2013-08-26T11:38:52-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/child/ http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/be-prepared-to-stop-6946 2013-08-26T11:38:52-05:00 Don't let the preoccupations of your agenda, your problems, your demands, even the un-lovable-ness of the person who needs you keep you from being there for them. Don't let those things make you forget that people are most important. They're going to last forever. Please, be prepared to stop. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/10643 2013-04-18T11:14:15-05:00 New smartphone app for children: The Most Important Story Ever Told has just been released by MIS (Most Important Story), the international children's ministry, based on their evangelistic book of the same name.Available in English, Spanish, with Farsi, Arabic and other languages to come. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/too-precious-to-waste-6773 2012-12-27T14:29:49-05:00 A day is too precious to waste. It is only to be spent for the people and for the causes that are going to matter forever. Okay, you've got a day. Invest it! http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/being-led-by-the-hand-6746 2012-11-26T12:04:18-05:00 Why don't you get you out of the way? Grow up to the point where you will let your Father feed you, let your Father carry you, let your Father lead you. You're never stronger than the moment you reach up a trembling, empty hand and say, "Father, lead me by the hand." http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/parenting-in-bite-sized-chunks-6716 2012-10-08T09:50:33-05:00 We tend to be paralyzed by guilt over the past or anxiety over the future. Why not trust the Lord to cover both of those, and you have a good day today. That's how you build a better future. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/first-breathe-it-yourself-6659 2012-07-19T17:42:26-05:00 The biggest single answer for your child's weakness is to let Christ transform that weakness in you. He has redeeming grace for your son, for your daughter. But first, breathe it yourself. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/the-agenda-that-really-matters-6586 2012-04-09T09:51:38-05:00 If God has trusted you with a young life - a child - make meaningful time with that child a non-negotiable of your schedule. I mean, even if you have to change jobs, if it takes that to be a father; to be a mother, that's eternity's priority. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/the-most-special-people-on-earth-6457 2011-10-11T10:31:38-05:00 Children teach us something about openness, simplicity, humility, and faith. They help us unmask and they are soft cement that can still be written on. They're so important! They're a life to be shaped. Take stock of who gets your best attention and remember that Jesus thinks the children are some of the most special people on earth. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/you-can-t-run-fast-enough-6344 2011-05-06T10:40:39-05:00 When you're running from God, you are a destabilizing force on everything and everyone around you, and God is pursuing you even to this moment today. It's a good thing isn't it that parents always catch their children? Because if they didn't, eventually you know those kids would run into disaster or death. Well, God is catching you. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/a-parent-s-hardest-job-6338 2011-04-28T15:05:55-05:00 We're assigned to nudge our children slowly but surely toward the gate. The gate's called personal responsibility. And if we do it well, they'll one day rise up and call us blessed. We just don't dare need them too much for our own identity. See, we're supposed to be getting them ready to leave. And that's a parent's hardest responsibility, but it's also one of our most important jobs.