2010-03-09T09:13:20-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com http://www.gospel.com/feeds/topics/hebrews http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-personal-power/everything-you-need-for-the-trip-6042 2010-03-09T09:13:20-05:00 The journey ahead, the white water ahead isn't about you and what you can do. It's about your Divine Outfitter, and Navigator, and Provider, and Protector, and Guide. It's not about you doing stuff for God. It's about God doing stuff through you! So what are you waiting for? What are you worrying for? Your job is pretty simple: stay pure and show up. The rest is up to Jesus. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/gods-super-glue-6009 2010-01-21T10:02:42-05:00 race doesn't just come to you automatically. You have to go for the grace that this moment requires! And so often we don't. We struggle and worry and scheme, never going to the Grace Throne for the answers or resources we need. We could be rich, but we live in unnecessary poverty. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/when-you-ve-fallen-and-you-can-t-get-up-5992 2009-12-29T09:12:46-05:00 At the end, it's your enemy who's covered with shame because you have shaken off his shackles of shame, and you've realized you can't change you but the Lord can. You have refused to stay down. You're defiantly determining to make the devil pay for what he deceived you into doing. You're going to do some serious damage to the kingdom of the one who had tried to do some serious damage to you. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/the-illusion-of-being-covered-5980 2009-12-11T09:59:33-05:00 So many of us are thinking we're going to be okay with God, that we'll make it into heaven because of all our religion, all the good we've done - fig leaves. The best we can do, but nowhere near enough to satisfy a perfect God. Hebrews 9:22 says, "Without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness." It took the shedding of the blood of the sinless Son of God to cover your sin and mine. And your only hope is putting all your trust in Him. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/the-biggest-mistake-of-all-5977 2009-12-08T09:15:17-05:00 I'll tell you, if you know that Jesus has died on the cross to pay for your sin, if you've been "into Jesus" to some extent and you remain unchanged, that is serious business. And even though you're for Jesus and you agree with Jesus, you may be missing Jesus. The only response worthy of the sacrifice He made for us is to fall on our knees and give ourselves completely to the One who gave Himself completely for us. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/when-there-is-nothing-left-to-hold-5970 2009-11-30T09:24:07-05:00 It's a fact of life. We will ultimately lose whatever, or whoever, we've been hanging onto except for the love of Jesus Christ, poured out on that cross. It's not just a cross. It's the only anchor that will be there when there's nothing left to hold onto. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/the-trash-removal-that-saves-your-life-5957 2009-11-10T09:09:06-05:00 You can't get rid of your sin by earning it, by doing good things. You can't inherit God's forgiveness from a Christian family or pick it up by osmosis from just being around Christian things your whole life. Your only hope of getting clean, of getting to heaven, is the cleansing power of the shed blood of Jesus Christ. Not Christianity. Jesus. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/the-bread-for-tomorrow-5955 2009-11-06T09:17:16-05:00 Maybe you've been let down by others in the past, and maybe you're often anxious about whether you'll have what you need and you'll have it when you need it. With God as your Heavenly Father, with you as His child purchased with the life of His Son, that's unnecessary worry. And in a sense, it's an insult to the God you belong to. You are living with the greatest security in the world. You are living from hand to mouth. From His hand to your mouth, and what you need for tomorrow is as good as already in your hand. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/unseen-unbeatable-security-5953 2009-11-04T10:32:37-05:00 No more fear of abandonment. No more fear of the unknown. No matter how dark, no matter how lonely, you will have a Father watching over you who has promised He'll never leave you. For all the days of your life, for all eternity, you'll be safe. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/the-avalanche-zone-5947 2009-10-27T09:11:33-05:00 The ultimate outcome of our sin will inevitably be death, the death of our self-respect, of relationships, of people's trust, our reputation, but worst of all, our eternal separation from our God in a place Jesus called hell. But the dying for your sin has already been done by Jesus Christ.