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 - Someone's In My Room! - #4426
It happened to our Lord before. The Book of Revelation makes it clear that it happened, for example, among some believers in a place called Laodicean. In chapter 3, we learn that they thought they were doing pretty well - they said they were rich and they didn't need a thing. But Jesus said they were lukewarm spiritually - a temperature that He said He would spew out of His mouth.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Mission/Someone-s-In-My-Room-4426
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - Directed by the Dispatcher - #4428
Now, you don't have to be in law enforcement to have a life directed by the dispatcher. In fact, that's how you're supposed to live every day if you belong to Jesus Christ; listening to the inner voice from headquarters and doing immediately what the Heavenly Dispatcher tells you to do.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Relationships/Directed-by-the-Dispatcher-4428
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - It Really Is "How You Play The Game" - #4406
Well, at least on God's team. That's why Jesus' finish line commendation for His players will be, "Well done, good and faithful servant" (Matthew 25:21), not "Well done, good and successful servant." What God cares about - what God rewards - is an all-out effort. The results are in His hands. The effort is in yours.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hindrances/It-Really-Is-How-You-Play-The-Gam...
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - Trading Empty For Full - #4303
Not a bad deal. I gave my friend what was empty and he replaced it with what was full. Just like Jesus. I handed him a life that was pretty empty, and He gave me back a life that is amazingly full. He's done that for countless people, and He would love to do that for you.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Most-Important-Relationship/Trading-Empty-Fo...
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - Standing Against The Tide - #4307
Some great places have been really damaged by the slow process of erosion. So have some great people. That's why you've got to make the choices that will stop the erosion in your life.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Most-Important-Relationship/Standing-Against...
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - When You Don't Like What's On Your Plate - #4326
I know you have days like that -- when you don't particularly like what's on your plate. Or you don't like how much there is of it. As a parent, you may have to handle some things that really aren't much fun these days. As a son or daughter, or a student, you've been stuck with some jobs that you really don't want to do. At work, it's getting pretty messy, pretty heavy, pretty boring. At church or in your ministry, you're not particularly liking the way it's going in what you're trying to do for the Lord. But it's just part of life -- days, and sometimes lots of days, when we don't like what's on our plate.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Personal-Power/When-You-Don-t-Like-What-s-On...
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - Letting Go Of The Wheel - #4328
My wife sometimes has a hard time getting me to let go of the wheel. God knows that feeling - maybe with you, too. Some of us hang onto control for as long as we can, not realizing that we are heading for a crash if we don't let go. And we're missing miracles that God so wants to do in our lives - because we refuse to relinquish control.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Personal-Power/Letting-Go-Of-The-Wheel-4328
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - Old On The Outside, New On The Inside - #4330
"We do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day." Now, make no mistake about it - the outside Paul was really taking a beating ... sometimes literally. Earlier in this chapter, he describes himself as "hard-pressed on every side," - maybe you can relate to that - "perplexed, persecuted, struck down." But though he's showing and feeling the mileage on the outside, he says God keeps renewing him on the inside.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Most-Important-Relationship/Old-On-The-Outsi...
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - The Ultimate Mission Impossible - #4333
Now can you hear that Mission Impossible theme playing in the background? Jonah went all out trying to get away from the Lord -- he bought a ticket to what is Spain today, which basically was the farthest place on earth he could run to in his day. But it wasn't far enough to escape God. It never is.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Relationships/The-Ultimate-Mission-Impossibl...
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - The Downside of Freedom - #4342
The great gift of freedom -- tragically abused. It's a scenario God knows all too well. Because some of the people He has set free are using that freedom in ways that hurt Him, that hurt them, and hurt other people.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hard-Times/The-Downside-of-Freedom-4342