2010-06-30T15:50:10-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/self-worth/ http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-personal-power/the-surprising-secret-of-greatness-6123 2010-06-30T15:50:10-05:00 Whether you're in a position to lead your children, or a business, or a staff, a church, a project, a ministry, don't fall for the popular lies about leading people - that success means being pushy or punishing, pulling rank, playing politics, manipulating, promoting yourself. No, it's humble servanthood that is the surprising secret of success. That's humility as in always being teachable, courteous, vulnerable, willing to accept responsibility rather than place blame; caring about the person, not just the project. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-personal-power/a-thousand-teachers-6108 2010-06-09T13:52:54-05:00 Many of the most important teachers you'll ever have in your life are not the ones you'll necessarily meet in a classroom - as important as they are. It will be the people God brings into your everyday life with something He knows you need to know. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-personal-power/the-wrong-person-s-in-front-6048 2010-03-17T12:36:19-05:00 The word "sin" and the word "pride" have that same middle letter, don't they - "I." Pride cost Lucifer his place in heaven. Pride is always expensive. God won't tolerate it. He hates pride and self-promotion. There's only one Name we should be drawing attention to. It is the name of Jesus. There's only one Star in God's constellation, and His name is Jesus. And there's only one kingdom to be building with our time and our money, and it's the kingdom of Jesus. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-personal-power/stepped-on-but-still-precious-6016 2010-02-02T12:08:29-05:00 God's one and only Son thought you were so precious that He poured out His life for every wrong thing you have ever done. Why? Because that's the only way you could ever be forgiven of your sins; the only way you could ever have the love relationship with Him you were made for; the only way you could be with Him in heaven forever. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-personal-power/everything-you-need-5962 2009-11-20T09:37:16-05:00 When you ask, "Who am I, Lord?" He answers, "Wrong question. Who am I?" It's not about who you are. It's about who He is. And all your abilities, and your experiences, and your battles, your weaknesses, and your strengths - they're all a divine tapestry to make you everything you need to be to do everything He put you here to do. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-personal-power/no-paper-plates-5935 2009-10-09T09:07:59-05:00 Don't believe the lies in your brain that keep telling you you're a paper plate, that you're worthless, that keep tempting you to throw yourself away. You are fine china! You're to be reserved for special purposes. If you feel like you're not worth much, then it's time to pay a visit to the cross where Jesus Christ died for you. That's how much God thinks you're worth - the life of His Son. 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. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-personal-power/worth-more-than-you-can-imagine-5831 2009-09-10T12:45:26-05:00 Knowing how much you're really worth comes from being close to the God who gave you your worth. But we've trashed ourselves by doing things our way instead of God's way: lying, hurting others, dirtying sex, living selfishly. Our sin has separated us from the One who made us. But then Jesus came. He showed how much we matter to God. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-personal-power/the-setting-without-the-stones-5813 2009-09-10T12:06:04-05:00 If you've never been to that cross where Jesus died for every wrong thing you've ever done, I want to invite you to join the millions of women over the centuries who have found in Jesus Christ the love they have looked for their whole life. He is the one person with whom you are totally safe, whom you can totally trust, who knows all about you and takes you just as you are and loves you just as you are but doesn't leave you there. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-personal-power/level-ground-5808 2009-09-10T11:56:59-05:00 The culture of money and power and fashion and social groupings is supposed to stop at the door of the Church of Jesus Christ. I hope it does at yours. None of that stuff matters to Jesus. The world has its "power elite" and its "insiders and outsiders." Don't let that cancer infect your church.