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Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - The Channel Choice - #4813
You may not be able to help the fact that a sexual input came on your screen, but you totally decide whether or not it stays on your screen. You can't afford to dwell on anything that feeds your anger either, or your depression, or your complaining, something that feeds your worry, or your materialism, your greed, or your spending problem, or that feeds that sinful habit. Maybe that's why you've continued to struggle and maybe you've lost so much in that part of your life because you keep feeding it. You keep stopping to watch and listen to a channel that feeds the sinful side of you.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hard-Times/The-Channel-Choice-4813

Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - Heightened Alert - #4126
In other words, when it comes to your very real spiritual enemy who would love to bring you down, be alert - and be defiant. Years ago, C. S. Lewis suggested that there are two extremes when it comes to our attitude toward the devil - ignoring him or being too curious about him. Lewis suggested that either attitude is one that your enemy can find very useful. Ignorance allows the devil to have his way in your life because you don't realize who's doing it or how he works. But, undue curiosity about the devil gives him a means of actually drawing you in his direction.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hard-Times/Heightened-Alert-4126

Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - Tick Bites - #4131
Actually, you need to do that spiritually, too. Because there are "little ticks" that we get bitten with that can - if they're not removed quickly - cause us more pain and more problems than we could ever imagine. Small invasions; major damage. There's an enlightening example of that in Hebrews 12:15, our word for today from the Word of God.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hard-Times/Tick-Bites-4131

Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - White Flags And Cannonballs - #4857
In the spiritual battle raging all around you, your enemy the devil keeps calling for you to surrender - surrender to discouragement, to despair, to bitterness, to disobedience, to retreat. During those grueling days when Satan tried to get our Lord to surrender to temptation, we learn how those temptations have to be answered.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hard-Times/White-Flags-And-Cannonballs-4857

Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - When Satan's Buttons Stop Working - #4867
I picture Satan sitting there with this big control panel in front of him with your name on it. I'm sure he's got one with my name on it, too. And he knows exactly what buttons to push to get you to respond as he wants you to. After all, he's been pushing your buttons for years and watching you dance to his music. He knows exactly what button to push to get you discouraged, to get you angry, to get you worrying, to get you defeated, to get you down on yourself or back to the old you. But hasn't he played with you long enough?
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hard-Times/When-Satan-s-Buttons-Stop-Working...

Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - The Most Dangerous Time of All - #4877
There have been many Davids over the years; godly men and women who sinned or compromised in a way they could never have imagined. And it didn't happen on the battlefield. Many people go down spiritually during their "down" time - those times and places where we're relaxing, where we lower our guard, where we become spiritually careless. David's experience would suggest that the time when you feel safe and relaxed may be your most dangerous time of all.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hard-Times/The-Most-Dangerous-Time-of-All-4877

Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - The "I Can Handle it" Trap - #5049
Don't underestimate temptation and don't overestimate your strength.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hard-Times/The-I-Can-Handle-it-Trap-5049

Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - Reservation Tested - #5104
Do you remember a time like that; a season of your life when the Lord was so dramatic in the way He revealed himself when He spoke to you? There's no doubt that He's there. Okay, now that's the beginning. The end of the cycle comes with the Spirit triumph.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hard-Times/Reservation-Tested-5104

Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - Turn Around, Don't Drown - #5136
"Turn around, don't drown" is pretty good moral advice, too. I've known way too many people who thought they could handle the temptation, handle being around some stuff that could bring them down, handle flirting with what they should have been fleeing. And they have suddenly found themselves in deeper than they ever imagined - way over their head. And morally, spiritually, they have drowned.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hard-Times/Turn-Around-Don-t-Drown-5136

Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - The Prize And The Prison - #4046
That's what the police call a "sting operation." And it really worked - offer something good just to capture people. And the police use that strategy to accomplish good things. Satan has been using that strategy for a long time to accomplish his destructive purposes in people's lives. He may be using his sting operation to capture you right now.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hard-Times/The-Prize-And-The-Prison-4046

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