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Why Your Cage is Shaking - #6291
It's time to abandon the cover-up and begin the clean-up. Things will not get better until you do. Your problem may not be what it appears to be at all. Maybe that's just the symptom. The problem may be sin that has not been confessed; not repented of; not cleaned up.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/why-your-cage-is-shaking-6291
The Bends in the Road - #6290
Paul said, "Everyone had deserted me, but the Lord stood at my side and gave me strength." See, the plan of God includes places where you will have no one but Him. Why is that? So you can experience life's greatest security of all.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/the-bends-in-the-road-6290
At the Down End of Your Day - #6304
David said in Psalm 90:14, "Satisfy us in the morning with Your unfailing love that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days." See, in your case, you've got to wake up and think Jesus first thing. Whichever is your down end of the day, be sure that Christ's lordship reaches from your first waking moments to your last conscious moments. You can really hurt those you love the most at your harsh end of the day.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/at-the-down-end-of-your-day-6304
Step Back and See it Better - #6299
You see, pain tends to make us very self-focused and self-absorbed. Our eyes start to cross, and the situation starts to blur, and we start thinking in circles. Serving restores your perspective. Now, when you feel the least like doing it, is probably when you most need to do it, to get your perspective back.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/step-back-and-see-it-better-6299
The Radical Christmas Victory Plan - #6249
He chooses unlikely candidates and does mighty things through them - which means your inadequacy and ordinariness may be exactly what qualifies you to be a spiritual hero. According to Jesus, who is it that will "inherit the earth?" The mighty? No - the meek (Matthew 5:3).
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/the-radical-christmas-victory-pla...
Turbulence That Transforms - #6251
The shaking you're enduring, the hits you're taking, those are tools in God's hands to bring out an amazing beauty in you: a strength, a tenderness, a maturity, a confidence, a compassion that comes only from being beautified in God's tumbler. So don't wallow in the "why is this happening?" quagmire. Instead, keep asking, "How can God use this?"
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/turbulence-that-transforms-6251
How God Makes You a Masterpiece - #6244
When God wanted to explain to His people the painful events in their lives, He sent His prophet Jeremiah down to the potter's house for an illustration. Jeremiah said: "I saw him working at the wheel. But the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so the potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as it seemed best to him."
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/how-god-makes-you-a-masterpiece-6244
Breaking the Cycle of Pain - #6243
If Jesus has the power to walk out of His grave, don't you think He's got the power to beat the sin that keeps beating you? Don't keep trying to deal with it your way. All you're doing is making it worse. There's only one cry that will set you free - a cry to Jesus. You've been sin's slave long enough. This can be the day that you go free!
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/breaking-the-cycle-of-pain-6243
Treasure in Your Desert - #6241
Just in case you're not sure you can make it through this desert, listen to what your Heavenly Father will do for you there: Deuteronomy 1:31 says, "In the desert...you saw how the Lord your God carried you, as a father carries his son, all the way." And like any tired little child, you’ll go much farther with your Father carrying you than you could ever go on your own.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/treasure-in-your-desert-6241
Driving Hard On a Dead-End Road - #6237
Within your reach is the Jesus-road; the one that leads to life! He's waiting to welcome you, forgive you and then lead you onto the road you were made to be on!
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/driving-hard-on-a-dead-end-road-6237