ever had a situation that totally caught you off guard. I mean, it was so troubling, so painful,

so devastating. You said to yourself, or cried out loud, God, why? Why this? Why me? Why now? Why,

why? God, this isn't fair. If that's where you're at or someone you know, stay with me. God

has some help for you today. Welcome to this edition of Living on the Edge with

Chip Ingram. The mission of these daily programs is to intentionally disciple Christians through

the Bible teaching of Chip Ingram. For the past several broadcasts, we've been studying the

book of Nehemiah, learning how to overcome adversity, betrayal, and discouragement. But in this

program, Chip reveals that when those tactics fail, Satan gets really personal. So today as we

continue our series, keep pressing ahead. Chip will help us build up our defenses against these

attacks. And be sure to stick around after this teaching as Chip shares deeper insights to guide us

in this area. You won't want to miss it. If you have a Bible now, go to Nehemiah chapter 6 for

Chip's talk, facing personal attack. I was having breakfast with some very old friends, known for

20 years, been very close. And you know, the kind of friends that are, you know, come to your kids,

weddings, and become, you know, aunt and uncle. And we've gone way back. And I could tell that the

man was really wrestling with something. And, you know, normally what's great about our friendship

is I'm just Chip. I'm not pastor this or that. And we're just tight. And he said, you know, I got a

question I need to ask you and had those tones like, put your pastor hat on, put your theological

hat on because I'm wrestling with something. I kind of know the right answer, but I like your

thoughts on it. I'm beginning to tell a story about one of his older sons, godly man, godly

husband, has been greatly used in his church, high integrity. But he's been working on a business

for, you know, 10, 15 years. And just at the point he gets to the breakthrough, literally something

bizarre happens. I mean, bizarre. So it's a very unique business where he grows tropical fish and

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