Teach Them to Work Unto the Lord, Part 1
Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast
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🗓️ 11 December 2025
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Summary
How to help your child choose a career? Chip explains that, according to Scripture, the right job is less about money, power, or location.
Transferable Concept #2: Teach them to WORK unto the Lord.
A theology of work:
- Work is a CALLING, not a job
- All work is SACRED. -1 Cr. 10:31
- Our work is to flow from God’s unique design and PURPOSE for our lives. -Ep. 2:10, 1 Cr. 15:10
- Old Testament roots: Gen. 2:15
- Biblical profiles: Adam, Paul
- New Testament command: Col. 3:23
How to help them discover God's calling for their lives. Ask…
1. What's your unique S.H.A.P.E.?
- Spiritual gifts
- Heart
- Aptitude
- Personality
- Experience
2. Encourage them to get honest, WISE COUNSEL about who you are, where you fit, and how to move forward. -Pr. 24:6
3. Help them be willing to move out of their COMFORT ZONE to fulfill their divine purpose. -Hb. 11:6
Life message: You were CREATED for a special work!
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| 0:00.0 | Today on Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram. |
| 0:04.0 | If there was one thing that you could teach, if you could pass on to your kids that would ensure their success in school, |
| 0:11.0 | and their work, and any future job they ever had in life, would you want to know what it is? |
| 0:17.0 | Well, that's today on Living on the Edge. Stay with me. |
| 0:27.8 | Today's younger generation faces a paralyzing dilemma to pursue their passion or chase a paycheck, |
| 0:34.3 | get that college degree or learn a trade, follow their heart or follow the money. Well, the pressure to figure it all out has never been more intense or more confusing. |
| 0:38.6 | Today, on Living on the Edge, Chip Ingram cuts through the cultural noise with a radically different approach. |
| 0:44.7 | Forget the tired advice about just being happy or climbing the corporate ladder. |
| 0:49.7 | God's design for work is far more revolutionary and fulfilling than any alternative. So how do we help |
| 0:56.7 | our kids to embrace this plan? After all, the majority of their waking hours can become a source |
| 1:02.2 | of genuine joy rather than mere drudgery. And after Chip's message, we'll explain how you can |
| 1:07.9 | participate in the groundbreaking double your impact match that's active |
| 1:12.2 | right now. More details later. Right now, the message from Chip Ingram is called, |
| 1:17.1 | Teach them to Work onto the Lord. 60 to 80% of a person's waking hours on this planet is consumed |
| 1:27.1 | with an activity called work. Now, that work can be at home, |
| 1:32.7 | but it's work. Now, think of that. If you're not sleeping or eating, 60 to 80 percent of your waking |
| 1:41.0 | hours your entire life, you're doing this thing called work. |
| 1:46.7 | And so I want to ask you to ponder three questions with me before we talk about what we want |
| 1:51.8 | to pass on to those we love the most. And whether that's who we're disciplling or our men's group, |
| 1:56.1 | our women's group, our kids, our grandkids, three questions to really think about when we begin to talk about |
| 2:03.1 | this area of work. Question number one is how can you help those you love the most live |
| 2:11.0 | above the daily grind? I mean, let's go back to our little analogy where we say, if you knew |
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