2012-09-26T14:23:00-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/battle/ http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-personal-power/wasted-bullets-6708 2012-09-26T14:23:00-05:00 Our last resort, usually, is prevailing prayer. The kind when we get on our knees, we confess our total bankruptcy in the situation, we surrender all our schemes, we allow a total Holy Spirit takeover, we invoke the cross and the blood of Christ against our enemy. When you do that, Satan crumbles to his knees. He's rendered powerless by the spiritual kryptonite of fervent prayer. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hindrances/the-double-agent-in-your-life-6669 2012-08-06T15:56:21-05:00 You have to decide whose agent your thorn will be. It's a powerful messenger. Don't let it work for the Devil - the destroyer. Listen for God's message in the thorn, and be sure you're letting Agent Thorn work for the winning side. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-personal-power/why-fight-when-you-can-criticize-6573 2012-03-23T12:35:09-05:00 It's easy to criticize when you're not in the battle yourself, and it's terribly wrong. Players just don't have much time to criticize. Let me suggest to you that there might be two legitimate responses here. One is to take a position. Maybe there is someone better, but at least you're willing to go. Get in there and get involved in this holy battle. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/so-much-hurt-6571 2012-03-20T09:49:35-05:00 When our son was three years old, we visited the U.S. Capitol in Washington. I remember him looking up that massive flight of steps and thinking, "Man, there's no way." Well, he made it to the top, because his Daddy carried him where he couldn't go. See, when you can't walk, your Father will carry you. I really can do "all things through Christ who gives me strength" (Philippians 4:13), because Jesus really is enough. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-personal-power/enemy-tricks-6475 2011-11-07T11:43:16-05:00 That darkness you're experiencing now, oh that's more than earth darkness. It is from an enemy who cannot stand resistance, but who is rendered powerless by the blood of Jesus Christ. So, make sure that you're fighting the right enemy and you're using the right weapons. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/preparing-for-the-worst-6182 2010-09-23T12:08:18-05:00 No matter what hits you, God is no less in charge; His plan is no less on target. Things may be out of your control, but they're never out of His control. If you trust Him, He will give you just the equipment you need for the battle you're facing, because God's plan will not lead you where His grace cannot keep you. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hindrances/escape-artists-6181 2010-09-23T12:04:42-05:00 For every sinful choice, there are other choices you can make, usually pre-make, that will take you out the exit that God has provided. If you will do your part to seriously battle that sin, believe me, God will do His part to "deliver you from evil." http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-personal-power/being-where-everything-is-decided-6160 2010-08-20T15:21:09-05:00 The powerless P's won't get it done: pushing, persuading, personalities, planning, promoting. Life's battles are won by prayer, not on the battlefield itself, but in the Throne Room of the God who governs the galaxies - who is, because of what Jesus did, your spiritual Daddy! And you have access, day or night, to the place where it's decided and the person who decides it. Go there often, go there in awe, go there clean, and go there expecting something so big, only God could do it! http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/taking-your-place-on-the-front-lines-6154 2010-08-12T10:53:34-05:00 The truth is you are somebody's best chance of ever going to heaven, because you're the one with Jesus in their heart who is closest to that person at work or school, your family, your neighborhood. If you don't tell them, chances are they'll never hear what Jesus did for them. http://hutchcraft.com/a-life-that-matters/radio-program/life-in-a-bunker-8234 2009-09-11T13:29:32-05:00 Usually, my life is full of almost non-stop ministry activity, but an inch of ice changed all that for a few days. My world became our powerless home and a yard that looked like a battlefield. Finally, we were able to drive the few miles to town. I had broken out! And suddenly it dawned on me, I’d allowed all our battles of maintaining to give me something I had never experienced before: a bunker mentality.