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Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - Pieces and Masterpieces - #5042
See, God is the original and the ultimate recycler. He can take the trash of your life and recycle it into treasure. You have to bring Jesus what is broken, and then He makes those pieces into masterpieces. How does He do that? He'll do it with His power, if you will do your part in the recycling process.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hard-Times/Pieces-and-Masterpieces-5042

Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - Never Playing Defense - #5043
Maybe you sometimes find yourself under pressure and attack, and you're treated badly. Everything in your human nature says, "Strike back. Give them their own medicine." But Jesus calls us to follow Him in His steps, which means no retaliation. Don't strike back; not because you are a weak wimp, but because you are strong in Christ. You don't have to retaliate.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hard-Times/Never-Playing-Defense-5043

Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - The "I Can Handle it" Trap - #5049
Don't underestimate temptation and don't overestimate your strength.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hard-Times/The-I-Can-Handle-it-Trap-5049

Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - Reservation Tested - #5104
Do you remember a time like that; a season of your life when the Lord was so dramatic in the way He revealed himself when He spoke to you? There's no doubt that He's there. Okay, now that's the beginning. The end of the cycle comes with the Spirit triumph.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hard-Times/Reservation-Tested-5104

Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - Turn Around, Don't Drown - #5136
"Turn around, don't drown" is pretty good moral advice, too. I've known way too many people who thought they could handle the temptation, handle being around some stuff that could bring them down, handle flirting with what they should have been fleeing. And they have suddenly found themselves in deeper than they ever imagined - way over their head. And morally, spiritually, they have drowned.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hard-Times/Turn-Around-Don-t-Drown-5136

Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - The Prize And The Prison - #4046
That's what the police call a "sting operation." And it really worked - offer something good just to capture people. And the police use that strategy to accomplish good things. Satan has been using that strategy for a long time to accomplish his destructive purposes in people's lives. He may be using his sting operation to capture you right now.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hard-Times/The-Prize-And-The-Prison-4046

Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - The Shower Of A Lifetime - #4064
So many of us carry inside the awful burden of the mistakes we've made in the past, or the people we've hurt, the wounds we've inflicted, the damage we've done. There are regrets and guilt that weigh us down - maybe for some destructive choices we've made or some compromises or some sin we wish we could go back and erase. Sometimes it can feel disgusting - like all that dirt that covered our son that day. We wonder if there's any way to get clean, to finally be free of the weight, the dirt, the guilt, the shame.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hard-Times/The-Shower-Of-A-Lifetime-4064

Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - Losing It Gradually - #4088
There's another thief who operates with that same modus operandi - Satan. He wants to steal from you your closeness to God and all the benefits that go with doing things God's way. He is, the Bible says, the "roaring lion, looking for someone to devour" (1 Peter 5:8) and the "thief" who comes "only to steal, kill and destroy." (John 10:10)
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hard-Times/Losing-It-Gradually-4088

Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - Burned Grass, Beautiful Grass - #4093
It's one of those "strange ways of God." The fire that burns also produces beauty later on. If you're going through the fire right now, that's something you probably need to know right now. Because at the moment, you can only see the burning - you can't see the beauty. You will.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hard-Times/Burned-Grass-Beautiful-Grass-4093

Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - Scam Bait - #5216
I don't know what seemingly "good thing" you're tempted by right now. Is it love, is it success, is it money, excitement, relief, or friends? Don't let it scam you into sinning. The one who's trying to get you to do this is not a giver - he's a taker! Don't fall for it! There is so little to gain and so very much to lose.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Hindrances/Scam-Bait-5216