2013-01-28T10:21:08-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/listening/ http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/a-familiar-voice-6796 2013-01-28T10:21:08-05:00 God's will then is a day becoming a week, becoming a month, and then eventually a month becomes a "God's will" year. And through each daily obedience He is making you into the right person, who will be at the right place, at the right time, with the right people. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/nothing-worse-than-a-nag-6655 2012-07-18T11:21:58-05:00 You and I and Solomon all agree. In fact, just about everybody agrees. There's nothing worse than a nag. So, let's decide right now not to be a nag. Oh yeah, or to create one. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/8183 2012-05-16T09:47:44-05:00 When people are seeking spiritual answers, why would we not try to listen to them and start engaging in the terms and language they are using, rather than defaulting to some standardized formulaic gospel presentation? http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/6700 2012-01-06T10:27:38-05:00 To paraphrase the 1990's election slogan (in response to the unspoken question "What's the priority?"), we might respond to "What's the key to effective evangelism?" with the answer: "It's the relationships, silly." Most lasting conversions are the result of an ongoing relationship with one or more believers. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/how-to-make-a-woman-feel-loved-6238 2010-12-09T12:01:42-05:00 To husbands: do you love her enough to make the sacrifices to listen to her with loving patience? That's love in the language of the woman you love. It's the Jesus-way of loving - sacrificing the way you'd like it to be to benefit someone you love. It's more than listening. It's opening your heart to her heart. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/the-person-behind-the-words-6184 2010-09-23T12:18:07-05:00 When you go through a day without time in God's Word, it's not the Bible you're leaving there - it's Jesus. The Bible doesn't care if you show up. Jesus does. That's why you need to make your time with Him and His Word the highest priority of your personal schedule - the sun around which all the other planets of your day must revolve. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/what-they-re-trying-to-tell-us-6164 2010-08-27T11:15:23-05:00 God has promised His wisdom upon request (James 1:7 ) - and nobody needs that wisdom more than moms and dads. So, several times a day as you look at your children, ask your Heavenly Father, "Help me see what You see when you look at them." Then you'll know how to give them what they need the most. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-personal-power/premature-bombs-2814 2009-09-17T16:41:06-05:00 There are so many craters, so many wounded people where someone has dropped a bomb that never should have been dropped. A disaster can be averted when we check our information before the bombers are in the air. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/safe-in-the-middle-of-the-flood-2713 2009-09-16T12:26:23-05:00 You know floods are coming. Just don't wait for the floods to build the wall around your family. If you make each day a flood-proofing day, your family may be in the flood - but the flood won't be in your family. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs%2018:13&version=NIV 2009-07-30T14:22:34-05:00 We've all been around people who are great listeners. It's not just the fact that they don't talk when you're talking, it's that in the act of listening they are actively engaging in what you're saying. Proverbs tells us that it's folly--even shameful--to answer before you've properly listened.