2009-09-16T11:52:25-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/cleansing/ http://hutchcraft.com/a-life-that-matters/radio-program/the-simple-secret-of-not-getting-sick-8259 2009-09-16T11:52:25-05:00 I’m Ron Hutchcraft, and it turns out that this secret of staying physically healthy can also help us stay healthy in our relationship with Jesus—frequent washing, getting rid of the dirt we pick up during the day before it makes us sick. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/the-year-that-everything-changed-5698 2009-09-09T11:04:09-05:00 God wants you to enter His Throne Room as Isaiah did - by prayer. He wants you to see His majesty; to realize that, by praying, you are entering the Throne Room from which 100 billion galaxies are governed and bringing your life and your needs to the One who rules it all. When everything's changing, you need to dwell on the awesomeness of your God. http://hutchcraft.com/a-life-that-matters/radio-program/painful-process-beautiful-result-9199 2009-02-05T14:55:06-05:00 My wife and I were able to be there for the birth of our new grandson. It was exciting, but not as exciting for our daughter-in-law. I was just outside when our little guy arrived, and it was clear even from there that it was a painful and intense delivery—which I think is the only kind there is. It didn’t come as a surprise to our daughter-in-law. She did this before two years ago when she had our granddaughter. But knowing how painful it was going to be, she did it again, and millions of women have. And the lesson of childbirth might be just some encouragement to you right now if you’re trying to understand what God’s doing in your life right now. http://hutchcraft.com/a-life-that-matters/radio-program/your-trash-transformed-9193 2009-02-05T14:49:01-05:00 It’s the nicest garbage truck I’ve ever seen…it’s bright and clean and new—it’s in a recent TV commercial for a waste management company. As the truck makes its way through the gleaming streets of a big city, people watch it go by appreciatively, admiringly. It’s very realistic, of course. I love their motto though: “The waste we collect helps power over a million homes.” Now, that’s cool! Garbage recycled into power that helps a lot of lives. http://hutchcraft.com/Life-Issues/Cleansing/What-To-Do-With-The-Garbage 2008-11-19T15:34:06-05:00 Are you facing emotional and spiritual garbage in your life? Are there things you've done that you wish you could undo or things you hope no one ever finds out about? ... There might be guilty memories that keep coming back into your mind and you’re carrying the pain inside. It continues to pile up and you want to get rid of the garbage, but you don’t know how. http://hutchcraft.com/Life-Issues/Cleansing/Shower-Power 2008-11-19T15:33:19-05:00 Those five young missionaries were martyred, but as a result, the Gospel did get through. Today, virtually that whole tribe knows Christ. It is partly due to the efforts of the missionaries’ widows and especially through a sister of one the martyrs’, Rachel Saint. She faced the typical difficulties of trying to translate the Scriptures into another language, but she quickly came across a major problem. The Auca language doesn't have a word for forgive. They didn’t ever forgive anyone. If there was a problem, they just typically killed the person. Well, Rachel Saint found a word to describe it—washed. http://hutchcraft.com/Life-Issues/Cleansing/Finally-Clean 2008-11-19T15:31:53-05:00 Have you ever had some stubborn stains on your favorite clothes or your nice tablecloths, and you wish they could look as good as new?. On a rare occasion, you can actually get those stains out and say, "It's finally clean. It's been washed, treated, and all the dirty spots came out!" ... That could be a description of you! http://hutchcraft.com/Life-Issues/Cleansing/Getting-Rid-of-What-You-Have-Hung-Onto-So-Long 2008-11-19T15:31:02-05:00 That's the very feeling that so many people over so many years have experienced when they surrendered their lives to Jesus Christ. They came to the dumpster of God and unloaded stuff that they'd hung onto for a long time. It's an experience God wants you to have even today. http://hutchcraft.com/Life-Issues/Cleansing/The-Wound-is-the-Battle 2008-11-19T15:30:08-05:00 If you can win the battle by cleansing the wound right away, then they can win the war by heading off the infection. It's a strategy more of us should be using to prevent the kind of spiritual infection that poisons your joy, your peace, and your closeness to God. The wound is any point in your life where sin has been able to get in. It's that first detour from what you know is right. The infection is the widespread loss of spiritual health and power that damages so much we care about, and it can be prevented by a prompt cleansing. A cleansing that goes deep is needed, and there is such a cleansing. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Most-Important-Relationship/Feeling-Dirty-Getting-Clean-5071 2008-08-06T15:02:07-05:00 Just think of Jesus absorbing all the guilt, and the shame, and the hell of every angry thing you've ever done; every dirty thing, every selfish thing, every deceitful thing, every hurting thing. That's how much He loves you. That's how much He wants to forgive you so you can have the unspeakable joy of being clean and the guarantee of being with Him in His heaven forever.