Today on Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram. Do you long to feel close to God? I mean, you know

he loves you, but you're missing that emotional connection, that sense of his presence,

and you don't know how to break out of it. Well, I'm going to share today a spiritual practice

that God has designed to unlock your heart to create that intimacy or emotional

connection with him. So stay with me. You're not going to want to miss it.

Well, Christmas Day has come and gone. Family has returned home. The emotional spike has

subsided, and we're returning to a normal rhythm of life.

So how do we avoid a post-holiday funk that sometimes follows Christmas Day? Well, there's a secret

power that Jesus spoke about that transcends human wisdom. It's a doorway into intimacy with God

that cannot be accessed any other way, a friendship

so rich, so adventurous that it transforms everything we touch.

On today's edition of Living on the Edge, Chip Ingram describes a powerful biblical principle

that turns stewardship from burden into breathtaking adventure.

And later in the program, Chip and I will

explain how you can take advantage of the December match, allowing you to multiply the size and

impact of your donation at Living on the Edge.org. The deadline is quickly approaching on December 31st.

But right now, let's resume our study about the principle with secret

power. This is the principle that has secret power. I call it the oikonemia principle. Oikeo is a Greek word

for house. You can almost hear the word. We get our word for economy. Literally, the word has to do with being

a steward. It's translated of being a guardian. It's translated of being a manager. And the

or economy principle simply stated is, all that we are and all that we have belongs to God.

And he is temporarily entrusted to us to manage according to his wishes.

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