How To Overcome Personal Stagnation, Part 2
Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast
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🗓️ 22 January 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Newlyweds, a promotion, a new house, a baby - new things, new experiences are great aren’t they? But eventually the shine comes off and life falls into the same routine. Would you like to know how to keep the joy and the wonder in your work and relationships? Then join Chip as he shares how you can overcome personal stagnation.
All living things are either growing or dying.
- Growth is exciting!
- Growth comes from God!
- Growth is not automatic!
- Growth is difficult!
- Growth can be stymied, thwarted, stagnated, and retarded!
7 Keys to Personal Growth:
People Who Grow . . .
- Live daily with the END IN VIEW. -Matt 5:48; Eph 4:13; Rom 8:29
- Make a PERSONAL COMMITMENT to grow. - Luke 9:23-25; 1 Tim 4:7-8
- Value PROCESS more than event. -Heb 5:11-14
- Cultivate stimulating RELATIONSHIPS. -Heb 10:24-25; Pro 13:20
- Choose to become progressive RISK-TAKERS. -Heb 11:6; Luke 6:38
- Leverage life’s HARDSHIP. -James 1:2-4
- Make time for SOLITUDE and SILENCE. -Mark 1:35
Developing a Plan for Your Personal Growth:
- Make a commitment to grow TODAY!
- PRIORITIZE the area of your growth!
- Take one specific step this WEEK!
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| 0:00.0 | Today on Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram. |
| 0:14.8 | Newly weds, a promotion, a new house, a new car, a new baby. |
| 0:19.5 | New things are great, aren't they? I love them, don't you? |
| 0:23.2 | But eventually the shine comes off and life falls into the same old routine. Are you tired of |
| 0:30.1 | new things getting old? Would you like something that lasts that gives purpose and life and meaning? |
| 0:36.6 | That's what we're going to talk about today. |
| 0:40.4 | Without risk, there's no faith. |
| 0:42.8 | Without faith, there's no change. |
| 0:44.9 | Without change, there's no growth. |
| 0:47.3 | Most Christians play it safe, |
| 0:49.3 | staying comfortably stuck in their spiritual rut. |
| 0:52.2 | But God rewards those who step out in faith. |
| 0:55.0 | I'm Dave Drewie, and today on Living on the Edge, |
| 0:57.5 | Chip Ingram reveals why becoming a progressive risk taker is essential for spiritual growth. |
| 1:03.3 | In our series called Experience Breakthrough, |
| 1:06.0 | we're learning how to stop feeling confined by life's biggest barriers. |
| 1:10.0 | Today, Chip is giving us the key principles of growth, |
| 1:12.6 | including the one that makes most of us uncomfortable, |
| 1:14.6 | taking risks. |
| 1:16.6 | Well, here's Chip Ingram with his message on |
| 1:18.6 | how to overcome personal stagnation. |
| 1:21.6 | Would you like to learn how to break through |
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