Morning by Morning, September 15, 2025 – Arising in Courage and Confidence in the Face of Our Culture

 

Morning by Morning, September 15, 2025 – Arising in Courage and Confidence in the Face of Our Culture Good morning, Lord Jesus. I speak out Your name and listen for Your leading, just as You said: “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me” (John 10:27). ... As I listen, what comes to my heart are these words: “Courage does not back down. Confidence is grounded in the truth of what is right. And what is right will never change.” ... Yes, Lord. As I wait for Your Spirit to bring to mind a Scripture to confirm what I sense I’m hearing in my heart, this Word comes to mind: “Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the Law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go” (Joshua 1:7-9). “This Book of the Law” was once written on tablets of stone (Exodus 34:1). But now You’ve written Your Law on our hearts (Jeremiah 31:33; Hebrews 8:10; Romans 2:15). Written “with the Spirit of the Living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets that are human hearts” (2 Corinthians 3:3). Despite the attacks in our current culture against what is right and true, against those who stand up and speak out for what is right and true, grounded in Your Word and filled with Your Spirit, may You keep giving us Your courage to not back down and keep giving us Your confidence to keep standing up and speaking out. Awaken us and empower us, ignite us and fan us into flame, that we may be courageous and confident in You, “speaking the truth in love” (Ephesians 4:15) — not just in truth, but also in love; not just in love, but also in truth. As Your Word goes on to exhort us, “Wake up, sleeper! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you!... making the most of every opportunity because the days are evil.... be filled with the Spirit.... always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ!” (Ephesians 5:14-20) In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. Be encouraged today. In the love of Jesus, Tommy Hays My friend, may you be awakened and empowered, ignited and fanned into flam to stand up and speak out what is right and true, speaking the truth in love, making the most of every opportunity, giving thanks to God in the name of Jesus, 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 your identity, growing in maturity, fulfilling your destiny" We Welcome Your Financial Support to Fulfill our Vision and Calling https://messiah-ministries.org/partner/contribute

Please Keep us in Prayer for These Messiah Ministries Events and We Welcome You to Join Us as You're Led to Fulfill our Vision and Calling with Your Prayers and Financial Support https://messiah-ministries.org/partner/contribute Every Tuesday Night Starting Again September 9, 2025 We have begun again my annual 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.   tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org Based on My Book, Free to Be Like Jesus:  https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays Every Morning in Pakistan except Sunday Morning Messiah Ministries Christian School in Tara Garth, Pakistan with children from the Brick Kilns and village. Let me know if you're led to help support our school with Christian and Muslim students and teachers. tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org September 17 Ministering to Jr. High Students at Fredericksburg Middle School with the Bridge Church Devos and Donuts Team (devotionals and donuts) 7:30 am September 21  Preaching the Sunday Morning Services at Bridge Church Fredericksburg, Texas at 9am and 11am https://www.bridgefbg.com/live-stream October 1 Preaching at The Empty Cross of The Coming King Prayer Garden in Kerrville, Texas for final Day of Ten Days of Awe hosted by Texas Hill Country churches and ministries. October 2 Speaking at Boerne, Texas Lighthouse of Aglow International Ministries, Kendall Inn 7:30pm October 4 Meet Me at the River. Leading a Community Gathering of Worship and Healing from the Trauma of the Hill Country Flood at the edge of the Guadalupe River between Kerrville and Hunt, Texas at Paradise River Bend at 3pm. Bring your lawn chairs please and please keep us in prayer if you can't come. Messiah Ministries Facebook Event Page to share: https://www.facebook.com/share/1FA7dBuSx6/ October 21 Speaking at Around the Table Monthly Faith Based Social Gathering at Yee Haw Ranch Fredericksburg, Texas 6:30pm. All are Welcome.  September through December, 2025 Blocks of time when I can writing my next book. Welcoming your prayers for the inspiration and flow of the Holy Spirit. Thank you, friends! November Prayers for Returning for ministry in Pakistan in Karachi, Pattoki, and Lahore Personal Ministry Appointments Spiritual Direction Sessions and Personal Prayer Ministry Sessions of Inner Healing & Spiritual Freedom by Appointment in Person and Online through Zoom. 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

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Morning by Morning, September 11, 2025 – “Well Done, Good and Faithful Servant” — Honoring the Life and Passion of Charlie Kirk

 

Morning by Morning, September 11, 2025 – “Well Done, Good and Faithful Servant” — Honoring the Life and Passion of Charlie Kirk Good morning, Lord Jesus. Be at the center of my heart, as I entrust my heart and my life and every moment of my day to You — Father, Son and Holy Spirit of God. ... As I join with those around the world who mourn and grieve the deep loss of the life and passion, the witness and faith, the courage and authenticity of Charlie Kirk, the words of another spiritual leader, recorded in Scripture at the end of his life come to mind: “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day — and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for His appearing” (2 Timothy 4:7-8). Charlie Kirk has received his crown of righteousness. He has heard those words we all long to hear when we’ve finished our race, “Well done, good and faithful servant” (Matthew 25:21). He laid down his life, though far too soon, as his life was taken from him, doing what he loved, fulfilling his calling of boldly speaking the truth in love, courageously living the conscience of his heart and inspiring others to do the same, to stand up and speak out, even if they vehemently disagreed. You were 33 when You laid down Your life. Charlie Kirk was 31. He was not Jesus. As none of us are. But he truly was an “ambassador for Christ” as we all should aspire to be (2 Corinthians 5:20). As a husband and father, and foremost, a follower of Jesus, he was “salt” and “light” in the hardness and darkness of our world, sharing the truth he had found in his heart and sought to live with his life (Matthew 5:13-16). He will be missed. He will be remembered. And through his witness and legacy of boldly living out the freedom we have to speak and to worship and to witness our faith and conscience of our hearts, in the public square and everywhere we go, His heart and passion and example will live on. He was an influencer in our world, but now his influence will even increase: “Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life. Whoever serves Me must follow Me; and where I am, My servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves Me” (John 12:24-26). Charlie Kirk served You well. And through his death, “many seeds” will be produced. Seeds of a harvest of righteousness and revival in hearts across this land. Especially in the hearts of this young generation who have witnessed such a bold life of faith and courageous stand of one who is willing to believe and to live out the truth he has found while encouraging others to do the same. With thoughts and prayers, we pray for his grieving family and for all who knew him and loved him, who were inspired and moved by him, whether agreeing with him or not. And at the same time, we celebrate that he is now home, having taken his place with “such a great cloud of witnesses” in the heavenly realm, cheering us on to run our race, to fight the good fight of our faith, and to finish our course well, just as he had done, “fixing our eyes on Jesus” (Hebrews 12:1-2). In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. Be encouraged today. In the love of Jesus, Tommy Hays My friend, may you be inspired and empowered by the Holy Spirit to live out your life and witness, wherever you are, with courage and conviction, in the freedom you have in Christ, 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 your identity, growing in maturity, fulfilling your destiny" We Welcome Your Financial Support to Fulfill our Vision and Calling https://messiah-ministries.org/partner/contribute

Please Keep us in Prayer for These Messiah Ministries Events and We Welcome You to Join Us as You're Led to Fulfill our Vision and Calling with Your Prayers and Financial Support https://messiah-ministries.org/partner/contribute Every Tuesday Night Starting Again September 9, 2025 We have begun again my annual 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.   tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org Based on My Book, Free to Be Like Jesus:  https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays Every Morning in Pakistan except Sunday Morning Messiah Ministries Christian School in Tara Garth, Pakistan with children from the Brick Kilns and village. Let me know if you're led to help support our school with Christian and Muslim students and teachers. tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org September 3 - Thank you for your prayers! Worship and Witness Gathering to share all God has done through our Ministry Travels this Summer in Kenya, Colombia, Pakistan and the US. Hosted at our Messiah Ministries Home Base at 502 North Milam Street; Fredericksburg, Texas at 6:30 pm. All are welcome. We know everyone can't join us in person, but please join us in prayer. Recorded on FB Live: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1DzT1eRRbZ/ We welcome you to join in fulfilling our vision through your partnership in prayer and ministry: https://messiah-ministries.org/partner/contribute September 21  Preaching the Sunday Morning Services at Bridge Church Fredericksburg, Texas at 9am and 11am https://www.bridgefbg.com/live-stream  September through December, 2025 Blocks of time when I can writing my next book. Welcoming your prayers for the inspiration and flow of the Holy Spirit. Thank you, friends! October 1 Preaching at The Empty Cross of The Coming King Prayer Garden in Kerrville, Texas for final Day of Ten Days of Awe hosted by Texas Hill Country churches and ministries. October 4 Meet Me at the River. Leading a Community Gathering of Worship and Healing from the Trauma of the Hill Country Flood at the edge of the Guadalupe River between Kerrville and Hunt, Texas at Paradise River Bend at 3pm. Bring your lawn chairs please and please keep us in prayer if you can't come. Messiah Ministries Facebook Event Page to share: https://www.facebook.com/share/1FA7dBuSx6/ October 21 Speaking at Around the Table Monthly Faith Based Social Gathering at Yee Haw Ranch Fredericksburg, Texas 6:30pm. All are Welcome.  November Prayers for Returning for ministry in Pakistan in Karachi, Pattoki, and Lahore Personal Ministry Appointments Spiritual Direction Sessions and Personal Prayer Ministry Sessions of Inner Healing & Spiritual Freedom by Appointment in Person and Online through Zoom. 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

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Morning by Morning, September 10, 2025 – Teaching, Equipping and Making Disciples of Jesus

 

Morning by Morning, September 10, 2025 – Teaching, Equipping and Making Disciples of Jesus Good morning, Lord Jesus. I’m listening for Your leading, as I begin my day embraced by Father, centered in Christ, and filled with Your Holy Spirit (John 10:27). ... “Not many of you should become teachers, my fellow believers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly. We all stumble in many ways. Anyone who is never at fault in what they say is perfect, able to keep their whole body in check” (James 3:1-2). Last night, I began teaching my annual 9 Month discipleship and equipping course at The Bridge, our homebase church in Fredericksburg, Texas, called Free to Be Like Jesus. I began with excitement and passion, but also with a measure of fear and trembling, remembering this Verse and the high standard that goes with this high calling to teach Your Word and the principles of Your Kingdom in the power and authority of Your Spirit. I know I “stumble in many ways” and am always in need of Your forgiveness and grace, as well as Your wisdom and anointing, as I try to share and impart what I’ve learned along the way, including both the confirmations and the mistakes, in nearly 30 years of ministry now (Romans 1:11). There are things I teach now that I didn’t teach when I prepared this curriculum out of the book I believe You led me to write many years ago. And there are things I don’t teach now that I did teach then, as You’ve corrected me and redirected me through Your loving discipline and holy conviction, helping me and empowering me to teach and speak the truth in love (Ephesians 4:15). None of us have it all figured out. And I know I don’t. But I am on a journey to learn and to grow, to share what I’ve learned and to keep learning in what I share. Learning and teaching is part of Your plan to disciple us as we “go and make disciples” (Matthew 28:20). It’s part of Your plan to “equip the saints for the work of ministry” as You’re “building up the body of Christ” on our journey to spiritual “maturity” in You: “(Jesus) Himself granted that some are apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until all of us come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to maturity, to the measure of the full stature of Christ. “We must no longer be children, tossed to and fro and blown about by every wind of doctrine by people’s trickery, by their craftiness in deceitful scheming; but speaking the truth in love, we must grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by every ligament with which it is equipped, as each part is working properly, promotes the body’s growth in building itself up in love” (Ephesians 4:11-16). You’re setting us all Free to Be Like Jesus. You’re setting us free from all that would hold us back from being all You created us to be. You’re setting us free to be like You in our world (1 John 4:17), free to be the “body of Christ” in our world (1 Corinthians 12:27), free to be “ambassadors for Christ” in our world (2 Corinthians 5:20). In the love of our Father, in the name of Jesus, by the power of the Holy Spirit, we are on a spiritual journey through everything we go through and everything we learn to overcome, as You are saving us, healing us, freeing us, discipling us, while conforming us into the image of the Son of God (Romans 8:29). As we pursue You and behold You, “we are being transformed into (Your) image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord” (2 Corinthians 3:18). “For this is the will of God, (our) sanctification” (1 Thessalonians 4:3 and 5:23). Like You, I want to be one who teaches with authority (Matthew 7:29). And I want You to be the Source of all I teach and all I do, all I am and all I am becoming on my journey, with all Your disciples, seeking to be more like You each day. “To this (we) were called, because Christ suffered for us, leaving us an Example, that (we) should follow in His steps” (1 Peter 2:21). In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. Be encouraged today. In the love of Jesus, Tommy Hays My friend, may you be set free to be like Jesus on your discipleship and equipping journey to spiritual maturity, growing in your identity and authority in Him, 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 your identity, growing in maturity, fulfilling your destiny" We Welcome Your Financial Support to Fulfill our Vision and Calling https://messiah-ministries.org/partner/contribute

Friends, we had a wonderful time of Worship and Witness at our Messiah Ministries Homebase in Fredericksburg, Texas! Thank you for your prayers for us and our ministry! If you would like to join us in thanksgiving to God for all He has done and is doing through Messiah Ministries, here is the link from our FB Live video: We welcome you to join with us in your prayers and financial support to fulfill our calling as you are led! God bless you! https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1DzT1eRRbZ/

Please Keep us in Prayer for These Messiah Ministries Events and We Welcome You to Join Us as You're Led to Fulfill our Vision and Calling with Your Prayers and Financial Support https://messiah-ministries.org/partner/contribute Every Tuesday Night Starting Again September 9, 2025 We have begun again my annual 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.   tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org Based on My Book, Free to Be Like Jesus:  https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays Every Morning in Pakistan except Sunday Morning Messiah Ministries Christian School in Tara Garth, Pakistan with children from the Brick Kilns and village. Let me know if you're led to help support our school with Christian and Muslim students and teachers. tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org September 3 - Thank you for your prayers! Worship and Witness Gathering to share all God has done through our Ministry Travels this Summer in Kenya, Colombia, Pakistan and the US. Hosted at our Messiah Ministries Home Base at 502 North Milam Street; Fredericksburg, Texas at 6:30 pm. All are welcome. We know everyone can't join us in person, but please join us in prayer. Recorded on FB Live: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1DzT1eRRbZ/ We welcome you to join in fulfilling our vision through your partnership in prayer and ministry: https://messiah-ministries.org/partner/contribute September 21  Preaching the Sunday Morning Services at Bridge Church Fredericksburg, Texas at 9am and 11am https://www.bridgefbg.com/live-stream  September through December, 2025 Blocks of time when I can writing my next book. Welcoming your prayers for the inspiration and flow of the Holy Spirit. Thank you, friends! October 1 Preaching at The Empty Cross of The Coming King Prayer Garden in Kerrville, Texas for final Day of Ten Days of Awe hosted by Texas Hill Country churches and ministries. October 4 Meet Me at the River. Leading a Community Gathering of Worship and Healing from the Trauma of the Hill Country Flood at the edge of the Guadalupe River between Kerrville and Hunt, Texas at Paradise River Bend at 3pm. Bring your lawn chairs please and please keep us in prayer if you can't come. Messiah Ministries Facebook Event Page to share: https://www.facebook.com/share/1FA7dBuSx6/ October 21 Speaking at Around the Table Monthly Faith Based Social Gathering at Yee Haw Ranch Fredericksburg, Texas 6:30pm. All are Welcome.  November Prayers for Returning for ministry in Pakistan in Karachi, Pattoki, and Lahore Personal Ministry Appointments Spiritual Direction Sessions and Personal Prayer Ministry Sessions of Inner Healing & Spiritual Freedom by Appointment in Person and Online through Zoom. 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

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