2012-02-02T10:12:48-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/micah/ http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/pardoning-turkeys-6538 2012-02-02T10:12:48-05:00 You know, you have to accept the pardon Jesus died to give you. You can ignore it, you can postpone it. Many do. You can choose to keep running your own life. You can try to depend on your religion or your goodness. But then, you'll pay a death penalty you don't have to pay. Jesus already paid it. http://hutchcraft.com/blogs/ron-hutchcrafts-blogs/pardoning-turkeys 2011-11-21T11:05:56-05:00 Many to whom God has granted this "act of grace" called a pardon - based on the death of His Son for them - refuse to accept it. They either ignore it, postpone it, or choose to keep running their own life or depend on their religion and their goodness. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/the-delete-button-you-can-t-reach-6253 2011-01-03T17:01:06-05:00 The awful harvest for your sin was taken by Jesus on the cross, so you could make the greatest trade in the world - eternal death for eternal life. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/falling-down-but-not-staying-down-5879 2009-09-11T10:55:29-05:00 When you fall down, be as defiant about getting up and walking again as a baby is. When you belong to Jesus, there is no such thing as a knockout. When you belong to Jesus, failure is never final. Listen to God's words, "Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will rise!" http://hutchcraft.com/a-life-that-matters/radio-program/how-champions-bounce-back-8219 2009-03-17T15:49:01-05:00 I’m Ron Hutchcraft, and when you fail, when you’ve had a loss, you can do one of two things: let your defeat become discouragement, or let your defeat become determination. http://hutchcraft.com/a-life-that-matters/radio-program/the-bethlehem-secret-8170 2009-02-05T10:28:32-05:00 If you’re going through some hard times this Christmas season, your man is going to be Joseph. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Mission/Grabbing-Opportunities-4694 2008-08-22T15:50:24-05:00 When someone shares a burden or a concern with you, don't just promise to pray for them. Ask if you can pray with them right there. Chances are they have never heard their name in a prayer in their life! I've never had anyone turn down that offer. And if God opens the door, tell them after you pray that you weren't always able to talk to God like that because there was a wall between you and Him - that Jesus took down. Look for opportunities to share your personal hope story - the story of the difference Jesus has made for you in a particular need or life situation. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Most-Important-Relationship/Falling-Down-But-Not-Staying-Down-4137 2008-08-18T15:34:48-05:00 God's children have something to learn from their own children. When you fall down, you don't stay down. You get up and start walking again. Sadly, when many of us take a spiritual fall, we quit trying to walk. We just stay down. Maybe that's where you are right now. http://hutchcraft.com/Blogs/Ron-s-Blogs/Replaying-Your-Performance 2008-08-11T15:58:53-05:00 Beyond our intrinsic, God-given worth, it's the kind of person we are that matters to God. That's worth much more than the kind of performance we give. We need to be praising people for how generous, how compassionate, how unselfish they are - strengths for which there are no medals, but the strengths that really make a difference in people's lives. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hindrances/When-You-ve-Fallen-and-You-Can-t-Get-Up-5036 2008-08-07T12:06:03-05:00 Satan succeeds in keeping you down with the "What's the use?" lie when you make a fatal mistake. You focus on you instead of the One who died so you can be free.