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Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - Breaking the Cycle of Pain - #5223
Someone has wisely pointed out that sin always takes you farther than you ever thought you'd go, it keeps you longer than you ever thought you'd stay, and it costs you more than you ever thought you'd pay. We really do become slaves to our sinning; whether it's a pattern of lying, of lusting, of losing it when we're angry, of living for ourselves. And there's no freedom until you first admit you're hooked; you're powerless to stop the sinning and the compounding pain that's coming from it.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hard-Times/Breaking-the-Cycle-of-Pain-5223

Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - Escaping the Stalker of Your Soul - #5236
The devil's plan is simple: to keep you busy with anything but Jesus. He doesn't care if it's pleasure, or religion, or work, or education, or family, or people-pleasing. All he needs to do is keep you from trusting Jesus. All he wants to do is keep you from Jesus until you breathe your last breath. Then, he'll have you where he wants you forever.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hard-Times/Escaping-the-Stalker-of-Your-Soul...

Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - Turbulence That Transforms - #5269
God wants to use the tumbler to make you strong and indestructible like an oak. Suffering makes wimps into warriors. And He wants to use the turbulence to give you such a beautiful relationship with Him that you will be a stage to show His glory.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Most-Important-Relationship/Turbulence-That-...

Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - Positive Pain - #3815
Now if the relatively short-lived pain of an inoculation keeps our little guy from major illness later on, he'll be really grateful that his parents loved him enough to let him have that little pain someday. Of course, it isn't just babies who experience pain without an explanation. Sometimes it's us big people, too. In fact, you may be going through a hurtful time right now - and, just like my grandson, if your Heavenly Father tried to explain it to you, there's no way you could understand the good He's trying to accomplish.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hard-Times/Positive-Pain-3815

Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - Dispelling the Fog - #3850
n Job 2:10, he asks, "Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?" And in chapter 13, verse 15, Job says, "Though He slay me, yet I will I hope in Him." Stubborn faith that still believes that the sun is shining even when you can't see it for the fog. The kind of faith that looks for things to praise God for at a time when it hurts so bad.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hard-Times/Dispelling-the-Fog-3850

Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - When Your Transformer is Out - #3853
It could be that the power's been out where you live - in your life, I mean. You're facing some issues that just can't seem to be resolved, some problems that seem to defy solution, some mountains that just aren't moving, some questions that just aren't getting answered, maybe an overload that is overwhelming you. Maybe in your family, maybe at church or at work, maybe in your personal life - there just doesn't seem to be anything powerful enough to meet the need, to handle the demands. Maybe the transformer's down.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Personal-Power/When-Your-Transformer-is-Out-...

Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - No Postponements, No Cancellations - #3869
In our word for today from the Word of God, God announces an appointment I have - and you have. Hebrews 9:27, "Man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment." God makes it very clear: we have an appointment with our Creator--or, as the old-timers used to say, to "meet our Maker."
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hard-Times/No-Postponements-No-Cancellations...

Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - Tragedy's Eyes - #3873
What happened on a national scale . . . what happened to Laura Ingalls on a personal scale - those are pictures that remind us of the good that can come from some of life's most painful experiences. That could be very important for you to remember right now - because you're going through one of those painful experiences right now. The pain is deep - but it's not the whole story - because God uses tragedy to help build people into something greater.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hard-Times/Tragedy-s-Eyes-3873

Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - When Our Towers Came Crashing Down - #3874
Even without the disturbing events in the news, we all know the feeling of having things we had counted on suddenly gone - a person we love, our job, the collapse of a marriage, a bad report from the doctor. In times like these, we're hungry for something we can anchor to -- for something to sustain us when the bad news is more than we can bear -- for something that will make us feel really safe.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hard-Times/When-Our-Towers-Came-Crashing-Dow...

Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - The Hammer in God's Hands - #3923
Suffering, pain, hardship, heartache - those are some of life's hammers. You may feel like one of those hammers has been beating on you lately. What you may not realize is who's holding that hammer - and what He's trying to do with it.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Relationships/The-Hammer-in-God-s-Hands-3923