2011-08-08T11:57:33-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/trusting/ http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hindrances/what-the-quake-exposes-6409 2011-08-08T11:57:33-05:00 Jonah revealed the high price of diverting our trust from the true God to another god. He said, "Those who cling to worthless idols forfeit the grace that could be theirs" (Jonah 2:8). If we only knew all we could have from God...but for the idol. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-personal-power/the-surprising-secret-of-finding-what-you-are-looking-for-3536 2009-09-22T09:44:00-05:00 What is it that you're really pursuing right now? Maybe it's someone for you to love or someone to love you, or a home, a car, a promotion, financial resources, maybe it's success in business, or a position in ministry. Well, notice what verbs aren't used in this blueprint for receiving the desires of your heart - it doesn't say "look for it, pursue it, insist on it, worry about it, or find some way to get it." No, here are the action words - "delight, commit, trust" - all directed to your Lord. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20112:7&version=NIV 2009-09-10T16:34:48-05:00 This verse is part of a larger passage describing the qualities of a godly person. Here we learn that when we trust in God to take care of us, we won't be overly upset by bad news, because we can put it in the broader perspective of God's will. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/beauty-in-out-of-the-way-places-5789 2009-09-10T10:59:54-05:00 Think about Hannah in the Old Testament. She was a childless woman who kept on trusting the Lord. She was beauty that no one saw except God. And He made her the mother of Samuel, the greatest spiritual leader of his time. And then there's Mary, the little known girl from a ridiculed, backwater village called Nazareth, but God knew all about her and He looked to her when it came time to find a mother to carry and to raise His Son. God seems to have special rewards for quiet, unnoticed faithfulness. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-personal-power/standing-against-the-storm-5779 2009-09-10T10:40:02-05:00 You have the same God Hezekiah did, and He is Lord over this seemingly unstoppable storm. It's time for you to do what those Native American young people did last summer; get on your knees and you stand against that storm in Jesus' name. Do a Hezekiah - spread the threat out before your Lord. When you pray, don't focus on the threat, but like King Hezekiah, focus on the greatness and the total sovereignty of the God in whom you are trusting and unleash His authority on that storm! http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Relationships/A-Father-s-Greatest-Gift-5670 2008-10-15T16:43:28-05:00 As a father, you have a lot of important roles, but none so cosmic, so eternal as planting God in your son or daughter. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Mission/Clear-Direction-in-a-Thick-Fog-5669 2008-10-15T16:39:50-05:00 God has made promises that you have to hang onto now, even when because of the fog you can't see them working. So claim the promises He gave you when it was light, refuse the compromises and the shortcuts that seem so tempting right now. Don't trust your roller coaster emotions which have lied to you and led you into mistakes so many times before.