How to Make This Year Different

Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast

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Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 2 January 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Frustrated by a lack of progress? Chip shares why dependency, not determination, is the key to the lasting change you desire.

Threefold practice for change:

Look BACK
Look UP
Look forward

Key areas to evaluate:

Relationship with the Lord
Most important relationships
Physical health
Other relationships
Work / Career / Education
Personal ministry
Emotional health

Set spiritual priority -Mt. 6:33

Get in shape spiritually

Don’t go it alone -Ec. 4:12b; Pro. 13:30

Abide in Christ -John 15:5

Refuse to rely on sheer willpower, habits, and hacks.

Final thoughts

Refuse to COMPARE yourself with other people. -2 Cor. 10:12
Refuse to be a PEOPLE pleaser. -Lk. 16:15; Gal. 1:10

Conclusion

Evaluate
Look back
Look up
Prioritize

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0:00.0	Today on Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram.
0:04.0	What could make this year different than all those other years where you set goals, tried really hard, but little or nothing changed?
0:15.0	Well, that's today on Living on the Edge, and I've got some good news, some practical news. And if you want to see
0:22.2	some change this year, I'm going to tell you, I think the Lord has given me some help. It'll
0:27.1	really help you. Stay with me.
0:28.7	We're just days into a brand new year and already the gym memberships are signed. The diets
0:36.2	have started and the ambitious goals
0:38.5	are written down.
0:40.1	But here's the hard truth, most of those resolutions will be abandoned by February.
0:45.9	So what will make 2026 different?
0:48.5	What will make this year stand out from all the rest?
0:51.4	On today's edition of Living on the Edge, Chip Ingram reveals it's not about trying harder
0:56.3	or having more willpower.
0:58.1	It's about applying biblical principles that actually work,
1:01.8	principles that set the stage for God to do his best work in us,
1:05.7	transforming our hearts from the inside out.
1:08.9	Chip titled today's message,
1:10.3	How to Make This Year Different.
1:12.1	Well, as we open the program, I asked that question, what will make this year different than
1:17.7	last year?
1:19.1	Or for some of you, maybe the last few years.
1:22.7	Because what we all know is that people are going to sign up for the gym.
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