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Waiting for the Temperature to Change - #6311
Truth plus pressure equals life closed. I think it's hardest in parenting. You know you correct, or rebuke, or you encourage your child - nothing happens. They don't seem to be getting it. And out of fear we start to push, and nag, and attack. Like a good farmer, pray for patience and allow the truth seed time to win. It's amazing what a little space can do.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/waiting-for-the-temperature-to...
Prints in Sand and Cement - #6308
Could it be that you didn't mean to, but you've been caught up in the footprints that you've been making in the sand? It's been so important to make that mark at work, at church, with a group of people you want to impress. Well, are the people close to you losing out to the things that you're involved in? Put your prints in cement, where they'll last, not in sand where they can't last.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/prints-in-sand-and-cement-6308
So Many Flavors - #6278
You're on God's side when you're against whatever divides His body. It's not all vanilla. Its lots of flavors. It's all ice cream; but it's lots of flavors, and that's what counts. We're all the church. So, celebrate the variety in God's family. There are so many flavors.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/so-many-flavors-6278
When It's Just Not Working - #6287
That broken relationship, and you know which one it is, is breaking God's heart. Do everything in your power to take down the walls that might be costing you the blessing of almighty God. Keep checking until you understand what is there that's broken that God says needs fixing. Quit tinkering with the problems that really aren't the problem.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/when-it-s-just-not-working-6287
Playing Favorites, Playing Fair - #6275
People will measure your fairness and they'll measure your favoritism after you act. We should measure it before we act. What's the ripple effect going to be? How will this be perceived in terms of its justice - its fairness? How will this make everyone else feel beside the person I'm deciding for right now? In Godly governing, there's just no room for playing favorites, because God doesn't.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/playing-favorites-playing-fair...
Intimate Bonding - #6271
Have you played with God's bonding gift of sex? Well, confess that to Him. Let Him cleanse you as 1 John 1:9 promises He will, that "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us all our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." Make it right. Reserve it for one relationship, and then use it unselfishly.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/intimate-bonding-6271
Capturing Days - #6267
I know one of the greatest burdens of my life is the days we lost. One of the greatest challenges of my life: how do you make the most of the days ahead? It means reordering some priorities; it means leaving time in what tends to be a wall-to-wall schedule, and asking God each morning for the opportunities, the determination, the timing to mark your children for Christ that day.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/capturing-days-6267
When Marriage is a Multiple Choice Test - #6259
While the Christian world opens the door wider and wider for believers to choose divorce, God hasn't changed His mind. "I hate divorce" He says. When marriage becomes a multiple choice test, use every choice there is to fight for your marriage. And be sure that divorce is not one of the choices.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/when-marriage-is-a-multiple-ch...
I'll Watch Your Back - #6262
Love always protects. Don't be one of those attackers in the underbrush. Commit yourself to the people in your world as a loving protector, and be remembered as the one who lived out love with this commitment, "I'll watch your back."
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/i-ll-watch-your-back-6262
How to Save Your Child - #6235
When we hold onto our child, we create a rebel or a robot. When we release our child to the God who gave that child to us, we cooperate with the great plan for which our child was created.
http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/how-to-save-your-child-6235