2011-12-16T09:29:56-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com http://www.gospel.com/feeds/topics/family http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/our-own-little-bethlehem-6505 2011-12-16T09:29:56-05:00 You know, Christmas really is all about a Baby who came to die so we could live. And I will never stop thanking Him that He saw that lost little family in a second floor apartment on the south side of Chicago and sent a missionary - my brother - who never spoke a word to gave us Jesus. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/you-got-mail-for-thanksgiving-6488 2011-11-28T11:18:42-05:00 We're pretty good at thinking of things we don't like about someone. But something good happens in your heart when you make yourself sit down and you start writing about that person's strengths, and their contributions to your life, to others' lives. And something good happens in their life when they get your gratitude in a letter. You are indeed building them up. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/a-rescue-mission-6484 2011-11-18T11:45:51-05:00 God often uses the wandering of loved ones to actually make us re-examine our own lives. And the good news, if you're willing to mobilize all your resources, well, listen to what happened here. It says, "Abram recovered all the goods and brought back his relative." Fight for that loved one of yours with everything you've got, and God will bring them home. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/twister-love-6456 2011-10-11T10:30:39-05:00 Write that letter. Make that call. Go see that person. Give that gift. Say that thank you. Grab that time together. Show them you love them now. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/winning-at-home-6437 2011-09-13T09:38:33-05:00 Maybe it's time to take a step back and commit yourself to first of all represent Christ, be His ambassador. Be like Jesus with your family. Whatever others get, well it's simply going to be the overflow of what you are living in front of your family. Jesus started at home. So should you. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/the-rest-of-the-story-6432 2011-09-06T09:49:08-05:00 Think about that person you care about, or that person who's hard to care about. You can focus on what they're putting you through, or what they're going through. And if you'll get the rest of the story, you'll be just like Jesus. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/you-re-not-all-there-6428 2011-08-31T10:53:39-05:00 if you will open up to the rest of the family, you're going to be really rich! Let different Christians challenge you, and balance you, complete you. There is no family member in God's family that you don't need and who doesn't need you, because we're just not all there. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/is-your-dog-walking-you-6402 2011-08-08T11:49:31-05:00 God's fullest blessing comes through His gifts, not through men's loans. Besides, you look silly being run all over by a debt that you should be running. Remember that the next time you see a dog walking a man. That could be you and your debts. http://truewoman.com/?id=1644 2011-04-15T10:06:07-05:00 I don’t think God is honored when we throw our families under the bus in the name of ministry. However, I worry that we can get so caught up in making our families a ministry priority that we allow the ministry to stop at our front door. http://hutchcraft.com/blogs/ron-hutchcraft-s-blogs/genealogies-graveyards-and-grandkids 2011-04-07T18:05:52-05:00 Learning about those who've gone before me has made me start asking, "Could it be that I am living the answers to the prayers of those who came before me?" And could it be that my grandchildren, who I love more than I can say, are - and will be - living the answers to my prayers? If I rise to the challenge to faithfully intercede for them in the Throne Room of the God who is faithful to all generations.