2008-10-20T12:47:57-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com http://www.gospel.com/feeds/topics/galatians http://hutchcraft.com/A-Life-That-Matters/Radio-Program/Undervalued-8121 2008-10-20T12:47:57-05:00 Hey, we should be glad no one ever put a price tag on us, huh? Or have they? Maybe you think you don’t matter. People have undervalued you. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Most-Important-Relationship/The-Hour-Before-the-Sunrise-4463 2008-08-29T01:23:07-05:00 God uses the long dark night to accomplish some important spiritual changes. He wants us to have those times when no human answers, no human consolation, no human heroes, no human efforts can change things. He's bringing you to the end of what you can do, the end of anything you can even think of doing. Because that's the beginning of the things only God can do. But first, He has to get us out of the way. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Relationships/How-to-Carry-the-People-You-Need-to-Carry-4447 2008-08-28T16:45:02-05:00 Our oldest grandson learned something that day in the woods - "I can carry my brother - with help from above." So can you. It may be that at this time in your life you've been assigned by God to carry someone who cannot make it on their own. Maybe you've got more than one person to carry - even a bunch of people. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hard-Times/The-Downside-of-Freedom-4342 2008-08-27T16:22:04-05:00 The great gift of freedom -- tragically abused. It's a scenario God knows all too well. Because some of the people He has set free are using that freedom in ways that hurt Him, that hurt them, and hurt other people. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Most-Important-Relationship/The-Grandeur-of-an-Old-Faithful-4368 2008-08-27T16:03:48-05:00 Our grandson says he wants an Old Faithful of his own. So does God. He's looking for some "old faithfuls" He can count on. The Bible makes it clear that a lot of the things we do don't really impress God much, if at all. But there is one trait that gets His attention and triggers His blessing - faithfulness. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hindrances/There-s-Only-One-Way-to-Portray-Jesus-4596 2008-08-26T12:38:11-05:00 All the life comes from the vine. It looks like it's coming from the branch, but it's only coming through the branch. We're just Jesus branches. This is the liberating secret of the Christian experience. Jesus through me - not me doing it for Jesus. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Relationships/A-String-of-Greens-4625 2008-08-26T11:26:47-05:00 Circumstances can confirm what you felt on the inside. Maybe other people could be used. These things will point the same direction as the internal greens do. When God gives a red, don't make the mistake I've made sometimes and keep driving. You stop on the red. But as long as God has given you green lights, don't let fear, don't let uncertainty make you stop. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Mission/Deeply-Personal-4204 2008-08-25T13:03:15-05:00 Dr. Lee wasn't talking about some time-travel experience he'd had. He was talking about his deep feeling that when Jesus was dying on that cross, he was totally identified with what Jesus was doing there. It was his sin Jesus was paying the price for there. The great painter, Rembrandt, must have had that same sense when he painted his rendition of Christ's crucifixion. When his friends pointed out that a man in the crowd there looked like Rembrandt, he replied, "That is me." http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hindrances/The-Seeds-You-re-Planting-4277 2008-08-21T11:24:47-05:00 You may have never worked in a garden in your life. But you're planting seeds, whether you realize it or not. In fact, some of what's happening in your life today - for better and for worse - is the harvest of some seeds you planted years ago. And, as the Bible makes crystal clear, "A man reaps what he sows." (Galatians 6:7) http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Personal-Power/Sharp-Edges-4774 2008-08-20T15:29:48-05:00 Maybe you get sharp and hurtful when you're tired, or when you're interrupted, or when something or someone messes up the way you had it planned. It could be that you become cutting and harsh when you're really stressed, or really frustrated, or when you don't get your way. I know where my buttons are that bring out my worst. I suspect you know where yours are, too. But for the sake of those we love, isn't it time we finally did something about the sharp edges that keep cutting them?