2011-08-19T09:48:21-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/defeated/ http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/i-know-how-this-is-going-to-end-6420 2011-08-19T09:48:21-05:00 Right now it's night time and there still are tears, and you need to dig deep into His strength until the rest of the message comes clear. You can stay peaceful, you can stay poised while everybody else is going crazy, because you know that ultimately joy is coming, victory is coming. You can sit back and smile in the middle of the chaos and say, "I know how this is going to end!" http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/daddy-s-smile-6321 2011-04-04T10:17:10-05:00 Maybe there's an area of your life right now that's particularly frustrating, and you've tried everything. You've worked harder, you've planned, you've used every trick you know. Could it be you're missing God's blessing on it? Is there in that part of your life something He can't bless: an attitude, a secret sin, a relationship, a method you are using to go about getting it, an untruth maybe? So often the answer to frustration is not greater effort, it's greater obedience. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20John%204:4&version=NIV 2009-08-25T08:54:28-05:00 Jesus Christ, the one who lives within us, is greater than the devil or any other power in the world. There is thus no reason to fear or be intimidated by anything we encounter.