Spiritual Simplicity - The Love Train - Get on Board!, Part 1

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🗓️ 1 September 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

You are someone’s answer to prayer. And the opposite of that is true as well. God has someone out there who is the answer to YOUR prayers.

How do you sustain spiritual simplicity?

Get on board the Love Train! - The love train is the Church of Jesus Christ

What’s life like on the Love Train? -- 2 Corinthians 5:14-21

Christ's love compels us (verse 14)
Our life focus changes (verse 15)
We get new eyes (verse 16)
We get new hope (verse 17)
We get a new responsibility (verses 18-19)
We get a new role (verses 20-21)

How It Really Works

Jesus' Command: Love God and love people—the marks of a mature disciple.

The Profile of a Disciple (Romans 12 Christian): Surrendered, Separate from the world, Sober self-assessment, Serving in love, Supernaturally responding to evil

Practices to Become a Romans 12 Christian:

BEFORE God (personal devotion)
IN Community (fellowship and support)
ON Mission 24/7 (living out faith daily)

The Process that Ignites Life Change:

"I'm all in!" (Overcoming fear of the future)
"You accepted me." (Overcoming fear of rejection)
"God used me." (Overcoming fear of failure)

A Call to All: "Get on Board!" (James 1:19-27)

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0:00.0	Simplify your life. We hear that a lot. Some of you've made some big decisions about simplifying your life.
0:08.0	But you know what? It erodes one week, two weeks, three weeks pretty soon. It's busy, busy, busy.
0:15.0	How do you sustain it? That's today.
0:18.0	Welcome to this edition of Living on the Edge That's today.
0:25.8	Welcome to this edition of Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram.
0:31.9	We are an international discipleship ministry devoted to helping Christians worldwide live out their faith for the glory of God and the benefit of all people.
0:35.1	Appreciate you being with us as we begin winding down our series, Spiritual Simplicity.
0:40.2	Throughout this study in 1 Corinthians 13,
0:42.6	Chip explained what it looks like
0:44.2	to prioritize love and declutter our lives.
0:47.6	So for these last couple of programs,
0:49.3	Chip will talk about the power of authentic community,
0:52.6	where we can experience genuine love despite our flaws
0:55.7	and build connections that will grow our faith. But before he teaches on that, let me encourage
1:01.2	you to download our message notes. Now, this is a practical tool available for every program,
1:06.2	that includes Chips Outline, the scripture he references, and more. Get them under the broadcasts tab at Living on the Edge.org.
1:15.1	At listeners, tap fill in notes.
1:18.0	All right here now is Chip with his talk, the love train.
1:21.0	Get on board.
1:22.2	If you have a Bible, Chip begins in 2nd Corinthians 5.
1:26.4	The big question that I'm wanting to ask and answer is how do you sustain spiritual simplicity
1:32.2	and every week we've had a song.
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