WEBVTT 00:00:01.199 --> 00:00:03.839 We have never been more connected digitally, 00:00:03.960 --> 00:00:08.339 and yet we've never felt more deeply alone. Loneliness 00:00:08.339 --> 00:00:12.380 is an epidemic. Today we want to discover why 00:00:12.380 --> 00:00:18.219 and how that gets solved. Stay with me. Thank 00:00:18.219 --> 00:00:20.719 you for being with us for this edition of Living 00:00:20.719 --> 00:00:23.559 on the Edge with Chip Ingram. Chip serves as 00:00:23.559 --> 00:00:25.719 our Bible teacher for this global teaching and 00:00:25.719 --> 00:00:28.140 discipleship ministry, helping Christians develop 00:00:28.140 --> 00:00:31.010 an authentic faith. Well, in just a minute, we'll 00:00:31.010 --> 00:00:33.590 wrap up our message, The Longing for Home, taught 00:00:33.590 --> 00:00:36.450 by our guest speaker, Ryan Ingram, lead pastor 00:00:36.450 --> 00:00:38.729 at Awakening Church in San Jose, California. 00:00:39.030 --> 00:00:41.289 Last time, Ryan explained how the perfection 00:00:41.289 --> 00:00:44.189 Adam and Eve enjoyed in the Garden of Eden was 00:00:44.189 --> 00:00:46.789 only a glimpse of what awaits us in heaven someday. 00:00:47.149 --> 00:00:49.289 Today, he'll continue to walk through the four 00:00:49.289 --> 00:00:52.229 ways our hearts ache to be reunited with God 00:00:52.229 --> 00:00:55.179 and our eternal home. But before we begin, if 00:00:55.179 --> 00:00:57.259 this is your first time listening to Living on 00:00:57.259 --> 00:00:59.240 the Edge or you want to learn more about what 00:00:59.240 --> 00:01:04.040 we do, go to livingontheedge .org. You'll find 00:01:04.040 --> 00:01:06.900 resources on tons of topics and countless programs 00:01:06.900 --> 00:01:10.040 to enjoy. Or if you prefer, the Chip Ingram app 00:01:10.040 --> 00:01:12.500 is also a great way to get plugged in with our 00:01:12.500 --> 00:01:15.420 ministry. Well, if you have a Bible, go again 00:01:15.420 --> 00:01:18.060 to Genesis chapter 2 as we dive into the remainder 00:01:18.060 --> 00:01:22.340 of Ryan Ingram's powerful message. We live in 00:01:22.340 --> 00:01:26.500 a transient, ever -changing world. Fast -paced, 00:01:26.620 --> 00:01:32.019 non -stop. We move more than any other time in 00:01:32.019 --> 00:01:34.180 human history. In fact, millennials and Gen Z 00:01:34.180 --> 00:01:36.719 move than any previous generation. The average 00:01:36.719 --> 00:01:41.340 millennial moves every two years. Psychologists 00:01:41.340 --> 00:01:45.859 say of this time and age that there is a rootlessness. 00:01:47.689 --> 00:01:50.269 A constant sense of disconnection leading to 00:01:50.269 --> 00:01:53.989 anxiety and depression. We swap cities, careers, 00:01:54.209 --> 00:01:57.049 communities, hoping the next one will finally 00:01:57.049 --> 00:02:01.609 be it. We do this relationally. Love immediately 00:02:01.609 --> 00:02:05.810 wants it to be permanent, doesn't it? Like when 00:02:05.810 --> 00:02:09.110 you start to fall in love, you want to love forever. 00:02:11.289 --> 00:02:13.430 In fact, we do this with friendships. It's a 00:02:13.430 --> 00:02:18.340 BFF. It's best friends forever. We were made 00:02:18.340 --> 00:02:25.759 to be with God and with each other. You're hardwired. 00:02:25.800 --> 00:02:29.620 Our hearts desperately long for the withness. 00:02:30.639 --> 00:02:34.879 You know, friends are rare these days. Not because 00:02:34.879 --> 00:02:37.340 they've diminished importance, but because we've 00:02:37.340 --> 00:02:41.879 increased in speed. We fill our lives with noise, 00:02:42.039 --> 00:02:46.090 screen, and schedules. But what we crave is real 00:02:46.090 --> 00:02:52.969 embodied presence. And the entire arc of the 00:02:52.969 --> 00:02:57.349 Bible is all about restoring the presence we 00:02:57.349 --> 00:03:01.229 lost in Eden. Like we were created to walk with 00:03:01.229 --> 00:03:07.169 God in the cool of the day. The withness. And 00:03:07.169 --> 00:03:11.129 so the entire arc of the Bible moves us that 00:03:11.129 --> 00:03:15.009 direction. Of intimacy and presence lost and 00:03:15.009 --> 00:03:21.469 God working his way to be the with us God. I 00:03:21.469 --> 00:03:24.349 mean, we sing the songs about Emmanuel at Christmastime. 00:03:24.409 --> 00:03:27.090 Guess what? That's true not just then. It's true 00:03:27.090 --> 00:03:30.750 all year long. Like there would be one who comes 00:03:30.750 --> 00:03:34.669 that is God with us. That has been God's heart 00:03:34.669 --> 00:03:37.930 and longing from the beginning. And Jesus steps 00:03:37.930 --> 00:03:43.379 into history. Fully God, fully man, with us. 00:03:44.560 --> 00:03:48.680 And what was Jesus' final promise to his disciples 00:03:48.680 --> 00:03:56.460 before he ascended? And behold, I am with you, 00:03:56.560 --> 00:04:01.560 even to the end of the age. Think about this. 00:04:01.639 --> 00:04:05.719 Your greatest need is to be fully known and fully 00:04:05.719 --> 00:04:15.120 loved. Fully knows everything about you. Nothing 00:04:15.120 --> 00:04:21.660 is hidden from him. Every secret thought, every 00:04:21.660 --> 00:04:26.660 emotion, everything that you think if I showed 00:04:26.660 --> 00:04:29.240 to someone else, they would reject me. He knows 00:04:29.240 --> 00:04:32.759 all of it. And he said, I'm coming for you. Not 00:04:32.759 --> 00:04:34.480 I'm coming to get you. That's how we hear it. 00:04:34.500 --> 00:04:38.730 I'm coming for you. I'm coming for you. That's 00:04:38.730 --> 00:04:42.670 not what he did. Love compelled him. Love compelled 00:04:42.670 --> 00:04:44.930 him. Love compelled him. Love compelled him. 00:04:44.949 --> 00:04:47.370 Love compelled him. Love compelled him towards 00:04:47.370 --> 00:04:49.870 you. Love compelled him towards you. He looked 00:04:49.870 --> 00:04:52.029 at all of you and his heart breaks that you're 00:04:52.029 --> 00:04:55.209 not with him and that you're living in the brokenness 00:04:55.209 --> 00:04:58.209 of that. And love compelled him towards you. 00:04:59.529 --> 00:05:03.810 You are fully known and fully loved. And that's 00:05:03.810 --> 00:05:09.329 the reason Jesus came. Our hearts ache. For permanence. 00:05:10.269 --> 00:05:13.029 Because we were created for a home that lasts. 00:05:14.149 --> 00:05:17.870 Our hearts egg for presence because we were created 00:05:17.870 --> 00:05:23.829 to be with God and each other. And believe it 00:05:23.829 --> 00:05:28.759 or not, our hearts egg for pleasure. There's 00:05:28.759 --> 00:05:32.180 these aches and longings inside of us, and somewhere 00:05:32.180 --> 00:05:34.579 along the way, we got the idea that pleasure 00:05:34.579 --> 00:05:37.100 is bad, that following Jesus means white -knuckling 00:05:37.100 --> 00:05:39.560 our way through life, denying our every desire. 00:05:40.060 --> 00:05:42.819 By the way, Eden wasn't just functional, it was 00:05:42.819 --> 00:05:46.040 pleasurable. It was meant to be enjoyed, Genesis 00:05:46.040 --> 00:05:48.819 2 .9. And the Lord God made all kinds of trees 00:05:48.819 --> 00:05:50.759 grow out of the ground, trees that were pleasing 00:05:50.759 --> 00:05:53.060 to the eye, good for food. In the middle of the 00:05:53.060 --> 00:05:55.540 garden were a tree of life and the tree of knowledge 00:05:55.540 --> 00:05:57.519 of good and evil. By the way, you know what Eden 00:05:57.519 --> 00:06:05.279 means? Delight. The garden of delight. Now, it 00:06:05.279 --> 00:06:10.639 was pleasure without perversion. It was love 00:06:10.639 --> 00:06:15.879 without distortion. It is almost impossible for 00:06:15.879 --> 00:06:19.279 us to fathom the beauty and the wonder of that 00:06:19.279 --> 00:06:24.180 reality. It was love without strings attached, 00:06:24.399 --> 00:06:27.120 without self -interest. It was pleasure without 00:06:27.120 --> 00:06:32.699 manipulation or somehow using somebody for your 00:06:32.699 --> 00:06:35.819 own good. It was the garden of delight. Why? 00:06:35.980 --> 00:06:39.889 Because we were made for joy. Psalm 1611 says, 00:06:40.050 --> 00:06:43.029 you make known to me the path of life. In your 00:06:43.029 --> 00:06:46.910 presence, there is fullness of joy. At your right 00:06:46.910 --> 00:06:50.230 hand are pleasures forevermore. The egg for pleasure 00:06:50.230 --> 00:06:56.790 is actually an egg for God. C .S. Lewis would 00:06:56.790 --> 00:06:59.470 say it this way. It seems that our Lord finds 00:06:59.470 --> 00:07:02.990 our desires not too strong, but too weak. We 00:07:02.990 --> 00:07:04.730 are half -hearted creatures fooling about with 00:07:04.730 --> 00:07:07.149 drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy 00:07:07.149 --> 00:07:10.810 is offered. Like an ignorant child who wants 00:07:10.810 --> 00:07:13.269 to go on making mud pies in a slum because he 00:07:13.269 --> 00:07:16.209 cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of 00:07:16.209 --> 00:07:21.470 a holiday at sea, we are too far easily pleased. 00:07:22.029 --> 00:07:28.550 And the presence of God is fullness of joy. See, 00:07:28.610 --> 00:07:31.189 the great lie that we believe in is somehow God 00:07:31.189 --> 00:07:37.250 is holding out on me. No good thing, Scripture 00:07:37.250 --> 00:07:43.430 says, do I withhold from those I love. Heartaches 00:07:43.430 --> 00:07:49.290 for permanence, for presence, for pleasure. You're 00:07:49.290 --> 00:07:51.930 listening to Living on the Edge. We'll get back 00:07:51.930 --> 00:07:54.170 to our series, The Longing for Home, in just 00:07:54.170 --> 00:07:57.189 a minute. But first, if this teaching has ministered 00:07:57.189 --> 00:07:59.430 to you, consider becoming a monthly partner. 00:07:59.750 --> 00:08:02.490 Your regular financial support goes a long way 00:08:02.490 --> 00:08:05.029 to help us encourage pastors, create resources, 00:08:05.329 --> 00:08:09.170 and share Jesus with today's youth. Visit livingontheedge 00:08:09.170 --> 00:08:12.389 .org to learn how to support us. Well, with that, 00:08:12.389 --> 00:08:14.629 here again is our guest teacher, Ryan Ingram. 00:08:15.870 --> 00:08:18.870 The final egg of home is the heartaches for peace. 00:08:20.170 --> 00:08:24.290 In Hebrew, it's the word shalom. Shalom is more 00:08:24.290 --> 00:08:28.089 than just the absence of strife and chaos or 00:08:28.089 --> 00:08:34.009 conflict. It's the presence of wholeness, that 00:08:34.009 --> 00:08:38.990 all is well, everything as it should be. Genesis 00:08:38.990 --> 00:08:42.549 2 .15 says, the Lord God took man and put him 00:08:42.549 --> 00:08:47.570 in the garden of Eden. If you're carefully following 00:08:47.570 --> 00:08:49.929 along in the notes, you'll notice in 2 .8, it's 00:08:49.929 --> 00:08:54.309 almost like a restatement. But in verse 15, that 00:08:54.309 --> 00:08:57.889 word put is a different word than earlier. That 00:08:57.889 --> 00:09:01.889 word means a place of rest and safety, dedication 00:09:01.889 --> 00:09:05.950 in God's presence. In a world of chaos, confusion, 00:09:06.450 --> 00:09:11.529 uncertainty, brokenness, and conflict. We often 00:09:11.529 --> 00:09:14.289 feel fragmented, overworked, stressed, striving, 00:09:14.409 --> 00:09:17.149 always on. The inbox never stops. The pressure 00:09:17.149 --> 00:09:21.990 never lifts. The mind never slows. The heart 00:09:21.990 --> 00:09:25.690 aches for peace, like the sense of well -being 00:09:25.690 --> 00:09:30.549 that all is as it should be. Why? Because we're 00:09:30.549 --> 00:09:36.190 made for wholeness. We want that shalom, that 00:09:36.190 --> 00:09:44.029 peace. That safety of home where all is as it 00:09:44.029 --> 00:09:48.789 should be, no worry. And in the midst of our 00:09:48.789 --> 00:09:51.450 stress and our chaos, our uncertainty, Jesus 00:09:51.450 --> 00:09:55.389 offers a better way. And he says, come to me. 00:09:56.370 --> 00:10:02.870 Come to me. Are you weary? Are you burdened? 00:10:03.889 --> 00:10:11.230 Come to me. Are you lonely? Come to me. Is your 00:10:11.230 --> 00:10:18.909 heart aching? Come to me. Are you grieving? Come 00:10:18.909 --> 00:10:24.009 to me. Are you confused? Come to me. Are you 00:10:24.009 --> 00:10:29.309 doubting? Come to me. Are you struggling right 00:10:29.309 --> 00:10:34.570 now and wandering through life? Come to me. And 00:10:34.570 --> 00:10:41.220 I'll give you rest. I'll give you shalom. All 00:10:41.220 --> 00:10:47.120 of us have this God -sized hole within us, this 00:10:47.120 --> 00:10:51.700 ache that nothing else can satisfy, and Jesus 00:10:51.700 --> 00:10:54.720 invites us and says, I am the wholeness that 00:10:54.720 --> 00:11:01.419 your heart needs. Come to me. Take my yoke upon 00:11:01.419 --> 00:11:05.940 you. Learn from me. I'm gentle and humble at 00:11:05.940 --> 00:11:12.179 heart. You'll find rest. for your soul. We spend 00:11:12.179 --> 00:11:15.460 our days looking for something or someone to 00:11:15.460 --> 00:11:18.360 fill the ache of our soul, to bring wholeness 00:11:18.360 --> 00:11:23.000 to our life, to mend the brokenness that we cover 00:11:23.000 --> 00:11:28.600 up from everyone else. So what do I do with the 00:11:28.600 --> 00:11:33.899 ache within me? C .S. Lewis once again wrote 00:11:33.899 --> 00:11:38.700 these words, if I find in myself desires which 00:11:38.700 --> 00:11:42.539 nothing in this world can satisfy, the only logical 00:11:42.539 --> 00:11:47.279 explanation is I was made for another world. 00:11:49.220 --> 00:11:53.240 We are all spiritually homesick, friends. We 00:11:53.240 --> 00:11:56.460 all have an ache, a God -sized hole that only 00:11:56.460 --> 00:12:00.179 he can fill. And the home my heart aches for 00:12:00.179 --> 00:12:06.320 is not just a place, but a person. And Jesus, 00:12:06.399 --> 00:12:09.779 after he said that he goes to prepare a place 00:12:09.779 --> 00:12:14.080 for us, told his disciples, I am the way. I'm 00:12:14.080 --> 00:12:19.679 the way back home. I am the truth. I am the truest 00:12:19.679 --> 00:12:23.720 thing, the part of your soul that you've been 00:12:23.720 --> 00:12:28.039 longing for. I am life itself. No one comes to 00:12:28.039 --> 00:12:34.059 the Father except through me. You were made for 00:12:34.059 --> 00:12:40.340 Eden. You were made for God. And Jesus, Jesus 00:12:40.340 --> 00:12:42.919 is the way back home, and he is home itself. 00:12:44.980 --> 00:12:46.840 As we close, I just want to share a story. I've 00:12:46.840 --> 00:12:49.120 shared it a few times before. Most of you have 00:12:49.120 --> 00:12:52.000 heard it. Years ago, it was on a Sunday morning. 00:12:52.059 --> 00:12:54.519 I was getting up early to prepare. I was going 00:12:54.519 --> 00:12:57.059 to head to a coffee shop. I come out of my door, 00:12:57.100 --> 00:13:00.809 and I see my neighbors. there's a guy standing 00:13:00.809 --> 00:13:02.990 next to it, leaning up against it. At first, 00:13:03.009 --> 00:13:04.769 I thought it was my neighbor, Jerry. He's a construction 00:13:04.769 --> 00:13:08.909 guy. And so I thought, okay, he's up early. But 00:13:08.909 --> 00:13:11.210 then I noticed it's not him. Now I'm afraid somebody's 00:13:11.210 --> 00:13:14.549 breaking into Jerry's truck. And so I hop in 00:13:14.549 --> 00:13:17.570 my car to pull right up alongside him because 00:13:17.570 --> 00:13:20.669 if he really is breaking into the car, I don't 00:13:20.669 --> 00:13:22.789 want to be like, well, I want a fast getaway. 00:13:22.830 --> 00:13:24.370 Let's just say that. I want to call the cops 00:13:24.370 --> 00:13:27.850 and just go. I pull up to him and the guy's leaning 00:13:27.850 --> 00:13:30.440 against it. And he's got his phone. And I just 00:13:30.440 --> 00:13:34.840 go, hey, man, you OK? He kind of ignores me. 00:13:34.879 --> 00:13:37.539 He's fit on with his phone. And I ask again, 00:13:37.899 --> 00:13:43.000 like, hey, man, you OK? Then I realized maybe 00:13:43.000 --> 00:13:45.899 I'm asking the wrong question. And so I said, 00:13:46.039 --> 00:13:52.159 hey, man, do you know where you're at? And I 00:13:52.159 --> 00:13:54.179 guess he had called his girlfriend. And he's 00:13:54.179 --> 00:13:58.059 like crying. He's like, I. believe you guys left 00:13:58.059 --> 00:14:01.299 me. I've been wandering all night long, and there's 00:14:01.299 --> 00:14:04.960 this nice man talking to me. Apparently, he was 00:14:04.960 --> 00:14:09.240 at some party, you know, was drunk, walked outside, 00:14:09.399 --> 00:14:12.080 got lost, wandered the wild streets of Willow 00:14:12.080 --> 00:14:15.220 Glen all night long, and he was freaked out by 00:14:15.220 --> 00:14:17.759 himself, and he's talking to his girlfriend. 00:14:19.659 --> 00:14:21.960 And then he says this line, no lie, it's pretty 00:14:21.960 --> 00:14:25.769 funny. He says, There's this nice man talking 00:14:25.769 --> 00:14:29.730 to me. I think he's sent from God. I'm like, 00:14:29.789 --> 00:14:37.350 well, I am a pastor. And so I looked at him and 00:14:37.350 --> 00:14:44.549 said, do you need a ride home? He's like, yeah. 00:14:45.230 --> 00:14:50.690 Come on, get in the car. And as we got in the 00:14:50.690 --> 00:14:55.250 car and we're driving. We started to have a conversation. 00:14:56.009 --> 00:15:00.629 He began to just say this line over and over 00:15:00.629 --> 00:15:07.250 again. I can't believe you found me. You saved 00:15:07.250 --> 00:15:12.570 me. And you're bringing me home. Like, you found 00:15:12.570 --> 00:15:16.789 me. I was lost. I was scared. And you found me. 00:15:18.029 --> 00:15:22.379 And you didn't just find me. You saved me. And 00:15:22.379 --> 00:15:28.000 now you're bringing me home. And the truth is 00:15:28.000 --> 00:15:31.259 the ache of our soul, there's so many of us that 00:15:31.259 --> 00:15:33.820 we just feel like we've been wandering in life 00:15:33.820 --> 00:15:36.440 and we're lost and we're just going through the 00:15:36.440 --> 00:15:39.500 motions and we just are desperate for somebody 00:15:39.500 --> 00:15:43.860 to find us. And Jesus says, I've come to find 00:15:43.860 --> 00:15:49.340 you. I've come, I've come, I've come. I came 00:15:49.340 --> 00:15:54.720 to seek and save that. which is lost. And then 00:15:54.720 --> 00:15:57.320 there's just this reality for our hearts where 00:15:57.320 --> 00:15:59.980 we got to realize that at some point we don't 00:15:59.980 --> 00:16:02.139 need help and we don't need advice. We need to 00:16:02.139 --> 00:16:09.019 be saved. We settle for advice, friends. We settle 00:16:09.019 --> 00:16:13.279 for self -help, minor tweaks to try to modify 00:16:13.279 --> 00:16:16.159 our lives to get better. And at some point we 00:16:16.159 --> 00:16:23.909 got to say, I can't, but he can. And then the 00:16:23.909 --> 00:16:31.590 invitation, he had to get in the car. And you're 00:16:31.590 --> 00:16:41.470 bringing me home. What if the ache, the longing 00:16:41.470 --> 00:16:49.409 of your heart isn't a design flaw? What if it's 00:16:49.409 --> 00:16:58.320 pointing you home? What if it's leading you to 00:16:58.320 --> 00:17:03.259 the one you are made for? The one who can fill 00:17:03.259 --> 00:17:10.579 the egg. The one who came for you. As we close, 00:17:10.700 --> 00:17:15.119 I just would love for you to pray with me. And 00:17:15.119 --> 00:17:17.500 the truth is, there's so many in this room who 00:17:17.500 --> 00:17:20.779 are far from God and feel like, I don't feel 00:17:20.779 --> 00:17:26.329 like I can come back to him. And today, His words 00:17:26.329 --> 00:17:33.130 are come to me. And then it's better than that. 00:17:33.170 --> 00:17:36.470 I came for you. And there's those that you're 00:17:36.470 --> 00:17:39.329 just like that young man sitting by the car and 00:17:39.329 --> 00:17:44.509 you've just been wandering. There's been an ache 00:17:44.509 --> 00:17:48.960 and a hole you can't quite fill. And you've never 00:17:48.960 --> 00:17:52.539 said yes to Jesus. You've never experienced his 00:17:52.539 --> 00:17:56.180 grace, his mercy, his life, his hope, his peace, 00:17:56.299 --> 00:18:01.740 his wholeness. And this is the moment. This is 00:18:01.740 --> 00:18:05.740 the moment where you say yes and you experience 00:18:05.740 --> 00:18:11.259 new life erupting inside of you. If that's where 00:18:11.259 --> 00:18:13.000 you're at, would you pray with me this simple 00:18:13.000 --> 00:18:25.359 prayer? Oh, Jesus, I ache. I have a longing and 00:18:25.359 --> 00:18:28.599 I feel like I've been wandering and I'm hurting 00:18:28.599 --> 00:18:35.859 and I need you. I believe you came for me. You 00:18:35.859 --> 00:18:40.519 died for me. You rose again from the grave for 00:18:40.519 --> 00:18:49.099 me to bring me home. to bring life. So today, 00:18:49.240 --> 00:18:52.299 Jesus, would you come and make your home in my 00:18:52.299 --> 00:18:59.599 heart? Would you come and make me new? Before 00:18:59.599 --> 00:19:02.279 we go any further today, could you relate to 00:19:02.279 --> 00:19:05.880 the empty and belonging feeling that Ryan described 00:19:05.880 --> 00:19:10.380 today? Maybe you've chased money or sex or career 00:19:10.380 --> 00:19:13.579 or prestige. But if you're really honest, today 00:19:13.579 --> 00:19:15.839 you realize you haven't found what you're looking 00:19:15.839 --> 00:19:19.359 for. Nothing will fill that hole in your heart 00:19:19.359 --> 00:19:23.680 other than the person of Jesus. And in the great 00:19:23.680 --> 00:19:27.019 fall where sin entered, it broke everything. 00:19:27.559 --> 00:19:30.319 And Jesus wants you to know that when he died 00:19:30.319 --> 00:19:33.799 on the cross, he paid for your sin, all of it. 00:19:34.059 --> 00:19:36.940 And it is a gift to you, but like every gift, 00:19:37.000 --> 00:19:40.619 it must be received. Can I encourage you, even 00:19:40.619 --> 00:19:42.579 if you're in your car and have to pull off the 00:19:42.579 --> 00:19:46.319 road and get some composure, at this moment say, 00:19:46.400 --> 00:19:50.099 Lord Jesus, I believe. You're the answer to my 00:19:50.099 --> 00:19:53.940 life. I admit that I have sinned. And on this 00:19:53.940 --> 00:19:57.079 day, I ask you to forgive me for all my sins 00:19:57.079 --> 00:20:01.500 based on your work for me on the cross. Lord, 00:20:01.539 --> 00:20:03.779 your word says you're standing at the door and 00:20:03.779 --> 00:20:06.319 knocking at my heart, and that if I would open 00:20:06.319 --> 00:20:08.539 the door, you would come in and you would live 00:20:08.539 --> 00:20:11.980 with me, and I with you, and it would be forever. 00:20:12.259 --> 00:20:15.740 And so at this moment, I ask you, Lord Jesus, 00:20:15.880 --> 00:20:19.200 come into my life and help me to walk with you 00:20:19.200 --> 00:20:22.779 and experience your grace. Satisfy the deepest 00:20:22.779 --> 00:20:25.839 longings in my heart until I see you face to 00:20:25.839 --> 00:20:29.509 face in heaven. Amen. And if you just prayed 00:20:29.509 --> 00:20:31.730 that with me, could I encourage you to text or 00:20:31.730 --> 00:20:34.470 call the greatest Christian you know and tell 00:20:34.470 --> 00:20:37.390 them what you just did. And then go to our website, 00:20:37.690 --> 00:20:42.950 livingontheedge .org, and there's some information 00:20:42.950 --> 00:20:46.250 that we'll give you absolutely free to help you 00:20:46.250 --> 00:20:49.549 walk in your new life with the Lord Jesus. Welcome 00:20:49.549 --> 00:20:52.670 to the family. Thanks, Chip. Well, if you prayed 00:20:52.670 --> 00:20:55.130 to receive Christ, we do have a free resource 00:20:55.130 --> 00:20:57.410 we'd like to put in your hands that was created 00:20:57.410 --> 00:21:00.809 specifically for new believers. This tool will 00:21:00.809 --> 00:21:03.029 help you understand what it means to trust in 00:21:03.029 --> 00:21:06.250 Jesus and what to do next. Request this free 00:21:06.250 --> 00:21:15.059 resource by calling 888 -333 -6003 Then clicking 00:21:15.059 --> 00:21:17.759 the New Believers button. That's livingontheedge 00:21:17.759 --> 00:21:23.500 .org or call 888 -333 -6003. Let us help you 00:21:23.500 --> 00:21:26.200 get started in your faith journey. Well, Chip's 00:21:26.200 --> 00:21:28.519 still with me in studio. And Chip, for the past 00:21:28.519 --> 00:21:31.039 several weeks, we've asked our listeners to partner 00:21:31.039 --> 00:21:33.299 with us in the work we're involved in all around 00:21:33.299 --> 00:21:35.740 the world. And now that our mid -year match is 00:21:35.740 --> 00:21:37.740 over, you wanted to say something to everyone. 00:21:38.039 --> 00:21:40.960 Well, Dave, I just wanted to pause. I mean, to 00:21:40.960 --> 00:21:42.880 really pause and tell you from the bottom of 00:21:42.880 --> 00:21:46.440 my heart. Thank you. You know, every time a person 00:21:46.440 --> 00:21:49.160 makes a financial gift, a spiritual transaction 00:21:49.160 --> 00:21:52.500 occurs. In other words, something actually happens 00:21:52.500 --> 00:21:56.259 in a person's heart. And I speak to those of 00:21:56.259 --> 00:21:59.380 you who gave. You gave. You responded. You invested 00:21:59.380 --> 00:22:01.319 in Living on the Edge. And I want you to know 00:22:01.319 --> 00:22:03.900 that as you've invested, we're going to invest 00:22:03.900 --> 00:22:06.799 in the lives of people here and all around the 00:22:06.799 --> 00:22:10.599 world. It really matters. And we are super grateful. 00:22:11.230 --> 00:22:13.990 Thank you, each one of you who prayed and said, 00:22:14.029 --> 00:22:16.430 Lord, what do you want me to do? And then you 00:22:16.430 --> 00:22:18.930 followed his lead. The final numbers will be 00:22:18.930 --> 00:22:21.089 on our website as soon as we get all the mail 00:22:21.089 --> 00:22:24.130 that comes in. But I just want to say thank you. 00:22:24.150 --> 00:22:27.029 Thank you so very much for hearing from God, 00:22:27.210 --> 00:22:29.750 responding to God, and for being so generous. 00:22:30.360 --> 00:22:34.000 Amen. Well, we truly celebrate every gift we've 00:22:34.000 --> 00:22:36.160 received and are excited to see how God will 00:22:36.160 --> 00:22:39.000 use it to motivate Christians to live like Christians 00:22:39.000 --> 00:22:41.680 everywhere. So from the entire staff here at 00:22:41.680 --> 00:22:43.980 Living on the Edge, thank you for your support. 00:22:44.279 --> 00:22:46.700 As we close, do you want to deepen your connection 00:22:46.700 --> 00:22:49.460 to God amid your busy life? Then take Chip with 00:22:49.460 --> 00:22:52.640 you by subscribing to our daily podcast. With 00:22:52.640 --> 00:22:55.119 a few simple taps on your phone, you can access 00:22:55.119 --> 00:22:57.480 the full -length versions of our latest series. 00:22:58.109 --> 00:23:00.490 And if you're always on the go, download a handful 00:23:00.490 --> 00:23:03.089 and listen to them at your own pace. Let us help 00:23:03.089 --> 00:23:05.930 you grow your faith. Search for Living on the 00:23:05.930 --> 00:23:09.509 Edge with Chip Ingram today on Apple Podcasts, 00:23:09.509 --> 00:23:11.990 Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. 00:23:12.549 --> 00:23:14.589 Well, thanks for listening to this edition of 00:23:14.589 --> 00:23:17.450 Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram. I'm Dave 00:23:17.450 --> 00:23:19.549 Brewey, and I hope you'll join us again next 00:23:19.549 --> 00:23:19.789 time.