WEBVTT 00:00:01.199 --> 00:00:04.700 Are you tired of trying to find love? Or maybe 00:00:04.700 --> 00:00:06.940 you're just trying to keep love alive in a relationship? 00:00:07.419 --> 00:00:10.460 Could it be that you're missing the key ingredient 00:00:10.460 --> 00:00:13.660 in your life? Today, we'll discover the secret 00:00:13.660 --> 00:00:17.920 of finding, keeping, and giving love away like 00:00:17.920 --> 00:00:23.260 never before. Stay with me. Welcome to this edition 00:00:23.260 --> 00:00:26.519 of Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram. Our mission 00:00:26.519 --> 00:00:29.339 is to inspire Christians to be genuine followers 00:00:29.339 --> 00:00:32.399 of Jesus. to empower them to be active disciple 00:00:32.399 --> 00:00:35.200 makers in our world. Thanks for joining us as 00:00:35.200 --> 00:00:38.000 we're continuing our series, Spiritual Simplicity, 00:00:38.219 --> 00:00:41.320 Doing Less, Loving More. Today, Chip's going 00:00:41.320 --> 00:00:44.020 to build on the questions he just posed by exploring 00:00:44.020 --> 00:00:47.079 our desire for love and connection. And the truth 00:00:47.079 --> 00:00:50.159 may surprise you. So grab your Bible and notes 00:00:50.159 --> 00:00:53.399 as we join Chip with another inspiring song -themed 00:00:53.399 --> 00:00:56.899 message, What the World Needs Now is Love, Sweet 00:00:56.899 --> 00:01:05.140 Love. Do you realize that you were created, that 00:01:05.140 --> 00:01:09.180 in your soul, in your heart, in your mind, even 00:01:09.180 --> 00:01:11.420 in your physical body, you were designed and 00:01:11.420 --> 00:01:16.519 created by God to be loved? And I want to tell 00:01:16.519 --> 00:01:18.920 you, you have a receiver built into your heart 00:01:18.920 --> 00:01:22.879 and built into your soul, built into your thinking, 00:01:23.060 --> 00:01:25.819 actually built into the fibers of your... physical 00:01:25.819 --> 00:01:29.420 body, and you are from the moment you come out 00:01:29.420 --> 00:01:32.159 of the womb and you make eye contact with your 00:01:32.159 --> 00:01:35.200 mother. There is something inside of you reaching 00:01:35.200 --> 00:01:38.299 up and reaching out to get connected, and what 00:01:38.299 --> 00:01:40.920 you need and what you were made for was to be 00:01:40.920 --> 00:01:45.000 loved, to be affirmed, to be cared for, to be 00:01:45.000 --> 00:01:49.319 held, to be valued, not for what you do, not 00:01:49.319 --> 00:01:52.219 for what you accomplish, not for how you look, 00:01:52.359 --> 00:01:57.310 but for just who you are. And that journey begins 00:01:57.310 --> 00:01:59.849 with the first breath and it'll end at your last 00:01:59.849 --> 00:02:04.489 breath. And that demand and that drive for love 00:02:04.489 --> 00:02:08.169 never ends. But if you don't get it right and 00:02:08.169 --> 00:02:11.129 if you end up spiritually and emotionally like 00:02:11.129 --> 00:02:13.729 a lot of people spend their whole life just looking, 00:02:13.849 --> 00:02:16.330 looking, looking, looking, looking for love. 00:02:17.750 --> 00:02:20.009 And there's only one place to find it where you'll 00:02:20.009 --> 00:02:21.370 be loved in that way. And that's what we're going 00:02:21.370 --> 00:02:26.120 to talk about because that simplifies life. There's 00:02:26.120 --> 00:02:28.000 a song that got very popular. If you came here 00:02:28.000 --> 00:02:29.840 a little bit early, you heard it. And it's what 00:02:29.840 --> 00:02:31.900 the world needs now is love, sweet love. And 00:02:31.900 --> 00:02:34.379 we had to make it from one city to another, and 00:02:34.379 --> 00:02:36.840 it was hard to stay awake. And so the little 00:02:36.840 --> 00:02:40.259 rent car had XM. You know, you got like a zillion 00:02:40.259 --> 00:02:43.500 stations. So like every 20 seconds, we changed 00:02:43.500 --> 00:02:45.840 to a new station. And, you know, if it was a 00:02:45.840 --> 00:02:47.539 little song we knew, then we'd sing along. But 00:02:47.539 --> 00:02:49.479 I mean, we went through like 50 stations in two 00:02:49.479 --> 00:02:52.900 and a half hours just to stay awake. And 49 of 00:02:52.900 --> 00:02:56.509 the stations had songs that were about. Love. 00:02:56.509 --> 00:02:59.129 Finding it, losing it, getting it, wanting it, 00:02:59.150 --> 00:03:01.430 finding it, getting it, losing it, wanting it. 00:03:01.469 --> 00:03:03.590 Love, love. I mean, we heard country love. We 00:03:03.590 --> 00:03:05.430 heard hip hop love. We heard alternative love. 00:03:05.610 --> 00:03:07.610 We heard easy listening love. We heard love, 00:03:07.669 --> 00:03:09.509 love, love. Tell you what, what the world wants 00:03:09.509 --> 00:03:11.870 is love. Now, if you will open your notes, I 00:03:11.870 --> 00:03:14.090 want you to read along very carefully with me. 00:03:14.879 --> 00:03:18.460 Because if we're designed and made for love and 00:03:18.460 --> 00:03:21.939 we don't get it deeply, unconditionally, and 00:03:21.939 --> 00:03:24.500 authentically, some really bad stuff happens. 00:03:24.659 --> 00:03:27.139 And that bad stuff is why a lot of our lives 00:03:27.139 --> 00:03:30.090 are very complicated. On the front of your notes, 00:03:30.129 --> 00:03:32.310 it says, when we are not deeply and personally 00:03:32.310 --> 00:03:34.969 loved in ways that make sense to us, we will 00:03:34.969 --> 00:03:38.750 settle for any number of pseudo -love substitutes. 00:03:38.949 --> 00:03:42.370 Pseudo meaning false. Substitutes, the idea is, 00:03:42.449 --> 00:03:44.969 I want loved, you want loved, I've got that little 00:03:44.969 --> 00:03:46.250 thing going inside of me going click, click, 00:03:46.289 --> 00:03:47.490 click, click, click, click, looking, looking, 00:03:47.530 --> 00:03:50.689 looking. And if you don't get it deeply, authentically, 00:03:50.810 --> 00:03:53.129 unconditionally, in a way that makes sense to 00:03:53.129 --> 00:03:58.479 you, you'll settle. For substitutes like affirmation 00:03:58.479 --> 00:04:00.599 we receive from success. It feels a lot like 00:04:00.599 --> 00:04:03.659 love. You're good at that. We appreciate that. 00:04:04.379 --> 00:04:07.599 Wow, you scored a lot of points. You made a lot 00:04:07.599 --> 00:04:10.860 of money. You're good. You're smart. Affirmation. 00:04:11.819 --> 00:04:14.280 It's a cheap substitute for love. Doesn't mean 00:04:14.280 --> 00:04:15.879 that we don't need affirmed, but it's not love. 00:04:16.100 --> 00:04:18.939 Or things like adulation that you receive from 00:04:18.939 --> 00:04:21.939 fame. Everyone wants their 15 minutes of fame 00:04:21.939 --> 00:04:25.759 because you were on TV. You're a celebrity. You're 00:04:25.759 --> 00:04:28.360 important. You matter. We've seen your face somewhere. 00:04:28.560 --> 00:04:32.480 And there's this adulation. But it's not love. 00:04:33.180 --> 00:04:36.220 It's people falling in love with an image. Or 00:04:36.220 --> 00:04:38.620 like the temporary intimacy we experience from 00:04:38.620 --> 00:04:42.959 illicit sex. When loneliness and pain and struggle 00:04:42.959 --> 00:04:45.220 and the connections don't make it. Some people 00:04:45.220 --> 00:04:47.819 log on to the internet. Some people have affairs. 00:04:49.709 --> 00:04:51.910 Some people do all manner of things trying to 00:04:51.910 --> 00:04:55.230 fill the hole. And there's this temporary sense 00:04:55.230 --> 00:04:57.970 of connectedness, this temporary sense that I'm 00:04:57.970 --> 00:05:01.170 loved and this feels good followed by lots of 00:05:01.170 --> 00:05:05.230 really bad stuff through illicit sex of all kinds. 00:05:05.449 --> 00:05:07.430 Or sometimes we look for love in the attention 00:05:07.430 --> 00:05:09.649 that we receive from our appearance and our possessions. 00:05:10.110 --> 00:05:12.310 I mean, think of the energy that goes in. The 00:05:12.310 --> 00:05:15.889 multi, multi -billion dollar makeup business. 00:05:17.610 --> 00:05:21.009 The multi, multi -billion dollar fitness business. 00:05:21.610 --> 00:05:25.189 You know, what you possess, how you appear, you 00:05:25.189 --> 00:05:28.410 get attention and it feels like love. But what 00:05:28.410 --> 00:05:31.050 the attention is focused on is not who you really 00:05:31.050 --> 00:05:34.750 are. It just happens to be on kind of what you 00:05:34.750 --> 00:05:38.269 look like today or what you're driving or what 00:05:38.269 --> 00:05:41.439 you wear. Or the temporary things like esteem 00:05:41.439 --> 00:05:43.199 that comes from position. Oh, you're a somebody 00:05:43.199 --> 00:05:45.639 now. You've got a corner office. You're a somebody. 00:05:45.759 --> 00:05:47.660 You're the star on the team. You're a somebody. 00:05:47.740 --> 00:05:50.060 You made the cheerleading squad. You're a somebody 00:05:50.060 --> 00:05:54.399 because you have this position. Or finally, the 00:05:54.399 --> 00:05:57.480 security that we perceive from wealth. And so 00:05:57.480 --> 00:06:00.709 we get up early and we go late. We move and we 00:06:00.709 --> 00:06:03.870 get complex, driven, complex lives because we 00:06:03.870 --> 00:06:05.750 feel like if we get more money, we'll be secure. 00:06:05.870 --> 00:06:08.550 And if we're secure, security feels a lot like 00:06:08.550 --> 00:06:11.670 love. Look at the bottom of the page. This is 00:06:11.670 --> 00:06:13.870 critical. This is why our lives get complex. 00:06:15.129 --> 00:06:18.129 Our quest to be loved deeply and personally create 00:06:18.129 --> 00:06:22.790 fast -paced, overextended, complex lives driven 00:06:22.790 --> 00:06:27.839 to obtain success. fame, sex, looks, position, 00:06:28.120 --> 00:06:30.819 power, and wealth in the desperate hope that 00:06:30.819 --> 00:06:36.180 someday, someway, we'll be loved. But notice 00:06:36.180 --> 00:06:40.959 the last little line. Just for who we are. Everything 00:06:40.959 --> 00:06:43.800 in this list, when you get done, even if you 00:06:43.800 --> 00:06:45.899 receive it, people aren't loving you for who 00:06:45.899 --> 00:06:48.279 you are. They're loving you for the position 00:06:48.279 --> 00:06:50.360 that you have or the appearance that you have 00:06:50.360 --> 00:06:53.660 or the possessions that you have. And yet that 00:06:53.660 --> 00:06:56.939 little search engine inside of you that wants 00:06:56.939 --> 00:07:00.980 to connect, you and I and every single person 00:07:00.980 --> 00:07:03.420 on this planet of all backgrounds, of all races, 00:07:03.480 --> 00:07:08.500 of all cultures, want and need to be loved. So 00:07:08.500 --> 00:07:12.459 if love is what the world needs, three questions 00:07:12.459 --> 00:07:15.500 emerge. Where do you find it? How do you get 00:07:15.500 --> 00:07:18.000 it? And how do you give it away? Where do you 00:07:18.000 --> 00:07:20.980 find it? How do you get it? And how do you give 00:07:20.980 --> 00:07:23.720 it away? Let's start with number one. Where do 00:07:23.720 --> 00:07:28.439 you find it? The source of love that's unconditional, 00:07:28.800 --> 00:07:31.699 that's focused on who you are, not what you accomplish, 00:07:31.899 --> 00:07:48.459 is God. Listen to 1 John. It says, John says, 00:07:49.660 --> 00:07:53.500 of the love that you need in your soul, the only 00:07:53.500 --> 00:07:57.519 thing that'll ever fill you up is the love of 00:07:57.519 --> 00:08:02.279 God. And he says, when you know him, when you 00:08:02.279 --> 00:08:04.779 are loved by him, one of the evidences will be 00:08:04.779 --> 00:08:08.740 that you will naturally overflow in love relationships 00:08:08.740 --> 00:08:11.259 to others. And the most attractive people in 00:08:11.259 --> 00:08:13.399 the world, the people that I want to be around 00:08:13.399 --> 00:08:16.040 and you want to be around are what? Loving people. 00:08:16.699 --> 00:08:19.759 No one wants to be around selfish jerks. We all 00:08:19.759 --> 00:08:21.680 want to be loving people, but it's just hard. 00:08:22.120 --> 00:08:24.500 And it raises the question, what would it look 00:08:24.500 --> 00:08:26.779 like to be loved by God? I mean, that's so ethereal. 00:08:27.420 --> 00:08:29.579 God loves you. I heard that all my life. I didn't 00:08:29.579 --> 00:08:32.659 have a clue of what it meant. What would it look 00:08:32.659 --> 00:08:35.259 like if you could understand and feel and see 00:08:35.259 --> 00:08:38.399 and know that you are the object of God's affection? 00:08:39.100 --> 00:08:42.620 I put it in your notes. Zephaniah 3 .17 is to 00:08:42.620 --> 00:08:45.419 me one of the greatest pictures of getting a 00:08:45.419 --> 00:08:47.860 grasp of God's love for us. It says, the Lord 00:08:47.860 --> 00:08:51.820 your God is with you. Part of being loved is 00:08:51.820 --> 00:08:54.240 someone that won't abandon you. It's someone 00:08:54.240 --> 00:08:57.460 that hangs with you. And not only is he with 00:08:57.460 --> 00:09:00.000 you, he is mighty to save. And you might write 00:09:00.000 --> 00:09:01.960 in your notes above that word save, write the 00:09:01.960 --> 00:09:04.960 word deliver. I mean, of course we know that 00:09:04.960 --> 00:09:07.340 he saves, he forgives our sins, but especially 00:09:07.340 --> 00:09:09.259 in the Old Testament, when you see the word save, 00:09:09.399 --> 00:09:12.039 it has the idea of deliverance. When someone 00:09:12.039 --> 00:09:15.659 loves you and you're in a jam, they show up and 00:09:15.659 --> 00:09:18.639 they help you get out of the jam. I mean, that's 00:09:18.639 --> 00:09:22.940 who I call when I'm in a jam. To be loved by 00:09:22.940 --> 00:09:25.960 God, the Lord your God, it's his covenant name, 00:09:26.039 --> 00:09:28.980 it's his personal name, Yahweh, is with you. 00:09:30.000 --> 00:09:32.419 He is mighty to save. And then look at the next 00:09:32.419 --> 00:09:36.639 line. He will take great delight in you. Underline 00:09:36.639 --> 00:09:39.340 the word in you. It doesn't say he'll take great 00:09:39.340 --> 00:09:41.620 delight in how you look. He'll take great light 00:09:41.620 --> 00:09:43.679 in your position. He'll take great light in what 00:09:43.679 --> 00:09:45.500 you can accomplish. He'll take great light in 00:09:45.500 --> 00:09:49.169 your success. He'll take great delight in you. 00:09:49.250 --> 00:09:52.649 The one that created the galaxies and the billions 00:09:52.649 --> 00:09:55.509 and billions of stars, after he created everything, 00:09:55.730 --> 00:09:58.429 he created man. And then he said the pinnacle, 00:09:58.529 --> 00:10:01.750 the most important, the apex of all of his creation 00:10:01.750 --> 00:10:06.470 is you. Not if you do something, not because 00:10:06.470 --> 00:10:09.110 you've accomplished something, but you as you 00:10:09.110 --> 00:10:13.070 are created by God, made in his image, he takes 00:10:13.070 --> 00:10:15.850 delight in you. He'd like to spend time with 00:10:15.850 --> 00:10:18.700 you. He'd like to bless you. He'd like to talk 00:10:18.700 --> 00:10:20.860 with you. He'd like to develop you. That's what 00:10:20.860 --> 00:10:23.639 love does. It always brings out the best in others. 00:10:23.860 --> 00:10:27.379 So he's with you. He delivers you. He takes great 00:10:27.379 --> 00:10:30.179 delight in you. Notice he will quiet you with 00:10:30.179 --> 00:10:33.279 his love. If there's one thing I hear from people 00:10:33.279 --> 00:10:36.200 all the time, Christian or non -Christian, in 00:10:36.200 --> 00:10:39.340 a high stress, complicated world, is I wish I 00:10:39.340 --> 00:10:42.059 had some peace. I wish I just had some peace 00:10:42.059 --> 00:10:44.220 in this marriage. I wish I had some peace in 00:10:44.220 --> 00:10:48.360 my heart. You know when you get peace? When you 00:10:48.360 --> 00:10:51.000 can unload all the issues and all the concerns 00:10:51.000 --> 00:10:53.519 and all the cares, and when you have that sort 00:10:53.519 --> 00:10:55.799 of sense that no matter what's going on out there, 00:10:56.000 --> 00:10:59.720 it's okay. For many of us, that happens in a 00:10:59.720 --> 00:11:02.149 human relationship. There's times I get completely 00:11:02.149 --> 00:11:03.970 overwhelmed and I write down all these different 00:11:03.970 --> 00:11:06.529 things and I'm really struggling, but it's over 00:11:06.529 --> 00:11:10.830 a cup of coffee sitting with Teresa Usley and 00:11:10.830 --> 00:11:13.169 saying, honey, I know I'm not supposed to be 00:11:13.169 --> 00:11:15.029 anxious and I know I'm not supposed to be this, 00:11:15.110 --> 00:11:16.830 but I'm feeling all this. And you know what? 00:11:16.929 --> 00:11:19.789 I've laid all this out in my journal with God, 00:11:19.909 --> 00:11:23.990 but I need to sit down and we'll kind of talk 00:11:23.990 --> 00:11:28.820 it through. And there's a quieting. Of that relationship. 00:11:29.019 --> 00:11:30.779 And you know what? That's what God wants to do. 00:11:32.059 --> 00:11:36.159 He wants to quiet your heart with his love. He 00:11:36.159 --> 00:11:38.500 wants to tell you, you know what? Yeah, the economy 00:11:38.500 --> 00:11:40.200 is kind of rough right now. And the marriage 00:11:40.200 --> 00:11:41.779 has some struggles right now. And you've been 00:11:41.779 --> 00:11:43.360 single a little bit longer than you like right 00:11:43.360 --> 00:11:45.299 now. And you know, there's some physical ailments 00:11:45.299 --> 00:11:46.720 that you wish would get better right now. But 00:11:46.720 --> 00:11:48.539 you know something? I'd like God at all taken 00:11:48.539 --> 00:11:52.840 care of. Like you're made to live forever. Would 00:11:52.840 --> 00:11:56.240 you relax, will you? I mean, if God is for you, 00:11:56.259 --> 00:11:58.240 who can be against you? If he's got unlimited 00:11:58.240 --> 00:12:00.259 resources and you're the object of his affection, 00:12:00.519 --> 00:12:05.740 you know, you can all. Most of our anxiety is 00:12:05.740 --> 00:12:07.639 always focused on what might happen someday, 00:12:07.759 --> 00:12:11.259 some way. And he says, I got that someday covered. 00:12:12.539 --> 00:12:15.120 And then finally notice, I love this last line. 00:12:15.740 --> 00:12:18.299 He says, he will rejoice over you with singing. 00:12:19.500 --> 00:12:22.620 This is a picture literally of God. And for some 00:12:22.620 --> 00:12:25.159 of us men, this is sort of a hard picture because. 00:12:25.639 --> 00:12:28.120 It's a picture of God holding you like you're 00:12:28.120 --> 00:12:30.480 a little helpless baby. And like you've ever 00:12:30.480 --> 00:12:32.240 seen a mom, I've watched Teresa do this when 00:12:32.240 --> 00:12:34.500 our kids were small. And now when she puts our 00:12:34.500 --> 00:12:36.220 grandkids to bed, I can hear in the other room 00:12:36.220 --> 00:12:38.539 and she'll hold the little ones and she'll sing 00:12:38.539 --> 00:12:42.220 over them. And it's just sort of this, I just 00:12:42.220 --> 00:12:46.519 want to quiet you down. I rejoice over you. God's 00:12:46.519 --> 00:12:55.120 presence. God's power. All of God's. pride. You 00:12:55.120 --> 00:12:59.360 are His delight. He just wants you to know, that's 00:12:59.360 --> 00:13:03.139 how I feel about you. You're listening to Living 00:13:03.139 --> 00:13:05.720 on the Edge. We'll get you back to today's program 00:13:05.720 --> 00:13:08.299 in just a second. But first, did you know that 00:13:08.299 --> 00:13:10.779 other believers are paramount to your faith journey? 00:13:11.259 --> 00:13:13.820 Keep listening after this message as Chip explains 00:13:13.820 --> 00:13:16.480 why and highlights some resources we have to 00:13:16.480 --> 00:13:19.419 get you into authentic community today. Stick 00:13:19.419 --> 00:13:21.879 around to learn more. But for now, here again 00:13:21.879 --> 00:13:25.399 is Chip. Can you imagine what would happen and 00:13:25.399 --> 00:13:29.039 how free your life could be and how you could 00:13:29.039 --> 00:13:32.580 simplify and begin to push some of the stuff 00:13:32.580 --> 00:13:34.559 on the front page of these notes to the side 00:13:34.559 --> 00:13:37.460 if you honestly in your heart of hearts believed 00:13:37.460 --> 00:13:41.860 that's how God actually feels about you at this 00:13:41.860 --> 00:13:44.700 moment. And are you ready? Nothing you can do 00:13:44.700 --> 00:13:48.039 can ever change that. Now you can have windows 00:13:48.039 --> 00:13:50.700 of blessing through obedience, but even when 00:13:50.700 --> 00:13:52.259 he disciplines us, it's because he loves you. 00:13:53.509 --> 00:13:55.710 That's why Paul would pray to the Ephesian church. 00:13:55.970 --> 00:13:58.590 He would pray, since God already loves you, I 00:13:58.590 --> 00:14:01.129 pray that you might be strengthened in your inner 00:14:01.129 --> 00:14:04.169 man so that you might comprehend the height and 00:14:04.169 --> 00:14:06.149 depth and length and breadth and to know the 00:14:06.149 --> 00:14:09.049 love of God that surpasses knowledge or comprehension. 00:14:09.730 --> 00:14:11.590 That's a great thing to pray for one another 00:14:11.590 --> 00:14:14.490 and for your kids. Well, it raises a question, 00:14:14.570 --> 00:14:17.450 okay, can we all agree at this point? That's 00:14:17.450 --> 00:14:20.070 true. God really loves me and he loves me like 00:14:20.070 --> 00:14:23.429 that. Well, how do you make the connection? The 00:14:23.429 --> 00:14:26.389 fact that he loves you and how do you get it 00:14:26.389 --> 00:14:28.509 operational in your heart, in your life, in your 00:14:28.509 --> 00:14:31.129 experience? Notice what the scripture says. It 00:14:31.129 --> 00:14:33.629 says, God deposits his love in his followers' 00:14:33.769 --> 00:14:37.909 hearts through his spirit. Same passage, 1 John, 00:14:38.090 --> 00:14:40.529 he goes on. He says, we know that we live in 00:14:40.529 --> 00:14:43.470 him and he in us because he's given us his spirit. 00:14:45.000 --> 00:14:47.340 put a circle around, live in him, and then another 00:14:47.340 --> 00:14:49.539 circle, live in us, and you might put little 00:14:49.539 --> 00:14:51.980 arrows and connect them. We know, he says, it's 00:14:51.980 --> 00:14:54.200 absolute truth that we live in him, connection, 00:14:54.539 --> 00:14:58.220 and he in us, connection, because he's given 00:14:58.220 --> 00:15:01.299 us or he's deposited us in us his spirit. And 00:15:01.299 --> 00:15:03.580 then he explains how that works. He says, and 00:15:03.580 --> 00:15:06.519 we have seen and testify that the father has 00:15:06.519 --> 00:15:10.009 sent his son to be the savior of the world. If 00:15:10.009 --> 00:15:12.710 anyone acknowledges, literally the word is confess, 00:15:12.809 --> 00:15:16.769 agrees with, that Jesus is the son of God, God 00:15:16.769 --> 00:15:19.929 lives in him, and he in God. He says there is 00:15:19.929 --> 00:15:22.750 a condition to experience and receive God's love. 00:15:23.230 --> 00:15:25.769 Christ died on the cross, fully God and fully 00:15:25.769 --> 00:15:29.490 man, to pay for your sin, my sin, the sins of 00:15:29.490 --> 00:15:32.429 all people of all time. He's our sin substitute. 00:15:32.730 --> 00:15:35.730 He says if you confess and acknowledge, it's 00:15:35.730 --> 00:15:37.830 not your good works, it's not your religiosity, 00:15:38.519 --> 00:15:41.340 Christ died in your place as your substitute. 00:15:41.460 --> 00:15:45.000 And if you turn from sin, receive his forgiveness. 00:15:45.059 --> 00:15:47.620 He says, the spirit of God comes into your mortal 00:15:47.620 --> 00:15:51.039 body and you live in him and he lives in you 00:15:51.039 --> 00:15:54.879 and he takes up residence inside of you. And 00:15:54.879 --> 00:15:57.299 he will then manifest the power and the presence 00:15:57.299 --> 00:16:00.000 of the living God. And now you have that connection. 00:16:00.820 --> 00:16:04.779 On my little iPad, it goes like this. Then it 00:16:04.779 --> 00:16:08.120 goes. And it connects. And then a bunch of stuff 00:16:08.120 --> 00:16:12.299 downloads. And he wants to download adoption 00:16:12.299 --> 00:16:17.019 and forgiveness and place you in his family and 00:16:17.019 --> 00:16:21.019 grace and seal you with the spirit and give you 00:16:21.019 --> 00:16:24.159 spiritual gifts and create a new path. And the 00:16:24.159 --> 00:16:26.600 same power that raised Christ from the dead dwells 00:16:26.600 --> 00:16:30.649 in you the moment you do that. Now he goes on 00:16:30.649 --> 00:16:32.549 to say that when we're filled or controlled by 00:16:32.549 --> 00:16:34.549 the Holy Spirit, the outcome or the overflow 00:16:34.549 --> 00:16:37.090 is love. So the Spirit lives inside of you. The 00:16:37.090 --> 00:16:39.309 Spirit, God, the second person of the Trinity, 00:16:39.409 --> 00:16:43.370 is the means by which God's love gets from out 00:16:43.370 --> 00:16:47.570 there in here. And then look what it says in 00:16:47.570 --> 00:16:50.409 Galatians 5, 22 and 23. The fruit, singular. 00:16:51.389 --> 00:16:54.029 The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, 00:16:54.190 --> 00:16:56.590 patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness. Goes 00:16:56.590 --> 00:17:02.549 on to say self -control. So that love that I 00:17:02.549 --> 00:17:05.369 just described about his presence and his power 00:17:05.369 --> 00:17:08.069 and you being the object of his affection, all 00:17:08.069 --> 00:17:11.109 of that is available. But there's only two reasons 00:17:11.109 --> 00:17:14.369 why you can't experience it. Reason number one 00:17:14.369 --> 00:17:18.430 would be living like I did my first 18 years 00:17:18.430 --> 00:17:22.369 outside of Christ. I intellectually was aware 00:17:22.369 --> 00:17:25.549 of God's love, but I'd never turn from my sin, 00:17:25.769 --> 00:17:28.309 ask Christ to forgive me and come into my life. 00:17:29.390 --> 00:17:31.390 If you've never done that, today's a great day 00:17:31.390 --> 00:17:35.049 to do it. It's called being born from above or 00:17:35.049 --> 00:17:37.670 being born by the spirit. The Bible calls it 00:17:37.670 --> 00:17:40.210 salvation. It's when you experience forgiveness 00:17:40.210 --> 00:17:42.349 and a spirit comes into your life and you are 00:17:42.349 --> 00:17:45.430 justified. You're declared righteous before God 00:17:45.430 --> 00:17:47.829 because of what Christ did for you. Now, the 00:17:47.829 --> 00:17:51.049 second reason you can be a believer and his spirit 00:17:51.049 --> 00:17:54.089 lives in you. But what I found is I can have 00:17:54.089 --> 00:17:56.430 this thing and I'm not going to mention which 00:17:56.430 --> 00:17:59.809 carrier that it is. But there's times where I 00:17:59.809 --> 00:18:02.289 can turn this baby on, and I can be working, 00:18:02.390 --> 00:18:05.230 and then all of a sudden, cannot send mail, cannot 00:18:05.230 --> 00:18:09.190 receive mail. It drops. You know, just like you 00:18:09.190 --> 00:18:12.910 have a drop call. I can't get anything. And maybe 00:18:12.910 --> 00:18:15.369 it's because there's too many buildings, or maybe 00:18:15.369 --> 00:18:18.450 it's a dead spot. But basically, there's interference. 00:18:19.349 --> 00:18:21.710 There's times where interference from whatever 00:18:21.710 --> 00:18:24.589 signals come on that little pad, and I can't 00:18:24.589 --> 00:18:27.380 get anything. I've got the pad. I'm connected. 00:18:28.000 --> 00:18:32.299 I paid my bill. But there's interference. And 00:18:32.299 --> 00:18:34.259 you can have the Spirit of God living in you, 00:18:34.299 --> 00:18:36.799 but if he's not in control, if there's interference 00:18:36.799 --> 00:18:39.720 like sin, like you know exactly what God wants 00:18:39.720 --> 00:18:42.380 you to do, but you say no, if your priorities 00:18:42.380 --> 00:18:45.740 are out of whack, if you get so busy and so inundated 00:18:45.740 --> 00:18:48.079 doing other things and pursuing other, you know, 00:18:48.099 --> 00:18:50.940 God in his great love doesn't bless there's interference. 00:18:51.920 --> 00:18:54.220 And so he says, if we confess our sins, he's 00:18:54.220 --> 00:18:57.500 faithful and just to forgive us and to cleanse 00:18:57.500 --> 00:19:00.299 us from all unrighteousness. So some of you are 00:19:00.299 --> 00:19:02.619 here today that you desperately need to experience 00:19:02.619 --> 00:19:04.940 God's love. And intellectually, you're saying, 00:19:05.039 --> 00:19:06.559 yeah, I really want that. And you're saying, 00:19:06.599 --> 00:19:08.359 I know I'm really a Christian. And you're saying, 00:19:08.420 --> 00:19:11.859 but my life is crazy. And I'm not experiencing 00:19:11.859 --> 00:19:14.519 that. Well, guess what? Part of how you experience 00:19:14.519 --> 00:19:18.420 it is he wants to give you grace and he wants 00:19:18.420 --> 00:19:20.319 to speak to you. But it's been a while since 00:19:20.319 --> 00:19:22.349 you really talked to him. And he wants you to 00:19:22.349 --> 00:19:24.890 stop and simplify your life and quit chasing 00:19:24.890 --> 00:19:28.029 the wind and be quiet before him. And he's going 00:19:28.029 --> 00:19:30.349 to bring people into your life if you slow down 00:19:30.349 --> 00:19:33.549 and get connected to him where you get together 00:19:33.549 --> 00:19:35.789 and he's going to show up in the physical bodies 00:19:35.789 --> 00:19:38.970 of other people and love you through their words 00:19:38.970 --> 00:19:42.170 and their arms and their feet and their kindness. 00:19:42.970 --> 00:19:46.490 And so all I want to get to you is to know one 00:19:46.490 --> 00:19:51.200 thing. You were created to be loved. The source 00:19:51.200 --> 00:19:54.799 of love is God. His means of experiencing that 00:19:54.799 --> 00:19:57.700 love is depositing his spirit inside of you. 00:19:58.359 --> 00:20:01.720 And third, his spirit can live inside of you, 00:20:01.779 --> 00:20:04.900 but you need to surrender to and be in alignment 00:20:04.900 --> 00:20:08.440 and obedience to that spirit so what he has for 00:20:08.440 --> 00:20:12.279 you, you can actually receive. And so if you 00:20:12.279 --> 00:20:14.319 want to know the question, where do you find 00:20:14.319 --> 00:20:19.279 it? God. By what means? The spirit. As you walk 00:20:19.279 --> 00:20:21.619 in obedience. Now here's what I'm going to tell 00:20:21.619 --> 00:20:26.680 you. Knowing where to get love and experiencing 00:20:26.680 --> 00:20:31.460 it is two very different things. I mean, everything 00:20:31.460 --> 00:20:34.299 I've said, you can agree with me and say to yourself, 00:20:34.460 --> 00:20:36.779 but I still feel lonely. I'm really kind of discouraged. 00:20:37.019 --> 00:20:39.640 I feel kind of depressed. I don't feel very loved 00:20:39.640 --> 00:20:42.039 at all. And I'm a Christian. And in fact, I'm, 00:20:42.180 --> 00:20:44.619 gosh, I read the Bible some and I'm praying. 00:20:44.700 --> 00:20:46.799 So I'm in one of those small groups and it's 00:20:46.799 --> 00:20:50.170 okay. But I'm not getting what you're talking 00:20:50.170 --> 00:20:52.690 about. So let's now ask and answer the question, 00:20:52.869 --> 00:20:55.890 how do you get it? How do you experience love? 00:20:56.190 --> 00:20:59.630 You can be deeply loved and yet not experience 00:20:59.630 --> 00:21:01.230 it. Many, many years ago, I remember reading 00:21:01.230 --> 00:21:03.269 the article, maybe some of you can remember about 00:21:03.269 --> 00:21:05.809 the bubble boy. He was born without an immune 00:21:05.809 --> 00:21:09.509 system. And this little boy grew up and he was 00:21:09.509 --> 00:21:12.670 in a bubble, literally a bubble. And his parents, 00:21:12.730 --> 00:21:14.819 they would have to... put things in through this. 00:21:14.900 --> 00:21:17.619 He never got touched. His parents loved him and 00:21:17.619 --> 00:21:19.740 they cared for him, but he never got touched 00:21:19.740 --> 00:21:23.180 by him. He lived literally in a plastic room 00:21:23.180 --> 00:21:26.660 bubble because if he came out, he would die. 00:21:27.759 --> 00:21:29.480 You know, I think there's a lot of Christians 00:21:29.480 --> 00:21:33.339 that on the outside, there's this God that longs 00:21:33.339 --> 00:21:35.759 to connect with you and touch you and love you 00:21:35.759 --> 00:21:40.940 and encourage you, but there's this bubble. Many 00:21:40.940 --> 00:21:43.700 times by our own creating, sometimes by the work 00:21:43.700 --> 00:21:46.960 of others. And God wants to break through that 00:21:46.960 --> 00:21:50.160 and connect your heart to his so you experience 00:21:50.160 --> 00:21:52.480 his love. Let me give you the two major ways 00:21:52.480 --> 00:21:54.880 that God has designed for us to experience his 00:21:54.880 --> 00:21:58.380 love. God designed love to be birthed and modeled 00:21:58.380 --> 00:22:05.150 in our families. Ephesians 5, 18. through chapter 00:22:05.150 --> 00:22:08.109 six, verse four. I'd encourage you to follow 00:22:08.109 --> 00:22:10.730 along and I don't usually read a long passage, 00:22:10.910 --> 00:22:14.809 but this one is one you just need to lean back. 00:22:14.970 --> 00:22:16.589 And here's what I want you to listen as I read. 00:22:17.309 --> 00:22:20.710 Notice we said love comes from God's spirit. 00:22:21.700 --> 00:22:24.579 Notice he's going to talk about you surrendering 00:22:24.579 --> 00:22:27.079 or allowing the spirit to control you. And then 00:22:27.079 --> 00:22:28.920 I'm going to show you from scripture that God 00:22:28.920 --> 00:22:32.619 has a very clear design that where he wants us 00:22:32.619 --> 00:22:35.660 to learn about love is in our families. He actually 00:22:35.660 --> 00:22:38.140 designed the family system to work in such a 00:22:38.140 --> 00:22:40.599 way that little boys and little girls would grow 00:22:40.599 --> 00:22:44.400 up feeling loved, affirmed, cared for, not for 00:22:44.400 --> 00:22:46.839 what they do, but for who they are. Pick it up 00:22:46.839 --> 00:22:49.240 with me in verse 15. The apostle, after telling 00:22:49.240 --> 00:22:51.819 us all this great stuff we have in Christ, says, 00:22:51.880 --> 00:22:54.180 be very careful then how you live, not as unwise, 00:22:54.240 --> 00:22:57.480 but as wise. Making the most of every opportunity 00:22:57.480 --> 00:22:59.920 because the days are evil. Therefore, don't be 00:22:59.920 --> 00:23:02.240 foolish, but understand what the will of the 00:23:02.240 --> 00:23:03.579 Lord is. And he says, well, what's the will of 00:23:03.579 --> 00:23:05.460 the Lord? Well, don't be drunk with wine, which 00:23:05.460 --> 00:23:08.079 leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled, and 00:23:08.079 --> 00:23:11.019 the word means controlled, with the Spirit. Well, 00:23:11.059 --> 00:23:13.019 if you're filled with the Spirit, what happens? 00:23:13.299 --> 00:23:15.539 Well, speak to one another with psalms and hymns 00:23:15.539 --> 00:23:17.920 and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your 00:23:17.920 --> 00:23:20.240 heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God 00:23:20.240 --> 00:23:21.839 the Father for everything in the name of our 00:23:21.839 --> 00:23:24.220 Lord Jesus Christ. And then, by the way, submit 00:23:24.220 --> 00:23:26.940 to one another out of reverence for Christ. When 00:23:26.940 --> 00:23:28.960 you're filled with the spirit, there's a joy 00:23:28.960 --> 00:23:31.500 in your heart. There's a melody. There's a perspective 00:23:31.500 --> 00:23:33.519 where you realize God's in control and he's good 00:23:33.519 --> 00:23:35.500 and you choose to give thanks. And then he says, 00:23:35.519 --> 00:23:37.079 now I'm going to talk about relationships and 00:23:37.079 --> 00:23:39.000 how love works when the spirit's in control. 00:23:39.220 --> 00:23:42.779 And he says, the baseline is no one steps up 00:23:42.779 --> 00:23:46.079 and says, I got to have my way on my terms. Submit 00:23:46.079 --> 00:23:48.819 or surrender one to another. In other words, 00:23:48.859 --> 00:23:51.460 God, you're the great choreographer and you're 00:23:51.460 --> 00:23:53.220 going to put relationships together. You show 00:23:53.220 --> 00:23:55.740 me my part of the dance. You show me my role. 00:23:56.519 --> 00:23:59.440 So that I can get and receive your love and then 00:23:59.440 --> 00:24:01.680 give it in the way you want me to. And so then 00:24:01.680 --> 00:24:03.599 he starts and says, okay, family relationships. 00:24:04.200 --> 00:24:06.079 Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. 00:24:06.380 --> 00:24:08.500 For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ 00:24:08.500 --> 00:24:10.400 is the head of the church, his body, of which 00:24:10.400 --> 00:24:12.740 he is the Savior. Now, as the church submits 00:24:12.740 --> 00:24:15.240 to Christ, so wives should submit to their husbands 00:24:15.240 --> 00:24:17.460 and everything. And just before the women go, 00:24:17.539 --> 00:24:20.450 are you kidding? He says, husbands. Love your 00:24:20.450 --> 00:24:22.309 wives just as Christ loved the church. Well, 00:24:22.329 --> 00:24:24.109 he died. You're starting to get the point, guys. 00:24:24.369 --> 00:24:26.990 And gave himself for her to make her holy, cleansing 00:24:26.990 --> 00:24:28.710 her by the washing of the water with the word, 00:24:28.789 --> 00:24:31.309 to present her to himself as a radiant church 00:24:31.309 --> 00:24:33.849 without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, 00:24:33.849 --> 00:24:36.789 but holy and blameless. In this same way, husbands 00:24:36.789 --> 00:24:39.289 ought to love their wives as their own bodies. 00:24:39.349 --> 00:24:42.089 He who loves his wife loves himself. After all, 00:24:42.150 --> 00:24:44.630 no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds 00:24:44.630 --> 00:24:46.529 and cares for it just as Christ does the church. 00:24:47.160 --> 00:24:49.359 for we're members of his body. For this reason, 00:24:49.460 --> 00:24:51.940 a man will leave his mother and father and be 00:24:51.940 --> 00:24:53.619 united to his wife and the two will become one 00:24:53.619 --> 00:24:56.519 flesh. This is a profound mystery, but I'm talking 00:24:56.519 --> 00:24:59.099 about Christ in the church. However, application, 00:24:59.400 --> 00:25:02.819 each one of you must love his wife as himself 00:25:02.819 --> 00:25:06.859 and the wife must respect her husband. Children, 00:25:06.940 --> 00:25:09.759 obey your parents in the Lord for this is right. 00:25:09.980 --> 00:25:12.700 Honor your father and mother. Respect, don't 00:25:12.700 --> 00:25:16.819 talk back. Listen to them, obey them. Why? Well, 00:25:16.839 --> 00:25:18.259 this is the first commandment with the promise 00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:20.480 that it may go well with you and that you may 00:25:20.480 --> 00:25:23.140 live and enjoy a long life on the earth. Fathers, 00:25:23.140 --> 00:25:25.819 do not exasperate your children. Instead, bring 00:25:25.819 --> 00:25:27.799 them up in the training and the instruction of 00:25:27.799 --> 00:25:30.119 the Lord. He's going to go on and talk about 00:25:30.119 --> 00:25:32.200 slaves and masters. But here's what he says. 00:25:32.299 --> 00:25:35.140 The spirit of God contains the love of God. The 00:25:35.140 --> 00:25:37.680 spirit of God comes into a human heart. He's 00:25:37.680 --> 00:25:39.619 going to say there can either be resistance or 00:25:39.619 --> 00:25:41.900 you can surrender and say, I want to do life 00:25:41.900 --> 00:25:48.029 your way. This is Living on the Edge with Chip 00:25:48.029 --> 00:25:49.990 Ingram, and you've been listening to part one 00:25:49.990 --> 00:25:52.450 of Chip's message, What the World Needs Now is 00:25:52.450 --> 00:25:55.069 Love, Sweet Love, from our series, Spiritual 00:25:55.069 --> 00:25:57.930 Simplicity. Chip will be back shortly to share 00:25:57.930 --> 00:26:00.150 some helpful application for us to think about. 00:26:00.529 --> 00:26:03.529 Most of us live very hectic lives, moving too 00:26:03.529 --> 00:26:06.470 fast, demanding too much, and delivering too 00:26:06.470 --> 00:26:09.190 little. If you're desperate for an alternative 00:26:09.190 --> 00:26:11.990 that actually works, then this study is for you. 00:26:12.329 --> 00:26:14.809 Chip's teaching will help you escape this destructive 00:26:14.809 --> 00:26:17.809 pattern and reveal how to better prioritize what 00:26:17.809 --> 00:26:20.849 matters most and love others in a fresh, revolutionary 00:26:20.849 --> 00:26:23.829 way. If you've missed any part of this series, 00:26:23.990 --> 00:26:26.170 catch up anytime through the Chip Ingram app. 00:26:26.589 --> 00:26:28.809 Well, our Bible teacher, Chip Ingram, is again 00:26:28.809 --> 00:26:31.009 with us in studio to share a compelling word 00:26:31.009 --> 00:26:33.509 with all of you. Chip? Thanks so much, Dave. 00:26:33.769 --> 00:26:37.430 The culture around us is a battleground. and 00:26:37.430 --> 00:26:40.470 we're not called to retreat, but to engage. And 00:26:40.470 --> 00:26:43.309 we have resources designed to equip you and your 00:26:43.309 --> 00:26:46.390 community to live courageously for Christ in 00:26:46.390 --> 00:26:48.710 today's culture. On our website, you'll find 00:26:48.710 --> 00:26:50.829 studies and tools that will affirm your faith 00:26:50.829 --> 00:26:53.609 and help you discover the unique giftings God 00:26:53.609 --> 00:26:56.269 has given you to advance his kingdom in this 00:26:56.269 --> 00:26:58.750 world. These small group materials will help 00:26:58.750 --> 00:27:01.069 you connect authentically, grow spiritually, 00:27:01.289 --> 00:27:04.460 and live out your faith in your community. Let's 00:27:04.460 --> 00:27:08.140 not just go to church. Let's be the church. Powerful 00:27:08.140 --> 00:27:10.579 challenge, Chip. Well, to learn more about our 00:27:10.579 --> 00:27:14.220 library of small group resources, visit livingontheedge 00:27:14.220 --> 00:27:17.500 .org. And let me tell you, they're so easy to 00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:20.160 use. Chip provides the teaching. Then you'll 00:27:20.160 --> 00:27:22.339 have time to discuss what you've heard alongside 00:27:22.339 --> 00:27:25.259 our helpful study guides. We also offer help 00:27:25.259 --> 00:27:27.849 for leaders to direct their groups. So if you're 00:27:27.849 --> 00:27:30.150 not yet in a small group or looking for what 00:27:30.150 --> 00:27:32.930 to study next, check out our resources. And for 00:27:32.930 --> 00:27:35.210 a limited time, we've discounted all our small 00:27:35.210 --> 00:27:37.670 group resources so you can get into community 00:27:37.670 --> 00:27:41.869 today. To learn more, go to livingontheedge .org 00:27:41.869 --> 00:27:48.039 or call 888 -333 -6003. Well, Chip, as we wrap 00:27:48.039 --> 00:27:50.039 up this program, I think it's essential that 00:27:50.039 --> 00:27:52.519 we loop back into the topic of surrender and 00:27:52.519 --> 00:27:55.680 submission. Take a minute to unpack its critical 00:27:55.680 --> 00:27:58.380 role in a Christian's life and what God actually 00:27:58.380 --> 00:28:01.599 intended it to look like. I'd be glad to, Dave. 00:28:01.599 --> 00:28:04.519 The fact of the matter is we all have to submit 00:28:04.519 --> 00:28:07.599 to someone. Little babies, little kids, you have 00:28:07.599 --> 00:28:09.759 to learn to submit to your parents' wisdom because 00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:12.140 they know more. So you don't put your hand on 00:28:12.140 --> 00:28:13.940 the stove. You don't run out into the street. 00:28:15.519 --> 00:28:19.480 clearly lines out he's designed the world in 00:28:19.480 --> 00:28:23.359 such a way that he places boundaries and people 00:28:23.359 --> 00:28:27.920 and at times rules and laws not to prohibit our 00:28:27.920 --> 00:28:31.109 freedom. but to actually make us free. And whether 00:28:31.109 --> 00:28:33.730 it's in our personal relationships, submitting 00:28:33.730 --> 00:28:37.049 to God and his word, in our marriage relationships, 00:28:37.150 --> 00:28:39.829 whether it's submitting and laying down your 00:28:39.829 --> 00:28:43.589 life for your wife or as a woman to respect and 00:28:43.589 --> 00:28:46.190 submit to your husband to be a team, whether 00:28:46.190 --> 00:28:49.410 it's children obeying their parents, submission 00:28:49.410 --> 00:28:52.470 is the channel through which God's biggest and 00:28:52.470 --> 00:28:56.170 best blessings flow. And our human nature just 00:28:56.170 --> 00:28:59.710 grades against it. And I think for many of us, 00:28:59.730 --> 00:29:03.170 we've bought into freedom means I can do whatever 00:29:03.170 --> 00:29:06.130 I want. The very last line in the teaching, I 00:29:06.130 --> 00:29:09.750 said, the Spirit of God reveals the love of God. 00:29:09.869 --> 00:29:12.970 And each one of us wants to resist against the 00:29:12.970 --> 00:29:15.710 Spirit's work in our life. Here's my question 00:29:15.710 --> 00:29:18.849 for you today. Are you going to do life today 00:29:18.849 --> 00:29:22.430 God's way or your way? Is there an area in your 00:29:22.430 --> 00:29:25.410 life he's been speaking to you about? Submit, 00:29:25.410 --> 00:29:30.009 surrender, obey me, not your way. And if he is, 00:29:30.150 --> 00:29:33.230 can I encourage you, do it today. You'll be glad. 00:29:33.690 --> 00:29:35.690 Thanks, Chip. Well, if you want to go back and 00:29:35.690 --> 00:29:37.970 listen to any part of this series or get your 00:29:37.970 --> 00:29:40.329 hands on the message notes Chip mentioned, go 00:29:40.329 --> 00:29:43.170 to the Chip Ingram app. It's an easy way to get 00:29:43.170 --> 00:29:45.309 plugged in with our resources or share them with 00:29:45.309 --> 00:29:47.950 others. We long to see every Christian living 00:29:47.950 --> 00:29:50.609 like a Christian. And the tools available through 00:29:50.609 --> 00:29:53.049 the Chip Ingram app can help. Check it out today. 00:29:53.369 --> 00:29:55.710 Well, join us next time as Chip continues his 00:29:55.710 --> 00:29:58.849 series, Spiritual Simplicity. Until then, I'm 00:29:58.849 --> 00:30:01.069 Dave Drewy, thanking you for listening to this 00:30:01.069 --> 00:30:02.930 edition of Living on the Edge.