2011-07-07T09:48:19-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/light/ http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/stuck-in-the-on-position-6388 2011-07-07T09:48:19-05:00 Life really becomes an adventure when you open up your day to God's sovereign matching of you with people. You pray, "Lord, use my everyday activities to put me in the path of someone who needs me and who needs You." http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-personal-power/why-it-s-good-to-go-m-a-d-6356 2011-05-24T15:09:28-05:00 There's a lot more reasons for getting up in the morning when you say, "Lord, help me make a difference for You today." So, as you head out each morning, well, imagine Jesus at the front door calling out to you, "Go M.A.D. for Me today! Go make a difference!" http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/when-the-lights-go-on-6250 2010-12-27T11:29:27-05:00 Because Jesus loved you enough to pay for your sins on the cross, He can now lift the heavy burdens of your past. He can erase every sin from God's book and declare you forever forgiven. He can give you the security of knowing that you will spend eternity in heaven - because the only thing that could keep you out is gone - your sin. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/when-you-can-t-see-the-way-to-go-6220 2010-11-30T09:57:25-05:00 The "don't know" times are God's instrument to drive you deeper into Him, to surrender all self-reliance for a desperate dependency on Him. You may not know which way to go, but you don't have to stand there fearful, paralyzed or marching in circles. Your Lord, your Shepherd is placing His arm inside yours to lead you where you could never go without Him. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/a-mission-with-a-name-on-it-6232 2010-11-30T09:33:34-05:00 God's already speaking to your heart about that person He wants you to pray for, to work for, It's your mission from heaven; your mission with a name. Someone who may one day walk up to you in heaven and say, "I'm here because of you." http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/punching-holes-in-the-darkness-6023 2010-02-17T14:43:30-05:00 The lost folks around you probably won't be all that impressed with your don'ts or all the religious meetings you go to. They need to see meaningful differences in you because Christ is in you. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/how-to-know-where-you-are-going-when-you-cannot-see-5942 2009-10-20T09:15:36-05:00 Through His forever-trustworthy words, God will keep for you His promise for the days when you can't see where you're going. You can stake everything on this promise: Isaiah 42:16 - "I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth. These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them." http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians%204:5&version=NIV 2009-10-02T14:13:24-05:00 Paul tells the Cortinthians that Jesus will expose everything that has been hidden in the dark to the light. He will draw out the motives of our hearts. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Corinthians%206:14&version=NIV 2009-09-27T19:25:03-05:00 This passage warns believers not to become too entangled with non-believers. Christians have long discussed and debated the meaning of this passage, and the extent to which we are to apply it to our everyday lives. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Peter%202:9&version=KJV 2009-09-25T09:12:59-05:00 God's children are chosen by Him to enter His kingdom, a place described as featuring "marvelous light."