2008-11-10T18:25:51-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com http://www.gospel.com/feeds/topics/patience http://intothyword.org/apps/articles/default.asp?articleid=36075&columnid=3803 2008-11-10T18:25:51-05:00 The Exhortation to Remain In Christ. We are to wait, but we are not to be idle while we wait. We are to be involved and make every effort to know Him and make Him known. Consequently... http://hutchcraft.com/A-Life-That-Matters/Radio-Program/Levees-the-Flood-Can-t-Break-8078 2008-09-05T13:31:43-05:00 When you know a flood is possible, you do need to build your levees high around a town, or even around your marriage. Marriages have got a flood of pressures on them, problems, and demands, and temptations. It’s really challenging to make a marriage work these days. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Most-Important-Relationship/Unappreciated-Gifts-4318 2008-08-27T16:49:23-05:00 It hurts to make something special for someone you love - and then to give it and have it go unnoticed and unappreciated. God knows that feeling. There's not a day that goes by that He doesn't give us special gifts from His hand. As James 1:17 says, "Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father." http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Relationships/I-ll-Watch-Your-Back-4362 2008-08-27T16:07:00-05:00 Now, it's good to know there's someone watching your back when there may be a lion ready to pounce on you. And we live in a world where people pounce on other people all the time. That's why we need today's word for today from that great chapter, 1 Corinthians 13, beginning at verse 5. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Most-Important-Relationship/Why-You-re-Waiting-So-Long-4378 2008-08-27T15:44:18-05:00 OK, here's my guess. Your Heavenly Father is working on something for you that you're going to love, but you're having to wait for it. And it's a long wait. And it's driving you crazy. In fact, you may be starting to panic and considering doing it your way instead of waiting for God to do it His way and in His time. There are millions of His children, living right now with the consequences of their impatience, wishing for all the world that they had waited for God's answer. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Personal-Power/Frustrating-Harvests-4392 2008-08-27T15:33:28-05:00 My gardener friend was thinking about his puny raspberries when he said to me, "Things just do a lot better when they're grown God's way." That applies to a lot more than berries. In fact, it may explain why the outcome you've been getting isn't what you'd been hoping for. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Personal-Power/Finding-Out-When-You-Need-To-Know-4220 2008-08-25T12:54:49-05:00 It's not uncommon in the military - you get your orders on a "need to know" basis. It's not uncommon in God's army either. In fact, it God's modus operandi. Of course, like the military on those ships with the mystery destination, we think we need to know right now! But our Commander reveals our orders when He thinks we need to know. He won't reveal your ultimate destination, but he'll always make sure you know what you need to do today. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Relationships/The-High-Price-of-Hurrying-4962 2008-08-12T11:33:10-05:00 When you commit your way to the Lord, when you're really trusting in Him, you are also submitting yourself to His timing - which almost always means waiting patiently. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Personal-Power/When-Nothing-s-Happening-5028 2008-08-07T13:42:17-05:00 God is so often the God of the eleventh hour. He waits until the moment when everyone will know it had to be Him. He waits so our faith can stretch farther than its ever stretched before so He can do greater things for us than He's ever done before. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Most-Important-Relationship/Spring-is-Never-Sudden-5029 2008-08-07T13:38:50-05:00 Here's how God operates: First, there's the seed of what He wants to do, placed in the ground by faith. And then, as far as we can see, nothing is happening. But there is, in fact, invisible growth going on the whole time. It would be a very damaging mistake to keep digging up that seed. You know, "I got to see if anything is happening here." You're going to ruin it that way. The invisible growing time is then followed by some first signs of life. And ultimately, the long-awaited crop appears - but not really suddenly. Just like those beautiful flowers of spring.