Tuesday, September 15, 2026

Morning by Morning, September 15, 2026 — “Run with the Vision”

 

Morning by Morning, September 15, 2026 — “Run with the Vision”


Good morning, Lord Jesus. Filled with Your Spirit, grounded in Your Word, help me step into my day from this place of prayer in communion with You—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. …


As I wait for Your leading, what I hear in my heart this morning is this:

“Run with the vision.” …


And now this Scripture in confirmation:


“Write the vision

And make it plain on tablets,

That he may run who reads it” (Habakkuk 2:2).


Lord, help me see what You’re doing and hear what You’re saying. Looking to You, waiting on You, listening for Your leading, as I begin my days and then throughout my days. Thank You for the grace to write it down here in this journal as my “tablet.” Maybe not the parchment and pen of Habakkuk’s day. More with the keyboard of a laptop of my day. But writing Your vision from Your heart into my life, morning by morning, day by day, nonetheless.


Then I get to “run” with it by clicking “send” to my email list and “post” to my social media. But I thank You that it’s the same Holy Spirit in every generation who sends forth Your word from Your heart into the hearts of all who would hear and receive what You’re speaking into our lives. As You said long ago, You still speak today:


“But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear. For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it” (Matthew 13:16-17).


Come, Holy Spirit. Give us eyes to see and ears to hear what Your Spirit is saying to us now in our generation. Awaken us. Empower us. That we can be all You’ve created us to be and live into all You’ve called us to, as Your Church, Your people, in our times. “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches” (Revelation 3:22).


I’m so thankful to get my new book published a few days ago. The Elijah Awakening: Hearing His Heart — Making Way for the King. I believe You put that message in my heart to write the vision and now run with it. Just like Your Spirit was upon John the Baptist to prepare the way of the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah before Your first coming, so You have poured Your Spirit upon Your Church to prepare the way of the Lord for Your second coming (Luke 1:17; Matthew 11:13; 17:10-13). “Whoever has ears, let him hear” (Matthew 11:15).


In the morning, my wife Rocio and I will “run with the vision” overseas to two nations of Europe where people are hungry for Your words of spirit and life. May it be Your words they hear and receive, as You prepare the way of the Lord in their hearts and ours and in our world in our generation. Many have longed to see these days. But we are blessed to be alive in these days of fulfillment of Your Word by Your Spirit in our world.


“Arise, shine, for your light has come,

   and the glory of the Lord rises upon you.

See, darkness covers the earth

   and thick darkness is over the peoples,

but the Lord rises upon you

   and his glory appears over you” (Isaiah 60:1-2).


Lord, thank You for the grace to run with Your vision. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.


Be encouraged this day. In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays


My friend, may you run with the vision the Lord has put in your heart in every sphere of influence He as entrusted into your life, 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


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Messiah Ministries Events



Sept Praise God! I published my new book The Elijah Awakening! Thank you for your prayers!

Available now on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HJBPH3TC

Please spread the word and I would love to hear what you think.


Sept-May Every Tuesday Night teaching my Free To Be Like Jesus class based on my book at Bridge Church, Fredericksburg, Texas. Guest Teachers when I travel for ministry.

To get the link to join by Zoom at 6PM CST, send me an email: tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org

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

Oct 4 Preaching at Crossroads Church in Greenville, Texas

Oct 9-11 Preaching a Tent Revival at The Empty Cross in Kerrville, TX with other preachers.

I'm preaching Friday Night. Spread the word and let us know if you would like to help.

Oct 17 Speaking at Worship Fest at YeeHaw Ranch on Hwy 290 just east of Fredericksburg, Texas.

Oct 22-25 Teaching Free to Be Like Jesus seminar, Healing Service, and preaching Sunday services at St. James Methodist Church in Athens, Georgia

Oct 27-Nov 4 Representing Mid-Texas Prayer Ministry Team of Global Methodist Church at the Annual Prayer Summit in Seoul, South Korea

Nov 9 Speaking at Hillsboro/Whitney Texas Aglow 7Pm. All are welcome.
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

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HJBPH3TC

Free On-line Video Series: Setting Hearts Free! 

My Core Teaching and Ministry

https://messiah-ministries.org/resources

https://messiah-ministries.org/partner/contribute

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

Monday, September 14, 2026

Morning by Morning, September 14, 2026 — Ten Days of Awe Between the Feast of Trumpets and the Day of Atonement

 


Morning by Morning, September 14, 2026 — Ten Days of Awe Between the Feast of Trumpets and the Day of Atonement


Good morning, Lord Jesus. I speak Your name and listen for Your leading, to begin my day grounded in Your Word and led by Your Spirit, for the sons and daughters of God are led by the Spirit of God (Romans 8:14). …


As I wait for Your leading this morning, I’m reminded we’ve just entered “the Ten Days of Awe” within the rhythms of the biblical calendar—the ten days between the Feast of Trumpets and the Day of Atonement.


“Let all the earth fear the Lord;

   let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him!” (Psalm 33:8)

 

All the feasts, like all the Law and the Prophets and all of Scripture, are ultimately fulfilled in You, Lord Jesus, our Savior and Sovereign Lord, the Living Word of God (Matthew 5:17; John 1:14).


As You explained to the two disciples on the walk to Emmaus:


“Then (Jesus) said to them, ‘These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me.’ And He opened their understanding, that they might comprehend the Scriptures” (Luke 24:44-45).


So as we remember these days on our spiritual journey, may we remember their purpose. These “appointed festivals of the Lord”—mo’edim in the original Hebrew language of Scripture—are times of repentance and renewed commitment, of both holy convocation and joyful celebration, in the reverent fear and awe of the Lord our God (Leviticus 23:1-44).


These ten days speak of a calling to embrace Your invitation to our hearts. Not just ten days but every day. Standing in awe of You. Bowing our hearts before You. In humility and repentance, in surrender and submission, in faithfulness and obedience that flow from a heart of declared dependence upon You alone as God. In our hearts, we both honor You and humble ourselves before You, in both the love of God and the fear of the Lord.


These are days of repentance and return, introspection and intimacy, solemnity in the searching of our souls to surrender to You all that is not yet like You:


“Search me, O God, and know my heart;

Try me, and know my anxieties;

And see if there is any wicked way in me,

And lead me in the way everlasting” (Psalm 139:23-24).


But as we humble ourselves before You, we’re in the place where You can lift us up and set us free and establish us secure in our identity that You can fulfill our destiny in all that’s in Your heart to do in us and through us in our world.


“Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up” (James 4:10).


Thank You for all Your mercy and grace, for Your eternal will, as we look to You during these days and every day, excited to see all You will do. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.


Be encouraged this day. In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays


My friend, may you be filled awe in both the love of God and the fear of the Lord during these ten days of awe and every day on your spiritual journey with Jesus, 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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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"


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Please Keep Us in Prayer for These

Messiah Ministries Events

Sept 10 Praise God! I published my new book The Elijah Awakening! Thank you for your prayers!

Available now on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HJBPH3TC

Please spread the word and I would love to hear what you think.

Sept-May Every Tuesday Night teaching my Free To Be Like Jesus class based on my book at Bridge Church, Fredericksburg, Texas. Guest Teachers when I travel for ministry.

To get the link to join by Zoom at 6PM CST, send me an email: tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org

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

Oct 4 Preaching at Crossroads Church in Greenville, Texas

Oct 9-11 Preaching a Tent Revival at The Empty Cross in Kerrville, TX with other preachers.

I'm preaching Friday Night. Spread the word and let us know if you would like to help.

Oct 17 Speaking at Worship Fest at YeeHaw Ranch on Hwy 290 just east of Fredericksburg, Texas.

Oct 22-25 Teaching Free to Be Like Jesus seminar, Healing Service, and preaching Sunday services at St. James Methodist Church in Athens, Georgia

Oct 27-Nov 4 Representing Mid-Texas Prayer Ministry Team of Global Methodist Church at the Annual Prayer Summit in Seoul, South Korea

Nov 9 Speaking at Hillsboro/Whitney Texas Aglow 7Pm. All are welcome.
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

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HJBPH3TC

Free On-line Video Series: Setting Hearts Free! 

My Core Teaching and Ministry

https://messiah-ministries.org/resources

https://messiah-ministries.org/partner/contribute

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

Friday, September 11, 2026

Morning by Morning, September 11, 2026 — “Rise from the Rubble”

 

Morning by Morning, September 11, 2026 — “Rise from the Rubble


Good morning, Lord Jesus. I’m listening for Your leading as I begin my day with You—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit of God. …


As I write out the date September 11, 2026, I’m, of course, with all the world, remembering that day of 9/11 twenty-five years ago today when the world changed. In the heart of New York, at the Pentagon in Washington, and in a field in Pennsylvania, terror struck America.


We remember that day. And we remember all who lost their lives, whether as victims or desperately trying to help the victims as first responders. But today I’m also remembering the iconic symbol that came out of the rubble—called “The World Trade Center Cross” or “The Cross of 9/11.”


As I ponder that thought, what comes to my heart this morning is this:


“Rise from the rubble.” …


And this Word comes to mind. A Word spoken at a time of devastation in Israel, that didn’t deny the pain and heartbreak and disillusionment of the times, but also spoke a Word of hope:


“Those from among you

Shall build the old waste places;

You shall raise up the foundations of many generations;

And you shall be called the Repairer of the Breach,

The Restorer of Streets to Dwell In” (Isaiah 58:12).


In the wake of devastation of that day, one of the most enduring symbols became the intersecting steel beams discovered amid the rubble—the steel beams in the shape of a cross.


It’s by the cross that we can rise from the rubble. It’s by Your sacrifice of love, Your encouragement of hope, Your unrelenting promise to be with all who would turn to You in the rubble of whatever devastation we’ve been through or that we’re going through. You see us. You love us. You’re always there and always at work to redeem us and repair us and restore us.


Trusting in You, hoping in You, we can “rise from the rubble.”


Lord, may each one of us individually and all of us as a nation “rise from the rubble.” Not in our own power or wisdom, our own self-determination or self-reliance. But humbly, faithfully turning to You. “Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the Lord of hosts” (Zechariah 4:6). By the power of Your grace, we will “rise from the rubble.” In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.


Be encouraged this day. In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays


My friend, may you always turn to the Lord, remembering its by the cross that we can rise from the rubble, as we also remember all that happened on the day of 9/11 twenty-five years agao today, 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

Sept 10 Praise God! I published my new book The Elijah Awakening! Thank you for your prayers!

Available now on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HJBPH3TC

Please spread the word and I would love to hear what you think.

Sept-May Every Tuesday Night teaching my Free To Be Like Jesus class based on my book at Bridge Church, Fredericksburg, Texas. Guest Teachers when I travel for ministry.

To get the link to join by Zoom at 6PM CST, send me an email: tommyhays@messiah-ministries.org

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

Oct 4 Preaching at Crossroads Church in Greenville, Texas

Oct 9-11 Preaching a Tent Revival at The Empty Cross in Kerrville, TX with other preachers.

I'm preaching Friday Night. Spread the word and let us know if you would like to help.

Oct 17 Speaking at Worship Fest at YeeHaw Ranch on Hwy 290 just east of Fredericksburg, Texas.

Oct 22-25 Teaching Free to Be Like Jesus seminar, Healing Service, and preaching Sunday services at St. James Methodist Church in Athens, Georgia

Oct 27-Nov 4 Representing Mid-Texas Prayer Ministry Team of Global Methodist Church at the Annual Prayer Summit in Seoul, South Korea

Nov 9 Speaking at Hillsboro/Whitney Texas Aglow 7Pm. All are welcome.
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://messiah-ministries.org/partner/contribute

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