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Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast

How to Come to Grips with the Real You, Part 1

Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast

Living on the Edge

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

There are 3 questions everyone, regardless of culture, economic status, or even religious conviction will ask themselves. Who am I? Where do I belong? And what am I supposed to do? The answers to those questions may not be as difficult as you might suppose. Chip will reveals how you can begin to answer those questions for yourself.

Three questions we all ask ourselves:

  1. Who am I? (Identity)
  2. Where do I belong? (Security)
  3. What am I supposed to do? (Significance)

Why is it so hard to answer these questions?

  • Genesis 3:8-13

Three obstacles to getting right answers:

  1. Fear rooted in SHAME.
  2. Hiding rooted in INSECURITY.
  3. Blaming rooted in denial.

God’s Answers: Romans 12:3-8

  1. Who are you? -Romans 12:3
    • The Command: Think ACCURATELY about yourself.
  2. Where do you belong? -Romans 12:4-5
    • The Reason: You have a ROLE to fill.
  3. What are you supposed to do? -Romans 12:6-8
    • The Practice: Discover and DEPLOY your spiritual gift.

Never forget who you really are!

  1. God uniquely created you – you are ETERNALLY VALUABLE. -Psalm139:13-14
  2. God placed you in His family – you are UNCONDITIONALLY ACCEPTED. -Ephesians 3:19-22
  3. God gifted you to fulfill His purpose – you are IRREPLACEABLY SIGNIFICANT. -Ephesians 2:10

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0:00.0

Today on Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram.

0:14.5

There are three questions everyone will ask and answer in your lifetime.

0:20.0

Number one, who am I? Number two, where do I belong? And number

0:24.6

three, what am I supposed to do? Answering those questions clearly and correctly will set the

0:32.7

course for your entire life. Today, we're going to learn how to answer them well. Stay with me.

0:40.3

Why do most people spend their lives trying to be someone else? Well, today I'm living on

0:45.4

the edge, Chip Ingram addresses the three fundamental questions every human being asks,

0:50.8

Who am I? Where do I belong? What am I supposed to do? Using the story of Adam and Eve's

0:56.8

fall, Chip exposes three obstacles that keep us from honest self-assessment, shame, insecurity,

1:03.1

and denial. But there's hope. God offers a pathway to discover your authentic identity and purpose.

1:10.5

Well, here's Chip Ingram with today's message,

1:12.7

how to come to grips with the real you. Well, there's not a lot of things that psychologists and

1:18.7

theologians agree on 100%. But psychologists and theologians all agree that from the time

1:26.2

we're very small, actually until the day we die,

1:29.4

we begin to consciously or unconsciously try to ask and answer three questions.

1:35.3

Question number one, who am I?

1:38.1

Question number two, where do I belong?

1:41.0

And question number three, what am I supposed to do?

1:45.6

I mean, these are the issues about identity, about security, and significance. And we're on a journey. You know, you saw it. It's about

1:51.2

becoming a Romans 12 Christian or true spirituality. And at the end of the day, we can call it

1:56.8

all kind of different things. But Jesus made it very clear. Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, with all your strength, and love your neighbor like yourself.

2:08.8

And in Romans chapter 12, it just gives us a snapshot of what an authentic follower of Jesus looks like in everyday life.

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