2012-12-27T14:29:49-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/precious/ http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/too-precious-to-waste-6773 2012-12-27T14:29:49-05:00 A day is too precious to waste. It is only to be spent for the people and for the causes that are going to matter forever. Okay, you've got a day. Invest it! http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/wimpy-death-6527 2012-01-17T09:47:59-05:00 Even in "the valley of the shadow of death," "we have this hope," the Bible says, "as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure" (Hebrews 6:19). In the deepest, in the darkest hour, the anchor held, and it always will. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/when-withholding-is-stealing-6329 2011-04-15T13:56:44-05:00 Are you hanging onto something or someone you love? You have plans, and dreams, and security riding on it as Abraham did. But God's hands are reaching your way saying, "Can you trust Me with what you love so much?" http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-personal-power/the-reason-for-the-heat-5776 2009-09-10T10:35:34-05:00 God may be using the fire right now to get you to examine some corners of your heart or of your life that you've never really surrendered fully to His Lordship. He may use the oven to show you junk you've accumulated that has to go before He can take you to the next level. He wants to enlarge your view of Him and to prepare you for greater things. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20116:15&version=NIV 2009-08-20T17:02:37-05:00 This verse describes the death of a believer as an event "precious" to God--that is, it's an event of great importance that He takes careful note of. Death for a believer is not the end; it's the beginning of a new life with God.