Today's Devotional: Eyes of the Kingdom
Do you find it easy or hard to see God's kingdom in your everyday life?
In this devotional...
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The Cost of Putting Off the Repairs - #6054
Problem: the longer you wait to repair what's broken, the more expensive it's going to be. This is the easiest and cheapest it's ever going to be to make it right. One day it's going to get so bad it's un-livable that way. But the price of repairs may be more expensive than you ever dreamed. In the Bible, God is constantly urging us to get things fixed now. He says about our anger, for example, "Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry" (Ephesians 4:27).
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/the-cost-of-putt...
Time is Slipping Away - #6050
The choice is simple. Either we put our trust in Jesus and His death for our sins, or we pay that death penalty ourselves - forever. Jesus came to give us heaven. Once you come to His cross and put your total trust in what He did there for you, death is no longer the end, it's just the beginning! All death can do, then, is take you to heaven if you belong to Jesus Christ.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/time-is-slipping...
Why "More" is Never Enough - #6046
In Ecclesiastes 3:11, Solomon actually puts his finger on why happiness is so elusive: He says, "God has set eternity in the hearts of men." We're made for something that will last forever, and nothing that doesn't last forever will ever fill the hole in our heart. In fact, we were made for a personal relationship with God, the only One who's big enough to fill that hole because that hole was made for Him.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-personal-power/why-more-is-never-enough-6046
The Evidence You Are Loved - #6025
The awful punishment that Jesus submitted Himself to was, in reality, the punishment for my sin - for your sin. And the worst punishment wasn't what people could see. It was the Son of God being totally cut off from God the Father as He carried all the horror and all the hell of all our sin.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/the-evidence-you...
The Excitement of Exploring - #6013
Exploring new ground implies that you don't know exactly what you're going to encounter; how you're going to have what you need to meet whatever is on the new road. Listen to God's next statement here: "I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland."
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/the-excitement-o...
What to Do With the Messes We've Made - #5996
There are two deadly mistakes that keep people from heaven. Thinking you're too good to need Jesus or thinking you're too bad for Jesus to take you. Both wrong - dead wrong.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/what-to-do-with-the-messes-we-ve-mad...
The Forever Stormy Sea - #5961
We've gotten away from the God who made us, and the God we were made for. And there's no peace there. Our soul is missing the only One who can remove the things that keep that sea in our soul so turbulent; our guilt over the mistakes we've made, our regrets over things we never should have done, the restless searching for what will give life real meaning, the uneasiness about what's going to happen to us when we die.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/the-forever-stor...
Orphan No More - #5960
We make a lot of mistakes for love. And no matter how close our family or friends may be, there's still that unexplainable loneliness deep down inside. It's cosmic loneliness. We're lonely for God. Maybe we're even pretty religious but we're still missing the only love relationship that can satisfy the heart of a spiritual orphan.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/orphan-no-more-5960
Unseen, Unbeatable Security - #5953
No more fear of abandonment. No more fear of the unknown. No matter how dark, no matter how lonely, you will have a Father watching over you who has promised He'll never leave you. For all the days of your life, for all eternity, you'll be safe.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/unseen-unbeatable-security-5953
The Trouble With Life's Great Catches - #5950
We have tried to fill a God-sized hole with things and people that can't begin to take His place. If we live like this, we'll live without peace and without meaning. If we die like this, we'll spend eternity without God and His love. He didn't leave us separated from Him. He pursued us. He sent His Son, Jesus, to sacrifice His life for yours and mine; to take the rap for all our sin, that defiant self-rule of our lives.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/the-trouble-with...