A Theology to Believe, Part 2
Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast
Living on the Edge
4.9 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 8 December 2025
⏱️ 25 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
When overwhelmed and ready to quit, your need is perspective, the antidote to discouragement. Chip shares how to gain this perspective.
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?
Broadcast Resource
Year End Match
Additional Resources
Connect
Partner With Us
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Today on Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram. |
| 0:05.0 | In times and circumstances that are overwhelming and everything in you wants to give up or to give in, |
| 0:12.0 | your number one need is perspective. Perspective is the antidote to discouragement. |
| 0:19.0 | How do you get perspective? That's today. |
| 0:21.6 | Don't miss it. |
| 0:22.6 | Ever feel like giving up? |
| 0:25.6 | Like the challenges are too great and the darkness too deep? |
| 0:28.6 | Well, you're not alone. |
| 0:30.6 | Pastures deal with discouragement too. |
| 0:32.6 | And as a pastor, Chip Ingram understands firsthand what it's like when nothing seems to work, |
| 0:38.1 | when prayers feel unanswered, circumstances grow worse, and hope feels distant. |
| 0:43.3 | But whether or not you're a church leader, we all face dark days that tempt us to throw |
| 0:47.4 | in the towel. |
| 0:48.4 | Well, today on Living on the Edge, Chip Ingram reveals God's prescription for rising above |
| 0:53.1 | our challenges through faith, hope, and love. |
| 0:56.6 | Before we get started, remember that Living on the Edge has just started one of the largest match opportunities in our 30-year history. |
| 1:03.6 | Later in the program, Chip will describe how you can multiply by two the size of your year and gift. |
| 1:09.7 | But right now, let's get started with the message from |
| 1:12.0 | Chip Ingram, a theology to believe. God's going to take his word today, and he's going to speak |
| 1:18.5 | to that very specific discouragement in your life and in mine. Discouragement is the number one |
| 1:25.7 | destroyer of God's plans for our lives. |
| 1:29.2 | Just before we receive God's highest and best, many of us throw in the towel. |
... |
Transcript will be available on the free plan in 23 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Living on the Edge, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Living on the Edge and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.