2011-06-17T10:17:44-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com http://www.gospel.com/feeds/topics/responsibility http://truewoman.com/?id=1724 2011-06-17T10:17:44-05:00 Circumstances certainly have bearing on our reactions, but the liberating concept for me—one that my dad emphasized even more as I got into my teenage years—was, “You will not have to give account to God for what someone else does to you. You will only be held accountable for how you respond.” http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/a-parent-s-hardest-job-6338 2011-04-28T15:05:55-05:00 We're assigned to nudge our children slowly but surely toward the gate. The gate's called personal responsibility. And if we do it well, they'll one day rise up and call us blessed. We just don't dare need them too much for our own identity. See, we're supposed to be getting them ready to leave. And that's a parent's hardest responsibility, but it's also one of our most important jobs. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/the-answer-in-the-mirror-6047 2010-03-16T09:29:16-05:00 I saw a simple, but profound little sentence on a church sign recently. It said, "God, I have a problem. It's me." That kind of prayer is the only place some of us are ever going to find any healing, any happiness, or any peace. Not "I have a problem - it's them," but "it's me." That admission can save a marriage, a relationship with a child, the unity of a church or a ministry, or a relationship that's too valuable to lose. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/the-grandeur-of-an-old-faithful-6045 2010-03-12T09:07:40-05:00 What an honor to be a man or woman about whom Almighty God can say, "I can count on her. I can count on him." He is looking for warriors who will continue to stay at their post, whose commitments He and others can depend on, who will finish what they started. If that's hard for you, remember that faithfulness is part of what the Bible describes as "the fruit of the Spirit" http://discipleshiptools.org/apps/articles/default.asp?articleid=61414&columnid=4166 2009-10-23T16:30:00-05:00 Fruit of the Spirit, Part XVI This is not a popular thing to discuss, but the Christian life comes with a responsibility, so we are not to allow our desires or dilemma or pressures to distract us from it http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/climate-control-5940 2009-10-16T13:25:57-05:00 You're a leader. You're setting a climate, whether you realize it or not. And the interesting thing is that you end up reaping the climate you sow. So make the place where you are feel like it would if Jesus were there. He is. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/someone-else-s-fault-5913 2009-09-11T13:10:09-05:00 Maybe you've honestly been hurt or wronged, and you can't do anything about the other person taking responsibility for what they've done. But you can accept the responsibility for the way you've handled it, for the wrong things you may have tried to excuse by the wrong things someone else did. Those who have been victims - and those who've been victimizers - never get free until they realize that they are now the victims of their own choices, not someone else's. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/setting-the-temperature-5820 2009-09-10T12:17:15-05:00 You put Joseph in a great situation and he's the trusted person, the one who says yes to responsibility. Put him in a terrible situation, he is the same man; making things better, changing his environment, setting a positive climate. That is a thermostat. And, that's what the people around you need you to be. Grownup people, godly people, make a difference people respond to situations, not from the environment around them or the feelings that they're feeling, but from the character inside them - the Lord who's inside them! http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2015:22-24&version=NIV 2009-08-04T16:01:22-05:00 At what point are we responsible for our sins? In this passage, Paul notes that those who have heard the Gospel and who have seen miracles have no excuse for continuing to live in sin. http://intothyword.org/apps/articles/default.asp?articleid=36061&columnid=3803 2008-11-10T17:53:58-05:00 We May Suffer for Faithfully Being in Him! Persecutions and sufferings have a reason and a purpose! They have a way of refining and purifying us to allow the...