2008-11-25T10:33:28-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com http://www.gospel.com/feeds/topics/freedom http://hutchcraft.com/Life-Issues/Weariness/Help-With-Your-Baggage 2008-11-25T10:33:28-05:00 Maybe you have some crippling issues from your past. Maybe you recently received some bad news or are overloaded with stress. It could be that you’re carrying baggage from a divorce—your own or maybe your parents. Maybe there is some sort of abuse from a bad relationship. Some people are trying to carry the weight of a serious medical condition, a financial crisis, or maybe even a family issue. Today you might have some very heavy baggage. http://70030.netministry.com/apps/articles/default.asp?articleid=35631&columnid=3803 2008-10-27T18:17:29-05:00 Do you realize the freedom and liberty you have in Christ? Do you realize the hope He gives you, because He delivered you? http://70030.netministry.com/apps/articles/default.asp?articleid=35628&columnid=3803 2008-10-27T18:00:28-05:00 We are freed from our slavery to sin into our freedom with Christ. Paul continues his argument that if we think grace is a license to sin... http://hutchcraft.com/A-Life-That-Matters/Radio-Program/Baggage-Wars-8091 2008-09-05T13:17:00-05:00 It is sad how many of us actually live that way. You know, watching the same old baggage of our life going around and around again. We keep replaying the hurts and the pain and we keep ourselves from the hope that inspires a life that matters. And we just keep feeding our resentment and our anger and our depression, our dark side, and that only hurts us. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hard-Times/The-Royal-Switch-4382 2008-08-27T15:40:21-05:00 Our word for today from the Word of God comes from 2 Corinthians 10:4-5. It says, "The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds." We take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ." http://circuitriter.gospelcom.net/article/?article_id=73 2008-08-18T22:20:52-05:00 True independence and what we call "freedom in Christ" is dependent on our relationship with God. We don't have to obey "The Law" to have that relationship. Obedience should be the result of our love-relationship with the Lord. No obedience - no true love! Are you truly free? http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Most-Important-Relationship/The-Ugly-Beneath-The-Beautiful-4179 2008-08-14T12:21:22-05:00 Most of us have some ugly that we would just as soon not have anyone see. There's ugly stuff in our past, in our heart, in the closets of our life. The secrets that we don't want anyone to know about - the dark side we try to conceal. Those weaknesses, those failures, and the mistakes that betray the wonderful view that we portray to the world. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Mission/Leaving-a-Legacy-of-Liberty-5064 2008-08-06T15:31:48-05:00 Thank God, someone came to you with the liberating news of what Jesus did on the cross for you, and you were set free by the Son of God! Now the question is, can you be content just to be free and forgiven yourself and let the sin-slaves all around you stay where they are? Whose responsibility is it to take the risks to rescue them? You're the liberated slave that Jesus has placed in their world. He's counting on you. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Personal-Power/When-Your-Transformer-is-Out-3853 2008-07-30T16:12:01-05:00 It could be that the power's been out where you live - in your life, I mean. You're facing some issues that just can't seem to be resolved, some problems that seem to defy solution, some mountains that just aren't moving, some questions that just aren't getting answered, maybe an overload that is overwhelming you. Maybe in your family, maybe at church or at work, maybe in your personal life - there just doesn't seem to be anything powerful enough to meet the need, to handle the demands. Maybe the transformer's down. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Most-Important-Relationship/The-Liberator-3904 2008-07-28T17:21:19-05:00 He wants to remove your guilt with total forgiveness of every wrong thing you've ever done. He wants to remove the shame and replace it with a new sense of cleanness and worth. He wants to give you the spiritual power to stop doing the things you've never been able to shake.