2008-11-13T15:35:30-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com http://www.gospel.com/feeds/topics/people http://hutchcraft.com/Motivational-Articles/The-People-You-Love/The-Rebuilder-s-Dream 2008-11-13T15:35:30-05:00 Gideon was hiding in a pit and didn’t look like a mighty warrior at all. God comes along and says, “Mighty warrior.” God didn’t see what Gideon was, He saw what he could be and what He intended to make him. God did the same with Peter. Peter was a flake when he came to Jesus; he was always up and down and very inconsistent. Jesus said, “You will be a rock when I am finished with you.” http://hutchcraft.com/Motivational-Articles/The-People-You-Love/The-Container-Hang-Up 2008-11-13T14:52:58-05:00 1 Peter 3:3–4 from God's Word says, “Your beauty should not come from outward adornment ... Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight.” God says here that what really matters is the inner self, not outward adornment. Proverbs talks about a woman who is praised by her children, fully trusted by her husband, and admired by all those around. She is the woman everyone wants to be. Proverbs 31:10 says, “A wife of noble character who can find?” What’s the secret? It's her noble character. Proverbs 31:30 says, “Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.” http://hutchcraft.com/Motivational-Articles/The-People-You-Love/Trampling-on-a-Masterpiece 2008-11-13T14:33:44-05:00 "When I was on a mission in England and Ireland, I had a day to spend in the historic English city of York. What a place! Surrounded by a medieval wall, it is dominated by a cathedral that might be second only to Westminster Abbey in London. There was an unusual scene out in front—an artist on his knees, painstakingly working on a chalk drawing on the sidewalk in front of the cathedral. When I moved closer and took a look at it, I saw it was the Mona Lisa. He must have been working on it all day. It was beautifully done. As I went inside a restaurant, I noticed the artist had left. Within minutes, a little boy came up, intentionally ran over the artwork, then stomped back and forth and made footprints all over it. Other kids followed him and did the same thing. They trampled all over an artist’s hard work. It hurt to see someone doing that." Ron Hutchcraft http://hutchcraft.com/Motivational-Articles/The-People-You-Love/How-to-See-Through-Your-Blind-Spot 2008-11-13T13:09:39-05:00 It is pretty clear what God is saying here. Wise people know how to accept correction and criticism. We need the people around us who confront us, challenge us, and even criticize us because we all have a blind spot. We all have weaknesses in ourselves we cannot see. There are hurtful ways we treat people, ways we say things, ways we act when we’re busy or tired, or ways we abuse the truth, people’s feelings, and biblical boundaries. Some of our most entrenched sins are often sins we cannot see very well. We are so used to doing things a certain way that we will never see some sins without the help of someone else. http://hutchcraft.com/Motivational-Articles/The-People-You-Love/A-Guidance-System-for-the-Missiles-at-Home 2008-11-13T12:01:13-05:00 It has been said that “Children are messengers we send to a time we will not see.” Sounds like they’re going to be our missiles to the future. Today, a lot of parents look in the eyes of their son or daughter and wonder if they have what they need in a world like this. Challenging parenting is nothing new. http://hutchcraft.com/Motivational-Articles/The-People-You-Love/Marriage-Miracles 2008-11-13T11:49:47-05:00 Notice what brought Jesus to Cana that day...a marriage. Notice, too, that He did His first miracle at a wedding. Maybe your marriage could use a miracle right now. That day in Cana there was a change that no man or woman could make. http://hutchcraft.com/Motivational-Articles/The-People-You-Love/The-Power-of-a-Fist 2008-11-13T11:45:43-05:00 Maybe you can see it in your church. Don’t fall for it. Don’t waste any ammunition on each other. Save it all for the real enemy. The devil knows the power of a family that is pulling together in a crisis, so he wants to use the crisis to get you to turn on each other. A crisis in a family, in a church, or in a ministry can either divide us into fingers working alone or unite us into a fist that has knockout power. http://peggiesplace.gospelcom.net/wordwalk18.htm 2008-09-06T14:16:28-05:00 Feeling heavy today? Oh, not with weight - forget the scales! I mean, with sadness, low self-worth, guilt, shame. Someone's hurt you.....you're feeling down....and what to do? Read this devo and be encouraged! http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Mission/Never-Meant-To-Drive-5590 2008-07-21T14:19:36-05:00 How can someone who's been around Jesus - who knows a lot about Jesus - still miss Jesus? And ultimately miss the heaven that only those who know Jesus will ever see. The people who ended up with Jesus came to the point where they saw that God's way was right - that God should be driving their life. http://ied.gospelcom.net/worldpopulation.php 2008-01-12T13:01:20-05:00 This ticker from IMB demonstrates the approximate current world population, numbers who heard the Gospel today, and number who have not had a chance to hear. This challenge to the Great Commission can be screened in mission challenge meetings - full instructions for this are given.