Morning by Morning
A Daily Prayer Journey with Tommy Hays (Second Edition)
by Tommy Hays
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Description
365 Day Prayer Devotional written every morning in real time from real life in a daily adventure of contemplative prayer to start each day embraced by the love of the Father, centered in Jesus Christ, and filled with the Holy Spirit.
“Good morning, Lord Jesus.” For many years now, I’ve begun my morning prayer time with these first words on my heart. They’ve become my centering thought and my call to prayer, to start my day embraced by my Father, centered in Christ, and filled with the Holy Spirit. As soon as I speak out these words, my spirit seems to come to attention to sense the Presence of the Lord and listen for the leading of the Holy Spirit to guide me in my time of intimacy with God at the beginning of my day.
Then each morning, after I greet the Lord, I wait and listen. In my prayers, you’ll see a “...” after I greet the Lord and begin to wait in the silence of surrender before Him in the deep communion of prayer. Sometimes that “...” lasts a few moments and sometimes it lasts half an hour. But I try to watch and wait to follow His leading for the adventure of prayer He has for me each morning. As the old hymn written by Rev. Thomas Chisholm and based on Lamentations 3:22-23 so beautifully says, “Great is Thy faithfulness. Great is Thy faithfulness. Morning by morning, new mercies I see.”
During this simple, quiet time of watching and waiting in contemplative prayer, the Holy Spirit so faithfully brings to mind a Scripture or allows me to picture an image with the eyes of my heart or speaks to my spirit in His still, small voice or however the Lord desires to reveal Himself to me that morning. Then I simply journal what I hear and pray, as He leads me on our adventure of prayer. As I say my “Amen,” I send out my prayer from that day to the list of people that has grown over the years who join with me over the internet in this daily journey of prayer. So these prayers are written in real time from real life each day.
This book is one year’s worth of these prayers, selected from my journals over the past few years. It’s a second edition, following my original book that was a collection of all my prayers from the first year of my devotional back in 2004.
So I welcome you to come along with me in this daily journey of prayer, seeking the Lord’s voice, listening for His voice, and embracing His Presence, in the deep communion of contemplative prayer. May you be encouraged each day by our great and faithful God in His new mercies for you, Morning by Morning!
In the Love of Jesus,
Tommy Hays
San Antonio, Texas
December 2016
Advance Praise
"Tommy's daily devotional starts the day with a perfect prayer from scripture. His choices of thematic references are always inspirational and instructive. Reading his daily offering is a great way to jump start your morning prayer and day in the right frame of mind."
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| ISBN | 9781540466921 |
| PRICE | $3.99 (USD) |
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Tiffany M, Reviewer
Morning by Morning is a 365 day prayer devotional that was written, in real time from real life, as the author, Tommy Hays, began each morning with his own devotional time, starting with a period of contemplative prayer. This time of contemplative prayer allows him to start every day embraced by the love of our Father, centered in our Savior, Jesus Christ, and filled with the Holy Spirit. He bases this time on the verses from Lamentations that inspired the beloved hymn, “Great is Thy Faithfulness”. In Lamentations 3:22-23, it is declared that “Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for His compassion’s never fail. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.” What better way could there possibly be to start the day than in communion with our Heavenly Father, and what better time could there be than in the morning as we are embraced anew by His renewed blessings? As you begin, you’ll notice that in each of the prayers, you’ll see a “...” after he greets the Lord. This indicates the time that the author waits “in the silence of surrender before Him in the deep communion of prayer”, and he highly recommends that we do the same. It’s during this time of waiting and listening in contemplative prayer that the Holy Spirit brings to mind a particular Scripture, allows us to picture an image with our heart’s eye, or speaks to our spirits in His still, small voice, or whichever way the Lord chooses to reveal Himself. It’s this act of listening for God’s leading that turns our prayer time into a conversation, actual communion with our Heavenly Father. Hays simply journals what he hears and prays as he spends time with the Lord and has chosen a year’s worth of these devotional entries from his journals over the past few years.
What stood out the most for me, was the “...” because it stood as a reminder for me that my prayer time is supposed to be communing with my Father God. How can I truly know where God is leading me if I don’t wait and listen for His answer? As John 10:27 says, “My sheep listen to My voice; I know them and they follow me.” God knows us far better than we know ourselves. After all, He is our Loving Creator and knows us well enough that even the very hairs on our heads are numbered. Starting the day with these prayers really helped me to begin the day with a better perspective. My heart, mind, and soul were all much more at peace. All of the prayers are very Scriptural based and that was another aspect that I really loved about this devotional. I can honestly see myself revisiting various days throughout the devotional because I have no doubt that God will use different points each time, depending on what I’m facing at the time. I’m also going to be seeking out more devotionals and writings by Tommy Hays and will be recommending this devotional to my friends and family.
