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Lighting Up At The End Of The Game - #3017
Maybe you've allowed yourself to slip into a survival mentality, or maybe you've become self-absorbed or self-pitying. In the fourth quarter, some people just settle into a reward mindset. "Well, I've worked hard all these years. I'll just settle back and relax now. It's time just to reward myself for what I did in the first three quarters of the game." Wait a minute! The game isn't over yet! We'll rest in heaven. We'll get rewarded in heaven.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hindrances/lighting-up-at-the-end-of-the-gam...
White Flag Winners - #3038
That area you have insisted on controlling, that part of you you've just stubbornly refused to yield, where you have insisted on things being your way - it's time to drop your sword and raise your white flag. It's time to surrender. In the shadow of your Jericho, this is your facedown on the ground crossroads. When it's Jesus you surrender to, surrender doesn't mean you lose, it means you are on the verge of some of the greatest victories of your life.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-mission/white-flag-winners-3038
"Do not be afraid" in the Bible: Joshua 1:9
After Moses' death, Joshua was scared and intimidated by the weight of responsibility he had assumed as Moses' successor. God spoke to Him and assured him that there was no need to be afraid, since God was with Him.
http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joshua%201:9&version=NIV
"As for me and my house": Joshua 24:15
Joshua's famous confession of faith in God. Joshua challenges the Israelites to choose who they will serve--but Joshua and his family are committed to serving God, no matter what the others decide.
http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joshua%2024:15&version=NIV
Front Lines Surrender and Front Lines Victory - #5910
The battle looming ahead of you is not the battle that will decide what happens to you. It's the battle inside you. The battle that can be settled today as you quit fighting God and walk into the arms of Jesus, the strongest arms in the world.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/front-lines-surr...
How to Open a Closed Door - #5904
Somewhere in your life there seems to be a closed door standing between you and something God wants you to do. You've been waiting for God to do something. Well, He's been waiting for you to do something: to start walking in the direction of where you believe He wants you to go, even if there's a closed door or a flooded river in front of you. See, that's His problem. Your problem is to get moving in the direction He's leading!
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/how-to-open-a-cl...
Your Attitude and Your Altitude - #5896
Set your attitude by the "horizon" of God's unchanging Word, even when your feelings and your surroundings are screaming to go another way. If your attitude is right, you'll hold your course, you'll fly steady as she goes, and you will complete your mission. So choose your attitude.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/your-attitude-an...
Mess Prevention - #5796
In 2 Chronicles 18:4 , King Jehoshaphat gave King Ahab this advice before he went running off into battle: "First, seek the counsel of the Lord." King Ahab didn't, and he died in that battle. You can avoid a lot of problems and a lot of pain if you'll instinctively check with heaven first. Call before you dig.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-personal-power/mess-prevention-5796
Gilgal in the Bible - a Christian perspective
At God's command, Joshua set up a memorial at Gilgal to commemorate the Israel's crossing of the Jordan river. The memorial was meant to remind future generations of Israelites of the time that God brought them to the promised land.
http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joshua%204:19-24&version=NIV
Memorial in the Bible - a Christian perspective
One of the most famous memorials in the Old Testament was set up to commemorate the crossing of the Ark of the Covenant through the Jordan river. God commanded Joshua to set up a memorial to mark the event, and to remind future generations of Israelites what had happened there.
http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Joshua%204:2-9&version=NIV