Balancing Life's Demands - The Peace and Power of a Prioritized Life, Part 1
Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast
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🗓️ 4 August 2025
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Would you like to make this the best year of your life, no matter what happens with the economy, on your job, or even your health? It is possible! Chip explores how to balance the demands of life and prioritize the activities and relationships that matter most to you.
Six symptoms of misplaced priorities:
- BUSYNESS - The Activity Trap.
- UNDUE stress and pressure.
- Low grade NAGGING GUILT.
- FINANCIAL debt.
- PRAYER-LESSNESS - "Leakage” in your devotional life.
- ESCAPISM behavior.
Two words hold the keys to enjoying the peace and power of a prioritized life:
- Your TIME - Psalm 90:10-12; Ephesians 5:15-17
- Your MONEY - Proverbs 3:9-10
Application: Four Commitments
- GIVE the first portion of each paycheck to God.
- PAY your bills next.
- LIVE on the rest.
- GET OUT of debt.
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| 0:00.0 | Would you like to make this year the best year of your life, no matter what happens over |
| 0:06.3 | the next 12 months, to be able to look back and see real positive change. |
| 0:11.6 | But we're going to look at how to get a grip on all those demands in your life and make |
| 0:16.2 | this year one you look back on and say, thank you, Lord. Welcome to this edition of Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram. |
| 0:25.6 | The mission of this daily program is to intentionally disciple Christians with the insightful Bible teaching of Chip Ingram. |
| 0:32.6 | Thanks for joining us today as we dive into our popular series, Balancing Life's Demands. |
| 0:38.5 | For the next handful of programs, Chip will speak directly to those feeling overwhelmed, |
| 0:43.2 | over-scheduled, and stressed out, and offer some biblical remedies to live a life filled |
| 0:48.3 | with joy, peace, and purpose. |
| 0:51.0 | I know this series will minister to you, so I hope you'll join us for every part of it. |
| 0:55.5 | So with that, let's get going. Here's Chip with his talk, the peace and power of a prioritized |
| 1:00.9 | life. Well, as we get started, we're going to talk about balancing life's demands, and we're |
| 1:06.9 | going to talk about biblical priorities. We're going to talk about aligning your life and your priorities, |
| 1:12.6 | doing what's important in a way that God says for two purposes. |
| 1:16.9 | One, so that you fulfill his purposes and bring glory to him. |
| 1:20.8 | And second, because when you do that, it is good for you. |
| 1:24.3 | His highest and best is achieved and accomplished when there is an alignment of your |
| 1:29.7 | priorities with the way he has designed you and designed life to work. And when your priorities |
| 1:36.0 | get out of whack, when the balance gets out of whack, it produces some painful things in you, |
| 1:42.8 | in relationships, and often significant damage. |
| 1:45.0 | Just so this isn't theoretical, |
| 1:48.0 | 1983, I was a full-blown workaholic. |
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