2008-10-24T11:38:08-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com http://www.gospel.com/feeds/topics/jealousy http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hindrances/When-Charge-Beats-Retreat-5683 2008-10-24T11:38:08-05:00 Well, maybe right now you're facing a big risk, or a big job, or a big setback, or a big threat, and everything in you and around you is signaling, "Retreat!" Your fears are great, you're feeling discouraged. Remember, God's ancient people made their biggest mistake turning away from the Promised Land because they were afraid and they got discouraged. You'll probably miss God's best if your eyes are on the circumstances or your feelings. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hindrances/When-Fear-isn-t-Final-4458 2008-08-29T01:27:47-05:00 When the Bible talks about rescue, it's not just referring to saving a person so they can live maybe thirty or forty more years on earth. When God talks rescue, He's talking about saving a person so they can live forever. Some of the spiritually dying people Jesus came to save work where you work, they live where you live, they go to school where you go to school, they participate in things you participate in. And He's placed a rescuer in their lives so they can have a chance at Jesus, and a chance at heaven. You probably looked at that rescuer in the mirror this morning. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hindrances/Squeezed-To-Obey-4353 2008-08-27T16:13:43-05:00 Our word for today from the Word of God begins with Jesus' parting instructions to His followers in Acts 1:8. "You will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." Now, guess which part of that they liked best? Right. Jerusalem. That was home. That was the familiar. I'm not sure they would have ever gotten beyond Jerusalem unless they were pushed, unless they were squeezed to go. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hindrances/The-Bumpy-Road-to-a-Beautiful-Destination-4361 2008-08-27T16:07:34-05:00 Actually, you may be navigating a very bumpy road in your life right now, and you're not enjoying this process much at all. And as you're having to really slow down and to absorb the shocks, it's tempting to turn back, isn't it? But God wants to remind you today of something it is easy to forget when the road is rough: there's something beautiful -- something worth it -- at the end of this difficult journey. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hindrances/No-Conquest-Without-Risk-4387 2008-08-27T15:36:44-05:00 It doesn't just apply to reaching the top of a mountain - it pretty much describes everything worth doing in life. No risk, no meaningful conquest - a triumph without glory. Low risk, low return. High risk, high return. It's a principle that defines spiritual greatness - or spiritual mediocrity. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hindrances/Riding-to-Glory-4395 2008-08-27T15:31:06-05:00 For most of us, our ride through this life will last, on average, about 70 years. Some will get more, some a lot less. The question is how much of a mark will you leave in the years you have left? Inside all of us is this deep desire to make our life count, a desire to do something significant while we're here. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hindrances/The-Miracle-Rush-4622 2008-08-26T11:35:41-05:00 You may think you're running out of time, but when God moves, it doesn't take much time. He delivered a nation in a night. It's like the old ketchup saying, "When I hit my ketchup bottle, first none will come and then a lot'll." That's how God works. It might take you a long time, but God can do in an hour what might take you 50 years. So don't panic just because it's taking longer than you thought. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hindrances/The-Price-of-a-Runner-s-High-4623 2008-08-26T11:30:02-05:00 Maybe you're running pretty hard right now. Be careful. There might be some damage you can't feel because of your runner's high. You may be unaware of a partner or a child who's being neglected and they're not yelling. They're not screaming for you. They're just quietly hurting and missing you. They've been left in your busy wake, and you can't feel it because you're running so hard. Maybe the people around you are getting stepped on, ignored, feeling used. Could it be that you've become a stress carrier without even being aware of it? http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hindrances/How-Good-Soldiers-Go-Down-4718 2008-08-21T16:20:37-05:00 In Rome many years ago, and among God's spiritual soldiers today, when you neglect your armor you'll go down to your enemy. If you belong to Jesus Christ, and especially if you are or hope to be making any difference for Him, you can be sure you have shown up on hell's radar. And a lot of the battles you're encountering right now are, at their core, spiritual attacks conceived in hell. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hindrances/The-Only-Impression-that-Matters-4768 2008-08-20T16:04:20-05:00 There's something very wrong if you are using Jesus to make a name for yourself or to impress other people with you. You're actually hijacking His glory. And there's something wrong if you're not telling people about Jesus because of something about you. It's not who's doing the telling that's the issue, it's who you're telling about - the One who offers the greatest love in the world.