2011-09-16T15:10:22-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/prize/ http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/your-personal-derby-run-6440 2011-09-16T15:10:22-05:00 Our finish line...well, it's not a carpet of roses. My finish line is Jesus. And, you know, His "well done" is really the only prize that matters. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians%209:24&version=NIV 2009-08-04T16:43:57-05:00 The Christian life is compared to a race. Just as, in a physical race, we would push ourselves to the limit for the prize, shouldn't we demonstrate the same level of commitment in pursuing Jesus Christ? http://hutchcraft.com/A-Life-That-Matters/Radio-Program/What-Makes-the-Marathon-Worth-It-8140 2008-11-25T11:28:50-05:00 It actually made me think of the race I’m trying to run, which is not for Olympic gold, but for something better. These six words: “Well done, good and faithful servant,” (Matthew 25:21) spoken by Jesus at the finish line of my life. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Life-That-Matters/Radio-Program/A-Life-They-ll-Never-Forget-8129 2008-11-07T11:46:59-05:00 I’ll tell you, more than any trophy or championship, that is a lasting legacy of a life that matters. I wonder how many people would say that about me; about you: “He or she made me feel important.” Making people feel important isn’t just some pop psychology. It’s seeing a person as God sees them and then helping them see themselves as God sees them. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Life-That-Matters/Radio-Program/The-Trouble-With-Trophies-8076 2008-08-15T16:43:36-05:00 How many times have we played our hearts out for a prize that ended up breaking in our hands? That position, the championship, the relationship, the vacation, the thing we always wanted, the dream come true only to find it was so fragile. It was actually pretty disappointing. http://sermonindex.net/modules/articles/index.php?view=article&aid=16467 2008-01-03T21:09:11-05:00 Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. --Philippians 3:13-14