2008-09-11T16:22:49-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com http://www.gospel.com/feeds/topics/comfort http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Most-Important-Relationship/The-Power-of-the-Name-3986 2008-09-11T16:22:49-05:00 There can be decisive power in a name; even power that delivers you from what you deserve. And there is no name with more decisive power in all the universe than the name of Jesus. His name accomplishes things nothing else can accomplish. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Most-Important-Relationship/Unappreciated-Gifts-4318 2008-08-27T16:49:23-05:00 It hurts to make something special for someone you love - and then to give it and have it go unnoticed and unappreciated. God knows that feeling. There's not a day that goes by that He doesn't give us special gifts from His hand. As James 1:17 says, "Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father." http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Relationships/Never-Too-Old-For-His-Lap-4331 2008-08-27T16:39:34-05:00 Maybe you've been wounded in a relationship lately, you've experienced a very painful loss. Maybe a security blanket you've depended on has been taken away. Someone who's listening today is feeling very lonely, broken, confused, maybe unlovable, or even unloved. When you were little and felt like this, you may have had a parent's lap you could run to for safety and comfort. But you're all grown up now, and you're really hurting inside. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Most-Important-Relationship/A-Handful-of-Real-Security-4345 2008-08-27T16:19:11-05:00 If you're a parent, there is no greater gift you can give your children than an understanding of God's love for them, demonstrated by what happened on that old rugged cross. Don't be satisfied to give them just a religion, rituals or rules. The ultimate issue for every one of us is what we do with what Jesus did on the cross. If you're a parent, a teacher, a children's worker, a youth leader -- make much of the cross. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Most-Important-Relationship/Getting-Up-Close-and-Personal-4215 2008-08-25T12:57:12-05:00 Even babies seem to know that there's something about touching a person's face that is especially intimate. Psychologists tell us that they're right, and that even in romantic affection, touching the face is one of the most meaningful levels of physical intimacy. It's no wonder babies know to seek our face. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Most-Important-Relationship/When-the-Kids-All-Agree-4146 2008-08-18T14:15:30-05:00 Our word for today from the Word of God talks about it in Matthew 18:19 and 20. God gives us an important secret of spiritual power: praying together. Jesus says, "I tell you, if two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by My Father in heaven. For where two or three come together in My name, there I am with them." I don't know what's different in heaven between one of us asking alone and us asking together, but somehow it does make a difference. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Most-Important-Relationship/Starting-With-the-Architect-5631 2008-08-15T16:24:08-05:00 If your plans haven't worked, or if your plans haven't given you what you were looking for, it's time to go back and start with the Architect. 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. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Most-Important-Relationship/Homeless-In-Your-Heart-4184 2008-08-14T12:12:29-05:00 Now, it's possible to have a place - maybe a beautiful place - to go home to every night and still know deep feelings of homelessness in your heart. Like you've never really found the emotional home, the spiritual home you've always wanted to experience. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Most-Important-Relationship/The-Amazing-View-Up-Close-4192 2008-08-13T15:32:25-05:00 Sadly, there are people - even good church people - who go through their life never realizing the magnitude of the God they belong to. He's nice, but they never see how big He really is. Because they never get close enough to Him to experience His amazingness. Their God is too small - so their life is too small.