Today's Devotional: Blessings and Trials
Our life circumstances can change in an instant. A car crash, a fire, a diagnosis: it doesn't...
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Two Words That Lighten the Load - #6806
Rejoicing is really the habit of looking for God at work and acknowledging it when you see it. Thanking God is sort of like putting sweetener in a bitter drink. Negative thoughts are just going to make the drink that much more bitter. A thankful heart, a joyful heart, a heart that believes that God has said, "I know the plans I have for you. They are for good and not for evil; to give you a future and a hope."
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/two-words-that-lighten-the-load-6806
Sunsets in the Puddles - #6131
How you handle what you don't like is the difference between peace and frustration, between contentment and anger, and between joy and discouragement. It's all about what you dwell on, not what you're going through. If you dwell on what's beautiful, if you dwell on what God is doing, or how you can lift up other people, you could be unsinkable no matter how many icebergs there are. For as one man said, "To those who look for providences, there will always be a providence to see." Choose joy!
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/sunsets-in-the-puddles-6131
Making the Most Of It - #5931
Look, you may not like the situation you're in right now, your location, your singleness, your sickness, your job, your church. But instead of lamenting your spot, God wants you to experience the wonderful joy and contentment that comes from saying, "Hey, I'm here. I'm going to be here for a while. I'm going to make the most of it!"
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/making-the-most-of-it-5931
"Pray without ceasing" in the Bible: 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
Is it really possible to pray without ceasing, and to give thanks in all circumstances? Most of us can probably think of situations in which it would be very difficult to praise God; but the Bible teaches us that through Christ, it is possible to maintain a spirit of praise and thankfulness in even the most trying circumstances.
http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Thessalonians%205:16-18&version=NIV
The Music That's Always There - #5801
Maybe you're in a season right now when you've been sidelined. You feel set aside, held back or restricted. You're in a situation or maybe you have a condition that's making you very aware that you are really limited. Not all prisons have physical walls. It's easy to get frustrated, self-pitying, negative or bitter. But you can choose, as Paul did, to continue instead to enjoy your Lord; to still make His music for others.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/the-music-thats-...
When the Rain Just Won't Stop - #5785
I believe God shapes and allows the circumstances to come into your life that will best develop some quality of Jesus in us. There's nothing greater God could do for you than to plant in you the way Jesus loves people, the way Jesus treats people, the way Jesus is patient with people, the way Jesus understands what a hurting person is going through, and the kind of bondedness Jesus had with His Father.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/when-the-rain-just-will-not-stop-5785
Released, Not Restricted - #5743
Maybe you have a tendency to think that God is usually mad at you - punishing you. But our feelings about God are based way too much on our experiences with our parents, with people who've hurt us, and on our immediate circumstances. So we end up missing the love that our Heavenly Father is trying to show us.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/released-not-restricted-5743
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - The Freedom No One Can Take - #5668
You may be in a hurting time right now and you didn't get to choose your situation. But, like the man in the concentration camp and the apostle in the prison cell, you can choose your attitude.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Most-Important-Relationship/The-Freedom-No-O...
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - Making the Most of it - #5603
Look, you may not like the situation you're in right now, your location, your singleness, your sickness, your job, your church. But instead of lamenting your spot, God wants you to experience the wonderful joy and contentment that comes from saying, "Hey, I'm here. I'm going to be here a while. I'm going to make the most of it!"
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Mission/Making-the-Most-of-it-5603