A Theology to Believe, Part 1

Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast

Living on the Edge

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 5 December 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Wondering where God is in your suffering/fear? Don't quit! Chip reveals how to slay discouragement and gain rock-solid hope, no matter what.

God’s plan for slaying the dragon of discouragement

A - Attitude -Jas. 1:2-4

God’s will in adversity – JOYFUL ENDURANCE

R - Resource -Jas. 1:5-8

God’s promise in the process – SUPERNATURAL WISDOM

T - Theology -Jas. 1:9-12

God’s prescription for perseverance – DIVINE PERSPECTIVE

Hanging tough in tough times demand we:

1. Get God’s perspective on our circumstances. Jas. 1:9-11

2. Get God’s perspective on our future. -Jas. 1:12a

3. Get God’s perspective on our motivation. -Jas. 1:12a

Summary/review – You can slay the dragon of discouragement!

1. Re-evaluate your circumstances.

The test: is my faith in things that are perishable or things that are PERMANENT?

2. Re-evaluate your focus.

The test: is my hope determined by the size of my problems or the certainty of God’s PROMISES?

3. Re-evaluate your motivation.

The test: is the primary motivation of my heart to LOVE CHRIST or simply get relief and please myself?

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0:00.0	Today on Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram.
0:05.0	Are you or a friend living in a world where it's gone from bad to worse?
0:10.0	When that happens, it can feel like you're staring at a hundred-foot wave.
0:15.0	Where do you go when it seems like all hope is lost?
0:18.0	How do you keep going with the waves of discouragement threatened to overwhelm you?
0:22.8	That's today. Stay with me.
0:26.3	We've all been there. That suffocating moment when discouragement wraps around our soul like a vice.
0:32.6	We've prayed, we've tried, we've pushed forward with everything we've got, and yet the darkness only deepens.
0:40.2	Today, on Living on the Edge, Chip Ingram reminds us that our hopelessness, our despair,
0:45.7	is Satan's most effective tool for neutralizing Christians.
0:50.0	In his message called The Art of Survival in an Age of Chaos, Chip gets brutally honest about his own struggle and the temptation to quit.
0:58.5	Then from the ancient wisdom of James,
1:01.0	he unveils God's three-part battle plan to slay the dragon of despair.
1:06.0	And just after our study, Chip describes an exciting opportunity to double your support of living
1:11.2	on the edge through the match program that's active right now.
1:15.3	It's the best time to leverage your year and giving.
1:18.8	But first, let's open our hearts to the breakthrough God may have in store for those who
1:23.2	are losing heart.
1:24.7	Well, welcome to part three of our series, The Art of Survival. And boy, don't we need to
1:30.2	survive and even thrive in these kind of days? This is part three. It's all from James
1:35.0	Chapter 1. And as I began, I want to tell you an apocryphal story. This is not a true story.
1:40.8	It was made up, but it has a very powerful point. The legend goes that Satan went into
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