Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast Balancing Life's Demands - How to Keep First Things First, Part 1
Aug 8, 2025
28:46
Whatever happened with those New Year’s resolutions? Still working out? Still on that diet program? Well, getting started is one thing, but soon the real question is: “How do you keep it going?” Join Chip and find out how to keep first things first.
The Problem: Many start well, but few finish well.
The Answer: Biblical Accountability
- Definition: Biblical Accountability is enlisting the support of those who love me to help me keep my commitments to God.
- Its Power: Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
The Need: Why accountability is essential for spiritual success
Five Reasons:
- Because we never outgrow the need for PERSONAL ACCOUNTABILITY. -1 Corinthians 9:34-27
- Because past successes are no guarantee of FUTURE FAITHFULNESS. -1 Corinthians 10:1-5
- Because we constantly underestimate the power of our own SINFUL PASSIONS. -1 Corinthians 10:6-11
- Because we constantly overestimate our ability to handle TEMPTATION. -1 Corinthians 10:12
- Because we naively believe our struggles and temptations are UNIQUE. -1 Corinthians 10:13
Summary: "Therefore, my beloved, flee from IDOLATRY!” -1 Corinthians 10:14
The Means: “How to” develop accountability in relationships:
- It begins at HOME.
- In an atmosphere of LOVE.
- It must be voluntary and by PERMISSION.
- It must be SPECIFIC, not generic.
- It must be REGULAR, not sporadic.
- No more than 4 PEOPLE.
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