Morning by Morning, June 24, 2026 — “Put On the New Self” and “Put On the Lord Jesus Christ”

 

Morning by Morning, June 24, 2026 — “Put On the New Self” and “Put On the Lord Jesus Christ” Good morning, Lord Jesus. Live in my heart, live through my life (Colossians 3:3). … “Put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its Creator…. Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, and so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony” (Colossians 3:10-14). Help me be intentional to “put on” my new self today. Not just assuming it passively, but embracing it actively. Help me “put on” these characteristics of Your character “after the image of (my) Creator.” And “above all,” help me “put on love.” To “put” this on is to willing choose, by the power of the grace of God at work within me, to let You form Your heart in my heart, Your thoughts in my thoughts, Your desires in my desires in my choices and words and actions. Yes, I am a “new creation” for “the old has passed away; behold, the new has come” (2 Corinthians 5:17). “For as many of (us) as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ” (Galatians 3:27). And at the same time, I have the responsibility to choose how I will live, how I will allow You to live in me, right now and throughout the moments of my day. By the grace I have, by the grace You’ve given me, I must be the one to choose to “put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires” (Romans 13:14). And so I do—as best as I can and all by Your grace. Apart from You, I can do nothing (John 15:5). And I praise God that I don’t have to live a moment or make any choice apart from You. You are with me always (Matthew 28:20). And always, You are making me more like You each day (Romans 8:29). For as You are, so am I to be in my world (1 John 4:17). In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays My friend, may you intentionally put on the new self and put on Christ throughout the moments of your day by the power of the grace of God at work within you, Christ who is your Life in you, 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 June 22 Speaking On-line with Men's Bible Study in Pennsylvania who are studying my book First the Spirit June 23-28 Time Away with Family July 2 Prayer Ministry Team Retreat of Mid-Texas Conference of Global Methodist Church in Lampasas, TX July 24-26 A Keynote Speaker at Aldersgate Renewal Ministries Regional Conference in Ollie, Iowa Sept 3 Speaking at Boerne, Texas Aglow Lighthouse at Kendall Inn Conference Center 7PM. All are welcome! Sept 8 Beginning My Annual Free to be Like Jesus Tuesday Night Classes at Bridge Church in FBG, TX Sept 18-20 Leading our Free to Be Like Jesus seminar in Belgium, then traveling to Slovenia Sept 24-27 Teaching a 4 Day Conference in the nation of Slovenia Aug 30 Preaching at Lake Toxaway Chapel in Lake Toxaway, mountains of North Carolina Oct 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, June 23, 2026 — My Firm Foundation

 

Morning by Morning, June 23, 2026 — My Firm Foundation Good morning, Lord Jesus. I welcome You here in my heart and every moment of my day. … As I watch and wait to listen for the leading of Your Holy Spirit, these words rise up in my heart: “Firm foundation. I AM your Firm Foundation. Let your faith be firm in Me. Let your hope be secure in Me. And now is the time to let My Firm Foundation be established in you. Then in times to come, in the times that come upon the earth, you will not crumble or falter or fail, but you will be strong in Me, firm in Me, for you have allowed Me to build My Firm Foundation in you.” … Yes, Lord. As I discern and process these spoken words I believe I’m hearing in my heart, Your Written Word comes to mind in confirmation: “But why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do the things which I say? Whoever comes to Me, and hears My sayings and does them, I will show you whom he is like: He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently against that house, and could not shake it, for it was founded on the rock. But he who heard and did nothing is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation, against which the stream beat vehemently; and immediately it fell. And the ruin of that house was great” (Luke 6:46-49). Lord, thank You for speaking to my heart. May I hear what You’re saying and then do what You’re saying. And the main thing I believe I hear You saying is that we should take time now to build our foundation of trust in You, dependence upon You, learning to hear and trust and obey. If we take time now, we will be prepared and established and secure for when there may not be time like this in days to come. Let my foundation of faith be built upon the rock. Give me grace to dig deep, that my foundation will be deep. Deep and secure and strong, whatever winds or floods or shaking may come, as we go through whatever times are ahead. Without fear and filled with faith. Not insecure, but secure and confident in You. You are my Rock. You are my Firm Foundation. You won’t fail me. And by the grace of God being revealed to me and established in me, may I not fail You and may I fulfill all You have in Your heart for me and my life in You. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays My friend, may you be established and secure in your Firm Foundation, prepared to prevail and overcome through whatever may ever come in our world, 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 June 22 Speaking On-line with Men's Bible Study in Pennsylvania who are studying my book First the Spirit June 23-28 Time Away with Family July 2 Prayer Ministry Team Retreat of Mid-Texas Conference of Global Methodist Church in Lampasas, TX July 24-26 A Keynote Speaker at Aldersgate Renewal Ministries Regional Conference in Ollie, Iowa Sept 3 Speaking at Boerne, Texas Aglow Lighthouse at Kendall Inn Conference Center 7PM. All are welcome! Sept 8 Beginning My Annual Free to be Like Jesus Tuesday Night Classes at Bridge Church in FBG, TX Sept 18-20 Leading our Free to Be Like Jesus seminar in Belgium, then traveling to Slovenia Sept 24-27 Teaching a 4 Day Conference in the nation of Slovenia Aug 30 Preaching at Lake Toxaway Chapel in Lake Toxaway, mountains of North Carolina Oct 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, June 22, 2026 — Honoring Fathers. Honoring Sons and Daughters.

 

Morning by Morning, June 22, 2026 — Honoring Fathers. Honoring Sons and Daughters. Good morning, Lord Jesus. Thank You for my journey with You every day—morning by morning and moment by moment, as I abide in You and You abide in me, grounded in Your Word and living in Your Spirit (John 15:4). … Yesterday was Father’s Day. And these spiritual principles from the Word of God still come to mind today: “‘Honor your father and mother,’ which is the first commandment with promise: ‘that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth.’ And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord” (Ephesians 6:2-4). Honor and respect are foundational in any relationship. We honor with respect, with love, with appropriate obedience and submission to godly authority, with our words and our attitudes and our actions. We honor with time and attention, with encouragement and affirmation. As You have intended, our earthly relationships are to be a reflection of our heavenly relationship with You. You are a good, good Father, honoring us with love and life. And we are Your sons and daughters, through Jesus Christ our Lord, honoring You with our obedience and respect. In a relationship like that, it goes well with us. And at the same time, when our relationships are not like that, it doesn’t go so well. Your Word doesn’t say to just honor good fathers and good mothers or to refrain from provoking only good sons and good daughters. But all fathers and all mothers, all sons and all daughters. Sometimes honor comes through forgiveness for the failure to be who You created them and called them to be. Sometimes honor comes through letting go of the past and not hardening our hearts in judgment as if to say that’s just how they are, how they’ll always be, and they’ll never change; but rather, agreeing with the Redeemer to bring change instead of agreeing with the accuser to condemn. Restoration of these relationships—especially those strained and torn—is one of the signs of the end times, for the revival and great harvest at the end of the age: “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet Before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord. And he will turn The hearts of the fathers to the children, And the hearts of the children to their fathers, Lest I come and strike the earth with a curse” (Malachi 4:5-6). Lord, send Your Spirit of restoration in the hearts of Your people in these significant relationships. Let us experience Your blessing and not Your curse, great revival rather great destruction—in our hearts, in our relationships, and in all the earth. With honor and respect, toward You and one another, may it go well for us all. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays My friend, may you experience honor, respect, restoration, and love in the significant relationships of your life, 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 June 22 Speaking On-line with Men's Bible Study in Pennsylvania who are studying my book First the Spirit July 2 Prayer Ministry Team Retreat of Mid-Texas Conference of Global Methodist Church in Lampasas, TX July 24-26 A Keynote Speaker at Aldersgate Renewal Ministries Regional Conference in Ollie, Iowa Sept 3 Speaking at Boerne, Texas Aglow Lighthouse at Kendall Inn Conference Center 7PM. All are welcome! Sept 8 Beginning My Annual Free to be Like Jesus Tuesday Night Classes at Bridge Church in FBG, TX Sept 18-20 Leading our Free to Be Like Jesus seminar in Belgium, then traveling to Slovenia Sept 24-27 Teaching a 4 Day Conference in the nation of Slovenia Aug 30 Preaching at Lake Toxaway Chapel in Lake Toxaway, mountains of North Carolina Oct 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, June 19, 2026 — “The Light of the World” Living in Us

 

Morning by Morning, June 19, 2026 — “The Light of the World” Living in Us Good morning, Lord Jesus. Let Your Light arise in my heart and shine through my life today. … “Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, ‘I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life’” (John 8:12). You are the Light of Life. You are the Light of the world. And You are the Light in my life, the Light in my world. By the power of Your grace, I will follow You. By the power of Your grace, I will let Your Light shine through my life today. And by the power of Your grace, I will not walk in darkness and will not allow darkness to walk with me. For “what communion has light with darkness?” (2 Corinthians 6:14) In the mystery of faith and the mercy of Your grace, You say to each of us who follow You, who abide in You as You abide in us, “You are the light of the world” (Matthew 5:14). Both are true, at the same time. You are the Light and we are the light. That can only be true because You abide in us, You live in us, You shine through us. This is the Light that no darkness can ever overcome. “And the Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it” (John 1:15). This is Your Light in our world and this is Your Light in us. Lord, push back the darkness in my world today. Open up Your heavens, here in my heart, and let Your Light shine in me and through me, as one of Your “children of God” who “shine as lights in the world, holding fast the Word of Life” (Philippians 2:16). In Jesus’ name, I pray. Amen. Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays My friend, may you shine with the Light of Life shining in you and shining through you today, pushing back the darkness everywhere you you go, 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 June 14 Watch my Sermon on "This Gospel of the Kingdom" from Sunday Morning on Bridge Church Fredericksburg YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/live/BleX3bjb5Go?si=-IttaXIV2n6T-zF2 July 2 Prayer Ministry Team Retreat of Mid-Texas Conference of Global Methodist Church in Lampasas, TX July 24-26 A Keynote Speaker at Aldersgate Renewal Ministries Regional Conference in Ollie, Iowa Sept 3 Speaking at Boerne, Texas Aglow Lighthouse at Kendall Inn Conference Center 7PM. All are welcome! Sept 8 Beginning My Annual Free to be Like Jesus Tuesday Night Classes at Bridge Church in FBG, TX Sept 18-20 Leading our Free to Be Like Jesus seminar in Belgium, then traveling to Slovenia Sept 24-27 Teaching a 4 Day Conference in the nation of Slovenia Aug 30 Preaching at Lake Toxaway Chapel in Lake Toxaway, mountains of North Carolina Oct 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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