2009-12-16T09:58:05-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com http://www.gospel.com/feeds/topics/guidance http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-personal-power/growing-amazing-gardens-5983 2009-12-16T09:58:05-05:00 The eyes of Jesus don't just see what a person is; they see what a person could be, if someone would just water their potential with some encouragement, and praise, and believing in them. Jesus told Simon, "You are Simon, but you will be 'the rock.'" He saw what Simon could be, and in fact, what He became in Jesus' amazing garden. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-personal-power/sheep-shoving-5938 2009-10-14T09:51:06-05:00 We like to be led. The destination the shepherd wants the sheep to go is the same, whether he's up front leading or behind pushing. What's different is how the sheep respond. If you have a sheep that isn't going where you're trying to take him or her, consider if part of the problem is the shepherd. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/the-name-that-says-it-all-5908 2009-09-11T12:59:09-05:00 There's no other kind of relationship with Jesus that will get you to heaven; not Jesus as your teacher, not Jesus as your religion, not Jesus as your belief. It has to be Jesus as your rescuer from your sin. If you've never really thrown your arms around God's rescuer and said, "Save me, Lord," don't wait another day to do that. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-personal-power/how-to-get-the-rest-of-the-story-5907 2009-09-11T12:56:45-05:00 Here's what Solomon shows us as the steps to getting God's wisdom. First, you humbly admit your ignorance and your powerlessness even if you're number one where you are. Secondly, you acknowledge, as Solomon did, that everything and everyone in this situation is God's, "I'm Your servant"...these are "Your people." Thirdly, desperately seek His wisdom. When you do, God will give you breakthrough insight into that situation, into that person. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-personal-power/in-touch-with-the-tower-5871 2009-09-11T10:39:31-05:00 A pilot needs to stay in constant contact with the person who guides him through his entire flight. And as we try to pilot the life that God has given us through all the "dangers, toils and snares," we really need to stay in touch with our Flight Controller in heaven; the God who can see what we could never see, who can guide us on a path that we could never figure out on our own. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs%2011:14&version=NIV 2009-09-10T16:16:09-05:00 Proverbs tells us that those who have good counselors will be more victorious. Those that have no counselors will find themselves fallen for lack of guidance. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-personal-power/fresh-each-day-5857 2009-09-10T14:34:10-05:00 You can't let your personal Jesus-time be something you do occasionally or when you feel like it or when you can fit Him in to your busy schedule. Make your daily time with Jesus Christ non-negotiable. Everything else is going to have to revolve around your time with Him instead of what usually happens, your time with Him having to revolve around everything else. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-personal-power/a-thousand-teachers-5829 2009-09-10T12:40:40-05:00 A person who realizes that virtually every person he meets has something to teach him is an emotional and spiritual millionaire. In fact, I believe God brings into our lives people through whom He wants to teach us things that we need to know. Humility becomes more concrete when you think of it, at least in part, as teachability. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-personal-power/the-end-of-the-maze-5828 2009-09-10T12:39:17-05:00 The way that leads out of the maze; the way that leads to God's forgiveness, to personal peace and to heaven is the Man who died for every sin you have ever done and walked out of His grave to prove that He alone can give eternal life. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-personal-power/responding-to-the-dispatcher-5797 2009-09-10T11:33:03-05:00 God may prompt you to make a call, write a letter, send an email, stop to pray, go somewhere, pray with someone else. Stay tuned for those Spirit-promptings. He may have an unscheduled life for you to touch or to be touched by. He may direct you somewhere to get an answer to your prayer or to be the answer to someone else's prayer.