Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast

Do you long to be loved for just being you - apart from your looks, money, or status? You can have that, but you need to be aware of some pitfalls along the way. Chip inspires us to stop looking for love in all the wrong places.In a fallen world, our failures are often an attempt to obtain “good things” in a bad way.Seeking belonging leads to division.Seeking connection results in destructive relationships.Seeking security fuels greed.Seeking holiness can cause disunity.Seeking pleasure can harm others' faith.Summary: So many times our gravest failures are our attempts to “look for love in all the wrong places.”Learning to love in “Real Time”Responding to Hurts:Truth: Love is patient and kind (1 Corinthians 13:4a).Practice: When hurt, love absorbs the blow and responds with kindness.Responding to Differences:Truth: Love does not envy or boast... (1 Corinthians 13:4b-5).Practice: Celebrate differences and refuse to compare (1 Corinthians 12:12-31).Responding to Failure:Truth: Love doesn't delight in evil but rejoices with truth. (1 Corinthians 13:6-8a).Practice: Love responds to failure with truth and grace by: Bearing all things, Believing all things: Hoping all things & Enduring all thingsThe Result: “LOVE never fails!” The Application: Serving in Love: Romans 12:9-13Broadcast ResourceSpiritual Simplicity ResourcesMessage NotesAdditional Resource MentionsSmall Group ResourcesI Choose Joy BookI Choose Joy Small GroupConnect888-333-6003WebsiteChip Ingram AppInstagramFacebookTwitterPartner With UsDonate Online888-333-6003

Chip uncovers why a very specific attitude will destroy love and how you can avoid it.Learning to love in “Real Time”Responding to Hurts:Truth: Love is patient and kind (1 Corinthians 13:4a).Practice: When hurt, love absorbs the blow and responds with kindness.Responding to Differences:Truth: Love does not envy or boast; it is not rude, self-seeking, easily angered, or does it keep a record of wrongs (1 Corinthians 13:4b-5).Practice: Celebrate differences and refuse to compare (1 Corinthians 12:12-31).Comparison always leads to carnality.Envy (Compares UPWARD): Produces jealousy, anger, resentment, and bitterness (1 Corinthians 12:15-16).Solution: Believe God is good and has provided what's best for you. Admit and repent, ask God to use you, meditate on His goodness, and choose gratitude.Arrogance (Compares DOWNWARD): Produces pride, boasting, rudeness, and independence (1 Corinthians 12:21-22).Solution: Admit your needs and be vulnerable to receive God's goodness. Remember everything is from God, recall your humble beginnings, spend time with those who know your true self, and admit your needs.Broadcast ResourceSpiritual Simplicity ResourcesMessage NotesAdditional Resource MentionsSmall Group ResourcesI Choose Joy BookI Choose Joy Small GroupConnect888-333-6003WebsiteChip Ingram AppInstagramFacebookTwitterPartner With UsDonate Online888-333-6003

There are two things, two attitudes, that kill love. In this message, Chip exposes what those two attitudes are, how to spot them, and how to keep them from ruining your love life.Learning to love in “Real Time”Responding to Hurts:Truth: Love is patient and kind (1 Corinthians 13:4a).Practice: When hurt, love absorbs the blow and responds with kindness.Responding to Differences:Truth: Love does not envy or boast; it is not rude, self-seeking, easily angered, or does it keep a record of wrongs (1 Corinthians 13:4b-5).Practice: Celebrate differences and refuse to compare (1 Corinthians 12:12-31).Comparison always leads to carnality.Envy (Compares UPWARD): Produces jealousy, anger, resentment, and bitterness (1 Corinthians 12:15-16).Solution: Believe God is good and has provided what's best for you. Admit and repent, ask God to use you, meditate on His goodness, and choose gratitude.Arrogance (Compares DOWNWARD): Produces pride, boasting, rudeness, and independence (1 Corinthians 12:21-22).Solution: Admit your needs and be vulnerable to receive God's goodness. Remember everything is from God, recall your humble beginnings, spend time with those who know your true self, and admit your needs.Broadcast ResourceSpiritual Simplicity ResourcesMessage NotesAdditional Resource MentionsSmall Group ResourcesI Choose Joy BookI Choose Joy Small GroupConnect888-333-6003WebsiteChip Ingram AppInstagramFacebookTwitterPartner With UsDonate Online888-333-6003

Are you struggling to get past a hurt or injustice that has happened in your life? Maybe with a spouse? A child? Or a close friend? Do you wish you could just move on, but you don’t know how? Chip encourages us with a very simple but profound way to begin to live and love again.4 words drive our lives, our schedules, our relationships, and our souls...Bigger - Better - Faster - MoreIs it really possible to break free of our high speed, high pressure, high demand, guilt producing dis-ease of our complex lives?What do you want to be known for?If you could only be known for one thing, what would it be?1 overarching principle:Anything minus LOVE = NothingEverything minus LOVE = Nothing1 Corinthians 13:1-3Summarizing love’s supremacyPerforming in your world with the greatest gifts and abilities…without love MEANS nothing!Possessing the best, the finest, the most amazing things you can imagine …without love you BECOME nothing!Sacrificially providing for those you love, the greatest cause on earth…without love PROFITS you nothing!A prescription for transformationRx1 – FocusRx2 – Love more!Rx3 – Redefine successIf love is the answer, what is love?What it’s not & What it is (described in 1 Corinthians 13:4)Broadcast ResourceSpiritual Simplicity ResourcesMessage NotesAdditional Resource MentionsSmall Group ResourcesI Choose Joy BookI Choose Joy Small GroupConnect888-333-6003WebsiteChip Ingram AppInstagramFacebookTwitterPartner With UsDonate Online888-333-6003

Do you wish you could just put the brakes on the speed of life? Between work, family, ministry, financial pressures, health issues, is it any wonder that our lives and our relationships are on the ragged edge? If you’re ready to start loving more by doing less, then join Chip as he begins his series called "Spiritual Simplicity"4 words drive our lives, our schedules, our relationships, and our souls...Bigger - Better - Faster - MoreIs it really possible to break free of our high speed, high pressure, high demand, guilt producing dis-ease of our complex lives?What do you want to be known for?If you could only be known for one thing, what would it be?1 overarching principle:Anything minus LOVE = NothingEverything minus LOVE = Nothing1 Corinthians 13:1-3Summarizing love’s supremacyPerforming in your world with the greatest gifts and abilities…without love MEANS nothing!Possessing the best, the finest, the most amazing things you can imagine …without love you BECOME nothing!Sacrificially providing for those you love, the greatest cause on earth…without love PROFITS you nothing!A prescription for transformationRx1 – FocusRx2 – Love more!Rx3 – Redefine successIf love is the answer, what is love?What it’s not & What it is (described in 1 Corinthians 13:4)Broadcast ResourceSpiritual Simplicity ResourcesMessage NotesAdditional Resource MentionsSmall Group ResourcesI Choose Joy BookI Choose Joy Small GroupConnect888-333-6003WebsiteChip Ingram AppInstagramFacebookTwitterPartner With UsDonate Online888-333-6003

Chip wraps up this series with an important reminder of what it takes to be truly successful in your spiritual life, in your relationships, and in your finances.The root problem in priority living according to Jesus is MATERIALISM.Matthew 6:1-18Two motivesTwo treasuresTwo eyesTwo mastersSummary: Do not allow the pursuit of material things to thwart your spiritual development.Question:How can we live in a material world without becoming materialistic? -Matthew 6:24-34The symptom:Anxiety is the mark of a life preoccupied with material things.The explanation: Stop your preoccupation with material things because...It's short-sighted –Matthew 6:25bIt's illogical –Matthew 6:28-30It's unprofitable –Matthew 6:27It's disgraceful to God –Matthew 6:30-32The promise:If you will pursue knowing Christ and making Him known as your first priority, He will meet all your material needs. -Matthew 6:33-34Application: Questions to PonderAre you "spending" or "investing" your life?Is your life making a significant difference in the lives of others?Do you live under "pressure" or under "priorities"?Do your time, talent, and treasure reflect that pursuing Christ and making Him known is your #1 priority?Broadcast Resource'Balancing Life's Demands' ResourcesMessage NotesAdditional Resource MentionsSmall Group ResourcesConnect888-333-6003WebsiteChip Ingram AppInstagramFacebookTwitterPartner With UsDonate Online888-333-6003

If there’s one thing we’ve learned, you can’t trust in material things to come through for you. Chip reveals how to rise above the daily grind and escape the rat race forever.The root problem in priority living according to Jesus is MATERIALISM.Matthew 6:1-18Two motivesTwo treasuresTwo eyesTwo mastersSummary: Do not allow the pursuit of material things to thwart your spiritual development.Question: How can we live in a material world without becoming materialistic? -Matthew 6:24-34The symptom: Anxiety is the mark of a life preoccupied with material things.The explanation: Stop your preoccupation with material things because...It's short-sighted –Matthew 6:25bIt's illogical –Matthew 6:28-30It's unprofitable –Matthew 6:27It's disgraceful to God –Matthew 6:30-32The promise: If you will pursue knowing Christ and making Him known as your first priority, He will meet all your material needs. -Matthew 6:33-34Application: Questions to PonderAre you "spending" or "investing" your life?Is your life making a significant difference in the lives of others?Do you live under "pressure" or under "priorities"?Do your time, talent, and treasure reflect that pursuing Christ and making Him known is your #1 priority?Broadcast Resource'Balancing Life's Demands' ResourcesMessage NotesAdditional Resource MentionsSmall Group ResourcesConnect888-333-6003WebsiteChip Ingram AppInstagramFacebookTwitterPartner With UsDonate Online888-333-6003

You’re doing all the right things - reading your Bible, going to church, being generous with your finances - but you feel spiritually dead inside. What’s wrong? Chip shares how to break the spiritual activity trap and begin experiencing the peace and power you’re longing for.To what degree have you taken specific steps in the following areas? (1=none; 2=little; 3=started & doing okay; 4=making good progress; 5=vigorously pursuing)Objectives: Moving from vague ideas to specific decisions about the kind of person I want to become and what I want to accomplish.Priorities: Ordering my life in such a way that the important and eternal are not forfeited by the "pressing" and the "urgent."Schedule: Determining specifically how and when I will place the important and eternal in my daily life.Discipline: Doing what needs to be done when it needs to be done.Accountability: Enlisting the support of those who love me to help me keep my commitments to God.Jesus' Warning #1: In our pursuit of "seeking first" His righteousness there is the danger of DISTORTION.Application of Matthew 5:20 to...Murder –5:21-26Adultery –5:27-30Divorce –5:31-32Oaths –5:33-37Retribution –5:38-41Enemies –5:43-48Jesus' Warning #2: In our pursuit of "seeking first" His righteousness there is also the danger of DECEPTION. -Matthew 6:1-18Giving: Key Issue = MOTIVE -Matthew 6:1-4Prayer: Key Issue = DISCERNMENT -Matthew 6:5-8Fasting: Key Issue = PERSPECTIVE -Matthew 6:16-18Application: SECRECY is God's method of keeping our motives pure.Broadcast Resource'Balancing Life's Demands' ResourcesMessage NotesAdditional Resource MentionsSmall Group ResourcesConnect888-333-6003WebsiteChip Ingram AppInstagramFacebookTwitterPartner With UsDonate Online888-333-6003

In this message, Chip reveals the danger of becoming too disciplined in both your personal and spiritual life. He shares how to recognize the warning signs of an out-of-balance spiritual life.To what degree have you taken specific steps in the following areas? (1=none; 2=little; 3=started & doing okay; 4=making good progress; 5=vigorously pursuing)Objectives: Moving from vague ideas to specific decisions about the kind of person I want to become and what I want to accomplish.Priorities: Ordering my life in such a way that the important and eternal are not forfeited by the "pressing" and the "urgent."Schedule: Determining specifically how and when I will place the important and eternal in my daily life.Discipline: Doing what needs to be done when it needs to be done.Accountability: Enlisting the support of those who love me to help me keep my commitments to God.Jesus' Warning #1: In our pursuit of "seeking first" His righteousness there is the danger of DISTORTION.Application of Matthew 5:20 to...Murder –5:21-26Adultery –5:27-30Divorce –5:31-32Oaths –5:33-37Retribution –5:38-41Enemies –5:43-48Jesus' Warning #2: In our pursuit of "seeking first" His righteousness there is also the danger of DECEPTION. -Matthew 6:1-18Giving: Key Issue = MOTIVE -Matthew 6:1-4Prayer: Key Issue = DISCERNMENT -Matthew 6:5-8Fasting: Key Issue = PERSPECTIVE -Matthew 6:16-18Application: SECRECY is God's method of keeping our motives pure.Broadcast Resource'Balancing Life's Demands' ResourcesMessage NotesAdditional Resource MentionsSmall Group ResourcesConnect888-333-6003WebsiteChip Ingram AppInstagramFacebookTwitterPartner With UsDonate Online888-333-6003

Setting priorities, putting first things first is important. The question is how do you keep those priorities in place? Chip explores the essential elements that must be in place in order for you to be able to keep your priorities in line over the long haul.The Problem: Many start well, but few finish well.The Answer: Biblical AccountabilityDefinition: Biblical Accountability is enlisting the support of those who love me to help me keep my commitments to God.Its Power: Ecclesiastes 4:9-12The Need: Why accountability is essential for spiritual successFive Reasons:Because we never outgrow the need for PERSONAL ACCOUNTABILITY. -1 Corinthians 9:34-27Because past successes are no guarantee of FUTURE FAITHFULNESS. -1 Corinthians 10:1-5Because we constantly underestimate the power of our own SINFUL PASSIONS. -1 Corinthians 10:6-11Because we constantly overestimate our ability to handle TEMPTATION. -1 Corinthians 10:12Because we naively believe our struggles and temptations are UNIQUE. -1 Corinthians 10:13Summary: "Therefore, my beloved, flee from IDOLATRY!” -1 Corinthians 10:14The 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.Broadcast Resource'Balancing Life's Demands' ResourcesMessage NotesAdditional Resource MentionsSmall Group ResourcesConnect888-333-6003WebsiteChip Ingram AppInstagramFacebookTwitterPartner With UsDonate Online888-333-6003