2013-02-20T11:25:49-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/home/ http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/9982 2013-02-20T11:25:49-05:00 "It was a last-ditch effort. Nothing else had worked. No one had answers to my questions, or comfort for my pain..." Requests like this come to the TruthMedia.com team's outreach websites, and so they need volunteer ementors to write to inquirers, from their homes by email. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/the-mission-right-in-front-of-you-6690 2012-09-04T10:42:26-05:00 Your mate, your child - they may need your ear, your encouragement, your counsel as much as anyone you're going to see at that meeting. Look around your house for the needs that are right there before you, before you go charging off somewhere else to find the Lord's work. Hey, it's right there in front of you. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/unwanted-6572 2012-03-20T10:44:38-05:00 Jesus loves you so much because you're twice His; once because He made you, and once because He paid for you with His life. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/when-the-party-turns-to-pig-slop-6568 2012-03-14T10:14:15-05:00 The homing instinct in the human heart knows where to go when everything else has failed. You go to the person who never stopped loving you. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/something-better-than-leftovers-6491 2011-11-28T11:13:51-05:00 There's a tendency to let down on living so we won't have regrets, and won't have anything to fix, or repair, or hide. It's easy to let down at home. That's why we have to be careful to lead a blameless life. When we get home, we let down, we're careless because we think no one's watching. But the biblical priority is put on how you live at home. http://hutchcraft.com/blogs/ron-hutchcrafts-blogs/pilgrims-at-your-table 2011-11-22T15:00:54-05:00 Thanksgiving seems like just the right time to look at what I have and say out loud, "Earth stuff. Just earth stuff." To say thank you to God for those blessings - while loosening my grip on them to let God do whatever He wants with them. To be willing to leave where I'm comfortable to go wherever He leads. Even if it's a little ship, a big ocean and an unknown destination. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/facing-the-flame-6480 2011-11-14T11:43:35-05:00 Could it be that we've gotten so busy and even so involved in accumulating blessing at our church, at our conferences, and our Bible studies that we have walked right by the people who are facing the flames? You know, we're all called to rescue them. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/loving-me-ugly-6441 2011-09-19T09:18:43-05:00 Why are you living away from home, from His "take you as you are" kind of love? Oh, maybe you're not in the pigpen yet. Well, don't wait until you hit the wall at the end of a dead-end street. And even if you have, head home. You will find a Father running to meet you and to clean you up and hug you. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/the-home-keys-that-make-life-make-sense-6189 2010-09-30T09:12:50-05:00 Your restlessness, your loneliness, your dissatisfaction with life, they're all pointing you to find the only starting point that makes life make sense - in a personal love relationship with Jesus Christ. Look, if that's what you want, you need to tell Him that, "Jesus, I'm done running life my way. I know that doesn't work. I'm Yours, Jesus!" http://internetevangelismday.com/missionary.php 2010-08-14T08:11:07-05:00 Ongoing ministry for missionaries: “It’s like I never left” “I wish I could go back,” is the response of many missionaries when they get back to their home country. Reasons for not returning can be many: age, health, caring for older family members, children’s education, finance, or a volatile political situation. Happily, there are many ways that a returned missionary can continue to minister to his or her country of service. Many are involved in some area of prayer and mission advocacy – encouraging prayer involvement and mission commitment within their home churches. Many can maintain mentoring links with national believers, or be involved in translation work. In these days of population mobility, they can often find a sizable population of ‘their’ people in larger towns.