2008-10-15T17:36:02-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com http://www.gospel.com/feeds/topics/success http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Personal-Power/When-Less-is-More-5678 2008-10-15T17:36:02-05:00 God prepares for a great victory by cutting things back. God prepares for a great harvest by cutting things back. In the strange and wonderful ways of God, less is often more. That might be an equation you need to hear right now, because it sure does feel as if God is cutting you back. You're feeling the pain, the loss, and the confusion of a child of God who is being pruned. But not necessarily because something is wrong with you; maybe because something is very right. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Personal-Power/No-Tipping-Allowed-5654 2008-09-12T17:46:43-05:00 Jesus also deserves the best of your talents and your dearest possessions. Who really owns that car of yours, that house, that music, that wardrobe, those books? Jesus' Name should be all over everything. He should have prior claim to how it all gets used since He paid for your life with His life on a cross! http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Personal-Power/Glimpses-of-Daddy-4468 2008-08-29T01:02:43-05:00 Your daily God-sightings become the core of your praises to Him, and they build your confidence and they remind your heart that, no matter how things look, your Father is all over your life. Your Father is in control. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Personal-Power/Nothing-but-the-Best-4477 2008-08-29T00:49:03-05:00 How can I hold onto my best or give it to someone else when God gave His Son for me? It's been said many times, but it says it all: "If He's not Lord of all, He's not Lord at all." http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Personal-Power/Running-Out-of-Ammo-4480 2008-08-29T00:37:55-05:00 For those of us fighting on the front lines, it's our responsibility to make every bullet count, to stay on mission, to always take the high road, and to put our faith in Jehovah Jireh, not in contributors. And for every one of us, we need to hear the cries from the front lines, "We're winning, but we're running out of ammunition!" Let's throw everything we can into this battle for which Jesus gave everything He had! http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Personal-Power/The-Wrong-Builder-4543 2008-08-28T15:59:57-05:00 The Lord isn't saying, "Work more." He's saying, "Trust more." Maybe you've been acting as if you're the builder. The reality is that the Lord uses your efforts, but success doesn't depend on your efforts. Jesus said you're just a branch. The results come through you, not from you. He's the vine. He produces the results, not all of your frantic efforts. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Personal-Power/Crashing-to-an-Upgrade-4432 2008-08-28T15:51:19-05:00 It is one of God's strange and wonderful ways. He allows something to be taken away so He can ultimately replace it with something so much better! The time you really need to focus on that is the time in between, when you're without what you've lost and not yet experiencing God's upgrade. Our missionary pilot friend didn't get his better plane the day after his first plane crashed. There were months of faith-stretching, heavy duty praying, and soul-searching. But in His always perfect time, God did what our friend believed He would do - replace the loss with something better. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Personal-Power/The-Threshold-of-the-Treasure-4358 2008-08-27T16:09:48-05:00 Tragically, so many of God's children have made those same kinds of decisions. You may be on the edge of one right now. God is ready to include you in some wonderful blessing He wants to bring into your life, but whether or not you get what He wants to give you depends on a decision you make. You may be on the threshold of treasure He wants to give you - it may be an emotional treasure, a financial blessing, the answer to a long-prayed prayer, a special relationship, a new beginning, maybe a greater impact in your ministry, or a breakthrough in some impossible situation. But, like that man who missed his share of Ronald McDonald's fortune, it may all come down to your making the right decision. http://circuitriter.gospelcom.net/article/?article_id=101 2008-08-26T22:37:34-05:00 Success can be measured many different ways. The world's view of success is often different than what the Bible illustrates. If you want to be successful, follow the lead of Ezra. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Personal-Power/The-Auditor-s-Review-4601 2008-08-26T12:01:22-05:00 Maybe no one even knows the good things you've done, but the auditor Who gives eternal rewards is noticing it all. We can't see our organization's human auditor most of the time, but we still make a thousand little daily decisions in light of his upcoming review. Should you and I do any less for the auditor whose audit matters forever?