WEBVTT 00:00:01.199 --> 00:00:04.240 How do you have peace in a broken world, in times 00:00:04.240 --> 00:00:07.440 like this, when there's such uncertainty and 00:00:07.440 --> 00:00:11.339 such fear? Is it possible to have peace? The 00:00:11.339 --> 00:00:14.240 answer is yes. And today, I'll tell you how. 00:00:14.380 --> 00:00:19.600 Stay with me. Welcome to this edition of Living 00:00:19.600 --> 00:00:22.699 on the Edge with Chip Ingram. We are an international 00:00:22.699 --> 00:00:25.579 discipleship ministry devoted to helping Christians 00:00:25.579 --> 00:00:28.179 worldwide live out their faith for the glory 00:00:28.179 --> 00:00:30.940 of God and the benefit of all people. Today, 00:00:30.980 --> 00:00:33.079 Chip picks up in our study through Philippians 00:00:33.079 --> 00:00:35.820 chapter 4. And if you've missed any part of this 00:00:35.820 --> 00:00:39.679 series, I Choose Peace, catch up anytime at livingontheedge 00:00:39.679 --> 00:00:43.200 .org or wherever you listen to podcasts. Okay, 00:00:43.259 --> 00:00:45.280 there's a lot to get to, so grab your Bible as 00:00:45.280 --> 00:00:47.939 we join Chip for his talk in a broken world. 00:00:49.320 --> 00:00:51.340 Pick up your teaching notes. We're going to jump 00:00:51.340 --> 00:00:53.979 right in. And as we jump right in, I want you 00:00:53.979 --> 00:00:56.719 to really think about, I mean, pause. What's 00:00:56.719 --> 00:01:01.119 the greatest fear you're facing today? I mean, 00:01:01.140 --> 00:01:04.159 not some generic. You personally, your life, 00:01:04.239 --> 00:01:06.700 sitting here, what's the greatest fear you're 00:01:06.700 --> 00:01:12.500 facing? I want you to really name it. Fear of 00:01:12.500 --> 00:01:14.879 the future, fear of health, fear you'll never 00:01:14.879 --> 00:01:16.780 get married, fear of the marriage you'll never 00:01:16.780 --> 00:01:18.939 get any better, fear for one of your kids, fear 00:01:18.939 --> 00:01:21.239 about the economy, fear about politics, fear 00:01:21.239 --> 00:01:24.659 about racism. What is it? What is it that when 00:01:24.659 --> 00:01:27.890 you get knots in your stomach, What is it when 00:01:27.890 --> 00:01:29.890 you're just driving in your car and everything's 00:01:29.890 --> 00:01:32.670 quiet, your mind drifts to something, and all 00:01:32.670 --> 00:01:34.829 of a sudden you can feel the heart rate go up, 00:01:34.930 --> 00:01:36.870 the blood pressure starts to go up, and you begin 00:01:36.870 --> 00:01:39.370 to fixate on things, and you realize you're afraid? 00:01:40.150 --> 00:01:41.969 Here's what I want to ask you, second question. 00:01:42.909 --> 00:01:44.989 And I want you to think about this. Would you 00:01:44.989 --> 00:01:48.530 like to overcome that fear? And not casually, 00:01:48.650 --> 00:01:50.769 because the way to overcome it is not going to 00:01:50.769 --> 00:01:54.370 be an easy thing. But I want you to really think, 00:01:54.390 --> 00:01:57.060 and even say a little prayer to God. Some of 00:01:57.060 --> 00:01:58.640 us are afraid that one of our kids or one of 00:01:58.640 --> 00:02:00.739 our grandkids is going to be in an auto accident 00:02:00.739 --> 00:02:02.659 or we're not going to have enough money to live 00:02:02.659 --> 00:02:05.260 on as time goes on. Or, you know, we've all got 00:02:05.260 --> 00:02:09.539 fears. But Jesus said, my peace I give to you. 00:02:09.599 --> 00:02:12.740 Not as the world gives, but my peace I give to 00:02:12.740 --> 00:02:16.080 you. That's a promise. Isaiah would foretell 00:02:16.080 --> 00:02:19.520 God would keep those in perfect peace whose minds 00:02:19.520 --> 00:02:24.740 are focused or stayed on him. The most common 00:02:24.740 --> 00:02:28.419 command in Old and New Testament is fear not, 00:02:28.479 --> 00:02:31.240 be not afraid. And it's usually followed because 00:02:31.240 --> 00:02:35.099 I am with you. So how do you experience God's 00:02:35.099 --> 00:02:39.379 power and presence that eliminates fear in such 00:02:39.379 --> 00:02:42.580 a way that in the midst of storms, you're not 00:02:42.580 --> 00:02:47.810 a slave to fear? Because so many of us are. In 00:02:47.810 --> 00:02:49.889 order to discover that, I'm going to suggest 00:02:49.889 --> 00:02:52.469 that you need to understand how God has made 00:02:52.469 --> 00:02:55.990 and wired your mind and your emotions, how they 00:02:55.990 --> 00:02:58.669 work together. And when you do, and when you 00:02:58.669 --> 00:03:00.870 understand that, then you understand exactly 00:03:00.870 --> 00:03:04.870 what you need to do. Because yes, there are challenging 00:03:04.870 --> 00:03:06.710 things happening in the world, but I want to 00:03:06.710 --> 00:03:09.550 tell you how we think some of us are feeding 00:03:09.550 --> 00:03:13.259 our fears instead of starving them. And I'm going 00:03:13.259 --> 00:03:16.020 to talk this morning about starving your fear 00:03:16.020 --> 00:03:20.719 and feeding your faith. There's a study at the 00:03:20.719 --> 00:03:22.740 University of Tennessee a number of years ago. 00:03:22.879 --> 00:03:25.439 It was not very complicated. It was a 12 -year 00:03:25.439 --> 00:03:28.139 study. There was a control group that heard five 00:03:28.139 --> 00:03:30.699 minutes of a radio program with just benign information. 00:03:30.979 --> 00:03:33.439 There was an experimental group that heard five 00:03:33.439 --> 00:03:36.909 minutes of... Information that was all negative. 00:03:37.210 --> 00:03:39.969 You know, there was an earthquake in such and 00:03:39.969 --> 00:03:43.090 such a city. A child was abducted in Memphis. 00:03:43.270 --> 00:03:46.990 Just five minutes. No video, just five minutes. 00:03:47.629 --> 00:03:50.370 After 12 years, they did an evaluation of both 00:03:50.370 --> 00:03:54.270 groups to find out, was there any impact of five 00:03:54.270 --> 00:03:59.110 minutes of negative audio content over a 12 -year 00:03:59.110 --> 00:04:03.840 period? The results. The people in the experimental 00:04:03.840 --> 00:04:06.219 group were more depressed. They believed the 00:04:06.219 --> 00:04:08.580 world was a more negative place. They were less 00:04:08.580 --> 00:04:11.379 likely to help others. And they believed that 00:04:11.379 --> 00:04:13.520 those things that they heard over the last 12 00:04:13.520 --> 00:04:17.339 years would happen to them. Now, pause. Think 00:04:17.339 --> 00:04:20.279 about this. This isn't like an hour of the nightly 00:04:20.279 --> 00:04:25.339 news. This isn't like a three -hour movie. This 00:04:25.339 --> 00:04:28.000 isn't like in front of a screen, things blowing 00:04:28.000 --> 00:04:34.360 up. This is just five minutes of audio. We all 00:04:34.360 --> 00:04:37.680 know, right, that you are what you eat physically, 00:04:37.860 --> 00:04:42.439 right? We all know that. You know, it's sweets 00:04:42.439 --> 00:04:47.139 today and it's hips tomorrow, right? What I want 00:04:47.139 --> 00:04:50.379 you to get is that you are what you eat psychologically. 00:04:52.019 --> 00:04:54.639 Here's where science and scripture are in such 00:04:54.639 --> 00:04:57.379 an alignment. Three truths about our thinking. 00:04:57.519 --> 00:04:59.560 Number one, we're the product of our thought 00:04:59.560 --> 00:05:04.339 life. Who you are today is the product of your 00:05:04.339 --> 00:05:06.680 past thinkings. What you thought was true, what 00:05:06.680 --> 00:05:09.420 you think isn't true. Your focus, your decisions. 00:05:09.540 --> 00:05:12.680 It's your thought life. Proverbs 23, 7. I love 00:05:12.680 --> 00:05:15.399 the King James on this one. As a man thinketh, 00:05:15.420 --> 00:05:19.779 so is he, or so you become. As a man thinks in 00:05:19.779 --> 00:05:23.730 your heart. so you become. Second, our emotions 00:05:23.730 --> 00:05:28.329 flow from our thoughts. In other words, you think 00:05:28.329 --> 00:05:31.910 and it triggers your emotions follow your thoughts. 00:05:32.069 --> 00:05:34.449 Most of us make lots of decisions based on our 00:05:34.449 --> 00:05:36.649 emotions, but our emotions follow our thoughts. 00:05:36.810 --> 00:05:41.529 Scripture says, Romans 8, 6, for the mind set 00:05:41.529 --> 00:05:45.050 on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the 00:05:45.050 --> 00:05:50.550 spirit is, notice, life and peace. Third truth 00:05:50.550 --> 00:05:55.430 is that what we allow into our minds is the most 00:05:55.430 --> 00:05:59.550 important decision we make each and every day. 00:06:00.949 --> 00:06:03.730 What you think about, what you allow in your 00:06:03.730 --> 00:06:06.629 mind, what you watch, what you listen to, what's 00:06:06.629 --> 00:06:09.670 on the radio in your car, what you listen to. 00:06:10.319 --> 00:06:12.519 The conversations with people that you have, 00:06:12.639 --> 00:06:15.480 what you allow into your eye gate and your ear 00:06:15.480 --> 00:06:18.160 gate that seeps down into your soul, that gives 00:06:18.160 --> 00:06:20.360 you a perspective of what life is really about, 00:06:20.480 --> 00:06:23.639 is the most important decision you ever make 00:06:23.639 --> 00:06:28.319 each and every day. And pause. Parents, grandparents, 00:06:28.459 --> 00:06:32.879 you have no greater obligation than what you 00:06:32.879 --> 00:06:36.360 allow your kids to watch and hear. And every 00:06:36.360 --> 00:06:38.240 parent, or if you're a grandparent with a lot 00:06:38.240 --> 00:06:41.110 of kids in your house, in the appropriate kind, 00:06:41.490 --> 00:06:46.269 non -kamikaze, non -Nazi attitude, in a loving 00:06:46.269 --> 00:06:48.449 way, you need to know what's on their phones, 00:06:48.629 --> 00:06:50.529 you need to know exactly what they're watching, 00:06:50.730 --> 00:06:52.949 and you need to build a trust relationship, and 00:06:52.949 --> 00:06:54.769 you need to have certain filters. There is a 00:06:54.769 --> 00:06:57.910 world out there seeking to capture your sons' 00:06:58.050 --> 00:07:00.750 and daughters' hearts, and it happens when they're 00:07:00.750 --> 00:07:03.689 unsuspecting. It happened to one of my sons in 00:07:03.689 --> 00:07:05.649 high school, and actually one of my grandchildren 00:07:05.649 --> 00:07:09.730 just last year. Something popped up. And some 00:07:09.730 --> 00:07:13.290 predator came after a little girl. Thank God 00:07:13.290 --> 00:07:19.009 her parents are very diligent. So what goes into 00:07:19.009 --> 00:07:22.870 your mind is paramount. And what I want to encourage 00:07:22.870 --> 00:07:25.850 you is that what you allow to go in your mind 00:07:25.850 --> 00:07:29.370 in many ways is what is creating or feeding your 00:07:29.370 --> 00:07:33.199 fears. As you turn the page, The Apostle Paul, 00:07:33.379 --> 00:07:36.839 remember, he's speaking from a prison cell. His 00:07:36.839 --> 00:07:39.439 life is very challenging. It's very difficult, 00:07:39.439 --> 00:07:43.040 and yet he has this amazing peace. He's writing 00:07:43.040 --> 00:07:45.980 to this church that he loves very much, that 00:07:45.980 --> 00:07:48.000 has grown, and he has a wonderful relationship, 00:07:48.279 --> 00:07:51.759 and he's trying to help them live in peace, live 00:07:51.759 --> 00:07:55.660 with joy, live with love. And in the anxiety 00:07:55.660 --> 00:07:58.060 of the Roman world, in a world that is filled 00:07:58.060 --> 00:08:01.420 with violence, and injustice, especially for 00:08:01.420 --> 00:08:04.180 a follower of Christ. He writes to them, and 00:08:04.180 --> 00:08:06.240 he's going to teach them, this is how you can, 00:08:06.339 --> 00:08:10.060 you might underline in your notes, choose. You 00:08:10.060 --> 00:08:12.779 choose peace. It's a gift, but you've got to 00:08:12.779 --> 00:08:16.300 choose it in a very broken world, in a violent 00:08:16.300 --> 00:08:19.079 world, in an uncertain world. He says, finally, 00:08:19.160 --> 00:08:21.920 brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, 00:08:22.180 --> 00:08:24.879 whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever 00:08:24.879 --> 00:08:28.069 is lovely, Whatever is of good repute, if there 00:08:28.069 --> 00:08:30.449 is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, 00:08:30.670 --> 00:08:33.090 here's the first command, let your mind dwell 00:08:33.090 --> 00:08:36.110 on these things. I'd like to underline these 00:08:36.110 --> 00:08:39.009 key words. Underline the word true in your notes, 00:08:39.070 --> 00:08:44.990 honorable, right, pure, lovely, and then anything 00:08:44.990 --> 00:08:49.610 worthy of praise. And what he's saying is, there's 00:08:49.610 --> 00:08:53.029 a way to think about life, but this is how God 00:08:53.029 --> 00:08:55.129 wants you to think about life. And this kind 00:08:55.129 --> 00:08:56.970 of thinking is, we're going to learn what it 00:08:56.970 --> 00:08:59.090 means in a minute. This is what I want you to 00:08:59.090 --> 00:09:01.970 dwell on, to ponder, to meditate, to review, 00:09:02.169 --> 00:09:05.610 to fill your mind with. And then he's going to 00:09:05.610 --> 00:09:07.809 move from their thinking to their behavior. The 00:09:07.809 --> 00:09:10.970 things that you have learned and received, heard 00:09:10.970 --> 00:09:15.549 and seen in me. Here's the second command. Practice 00:09:15.549 --> 00:09:19.580 these things. Notice, they weren't just sitting 00:09:19.580 --> 00:09:21.820 in a room listening to the Apostle Paul. The 00:09:21.820 --> 00:09:23.580 things you learned, in other words, they had 00:09:23.580 --> 00:09:26.039 an appetite, they took it in, that you received, 00:09:26.100 --> 00:09:28.299 you actually applied it. The things you heard, 00:09:28.360 --> 00:09:30.460 they heard him talk, and you saw, they watched 00:09:30.460 --> 00:09:33.240 him model it. He says, I want you to practice 00:09:33.240 --> 00:09:36.019 the very kind of teaching and lifestyle that 00:09:36.019 --> 00:09:38.399 I had. And then very last line, he says, here's 00:09:38.399 --> 00:09:41.080 a promise. It's not the peace of God this time. 00:09:41.580 --> 00:09:44.759 What is it? The God of peace will be with you. 00:09:45.389 --> 00:09:48.070 In other words, the God of shalom, the God of 00:09:48.070 --> 00:09:50.330 blessing, the God who gives favor, the God who 00:09:50.330 --> 00:09:52.450 protects, the God who wants to give you the very 00:09:52.450 --> 00:09:54.990 best in life. Not just will he give you his peace, 00:09:55.090 --> 00:09:57.649 he'll be with you. And so here's what I want 00:09:57.649 --> 00:10:00.549 to do. This is one of the most important messages 00:10:00.549 --> 00:10:03.730 that I'll ever get to give anywhere at any time. 00:10:04.750 --> 00:10:08.529 Because think of this. I don't know if I'll be 00:10:08.529 --> 00:10:10.870 here two years or five years or ten years from 00:10:10.870 --> 00:10:14.350 now. But here's what I know about me. And here's 00:10:14.350 --> 00:10:16.429 what I know about you and every person watching 00:10:16.429 --> 00:10:20.690 this. You are the product of your thoughts. And 00:10:20.690 --> 00:10:23.490 we are casual with what we allow into our mind. 00:10:23.789 --> 00:10:26.649 And it is shaping your character. It's shaping 00:10:26.649 --> 00:10:29.429 your decisions. It's shaping your emotions. And 00:10:29.429 --> 00:10:32.730 if you and I would get very, very serious, he's 00:10:32.730 --> 00:10:35.070 going to give us six words. And I'm going to 00:10:35.070 --> 00:10:38.110 define each one. And then I've created a little 00:10:38.110 --> 00:10:41.649 question out of each one that you and I could 00:10:41.649 --> 00:10:44.840 say. If you took this seriously, before I let 00:10:44.840 --> 00:10:48.139 this in my eyes, in my mind, or in my heart, 00:10:48.259 --> 00:10:51.500 or in one of my kids or grandkids, or in my house, 00:10:51.620 --> 00:10:54.019 I'm going to ask one of these six questions. 00:10:54.200 --> 00:10:56.720 And if the answer is this is good, it comes in. 00:10:56.899 --> 00:10:59.080 And if the answer is it's bad, it doesn't. And 00:10:59.080 --> 00:11:02.659 here's the deal. You do that for 90 days, you 00:11:02.659 --> 00:11:05.799 will be shocked at your emotional health. You'll 00:11:05.799 --> 00:11:08.960 be shocked at the changes in your life. Because 00:11:08.960 --> 00:11:11.519 we've grown accustomed to allowing lots of stuff 00:11:11.519 --> 00:11:15.220 that disturbs your soul. Lots of lies that tell 00:11:15.220 --> 00:11:17.720 you that you don't measure up, that life is terrible, 00:11:17.799 --> 00:11:20.019 life is violent, life is uncertain, bad things 00:11:20.019 --> 00:11:22.080 are going to happen. And then you live in fear. 00:11:22.279 --> 00:11:24.200 And living in fear is the opposite of living 00:11:24.200 --> 00:11:29.080 in faith. So you ready to go? First command is 00:11:29.080 --> 00:11:32.320 to dwell on these things. The word means to think 00:11:32.320 --> 00:11:35.159 deeply, to review, to replay, to meditate, to 00:11:35.159 --> 00:11:39.440 talk about, to analyze. To ponder, to deduce. 00:11:40.440 --> 00:11:43.240 Colin Brown is sort of the expert in New Testament 00:11:43.240 --> 00:11:46.259 dictionary. And I love the one, the word is, 00:11:46.320 --> 00:11:48.740 are you ready? Listen to it. Logizomai. Can anybody 00:11:48.740 --> 00:11:54.840 hear English word logic? It's a word, he says, 00:11:54.840 --> 00:11:57.960 that's not unemotional or philosophical thought, 00:11:58.120 --> 00:12:01.600 but it's the very process of reasoning and the 00:12:01.600 --> 00:12:05.759 deduction which separates good from evil. It's 00:12:05.759 --> 00:12:08.700 dwelling on what you see, what comes on the screen, 00:12:08.899 --> 00:12:12.460 the email, the blog, and asking yourself, dwell, 00:12:12.720 --> 00:12:15.200 ponder. Here's, though, the things you want to 00:12:15.200 --> 00:12:18.080 dwell on. Number one, things that are true. This 00:12:18.080 --> 00:12:20.480 word means objectively true, that which conforms 00:12:20.480 --> 00:12:23.220 to reality versus things that are deceptive, 00:12:23.259 --> 00:12:30.039 illusions that promise peace and happiness. I 00:12:30.039 --> 00:12:31.340 want you to think about, okay, so what do you 00:12:31.340 --> 00:12:34.139 know is true? So it would be pondering and dwelling 00:12:34.139 --> 00:12:37.720 on scripture that's true. It'd be pondering on 00:12:37.720 --> 00:12:42.179 some truth about your life. This morning, I don't 00:12:42.179 --> 00:12:43.720 know if you all ever had this, do you ever just 00:12:43.720 --> 00:12:47.360 wake up and feel a bit negative and not know 00:12:47.360 --> 00:12:50.399 exactly why? Just kind of like semi -bummed out. 00:12:50.480 --> 00:12:52.659 I mean, I just taught this. I just taught this 00:12:52.659 --> 00:12:56.379 last night. You would think I would wake up chippy. 00:12:58.850 --> 00:13:01.870 And, you know, I mean, I laid in bed, and it 00:13:01.870 --> 00:13:05.450 was early, and just this sort of negative filter. 00:13:06.669 --> 00:13:09.230 And so I decided I would practice this, so I 00:13:09.230 --> 00:13:12.029 prayed through Psalm 23 a couple times slowly. 00:13:12.990 --> 00:13:15.370 And when I got done, I felt slightly less negative. 00:13:16.370 --> 00:13:18.610 And then I had this thought, you know, I've got 00:13:18.610 --> 00:13:21.250 to do these exercises for my back. I hate to 00:13:21.250 --> 00:13:24.230 do those. And so I decided, okay, I'm going to 00:13:24.230 --> 00:13:27.980 do that. And then so I thought, okay. Here's 00:13:27.980 --> 00:13:29.500 what I'm going to do. Whatever verse comes to 00:13:29.500 --> 00:13:31.720 my mind during all my exercises for 40 minutes, 00:13:31.840 --> 00:13:34.039 I quote it out loud. Passage, passage, passage, 00:13:34.220 --> 00:13:36.500 passage, passage. And then I decided, you know 00:13:36.500 --> 00:13:39.100 what? I'm going to declare what's true. I am 00:13:39.100 --> 00:13:42.840 the son of the living God. I have an inheritance 00:13:42.840 --> 00:13:45.759 from him. He's already reserved a place for me 00:13:45.759 --> 00:13:48.320 in heaven. He's deposited spiritual gifts in 00:13:48.320 --> 00:13:50.659 my life. I have his peace living in my heart. 00:13:50.759 --> 00:13:52.980 He has blessed me with a wife that is loyal and 00:13:52.980 --> 00:13:55.820 loves me. And I just started to declare out loud 00:13:55.820 --> 00:13:57.429 with verses all the time. the things that were 00:13:57.429 --> 00:14:02.970 true, and my emotions went, wow, just filled 00:14:02.970 --> 00:14:07.470 with gratitude. You have to focus on what is 00:14:07.470 --> 00:14:13.029 true. By contrast, there's lots of premises and 00:14:13.029 --> 00:14:15.809 lies that over time in our family of origin that 00:14:15.809 --> 00:14:19.370 we tend to believe in a book by Tommy Newberry. 00:14:20.000 --> 00:14:22.059 It's the 4 -8 principle. It's about this verse. 00:14:22.200 --> 00:14:25.120 He lists some things that we tend to unconsciously 00:14:25.120 --> 00:14:27.899 tell ourselves that produce emotions that are 00:14:27.899 --> 00:14:31.019 negative and often fear. Things like, I'll never 00:14:31.019 --> 00:14:33.639 be happy again. This is just the way it is. This 00:14:33.639 --> 00:14:35.659 probably won't work. You know, if I had more 00:14:35.659 --> 00:14:36.940 money, it wouldn't matter. I would just probably 00:14:36.940 --> 00:14:39.299 worry about it. I don't have what it takes. This 00:14:39.299 --> 00:14:41.419 always happens to me. Well, the honeymoon is 00:14:41.419 --> 00:14:43.759 officially over. He doesn't love me anymore. 00:14:44.019 --> 00:14:47.000 I'm not worthy. I'm just not very creative. My 00:14:47.000 --> 00:14:50.960 back is always going out. I like that one. I 00:14:50.960 --> 00:14:53.440 have to just accept my limitations. You know, 00:14:53.480 --> 00:14:55.519 I never say the right thing. That makes me so 00:14:55.519 --> 00:14:57.200 sick. If that happens again, I'm going to be 00:14:57.200 --> 00:15:00.840 so, so mad. We can't agree on anything. He doesn't 00:15:00.840 --> 00:15:03.019 find me attractive anymore. I just don't think 00:15:03.019 --> 00:15:05.840 I have what it takes. I always seem to blow it 00:15:05.840 --> 00:15:08.000 when it comes. I say the wrong things. Well, 00:15:08.080 --> 00:15:10.960 I guess that's a... Do you hear those things? 00:15:11.779 --> 00:15:15.779 Those are things that you and I tell ourselves. 00:15:17.139 --> 00:15:20.429 I don't measure up. This marriage will never 00:15:20.429 --> 00:15:23.389 get better. My kids, you know, my dad was like 00:15:23.389 --> 00:15:25.649 this. His grandfather was like this. I've got 00:15:25.649 --> 00:15:27.570 this addiction. I've tried hard. I just have 00:15:27.570 --> 00:15:31.210 to live with it. Here's the deal. If you think 00:15:31.210 --> 00:15:34.350 you can or if you think you can't, you're 100 00:15:34.350 --> 00:15:41.129 % right. Ponder that. You're the product of your 00:15:41.129 --> 00:15:44.669 thought life. And by the way, this is not positive 00:15:44.669 --> 00:15:46.830 thinking. All the positive thinking, there's 00:15:46.830 --> 00:15:49.490 big elements of truth, but this is thinking way 00:15:49.490 --> 00:15:51.370 beyond what's positive. This is what's true. 00:15:52.830 --> 00:15:57.490 This is what God has said. Some of the lies that 00:15:57.490 --> 00:15:59.370 you all believe, they're very, very subtle and 00:15:59.370 --> 00:16:01.889 they're mixed with truth. Like, I will be a complete 00:16:01.889 --> 00:16:04.370 failure as a parent if my children do not get 00:16:04.370 --> 00:16:08.669 into a very exclusive school and go into a profession 00:16:08.669 --> 00:16:12.360 like a doctor or a lawyer, etc. I'll be a failure. 00:16:13.480 --> 00:16:16.539 And it produces anxiety and it produces pressure 00:16:16.539 --> 00:16:19.620 on your kids and it produces amazing things that 00:16:19.620 --> 00:16:23.299 are super unhealthy and very dysfunctional. I 00:16:23.299 --> 00:16:28.240 can never be happy unless I get married. I will 00:16:28.240 --> 00:16:31.279 never be happy until we own our own home. My 00:16:31.279 --> 00:16:35.340 life will be miserable unless I, it's this premise 00:16:35.340 --> 00:16:37.759 thinking, premise, premise, premise, premise 00:16:37.759 --> 00:16:42.000 that some activity, some success, some upward 00:16:42.000 --> 00:16:45.860 mobility, some job, some patent, some when -then 00:16:45.860 --> 00:16:48.500 thinking, and so now you're trapped into a false 00:16:48.500 --> 00:16:50.940 belief system. Now, are those things necessarily 00:16:50.940 --> 00:16:53.059 wrong? But listen to the difference. Here's the 00:16:53.059 --> 00:16:56.340 truth. It would be nice if one of my children 00:16:56.340 --> 00:16:59.940 get into an exclusive university by the grace 00:16:59.940 --> 00:17:03.039 of God, walk with him closely, and are used by 00:17:03.039 --> 00:17:05.000 God in a profession that would bring glory to 00:17:05.000 --> 00:17:07.400 him and happiness to them. It would be nice, 00:17:07.440 --> 00:17:09.599 but it has nothing to do with my value as a parent. 00:17:10.039 --> 00:17:12.599 It would be nice if I get into one of those kind 00:17:12.599 --> 00:17:15.019 of schools and keep my grades up, but I'm going 00:17:15.019 --> 00:17:17.539 to do the best I can, but my value isn't dependent 00:17:17.539 --> 00:17:20.619 in any way on my grades, my athletic ability, 00:17:20.779 --> 00:17:24.539 or my musicianship because I am sealed and delivered 00:17:24.539 --> 00:17:27.440 and approved by the living God. I'm on my way 00:17:27.440 --> 00:17:29.579 to heaven, and he has a purpose for my life that 00:17:29.579 --> 00:17:31.740 may or may not include that. Do you see the difference? 00:17:33.420 --> 00:17:36.000 You're listening to Living on the Edge. Before 00:17:36.000 --> 00:17:38.519 we hear the rest of Chip's message, let me remind 00:17:38.519 --> 00:17:40.680 you that we are a listener -supported ministry. 00:17:40.980 --> 00:17:43.240 Your financial gifts help us create programs 00:17:43.240 --> 00:17:46.380 like this one, develop new resources, and encourage 00:17:46.380 --> 00:17:49.480 pastors globally. Prayerfully consider supporting 00:17:49.480 --> 00:17:53.099 us today. Then go to livingontheedge .org to 00:17:53.099 --> 00:17:56.400 give a gift. Thanks so much for your help. Well, 00:17:56.420 --> 00:17:59.240 here again is Chip. You believe a lot of lies. 00:18:00.140 --> 00:18:03.059 And your kids believe a lot of lies. And you 00:18:03.059 --> 00:18:06.980 have to focus on what is true. And you will see 00:18:06.980 --> 00:18:10.319 a world of difference in your life. Second, the 00:18:10.319 --> 00:18:12.779 preview question then is, when you're watching 00:18:12.779 --> 00:18:15.660 or listening to something, you ask, is this true 00:18:15.660 --> 00:18:19.579 or false? Is this true or false? I'm going to 00:18:19.579 --> 00:18:21.559 spend the most time on this because all the others 00:18:21.559 --> 00:18:24.900 flow out of this. Here's an illustration. You 00:18:24.900 --> 00:18:27.880 think that your emotions are responding to reality. 00:18:28.079 --> 00:18:30.730 No, no. Your emotions are responding to your 00:18:30.730 --> 00:18:32.490 thinking, and your thinking is the perception 00:18:32.490 --> 00:18:36.190 of reality. Those people who listen to just five 00:18:36.190 --> 00:18:38.049 minutes of negative things, their perception 00:18:38.049 --> 00:18:40.230 was, you know, the guy in that car, he probably 00:18:40.230 --> 00:18:42.369 wants to hurt me. You know, never pick up a hitchhiker 00:18:42.369 --> 00:18:44.410 because, you know, I heard that story. It's their 00:18:44.410 --> 00:18:47.109 perception. So pretend you're out maybe on Quicksilver 00:18:47.109 --> 00:18:49.490 Trail or you're taking a big hike, and as you're 00:18:49.490 --> 00:18:52.789 walking, oh, you freeze. It's coiled up. It's 00:18:52.789 --> 00:18:54.769 a snake, and you got within. And all of a sudden, 00:18:54.809 --> 00:18:57.130 your stomach tightens up, perspiration, heart 00:18:57.130 --> 00:18:59.559 rate. Oh my gosh, it's a snake. And you hold 00:18:59.559 --> 00:19:01.940 someone back and you look at it and you look 00:19:01.940 --> 00:19:05.619 at it and you look at it and then it's not moving 00:19:05.619 --> 00:19:08.880 at all. And so you get closer and you get closer 00:19:08.880 --> 00:19:11.819 and you get closer and you realize it's a piece 00:19:11.819 --> 00:19:17.880 of rope that's coiled around. It was your perception 00:19:17.880 --> 00:19:22.000 that created all the exact same emotions as though 00:19:22.000 --> 00:19:26.519 it were a snake. And there's a lot of snake thinking. 00:19:28.140 --> 00:19:31.460 It takes an incredible amount of discipline and 00:19:31.460 --> 00:19:34.859 diligence to be someone who starts to think about 00:19:34.859 --> 00:19:38.779 what's true. Second, is it honorable? The word 00:19:38.779 --> 00:19:42.240 means sober, serious, worthy of respect, inspires 00:19:42.240 --> 00:19:45.700 all. It refers to those things that reflect the 00:19:45.700 --> 00:19:49.980 weighty purpose of a believer's life. Now, there's 00:19:49.980 --> 00:19:52.380 a time for fantasy football. There's a time to 00:19:52.380 --> 00:19:54.380 get jacked up over the Super Bowl and other things. 00:19:54.539 --> 00:19:56.480 There's a time, I suppose, to figure out who 00:19:56.480 --> 00:19:59.180 won the Globe or the Oscar. But there's trivia 00:19:59.180 --> 00:20:01.900 ad nauseum in the world. And this is saying, 00:20:02.019 --> 00:20:04.279 in the midst of all that, here's what you need 00:20:04.279 --> 00:20:06.880 to think about. You need to think at times about 00:20:06.880 --> 00:20:12.559 some things that are grave, sober, serious. Things 00:20:12.559 --> 00:20:16.799 like the living God through his son Jesus Christ 00:20:16.799 --> 00:20:21.059 has rescued you from eternal damnation by his 00:20:21.059 --> 00:20:24.279 gift on the cross. And he loves you and favors 00:20:24.279 --> 00:20:27.160 you with unconditional love and draws you close 00:20:27.160 --> 00:20:29.799 to himself and has an amazing plan for your life. 00:20:31.119 --> 00:20:34.539 He has an Ephesians 2 .10 purpose for you that 00:20:34.539 --> 00:20:38.599 you are his actual. You're his piece of pottery, 00:20:38.740 --> 00:20:41.980 his poem. You are made and designed by the living 00:20:41.980 --> 00:20:45.339 God for a purpose that only you can fulfill that 00:20:45.339 --> 00:20:47.500 he did before the foundations of the earth. Question, 00:20:47.680 --> 00:20:51.079 am I fulfilling it? You are living in a world 00:20:51.079 --> 00:20:54.140 that's called window time, but you're made for 00:20:54.140 --> 00:20:57.079 eternity. There is a heaven that is a real. There 00:20:57.079 --> 00:20:59.980 is a hell that is real. Those are serious things. 00:21:01.359 --> 00:21:03.980 The writer of Ecclesiastes says there's far more 00:21:03.980 --> 00:21:08.920 wisdom. at a funeral than there is at a party. 00:21:10.680 --> 00:21:13.519 Now, I don't mean to focus on this all the time, 00:21:13.599 --> 00:21:17.460 but we're living in a world that's quick, fast, 00:21:17.859 --> 00:21:21.559 immediate. Those deep kind of thoughts shape 00:21:21.559 --> 00:21:25.079 your thinking. My wife asked me after last night's 00:21:25.079 --> 00:21:27.000 message, she said, so Chip, what are you afraid 00:21:27.000 --> 00:21:31.680 of? I said, I am most afraid that I will squander 00:21:31.680 --> 00:21:34.160 the life that God has given me and I will not 00:21:34.160 --> 00:21:38.809 fulfill his purposes. And she said, why? I said, 00:21:38.849 --> 00:21:41.130 because at least in the world standard, I'm way 00:21:41.130 --> 00:21:43.630 more, quote, successful than I thought I'd ever 00:21:43.630 --> 00:21:46.750 be. God has given us more than I ever dreamed 00:21:46.750 --> 00:21:50.869 in every arena. And all that creates comfort 00:21:50.869 --> 00:21:56.049 and a lifestyle that works against the kind of 00:21:56.049 --> 00:21:59.289 focus and sacrifice of taking up my cross and 00:21:59.289 --> 00:22:02.710 following him and taking big risks for the kingdom 00:22:02.710 --> 00:22:07.440 of God. And so I just, I am afraid that I could 00:22:07.440 --> 00:22:12.140 slip into a status quo type life and everyone 00:22:12.140 --> 00:22:15.339 would think it's just wonderful except the Lord 00:22:15.339 --> 00:22:19.880 would know and I would know. Ask this question. 00:22:20.839 --> 00:22:25.220 Does this honor or dishonor God? When you're 00:22:25.220 --> 00:22:28.259 watching it, does this honor God? Does this really 00:22:28.259 --> 00:22:31.119 honor God? It might be gray. It might just be 00:22:31.119 --> 00:22:34.000 evil. That's easy. But does this show honor God? 00:22:34.779 --> 00:22:38.619 Does this conversation honor God? Does this movie 00:22:38.619 --> 00:22:41.619 honor God? Does the book I'm reading, does this 00:22:41.619 --> 00:22:45.579 relationship honor God? Third, is it right? The 00:22:45.579 --> 00:22:47.579 word means righteous. It's used in the New Testament 00:22:47.579 --> 00:22:50.660 to refer to the Father, to Jesus, to God's actions, 00:22:50.740 --> 00:22:53.559 to God's character. It pictures doing what is 00:22:53.559 --> 00:22:56.809 right when tempted. You might write the word 00:22:56.809 --> 00:22:59.609 integrity. At the heart of this is there is a 00:22:59.609 --> 00:23:03.170 standard that's not outside of God, but God's 00:23:03.170 --> 00:23:05.529 very character creates a standard. And integrity 00:23:05.529 --> 00:23:09.450 just means there is an alignment with that. And 00:23:09.450 --> 00:23:13.190 the question you want to ask, is this right or 00:23:13.190 --> 00:23:17.410 is it wrong? Did I just say the whole truth or 00:23:17.410 --> 00:23:20.410 a partial truth? Is this what's really clearly 00:23:20.410 --> 00:23:24.049 I know is true or is it a white lie? Is it everyone 00:23:24.049 --> 00:23:26.109 does this on their taxes and that time is coming 00:23:26.109 --> 00:23:29.470 up or is it absolutely pure? Is this I'm padding 00:23:29.470 --> 00:23:31.410 my expenses just a little because I can kind 00:23:31.410 --> 00:23:33.250 of justify it and I know and get away with it 00:23:33.250 --> 00:23:38.029 or in fact is this integrity? We really love 00:23:38.029 --> 00:23:40.490 each other but are we married or are we living 00:23:40.490 --> 00:23:47.549 together? Is this recreational, just sort of 00:23:47.549 --> 00:23:53.309 a spicy 49, 50, 51 shades of gray? Or is it just 00:23:53.309 --> 00:23:56.950 absolutely wrong and immoral and should never 00:23:56.950 --> 00:24:02.509 be in my house? Is it a game that honors life 00:24:02.509 --> 00:24:05.109 and love and warmth? Or is it a game where people 00:24:05.109 --> 00:24:07.789 get blown up and I put it in front of my kids 00:24:07.789 --> 00:24:09.670 where their thumbs are killing and mutilating 00:24:09.670 --> 00:24:12.589 thousands of people hours on hours in addictive 00:24:12.589 --> 00:24:20.769 behavior? Just ask yourself. This is Living on 00:24:20.769 --> 00:24:23.289 the Edge with Chip Ingram. And you've been listening 00:24:23.289 --> 00:24:25.750 to part one of Chip's message, In a Broken World, 00:24:25.869 --> 00:24:29.109 from our series, I Choose Peace. Chip will be 00:24:29.109 --> 00:24:31.210 back shortly to share some helpful application 00:24:31.210 --> 00:24:34.029 for us to think about. What does it mean to be 00:24:34.029 --> 00:24:37.410 at peace? Is it having a thriving career, happy 00:24:37.410 --> 00:24:40.430 household, financial security? While many strive 00:24:40.430 --> 00:24:42.829 for these goals, they often bring only short 00:24:42.829 --> 00:24:45.490 -term satisfaction, leaving us seeking more. 00:24:45.849 --> 00:24:48.470 In this 12 -part study in Philippians chapter 00:24:48.470 --> 00:24:52.069 4, Chip explains where this attitude of discontentment 00:24:52.069 --> 00:24:54.150 comes from and the ways it steals our peace. 00:24:54.430 --> 00:24:57.150 Stay with us to learn how to move beyond temporary 00:24:57.150 --> 00:25:00.130 calmness and develop a lasting peace -centered 00:25:00.130 --> 00:25:03.089 life that comes from God. If you've missed any 00:25:03.089 --> 00:25:06.450 part of this series, catch up anytime at livingontheedge 00:25:06.450 --> 00:25:10.250 .org or wherever you listen to podcasts. Well, 00:25:10.250 --> 00:25:12.210 our Bible teacher, Chip Ingram, is with me in 00:25:12.210 --> 00:25:15.279 studio now to share a quick word. Chip? Thanks 00:25:15.279 --> 00:25:18.299 so much, Dave. I want to ask you something really 00:25:18.299 --> 00:25:21.880 important. Would you choose to become a financial 00:25:21.880 --> 00:25:24.640 partner with us? I'm not using that language 00:25:24.640 --> 00:25:27.099 to disguise the fact that I'm asking you to give 00:25:27.099 --> 00:25:30.619 or trying to be fancy or asking for money. But 00:25:30.619 --> 00:25:33.480 when you invest in this ministry, it's more accurately 00:25:33.480 --> 00:25:36.339 saying, yes, I will partner with you. Yes, I'll 00:25:36.339 --> 00:25:38.740 go to work with you. Yes, I want to be on this 00:25:38.740 --> 00:25:41.500 mission with you. When you give, you become a 00:25:41.500 --> 00:25:44.059 part of all that we do, a part of the hundreds 00:25:44.059 --> 00:25:46.900 of thousands of people hearing God's word, a 00:25:46.900 --> 00:25:49.200 part of discipling new Christians and encouraging 00:25:49.200 --> 00:25:51.859 persecuted Christians in China and the Middle 00:25:51.859 --> 00:25:54.640 East. It's a part of supplying teaching and training 00:25:54.640 --> 00:25:57.339 and resources to pastors right here in the U 00:25:57.339 --> 00:26:01.250 .S. So will you? Ask God what part He would give 00:26:01.250 --> 00:26:03.549 you in all of this, and then just do whatever 00:26:03.549 --> 00:26:06.829 He shows you. If all of us do our part, however 00:26:06.829 --> 00:26:10.430 God leads, it'll be exactly what we need to fulfill 00:26:10.430 --> 00:26:13.430 exactly what God wants us to do. 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This is some of the most profound 00:26:53.130 --> 00:26:56.250 teaching in the New Testament. I happen to have 00:26:56.250 --> 00:26:58.650 majored in psychology in undergrad and did graduate 00:26:58.650 --> 00:27:01.829 work in psychology. And long before all those 00:27:01.829 --> 00:27:05.670 theories, long before Freud and all the others, 00:27:05.890 --> 00:27:08.750 the Apostle Paul has insights by the Spirit of 00:27:08.750 --> 00:27:12.349 God into how our minds work. In fact, you heard 00:27:12.349 --> 00:27:14.210 earlier in the message when I talked about the 00:27:14.210 --> 00:27:15.990 research done by the University of Tennessee. 00:27:16.529 --> 00:27:21.220 We are the product of our thoughts. I mean, it's 00:27:21.220 --> 00:27:25.339 not our thoughts define and create our emotional 00:27:25.339 --> 00:27:27.400 responses. You know, remember the little story 00:27:27.400 --> 00:27:30.220 about the snake and the rope? When you see that, 00:27:30.279 --> 00:27:32.740 your perception, your thoughts, what you think 00:27:32.740 --> 00:27:36.480 creates an emotional response. And although I 00:27:36.480 --> 00:27:39.059 would love to say we're all very logical and 00:27:39.059 --> 00:27:42.180 linear and strategic, the fact is the great majority 00:27:42.180 --> 00:27:45.119 of our decisions and our behavior is a reaction 00:27:45.119 --> 00:27:48.720 to our emotions. And the Apostle Paul then says, 00:27:48.940 --> 00:27:52.559 okay, dwell on these things. And then he's going 00:27:52.559 --> 00:27:55.920 to list six or seven very specific things that 00:27:55.920 --> 00:28:00.539 provide a filter to say, don't think on these 00:28:00.539 --> 00:28:04.720 bad things because viewing things, thinking on 00:28:04.720 --> 00:28:07.940 things, reading things, taking things in that 00:28:07.940 --> 00:28:12.640 are negative, ungodly, wicked, that attract your 00:28:12.640 --> 00:28:15.670 flesh. that make you want to do what's wrong, 00:28:15.869 --> 00:28:18.930 when you think and dwell on those things, it 00:28:18.930 --> 00:28:22.289 will literally play out in your behavior, and 00:28:22.289 --> 00:28:25.430 then you receive the consequences. Now, I want 00:28:25.430 --> 00:28:27.829 to say a couple things that sound very strong, 00:28:27.950 --> 00:28:30.750 but someone better say these now. We're losing 00:28:30.750 --> 00:28:35.900 68 % of our kids in evangelical churches. And 00:28:35.900 --> 00:28:38.440 I've done the research. The number one reason 00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:41.180 that we're losing them is when they look at the 00:28:41.180 --> 00:28:43.500 life of their mom and dad, when they look at 00:28:43.500 --> 00:28:46.279 the lives of a lot of people that they go to 00:28:46.279 --> 00:28:48.640 in their, quote, evangelical church that teaches 00:28:48.640 --> 00:28:51.140 the Bible, that has, you know, great worship 00:28:51.140 --> 00:28:54.480 and all the rest, there's not authenticity. The 00:28:54.480 --> 00:28:56.779 second half of that is, is that we can take our 00:28:56.779 --> 00:28:59.160 kids to church. You can even put them in Christian 00:28:59.160 --> 00:29:02.259 schools and you can even be a good moral person. 00:29:02.839 --> 00:29:05.799 But if your kids are feeding on social media, 00:29:05.920 --> 00:29:09.559 on violent games, if they're watching things 00:29:09.559 --> 00:29:12.859 on Netflix, if they're, I mean, I see what's 00:29:12.859 --> 00:29:16.119 on the television and the kind of content that 00:29:16.119 --> 00:29:18.259 is going into the minds of our young people. 00:29:18.420 --> 00:29:21.960 And are you ready? Our not so young people. And 00:29:21.960 --> 00:29:24.180 this is what I'll tell you. What we currently 00:29:24.180 --> 00:29:27.480 see in the behavior of Christians, in the value 00:29:27.480 --> 00:29:30.519 of Christians, and in Christian families is a 00:29:30.519 --> 00:29:33.160 direct correlation. to what we're putting in 00:29:33.160 --> 00:29:36.529 our mind. I just have to tell you, if you want 00:29:36.529 --> 00:29:39.789 your children or your grandchildren to have different 00:29:39.789 --> 00:29:42.630 kind of lives, it begins with us and what we 00:29:42.630 --> 00:29:45.269 put in our mind. Little by little by little, 00:29:45.349 --> 00:29:48.690 we begin to tell one another that, oh, that's 00:29:48.690 --> 00:29:51.509 not so bad and that's not so bad. I'm not talking 00:29:51.509 --> 00:29:54.730 about rigidity or legalism. I'm talking about 00:29:54.730 --> 00:29:57.690 a filter where you ask questions like, is this 00:29:57.690 --> 00:30:00.710 true or false? Does it honor God or not honor 00:30:00.710 --> 00:30:03.430 God? I literally have taken this passage and 00:30:03.430 --> 00:30:05.910 I have a three by five card and it's right next 00:30:05.910 --> 00:30:08.569 to my television. And before there's a movie, 00:30:08.670 --> 00:30:11.230 before I watch a television program, before I 00:30:11.230 --> 00:30:14.289 download something to watch, I ask five or six 00:30:14.289 --> 00:30:16.750 questions about what is this going to do to my 00:30:16.750 --> 00:30:20.069 mind? Because my thoughts will produce my emotions 00:30:20.069 --> 00:30:22.650 that produce my behavior that will produce the 00:30:22.650 --> 00:30:25.710 consequences and the outcome of my life. Can 00:30:25.710 --> 00:30:29.890 I encourage you to think very carefully about 00:30:29.890 --> 00:30:32.319 what you put in your mind? In our next broadcast, 00:30:32.619 --> 00:30:35.119 I'm going to give you a filter with specific 00:30:35.119 --> 00:30:37.700 questions that if you really want to change, 00:30:37.920 --> 00:30:40.880 believe me, God has a plan that will help you. 00:30:41.259 --> 00:30:44.299 Great challenge, Chip. And as we close, I want 00:30:44.299 --> 00:30:46.759 you to know that as a staff, we ask the Lord 00:30:46.759 --> 00:30:48.920 to help you take whatever your next faith step 00:30:48.920 --> 00:30:52.259 is. And we'd love to hear how it's going. Would 00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:54.039 you take a minute and send us a note or give 00:30:54.039 --> 00:30:56.609 us a quick call? Either one is easy. Just email 00:30:56.609 --> 00:31:01.730 chip at livingontheedge .org or call 888 -333 00:31:01.730 --> 00:31:08.410 -6003. Again, that's 888 -333 -6003 or email 00:31:08.410 --> 00:31:12.809 chip at livingontheedge .org. Well, be sure to 00:31:12.809 --> 00:31:15.170 join us next time as Chip continues his series, 00:31:15.309 --> 00:31:18.450 I Choose Peace. Until then, I'm Dave Drury saying 00:31:18.450 --> 00:31:20.829 thanks for listening to this edition of Living 00:31:20.829 --> 00:31:21.609 on the Edge.