I Choose Hope - Pursuing Hope, Part 1
Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast
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🗓️ 3 April 2023
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Summary
For many, finding hope in success, fame, or wealth has proven futile. For others, hope in a person has proved disappointing and painful. So, if you're looking for hope that actually delivers, where do you look? Join Chip to find out.
Introduction: Spirituality and the pursuit of hope
- For many, finding and experiencing lasting HOPE in external success, rewards, fame, and wealth have proved futile.
- For others, seeking lasting HOPE in a person or persons has proved painful and disappointing.
- As a result, the vast majority of people on the earth (all non-atheists) seek lasting HOPE via some pathway to spiritual development and maturity.
Question: How do we pursue HOPE in a world filled with pseudo-spirituality?
The Answer: Philippians 3:12-16
3 Takeaways concerning spiritual maturity:
- Spiritual maturity does not mean we are PERFECT (or will ever be in this life).Philippians 3:12
- Spiritual maturity does mean our lives are characterized by a PASSIONATE PURSUIT of knowing and becoming like Jesus. Philippians 3:13-14
- Spiritual maturity does mean our lives will exhibit significant SPIRITUAL PROGRESS within and without.Philippians 3:15-16
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| 0:00.0 | What is the pathway to true spiritual maturity? |
| 0:06.1 | Is it a special experience that once you have it, you become mature? |
| 0:10.6 | Or is it reading the Bible and praying longer than anyone else? |
| 0:14.2 | Or what if it's something completely different than all of that? |
| 0:18.7 | That's today. |
| 0:19.7 | Stay with me. |
| 0:22.5 | Welcome to this edition of Living on the Edge with Chipping Room. |
| 0:26.8 | The goal of this international discipleship ministry is to encourage Christians to really |
| 0:31.2 | live like Christians. |
| 0:32.8 | And that idea of authenticity and genuineness when it comes to following Jesus is where |
| 0:37.6 | chips headed in this program. |
| 0:39.8 | Now you may be asking, what does a mature Christian have to do with hope? |
| 0:43.4 | Well, today, chips are going to tell us as he continues his series, I choose hope. |
| 0:48.2 | But before we begin, let me encourage you to try using chips' message notes while you |
| 0:52.3 | listen. |
| 0:54.3 | We've been talking about finding hope, experiencing hope, and now we're going to talk about pursuing hope. |
| 1:17.3 | Open your Bibles to Philippians chapter 3. |
| 1:20.3 | We're going to look at verses 12 through 16 in just a minute. |
| 1:24.0 | But at the heart of finding hope is a spiritual pathway to God, some way of spiritual development |
| 1:31.6 | or spiritual maturity, that is what's going to give us lasting, deep hope. |
| 1:37.4 | And so there's a pursuit. |
| 1:39.7 | And what I want to do in our time here is I want to give you four examples because this |
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