Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast

Good to Great in God's Eyes - Think Great Thoughts, Part 2

40 min·January 9, 2025
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About this Episode

If you want to change for the better there are seven key areas that you must cultivate in your thought life. In this message, Chip explains those key areas in a message he calls “Think Great Thoughts.”

Main Points Introduction: “We are what we eat…”
  • It’s true physically.
  • It’s true psychologically.
  • It’s true spiritually.

Practice: Think Great Thoughts!

I. Since we are a product of our thought life, God commands us to “Think Great thoughts.” --Philippians 4:8-9
  • The Command is to think/dwell on these things.
  • Logizomai – to consider, think on, reckon, to deduce, to reason, calculate, and ponder; to deliberate upon through protracted analysis and thought.
  • The amazing story of George Dzundra
II. Seven great thoughts to think about…write each on a 3x5 card.
  1. God --Romans 11:33
  2. Yourself --Zephaniah 3:17
  3. Others --1 Samuel 16:7
  4. Life --Luke 9:23-25
  5. The Future --Jeremiah 29:11
  6. The Past --Philippians 3:13-14
  7. Challenges --James 1:2-4
Ways to think great thoughts:
  1. Memorize and meditate on the 3x5 cards you make from the above scriptures.
  2. Use drive time.
  3. Listen to great music.
  4. Take walks in nature.
  5. Personalize truth of promises and Scripture to address your own personal areas of growth (3x5 cards).
Broadcast Resource About Chip Ingram

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.

About Living on the Edge

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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