2009-11-09T09:34:01-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com http://www.gospel.com/feeds/topics/your+hindrances http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hindrances/pretty-poison-5956 2009-11-09T09:34:01-05:00 First sin fascinates you, and then it assassinates you. And God, in His love, has come to you today to wave you away from a choice that will take you where you never wanted to go, it will keep you longer than you ever wanted to stay, and it will cost you more than you ever wanted to pay. Don't walk away from that sin - run away from it. Sin looks so good and it kills so dead. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hindrances/death-in-a-sticky-web-2542 2009-10-02T10:11:24-05:00 Listen, if you've been flying pretty close to the devil's web lately accept this as a loving warning from God. Touch the web and you will pay a price you never could have imagined. When sin looks good, remember that death on a sticky web. The destroyer is waiting to wrap you up and make you his. But in Jesus' power you can get away. Do it now, while you can! http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hindrances/gift-wrapped-garbage-2948 2009-10-01T15:04:00-05:00 You can just assume that the enemy is trying to wear you down right now in some area - by offering you garbage in a package that really disarms you. That's why God wants you to know who you really are. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hindrances/lighting-up-at-the-end-of-the-game-3017 2009-10-01T10:53:52-05:00 Maybe you've allowed yourself to slip into a survival mentality, or maybe you've become self-absorbed or self-pitying. In the fourth quarter, some people just settle into a reward mindset. "Well, I've worked hard all these years. I'll just settle back and relax now. It's time just to reward myself for what I did in the first three quarters of the game." Wait a minute! The game isn't over yet! We'll rest in heaven. We'll get rewarded in heaven. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hindrances/the-danger-zone-alarm-3019 2009-10-01T10:51:23-05:00 God's warning is clear - don't quench the Holy Spirit of Almighty God. Listen to God's alarm going off in you. You don't know the trouble this is taking you into. He does. Back away from this door. It takes you where you do not want to end up. You are entering the danger zone. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hindrances/superman-is-breakable-2402 2009-09-25T14:22:29-05:00 You've got a terminal spiritual cancer, called sin! No matter how religious, no matter how respected you may be, you've broken God's laws and you've run the life that your Creator was suppose to run and "my way" of living has left you fatally separated from God. The cure requires humility - the admission that you cannot save yourself - and then a trip, not to a dirty river, but to a dying Savior's cross. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hindrances/prescription-for-a-weary-worker-2890 2009-09-25T13:59:32-05:00 If you're in Weary Valley, you're prone to discouragement, to thoughts of quitting what you were called to do, to mechanical ministry. It's time to get your eyes back on Jesus. It was His love that compelled you to serve in the first place. Go back to the cross, where you came in. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hindrances/immune-to-the-smell-2898 2009-09-25T13:57:45-05:00 Ask God to make you what Romans 16:19 calls "wise about what is good and innocent about what is evil." Innocent about evil, not intrigued by what is evil. Sin stinks. It's the rotting odor of eternal death, no matter how glamorously it is perfumed. Don't ever get used to the smell. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hindrances/invisible-death-2379 2009-09-24T16:08:07-05:00 You see, the easiest way to radiate you with sinful ideas is through your entertainment. That's when your guard's down. When you're watching TV or you're listening to some music, you're not thinking. You don't want to. It's a time when you are trying to relax. God knows that and that is why He says avoid the contamination. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hindrances/driving-with-the-brakes-on-2376 2009-09-24T16:07:11-05:00 You get people talking about their favorite subject - themselves. Ask them about their family, their background, or their position, their interests, their weekend plans, something. And you look for clues that you can talk to them about. Look for a photo that they got or a pin that they wear, or a comment they make. Ask several questions. You don't have to be informed about what they are interested in, you just have to be interested in it. Find out areas that you can relate to and share your experience there.