January 14, 2025

Good to Great in God's Eyes - Pursue Great People, Part 1

32 minutes

Relationships are a powerful tool to build character and determine personal direction. If you long to make an impact in this world there are some key relationships you’ll want to pursue. Chip talks about how to discover and develop those type of important relationships.

Main Points

Introduction: More is really “caught than taught.”

It’s true when we are young.

It’s true when we grow up.

Timeless Axiom: We become most like those we admire and those with whom we interact most frequently.

Practice: Pursue Great People! --Proverbs 13:20

I. Why pursue great people?

God's Word is emphatic about the company we keep. --1 Corinthians 15:33; Hebrews 13:7; 1 Corinthians 4:15-16; Proverbs 27:17

Our baggage and backgrounds demand it! (Reference: The Wounded Healer by Henry Nouwen)

II. How do you pursue great people?

Start by looking in the rear-view mirror. What four or five people have most positively impacted your life?

Now, look out the windshield. We all need three kinds of people in our lives.

A Paul to “learn from.”

A Barnabas to “share with.”

A Timothy to “help grow.”

III. Get started without getting discouraged.

A warning to heed.

A perspective to consider.

An action plan to follow.

Broadcast Resource

"Good to Great in God's Eyes" Resources

Message Notes

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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