Monday, February 24, 2025

Morning by Morning, February 24, 2025 - Grieving Loss, but with the Hope of Peace and Joy “Through Jesus”

Morning by Morning, February 24, 2025 - Grieving Loss, but with the Hope of Peace and Joy “Through Jesus”

 

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Let Your Light arise and shine in my heart and through my life today (Isaiah 60:1). ...

 

Later this morning, I’ll join with friends and family of a loved one who’s passed on from this life to the next, through death and into eternal life. And as I wait for Your leading this morning, this Word comes to mind:

 

“We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who have died, so that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope” (1 Thessalonians 4:13).

 

Of course we grieve when a loved one dies. Of course we feel the sorrow and the pain at the loss of life. And the deeper the love, the greater the pain of the grief. They’re not here with us physically anymore. They’re not here to hug and to hold; they’re not here to hold and to hug us. That’s a deep loss that must be grieved, that’s important to grieve. The grieving is a part of the releasing and entrusting to You.

 

Because we are entrusting our loved one to You is why we do “not grieve as others do who have no hope.” We still grieve, but we grieve with hope. We still grieve, but we grieve with a deep knowledge of the truth that our beloved one is with You. And they’ll still be with you when we see them again, when we both come together again in Your Presence, when we both hug and hold one another again in Your Presence.

 

As Your Word goes on to declare in the next verses:

 

“For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have died. For this we declare to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming to the Lord, will by no means precede those who have died. For the Lord Himself, with a cry of command, with the archangel’s call and with the sound of God’s trumpet, will descend from Heaven, and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up in the clouds together with them to meet the Lord in the air; and so we will be with the Lord forever. Therefore encourage one another with these words” (v. 14-18).

 

That’s our hope! That’s our joy! That’s our hope and joy we have in Jesus even in the midst of our grief and sorrow. That’s how we can fully grieve; and at the same, we can fully rejoice. It’s “through Jesus” (v. 14). It’s when our loved one is entrusted to Jesus and we are entrusted to Jesus. Being in Jesus and Jesus being in us makes all the difference in the world. It makes all the difference in how we do not grieve as the world grieves, as those who have no hope.

 

And when we can grieve with this hope, with the One who fulfills our hope, with the One who is our Hope, we can rest assured in this Promise of God’s Word:

 

“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit” (Romans 15:13).

 

Thank You, Lord, for this great gift of Your mercy and love we have in You. Thank You for the hope we have, even the peace and joy we have even through our deepest griefs and sorrows, when our loved ones are in You and You are in us. That’s the great gift every one of us can have “through Jesus” -- through Your Presence with us “always” (Matthew 28:20)—not just when we go to heaven when we die, but with us right now in every moment of every day between this day and that day to come. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.



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


My friend, may you know the peace and joy of the Lord Jesus in your heart, even through any grief and sorrow you go through becuase your hope in Him and He is in you, in Jesus'name. 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!

Anyone can sign up for free at:

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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"

1st Day of School on Monday, February 16, 2025

for Messiah Ministries Christian School in Pattoki Village, Pakistan! Please pray for these children, their parents, our teachers, administrators, and leaders! We're so excited for this new dimension of our ministry! Please let me know if you would like to be a part with your prayers, encouragement, or financial support!

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


February 25

Sharing a Word of Hope at the Celebration of Life of Martin Kingman with Anna Kingdom's family and friends at Bridge Church, Fredericksburg, TX at 10am


March 1

Speaker at the Men's Breakfast at Bridge Church Fredericksburg, Texas


March 1, 2025

Messiah Ministries Annual Fundraiser at YO Ranch Hotel & Conference Center 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.

https://messiah-ministries.org/events


March 2, 2025

Marriage of Our Daughter Madison Hays and Trent Gow in Georgetown, Texas


March 5

New Wine Worship at 7pm on the 1st Wednesday each month at our Messiah Ministries Home Base in Fredericksburg. All are welcome!


March 12 Speaking at Fredericksburg Elementary School for Devotionals and Donuts sponsored by our local Bridge Church


March 17-24

Rocio and I Travel for Ministry in Morelia, Mexico and Toluca, Mexico


April 20, 2025

Preaching Easter Sunrise Service at The Empty Cross, The Coming King Sculpture Prayer Garden in Kerrville, Texas


April 25-26, 2025

Preaching Revival at the Barn at Yee Haw Ranch Outfitters, Fredericksburg, Texas

https://messiah-ministries.org/events

April 27 -May 11

Return Travel to Pakistan for Ministry in Pattoki, Karachi, and Lahore, Pakistan! Please cover us in prayer for another Outpouring of the Holy Spirit!


June 16-29

Teaching at Selah Men's Ministry Retreat in Cloudcroft, New Mexico


July 11-13

Preaching at Aldersgate Renewal Ministries Regional Meeting at Grafton Methodist Church, St. Paris, Ohio


July 28-August 10

Making plans of returning to Preach Crusades and minister in Kenol, Kenya and Nyrie, Kenya with Pastor Jeff Bealmear and Team


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, February 20, 2025

Morning by Morning, February 20, 2025 - See The Deliverance of The Lord

 

Morning by Morning, February 20, 2025 - See The Deliverance of The Lord

 

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Lead me by Your Spirit into a deep place of Your peace, as I watch and wait for Your leading to begin my day abiding in You and grounded in Your Word (John 15:4). ...

 

“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’” (Exodus 14:13-14).

 

You are the God who makes a way when it seems there is no way. You are the God of breakthrough and the God who overcomes our brokenness.

 

Sometimes You breakthrough the barriers that block us from Your blessings, astounding us with Your power. Sometimes You redeem and work together for good our brokenness and disappointment, not wasting a moment of our suffering in Your plan for our transformation.

 

“Ah Lord God! It is You who made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and by Your outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for You” (Jeremiah 32:17). “Abba, Father, all things are possible for You” (Mark 14:36).

 

Whether it's a miracle of breakthrough or a transformation through our brokenness, You are God. And we can trust You to accomplish Your deliverance from whatever would capture us or consume us, decimate us or destroy us.

 

Your instructions to Your people through Moses were clear. And Your instructions to us are clear:

 

“Do not be afraid.” Give no place to fear or any of the worry, anxiety, doubt, or unbelief the spirit of fear tempts us to embrace. “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind” (2 Timothy 1:7).

 

“Stand firm.” Open your hearts for the faith of God to fill your heart with courage, trusting in His Spirit, not your own power, might, strength, or wisdom. “Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ says the Lord Almighty” (Zechariah 4:6).

 

“See the deliverance of the Lord.” Look with the eyes of your heart opened to see the hand of God at work in all things, especially the things that are out of your control and contrary to His perfect will. Praise Him for what He is doing instead of complaining to Him about what it seems He’s not doing. God is fighting for us in ways we cannot always see and working in us things we cannot always know. He is not willing all things, for He never wills evil things or sinful things, but “we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose” (Romans 8:28).

 

“You have only to keep still.” Keep still; rest in God; trust in Him and His power to save. Trust that He loves you and He is for you, never leaving you nor forsaking you. No matter how things may seem or even what things may happen (Hebrews 13:5).  “From ages past no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides You, who works for those who wait for Him” (Isaiah 64:4).

 

Just as the people of God under the leadership of Moses overcame their physical enemies by faith and obedience, so we overcome our spiritual enemies by faith and obedience. “For we are not contending against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world rulers of this present darkness” (Ephesians 6:12). “For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds” (2 Corinthians 10:4).

 

 As we trust in You, keep still before You, stand firm in You, full of faith instead of fear, obedient to You and Your power and grace, we will look and see the deliverance of the Lord—the Lord who fights for us. The very enemies of our soul who come to steal and kill and destroy our peace and hope and joy will be ambushed by our God (John 10:10).  And we will never see them again. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.




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


My friend, may you experience the pure joy of the Presence of the Lord so near to you and at work within you, no matter what you go through and no matter the source of your trials, in Jesus'name. 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"

1st Day of School on Monday, February 16, 2025

for Messiah Ministries Christian School in Pattoki Village, Pakistan! Please pray for these children, their parents, our teachers, administrators, and leaders! We're so excited for this new dimension of our ministry! Please let me know if you would like to be a part with your prayers, encouragement, or financial support!

We Need a Headcount for our Venue. Please let me know if you are coming to our Celebration Fundraiser by Friday


A Generous Supporter has provide extra seats

to cover the cost for anyone needing help with a ticket for our Celebration Dinner. Just let me know if you need one and can come join us. We want everyone there who wants to come and learn or support our ministry!

tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org

Come join us for our Annual Celebration Dinner on March 1st and spread the word to everyone who should hear about what God is doing and join with us for fulfill our calling—

"Healing from the Inside Out ... Settings Hearts Free to Be All They Were Created to Be ... Preparing the Way of the Lord!

https://messiah-ministries.org/events

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

February 20-22

Meeting with Pastors and Leaders of the Global Methodist Church in San Antonio, TX


March 1

Speaker at the Men's Breakfast at Bridge Church Fredericksburg, Texas


March 1, 2025

Messiah Ministries Annual Fundraiser at YO Ranch Hotel & Conference Center 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.

https://messiah-ministries.org/events


March 2, 2025

Marriage of Our Daughter Madison Hays and Trent Gow in Georgetown, Texas


March 5

New Wine Worship at 7pm on the 1st Wednesday each month at our Messiah Ministries Home Base in Fredericksburg. All are welcome!


March 12 Speaking at Fredericksburg Elementary School for Devotionals and Donuts sponsored by our local Bridge Church


March 17-24

Rocio and I Travel for Ministry in Morelia, Mexico and Toluca, Mexico


April 20, 2025

Preaching Easter Sunrise Service at The Empty Cross, The Coming King Sculpture Prayer Garden in Kerrville, Texas


April 25-26, 2025

Preaching Revival at the Barn at Yee Haw Ranch Outfitters, Fredericksburg, Texas

https://messiah-ministries.org/events

April 27 -May 11

Return Travel to Pakistan for Ministry in Pattoki, Karachi, and Lahore, Pakistan! Please cover us in prayer for another Outpouring of the Holy Spirit!


June 16-29

Teaching at Selah Men's Ministry Retreat in Cloudcroft, New Mexico


July 11-13

Preaching at Aldersgate Renewal Ministries Regional Meeting at Grafton Methodist Church, St. Paris, Ohio


July 28-August 10

Making plans of returning to Preach Crusades and minister in Kenol, Kenya and Nyrie, Kenya with Pastor Jeff Bealmear and Team


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

Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Morning by Morning, February 19, 2025 - “Consider It Pure Joy”?

 

Morning by Morning, February 19, 2025 - “Consider It Pure Joy”?

 

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Let Your Light arise and shine in me and through my life today (Isaiah 60:1). ...

 

As I wait on You, this Word comes to mind:

 

“Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance” (James 1:2-3).

 

Almost everybody I know seems to be going through many battles, facing many trials, encountering many testings of faith. Some see it as spiritual warfare. Some see it as spiritual backlash or counterattack for the advancing of the Kingdom of God in their lives, their community, their nation, our world. Some see it as suffering through the consequences of sin that goes all the way back to the choices of Adam and Eve, with the cycles and patterns of iniquity that rolled down through the generations. Some see it as the ongoing challenges of living life in a broken and fallen world, full of broken and fallen people, along with the influence of broken and fallen spiritual enemies. Some see it as the very hand of God, with thoughts that are higher than our thoughts and ways that are higher than our ways for His divine purposes.

 

Regardless of the source of whatever we’re going through, how in the world are we to “Consider it pure joy” whenever we face whatever we’re going through? ...

 

As I wait and listen for Your leading, what comes to my heart and up to my mind is this:

 

“The joy is not in what you are going through. The joy is in knowing that whatever it is, whatever its source, I AM with you; and I AM working within you to draw you nearer to Me and even making you more like Me.” ...

 

Yes, Lord. Some Scriptures from Your Written Word come to my spirit immediately, as I seek to discern and test this spoken word in my heart:

 

“You make known to me the path of life;

    You will fill me with joy in Your Presence,

    with eternal pleasures at Your right hand” (Psalm 16:11).

 

“We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that His life may also be revealed in our mortal body” (2 Corinthians 4:8-11).

 

Thank You for Your perspective. Thank You for lifting my eyes to see Your greater glory and Your deeper work in whatever I go through, no matter the source of my struggles. By the mercy of Your grace, help me keep looking to You, embracing You, allowing You to even “fill me with joy in Your Presence” so near to me, as You keep forming and revealing “(Your) life” in (my) mortal body.”



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


My friend, may you experience the pure joy of the Presence of the Lord so near to you and at work within you, no matter what you go through and no matter the source of your trials, in Jesus'name. 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"

1st Day of School on Monday, February 16, 2025

for Messiah Ministries Christian School in Pattoki Village, Pakistan! Please pray for these children, their parents, our teachers, administrators, and leaders! We're so excited for this new dimension of our ministry! Please let me know if you would like to be a part with your prayers, encouragement, or financial support!

We Need a Headcount for our Venue. Please let me know if you are coming to our Celebration Fundraiser by Friday


A Generous Supporter has provide extra seats

to cover the cost for anyone needing help with a ticket for our Celebration Dinner. Just let me know if you need one and can come join us. We want everyone there who wants to come and learn or support our ministry!

tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org

Come join us for our Annual Celebration Dinner on March 1st and spread the word to everyone who should hear about what God is doing and join with us for fulfill our calling—

"Healing from the Inside Out ... Settings Hearts Free to Be All They Were Created to Be ... Preparing the Way of the Lord!

https://messiah-ministries.org/events

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


March 17

Pakistan Minsitry! Celebration to Open our Messiah Ministries Children's School in Pattoki Village, Pakistan! Children from the brick compounds and also children recently set free from the compounds and from the local village will be our first students! We'll be joining On-line with the students, teachers, and leaders for the first day of school thanks to very generous donors!


March 1

Speaker at the Men's Breakfast at Bridge Church Fredericksburg, Texas


March 1, 2025

Messiah Ministries Annual Fundraiser at YO Ranch Hotel & Conference Center 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.

https://messiah-ministries.org/events


March 2, 2025

Marriage of Our Daughter Madison Hays and Trent Gow in Georgetown, Texas


March 5

New Wine Worship at 7pm on the 1st Wednesday each month at our Messiah Ministries Home Base in Fredericksburg. All are welcome!


March 12 Speaking at Fredericksburg Elementary School for Devotionals and Donuts sponsored by our local Bridge Church


March 17-24

Rocio and I Travel for Ministry in Morelia, Mexico and Toluca, Mexico


April 20, 2025

Preaching Easter Sunrise Service at The Empty Cross, The Coming King Sculpture Prayer Garden in Kerrville, Texas


April 25-26, 2025

Preaching Revival at the Barn at Yee Haw Ranch Outfitters, Fredericksburg, Texas

https://messiah-ministries.org/events

April 27 -May 11

Return Travel to Pakistan for Ministry in Pattoki, Karachi, and Lahore, Pakistan! Please cover us in prayer for another Outpouring of the Holy Spirit!


June 16-29

Teaching at Selah Men's Ministry Retreat in Cloudcroft, New Mexico


July 11-13

Preaching at Aldersgate Renewal Ministries Regional Meeting at Grafton Methodist Church, St. Paris, Ohio


July 28-August 10

Making plans of returning to Preach Crusades and minister in Kenol, Kenya and Nyrie, Kenya with Pastor Jeff Bealmear and Team


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