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Two Words That Lighten the Load - #6806
Rejoicing is really the habit of looking for God at work and acknowledging it when you see it. Thanking God is sort of like putting sweetener in a bitter drink. Negative thoughts are just going to make the drink that much more bitter. A thankful heart, a joyful heart, a heart that believes that God has said, "I know the plans I have for you. They are for good and not for evil; to give you a future and a hope."
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/two-words-that-lighten-the-load-6806
When You're Stuck Where You Don't Want to Be - #6802
If you're stuck where you don't want to be? Well, God's approach is to act as if you'll be there for a long time. Quit wishing you were somewhere else or someone else. Make something of the place where you are. There are people there who need Christ. Don't look past them because you don't like where you are.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/when-youre-stuck-where-you-dont-w...
Never in the Oven Too Long - #6799
Right now, maybe all you know is it's really hot. Well, you have a guarantee from the Master Potter, "not beyond what you can bear." Oh, He might take you to the edge, but He'll never allow you to go over. God will let the heat make you stronger, but He'll never leave His masterpiece in the oven too long.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/never-in-the-oven-too-long-6799
Calling Off the Pity Party - #6786
Jesus told us that we would find our life - not by looking for it, not by hanging onto it - by giving it away, He said. Not because you feel like it, but because Jesus lived like that, and because you know that's where to find light at the end of your own personal tunnel. Remember, even when you get home tonight, ask yourself the question, "So, who needs me here right now?"
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/calling-off-the-pity-party-6786
The Pregnant Pause - #6767
God has started His greater good, but right now it's just shaking up your world. Oh, He'll explain it. He'll fulfill it in the future. But now, in between, obey before you understand - like a boy jumping off a sled before his Dad told him why. Joseph discovered that the apparent disaster is actually clearing the way for a mighty work of God. You've just got to obey in the meantime.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/the-pregnant-pause-6767
Our Eleventh-Hour Lord - #6743
Maybe you've got your back to the Red Sea, the enemy's closing in and every solution has failed. Why don't you surrender completely to your Savior right now and cry out to Him, "Lord, I need a miracle." And you will be a candidate for that eleventh-hour Lord.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/our-eleventh-hour-lord-6743
The Rooster in Your Heart - #6730
Peter graduated from spiritual treason to spiritual greatness after his denial. Why? He let God break his heart over his sin. He responded emotionally to the stabbing pain in his heart. Do you? Spiritual disaster begins when you begin to quench the Spirit; you ignore the call that should wake you up.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/the-rooster-in-your-heart-6730
Surfing is Better Than Sinking - #6721
Remember, your situation is your assignment from God. Do what the great surfers do! Ride on top of this wave; surf on it. Capture it for Christ.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/surfing-is-better-than-sinking-6721
Better When Heated - #6720
The breaking of the man is the making of the man. It's not because God doesn't love you, it's because He does.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/better-when-heated-6720
Bankruptcy Makes You Rich - #6710
Our safe, predictable, well resourced Christianity insulates us from really living by faith. And then God allows the bottom to drop out, just so He can hold you up. And you find out what He can do when there's none of you and it's all God. And then you can learn that He's enough. He fills up your empty account and in a paradox that only God could reveal to us.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/bankruptcy-makes-you-rich-6710