How to Give God What He Wants the Most

Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast

Living on the Edge

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 9 March 2026

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

What does God want from you? When you boil it all down, what is God looking for from you and me? Chip reveals the one thing that God is looking for from his children.

Introduction: “Risk, reason, and the decision-making process” –Excerpt from Harvard Business Review

Case Study #1 – John’s Civil War Coins

Case Study #2 – Sheila’s Picasso

Questions to ponder:

What are the risks?
What are the potential rewards?
What would you do?
Why?

Three Principles:

Truth – What is true about the issue?
Knowledge – Have you educated yourself about the issue?
Faith – Do you believe it to the point of action?

Case Study #3 – Ancient Treasure -Mat. 13:44-46

Thesis – Total surrender is the CHANNEL through which God’s best and biggest blessings flow.
Definition – “Total commitment is the alignment of one’s motives, resources, priorities, and goals to fulfill a specific mission, accomplish a specific task, or follow a specific person.” -Webster’s Dictionary
Spiritual Insight – Through which lens do you view total commitment? Positive vs. Negative

The Problem: What does total commitment look like in our relationship with God? How does it work?

The Answer: Romans 12:1

The Command: “OFFER your bodies”

The Motivation: “The MERCY of God”

The Reason: “Spiritual act of WORSHIP.”

What does He want most?

He wants you!
All that you are and all that you have fully surrendered to Him.

Why surrender to His Lordship? -Ps. 84:11

Because total surrender is the channel through which God’s best and biggest blessings flow.

The Question: Are you ALL IN?

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0:00.0	This is the Chip Ingram Sermon podcast, brought to you by Living on the Edge.
0:06.8	In this podcast, you'll hear Chip's teaching unedited and from beginning to end.
0:13.0	Well, here's Chip Ingram with today's message, how to give God what he wants the most.
0:18.1	If I ask you kind of over a cup of coffee, where did your spiritual journey really
0:23.1	begin as an adult? What would you tell me? Where were you? What were the circumstances? For me,
0:30.6	it was the night I graduated from high school. After being with some friends at a party, I realized I was a workaholic.
0:40.5	I had academic success.
0:43.5	My dream of a basketball scholarship was in hand.
0:47.3	I was all league in baseball.
0:49.9	I had a really pretty girlfriend.
0:53.3	And I sat alone and empty
0:57.0	and just wondering what in the world am I here for?
1:03.0	My little formula of success will make you happy didn't pan out.
1:10.0	I remember that night sitting on my bed, looking out my bedroom window, it was a very Success will make you happy didn't pan out.
1:20.7	I remember that night sitting on my bed, looking out my bedroom window, it was a very starry night, I remember, and I started asking the real questions that adults ask.
1:22.4	Why am I here?
1:26.4	Is there a God?
1:29.3	What's my purpose in life?
1:34.6	Is there more to life than just setting goals and achieving them?
1:39.7	And that night, although I had a lot of childhood prayers of, you know,
1:42.3	get me out of this jam and please help so and so,
1:45.7	and I prayed what I think was my first adult prayer.
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