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What does living like a Christian really mean? How do the day-to-day, rubber meets the road, "what am I supposed to do now?" questions get answered when circumstances leave an honest person really struggling? Chip shares that God has a dream for you - yes, you - and as incredible as that idea sounds, Chip explains what that means.

5 Key Relationships:

1. Relationship with God: SURRENDERED to God -Romans 12:1
2. Relationship with the world: SEPARATE from the World -Romans 12:2
3. Relationship with yourself: SOBER in Self-Assessment -Romans 12:3-8
4. Relationship with believers: SERVING in Love -Romans 12:9-13
5. Relationship with nonbelievers: SUPERNATURALLY Responding to Evil with Good -Romans 12:14-21

Warning – Romans 12 is not a “try-hard” moral code to live up to, but a faith response to what God has already done for us.

• Romans 1-3: SIN - Our problem that separates us from God.
• Romans 4-5: SALVATION - God’s solution in the work of Jesus Christ on the cross.
• Romans 6-8: SANCTIFICATION - Living your new life in God’s power and growing progressively in Christ-likeness.
• Romans 9-11: SACRIFICE - Living in confidence because God is in control and keeps all His promises…

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Scripture says that the Creator of the universe knows you and longs to have a relationship with you. He has a dream for your life! Would you like to know what God’s dream for your life is? Chip explores Romans chapter 12 to find the answer to that question.

5 Key Relationships:

1. Relationship with God: SURRENDERED to God -Romans 12:1
2. Relationship with the world: SEPARATE from the World -Romans 12:2
3. Relationship with yourself: SOBER in Self-Assessment -Romans 12:3-8
4. Relationship with believers: SERVING in Love -Romans 12:9-13
5. Relationship with nonbelievers: SUPERNATURALLY Responding to Evil with Good -Romans 12:14-21

Warning – Romans 12 is not a “try-hard” moral code to live up to, but a faith response to what God has already done for us.

• Romans 1-3: SIN - Our problem that separates us from God.
• Romans 4-5: SALVATION - God’s solution in the work of Jesus Christ on the cross.
• Romans 6-8: SANCTIFICATION - Living your new life in God’s power and growing progressively in Christ-likeness.
• Romans 9-11: SACRIFICE - Living in confidence because God is in control and keeps all His promises…

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• Take the Real You Assessment Free
• What Every New Believer Needs to Know

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Fewer things put more strain on a marriage than debt. Whether its… unpaid credit cards, overdue mortgage payments, or student loans … there's a lot of pressure in owing other people money. It’s an overwhelming feeling! In this program, Chip wraps up his series by finishing his talk on marriage and finances. Don’t miss how to dig out of debt, and have a more peaceful home.

How to biblically manage your finances together:

I. The command – All our words and our actions are to be in Jesus’ name. -Colossians 3:17

II. The second most accurate mirrors of our hearts and lives

1. Our words -Luke 6:45
2. Our money -Matthew 6:19-21

III. A brief overview of biblical finances*

• God owns it all. -Psalm 50:12; James 1:17
• We are stewards, managers, trustees. -Luke 16:1-15
• We will give an account of our stewardship. -Matthew 25:14-30
• Money is powerful and deceptive. -Mark 4:18-19
• Money is the “other god.” -Matthew 6:24
• Giving is God’s antidote to greed and the dangers of idol worship. -1 Timothy 6:17-19
• Debt is dangerous and to be avoided. -Romans 13:8; Proverbs 22:7
• We are to be accurately aware of our financial condition. -Proverbs 27:23

*The Truth About Money by Russ Crosson, CEO of Ron Blue, Inc.

IV. There are only 5 uses of money

1. Giving
2. Taxes
3. Savings
4. Debt
5. Living

V. Financial freedom requires spending less than one’s income

VI. How to solve “money problems” in your marriage

1. It must begin with… “It’s our problem, we will solve it with God’s help.”
2. Assessment instead of blaming
3. Alignment of values and execution
4. Action

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