He Holds Me Forever - Teddy Bear Hugs from Above, Part 1
Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast
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🗓️ 10 May 2024
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
One of the things we know about Jesus, He was practical. He told the disciples to feed a crowd and then provided the food. He taught about grace and then rescued a woman caught in adultery. He taught about serving one another, and then died on the cross, as the ultimate sacrifice. Practical love is powerful. In this program, Theresa Ingram brings a message about the practical love of Christ that meets you right where you are - when you need it the most.
Main Points
We reflect the heart of God as we love one another:
- We are commanded to love one another. - 1 John 2:7-8
- Our love for one another is proof that we belong to Christ. - 1 John 2:9-11, 1 John 3:10, 1 John 3:14
- God's love is poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit. - 1 John 4:7-13
- We are to love others as Christ loved us. - 1 John 3:16
- Love for others is expressed by actions, not by mere words. - 1 John 3:17-18
- Love for others is a choice we make, not always a feeling. - 1 John 3:23
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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 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 | Have you ever seen a little child hold their very first teddy bear? |
| 0:05.0 | It's a touching moment to see that little kid pull that warm fuzzy stuffed animal |
| 0:10.6 | into their arms. It's pure, it's unashamed love. Did you know that God |
| 0:15.4 | cherishes you and me just like that? Today I'm turning the mic over to my wife |
| 0:20.7 | Teresa as she talks about that kind of love and how were to love others |
| 0:24.9 | with the same tenderness and experience it ourselves. |
| 0:28.2 | Stay with me. |
| 0:31.2 | Welcome to this edition of Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram. |
| 0:35.0 | We are a discipleship-driven ministry on a mission to encourage Christians everywhere to live like |
| 0:40.0 | Christians. |
| 0:41.0 | And what a heartwarming picture Chip just painted of God's very personal love for each of us. |
| 0:46.0 | And as we've learned so far in this series, he holds me forever, nothing can separate us from that love. |
| 0:52.0 | Today our guest teacher Theresa Ingram will help |
| 0:54.7 | us better grasp that idea so if you're ready let's settle in for her message. |
| 0:59.1 | Teddy Bear hugs from above. This was a time when I was really lonely. |
| 1:06.0 | And I did okay during the days because they were full. |
| 1:12.0 | I went to work and so I would be at work all day and during the week and I was busy with taking care of my kids in the evening and so my days were full but then the weekends would come and I would just get so lonely that was the hardest time I was a new believer and I was just beginning to grow |
| 1:36.1 | spiritually, just beginning to attend church on a regular basis and I was becoming acquainted with a few Christian people, but all my friendships |
| 1:46.8 | were people that I worked with. |
| 1:48.8 | And so all my friends were built around the work week, but when the weekends came, the Friday evening |
| 1:57.6 | came, I had two whole days ahead of me by myself and the reality of being alone, the reality of being a |
| 2:07.0 | single mom I was really hard. It was hard to face and the ache in my heart that I felt at being rejected by my husband, a feeling |
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