
Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast
How to Make This Year Different
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30 min·January 2, 2026
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Frustrated by a lack of progress? Chip shares why dependency, not determination, is the key to the lasting change you desire.
Threefold practice for change:
- Look BACK
- Look UP
- Look forward
Key areas to evaluate:
- Relationship with the Lord
- Most important relationships
- Physical health
- Other relationships
- Work / Career / Education
- Personal ministry
- Emotional health
Set spiritual priority -Mt. 6:33
- Get in shape spiritually
Don’t go it alone -Ec. 4:12b; Pro. 13:30
Abide in Christ -John 15:5
- Refuse to rely on sheer willpower, habits, and hacks.
Final thoughts
- Refuse to COMPARE yourself with other people. -2 Cor. 10:12
- Refuse to be a PEOPLE pleaser. -Lk. 16:15; Gal. 1:10
Conclusion
- Evaluate
- Look back
- Look up
- Prioritize
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