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Why Don't You Just Quit?
Sometimes, it's easy to convince ourselves that quitting is the best option. Would it really be...
What's the difference between church discipline and punishment?
Have you ever witnessed, or experienced firsthand, "church discipline" administered by your...
Today's Devotional: Good from Bad
Have you ever felt like the world was conspiring against you? As if everything that could go...
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Spare the rod - a Christian perspective
This proverb states that discipline, when administered in love, can be a helpful tool for growth. It's a principle to keep in mind when God Himself disciplines us through trials and tribulations.
http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs%2013:24&version=NIV
Avoid Spankings - #2549
You will ultimately submit to God's way sooner or later, after a little pain, or a lot of pain. Now, take advantage of my friend's scientific thinking, why not eliminate any more pain? Why not do what God said to do, now! It's the road you were made for anyway. Is your way really worth all this pain?
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/avoid-spankings-2549
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries, Inc. - Making Jesus Sick - #8298 | Radio Program | A Life That Matters
When you drive as many miles as we do, those little surprises out the window spice up the trip a bit; like the two municipal water tanks we saw as we sailed by a town on the Interstate recently. Usually those water tanks have the name of the town on them. Well, not these. One word on each tank: one said “Hot,” the other said “Cold.” There was no third tank.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-life-that-matters/radio-program/making-jesus-sick-8298
The High Cost of Forgetting - #5792
When we stop praising God, we start forgetting God. And when we forget the kind of God we have, we start wandering, we start getting hurt, and we are much more likely to take matters into our own hands, to panic, to get impatient, to get discouraged or to get depressed. But the more you train yourself to be a "praiser," the less mistakes you're going to make - the less regrets you're going to have.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/the-high-cost-of-forgetting-5792
Discipline in the Bible: Hebrews 12:1-12
Not all of the trials we face in life are evils that we should seek to avoid. Sometimes, God is using life's challenges to discipline and strengthen us, as a father does to his children. When difficulty strikes, we should prayerfully consider whether it's something God might be using to strengthen your faith.
http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Heb.12.1-12&version=NIV
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries, Inc. - Parents Playing Offense - #9194 | Radio Program | A Life That Matters
On a football team you’re either “O” or “D”—which means you either play offense, trying to score point, or defense, trying to keep the other team from scoring points. You can’t be all defense or offense. It takes both to win in football and in raising kids.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-life-that-matters/radio-program/parents-playing-offense-9194
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - All Accelerator, No Brakes - #8163
...sometimes I’m the runaway truck. You know, all accelerator and no brakes. And I don’t think I’m alone. It’s a problem with a lot of us fast-moving, make-it-happen people. We get going so fast that we lose our brakes.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Life-That-Matters/Radio-Program/All-Accelerator-No-Brakes-8163
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - Stopped By a Storm
Has your controlled life suddenly become out of control? Maybe you were going through life's journey with things looking pretty good, and all of the sudden a major storm has come your way.
http://hutchcraft.com/Life-Issues/Out-of-Control/Stopped-By-a-Storm
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - How a Thermometer Becomes a Thermostat
You are either a thermometer or you're a thermostat. Thermometer people tend to reflect the temperature of the people around them. "If you're hot, I'm hot. If you're cool, I'm cool. If you're nice, I'm nice. If you yell, I will yell." What most of us would like to be is a thermostat—someone who controls the temperature in our situation.
http://hutchcraft.com/Life-Issues/Out-of-Control/How-a-Thermometer-Becomes-a-Thermostat
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - A Transformed Heart
You know who you want to be and who people need for you to be, but you're not anywhere close to that person. It's difficult to close the gap between the two. ... When you can admit that, it is the first step to a new you. Behind your mask of having it together, is a man or woman addicted to selfishness, or unfaithfulness, or depression, or an out-of-control temper, or sexual appetite, or a bad habit. Maybe you have tried reforming, but it hasn't worked.
http://hutchcraft.com/Life-Issues/Integrity/A-Transformed-Heart