Today on Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram.

Everywhere I go, I hear the same thing.

There's a leadership crisis in the church. Pastors are hurting. Church leaders are hurting.

What's it look like to be a leader of the church of Jesus Christ? How do you do it? It's never been

more difficult to lead, so we want to help leaders grow.

That's today.

Leadership in the church has never been more under fire.

And the qualifications Paul lays out in 1st Timothy 3 couldn't be more countercultural.

Today, Chip Ingram opens Chapter 3 and asks, if you set your heart on being a godly man or woman,

what would that actually look like? I'm Dave Drewie, and this is Living on the Edge. We're in a series

called You Can Make Disciples, personal coaching from the Apostle Paul. And let me remind you that all

of these Bible teachings can be found or shared online at living on the edge.org.

Well, now here's Chip with today's message titled, Step In.

So we're in Chapter 3, 1st Timothy, learning from the Apostle Paul, life coaching.

Big takeaway, and tip number one is that everybody needs a coach, you've got to step up.

And we all have to ask what's that look like in our life.

Second, you've got to step down.

Got to become men that are strong by kneeling, praying, surrendering our rights, our way, our agenda, and experiencing God's supernatural power

to bring about change. Tip number three, coaching tip number three, is if you aim at nothing,

you'll hit it every time, right? So I remember going out as a little kid, I eight years old and we had a we had a lawnmore

and you know they used to have the handles and then there was a little bar and i wasn't big enough to

reach the handles like this but i could take the bar and so i mean it took me forever but i'm i'm

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