Teach Them to Suffer Well, Part 1

Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast

Living on the Edge

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 9 December 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Suffering is unavoidable. How we view it changes us. Chip shows how to turn suffering into a tool God uses to make us the people we long to be.

Life’s race: The problem isn’t running the race, but passing on the baton. -1 Cor. 9, 2 Cor. 4

Five core values we must pass on to the next generation

1. Suffer well

2. Work unto the Lord

3. Manage their wealth wisely

4. Make wise decisions

5. Live grace-filled lives

Transferable Concept #1: Teach them to SUFFER well.

A theology of suffering

Life is hard, but God is GOOD! -Jn. 16:33, Ps. 84:11
Life is unjust, but God is SOVEREIGN! -Lk. 13, Ro. 8:28
Old Testament roots -Ge. 37-50
Biblical profiles: Joseph, Jesus
New Testament command -1 Pt. 2:21-23

How to grow through suffering

1. Teach them to face it; to identify what they are CONCERNED about

2. PRAY honestly about it

3. Help them to share WHERE they are suffering with someone they trust

4. Help them align specific SCRIPTURE with their specific situation

Life message: SUFFERING is normal!

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0:00.0	Today on Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram.
0:04.0	Let me ask you, how will your kids or your grandkids remember you?
0:10.0	What will you give them that will last forever that will never fade away?
0:14.0	How do you leave a legacy that lasts forever?
0:17.0	That's today. Stay with me.
0:19.0	Yes, most of us have estate plans to pass along to our families once we die.
0:24.9	But here's the question, have we invested equal energy into transferring what truly matters,
0:30.0	our faith, and our values?
0:32.0	Today, on Living on the Edge, Chip Ingram tackles the first and most critical lesson,
0:36.6	teaching those we love to suffer well.
0:39.6	You see, in a fallen world, suffering isn't a question of if, it's a question of when.
0:45.2	And how our children, grandchildren, and disciples respond will either make them or break them.
0:51.1	Before Chip begins, I'll remind you about the exciting match that's active right now.
0:55.7	And through the deadline on December 31st, you can have twice the impact by giving generously
1:00.9	during this match period. And we'll share more details later. Right now with his first message
1:06.0	in the series called Leaving a Legacy that lasts forever. Here's Chip Ingram.
1:10.9	Well, I want to start our little journey out together, if you will, with a hypothetical
1:16.4	but morbid set of questions. How's that? All right? It's hypothetical, but these are morbid
1:24.4	questions. The hypothetical situation is this, but I want you to really do it with me. I don't
1:30.1	you to, you know, lean back and go, well, it's hypothetical. I want you to sort of engage and say to
1:34.7	yourself, here's the hypothetical situation, if you knew, with absolute certainty that you would
1:42.1	die exactly 365 days from today. Okay, have you got it? Exactly 365
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