I Choose Joy - Understanding the Power of Focus, Part 1
Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast
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🗓️ 21 August 2024
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
If you’re bummed out, struggling, things not going well, and you don’t know where to go, join Chip as he begins this series and shares how a divine equation can change your world.
Main PointsThe Divine Equation: C+P=E (Circumstance + Perspective = Experience)
KEY #1: Focus - Where is my focus? -Philippians 1:1-11
How to develop an upward focus -Philippians 1:3-6
- A choice = Gratitude
- An action = Prayer
- An Attitude - Confidence
Three observations about an outward focus -Philippians 1:7-8
- Difficult circumstances reveal our true affections.
- Living above our circumstances occurs when our hearts are so full of people, that there is no room for self pity.
- Sometimes God allows adverse circumstances to realign our affections!
How to develop an outward focus -Philippians 1:9-11
- Think about those who have loved you the most.
- Pray for those you think about the most.
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 | When you look at life and circumstances, do you tend to look at the positive, the upside, |
| 0:06.0 | or do you tend to look at the negative side? |
| 0:08.0 | You may not think it makes much difference, but after today's broadcast, you might learn it makes all the difference in the world. |
| 0:15.0 | Stay with me. |
| 0:17.0 | Welcome to this edition of Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram. |
| 0:21.0 | The mission of these daily programs is to intentionally disciple the choose Joy, based in the Book of Philippines. |
| 0:33.0 | For the next several programs, Chip's going to explain how we can develop a healthier |
| 0:36.4 | perspective toward our circumstances and choose Joy no matter what. |
| 0:41.3 | And if you haven't looked around our world recently, we all get |
| 0:44.2 | used some more joy, right? Well with that let's join Chip now as he kicks off |
| 0:48.0 | this series with his message understanding the power of focus. If you have a Bible go to Philippians chapter one. |
| 0:55.0 | You know, it's pretty easy to choose joy when things are going well, |
| 1:00.0 | but it is pretty tough to choose joy when circumstances are very very difficult. |
| 1:06.0 | And what we're going to learn in this series is that it really is a choice that God will give us everything that we need regardless of how devastating |
| 1:16.4 | the circumstances. Tell you what, when it's really, really hard, it's just easy |
| 1:20.9 | to look inward, to fall into self-pity and just watch your life spiral down. |
| 1:26.4 | And what we're going to learn it doesn't have to be that way but we're going to |
| 1:31.0 | talk about the power of focus. I brought a little pitcher of water and if we took a little contest and if I said is the pitcher half full or is the picture half empty? |
| 1:47.0 | The answer is yes, right? |
| 1:50.0 | Some people will spend their entire life no matter what's happening focused on what they don't have |
| 1:56.9 | What's wrong what they wish were better on and on and on with what they don't have, what God hasn't provided, and what they think |
| 2:06.8 | would bring joy and happiness. |
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