Today on Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram.

Did you know that the happiest, healthiest, and most fulfilled people in the world all have one thing in common. Today we're going to learn

what that is and how we can make it a part of our lives. Welcome to Living on the Edge. I'm Dave

Drury. You know, most of us were never taught to think of generosity as a spiritual journey,

let alone one with measurable rewards, but Chip Ingram

is here to make the case that living generously may be the single most logical, most rewarding

way to arrange your entire life.

From the science of what generosity does to your brain, to what Moses asked God to show

him on the mountain, today's lesson will challenge everything you thought you knew about giving.

And later, Chip will share something important about our mid-year match you don't want to miss.

But first here's Chip Ingram with his message titled Understanding the Journey.

So I was a brand new pastor, super nervous.

And it was my first Easter, and so we knew the little church at 35 would probably mushroom to 50 people. And I was just, I mean, beside myself,

I couldn't sleep all night, and I'd worked on the message, and it still wasn't very good. And

so I went into the office about 4 a.m.

And 5.30 or so, the sun was coming up

and probably wasn't a really good plan,

but I so wanted to do a good job.

And then across the street was a small African-American church

where we've made some friends.

And I heard a car door slam,

and I thought, it's dawned, I wonder what's going on. And I saw a car door slam and I thought it's dawned and wonder what's going on and I saw a

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