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Morning by Morning Daily Prayer Journey with Tommy Hays of Messiah Ministries
“Narrow is the Way” - Morning by Morning, July 17, 2025
“Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it” (Matthew 7:13-14).
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Morning by Morning, July 17, 2025 - “Narrow is the Way”
Good morning, Lord Jesus. Help me begin my day embraced by my Father, centered in Christ, and filled with the Holy Spirit. ...
As I wait for the leading of Your Spirit, what I hear in my heart is, “Narrow is the way.” ...
Your Words come to mind from the Sermon on the Mount, as phrased in the King James Version: “Narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it” (Matthew 7:14).
Your broader statement in the words of the New King James Version says it this way:
“Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it” (Matthew 7:13-14).
Among all You meant by Your Words, I’m sure the heart of Your invitation and warning is to have our eyes on You, our hearts and minds set on You, above all else. Our relationship with You is our priority.
You are “the Way” (John 14:6). You are “the Gate” (John 10:7 NIV).
There’s only one Gate. There’s only one Way.
The Narrow Way is a Person. And the narrow way is a way of life. Lord, give me the power of Your grace to pursue You and Your way of life. The wide gate and the broad way of this world “leads to destruction.”
Your way is “difficult.” And “there are few who find it.” But Your way “leads to life.” By the warning of Your Words, only Your way “leads to life.”
Let me be one of Yours who overcomes the difficulties, one of the “few” who find Your way and live out Your way. I wish that all would. But the Truth is, only a “few” will. As best as I can and all by Your grace, I deeply desire to be among those “few” as You teach me and lead me by Your Spirit into all that means.
Correct me and redirect me whenever I get off Your path of life. Remind me and re-empower me to look up to You, to have my eyes on You, to follow after You, to abide in You as You abide in me, on my journey of faith through the challenges and temptations of this world (John 15:4).
By Your Spirit, dwelling in my heart, imparting to me Your desires and Your ways, help me follow in Your way, the narrow Way. “For God is working in (me), giving (me) the desire and the power to do what pleases Him” (Philippians 2:13 NLT). By Your Spirit, “You show me the path of life; in Your Presence is fullness of joy” (Psalm 16:11).
By the power of the grace of God, by the power of the Spirit of the Living God living in me, at work within me, I choose to enter in by the narrow Gate and continue my journey of faith along the path of the narrow Way. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.