2008-08-29T00:39:37-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com http://www.gospel.com/feeds/topics/abuse http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hard-Times/The-Ultimate-Battlefield-Tragedy-4479 2008-08-29T00:39:37-05:00 Your brother, your sister - they're not the real enemy. And wrestling with them isn't the real battle. Don't waste any more bullets on one of your own. In the army of God, "friendly fire" is not only the ultimate tragedy, it is an enemy victory. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hard-Times/The-No-Regrets-Alarm-4535 2008-08-28T16:18:49-05:00 Now the day you put your trust in Jesus as Savior, God planted in your soul a sin alarm. Somebody planted a gluttony alarm in our refrigerator. There's this noise that makes you stop and think before you reach for something. It's annoying, but that pig can keep you from doing something you will regret later - like tomorrow on the scale! Now we need some noise inside of us when we are about to reach for something that we are going to later regret. And God delivers us from evil if we will listen to the inner alarms He triggers when we are about to sin. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Relationships/Family-Infections-4436 2008-08-28T15:48:29-05:00 Every family has them - those germs that get passed around the family. And they're not all the kind you go to a doctor for. The most virulent, most damaging family infections of all come from moral germs, spiritual germs, some of which have infected generations and are in the process right now of being passed on to yet another generation. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Personal-Power/Trashing-The-Treasure-4329 2008-08-27T16:41:25-05:00 That was a costly mistake - trashing treasure because of the container it was in. It's a mistake many people are making. Except the treasure is themselves. And maybe we needed to talk about this today because you may be throwing away a treasure - called you. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hindrances/The-Smell-You-Should-Never-Get-Used-To-4335 2008-08-27T16:35:58-05:00 Our word for today from the Word of God comes from Ezekiel 9:2, and it describes a kind of person God was looking for back then -- and the kind of person He is looking for right now, where you are. God is showing His prophet Ezekiel how repulsive the sin of God's ancient people is to Him and how He intends to bring judgment and clean house. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Most-Important-Relationship/Where-Trust-is-Born-4359 2008-08-27T16:08:48-05:00 Wounded, then afraid to trust, and missing a lot of love. That's not just the life story of a dog we know - it's the life story of millions of people. Maybe it's your story. You've been betrayed by people you should have been able to trust - abused, abandoned, deeply hurt. And it's hard for you to trust anyone. You've just been hurt too often. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hard-Times/Nothing-to-Hide-4360 2008-08-27T16:08:11-05:00 Our word for today from the Word of God comes from Romans 13 beginning at verse 12, and it encourages us to live with those three words as our life motto. Nothing to hide. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hard-Times/The-Royal-Switch-4382 2008-08-27T15:40:21-05:00 Our word for today from the Word of God comes from 2 Corinthians 10:4-5. It says, "The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds." We take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ." http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hard-Times/Always-There-To-Catch-You-4385 2008-08-27T15:38:21-05:00 That man going over the edge, arms flailing, out of control - that could be a picture of David's condition in our word for today from the Word of God. It's in Psalm 94 beginning at verse 17. In fact, it could be a picture of your condition right now. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hard-Times/Trampling-on-a-Masterpiece-4627 2008-08-26T11:14:04-05:00 Social scientists tell us that our kids need seven positives to come back to zero after they have heard just one negative. We never forget the names that we're called by a parent, or things we are accused of by a parent. I'm sure you haven't forgotten. Every time you fired careless words at your husband or your wife when you're tired, or you want to win or you want to get your way, you've been ripping a person God is trying to build.