Do you ever wonder why good, Godly relationships have conflict? If I love God and you love God and we love each other, then shouldn’t we have a relationship free of conflict? Unfortunately, the answer is, no. Chip shares some ways of living in harmony with those around you and how to handle conflict effectively when it arises.

• Jesus prayed for it.
• Scripture commands it.
• The Church practiced it.
• The world was transformed by it.

• Growth/Unmet Needs
• Theological Differences
• Philosophical Differences
• Personality Differences
• Carnality

1. Refuse to tolerate disunity.
2. Embrace conflict as normal and unavoidable.
3. Be the initiator in conflict resolution.
4. Deal with you before you deal with them.
5. Meet together ASAP and outline the issue!
6. If resolution does not occur, follow the Biblical guidelines of Matthew 18

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Sometimes the truth really HURTS! Getting straight talk from a friend is about as fun as getting a speeding ticket. But we all need people in our lives who will honestly level with us! Chip explains why it’s so important to be a truth-telling-best-friend.

• It is a command. --Colossians 3:16, 1 Thessalonians 5:14
• Because we all have “blind spots.” --Psalm 19:12; 139:23-24
• To become godly, holy, mature Christians. --Colossians 1:28-29
• It cultivates deep, loving relationships. --1 Thessalonians 2:8
• Because sin destroys a believer’s life. --Romans 6:23
• Because we are members of one another. Unchecked sin impacts the whole body --Romans 12:4-5

1. It requires a life "full of goodness"
2. It requires a life "filled with knowledge"
3. It requires a "heart filled with love"

• Step #1: Examine your own life. --Matthew 7:3-5
• Step #2: Examine the Word. --2 Timothy 2:15
• Step #3: Examine your motives. --1 Corinthians 4:14
• Step #4: Set a time to meet privately. --Matthew 18:15
• Step #5: Ask specific questions to confirm data, and disarm the situation.
• Step #6: Tenderly point out the sin; show them the Scripture that applies to them.
• Step #7: If possible, develop a game-plan, timetable, and follow-up meeting for support and follow-through.

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Chip Ingram’s passion is helping Christians really live like Christians. As a pastor, author, and teacher for more than three decades, Chip has helped believers around the world move from spiritual spectators to healthy, authentic disciples of Jesus by living out God’s truth in their lives and relationships in transformational ways.

Living on the Edge exists to help Christians live like Christians. Established in 1995 as the radio ministry of pastor and author Chip Ingram, God has since grown it into a global discipleship ministry. Living on the Edge provides Biblical teaching and discipleship resources that challenge and equip spiritually hungry Christians all over the world to become mature disciples of Jesus.

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Jesus told us to speak the truth in love. But for most of us, it’s hard! If you’d like to know how to speak the truth, with boldness and with love, join Chip as he reveals how to do just that.

• It is a command. --Colossians 3:16, 1 Thessalonians 5:14
• Because we all have “blind spots.” --Psalm 19:12; 139:23-24
• To become godly, holy, mature Christians. --Colossians 1:28-29
• It cultivates deep, loving relationships. --1 Thessalonians 2:8
• Because sin destroys a believer’s life. --Romans 6:23
• Because we are members of one another. Unchecked sin impacts the whole body --Romans 12:4-5

1. It requires a life "full of goodness"
2. It requires a life "filled with knowledge"
3. It requires a "heart filled with love"

• Step #1: Examine your own life. --Matthew 7:3-5
• Step #2: Examine the Word. --2 Timothy 2:15
• Step #3: Examine your motives. --1 Corinthians 4:14
• Step #4: Set a time to meet privately. --Matthew 18:15
• Step #5: Ask specific questions to confirm data, and disarm the situation.
• Step #6: Tenderly point out the sin; show them the Scripture that applies to them.
• Step #7: If possible, develop a game-plan, timetable, and follow-up meeting for support and follow-through.

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Chip Ingram’s passion is helping Christians really live like Christians. As a pastor, author, and teacher for more than three decades, Chip has helped believers around the world move from spiritual spectators to healthy, authentic disciples of Jesus by living out God’s truth in their lives and relationships in transformational ways.

Living on the Edge exists to help Christians live like Christians. Established in 1995 as the radio ministry of pastor and author Chip Ingram, God has since grown it into a global discipleship ministry. Living on the Edge provides Biblical teaching and discipleship resources that challenge and equip spiritually hungry Christians all over the world to become mature disciples of Jesus.

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Do you know someone who’s about to throw the towel in? Don’t let ‘em! They need you to “jump in the ring” with them and “double team” the enemy. It’s called ENCOURAGEMENT! Chip Ingram teaches us how to become an awesome encourager, and how to lift up those who are down.

Sometimes the only difference between success and failure is a simple word of encouragement!

What is encouragement?

• Meaning of the word:
• Use in the New Testament:
• Use in the Old Testament:

Summary: We are to aid, help, support, and intercede for each other by means of comforting in affliction, strengthening in faith, and motivating toward righteousness. In short, encouragement (building up others) is taking the truth of Scripture by life and word in the context of meaningful and caring relationships, to restore perspective and, thereby, provide hope which carries us through affliction and above complacency.

Why is encouragement so important?

• Because God commands it. --1 Thessalonians 5:11
• Because sin is deceitful. --Hebrews 3:13
• Because spiritual growth requires it. --1 Thessalonians 3:2
• Because we lose perspective so easily. --2 Corinthians 7:3-7

• Hebrews10:19-25

• Since we have access into God’s presence. --Hebrews 10:19
• Since we never go into God’s presence alone. --Hebrews 10:21

• “Let us draw near…” Biblical encouragement restores perspective. --Hebrews 10:22
• “Let us hold fast…” Biblical encouragement promotes endurance. --Hebrews 10:23
• “Let us stimulate one another…” Biblical encouragement inspires spiritual growth. --Hebrews 10:24

1. By stimulating one another to Christ-like attitudes and actions in relationships.
2. By refusing to allow one another to “drift” from regular attendance at worship or small group times.
3. By reminding one another of the certainty and accountability involved in Christ’s return.

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Chip Ingram’s passion is helping Christians really live like Christians. As a pastor, author, and teacher for more than three decades, Chip has helped believers around the world move from spiritual spectators to healthy, authentic disciples of Jesus by living out God’s truth in their lives and relationships in transformational ways.

Living on the Edge exists to help Christians live like Christians. Established in 1995 as the radio ministry of pastor and author Chip Ingram, God has since grown it into a global discipleship ministry. Living on the Edge provides Biblical teaching and discipleship resources that challenge and equip spiritually hungry Christians all over the world to become mature disciples of Jesus.

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God is good! But life is hard, isn’t it? Let’s be honest. Sometimes life is just plain difficult. It isn’t fair and, in short order, you can find yourself in a world of hurt. How do you rise above those circumstances? Join Chip as he encourages us how to lift up those who are down.

Sometimes the only difference between success and failure is a simple word of encouragement!

What is encouragement?

• Meaning of the word:
• Use in the New Testament:
• Use in the Old Testament:

Summary: We are to aid, help, support, and intercede for each other by means of comforting in affliction, strengthening in faith, and motivating toward righteousness. In short, encouragement (building up others) is taking the truth of Scripture by life and word in the context of meaningful and caring relationships, to restore perspective and, thereby, provide hope which carries us through affliction and above complacency.

Why is encouragement so important?

• Because God commands it. --1 Thessalonians 5:11
• Because sin is deceitful. --Hebrews 3:13
• Because spiritual growth requires it. --1 Thessalonians 3:2
• Because we lose perspective so easily. --2 Corinthians 7:3-7

• Hebrews10:19-25

• Since we have access into God’s presence. --Hebrews 10:19
• Since we never go into God’s presence alone. --Hebrews 10:21

• “Let us draw near…” Biblical encouragement restores perspective. --Hebrews 10:22
• “Let us hold fast…” Biblical encouragement promotes endurance. --Hebrews 10:23
• “Let us stimulate one another…” Biblical encouragement inspires spiritual growth. --Hebrews 10:24

1. By stimulating one another to Christ-like attitudes and actions in relationships.
2. By refusing to allow one another to “drift” from regular attendance at worship or small group times.
3. By reminding one another of the certainty and accountability involved in Christ’s return.

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Chip Ingram’s passion is helping Christians really live like Christians. As a pastor, author, and teacher for more than three decades, Chip has helped believers around the world move from spiritual spectators to healthy, authentic disciples of Jesus by living out God’s truth in their lives and relationships in transformational ways.

Living on the Edge exists to help Christians live like Christians. Established in 1995 as the radio ministry of pastor and author Chip Ingram, God has since grown it into a global discipleship ministry. Living on the Edge provides Biblical teaching and discipleship resources that challenge and equip spiritually hungry Christians all over the world to become mature disciples of Jesus.

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Do you find it hard to not make judgments about people based on their clothes, or hair, or the car they drive? You know God looks on the heart, but you just can’t get past that outward appearance. What do you do? Chip reveals Jesus’ remedy for passing judgment on those who are different from us.

To love each other the way Jesus loved His disciples means we must accept one another, just as Christ accepted us, in order to bring glory to God!

Dr. Larry Crabb – Connecting, page 66: “Connecting is a kind of relating that happens when the powerful life of Christ in one person meets the good life of Christ in another. What every Christian can pour into another is the powerful passion of acceptance, a passion that flows out of the center of the gospel, a passion that fills the heart of God.”

What does it mean to “accept one another?”

• Meaning of the word “Accept.”
• Meaning from the context. --Romans 15:1-6
• Meaning from the New Testament.
• Meaning from the text. --Romans 15:7

1. Legalism: Judging others’ faith by extra-Biblical standards. --Romans 14
2. Favoritism: Judging other by external appearance or possessions. --2 Corinthians 5:16; James 2:1-5
3. Pre-judging: Judging others based on preconceived notions about them. --Luke 6:37
4. Mind-reading: Judging others in areas that are impossible for us to assess. --1 Corinthians 4:1-5

1. … interpersonal conflict in the church. --1 Corinthians 6:2-5
2. … immoral behavior in the church. --1 Corinthians 5:1-6;1 Timothy 5:20
3. … those who sin against us. --Matthew 18:15-17
4. … when placed in positions of spiritual responsibility. --2 Timothy 4:1-3
5. … to maintain doctrinal purity. --2 Timothy 4:15
6. … when church unity is threatened. --Titus 1:10; 1 Timothy 5:20

1. Remember what is at stake!
2. Refuse to compare!
3. Renew your view of others!

• Memorize: 2 Corinthians 5:16

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Living on the Edge exists to help Christians live like Christians. Established in 1995 as the radio ministry of pastor and author Chip Ingram, God has since grown it into a global discipleship ministry. Living on the Edge provides Biblical teaching and discipleship resources that challenge and equip spiritually hungry Christians all over the world to become mature disciples of Jesus.

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Have you ever wished that someone would look behind the smile, the makeup, and the clothes, to see who you really are - and accept you just as you are? We all long for that, and in this message Chip shares how Jesus taught us to love one another.

To love each other the way Jesus loved His disciples means we must accept one another, just as Christ accepted us, in order to bring glory to God!

Dr. Larry Crabb – Connecting, page 66: “Connecting is a kind of relating that happens when the powerful life of Christ in one person meets the good life of Christ in another. What every Christian can pour into another is the powerful passion of acceptance, a passion that flows out of the center of the gospel, a passion that fills the heart of God.”

What does it mean to “accept one another?”

• Meaning of the word “Accept.”
• Meaning from the context. --Romans 15:1-6
• Meaning from the New Testament.
• Meaning from the text. --Romans 15:7

1. Legalism: Judging others’ faith by extra-Biblical standards. --Romans 14
2. Favoritism: Judging other by external appearance or possessions. --2 Corinthians 5:16; James 2:1-5
3. Pre-judging: Judging others based on preconceived notions about them. --Luke 6:37
4. Mind-reading: Judging others in areas that are impossible for us to assess. --1 Corinthians 4:1-5

1. … interpersonal conflict in the church. --1 Corinthians 6:2-5
2. … immoral behavior in the church. --1 Corinthians 5:1-6;1 Timothy 5:20
3. … those who sin against us. --Matthew 18:15-17
4. … when placed in positions of spiritual responsibility. --2 Timothy 4:1-3
5. … to maintain doctrinal purity. --2 Timothy 4:15
6. … when church unity is threatened. --Titus 1:10; 1 Timothy 5:20

1. Remember what is at stake!
2. Refuse to compare!
3. Renew your view of others!

• Memorize: 2 Corinthians 5:16

• Download Free MP3
• Message Notes

• Free Your Divine Design Book

Chip Ingram’s passion is helping Christians really live like Christians. As a pastor, author, and teacher for more than three decades, Chip has helped believers around the world move from spiritual spectators to healthy, authentic disciples of Jesus by living out God’s truth in their lives and relationships in transformational ways.

Living on the Edge exists to help Christians live like Christians. Established in 1995 as the radio ministry of pastor and author Chip Ingram, God has since grown it into a global discipleship ministry. Living on the Edge provides Biblical teaching and discipleship resources that challenge and equip spiritually hungry Christians all over the world to become mature disciples of Jesus.

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• Chip Ingram App
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• 888-333-6003