Beauty from Ashes: A Story of God's Goodness
Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast
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🗓️ 4 July 2025
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Do you believe that God is good? That He really has your best interests in mind? In this special message guest speaker, Ryan Ingram, addresses this vital topic as he interviews his mom Theresa. She shares her inspiring testimony of becoming a Christian, and how she navigated through painful circumstances by trusting in the unfailing goodness of God.
Main Points
From Despair to Deliverance:
Theresa's early life was marked by loneliness and a dysfunctional family. Her dreams were shattered when her husband abandoned her and their twin infant sons. Feeling "left with nothing," she found hope through a godly boss and, at 25, accepted Jesus as her Savior.
Finding Refuge and Intimacy in Christ:
Supported by others, Theresa learned to love God's Word and prayer. She experienced God's consistent presence through unexpected help and answered prayers, including her marriage to Chip. Ryan highlights his mother's deep devotion to prayer, an intimacy born from desperation. Theresa's life serves as a testament to Romans 8:28, proving that God works all things for good.
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About Theresa Ingram
Theresa Ingram has a passion to see women transformed as they learn to see themselves as Christ sees them. Theresa has taught and mentored women in the local church for over 25 years. She is a graduate of Fairmont State University, the mother of four grown children & 12 grandchildren, and resides in San Jose, California, with her husband Chip.
About Ryan Ingram
Ryan Ingram is the pastor of Awakening Church, founded in September 2012 with a passion to awaken this generation to new life in Jesus. He is a graduate of Moody Bible Institute in Chicago and has pursued additional study at Moody Theological Seminary. Ryan and his wife, Jenny, have three children and live in California.
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| 0:00.0 | Do you really believe that God is good? |
| 0:04.0 | I mean, that he has your best interest in mind? |
| 0:07.0 | I mean, even when circumstances and relationships are really, really hard, |
| 0:12.0 | well, stay with me. You won't want to miss today's message. |
| 0:16.0 | Welcome to this edition of Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram. |
| 0:21.6 | Our mission is to inspire Christians to be genuine followers of Jesus and to empower them to be active disciple makers on our world. |
| 0:29.6 | Have you ever found yourself wrestling with a challenging question, Chip posed? |
| 0:33.6 | Perhaps you've faced a painful experience in the past. |
| 0:36.6 | Or entering one right now, which has caused you to ask, |
| 0:40.3 | God, why me? |
| 0:41.6 | Or where are you? |
| 0:43.3 | Well, if you've been there, this broadcast will encourage you. |
| 0:46.1 | Today we're featuring Chip's wife, Teresa Ingram's powerful testimony. |
| 0:50.4 | Now, some of you may have heard bits and pieces of her story before, |
| 0:53.8 | but this program is different. |
| 0:55.1 | A few years ago, she sat down with her son, Ryan Ingram, at his church in San Jose, California, |
| 1:00.6 | and shared her entire testimony in a genuine and vulnerable way. |
| 1:05.1 | So I really think what you're about to hear will deeply inspire your soul. |
| 1:09.1 | So without any further delay, let's dive into today's program, |
| 1:12.5 | beauty from ashes. You know, as I studying and wrestling with the goodness of God, I was talking to a |
| 1:22.1 | friend and she said, you know, yes, God is good, even when all evidence points to the contrary. |
| 1:28.7 | A.W. Tozer and his classic knowledge of the holy, we've been traveling through that, |
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