I Choose Joy - Understanding the Power of Expectations, Part 2
Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast
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🗓️ 30 August 2024
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Chip wraps up this series by explaining how the power of expectations can transform ordinary people into people of great faith. He tells us that through the joy Christ offers, we have the supernatural ability to live far above our circumstances.
Main PointsKEY #4: Expectation - What are my expectations? -Philippians 1:27-30
What does God expect?
- Consistent conduct -Philippians 1:27a
What does"consistent conduct" look like?
- Stand firm = Don't give up
- Contending = Don't give in
- Not frightened = Don't shrink back
What can we expect from God?
- 2 Gifts = Granted - a privilege or "gracious gift" AND Struggle - Conflict, suffering, persecution
Understanding God's gift of suffering
Six possible reasons we suffer:
- My sin -Galatians 6:7-8
- Others' sins -Psalm 49:1
- Spiritual attack -Job, Ephesians 6
- Fallen world -Luke 13
- Spiritual disicipline -Hewbrews 12
- Spiritual development -2 Corinthians 12:9-10
Chip Ingram’s passion is helping Christians really live like Christians. As a pastor, author, and teacher for more than three decades, Chip has helped believers around the world move from spiritual spectators to healthy, authentic disciples of Jesus by living out God’s truth in their lives and relationships in transformational ways.
About Living on the EdgeLiving on the Edge exists to help Christians live like Christians. Established in 1995 as the radio ministry of pastor and author Chip Ingram, God has since grown it into a global discipleship ministry. Living on the Edge provides Biblical teaching and discipleship resources that challenge and equip spiritually hungry Christians all over the world to become mature disciples of Jesus.
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| 0:00.0 | Did you know that God has two amazing gifts for you? I mean gifts that we rarely |
| 0:06.9 | think about or even consider as gifts, but when you think and hear and ponder and digest these two gifts, |
| 0:15.0 | it absolutely changes your perspective |
| 0:18.0 | and gives you the power to live with joy, |
| 0:21.0 | even in the midst of great adversity. |
| 0:22.8 | Stay with me. |
| 0:23.8 | Thanks for joining us for this edition |
| 0:28.4 | of Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram. |
| 0:31.2 | Chips are Bible Teacher |
| 0:32.4 | for this International Teaching and discipleship ministry focused |
| 0:35.9 | on helping Christians live like Christians. Today we'll wrap up our series I Choose Joy. |
| 0:41.6 | For the past several programs we've been exploring God's desire |
| 0:45.9 | for us to experience authentic joy even through the most demanding and |
| 0:50.2 | frustrating times of life. We hope you've been encouraged by this study in Philippians Chapter 1 |
| 0:56.0 | and to help others find refreshment and strength from it, |
| 0:59.0 | take a minute after this message and share it, |
| 1:02.0 | either through the Chippingramap or by downloading the free MP3s that |
| 1:06.0 | you'll find at living on the edge.org. |
| 1:10.1 | Okay, here's Chip with the remainder of his talk, understanding the power of expectations. |
| 1:15.2 | He picks up on the last phrase of Philippians, chapter 1, verse 27. |
| 1:20.0 | Let's dive in. |
| 1:22.0 | Contending for the faith it's about our beliefs |
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