Being obedient... even when it hurts
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Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - Trading Empty For Full - #4303
Not a bad deal. I gave my friend what was empty and he replaced it with what was full. Just like Jesus. I handed him a life that was pretty empty, and He gave me back a life that is amazingly full. He's done that for countless people, and He would love to do that for you.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Most-Important-Relationship/Trading-Empty-Fo...
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - Standing Against The Tide - #4307
Some great places have been really damaged by the slow process of erosion. So have some great people. That's why you've got to make the choices that will stop the erosion in your life.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Most-Important-Relationship/Standing-Against...
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - When You Don't Like What's On Your Plate - #4326
I know you have days like that -- when you don't particularly like what's on your plate. Or you don't like how much there is of it. As a parent, you may have to handle some things that really aren't much fun these days. As a son or daughter, or a student, you've been stuck with some jobs that you really don't want to do. At work, it's getting pretty messy, pretty heavy, pretty boring. At church or in your ministry, you're not particularly liking the way it's going in what you're trying to do for the Lord. But it's just part of life -- days, and sometimes lots of days, when we don't like what's on our plate.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Personal-Power/When-You-Don-t-Like-What-s-On...
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - Letting Go Of The Wheel - #4328
My wife sometimes has a hard time getting me to let go of the wheel. God knows that feeling - maybe with you, too. Some of us hang onto control for as long as we can, not realizing that we are heading for a crash if we don't let go. And we're missing miracles that God so wants to do in our lives - because we refuse to relinquish control.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Personal-Power/Letting-Go-Of-The-Wheel-4328
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - Old On The Outside, New On The Inside - #4330
"We do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day." Now, make no mistake about it - the outside Paul was really taking a beating ... sometimes literally. Earlier in this chapter, he describes himself as "hard-pressed on every side," - maybe you can relate to that - "perplexed, persecuted, struck down." But though he's showing and feeling the mileage on the outside, he says God keeps renewing him on the inside.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Most-Important-Relationship/Old-On-The-Outsi...
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - The Ultimate Mission Impossible - #4333
Now can you hear that Mission Impossible theme playing in the background? Jonah went all out trying to get away from the Lord -- he bought a ticket to what is Spain today, which basically was the farthest place on earth he could run to in his day. But it wasn't far enough to escape God. It never is.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Relationships/The-Ultimate-Mission-Impossibl...
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - The Downside of Freedom - #4342
The great gift of freedom -- tragically abused. It's a scenario God knows all too well. Because some of the people He has set free are using that freedom in ways that hurt Him, that hurt them, and hurt other people.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hard-Times/The-Downside-of-Freedom-4342
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - The God Who Knows Your Name - #4349
I guess that's one of the greatest surprises in our life, isn't it? When it dawns on you that the biggest person there is in the entire universe actually knows your name - and loves you, not as one of six billion inhabitants of Planet Earth, but as if you were the only one on this planet!
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Most-Important-Relationship/The-God-Who-Know...
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - Squeezed To Obey - #4353
Our word for today from the Word of God begins with Jesus' parting instructions to His followers in Acts 1:8. "You will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." Now, guess which part of that they liked best? Right. Jerusalem. That was home. That was the familiar. I'm not sure they would have ever gotten beyond Jerusalem unless they were pushed, unless they were squeezed to go.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hindrances/Squeezed-To-Obey-4353
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - The Threshold of the Treasure - #4358
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://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Personal-Power/The-Threshold-of-the-Treasure...

