Morning by Morning, November 12, 2025 — Living “In the Spirit” by “The Spirit of Christ” Living in Me

 

Morning by Morning, November 12, 2025 — Living “In the Spirit” by “The Spirit of Christ” Living in Me   Good morning, Lord Jesus. I rise to meet the day, as Your Spirit rises up in me—“the Spirit of Christ” in me. ...   “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” (Romans 8:9).   I do have “the Spirit of Christ” for “indeed the Spirit of God dwells in me.” All by Your mercy. All by Your grace. All because of who You are and because of all You’ve done for me.   Help me embrace this Truth. Help me see myself like You see me. Every day. Every moment of every day.   Help me resist every lie from the enemy of my soul that would try to get me to doubt my identity, to reject my gift, to accept something less or something limited from who You say I am and from what You say I’ve received.   Every day I can arise in Your Spirit and every day Your Spirit can arise in me. Every day I have the gift of God to live “in the Spirit” and not “in the flesh.” I can live in my God-given identity as a child of God, with “the Spirit of Christ” living in me. You are the Son of God (Mark 1:1). And by You and through faith in You, I am a son of God (Galatians 3:26). “The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God” (Romans 8:16). “For as many as led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God” (v. 14). And by “the Spirit of adoption” You’ve placed in my heart, “(I) cry out ‘Abba, Father!” (Romans 8:15-17) This is who You are. And this is who I am. In Jesus’ name I pray. Be encouraged today. In the love of Jesus, Tommy Hays My friend, may you live in the Spirit, in the Spirit of Christ, every day, confident in your identity as a child of God, 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 you were created to be —Free to Be Like Jesus— secure in your identity, growing in maturity, fulfilling your destiny" https://messiah-ministries.org/partner/contribute

Please Keep us in Prayer for These Messiah Ministries Events Every Tuesday Night: Teaching my annual 9 Month Discipleship and 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 Books Free to Be Like Jesus —Transforming Power of Inner Healing & Deliverance and First the Spirit—Right Alignment of Spirit, Soul and Body https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays November 5-25 - Thank you for your prayers for me as I write! Time Away in the Mountains of Colorado at a friends cabin for writing my next books. Please keep me in prayer to hear from the Lord and write as the Holy Spirit leads to inspire and encourage, to equip and train, for revival and awakening. December 8 Speaking at Hillsboro, Texas Aglow International Ministries Lighthouse 10pm. All are welcome! Contact: http://hillsborowhitneyaglow.com December 11 Joining with our Youth Outreach Team from Bridge Church at the Fredericksburg High School for "Devos and Donuts" (Devotionals and Donuts) 7am December 16 Joining the City-wide "Church to Church Christmas Walk" hosted by our Gillespie County Ministerial Alliance in Fredericksburg, Texas December 19-29 With Rocio's Family and Ministry Opportunities in Acámbaro, Mexico and the area of Central Mexico January 29-31, 2026 Setting Hearts Free Revival Meeting at Goshen First Church, Global Methodist Church, in Goshen, Indiana February 17-18 Healing From the Inside Out Seminar at Hondo Methodist Church, Global Methodist Church, in Hondo, Texas February 2026 Return Ministry in Cartagena, Colombia March 7-8 Free to Be Like Jesus Inner Healing & Deliverance Seminar at Montpelier House of Prayer, NW Ohio April-May 2026 Return Ministry in Karachi and Lahore, Pakistan June 14 Preaching both Services at Bridge Church Fredericksburg, Texas. My past sermons available in the Sermon Archives: https://www.bridgefbg.com/messages 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

Free On-line Video Series: Setting Hearts Free!  My Core Teaching and Ministry https://messiah-ministries.org/resources

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Morning by Morning, November 11, 2025 — “Come, Follow Me.”

 

Morning by Morning, November 11, 2025 — “Come, Follow Me.”   Good morning, Lord Jesus. I lift up my heart and listen up for Your voice, for Your sheep hear Your voice and know You and follow You (John 10:3). “For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God” (Romans 8:14). ...   As I wait in the stillness of these first moments of my morning to listen for Your Spirit, what comes to my spirit are these words in my heart:   “Come, follow Me. Rise up in your heart and come, follow Me. I take you by Your heart and lead you by My hand to where I want you to be. And where I want you to be is right here with Me. For I have gone and prepared a place for You and for all who would come, follow Me. That Place is Me. For wherever You go, whatever you will do, all that you are and all you will be is right here with Me. But it must be your desire to come, it must be your choice to come, it must be the determination of your heart to come, follow Me.” ...   Yes, Lord. As I ponder in my heart what I believe I’m hearing by Your Spirit, these Words of Your Scripture come to mind:   “‘Come, follow Me,’ Jesus said, ‘and I will send you out to fish for people’” (Matthew 4:19 NIV). “I will make you fishers of men” (KJV).   “Then Jesus said to His disciples, ‘If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me” (Matthew 16:24 NKJV).   To “Come, follow (You),” requires both spiritual intimacy and physical obedience. To “Come, follow (You),” requires a denial of ourselves in the sense of denying everything in us that would resist following You, that would resist drawing near to You, that would resist obeying You. And a significant part of obeying You from that place of intimacy with You is fulfilling our unique calling and commission, the day-by-day direction that You speak into our spirits, as You take us by the heart and lead us by Your hand into all You have us to be and all You have us to do, all by the power of Your grace at work within us (Philippians 2:13).   In Your days in the flesh, as You walked with Your first disciples on this earth, You spoke of a place Your prepare for us:   “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. 2 In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. 4 And where I go you know, and the way you know” (John 14:1-4).   That “place” You “prepare” for us is not just going to Heaven when we die. It’s not just being caught up in the air on the day You return to come again in the clouds in glory. It’s also where You are that we may be also. It’s also the “place” You “prepare” in our hearts—right here, right now—as we draw near to You and You draw near to us (James 4:8). It’s also abiding in You as You abide in us, every moment of every day (John 15:4). As we “Come, follow (You).”   Lord, I desire and I choose to “Come, follow (You)” today—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit of God. As best as I can and all by Your grace, may I live out the moments of this day following the day-to-day direction of Your leading in my spirit in both spiritual intimacy and physical obedience. This day and every day. Morning by Morning, moment by moment. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. Be encouraged today. In the love of Jesus, Tommy Hays My friend, may you draw near to God as He draws near to you, by you abide in Him as He abides in you, by you "Come, follow (Him), as He takes you by your heart and leads you by His hand, 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 you were created to be —Free to Be Like Jesus— secure in your identity, growing in maturity, fulfilling your destiny" https://messiah-ministries.org/partner/contribute

Please Keep us in Prayer for These Messiah Ministries Events Every Tuesday Night: Teaching my annual 9 Month Discipleship and 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 Books Free to Be Like Jesus —Transforming Power of Inner Healing & Deliverance and First the Spirit—Right Alignment of Spirit, Soul and Body https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays November 5-25 - Thank you for your prayers for me as I write! Time Away in the Mountains for Writing my next books. Please keep me in prayer to hear from the Lord and write as the Holy Spirit leads to inspire and encourage, to equip and train, for revival and awakening. December 8 Speaking at Hillsboro, Texas Aglow International Ministries Lighthouse 10pm. All are welcome! December 11 Joining with our Youth Outreach Team from Bridge Church at the Fredericksburg High Schoo lfor "Devos and Donuts" (Devotionals and Donuts) 7am Joining the City-wide "Church to Church Christmas Walk" in Fredericksburg, Texas December 19-29 With Rocio's Family and Ministry Opportunities in Acámbaro, Mexico and the area of Central Mexico January 29-31, 2026 Setting Hearts Free Revival Meeting at Goshen First Church, Global Methodist Church, in Goshen, Indiana February 17-18 Healing From the Inside Out Seminar at Hondo Methodist Church, Global Methodist Church, in Hondo, Texas February 2026 Return Ministry in Cartagena, Colombia March 7-8 Free to Be Like Jesus Inner Healing & Deliverance Seminar at Montpelier House of Prayer, NW Ohio April-May 2026 Return Ministry in Karachi and Lahore, Pakistan June 14 Preaching both Services at Bridge Church Fredericksburg, Texas. My past sermons available in the Sermon Archives: https://www.bridgefbg.com/messages 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

Free On-line Video Series: Setting Hearts Free!  My Core Teaching and Ministry https://messiah-ministries.org/resources

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Morning by Morning, November 10, 2025 - “I Lift Up My Eyes to the Hills”—to the Source of All I Am and All I Do

 

Morning by Morning, November 10, 2025 - “I Lift Up My Eyes to the Hills”—to the Source of All I Am and All I Do   Good morning, Lord Jesus. As I seek Your face—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—I seek to begin my day grounded in Your Word and filled with Your Spirit. ...   “I will lift up my eyes to the hills— From whence comes my help? 2 My help comes from the Lord, Who made heaven and earth. 3 He will not allow your foot to be moved; He who keeps you will not slumber. 4 Behold, He who keeps Israel Shall neither slumber nor sleep. 5 The Lord is your keeper; The Lord is your shade at your right hand. 6 The sun shall not strike you by day, Nor the moon by night. 7 The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul. 8 The Lord shall preserve your going out and your coming in From this time forth, and even forevermore” (Psalm 121:1-8).   When I lift up my eyes to the hills, I’m lifting up my heart to You. When I lift up my heart to You, I’m acknowledging You as the Source of my help, acknowledging You as the Source of all I am and all I do. “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).   You’re the Source of all I need, all I desire, all You’ve created me to be and all You’ve called me to do. You’re my “keeper,” my “shade,” my protector who “preserves” me through all my goings and comings, through whatever I persevere to overcome on my spiritual journey of You making me more like You each day, of You conforming me into Your image, as a son of God and disciple of Jesus Christ. Not just today. Not just right now. But “From this time forth, and even forevermore.”   So as best as I can and all by Your grace, I lift up my heart to You, I offer up my life to You, I offer up this day to You. “From this time forth, and even forevermore.” In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. Be encouraged today. In the love of Jesus, Tommy Hays My friend, may you receive every good and perfect gift, all that you need for all that you are, from the One who is your Help and Source, from this time forth, and even forevermore, 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 you were created to be —Free to Be Like Jesus— secure in your identity, growing in maturity, fulfilling your destiny" https://messiah-ministries.org/partner/contribute

Please Keep us in Prayer for These Messiah Ministries Events Every Tuesday Night: Teaching my annual 9 Month Discipleship and 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 Books Free to Be Like Jesus —Transforming Power of Inner Healing & Deliverance and First the Spirit—Right Alignment of Spirit, Soul and Body https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays November 5-25 - Thank you for your prayers for me as I write! Time Away in the Mountains for Writing my next books. Please keep me in prayer to hear from the Lord and write as the Holy Spirit leads to inspire and encourage, to equip and train, for revival and awakening. December 8 Speaking at Hillsboro, Texas Aglow International Ministries Lighthouse 10pm. All are welcome! December 11 Joining with our Youth Outreach Team from Bridge Church at the Fredericksburg High Schoo lfor "Devos and Donuts" (Devotionals and Donuts) 7am Joining the City-wide "Church to Church Christmas Walk" in Fredericksburg, Texas December 19-29 With Rocio's Family and Ministry Opportunities in Acámbaro, Mexico and the area of Central Mexico January 29-31, 2026 Setting Hearts Free Revival Meeting at Goshen First Church, Global Methodist Church, in Goshen, Indiana February 17-18 Healing From the Inside Out Seminar at Hondo Methodist Church, Global Methodist Church, in Hondo, Texas February 2026 Return Ministry in Cartagena, Colombia March 7-8 Free to Be Like Jesus Inner Healing & Deliverance Seminar at Montpelier House of Prayer, NW Ohio April-May 2026 Return Ministry in Karachi and Lahore, Pakistan June 14 Preaching both Services at Bridge Church Fredericksburg, Texas. My past sermons available in the Sermon Archives: https://www.bridgefbg.com/messages 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

Free On-line Video Series: Setting Hearts Free!  My Core Teaching and Ministry https://messiah-ministries.org/resources

https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays Some of My Books are Now in Other Languages (Spanish, French, Urdu) For Spanish: https://www.facebook.com/tommyhaysenespanol