Morning by Morning Daily Prayer Journey with Tommy Hays of Messiah Ministries
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Morning by Morning Daily Prayer Journey with Tommy Hays of Messiah Ministries
“For the King Trusts in the Lord” – Praying for Our Nation and Leaders - Morning by Morning, August 28, 2025
“The king rejoices in Your strength, Lord.
How great is his joy in the victories You give!
You have granted him his heart’s desire
and have not withheld the request of his lips.
You came to greet him with rich blessings
and placed a crown of pure gold on his head.
He asked You for life, and You gave it to him—
length of days, for ever and ever.
Through the victories You gave, his glory is great;
You have bestowed on him splendor and majesty.
Surely You have granted him unending blessings
and made him glad with the joy of Your Presence.
For the king trusts in the Lord;
through the unfailing love of the Most High
he will not be shaken” (Psalm 21:1-7).
Written and sent out from the morning prayer time of Tommy Hays each day.
God bless you and may you have a great day!
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Morning by Morning, August 28, 2025 – “For the King Trusts in the Lord” – Praying for Our Nation and Leaders
Good morning, Lord Jesus. King of Kings and Lord of Lords, rule and reign in my heart and every moment of my day (Revelation 19:16). ...
“The king rejoices in Your strength, Lord.
How great is his joy in the victories You give!
You have granted him his heart’s desire
and have not withheld the request of his lips.
You came to greet him with rich blessings
and placed a crown of pure gold on his head.
He asked You for life, and You gave it to him—
length of days, for ever and ever.
Through the victories You gave, his glory is great;
You have bestowed on him splendor and majesty.
Surely You have granted him unending blessings
and made him glad with the joy of Your Presence.
For the king trusts in the Lord;
through the unfailing love of the Most High
he will not be shaken” (Psalm 21:1-7).
Early this morning, I joined prayer warriors from across our nation on the daily prayer call led by Apostle Leon Benjamin from the White House Faith Office and Coalition of Leaders to pray for the governmental leadership and people of our country. What a humbling honor to be invited to join in leading prayer today with my good friend, Karen Young.
Lord, hear our prayers. That our leaders would be led by Your Spirit, that we would be “One Nation Under God” for “In God We Trust.” For “Righteousness exalts a nation” (Proverbs 14:34). And we are to pray “for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. This is good, and pleases God our Savior” (1 Timothy 2:1-3).
As we began, I felt led to pray out and personalize Psalm 21, a Psalm of encouragement written for King David in his leadership of his nation over our President and the leadership of our nation:
You are the One who gives strength and joy and victory. You are the One who grants the desires of our leaders’ hearts when their hearts are joined with Yours, with Your will, grounded in Your Word and led by Your Spirit.
You are the One who grants the crown of leadership that brings rich blessings, when our leaders lay their crowns down at Your feet as King of Kings and Lord of Lords. You are the One who grants life, rebukes death and violence, and establishes long life and victory to fulfill Your purposes for Your leaders, Your people and the nation whose God is the Lord.
You are the One who grants unending blessings, cancelling the curses and plans of the enemies of righteousness to make our leaders and our people glad with joy of Your Presence. And You are the One who gives grace to trust in You, to seek You, to honor You, to obey You, so that through Your unfailing love, our leaders and our nation “will not be shaken” but will stand firm in the strength You supply and fulfill the purpose and destiny of Your heart for our land and for our people.
“How great is (our) joy in the victories You give” (Psalm 21:1), as You advance Your Kingdom, hear from Heaven and heal our land, through a people and a nation who humble themselves to pray (2 Chronicles 7:14). May our leaders and our people humble ourselves in Your sight, that You may lift us up in Your power for Your purposes to fulfill our calling of Your vision in our generation (James 4:10). “Righteousness exalts a nation” and You alone are our Righteousness. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.