Planning - How to Strengthen Your Hope, Part 2
Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast
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🗓️ 16 February 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Theory’s great! But when it comes to facing another day of a marriage that feels stagnant, practical advice and proven methods are like gold. In this program, Chip shares some of the wealth he’s gained over the years - practices that have made the difference in his marriage -from the daily routine, to the long-term plan.
Biblical practices great marriages have in common:
- Love
- Hope
Jesus gives hope to His bride, the Church:
- John 14:1-21
- Hope is a picture of the future that says, what we are doing today is going to produce a better tomorrow.
Principles:
- Long-term planning provides HOPE and PERSPECTIVE to overcome short-term pain and challenges.
- Great plans provide a specific PATH and create HOPE for tomorrow and forever.
- Hope rises and falls with how we keep our PROMISES.
Practical implications:
- If you fail to PLAN, you plan to FAIL.
- If you don’t have a plan, you don’t have HOPE.
Tools for transformation:
1. Clarity
- You are a trophy of God’s grace – you share hope when you share your brokenness.
- Assignment: Add 10 years – see the goal, plan to get there.
2. Structure – work together on:
- Finances
- Calendars
3. If necessary, get outside help
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| 0:00.0 | Today on Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram. |
| 0:14.5 | You know, I came across a fascinating statement that changed the course of my marriage years ago. |
| 0:20.0 | Here it is. Without a plan, we have no hope. |
| 0:23.4 | Let me tell you, that truth made all the difference in the world of my marriage. We're going to learn |
| 0:29.0 | how to increase the hope in your marriage, and I'm going to give you some very specific tools |
| 0:33.6 | to help you build the kind of plan that will provide deep hope in your marriage. |
| 0:38.2 | Stay with me. |
| 0:39.3 | Where is your hope? Not just hope in general, but hope in your marriage, your family, your |
| 0:45.6 | future together. |
| 0:47.1 | I'm Dave Drewie, and today on Living on the Edge, Chip Ingram continues our series |
| 0:51.2 | called Choosing Love. |
| 0:53.1 | In this message, Chip reveals why planning isn't just |
| 0:55.8 | practical. It's biblical. Jesus told his disciples in John chapter 14, I go to prepare a place for you, |
| 1:02.7 | showing us that love makes plans and keeps promises. Today, you'll discover why hope rises and falls |
| 1:08.9 | based on the promises we keep. Now here's Chip Ingram with a message titled, Planning, How to Strengthen Your Hope. |
| 1:15.6 | Where's your hope in your marriage? |
| 1:18.6 | You have to have hope, and the way you have hope is you have to have a plan. |
| 1:23.6 | I mean, so can I just give you some, a couple principles, and then I want to get real |
| 1:29.0 | practical. Here's the principle. Long-term planning provides hope and perspective to overcome |
| 1:35.7 | short-term pain and challenges. Second, great plans provides a specific path and create hope for |
| 1:43.3 | tomorrow and forever. |
| 1:45.2 | Third principle is hope rises and falls with how we keep our promises. |
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