2011-09-07T10:29:12-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com http://www.gospel.com/feeds/topics/clean http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/recycling-garbage-6433 2011-09-07T10:29:12-05:00 The power of Christ is so great that it reaches even to the garbage dumps of our lives and turns trash into treasure. Like the song writer said, "All I had to offer Him was brokenness and strife, but He made something beautiful of my life." http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/the-servant-has-the-key-6334 2011-04-21T09:57:52-05:00 In a self-serving world, a servant is really noticed. They're a non-threatening person, and a person can relax then around you. And then you can share your Jesus with them. How do you open up a hard heart? Well, the servant has the key. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/why-your-cage-is-shaking-6291 2011-03-11T16:16:10-05:00 It's time to abandon the cover-up and begin the clean-up. Things will not get better until you do. Your problem may not be what it appears to be at all. Maybe that's just the symptom. The problem may be sin that has not been confessed; not repented of; not cleaned up. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews%201:3&version=NIV 2009-10-06T11:34:50-05:00 The rules for ritual purification for the Israelites were lengthy and complicated. When Jesus came and died he provided a once and for all purification for us. We are all counted clean in God's eyes because of the sacrifice of Jesus. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Peter%203:14&version=NIV 2009-09-27T20:25:10-05:00 Christians are saved by grace, but should respond to that salvation by working to keep their lives clear of any hint of sin and wickedness. http://hutchcraft.com/a-life-that-matters/radio-program/what-youd-thought-youd-never-get-rid-of-8270 2009-09-16T12:04:01-05:00 I’ve been looking at those marks on our table for so long, I just about forgot they were there. See, our grandchildren had gotten to it and they left their artwork there with markers, and pens, and crayons. Well, not long ago, a friend was helping us with some work at the house, and she decided to use this special sponge on those marks. I think it’s called Miracle Erase. Well, we were stunned at the result! It was like we got a new table. My wife said, “I never thought I’d get rid of those.” http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2051:7&version=NIV 2009-08-24T16:35:00-05:00 "Whiter than snow"--that's how clean we are when God has "washed" us and removed our sin and shame. The imagery of cleansing is often used to describe the spiritual effect of God's work in our lives: we once were dirtied by our sin, but now are clean. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2015:3&version=NIV 2009-07-27T15:13:08-05:00 The Gospel has the power to "clean" us spiritually--to erase that which is unclean in our lives and replace it with new and God-honoring impulses. http://hutchcraft.com/a-life-that-matters/radio-program/a-clean-slate-for-a-new-year-8175 2009-02-05T13:40:34-05:00 I’ve been involved with a lot of families, hurting couples, hurting parents, hurting kids, hurting relationships over the years. So many marriages could have been saved, so many kids could have been saved, so many relationships, so many churches if someone could have just said those words, “I was wrong.” http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Most-Important-Relationship/Your-Recycling-Miracle-4181 2008-08-14T12:16:45-05:00 Actually, I believe that God invented recycling. See, He has this amazing ability to recycle the garbage of our lives into something beautiful, something useful, something that can really make a difference. It happens through a process that God describes in our word for today from the Word of God.