2012-09-04T10:43:47-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/baggage/ http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/life-in-the-backwards-seat-6691 2012-09-04T10:43:47-05:00 You may be at a point where you're ready for a new beginning - where the hurts and the failures of the past no longer will define who you are. That is when it's time for Jesus, who died for all the sin and all the hurts of the past. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/why-it-does-not-have-to-be-the-way-it-has-always-been-5967 2009-11-24T09:49:36-05:00 As surely as physical family resemblances get passed on from one generation to another, so do family flaws, family sins, family baggage. Except for the miracle that makes it possible for one person to say, "It stops here. I'm not going to be another one in that same old line. I'm going to be the first one in a brand new line in our family!" http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hindrances/spiritual-land-mines-3730 2009-09-21T10:41:55-05:00 Usually, if your sin is because of your love for money, you'll leave a trail and you'll eventually be caught. Usually, if your sin is one of the love of the opposite sex, it will ultimately be exposed and punished. But perhaps the most insidious spiritual land mine of all is the love of power. That one's hard to prove, hard to confront - but a prideful, power-loving spiritual leader can often maim and scar and even destroy people for a lifetime without ever being stopped. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Life-That-Matters/Radio-Program/Halloween-Deadly-Masquerade-8132 2008-11-07T11:51:35-05:00 Last Halloween night, I walked into this convenient store and I saw a sign outside that said, “Leave your mask outside.” I took that very personally, but actually, it’s a good idea. ... I can almost imagine a sign like that outside the Throne Room of Almighty God. See masks are absolutely useless in the presence of God. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Life-That-Matters/Radio-Program/Baggage-Wars-8091 2008-09-05T13:17:00-05:00 It is sad how many of us actually live that way. You know, watching the same old baggage of our life going around and around again. We keep replaying the hurts and the pain and we keep ourselves from the hope that inspires a life that matters. And we just keep feeding our resentment and our anger and our depression, our dark side, and that only hurts us. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Personal-Power/Trapped-By-The-Baggage-4070 2008-08-01T15:50:13-05:00 Here, God has great plans for Saul, but he's not there for them because he's hiding in all this baggage. Over the years, many of God's children have missed God's plan because they were buried in their baggage. Like us that chaotic day at the airport, a lot of us can't move ahead because we've got all this baggage to deal with. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hindrances/Deadly-Baggage-3872 2008-07-29T15:44:22-05:00 Too much baggage can cause a plane to crash. In fact, it can make a person crash, too. When you're carrying around a lot of emotional and spiritual baggage, it can really weigh you down - and make it very hard for you to fly or reach your destination. And these days, a lot of us are carrying around a lot of baggage. That could be what's holding you back - and even making you crash sometimes. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Most-Important-Relationship/The-Same-Old-Baggage-5610 2008-07-21T11:47:20-05:00 Why does Jesus ask us if we want to get well? Because sometimes we're afraid to change. We've gotten used to playing the victim role, the loser role. We've settled into an identity that revolves around that same old baggage. Notice the man didn't just say "Yes." He responded with a nobody cares complaint. He's gotten used to being the guy with the problem, he was stuck in his victim identity, but Jesus acts miraculously and that man walks away carrying what had been carrying him for years. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Most-Important-Relationship/Smacked-With-Your-Back-Pack-5613 2008-07-21T11:40:46-05:00 Now, what is going to attract people to your Jesus? Your hope it says. They're going to want to ask about your hope! They'll be curious about what makes you such a positive person, a joyful person. But they're not going to see hope if you keep hitting them with the negative stuff you're carrying. Maybe you're carrying a backpack full of stress and pressure and you're stressing out everybody; you're dumping your stress on them!