2010-03-12T09:07:40-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com http://www.gospel.com/feeds/topics/2+timothy http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/the-grandeur-of-an-old-faithful-6045 2010-03-12T09:07:40-05:00 What an honor to be a man or woman about whom Almighty God can say, "I can count on her. I can count on him." He is looking for warriors who will continue to stay at their post, whose commitments He and others can depend on, who will finish what they started. If that's hard for you, remember that faithfulness is part of what the Bible describes as "the fruit of the Spirit" http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hindrances/the-prize-and-the-prison-6021 2010-02-08T09:24:43-05:00 The devil's basic strategy is really pretty simple: get you obsessed with the prize you might get so you're blind to the trap you're walking into. He'll convince you that "it's just this once," "just a little," "it won't hurt." Lies. All lies. Jesus exposed the devil when he said he is "the father of lies" and "there is no truth in him." http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-personal-power/outlets-without-power-5926 2009-09-28T09:20:29-05:00 With so much pressure on you, there just doesn't seem to be the power to handle it all. Your spirituality, your religion may give you some spiritual experiences, but that's not the power we really need. We need spiritual power that changes the things about us that we have never been able to change; to beat the things that have always beaten us. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/pit-crew-heroes-3388 2009-09-21T15:49:00-05:00 You know some people right now who are at a tough time in their race - they're slowing down, they're overheating, they're under heavy pressure, they may not feel they can finish. And the difference is going to be someone who is willing to step up and be their pit crew. Someone like you. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hindrances/finishing-your-race-3712 2009-09-21T10:30:37-05:00 Maybe you've been tempted to quit an assignment God has given you - and He's coming to you right now saying, "Finish the race." Run with everything you've got, not halfheartedly. Remember, He gave everything He had in His race to rescue you - and even though He was beaten and bloody, Jesus didn't quit until He had crossed the finish line. http://hutchcraft.com/a-life-that-matters/radio-program/how-to-be-unforgettable-8299 2009-09-18T14:17:40-05:00 Don’t you just love to get telemarketing calls? Not! Millions of people have put themselves on a “do not call” list because we just don’t like having our lives encumbered with people who have only one interest–you’re a customer and they’ve got something to sell. http://hutchcraft.com/a-life-that-matters/radio-program/a-friend-they-wont-forget-8272 2009-09-16T14:16:24-05:00 I learned a lot from my former pastor, Bill Johnson, including a simple way to be the person who cares. He told me about passing Tom in the hall between Sunday services, and he asked the obligatory question, “How you doin’?” And Tom gave the expected answer, “Fine, Pastor.” Well, something didn’t sound right. Pastor Bill stopped in the middle of his busiest time of the week and he said, “Are you really, Tom?” Tom wasn’t doing well at all. His personal world was like caving in, and his pastor was able to be the caring person that he so desperately needed. http://hutchcraft.com/a-life-that-matters/radio-program/why-death-is-not-scary-anymore-8245 2009-09-14T14:24:10-05:00 Well, as sad as that parting was, we all could be encouraged by one fact, and it made all the difference. This wasn’t the end of our being together, it was just an interruption. ... I’m Ron Hutchcraft, and did you know that’s how Easter changed death forever. http://hutchcraft.com/a-life-that-matters/radio-program/the-magnet-inside-you-8232 2009-09-11T13:26:57-05:00 I couldn't resist buying these two little stuffed bears for my wife for Valentine's Day. You hit the on button and they are drawn to each other with puckered lips and they kiss. Now, there’s a reason they can’t help being attracted to each other; they’ve got magnets inside. So do you. ... I’m Ron Hutchcraft, and if you have an active relationship with Jesus Christ, you have a magnet inside you, whether you realize it or not. http://hutchcraft.com/a-life-that-matters/radio-program/power-outage-8231 2009-09-11T13:25:42-05:00 Okay, I’m a creature of habit. I love light. I walk into a room, and I instinctively flip the light switch on even when we’re in the middle of days with a power outage, which we were recently. So here I am, absent-mindedly flipping light switches and finding the room as dark as before. Those switches made it look like there was light, except suddenly they weren’t connected to the power. ... I’m Ron Hutchcraft, and there are people like that spiritually.