A Resource to Ask For, Part 2

Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast

Living on the Edge

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 4 December 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

James, the leader in Jerusalem, faced a world turned upside down. His message offers God's answer and resource for anyone facing crisis today.

The principle = “Don’t ask why, ask what.”

Three “what” questions survivors ask:

1. What can I control when my world falls apart?

2. What must I do to make it through today?

3. What hope do I have for tomorrow?

The answer = God’s sovereignty + goodness = He will take my worst circumstances and use them for my best if I will trust Him and not bail out of His spiritual maturity process.

I. The problem: sometimes we get “stuck” in our pain.

II. The solution: God promises help for those who are “stuck.” -Jas. 1:5-8

God’s offer = supernatural WISDOM
Our responsibility = to ASK
God’s attitude when we come = OPEN & GENEROUS

III. The one condition: We receive God’s wisdom only when we “ask in faith, without any doubting.”

Conclusion: Four things you must do to get unstuck

1. Admit you’re stuck

2. Admit you can’t do it on your own

3. Ask God for supernatural wisdom

4. Be willing to do whatever God’s wisdom demands of you

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0:00.0	Today on Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram.
0:04.0	When you face a hard decision, what do you do?
0:07.0	Who do you turn to?
0:09.0	And let's face it, the decisions get more difficult when it impact your job, your family, your future.
0:15.0	If that's you, stay with me.
0:17.0	Let's discover how we can tackle the toughest decisions that life throws at us.
0:24.1	Stuck in a failing marriage, stuck in financial catastrophe, stuck in sadness as you watch your
0:29.9	dreams evaporate? If you're there right now, today's edition of Living on the Edge is for you.
0:36.1	Chip Ingram presents a series called The Art of
0:38.5	Survival in an Age of Chaos. According to James Chapter 1, there's no shame in getting stuck.
0:45.1	God isn't standing over us with crossed arms shaking his head and disappointment. Instead,
0:50.5	the Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
0:55.6	And right after Chip's teaching today, he'll describe an exciting match opportunity that's active right now.
1:01.4	Because of this match, every dollar you give to support living on the edge during December is automatically doubled in size, having twice the impact.
1:10.8	More details later, but right now
1:12.4	Chip opens to James Chapter 1, verse 5 to describe the supernatural resource that will show
1:18.3	you exactly what to do when you feel frozen in fear.
1:21.7	Here's what I want you to know. When things are happening, the way they are in our life, you don't have a job.
1:29.7	Maybe your marriage wasn't going well, and now it's a train wreck.
1:34.3	It's a mess.
1:35.6	Maybe your mental health, you are depressed.
1:38.5	You are discouraged.
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