Do you know anyone that's drifting away from Christ? Is there someone in your relational

network that you see disaster is on the horizon? How do you bring them back without coming

off as holier than the hell? That's what we're going to address today.

Welcome to this edition of Living on the Edge with Chipping Room. We are a discipleship-driven

ministry on a mission to encourage Christians everywhere to live like Christians.

And boychips diving into a really crucial topic today as he continues his series, Lift,

the awesome power of encouragement. So when we see someone spiritually drifting, where's

the line between being too judgmental or passive, showing tough love while not being overly

critical? Well, chips can help us find that perfect space where we can speak the truth

but do so with gentleness and kindness. And if you're in one of those conversations

right now, stick around after the teaching for some practical insights from Chip. I think

it'll help you. Well, if you have a Bible handy, go out of first Thessalonians chapter

three for Chip's message, how to rescue those in spiritual danger.

You ever feel between the rock and the hard place? You see someone that you haven't seen

around for a while and you think to yourself, boy, you know, I wonder how they're doing

spiritually and they've probably been out of town and then it's beyond they've been

out of town and you sense you really need to say something. But you think if I start

talking to people about why they haven't been around, why they didn't come to a Bible

study or a community group or haven't seen them at church, then they're going to think

I'm some holier than thou, Gestapo in their case. And who am I to do that? And so you

know what happens normally? We don't say anything. And we don't say anything then there's people

who God loves very deeply and He made us as a body and He made us as a body to love

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