2012-07-18T11:21:58-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/attention/ http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/nothing-worse-than-a-nag-6655 2012-07-18T11:21:58-05:00 You and I and Solomon all agree. In fact, just about everybody agrees. There's nothing worse than a nag. So, let's decide right now not to be a nag. Oh yeah, or to create one. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/not-in-charge-after-all-6395 2011-08-08T11:42:53-05:00 Times like these are wakeup calls, and we ought to pick up the phone. It might be God on the other end reminding us that He's God and we're not. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/playing-favorites-playing-fair-6275 2011-01-28T09:14:23-05:00 People will measure your fairness and they'll measure your favoritism after you act. We should measure it before we act. What's the ripple effect going to be? How will this be perceived in terms of its justice - its fairness? How will this make everyone else feel beside the person I'm deciding for right now? In Godly governing, there's just no room for playing favorites, because God doesn't. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/why-god-is-turning-up-the-volume-6213 2010-11-03T11:39:16-05:00 If God's been turning up the volume, don't just turn over and go back to sleep. The noise will only get louder. Because God loves you too much to stop trying to get your attention; to stop working on you to live the way He created you to live. The sooner you wake up, the sooner it will let up. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/how-to-make-the-world-a-little-less-lonely-6195 2010-10-08T11:12:10-05:00 Often the key to being the conduit for Jesus' love is what I call the second question. Everybody asks the first question, "How are you doing?" And we robotically answer, "Fine." But the second question asks, "Really?" You'll be amazed how that simple demonstration that you really care how they're doing will often open up a heart-cry that's been buried just beneath the surface. http://truewoman.com/?id=1178 2010-09-01T12:07:22-05:00 Some women are so needy for attention and affirmation that they cling to men like plastic wrap to a piece of raw meat. But women who try to quench their neediness through relationships with men are usually left feeling parched and dry. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/341 2010-08-08T17:35:15-05:00 Few people can maintain concentration beyond 20 minutes, when listening to a one-way monologue talk, as Speaker Confessions explains. A recent BBC TV program on rhetoric claimed that Dr Billy Graham rarely spoke for more than 20 minutes, and always used jargon-free simple language. The long talk is not the way we teach kids. No more should it be for adults. One interesting educational development in recent years has been the formulation of adult learning principles. It’s not ‘we talk, you listen’ any more. And surprise surprise, we see here many elements of communication which are clearly demonstrated in the Bible, and also reflect biblical principles of behavior and respect, inter-personal relationships, and an understanding of the individual worth of any person. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/a-child-in-your-inbox-6003 2010-01-13T12:12:25-05:00 It might be a good day to check your inbox. There might be a boy in your inbox or a girl in your inbox, desperately needing your priority attention. And you know, no matter what else you have to do, you just don't have anything more important to do than give them the attention that they need. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/a-child-in-your-inbox-5748 2009-09-09T15:53:31-05:00 God is so serious about our relationship with our children that He even makes it a qualifying standard for anyone who wants to be a spiritual leader. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Relationships/How-to-be-a-Hero-Where-it-Counts-5072 2008-08-06T14:59:33-05:00 You don't hammer them all the time with what's wrong with them. Believe me, they already know. What they need from their father is consistent praise for what's good about them; their personal strengths, their personal abilities, their positive qualities. If you can't see them, they never will. And a Dad who raises a child who feels like they're never good enough is no hero at all.