Posts by Chip Ingram
How To Build Spiritual Intimacy In Your Marriage Today
As married couples, a lot of us are exhausted and out of ideas to create spiritual intimacy in our relationship. It might feel too vulnerable to seek God together, or you might be in a season where you aren’t interested in any kind of intimacy. Also, many of us have gotten to the point where we’ve resigned ourselves to going through the motions. God designed marriage to be so much more!
Read More5 Significant Things Found In God’s Redemption Stories, Including Yours
Where is God when we hit rock bottom? What does He think of us when He finds us there? And what does He really think of irreligious, immoral people? By sharing three parables, Jesus gave us the answers. Learn the five significant parts of every redemption story, whether it’s your story or mine.
Read MoreWhat Exactly Does The Bible Say About Not Bearing Fruit?
Have you ever gotten caught up in the busyness of doing things for God? Serving and reading and praying and checking off all the boxes, and yet—if you were honest—those efforts weren’t exactly producing the free, Spirit-filled, faith you’d expected? In this article, Chip Ingram dispels a popular myth about bearing fruit and shows us a clear picture of what it means to abide in Christ.
Read More10 Powerful Bible Verses That Reveal Your True Identity In Christ
In a recent sermon series, Chip Ingram explores the way our true identity in Christ begins with first understanding what He thinks about us. Do you know what He says about YOU? To jump ahead to each of the 10 verses, use the links below. 1. Romans 8:292. Matthew 5:483. Romans 12:34. Psalm 139:13-145. Ephesians…
Read MoreExperience True Spirituality When You Transform These 5 Key Relationships
Every parent has a dream for his or her child, and God is no different. You are His child, and He has a dream for you. Read ahead and uncover that dream, and the way God will help you achieve it with true spirituality.
Read More3 Healing Steps To Forgive Those Who Have Hurt and Betrayed You
All of us struggle from time to time. But some of us are prisoners of our struggles. What’s at the root of these struggles, and how can we experience healing and overcome? Romans 12 provides us with steps to forgive those who’ve hurt or persecuted us.
Read More4 Clear Steps To Applying The Wisdom Of God To Our Lives
What if God is orchestrating a perfect situation in your life, but you’re missing it? You can’t see His wisdom because the circumstances are a mess and seem unbearable, and yet they’re His perfect means to accomplish His perfect plan in you? In this article, we’ll uncover why you can be assured that His plans are good, loving and wise.
Read MoreScriptures That Reveal Profound Truths About God’s Love For Us
Though love is a universal need, there’s also a tragic disconnect between those who are starved for love and yet haven’t received it. Some people have no idea God even cares for them. Others are aware and have drunk from the ocean of His love.
Still others can see the sparkling, thirst-quenching water and yet they choose not to drink. There’s a huge set of people who’ve tasted the water and then get distracted and live their own way, finding water substitutes.
Who Is The Real God? 3 Surprising Attributes
Your early experiences, your family of origin issues, and your religious training (or lack thereof) have left you with a picture of God in your mind. The problem is that our view of Him is distorted, and that impacts every single decision you make in life. Have you ever considered to what extent? How would your life change if your view of God was clear and true?
Read More5 Positive Behaviors That Will Resolve Relationship Conflict Today
Is there anything harder than relationships? Marriage brings countless opportunities for strife and dissension; same with raising kids. What about your unresolved issues with parents or old friends? Or co-workers and neighbors? Disagreements and friction are a given with we’re living alongside others, and yet God tells us to live peacefully with others.
Read MoreHow To Bravely Pray For Peace When Fear And Anxiety Are Creeping In
Fear and anxiety can take on many different forms, but God wants to provide His unchanging peace to every one of us who struggles. In this article, I’ll share the 4 kinds of prayer that will lead you to experience peace in your life.
Read More2 Practical Ways To Cultivate The Fruit of Freedom In Christ
Which strongholds in your life have been broken? How are you experiencing freedom in Christ today? Let’s explore how societal freedoms have come from God’s principles. To jump to the 2 practical ways to cultivate the fruit that’s found in true freedom, use these links: There are many different ways to consider the impact that…
Read More7 Key Elements That Are Exclusive To Building Genuine Biblical Friendships
What makes a bond between two people a genuine, biblical friendship? What does the Bible say about friendship? Since our childhoods, we’ve been creating associations with others. We know how to strike up conversation and find shared interests. But do we know how to move from small talk to intimacy? Can you imagine having the kind of biblical friendship that’s based on faith, commitment, loyalty and pointing each other to Jesus?
Read More3 Key Principles To Grasp If You Want To Practice Authentic Christianity
At a pivotal moment in my teenage years, I came to realize that God genuinely cared about me. But it wasn’t until later that I understood the difference between following the rules and practicing authentic Christianity. Let’s unpack Romans 12 and discover what an authentic Christian looks and acts like. If you want to jump…
Read MoreThe One Thing You Need To Know To Pray With Absolute Confidence
Have you ever tried hard to pray with confidence? What did it look like for you? Did you have the assurance the writer talks about in the verse? Maybe you started out discouraged, but then you turned desire into determination and prayed with boldness that God would answer your prayer. I’ve been there many times in life, and eventually I learned that I was missing one key ingredient.
Read MoreHow To Pray To God For Help When Life Feels Impossible
When life is impossible, we pray to God for help. Jesus’ followers in the Early Church have lessons to teach us about bringing God’s supernatural power into our desperate situations. To jump ahead in the article, you can use these links here: Roadblocks To Prayer We Can Overcome 4 Principles For Praying God’s Power Into…
Read More10 Reminders Straight From The Bible To Pray Faithfully
Be encouraged today when you reflect on these 10 reminders from the Bible to pray faithfully, simply and confidently. Every believer has petitioned God for topics on all ends of the spectrum: from weather to serious issues like relationships, finances or health. God cares about all of our circumstances, and most of all, He cares…
Read More12 Powerful Scriptures For Spiritual Warfare Resistance
The Scriptures reveal the spiritual warfare that’s occurring under our noses, both in obvious and subtle ways. In this article, we’ll spotlight 12 Bible verses you can hold on to for recognizing and resisting the Enemy’s plans. Because for every person on the planet — and for this planet itself — there are two competing agendas: life and death.
Read More4 Beliefs That Will Catapult Your Growth As A Christian
I’m often asked the seemingly simple question, “How can I grow as a Christian?” This inquiry comes from lifetime students of the Bible as well as new converts. Because we all know how to learn more and do more, but what about being more effective and living out the calling of Jesus to be witnesses to the ends of the earth? How do we get to a place where we’re willing to live our lives that way?
Read MoreHow Do Regular People Like Us Change The World? Start With These 6 Steps
After the resurrection, Jesus spent 40 days investing in His followers: praying, teaching and living alongside them. He was preparing them for their next assignment. It’s our assignment, too. God uses regular people like you and me to change the world. Experience it for yourself when you follow these 6 steps.
Read More4 Events That Explain God’s Grace For Prodigal Sons
Let’s talk about grace. 4 events that explain God’s grace for the prodigal sons: Do you secretly wonder how God feels about you? Do you look at others and try and imagine what a loving, perfect Father would have to say about their lives? We’ve been told about God’s love and grace, but when we’re…
Read More4 Inspired Portraits Revealing the Roles of a Faithful Father
Consider 4 inspired portraits that reveal the unique responsibilities and roles of a faithful father. Over the decades I have spent parenting our children, I have done a lot of pondering over the roles of a faithful father. And it all began with a dream. Men, have you ever awakened, in the middle of the…
Read More5 Pressing Questions Being Asked By Parents With Adult Children
Check out our 6-session Daily Discipleship course, Navigating Life With Adult Children with Dr. Jim Burns and Chip Ingram. Is your parenting role changing? Find answers to 5 pressing questions being asked by parents with adult children. Q1: Parenting my adult kids, should I just forget about any verbal influence and instead just pray? How…
Read More5 Core Values That Will Leave A Legacy That Lasts Forever
You have a legacy to share with those you love, and today is the day to start sharing it. The 5 core values of our faith that we must pass on to the next generation: Get more ideas and practical insights when you watch the YouTube teaching series, Leave A Legacy That Lasts Forever. Have you…
Read More5 Power Faith-Building Exercises That Work Every Time
BONUS: Access the entire Daily Discipleship Video Series Methods for building the muscles of spiritual maturity When my son was a pre-teen, he had become very adept at lying. He was a skilled deceiver, to the point of believing his own stories! He’d memorized Scripture and desired to change, and yet it continued to pop…
Read MoreHow to Break Out of A Destructive Lifestyle And Start Living On The Edge
BONUS: Access the entire Daily Discipleship Video Series 3 truths that describe what new life in Christ looks like Which words best describe your life experience since coming to faith in Christ — Exciting and adventurous? Fearful and uncertain? The Barna and Gallup research tells us that most Christians, though given a new life, still…
Read MoreThe One Leadership Mindset That Maximizes Transformation
BONUS: Access the entire Daily Discipleship Video Series Healthy leaders equip believers to become ministers 6 lessons for everyone that we can apply today from Paul’s leadership directive to the Ephesians. Equipping everyone for ministry is a model that works. Can you imagine a general contractor having a team of workers at his disposal but…
Read More5 Reliable Methods For Putting On Your New Self — Even Before It Fits
BONUS: Access the entire Daily Discipleship Video Series Let your new identity in Christ impact your daily life Most of us long to be transformed and changed for the better, but we find it incredibly difficult. It’s hard to begin the process, and even harder to maintain the change. Look at the multibillion-dollar self-help industry.…
Read MoreWhat’s Your Unique Purpose in God’s Big Story?
Explore 3 foundational ways to let Christ live through you as you fulfill your unique purpose. BONUS: Access the entire Daily Discipleship Video Series What’s your unique purpose in God’s big story? Your purpose in God’s story is to let Jesus live His life in you and through you. 3 ways to build a foundation…
Read MoreHow To Turn 5 Powerful Truths Into A Supernaturally Transformed Life
BONUS: Access the entire Daily Discipleship Video Series Would you use the word “transformed” to describe your faith? Embrace these 5 powerful truths and become fully equipped to supernaturally transform your spiritual life: 5 steps to your spiritual training program: Live out your purpose of letting Jesus live through you. I’d like you to consider…
Read MoreEaster and the Meaning of the Divine Intervention
For Christians, Easter of course means infinitely more than a ham dinner and jellybeans. But do you have a clear picture of what the real meaning of Easter is? Jesus Christ’s life on earth was a divine intervention. God knew humans couldn’t rescue themselves from their addiction to sin—so He intervened, motivated by love. “For…
Read MoreWhen You Need a Breakthrough but God Doesn’t Seem to be Listening
Are you feeling stuck? Tired of dealing with the same issues? Perhaps you’ve even told God you need a breakthrough in a relationship or among your family or at work or church—yet God doesn’t seem to be listening? It’s easy to give up and just pretend everything is okay. Or worse, start to doubt that…
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