Be Strong and Courageous - I Will Not Settle!: Confronting the Spirit of Cynicism, Part 1
Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast
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🗓️ 7 February 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Are you feeling overwhelmed by the state of the world, questioning whether it is even worth trying to make a difference? In this compelling program, Chip confronts the insidious nature of cynicism. Discover how this harmful blend of doubt and apathy extinguishes our hope. Join us to hear how to shift our perspective, reject negativity, and embrace our mission to be change-makers.
Main Points
Declarative statement: I will not settle.Four scenes the Spirit of God gave David:
- God wants to rescue the wanderers, those who are lost and without purpose. --Psalm 107:4-9
- God longs to rescue those in bondage. --Psalm 107:10-16
- God longs to rescue what the Scripture would call rebellious fools. --Psalm 107:17-22
- God longs to rescue us from the storms of life. --Psalm 107:23-32
Final warning. --Psalm 107:43
God’s Word to you and to me: He is powerful, He’s in control, and He has given you and me the job to be bold and courageous in one of the most strategic times in world history.
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About Chip Ingram
Chip Ingram’s passion is helping Christians really live like Christians. As a pastor, author, and teacher for more than three decades, Chip has helped believers around the world move from spiritual spectators to healthy, authentic disciples of Jesus by living out God’s truth in their lives and relationships in transformational ways.
About Living on the Edge
Living on the Edge exists to help Christians live like Christians. Established in 1995 as the radio ministry of pastor and author Chip Ingram, God has since grown it into a global discipleship ministry. Living on the Edge provides Biblical teaching and discipleship resources that challenge and equip spiritually hungry Christians all over the world to become mature disciples of Jesus.
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| 0:00.0 | Are you distraught or maybe just downright disgusted with what's happening in the culture |
| 0:06.4 | and the church? |
| 0:08.0 | Have you reached the point of saying, everything is so broken, why bother even trying to fix |
| 0:13.6 | it? |
| 0:14.7 | If that's you, I have a word for that. |
| 0:17.7 | It's called cynicism. |
| 0:20.0 | And it is lethal, and it's a disease that any of us can catch. Let's |
| 0:25.2 | learn how to break it. Stay with me. Welcome to this edition of Living on the Edge with |
| 0:33.7 | Chip Ingram. The mission of these daily programs is to intentionally disciple Christians |
| 0:38.7 | through the Bible teaching of Chip Ingram. Thanks for joining us as we begin winding down |
| 0:43.4 | our latest series. Be strong and courageous psalms to strengthen your faith and conquer your fear. |
| 0:49.7 | With these last couple of programs, Chip will shine a light on the contagious spiritual |
| 0:53.7 | virus of cynicism, a harmful blend of doubt and passivity that eats These last couple of programs, Chip will shine a light on the contagious spiritual virus |
| 0:54.2 | of cynicism, a harmful blend of doubt and passivity that eats away at our hope. |
| 0:59.9 | So today we'll discover how to break out of that mindset and fully embrace our calling |
| 1:04.0 | to be difference makers. |
| 1:05.6 | So grab your Bible and go to Psalm 107 as we join Chip for his message, I will not settle. |
| 1:12.0 | I was talking to a very what I've known to be godly man recently, a man that God has used |
| 1:18.5 | in the past. And as we began to discuss, he began to talk about, you know, I've just kind of |
| 1:24.3 | lost my fire. I've kind of lost my passion. I look at, you know, |
| 1:28.9 | what's happening in the world and in the church and academia and the media and the morals and the |
| 1:34.2 | shift of cultures and some ideologies. And, you know, I'm just going to do the best I can, |
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