2011-09-13T09:38:33-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/wilderness/ http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/winning-at-home-6437 2011-09-13T09:38:33-05:00 Maybe it's time to take a step back and commit yourself to first of all represent Christ, be His ambassador. Be like Jesus with your family. Whatever others get, well it's simply going to be the overflow of what you are living in front of your family. Jesus started at home. So should you. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/treasure-in-your-desert-6241 2010-12-13T10:40:07-05:00 Just in case you're not sure you can make it through this desert, listen to what your Heavenly Father will do for you there: Deuteronomy 1:31 says, "In the desert...you saw how the Lord your God carried you, as a father carries his son, all the way." And like any tired little child, you’ll go much farther with your Father carrying you than you could ever go on your own. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2043:19&version=NIV 2009-09-25T10:40:16-05:00 God promises to spiritually renew even the most parched spirit, using the metaphor of a desert wilderness which He floods with life-giving water. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%204:1-11&version=NIV 2009-09-24T16:15:13-05:00 This story, in which the devil takes Jesus out to the desert to tempt him with offers of power and safety, gives us a lot of insight into the character of Jesus' adversary. He makes vast promises in exchange for worship, but simple Scripture has the power to keep him at bay. http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hard-Times/Hero-School-5607 2008-07-21T10:40:41-05:00 In fact, nothing increases your strength and your character like the wilderness does. That's why the launching pad for Jesus' public ministry was 40 days in the wilderness - the training for Moses' powerful leadership of God's people was 40 years in the wilderness - and maybe why you are serving your time in the wilderness, right now. http://sermonindex.net/modules/articles/index.php?view=article&aid=4513 2008-01-06T13:00:27-05:00 The figure here is of a beautiful, fruitful enclosure, not a wilderness. Garden soil is cultivated soil, very different from the roadside or wilderness. The idea of a garden is culture. The ground has to be prepared, to be broken up by ploughing, to be mellowed by harrowing. All the stones have...