2009-11-05T09:07:19-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com http://www.gospel.com/feeds/topics/leadership http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-personal-power/gods-strange-road-to-power-5954 2009-11-05T09:07:19-05:00 Let God shine His holy light on the dark corners of you that you've never let Him touch. And tear up that contract you want God to sign; the one with all the ways you've wanted things to be. Give Him a blank piece of paper, pre-signed by you to do whatever He writes on it. You're at the end of your power and at the beginning of His. Surrendering is the way to winning, and powerlessness is the most powerful position in the world. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/climate-control-5940 2009-10-16T13:25:57-05:00 You're a leader. You're setting a climate, whether you realize it or not. And the interesting thing is that you end up reaping the climate you sow. So make the place where you are feel like it would if Jesus were there. He is. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-personal-power/the-incredible-shrinking-me-5933 2009-10-07T09:31:12-05:00 If you can surrender the control and the credit, you are ready for the incredible shrinking you. Our lives become more incredible than we could ever have imagined as our ego and our interests and our self-reliance begin to recede, and our lives become more about Jesus than ever before. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-personal-power/outlets-without-power-5926 2009-09-28T09:20:29-05:00 With so much pressure on you, there just doesn't seem to be the power to handle it all. Your spirituality, your religion may give you some spiritual experiences, but that's not the power we really need. We need spiritual power that changes the things about us that we have never been able to change; to beat the things that have always beaten us. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/your-lingering-aroma-3342 2009-09-22T14:09:53-05:00 It could even be that your positive actions are actually cancelled out by the stinky atmosphere you bring - the stress, the insensitivity, and the criticism you create while you're doing all those good things. You can be doing great stuff and have a lousy attitude and drag people down. What people are supposed to experience by being around you is "the fragrance of the knowledge of Jesus." http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-personal-power/taking-it-to-the-boss-5922 2009-09-22T09:09:15-05:00 Authority is really the decisive factor in getting anything done; putting it in the hands of the person who is in charge. Now that's a fundamental secret of getting things done when you pray! Those who understand that mountain-moving faith is about realizing who's in charge are people who pray with power and who get results. http://biblica.com/ministry/project.php?outreach=1972 2009-09-16T17:21:40-05:00 Through Biblica's Equipping Leaders project, we train pastors and leaders to use Scripture to strengthen others for evangelistic outreach and personal discipleship. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-personal-power/the-power-of-one-changed-life-5909 2009-09-11T13:02:48-05:00 People don't just want to know about how you got started with Jesus. They want to know what difference does He make in your everyday life? And that means you don't have just a testimony. You should have many testimonies, describing the difference Jesus makes in the parts of your life that might matter to the person you're with. It's your personal hope story that opens the door for you to then explain the Good News about Jesus. 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.