserve it; I couldn’t earn it; but it’s true, nonetheless--for me and for all who are called by Your name, who have You in our hearts through the salvation of our souls. I am a “friend” of God, a “friend” of the “Mighty God.”

 

May I never take that for granted. May I live out my days of my deeply personal relationship with You in the both the inseparable intimacy of the Lord (Romans 8:38-39) and the reverential fear of the Lord (Acts 9:31). In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.


Be encouraged today. In the love of Jesus, Tommy Hays


My friend, may you know our "Mighty God" is also your Greatest "Friend" as you seek to know Him and obey Him in your dialy journey with Him, in Jesus' name, Amen. God bless you, my friend! And you have a great day!


Click Here to Listen to Today's Prayer:

https://www.buzzsprout.com/2375760


Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries

502 North Milam Street

Fredericksburg, Texas 78624


Please share this word to encourage a friend!

Anyone can sign up for free at:

https://messiah-ministries.org


My Books on Inner Healing, Spiritual Freedom and Spiritual Intimacy with God are Available on Amazon: 

https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays


“Setting hearts free to be all they were created to be

—Free to Be Like Jesus—

secure in their identity, growing in maturity, fulfilling their destiny"

Messiah Ministries Annual Fundraiser set for March 1 this year

Please Save the Date, Get Your Tickets, and Spread the Word!

https://messiah-ministries.org/event

Please Keep us in Prayer for These

Messiah Ministries Events

Every Tuesday Night

Teaching my 9 Month Equipping Course Free to Be Like Jesus! at Bridge Church Fredericksburg, Texas. 6:00PM Central Time

Zoom link available by request to my email.

Based on My Book, Free to Be Like Jesus:

https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays

tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org



November 6

New Wine Worship at our Messiah Ministries Home Base in Fredericksburg, Texas on the 1st Wednesday of Every Month. All are welcome!


November 8 Pakistan Ministry.

Preaching through our Internet Ministry for a Pastors and Leaders Conference in Karachi, Pakistan with All Nations Church


November 13-18

Ministry Trip to Cali, Colombia for Revival Meetings, Pastors and Leaders seminar


November 21-24

Teaching a Healing Academy at FUMC McMinnville, Tennessee


December 7

Speaking at Kerrville Aglow Christmas Gathering


December 19

10th Wedding Anniversary for Tommy & Rocio Hays!


December 21

Wedding Celebration of Elijah & Ashleigh Hays in Maysville, Kentucky


March 1, 2025

Messiah Ministries Annual Fundraiser at YO Ranch in Kerrville, TX. Testimonies to God's Glory! Dinner, Celebration, Worship, Live Auction, Silent Auction. Live Worship Painting by Jenna Mae Tipton to be auctioned. Tickets are On Sale Now to Preregister at Discount Price by Dec. 31st.

https://messiah-ministries.org/event

Wednesday Mornings

Leading Online Restoration Ministry Sessions for Online Connect Groups of MorningStar Ministries from around the world by appointment.

 

Personal Ministry Appointments

Spiritual Direction Sessions and Personal Prayer Ministry Sessions of Inner Healing & Spiritual Freedom by Appointment.

tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org

 Sessions are without set cost and all contributions help support the calling and vision of Messiah Ministries.

https://messiah-ministries.org/partner/contribute

Free On-line Video Series: Setting Hearts Free! 

My Core Teaching and Ministry

https://messiah-ministries.org/resources

https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays