Do you long for a deep, rich, I mean intimate relationship with a person of the

opposite sex that would actually last a lifetime? I mean that's God's plan, that's God's will, but talk about something

hard to navigate in our day. Well today I'm going to share with you how that can be your future.

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. We're nearing the end of our study in

Ephesians Chapter 5 and I pray Chip's teaching has challenged you to follow God's design for love, sex, and lasting

relationships instead of what the world offers.

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Okay here now is Chip with his talk,

wake up world, there's a better way to do relationships.

I want to share a experience I had, I just call it a night that I'll never forget. And it was one of those that changed the course of my life in this whole area of love and sex and lasting relationships.

Let me try and picture it.

We all have a handful of memories where it's literally like etched in the back of your brain and when you think of it you don't even

have to try and remember it the images are so clear because it was profound.

I was a sophomore in college I'd been a Christian about two years. I'd begin to read the Bible in the mornings and I got in the Bible study with some guys. I actually saw God radically changed my life and yet the biggest war raging in me was I

knew God wanted me to be sexually pure and I certainly didn't grow up thinking pure thoughts or viewing the other sex in appropriate ways.

And so after two years of walking with God, I was just in this midst of this battle.

And it was many of the kind of things I've heard from you. I've had people all

over after every service an hour or more and just tell me you know I really

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