Love Gives, Part 1
Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast
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🗓️ 2 February 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Chip begins this series, from the book of Philippians, Chapter 2, by telling us Christ's command for us to love one another means we are to live in authentic, Christ-empowered unity. The question is - how? Join Chip as he embarks on the journey to answer that question.
Introduction: “What’s going on?”
- One of God’s greatest joys is to see His children LOVE EACH OTHER.
- A prayer that only you can answer -John 17
- Paul commands what Jesus prayed -Philippians 2:1-2
Structure of passage:
The context
- Conflict without - Philippians 1:29-30
- Conflict within -Philippians 4:2
The command
- Live in authentic, Christ-empowered unity -Philippians 2:1-2
The structure
- If you have any encouragement in Christ,
- If any comfort from His love.
- If any fellowship with the Spirit,
- If any tenderness and compassion… - Philippians 2:1
Then make my joy complete by…
- Being of the same mind
- Maintaining the same love
- United in spirit
- Intent on one purpose. -Philippians 2:2
The Platinum Rule:
- “Do unto others as God has already done unto you.”
How to become a more loving person:
- Choose to declare war on SELFISHNESS -Philippians 2:3
- Attack the root of the problem… PRIDE -Philippians 2:3
- Choose to PRACTICE HUMILITY daily by putting others’ needs and interests ahead of your own -Philippians 2:4
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| 0:00.0 | Today on Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram. |
| 0:14.5 | Would you like to become a more loving person? |
| 0:17.5 | And by the way, is there someone in your life right now that's hard to love? |
| 0:21.5 | Well, stay with me. |
| 0:22.6 | Help is on the way to deliver on those two things. |
| 0:27.3 | Is there a relationship in your life that's broken? |
| 0:30.2 | Maybe it's an unresolved conflict with a family member, a former business partner, or someone at church. |
| 0:36.2 | I'm Dave Drury, and today on Living on the Edge, |
| 0:38.6 | Chip Ingram launches a powerful series called Choosing Love, a daily decision that changes everything. |
| 0:45.3 | In today's message, Chip reveals why God's greatest joy is seeing his children love one another. |
| 0:50.3 | If you're ready to transform your most important connections, this message is for you. |
| 0:55.0 | Well, here's Chip Ingram with a message titled, Love Gives. |
| 0:59.0 | One of God's greatest joys is to see his children love each other. |
| 1:05.0 | Isn't that amazing? The God of heaven, the God that created the stars, the God who made us, the God |
| 1:12.3 | who sent God the Son to die in our place, one of his greatest, greatest joys is when we love one |
| 1:19.3 | another. And, you know, I know as a parent, I mean, isn't that true for those of you that are |
| 1:24.5 | parents? I had twin boys, and Trees and I have sons that are parents, I had twin boys. |
| 1:32.5 | And Trees and I have sons that are twins, and Eric and Jason, and they're five minutes apart. |
| 1:36.8 | I mean, for the first 18 years of their life, I mean, at times they dressed the same. |
| 1:40.3 | They had, you know, the same classes, the same room, the same everything. |
| 1:42.4 | Did they fight? |
| 1:48.0 | I mean, I mean, fought. I mean, to the point of, I mean, I mean fought. I mean to the point of, I mean physical. |
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