2013-11-08T06:00:03-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/darkness/ http://faithgateway.com/god-still/ 2013-11-08T06:00:03-05:00 A wilderness is defined as an uncultivated, uninhabited, inhospitable region. At least that’s the definition I was given when I googled it. I would also describe a wilderness as dry, barren, lonely, and rocky. And it was in a spiritual wilderness that I found myself several years ago. Because it was a time in my life that was […] http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/editing-the-name-6744 2012-11-15T09:36:55-05:00 Sometimes you hold back and you don't talk very openly about Jesus Christ because you know that's controversial. Listen, don't hold back! That's the power for answered prayer - Jesus' Name. It's the power that clarifies the real issue to people. Jesus is who they have to deal with. You're not deciding about my belief. You're deciding about Jesus. That's where the power is to change lives. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/when-the-lights-go-on-6250 2010-12-27T11:29:27-05:00 Because Jesus loved you enough to pay for your sins on the cross, He can now lift the heavy burdens of your past. He can erase every sin from God's book and declare you forever forgiven. He can give you the security of knowing that you will spend eternity in heaven - because the only thing that could keep you out is gone - your sin. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/turbulence-that-transforms-6251 2010-12-27T11:21:42-05:00 The shaking you're enduring, the hits you're taking, those are tools in God's hands to bring out an amazing beauty in you: a strength, a tenderness, a maturity, a confidence, a compassion that comes only from being beautified in God's tumbler. So don't wallow in the "why is this happening?" quagmire. Instead, keep asking, "How can God use this?" http://truewoman.com/?id=881 2010-09-08T15:55:15-05:00 As millions of young women everywhere take in the Twilight movies and tune in weekly to vampire shows, I can't help but wonder if this fascination with the dark, dangerous, bad boys featured in these series is fitting for girls who love Jesus. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/punching-holes-in-the-darkness-6023 2010-02-17T14:43:30-05:00 The lost folks around you probably won't be all that impressed with your don'ts or all the religious meetings you go to. They need to see meaningful differences in you because Christ is in you. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/night-lights-5934 2009-10-08T09:10:37-05:00 Don't be intimidated by the darkness - you are the most important person in that dark place because you have the light of Jesus. Without you, darkness is all there is. Humbly, gently, lovingly, be the light there. You are one light that should never be turned out! http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians%204:5&version=NIV 2009-10-02T14:13:24-05:00 Paul tells the Cortinthians that Jesus will expose everything that has been hidden in the dark to the light. He will draw out the motives of our hearts. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/a-rattle-but-no-bite-2571 2009-10-02T11:09:56-05:00 You've been frightened and held back long enough by the rattle of a snake whose head is crushed. He has no bite - just a lot of noise! So, resist the devil, and he will flee from you! http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Corinthians%206:14&version=NIV 2009-09-27T19:25:03-05:00 This passage warns believers not to become too entangled with non-believers. Christians have long discussed and debated the meaning of this passage, and the extent to which we are to apply it to our everyday lives.