2009-10-28T10:54:41-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com http://www.gospel.com/feeds/topics/job http://gospel.com/blog/index.php/page/2/ 2009-10-28T10:54:41-05:00 Pastor Eugene Cho of Quest Church out in Seattle has a heart for the impoverished. He cares about them so much that’s he’s giving away his entire 2009 salary. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hindrances/the-fire-you-think-you-can-control-3521 2009-09-22T09:35:27-05:00 God has given us warning. This fire you think you can control will get out of control - and you will do more damage than you could ever have imagined. Your protection against the inferno is the commitment of Job 31:1 - "I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully..." It's a choice. The payoff? Beauty instead of charred remains. http://hutchcraft.com/a-life-that-matters/radio-program/vulnerable-times-8267 2009-09-16T12:00:57-05:00 I’ve been in a lot of airports, but only once was I stopped by a TV reporter to comment on something in the news. I was arriving in Cleveland on a flight from New York the morning after the first World Trade Center bombing. The reporter said, “How are people reacting there?” And all I could say was, “We suddenly feel vulnerable.” http://hutchcraft.com/a-life-that-matters/radio-program/even-better-than-gold-8252 2009-09-14T14:35:20-05:00 I’m Ron Hutchcraft, and the same day I was reading about the skyrocketing value of gold, I read in the Bible about something God says is even better than gold. You might be surprised what it is. It says, “For a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that your faith–of greater worth than gold—may be proved genuine” (1 Peter 1:6-7 ). http://hutchcraft.com/a-life-that-matters/radio-program/the-truth-about-the-weather-channel-8223 2009-09-11T10:05:10-05:00 You know, it didn’t really matter what any of us had planned for that week. God changed all our plans. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Job%2032:21-22&version=NIV 2009-09-11T09:25:59-05:00 Job's friend Elihu was angry with Job's other friends, who had just condemned him while claiming to give him good advice. Here, he criticizes them but is quick to point out that he's not interested in flattering them, Job, or anyone else--flattery isn't a godly trait. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-personal-power/the-weather-channels-executive-producer-5812 2009-09-10T12:04:42-05:00 So when we're watching the weather on TV, we're watching the hand of God. He's making weather that will accomplish His purposes, to change plans, to direct our lives, to get people's attention, to chastise where necessary, sometimes to call people home, to protect us from making mistakes. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/power-failures-5758 2009-09-09T16:08:48-05:00 Here's one reason we experience personal brownouts or blackouts. We're doing some things that God never ask us to do. Or we're doing God's work in our own resources - trying to figure it out or work it out by ourselves. And that's when the demands become greater than our power to meet them, because it's our power; because we've taken on some demands that were never God's idea. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Job%2037:14-15&version=NIV 2009-09-09T12:11:25-05:00 Sometimes it's important to simply stop, be quiet for a moment, and consider the sheer magnitude of God's power and majesty. Job's questions and complaints were silenced by the simple act of stopping to think about who he was, and who God was by comparison. http://hutchcraft.com/a-life-that-matters-blog/time-vs.-eternity/happy-assumptions 2009-07-08T17:17:07-05:00 Have you ever thought about all the assumptions we make on a daily basis? Like assuming your kids completed their homework? Or assuming that "someone" on the committee made sure the venue for the fund raiser was secured? Or assuming you had the job for as long as you wanted it, only to find out that your company is about to downsize?