Being obedient... even when it hurts
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Today's Devotional: Because You Say So
Has God ever asked you to step out in faith?
There are times in our lives when we need to...
Today's Devotional: Half-hearted Obedience
Jonah spends the majority of his eponymous book complaining and running away from responsibility....
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Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - The Dark Side - #4207
Where the light doesn't shine - that's the dark side. The sad thing is that many of us have a dark side; parts of our life, our personality, our lifestyle where we don't let the light shine. The light of the S-o-n of God. And those parts, like the moon, are cold and barren - possibly hidden from everyone's view. Everyone, that is, except God.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Most-Important-Relationship/The-Dark-Side-4207
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - The Paralysis of Analysis - #4217
There are a lot of folks who have a little bit of Tevye in them - always analyzing, often not reaching any conclusion. I'm a data-based decision maker, and I like to weigh all the information I can before making a decision or a commitment. And that's a good thing. Until it paralyzes you. Until it keeps you from exercising the one thing the Bible says you have to have to please God - faith.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Mission/The-Paralysis-of-Analysis-4217
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - Declaring Bankruptcy - Finding Hope - #4219
Seems strange, doesn't it? The hope of rescue depending on declaring you're bankrupt. But it's the only hope some businesses have of recovering. Declaring bankruptcy is also the only hope you or I have - of escaping the awful consequences of running our lives instead of letting God run them. Our moral debt to God is totally beyond our ability to pay.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Mission/Declaring-Bankruptcy-Finding-Hope-4219
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - Turning Lights Green - #4231
The driver of that Critical Care Van is, of course, on an important mission - and he needs green lights all the way. So do we, if we're carrying out a mission that's been given to us by our Lord. He's got assignments for all of us who belong to Him. He's got assignments for you. Maybe you're living out His assignment right now, or maybe you're holding back on saying "yes" to an assignment He's trying to give you. In either case, there's something decisive you need to know.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Mission/Turning-Lights-Green-4231
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - The Painful Road to Beauty - #4618
Now why would we rejoice and be thankful for the hard things we're going through? Because we understand they're the process by which the glory comes, by which the hope comes.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Most-Important-Relationship/The-Painful-Road...
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - Getting Back What You Lost - #4241
Imagine the mess I would have been in without the passport. And I didn't even know I had lost it. There are lots of things in life like that - valuable things that we lose without ever realizing at the time what we've lost until it's too late. Treasures like your reputation, your virginity, a clean conscience, your marriage, a valued relationship, your sense of worth, people's trust in you. We did the wrong thing because of what we thought we could gain by sinning. We never realized what we would lose.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Most-Important-Relationship/Getting-Back-Wha...
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - The Sweet Celebration of the Loyal Fans - #4243
It's true in sports; it's true in life. Victory is sweetest for those who were loyal through it all. Like Mary Magdalene - in our word for today from the Word of God, taken directly from the glorious Easter story. Mary had been there at the cross, when all but one of Jesus' disciples had disappeared like scared rabbits. She had gone to the tomb for his burial. And now, after having been, along with some friends, the first one at Jesus' tomb that early Sunday morning, she just can't leave. She has found the tomb empty and now sunk to even greater despair, believing that someone has now stolen her Master's body.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Most-Important-Relationship/The-Sweet-Celebr...
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - Already Yours - #4250
Somewhere along the way, I realized I was looking at a picture of me and God as I looked at what was going on between me and my son. And I learned a powerful lesson about how prayer really works. As you're in the middle of praying for some things that you really need God to do right now, maybe the same lesson will be an encouragement to you.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Most-Important-Relationship/Already-Yours-4250
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - What You Need to Win - #4268
For the battles you're facing, that's a pretty good question for you to be answering - "Do you have what you need to win?" Which may very well raise a good question on your end - "What exactly do I need to win?"
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Mission/What-You-Need-to-Win-4268
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - The Unsung Heroes - #4287
The army of God has plenty of unsung heroes, too. Probably at least nine of them for every one who's on the front lines, and you may be one of those unsung heroes. But because you're unsung, you may not realize what a hero you are. But without people like you, the operations of the army of God grind to a halt.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Personal-Power/The-Unsung-Heroes-4287