There is an awesome, powerful, untapped resource in the body of Christ.

It's the difference between people having a great day or a terrible day, and the word

is encouragement.

You want to learn how to speak life into those you love, stay with us and find out how.

Welcome to this edition of Living on the Edge with Chippingrup.

The mission of these daily programs is to intentionally disciple Christians through the

Bible teaching of Chippingrup.

And in just a minute, we'll begin his series, Lift the Awesome Power of Encouragement.

For the next several messages, Chips going to teach through the book of First Thessalonians,

unpacking the influence and necessity of encouragement in our lives and others.

For this first program, he's going to highlight four specific ways we can help someone out

of a hopeless situation.

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Okay, let's join Chip now as he kicks off this series with his talk, How to Help Others

Over Life's Humps from First Thessalonians Chapter One.

When you really talk about how to get over life's humps, there's a number of things

that you need.

But one of the most powerful, powerful things that God has ever given us is speech.

The power of an affirming word, given lovingly, authentically, as God leads, is absolutely

beyond what you can imagine.

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