Absolutely Small - The Birthplace of Breakthrough, Part 1
Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast
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🗓️ 13 January 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Good things come in small packages. Do you believe that? Whether it’s a wedding ring, or a smart phone, or a nice wristwatch, we all know that a small package can contain some pretty interesting stuff. Interestingly, Jesus was a big proponent of small. Chip unleashes the secret of how to get the most from those small things in life.
How Jesus “reached” a city:
A lesson for His disciples -John 4
- Where did the Breakthrough begin?
- Whom did Jesus choose to use?
- How did she “make room” for Breakthrough?
- What “courageous step” did she take?
- What did Jesus want His disciples to learn... about Himself? About breakthroughs?
Timeless axiom: Unlikely, supernatural breakthroughs are not dependent on aFUTURE work of God, but a PRESENT work of “one”. -John 4:34-39
How His followers “reached” the world:
A Lesson for Us -Book of Acts
- Where did breakthrough begin?
- Whom did Jesus choose to use?
- How did they “make room” for breakthrough?
- What “courageous steps” did they take?
- What was/is the result?
- What does Jesus want us to learn... about Himself? About ourselves? About breakthroughs?
Timeless axiom: Breakthroughs are fueled by COMPASSION and birthed in biblical COMMUNITY.
Action steps:
- PRAY fervently and desperately.
- EXTEND God’s compassion to someone or a group in need this week.
- JOIN or START a small group to pursue breakthrough “in” you and then “through” you.
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| 0:00.0 | Today on Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram. |
| 0:14.5 | Did you ever notice that good things come in small packages? |
| 0:18.5 | Interestingly enough, Jesus was a big proponent of small. |
| 0:22.9 | If you long for a breakthrough in your life, here's what you need to know. |
| 0:28.3 | Absolutely small is the birthplace of breakthrough. |
| 0:32.0 | Stay with me and discover how to open it up. |
| 0:35.8 | What if the breakthrough you're seeking won't come from doing something bigger, |
| 0:40.1 | but from starting something smaller? |
| 0:42.5 | Today, on Living on the Edge, Chip Ingram reveals a pattern that runs throughout Scripture |
| 0:47.7 | and history. |
| 0:49.2 | God's most significant movements always begin with absolutely small groups of people. Three people in a car, |
| 0:56.5 | 12 disciples around a table, 120 believers in an upper room. It's part of our series Experience |
| 1:03.3 | Breakthrough. From Jesus reaching a Samaritan city to the explosion of the early church, we'll |
| 1:09.1 | discover why size matters only in reverse. |
| 1:12.8 | Here's Chip Ingram, with absolutely small, |
| 1:15.7 | the birthplace of breakthrough. |
| 1:18.0 | Spent about an hour in a car with a good friend, |
| 1:20.5 | and out of the blue, he turned to me. |
| 1:22.9 | He goes, you know, this breakthrough stuff's messing with me. |
| 1:24.7 | Man, you hit me right between the eyes. |
| 1:26.1 | I said, let's get this clear. I just talk. If you get hit, it's God. He said, okay, well, God hit me between the eyes. I said, |
| 1:34.1 | well, what do you mean? And for the next hour, he began to very candidly and honestly talk about |
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