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Each week, Chip will take you to God’s Word for biblical guidance on topics like being a follower of Jesus, strengthening your marriage, understanding love and sex, raising moral children, and overcoming painful emotions. Chip also shares honestly from his own experiences.
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Do you wish your neighborhood was safer? Or maybe that your kid's teacher wasn’t so anti-Christian. Or that you could reach the people you work with for Christ? What if God wanted you to be the one to lead the change? Where would you start? Chip explains how you can be the catalyst for positive, God-honoring change, in your neighborhood, school, or community.
How Jesus “reached” a city:
A lesson for His disciples -John 4
Timeless axiom: Unlikely, supernatural breakthroughs are not dependent on aFUTURE work of God, but a PRESENT work of “one”. -John 4:34-39
How His followers “reached” the world:
A Lesson for Us -Book of Acts
Timeless axiom: Breakthroughs are fueled by COMPASSION and birthed in biblical COMMUNITY.
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Good things come in small packages. Do you believe that? Whether it’s a wedding ring, or a smart phone, or a nice wristwatch, we all know that a small package can contain some pretty interesting stuff. Interestingly, Jesus was a big proponent of small. Chip unleashes the secret of how to get the most from those small things in life.
How Jesus “reached” a city:
A lesson for His disciples -John 4
Timeless axiom: Unlikely, supernatural breakthroughs are not dependent on aFUTURE work of God, but a PRESENT work of “one”. -John 4:34-39
How His followers “reached” the world:
A Lesson for Us -Book of Acts
Timeless axiom: Breakthroughs are fueled by COMPASSION and birthed in biblical COMMUNITY.
Action steps:
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Where do you need courage? Do you need courage to have that hard talk with one of your children? Do you need courage to quit that alcohol or drug habit? Do you need courage to tell your spouse about your porn addiction? Where do you need courage? Join Chip as he explains how the Lord will develop courage in you, so you can experience His power like never before.
Six barriers to experiencing breakthrough
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Jesus teaches us that “looking up” is the secret to “stepping out.” -Mark 8:17–9:29
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Courage is stepping out and doing the right thing in the face of danger or difficulty. Courage is a prerequisite for seeing God unleash His supernatural power in your life. The question is how do you actually get courage?
Six barriers to experiencing breakthrough
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Jesus teaches us that “looking up” is the secret to “stepping out.” -Mark 8:17–9:29
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God wants to do something great in your life. He wants to bless you; He wants to prosper you. But if that is going to occur, He needs something from you. Chip shows us what it is that unleashes God’s supernatural power in our lives.
The pathway to breakthrough involves:
Your personal pathway to breakthrough
Question: How do we repent and “make room” for God’s supernatural power and blessing?
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Do you believe that what you’re experiencing today is not all there is? Chip shares how God is orchestrating events, circumstances, people, and relationships to bring about a breakthrough - a shift in the status quo - a fresh awakening of your heart to His Spirit. And He wants you to get in on the action. The question is will you be ready?
The pathway to breakthrough involves:
Your personal pathway to breakthrough
Question: How do we repent and “make room” for God’s supernatural power and blessing?
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God wants to do the impossible through you. Not the hard, not the unlikely, He wants to do the impossible through you. The question is, how does that work? What do you need to do to in order to experience that kind of life changing breakthrough? Chip answers those questions in this message.
Five questions about breakthrough:
1. What is a breakthrough?
Three key definitions:
2. Is there a biblical pattern for breakthrough?
3. How did Jesus teach His disciples to experience and be agents of breakthrough?
4. Is there historical precedent that breakthrough can happen in our day?
5. How do you experience the first step of breakthrough?
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What situation in your life looks insurmountable right now? A marriage heading for the rocks? A child breaking your heart? A doctor’s report with the word “Cancer” written on it? What circumstance in your life is so big, so overwhelming, so difficult that it looks impossible to conquer? Chip helps us discover how to unleash God’s power into our impossible situations.
Five questions about breakthrough:
1. What is a breakthrough?
Three key definitions:
2. Is there a biblical pattern for breakthrough?
3. How did Jesus teach His disciples to experience and be agents of breakthrough?
4. Is there historical precedent that breakthrough can happen in our day?
5. How do you experience the first step of breakthrough?
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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:
Key areas to evaluate:
Set spiritual priority -Mt. 6:33
Don’t go it alone -Ec. 4:12b; Pro. 13:30
Abide in Christ -John 15:5
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Wouldn’t it be great to enjoy the“Christmas Spirit” 365 days year? In this message, Chip shares how you can cultivate that winsome spirit of Christmas in your heart 24/7.
Breakthrough Concept #4: God does not measure generosity by the size of our gift, but by the size of our sacrifice.
The Christmas Story: A graduate course in generosity
Three observations:
Generosity is to love as thunder is to lightning: Luke 6:38
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