2011-03-21T11:28:24-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/lives/ http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/waiting-for-the-temperature-to-change-6311 2011-03-21T11:28:24-05:00 Truth plus pressure equals life closed. I think it's hardest in parenting. You know you correct, or rebuke, or you encourage your child - nothing happens. They don't seem to be getting it. And out of fear we start to push, and nag, and attack. Like a good farmer, pray for patience and allow the truth seed time to win. It's amazing what a little space can do. http://hutchcraft.com/blogs/ron-hutchcrafts-blogs/disaster-in-japan-a-wake-up-call-for-the-people-of-god 2011-03-15T10:37:02-05:00 This is a time to take urgent action to save the lives around us. I know the high ground is on that hill with the Cross on it, the Cross where Jesus took the full force of the tsunami of God's judgment. I cannot fail the people I know. I am their warning system. I know how they can be safe, whenever, however eternity comes. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/catching-the-golden-moment-6263 2011-01-13T11:17:15-05:00 Our mission is to wake up in the morning and begin looking for the window that that day may hold. And it might be a surprise! When spiritual opportunity opens up, respond even if it means you have to drop your plans or change your plans. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/the-home-folks-hazard-6256 2011-01-03T17:03:22-05:00 One of the greatest tragedies of all eternity would be if you'd been around Jesus your whole life and missed Him...and missed heaven. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-personal-power/jesus-where-you-live-6234 2010-12-02T10:18:55-05:00 When you're all wrapped up in yourself and your needs, your hands will always be full of your stuff. But when you step up to serve Jesus each day, to continue His work in your world, then your hands will be giving away what He has to give because what He started, He's left with us to carry on. In so many lives you know, Christ has no hands but your hands. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/living-for-things-you-cannot-lose-6214 2010-11-04T09:28:28-05:00 The person who devotes their life to the eternal things they were created for will see their years on this planet count for all eternity. It's not cheap, but it's worth it. Just ask Jim Elliott. Just ask Jesus. Some will think what you're doing is foolish. But then, he is no fool who gives what he cannot keep, to gain what he cannot lose. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/survivors-to-the-rescue-6207 2010-10-26T09:16:29-05:00 As time has gone by, have you become content to just find a warm spot among other people who are already headed for heaven; to believe the beliefs, give the money, be at the meetings, and live as if the reason you were rescued is to enjoy the fellowship of the others who've been rescued? No, you were rescued to rescue. http://internetevangelismday.com/onlyone.php 2010-08-14T07:18:01-05:00 This short article by Greg Laurie, used by kind permission, reminds us that we are unique, and may touch lives in ways we cannot imagine. I have heard it said, “I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. What I can do, I ought to do. What I ought to do, by the grace of God, I will do.” One godly man or woman can make a dramatic difference, even in the darkest of circumstances. Jesus put it this way: http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/a-heart-like-his-5946 2009-10-26T09:22:29-05:00 The church you're in, the ministry you're in - is it committed to saving lives on the stretch of the beach around you, or just feeding and comforting the life-saving crew? If your ministry, your church, your Bible study isn't about rescuing those who will die otherwise, you may need to do a quick heart exam. Do you have the heart of your Savior who said His reason for coming was to seek and to rescue the lost? http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2011:25-26&version=NIV 2009-09-24T16:30:35-05:00 How do we live forever? By believing in Jesus Christ and his saving work. Those who place their trust in Jesus will never die, according to this passage.