2012-03-27T10:33:43-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/protection/ http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/when-you-charge-they-charge-6577 2012-03-27T10:33:43-05:00 Serving the Lord is much like football. As soon as you start gaining ground spiritually, the other side starts to come after you. When you charge, they charge. That's something to be aware of, but it's not something to be afraid of. Just keep running toward that open door, because you have the Son of God blocking for you. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/big-wings-6487 2011-11-22T11:20:48-05:00 Who knows how many times I have been rescued from danger I never even knew by "the man with big wings." The few I do know are just the tip of the iceberg of the countless times God has kept His rescue promise. The little song our kids sang before they went to sleep each night says it all: "Safe am I, safe am I, in the hollow of His hands." http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-personal-power/the-kidney-miracle-6403 2011-08-08T11:50:19-05:00 Don't limit God. He will send you what you need to get through this. Maybe He used to send it through someone else; but now He'll send it directly to you instead of through someone else. So, draw deeply on His strength. http://internetevangelismday.com/dangers.php 2010-08-08T16:08:57-05:00 not taken sufficient action to counter wrong uses of the Web. And because the Internet is a sort of worldwide library – that gives access to anyone, anything, anywhere, in seconds – the dangers and temptations are real. Internet Evangelism Day strongly believes that the Web is a tool God has given us for evangelism and discipleship. But as in any other form of ministry, you need God’s protection. [www.urbana.org/wtoday.ephesians.cfm?article=95] Because you may be using the Internet in the familiar surroundings of home or office, it may seem deceptively safe. Although we encourage many types of online evangelism, we also want to alert you to potential dangers. See, for instance, our warning about outreach at Second Life. If you are involved in starting online ministry, especially outreach, you will be under additional attack [www.urbana.org/_articles.cfm?recordid=107] and prayer partners are essential. How bad is it? http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/when-you-re-tired-of-climbing-6107 2010-06-08T11:25:01-05:00 If you focus on how far you've got to go, you'll be discouraged. But you need to look back at where you were before you started climbing - way down at the bottom of that mountain, looking at climbing the whole thing. Look at how far you've come! Look at how far Jesus has brought you! The same Lord who brought you from the bottom to this point will take you the rest of the way! http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/how-to-carry-the-people-you-need-to-carry-6063 2010-04-07T14:32:06-05:00 Long-haul carriers learn the strange secret of what I call compassionate distance; offering yourself lovingly and wholeheartedly to a hurting person when you're with them, but leaving them completely in God's hands then, and especially when you're not with them. You're not supposed to carry them all the time. And they'll never learn to walk on their own if you get a "messiah complex" and act as if you're their Savior. That's co-dependency, not burden-bearing. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/the-hour-before-the-sunrise-6056 2010-03-29T14:37:45-05:00 God uses the long dark night to accomplish some important spiritual changes. He wants us to have those times when no human answers, no human consolation, no human heroes; no human efforts can change things. He's bringing you to the end of what you can do; the end of anything you can even think of doing. Because that's the beginning of the things only God can do. First, He has to get us out of the way. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/avoiding-shark-attacks-6035 2010-03-02T11:49:59-05:00 Please, whatever your reasons for isolating yourself, get back to your family, get back to God's fellowship, get back to the church, get back to those you were serving the Lord with. You just can't afford to be swimming out there all by yourself. The sharks of hell love it when they can get you alone. Don't give them that opportunity to strike. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/the-can-t-chant-5974 2009-12-03T09:33:02-05:00 As you're facing something right now that you "can't do," would you say it until you believe it: "I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength." It's not about what you can do. It's about what Christ can do! http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/unseen-unbeatable-security-5953 2009-11-04T10:32:37-05:00 No more fear of abandonment. No more fear of the unknown. No matter how dark, no matter how lonely, you will have a Father watching over you who has promised He'll never leave you. For all the days of your life, for all eternity, you'll be safe.