2013-02-19T10:35:26-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/hurt/ http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/painful-directions-6812 2013-02-19T10:35:26-05:00 Here's a good rule of life. If you're going to get the pain, get the point. See, God loves you enough to pull on you even if it hurts when you're headed for something that is going to hurt you. Listen to Him. Listen to His Word. Listen to the gentle Spirit impulses on the inside. Do what He's telling you to do. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hindrances/the-x-ray-leaves-no-secrets-6752 2012-11-27T09:25:22-05:00 Make no choices thinking that you can get away with sin. God and the Devil are both a lot smarter than you are. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/the-captain-and-the-crash-6561 2012-03-06T13:23:40-05:00 Jesus didn't risk His life to save me; He gave it, and He did it for you too. The day you surrender the wheel to Captain Jesus, is the day you'll start heading the direction you were made for. And the people who sail with you - all the people you love - will finally be safe. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/tomorrows-weather-6514 2011-12-29T10:29:31-05:00 You can stand this stormy season if you know it won't rain forever. Oh, you have hurt, but because of Jesus you have hope. So don't be discouraged. I have seen tomorrow's weather. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/something-broken-at-christmas-6508 2011-12-21T12:46:17-05:00 What a Christmas this could be. What a new beginning! Being broken can actually drive you into the loving arms of Jesus Christ where you can finally be whole. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-personal-power/the-terminator-6467 2011-11-03T14:13:08-05:00 This tongue we've got is daily either making people feel more alive or more destroyed inside. So, hold the put-downs, swallow the sarcasm, and cushion the criticism. Remember, your tongue can be The Terminator. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/breaking-through-thick-ice-6062 2010-04-06T09:44:21-05:00 As you pray, God may very well show you things that He wants you to do, things He wants you to change. They may be part of what has created the ice. Tell Him, "Lord, here's my heart. Take it wherever You want it to go." And then open yourself up to the warmth of His love, and grace, and goodness, and His amazing ability to do whatever it takes to get our attention. http://hutchcraft.com/a-life-that-matters/radio-program/hannah-montanas-nightmare-8285 2009-09-18T13:58:36-05:00 Life for Miley Cyrus–a.k.a., pop star, Hannah Montana–hasn’t always been as cool as it is today. In her autobiography, she describes her pre-teen years as “friendless, lonely and miserable.” She says she was “scrawny and short” and some girls she describes as “big and tough” terrorized her; locking her in a bathroom, trying to goad her into fighting them, taunting she would never amount to anything. She lived in fear most days at school. She’s a star now, so she’s not treated that way anymore, but she’s been recycling that garbage. She said, “I didn’t dare forget the struggle. There was a reason for it. I brought that girl with me, and she reminds me to be compassionate, to not hold grudges, to be supportive, to be there for others when I know I’m needed.” http://hutchcraft.com/a-life-that-matters/radio-program/the-list-that-rules-your-life-8266 2009-09-16T11:59:42-05:00 There are way too many stories like this one in the news, but this one seemed colder and more brutal than most. A quiet man set out on a killing rampage, making his way across the miles to murder one family member or coworker after another. His final victim was himself. The police uncovered the list that ended in so much bloodshed. They said, “He kept a list of those who did him wrong.” http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-personal-power/bigger-than-you-realize-5858 2009-09-10T14:39:56-05:00 Many of us feel ignored, invisible, abandoned, or betrayed by someone we thought we could trust. We start to buy lies about who we are and what we're worth. The fact is, the people who've talked about you and mistreated you have no idea who you really are. Maybe you don't either. There is only one person whose evaluation of you really matters - the person who created you in the first place.