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Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - Believing in Spring
Hope is hard to come by during the "winter" seasons of your life, like the loss of someone you love. Sometimes someone close to you dies suddenly, and the grief is almost unbearable. You are overwhelmed. ... You are able to talk about the hope factor when your life is anchored to a personal relationship with the one who created you. You can know that death cannot ultimately win. Death is reduced to being a painful interruption. It can be very painful, but only an interruption.
http://hutchcraft.com/Life-Issues/Hope/Believing-in-Spring
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - One "Unloseable" Hope
It's hard to think of a more devastating feeling than losing what you had put all your hope in. It's a feeling you may know if you've lost your health, the love of your life, your job, an anchor person in your life, the thing you've invested so much in, or the person that's been the glue sort of holding your life together. Many have been told by their marriage partner of decades, "I don't love you anymore" and are left to feel crushed inside.
http://hutchcraft.com/Life-Issues/Hope/One-Unloseable-Hope
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - Not Guilty
There are verdicts given in court rooms all over the country every day, but most of them don't affect you. One verdict that really does affect you is the one that determines where you’ll spend eternity. ... It's God's verdict. You ask: "Was I good enough? Will I make it to heaven when I die? Was I guilty or not guilty with God?” The verdict is not in a sealed envelope. It's in an open book, and you don't have to wait to find your verdict from God.
http://hutchcraft.com/Life-Issues/Forgiveness/Not-Guilty
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - The Place to Say "Yes"
Every once in a while, comic strips have something really good to say. Have you ever seen “B. C.”? He is this little scraggly-haired caveman that makes some fairly modern observations. The best one appeared one Easter and began with B. C. outside a tomb with a rock next to it. Then, in the next panel, he goes in the tomb and looks around. In the third panel, he finds the tomb empty. Finally, in the last panel, he comes out, stands outside the empty tomb, and shouts one word: “Yes!”
http://hutchcraft.com/Life-Issues/Forgiveness/The-Place-to-Say-Yes
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - The Steady Light
At some time in our lives we're all scared of something whether it's the dark or something we fear is close. It may be that kind of time in your life right now. ... You need a steady light that gives you something that you can count on in the darkness. ... The Word of God in John 8:12 says, "Jesus said, 'I am the light of the world, whoever follows Me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of Life.'" Jesus said, "I am the light." Here is a secure guarantee, "If I'm your light you will never walk in darkness."
http://hutchcraft.com/Life-Issues/Fear/The-Steady-Light
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - The Shadow That Scares Us
There's a big shadow that has bothered all of us at one time or another. To be honest, it can be a pretty scary shadow. You see that shadow sometimes when you're in the doctor's office, when you have a close call, or when you've been to the funeral of someone you know. It is, of course, the shadow of death.
http://hutchcraft.com/Life-Issues/Fear/The-Shadow-That-Scares-Us
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - Hollow on the Inside
This is a world where image and appearance are everything. We work on our fitness, our hair, and our wardrobe, making good comments, making good impressions, looking like we have it all together, but there might be another you.
http://hutchcraft.com/Life-Issues/Emptiness/Hollow-on-the-Inside
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - The Deepest Cry of the Human Heart
In our world today, there are so many people crying for love. So many human hearts are saying, "Somebody, somewhere, love me." For many who believe in God, there is still that awful vacuum. It's possible to believe in God, to do God's things, and to still miss the deep experience of His love. Without that love, the emptiness and loneliness in your heart is never satisfied—no matter how many human love relationships you experience.
http://hutchcraft.com/Life-Issues/Emptiness/The-Deepest-Cry-of-the-Human-Heart
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - Freedom From Depression
Sometimes it's easy to feel like you're a bird locked up in a cage wanting to be free. Your cage may be your painful memories, a broken heart, or a broken dream. ... Maybe you’re caged in by an addiction, a habit, or some anger that is eating you up inside. It also might be depression or even suicidal thoughts that have you held in. There's a cover on that cage, whatever it is. It's dark in there and there isn't anything to sing about.
http://hutchcraft.com/Life-Issues/Depression/Freedom-From-Depression
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - An Extravagant Gift
Maybe you haven’t been shown much unconditional love. Maybe there is someone who should have been there for you in your life, but wasn't. ... Maybe there is someone who has betrayed you or who's abandoned you. There is someone who has paid an extravagant price for you. He is the One who made you and holds your eternity in His hands. He loves you very, very much. Just look at the price he paid for you.
http://hutchcraft.com/Life-Issues/Depression/An-Extravagant-Gift