2010-03-11T10:16:59-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com http://www.gospel.com/feeds/topics/life http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/no-timeouts-no-victory-6044 2010-03-11T10:16:59-05:00 ray before you take that call. Pray before you make that call. Pray before you write that e-mail. Pray before you start your journey. Pray before you answer, before you make that commitment, before you make that purchase, or before you ask someone for a date or accept that date. Pray through your day before you face your day. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/fruit-with-seeds-6032 2010-02-23T09:47:10-05:00 Isn't it time you start bearing some fruit, like people who will be in heaven because you helped them know how? And God's plan is that we reproduce our own kind. That moms introduce other moms to Jesus, that students introduce other students to Jesus, golfers point golfers to Christ, businesspeople reach other businesspeople, wounded people lead other wounded people to the Savior. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/how-we-flock-to-destruction-6028 2010-02-17T15:02:54-05:00 Your religion won't take you to heaven. Only Jesus can do that because only Jesus died to remove the sin that will keep you out of heaven. Only Jesus rose from the dead to be a living Savior for you. The question isn't, "What religion are you?" It's "What are you counting on as the reason God will let you into His heaven?" http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/the-proof-you-are-loved-6026 2010-02-17T14:58:46-05:00 I can't think of a greater tragedy, a greater mistake for you to make, than for you to miss what Jesus gave His life for you to have - for you to end up paying the eternal price that Jesus already paid for you. How does that happen? If you don't reach out and take by faith what He died to give you. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-personal-power/stepped-on-but-still-precious-6016 2010-02-02T12:08:29-05:00 God's one and only Son thought you were so precious that He poured out His life for every wrong thing you have ever done. Why? Because that's the only way you could ever be forgiven of your sins; the only way you could ever have the love relationship with Him you were made for; the only way you could be with Him in heaven forever. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/the-price-to-go-free-6005 2010-01-15T11:44:39-05:00 When Jesus was going through that awful agony of the cross, He was literally paying for everything you've ever done against God. For you to pay for your sins would take an eternity in hell. But the Son of God was paying your price, going through your hell for you, and He sacrificed His life on the cross. He was literally taking your place and mine! http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/which-list-is-your-name-on-6001 2010-01-11T09:38:03-05:00 One thing is very clear. Which list your name is on depends totally on your personal response to Jesus Christ. That's because He's the One that God sent to rescue us from the death penalty of all the things we've done wrong. Nobody else died in our place, so nobody else can save us. We tend to divide people up by what class they're in, what race they are, what religion they're from. But God only sees two kinds of people: saved and lost. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/the-do-you-really-believe-test-5995 2010-01-05T15:30:59-05:00 The issue in whether or not you have a relationship with God isn't what beliefs you agree with or what meetings you go to, or what religion you're a part of. The whole issue is, "Where are you placing your trust to get you to heaven?" In your Christianity? In your Christian religion or rituals? In your Christian upbringing or your Christian knowledge? Or even trying to live like a Christian? None of those can save you from the awful death penalty for our sinful rebellion against God. It's got to be Jesus...all Jesus...only Jesus. 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-mission/no-meaningless-games-5975 2009-12-04T09:13:22-05:00 Something very exciting, very enlarging happens to your life when you realize that what you do every day does not have to be "everyday stuff." It's relationships and opportunities to point someone where you are to life in Christ. So nothing you do is meaningless, not when you do it to help someone who's spiritually dying.