2010-03-16T09:29:16-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com http://www.gospel.com/feeds/topics/discipleship http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/the-answer-in-the-mirror-6047 2010-03-16T09:29:16-05:00 I saw a simple, but profound little sentence on a church sign recently. It said, "God, I have a problem. It's me." That kind of prayer is the only place some of us are ever going to find any healing, any happiness, or any peace. Not "I have a problem - it's them," but "it's me." That admission can save a marriage, a relationship with a child, the unity of a church or a ministry, or a relationship that's too valuable to lose. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/the-most-important-question-about-the-road-you-re-on-6043 2010-03-10T10:36:08-05:00 The only way to get to heaven is to be totally depending on Jesus Christ to get you there. It means abandoning all other hopes of getting to God and to heaven and fully trusting the one way God provided - Jesus, His one and only Son. If you've never reached out to Him and given yourself to Him, you're in grave spiritual danger, no matter how sincere you may be in whatever else you're depending on. 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-that-know-when-to-shine-5999 2010-01-07T10:51:42-05:00 It's time for that phone call, that email, that letter, a listening ear, a helping hand, that visit. It's time for someone to bring the healing love of Jesus into their darkness. Because when it's dark, when the lights have gone out, you need a night light. It's time for you to shine. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/grabbing-opportunities-5969 2009-11-30T09:23:00-05:00 Life is full of life-saving opportunities for those with eyes to see them; for those who understand that we're supposed to be looking for them, wherever we are. When one of our family was in the hospital lately, the reason seemed clear. This was a patient who left a trail of Jesus all through that hospital. There just to get well? No. They were also there positioned by God to help spiritually rescue some of the people there. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/the-power-of-the-storm-3663 2009-09-22T14:27:21-05:00 The storm that seems to be costing you so much right now - it may very well be God's means of bringing out something more powerful than you've ever experienced before. And here's the good news, long after the storm is gone, you are going to be singing one incredibly powerful song! http://hutchcraft.com/a-life-that-matters/radio-program/usefule-for-the-big-jobs-8289 2009-09-18T14:06:14-05:00 My friend Rick was driving to work one morning, praying that God would show him and his wife how He wanted to use them. He’s in the building trades and God answered his prayer by placing in his mind the image of a crescent wrench. Now, a crescent wrench is designed to be multi-purpose; you can adjust it for the job that needs to be done, and it has tough gripper jaws that dig in. And God was actually telling my friends that He would use them if they were like that wrench–adjustable, adaptable, but digging in wherever He puts them. It might be something in that wrench for you and me. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/making-life-an-adventure-5900 2009-09-11T12:18:48-05:00 If your life has seemed a little claustrophobic lately, unsatisfying, boring, maybe you've been all wrapped up in yourself, maybe with some reason because of what you've been going through. But you're missing the adventure. You're missing the healing power of getting your eyes off yourself and onto who you can help. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/the-sweet-and-sour-strategy-5898 2009-09-11T12:13:11-05:00 Maybe you're naturally good at dropping the truth-bomb - the part that feels sour to the recipient. Or maybe you're good at the encouraging part - the sweet part. But one without the other is only half the story, and it leaves people either confronted but destroyed, or comforted but unchanged. Maybe you need the Lord to help you add some sweet to your sour - or some of the tough side to your sweet. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/hitting-pause-5881 2009-09-11T11:01:06-05:00 It's possible that God's been trying to say some very important things to you, things that would bring sense to your swirling world, but you can't hear Him because you're running so fast. Whatever the reason for your non-stop pace, I know there has to be someone listening right now to whom God is saying, "It's time to hit 'pause.'" Don't ignore His call to "be still and know that He is God."