Do you ever feel like God just isn't coming through for you?

Like the Christian life is so hard, so demanding that you thought it was supposed to be filled

with a lot more joy and peace and fun and you're just not experiencing that.

Well stay with me, I've got a word you need to hear today.

Welcome to this edition of Living on the Edge with Chipping Room.

We are a discipleship-driven ministry on a mission to encourage Christians

everywhere to live like Christians.

While today Chip continues our newest series, The Four Great Invitations,

talking about a subject vital to a healthy relationship with God,

that we often overlook or dismiss.

But before he shares that with us, let me encourage you to get Chip's message notes.

Throughout this program, he references a really helpful illustration that can only be found in his notes,

so download them now under the broadcasts tab at livingontheedge.org.

App listeners tap fill-in notes.

Well if you have a Bible handy going out of John chapter 15 for Chip's talk, abide in me.

I was with a, I call him a young guy in between that 35 to 45.

We were friends. He had come to Jesus. He was seeking to follow Jesus. He had a good job,

beautiful family, a couple of kids, and he called and said, I'm really, really, really struggling.

Could we get together? And I said, Sherry says, how about, you know, some time?

So we decided we'd play nine holes a golf and as we're walking along and playing golf,

we get to about the third or fourth hole and I've heard about the frustrations in his marriage and

in weak moments, I know I'm drinking too much and you know, my kids, there's pressures over here

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