2009-11-10T09:09:06-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com http://www.gospel.com/feeds/topics/your+hard+times http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/the-trash-removal-that-saves-your-life-5957 2009-11-10T09:09:06-05:00 You can't get rid of your sin by earning it, by doing good things. You can't inherit God's forgiveness from a Christian family or pick it up by osmosis from just being around Christian things your whole life. Your only hope of getting clean, of getting to heaven, is the cleansing power of the shed blood of Jesus Christ. Not Christianity. Jesus. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/shaking-the-snake-that-stalks-you-5952 2009-11-03T09:08:34-05:00 The next time the serpent comes your way, the Bible says, "Resist him." "I know who this is. I'm not falling for this again!" That's how you stand up to him. You claim the victory that Jesus Christ won over Satan when He died on the cross. Take your stand! Go to your Savior and unleash Jesus on that serpent. No compromise. No giving in. No accommodation. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/it-aint-over-2581 2009-10-02T10:32:03-05:00 You can't tell what God is going to do for a wonderful finish to this game. God has a way of hitting a bases loaded, grand slam home run in the bottom of the ninth with two outs - if you don't give up before that harvest comes! I just hope you don't miss that grand finish because you gave up on the game too soon! http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/the-power-of-being-broken-2544 2009-10-02T10:07:09-05:00 Broken times often precede the greatest times of spiritual empowerment in our lives because there is nothing left of you and now it can all be God. And when that happens you are about to trade in the limited power of the past for horsepower you have never driven with before. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/the-garbage-miracle-3010 2009-10-01T10:43:06-05:00 Beauty from ashes - praise from despair - something very special from something very ugly. If you will let Jesus be the Lord of your life's pile of garbage, He can make of it a mountain from which many will be able to see Him. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/goodbye-ordinary-5927 2009-09-29T09:11:06-05:00 Maybe you're like so many believers I've met in recent years. You've got this unexplainable restlessness inside. It's saying, "There's got to be something more than this." It's saying, "I want to make a greater difference with the rest of my life than I've made until now." Well, it's God who made you restless. He wants you to realize the power you got when you got Jesus. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/stopped-by-a-storm-2395 2009-09-24T16:14:45-05:00 Maybe you've been hit with something medical or financial. Maybe your family is in a crisis or someone you love is gone or you found yourself out of work, out of money even out of hope. Sometimes a struggling son or daughter knocks us off our horse. Whatever the storm would you allow me to suggest why it might be happening. For the same reason it happened to Saul, so you would finally be able to hear the voice of Jesus. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/when-you-charge-they-charge-3157 2009-09-22T14:04:06-05:00 As God starts to open doors and give opportunities, pray for the protection available in Jesus' Name - for you, for those you love. Pray against discouragement. Remember that serving the Lord is much like football. As soon as you start gaining ground spiritually, the other side starts to come after you. When you charge, they charge. That's something to be aware of, not afraid of. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/when-you-have-been-burned-3738 2009-09-21T13:44:45-05:00 Hard steps, important steps, steps to healing. Jesus heals burn victims - and replaces their mourning with gladness, their ashes with beauty, their despair with praise. Let Him work that healing miracle in you. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/a-cinch-by-the-inch-2788 2009-09-18T14:17:45-05:00 If you're looking at the whole trip and feeling overwhelmed, intimidated, paralyzed and afraid, don't look at the whole trip. The trip is God's problem. The big map is His concern.