2012-01-31T10:10:53-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com http://www.gospel.com/feeds/topics/sacrifice http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-personal-power/you-can-t-see-them-but-they-re-holding-it-together-6537 2012-01-31T10:10:53-05:00 I hope you're in the category of God's unsung heroes. Oh, men may not know your name or the sacrifices you're making. Oh, but be sure God does. You may not feel like your role is important, but believe me like those women who supported Jesus' ministry, you're the foundation...you're the support beams. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-personal-power/no-tipping-allowed-6438 2011-09-14T10:07:44-05:00 You give God His, and you don't have less; you have more. You've got the God who owns it all saying, "All these things will be added to you." "You don't have to worry," Jesus said. God is your Father, not your waiter. He's your Lord, not your driver. He gets your best. When it comes to God, no tipping allowed. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hindrances/convenience-costs-more-6391 2011-08-08T12:07:23-05:00 The least expensive choice is almost surely the one that will take longer, require more risks and more faith. Don't fall for the lure of what's easy right now. It's probably pulling very hard, but you can't afford the price tag. The narrow road leads to life. The destination is what counts. 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-relationships/prints-in-sand-and-cement-6308 2011-03-17T09:53:29-05:00 Could it be that you didn't mean to, but you've been caught up in the footprints that you've been making in the sand? It's been so important to make that mark at work, at church, with a group of people you want to impress. Well, are the people close to you losing out to the things that you're involved in? Put your prints in cement, where they'll last, not in sand where they can't last. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hindrances/fat-by-any-other-name-6302 2011-03-09T15:09:26-05:00 We don't like to deal with sin; we like to disguise it. Maybe today would be a good day to pray something like this, "Lord, am I calling sin by a nice name? I don't want to mask my disobedience any longer." Deal with it before God deals with you. What does God call it? See, sin by any other name is still sin. And as the Bible says, "If we would judge ourselves, then we will not be judged." http://truewoman.com/?id=1553 2011-03-03T16:24:23-05:00 Are you facing a circumstance that just doesn't naturally call for gratitude? You're trying to be brave. You want to do the right thing. But trying to be thankful for what God is doing in your life right now . . . http://truewoman.com/?id=1625 2011-03-03T11:39:38-05:00 If you’re not feelin’ it, the answer isn’t to make Him prove His love apart from His sacrifice on the cross, but to pour over those moments when He “put skin” to His love and bled and suffered for you, in your place. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/1174 2010-08-09T16:18:06-05:00 Hmm. Until last Sunday, I had spent a lifetime not knowing that the Bethlehem shepherds were not just ordinary shepherds. And the lambs they raised were not just ordinary lambs. At least, the first-born males weren’t. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/the-love-that-can-t-stand-to-lose-you-6112 2010-06-15T09:32:15-05:00 The price Jesus paid for your rescue could not have been higher. That's what makes what you do with Jesus so serious; so decisive in terms of whether eternity means heaven or hell. Your decision about Jesus is your decision about where you will be forever.