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
“By This We Know that We Know” - Morning by Morning, October 9, 2025
“Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. He who says, ‘I know Him,’ and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him. He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked” (1 John 2:3-6).
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Morning by Morning, October 9, 2025 – “By This We Know that We Know”
Good morning, Lord Jesus. I speak out Your name and listen for Your voice, as You said in Your Word, “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me” (John 10:27). ...
“Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. He who says, ‘I know Him,’ and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him. He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked” (1 John 2:3-6).
I want to know that I know You. And You’ve given us a way to discern the truth: Am I keeping Your commandments? Am I walking just as Your walked?
You call me in love to walk in love, to let “the love of God” be “perfected” in me. You declared, “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another” (John 13:34-25).
It’s a journey, but I must be on that journey. It’s not done in a moment, but every moment I must be pursuing You and this goal of You forming Your character in mine, Your nature in mine, Your love in me.
Some would say obedience is an Old Testament thing, something that the Law, not grace, demands. But Your Word says it’s also a New Testament thing. You said, “If You love Me, keep My commandments” (John 14:15). “He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him” (John 14:21).
I thank You that the same grace that saves me is the same grace that empowers me to obey You, to follow You, to walk as You walked. You’ve saved me and now You’re sanctifying me — me and every son and daughter of our Father God called by Your name, disciples of Jesus, seeking to be empowered by Your Holy Spirit to become more like You each day, speaking out Your name, listening for Your voice to come follow You.
Lead on, Lord Jesus, as You give me the power of Your grace to follow in love, to trust and obey, this day and every day. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.