Morning by Morning, May 11, 2026 — Vessels of Honor

 

Morning by Morning, May 11, 2026 — Vessels of Honor Good morning, Lord Jesus. Help me begin this day, as every day, embraced by my Father, centered in Jesus Christ, and filled with the Holy Spirit of the Living God. ... As I wait for Your leading, You’re bringing to my heart again a calling to Your disciples in this hour You’ve been leading me to speak in a number of settings during my days of ministry here in Pakistan. Yes, You’re moving in a harvest of souls. Yes, You’re healing the brokenhearted and setting the captives free. But You’re also calling Your Body and Bride of Jesus Christ to a deeper level of holiness and purity. That You will have a people who move in the power of Your name but also express the purity of Your heart. In both power and purity, we are to be vessels of honor: “But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay, some for honor and some for dishonor. Therefore if anyone cleanses himself from the latter, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified and useful for the Master, prepared for every good work” (2 Timothy 2:20-21). Our hearts are to be Your great house. Our bodies are to be Your temple of Your Holy Spirit—the Spirit of holiness, the Spirit of purity, the Spirit of the One who alone can make us holy and pure in Your power (1 Corinthians 6:19). “For our God is consuming Fire” (Hebrews 12:29). And in this hour, You are burning with a passion to consume everything in us that is not yet like You. You are preparing Your “vessels of honor” who You can entrust with a measure of Your power moving through our lives in measures never seen before. All that we have seen or heard is merely a foretaste and first-fruits of what is yet to come. But before we can move in that kind of Fire of Your Power, we must first embrace the Fire of Your Purity. We must “cleanse” ourselves of every impurity. And at the same time, we ourselves cannot “cleanse” ourselves. Only You can. Your part is to do this. Our part is to say, “Yes, Lord. Do this in me.” By the power of Your grace at work within me, I say today, “Yes, Lord. Do this in me. Yes, Lord, purify me, cleanse me, so that You can trust me and empower me to take my part in this great move of Your Spirit in our times as never before. Make me one of Your vessels of honor. Master, sanctify me and make me useful for every good work You’ve intended for me since before the foundations of the world.” In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays My friend, may you the purifying Fire of God to be cleansed and sanctified as one of His vessels of honor He can fully entrust with His power to move through you in these great days at 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 to join us at 6PM CST: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81392201741?pwd=H8iHgLeWaxF01SZ30BYIPsYZmY9Dud.1 Based on My Books: Free to Be Like Jesus and First the Spirit https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays May 2-20 Return Ministry to Lahore and Karachi, Pakistan for Crusades and Leader Conferences. Outreach to the Brick Kiln Compounds, orphanages, schools, and Bible Schools. Visiting the Messiah Ministries schools we sponsor. Thank you for all your prayers Here is a Praise Report from my Host Pastor an Founder of PraiseTV Pakistan, Pastor Shahzad Saddique after the first crusade: 6 May 2026, powerful crusade update.  It was truly a powerful night of healing and deliverance. What a blessed one, night crusade with my brother, a powerful evangelist, Tommy Hays. God used him so mightily in our crusade. Blind eyes were opened, and thousands of people witnessed the miracles. So many were healed and delivered, and thousands gave their lives to Jesus Christ. We also reached millions of people live through Praise TV at the same time. Praise TV is such a powerful tool to reach every nation across Asia and around the world with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Amen. Please let me know if you're led to help support this dimension of our ministry in Pakistan! tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org May 23 Officiate the Wedding of Judith and Tom in Fredericksburg, Texas May 30-June 7 Teaching with Dr. Dave Gentry at Selah Ministries Mens' Boot Camp at Cloudcroft, NM June 14. Preaching both Services at Bridge Church Fredericksburg, Texas. My past sermons available in the Sermon Archives: https://www.bridgefbg.com/messages July 24-26 A Keynote Speaker at Aldersgate Renewal Ministries Regional Conference in Ollie, Iowa September 24-27 Teaching a 4 Day Conference in the nation of Slovenia Also making plans for return ministry in Belgium with a stopover on our way. August 30 Preaching at Lake Toxaway Chapel in Lake Toxaway, mountains of North Carolina October 22-25 Teaching Free to Be Like Jesus seminar, Healing Service, and preaching Sunday services at St. James Methodist Church in Athens, Georgia 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, May 5, 2026 — “In All the World as a Witness to All the Nations”

 

Morning by Morning, May 5, 2026 — “In All the World as a Witness to All the Nations” Good morning, Lord Jesus. Praying and writing from my room in Pakistan this morning, I seek to begin my day embraced by my Father, centered in Christ, and filled with Your Holy Spirit. ... “And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come” (Matthew 24:14). This gospel is good news. Good news of God’s love. Good news of God’s mercy. God’s news of God’s heart of a good, good Father who wants every soul to be saved, every heart to be changed, every life to be transformed from the inside out into all He created us to be as children of God. And this good news is to be preached in all the world. That every soul in every tribe and tongue and nation shall hear it and hear the heart of God behind it. It’s to be preached in all the world, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life” (John 3:16). Here in this part of the world where You’ve sent me and in every part of the world where You’re sending Your messengers as witnesses to all the nations with the heart of Your message of mercy and love, may Your love break through with revival breakthrough in their hearts and in their lands in all the world. “For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea” (Habakkuk 2:14). In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays My friend, may you be a messenger of the good news of the kingdom of God, sharing God's good news of His mercy and love through Jesus everywhere He sends you, whether in your neighborhood or to the nations, 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 to join us at 6PM CST: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81392201741?pwd=H8iHgLeWaxF01SZ30BYIPsYZmY9Dud.1 Based on My Books: Free to Be Like Jesus and First the Spirit https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays May 2-20 Return Ministry to Lahore and Karachi, Pakistan for Crusades and Leader Conferences. Outreach to the Brick Kiln Compounds, orphanages, schools, and Bible Schools. Visiting the Messiah Ministries schools we sponsor. Thank you for all your prayers Please let me know if you're led to help support this dimension of our ministry in Pakistan! tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org May 23 Officiate the Wedding of Judith and Tom in Fredericksburg, Texas May 30-June 7 Teaching with Dr. Dave Gentry at Selah Ministries Mens' Boot Camp at Cloudcroft, NM June 14. Preaching both Services at Bridge Church Fredericksburg, Texas. My past sermons available in the Sermon Archives: https://www.bridgefbg.com/messages July 24-26 A Keynote Speaker at Aldersgate Renewal Ministries Regional Conference in Ollie, Iowa September 24-27 Teaching a 4 Day Conference in the nation of Slovenia Also making plans for return ministry in Belgium with a stopover on our way. August 30 Preaching at Lake Toxaway Chapel in Lake Toxaway, mountains of North Carolina October 22-25 Teaching Free to Be Like Jesus seminar, Healing Service, and preaching Sunday services at St. James Methodist Church in Athens, Georgia 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, May 1, 2026 — “Sent” to Preach the Love of God in the Power of God by the Spirit of God

Morning by Morning, May 1, 2026 — “Sent” to Preach the Love of God in the Power of God by the Spirit of God Good morning, Lord Jesus. Be high and lifted up, here in my heart and in all my life, this day and every day (John 12:32). ... “How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, Who bring glad tidings of good things!” (Romans 10:14-15) Tomorrow morning, You’re sending me back to the people of Pakistan. By the power of Your grace, in the anointing of Your Spirit, may I express Your heart to “preach the gospel of peace” and “bring glad tidings of good things!” Prepare their hearts to hear and my heart to speak the Word of God by the Spirit of God. As I’ve seen You do on every journey, may You confirm Your Word with Your power and love with salvations, healing, deliverance, and awakening of hearts to the mercy and love of God (Mark 16:20; Acts 14:3). Thank You, Lord, that You are still proclaiming Your Good News, healing the brokenhearted, setting the captives free (Isaiah 61:1; Luke 4:18). Just as the Father sent You, so You send us in the authority of Your name and the power of Your Spirit (John 20:21). Here I am, Lord. Send me (Isaiah 6:8). May I be one of Your “ambassadors for Christ” going forth on behalf of the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, the King of the Kingdom of God, full of Your joy and full of Your love, for every life You will change (2 Corinthians 5:20). In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays My friend, may you carry the joy and love of God in your heart to share His Good News everywhere the Lord sends you, whether at home or abroad, confirming His Word through your life by His Spirit within you, in Jesus' name. Thank you for praying for me and being a part of all He does through me and this ministry! 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 to join us at 6PM CST: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81392201741?pwd=H8iHgLeWaxF01SZ30BYIPsYZmY9Dud.1 Based on My Books: Free to Be Like Jesus and First the Spirit https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays May 1 Gathering at our Ministry Home in Fredericksburg, Texas with Pastor Anibal Beltran, our ministry partner from Cartagena, Colombia at 6pm. All are welcome! May 2-20 Return Ministry to Karachi and Lahore, Pakistan for Crusades and Leader Conferences. Outreach to the Brick Kiln Compounds. Visiting the Messiah Ministries schools we sponsor. Please let me know if you're led to help support this dimension of our ministry in Pakistan! tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org May 23 Officiate the Wedding of Judith and Tom in Fredericksburg, Texas May 30-June 7 Teaching with Dr. Dave Gentry at Selah Ministries Mens' Boot Camp at Cloudcroft, NM June 14. Preaching both Services at Bridge Church Fredericksburg, Texas. My past sermons available in the Sermon Archives: https://www.bridgefbg.com/messages July 24-26 A Keynote Speaker at Aldersgate Renewal Ministries Regional Conference in Ollie, Iowa September 24-27 Teaching a 4 Day Conference in the nation of Slovenia Also making plans for return ministry in Belgium with a stopover on our way. August 30 Preaching at Lake Toxaway Chapel in Lake Toxaway, mountains of North Carolina October 22-25 Teaching Free to Be Like Jesus seminar, Healing Service, and preaching Sunday services at St. James Methodist Church in Athens, Georgia 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, April 30, 2026 — “Here I Am, Lord”

 

Morning by Morning, April 30, 2026 — “Here I Am, Lord” Good morning, Lord Jesus. I begin my day speaking out Your name and listening up for Your leading. ... “I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: ‘Whom shall I send, And who will go for Us?’ Then I said, ‘Here am I! Send me’” (Isaiah 6:8). When Isaiah heard Your voice of Your calling and responded in faith to Your commissioning, he had encountered Your Presence: “For my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!” (v. 5) Morning by Morning, I seek an encounter with You, my King. Moment by moment, I seek to live in Your Presence. Spirit to Spirit, heart to Heart, deep crying out to Deep, I seek to abide in You as You abide in me (John 15:4). I seek to open the temple of my heart to be filled with Your Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 3:16). I seek to be ready and willing to hear and obey Your calling and commissioning to go where You send me and fulfill what You’ve purposed for me—as best as I can and all by Your grace. “For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God” (Romans 8:14). The words of an old hymn that I heard during the time of my calling from living out my career as a trial lawyer to embracing my new calling into full-time ministry over thirty years ago are coming again to my heart this morning: I, the Lord of sea and sky, I have heard My people cry. All who dwell in dark and sin, My hand will save. I who made the stars of night, I will make their darkness bright. Who will bear My light to them? Whom shall I send?   Here I am, Lord. Is it I, Lord? I have heard You calling in the night. I will go, Lord, if You lead me. I will hold Your people in my heart.   I, the Lord of wind and flame, I will send the poor and lame. I will set a feast for them. My hand will save. Finest bread I will provide, Till their hearts be satisfied. I will give My life to them. Whom shall I send?   Here I am, Lord. Is it I, Lord? I have heard You calling in the night. I will go, Lord, if You lead me. I will hold Your people in my heart.   I, the Lord of snow and rain, I will break their hearts of stone, Give them hearts for love alone. I will speak My word to them. Whom shall I send?   Here I am, Lord. Is it I, Lord? I have heard You calling in the night. I will go, Lord, if You lead me. I will hold Your people in my heart. Yes, Lord. Here I am, Lord. Send me. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays My friend, may you encounter the King, hear His calling and obey His commissioning whenever you hear Him and wherever He sends you, as best as you can and all by His grace, 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 to join us at 6PM CST: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81392201741?pwd=H8iHgLeWaxF01SZ30BYIPsYZmY9Dud.1 Based on My Books: Free to Be Like Jesus and First the Spirit https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays May 1 Gathering at our Ministry Home in Fredericksburg, Texas with Pastor Anibal Beltran, our ministry partner from Cartagena, Colombia at 6pm. All are welcome! May 2-20 Return Ministry to Karachi and Lahore, Pakistan for Crusades and Leader Conferences. Outreach to the Brick Kiln Compounds. Visiting the Messiah Ministries schools we sponsor. Please let me know if you're led to help support this dimension of our ministry in Pakistan! tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org May 23 Officiate the Wedding of Judith and Tom in Fredericksburg, Texas May 30-June 7 Teaching with Dr. Dave Gentry at Selah Ministries Mens' Boot Camp at Cloudcroft, NM June 14. Preaching both Services at Bridge Church Fredericksburg, Texas. My past sermons available in the Sermon Archives: https://www.bridgefbg.com/messages July 24-26 A Keynote Speaker at Aldersgate Renewal Ministries Regional Conference in Ollie, Iowa September 24-27 Teaching a 4 Day Conference in the nation of Slovenia Also making plans for return ministry in Belgium with a stopover on our way. August 30 Preaching at Lake Toxaway Chapel in Lake Toxaway, mountains of North Carolina October 22-25 Teaching Free to Be Like Jesus seminar, Healing Service, and preaching Sunday services at St. James Methodist Church in Athens, Georgia 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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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