Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast

I Choose Peace - In a Broken World, Part 2

24 min·July 14, 2025
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About this Episode

In this program, Chip explains that even though we long for peace and stability in our lives, often our thinking and choices sometimes create just the opposite – chaos and upheaval. Join Chip as he shares, from God’s Word, the essential key to experiencing God’s peace.

Introduction: Are you feeding or starving your fear?

University of Tennessee – 12-year study

Psychologically: “We are what we eat.”

Summary: Science and Scripture agree

  1. We are a product of our THOUGHT life. -Proverbs 23:7
  2. Our EMOTIONS flow from our thought life. -Romans 8:6
  3. What we allow to enter our mind is the most important DECISION we make each and every day. -Romans 12:2

Question: How can we choose peace in a broken world?

Answer: Philippians 4:8-9

  • Command #1: DWELL on these things… -Philippians 4:8
  • Command #2: Habitually PRACTICE these things… -Philippians 4:9a

Promise: The God of peace (shalom) will be WITH YOU. -Philippians 4:9b

21 Minutes that will change your life:

  1. Read: The Bible -10 minutes
  2. Pray: Talk with God -7 minutes
  3. Listen: Sit quietly and listen -3 minutes
  4. Apply: One specific truth/serve someone -1 minute

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Additional Resource Mentions

  • "I Choose Peace" Book
  • "The Last Lion" By William Manchester & Paul Reid
  • "The Life You've Always Wanted" By John Ortberg

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