Greed – it is a nasty, ugly habit that the enemy uses to poison our peace. If left unchecked, greed consumes us like a terrible infection. Join Chip to learn the antidote.

Introduction: “A scouting report” -1 Timothy 6:5-10

Four Questions:

1. Who is our foe?
2. How formidable is our foe?
3. What are his tactics?
4. Where are we vulnerable to attack?

Three Principles – Three Practices:

Step #1: Develop PERSONAL COMPASSION – How?

• By putting others’ needs ahead of our wants. -Philippians 4:14-15

Step #2: Develop a GENEROUS SPIRIT – How?

• By releasing the very thing that has power to consume us. -Philippians 4:16

Step #3: Develop an ETERNAL PERSPECTIVE – How?

• By understanding the inseparable relationship between our money and authentic worship. -Philippians 4:17-18

Conclusion: “Scouting Recommendations” -1 Timothy 6:17-19

Four Commands:

1. Put your HOPE in God.
2. Be RICH in good deeds.
3. Be GENEROUS.
4. Be willing to SHARE.

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A scouting report is designed to provide the inside scoop, the lay of the land, accurate conditions, so our tactics, in a given circumstance, will be successful. In this program, Chip tells us we need a scouting report when we pursue peace.

Introduction: “A scouting report” -1 Timothy 6:5-10

Four Questions:

1. Who is our foe?
2. How formidable is our foe?
3. What are his tactics?
4. Where are we vulnerable to attack?

Three Principles – Three Practices:

Step #1: Develop PERSONAL COMPASSION – How?

• By putting others’ needs ahead of our wants. -Philippians 4:14-15

Step #2: Develop a GENEROUS SPIRIT – How?

• By releasing the very thing that has power to consume us. -Philippians 4:16

Step #3: Develop an ETERNAL PERSPECTIVE – How?

• By understanding the inseparable relationship between our money and authentic worship. -Philippians 4:17-18

Conclusion: “Scouting Recommendations” -1 Timothy 6:17-19

Four Commands:

1. Put your HOPE in God.
2. Be RICH in good deeds.
3. Be GENEROUS.
4. Be willing to SHARE.

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In this program, Chip explains four principles and four related practices that will increase our peace and provide absolute assurance that our needs are provided for, even in the midst of life's most difficult circumstances.

Introduction: What would it take for you to be content?

Content: Happy enough with what one has or is; not desiring something more or different; satisfied. -Webster’s Dictionary

The Problem: The horizon is always moving.

Two Historical Solutions:

1. Conquer, achieve, and acquire until satisfied.
2. Desire less and less until it doesn’t matter.

The Question: How can we be satisfied…today?

• The Answer: Philippians 4:10-13
• The Occasion: A “Thank You” Note -Philippians 4:10-13
• The Conclusion: Contentment is not a thing to be achieved, but a secret to be discovered.
• How?

Four Principles – Four Practices:

Principle #1 - Our contentment is not dependent on our circumstances.

• Practice = BE THANKFUL/GRATEFUL -Philippians 4:10

Principle #2 - Contentment is an attitude we learn not a thing we achieve.

• Practice = BE TEACHABLE -Philippians 4:11

Principle #3 - Prosperity does not have the power to give us contentment; nor poverty the power to take it away.

• Practice = BE FLEXIBLE / CHANGEABLE -Philippians 4:12

Principle #4 - Only Christ has the power to give us a contentment that transcends all life’s variables.

• Practice = BE CONTENT / TRUSTING -Philippians 4:13

Conclusion: Contentment is not passive acceptance of the status quo, but the positive assurance that God has supplied one’s needs, and the consequent release from unnecessary desires.

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As we travel, we understand the horizon is always moving. The same is true in our desperate search for peace. In this program, Chip tells us peace is not a thing to be achieved, but a secret to be discovered.

Introduction: What would it take for you to be content?

Content: Happy enough with what one has or is; not desiring something more or different; satisfied. -Webster’s Dictionary

The Problem: The horizon is always moving.

Two Historical Solutions:

1. Conquer, achieve, and acquire until satisfied.
2. Desire less and less until it doesn’t matter.

The Question: How can we be satisfied…today?

• The Answer: Philippians 4:10-13
• The Occasion: A “Thank You” Note -Philippians 4:10-13
• The Conclusion: Contentment is not a thing to be achieved, but a secret to be discovered.
• How?

Four Principles – Four Practices:

Principle #1 - Our contentment is not dependent on our circumstances.

• Practice = BE THANKFUL/GRATEFUL -Philippians 4:10

Principle #2 - Contentment is an attitude we learn not a thing we achieve.

• Practice = BE TEACHABLE -Philippians 4:11

Principle #3 - Prosperity does not have the power to give us contentment; nor poverty the power to take it away.

• Practice = BE FLEXIBLE / CHANGEABLE -Philippians 4:12

Principle #4 - Only Christ has the power to give us a contentment that transcends all life’s variables.

• Practice = BE CONTENT / TRUSTING -Philippians 4:13

Conclusion: Contentment is not passive acceptance of the status quo, but the positive assurance that God has supplied one’s needs, and the consequent release from unnecessary desires.

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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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As much as we’d like it to be otherwise, the fact is that the world we live in is violent and uncertain. What is certain is that God promised His children supernatural peace - even in the midst of conditions that threaten to absolutely overwhelm us. Chip unpacks how God’s peace works and how you can have it – even in a broken world.

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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When you have a loved one in intensive care, or the house hasn’t sold, or the job hasn’t come through, or the news is full of things that make you fearful – are you able to trust God’s goodness, or does the anxiety just seem too overwhelming? Chip explains how we can actually turn our upsetting circumstances back to God and experience His supernatural peace.

Jesus’ promise: John 16:33

• What exactly is anxiety?
• What causes anxiety?
• How does anxiety affect us?
• How can we overcome anxiety?

Choosing God’s peace when anxiety strikes: Philippians 4:6-7

The Commands = the What:

1. Negatively =
2. Positively =

4 Key Words = the How:

1. PRAYER: Worship and adoration.
2. PETITION: Focus on your needs.
3. THANKSGIVING: Focus on what God has done.
4. REQUESTS: Outline your specific requests.

The Promise = the Why:

1. Peace and anxiety cannot COEXIST.
2. Anxiety and biblical prayer cannot COEXIST.

Summary: Biblical PRAYER is God’s antidote to anxiety.

This week, every time you feel anxious, remember the following word picture:

• When ANXIETY pounds at the door of your heart, let PRAYER answer it as you RUN into your Father’s arms!

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When life gets hard, really hard, we have two options. We can become consumed with worry, which is what most people do, OR we can trust God, who tells us not to worry or be anxious. Chip shares that even though that sounds nearly impossible, God has promised to help us do just that.

Jesus’ promise: John 16:33

• What exactly is anxiety?
• What causes anxiety?
• How does anxiety affect us?
• How can we overcome anxiety?

Choosing God’s peace when anxiety strikes: Philippians 4:6-7

The Commands = the What:

1. Negatively =
2. Positively =

4 Key Words = the How:

1. PRAYER: Worship and adoration.
2. PETITION: Focus on your needs.
3. THANKSGIVING: Focus on what God has done.
4. REQUESTS: Outline your specific requests.

The Promise = the Why:

1. Peace and anxiety cannot COEXIST.
2. Anxiety and biblical prayer cannot COEXIST.

Summary: Biblical PRAYER is God’s antidote to anxiety.

This week, every time you feel anxious, remember the following word picture:

• When ANXIETY pounds at the door of your heart, let PRAYER answer it as you RUN into your Father’s arms!

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Is there a person in your relational world who is absolutely making you nuts? Would you like to learn how to get a perspective that’ll free you up and relieve the turmoil in your heart and mind? In this message, Chip shares some practical, biblical ways to find peace, even in our most problem relationships.

Introduction: Three approaches to peace

• Inward
• Outward
• Upward

The world’s peace: The absence of disturbance and hostility, free from internal and external strife.

God’s peace: Shalom

1. Complete soundness or wholeness of health
2. Harmony in relationships
3. Success and fulfillment of purpose
4. Victory over one’s enemies

Choosing peace in relational conflict -Philippians 4:1-5

• The context: Philippians 4:1
• The plea for unity: Philippians 4:2
• The request for competent counsel: Philippians 4:3
• The command concerning relational focus: Philippians 4:4
• The command concerning personal responsibility: Philippians 4:5

5 ways to diffuse relational conflict:

1. Resolve to stop procrastinating. -Philippians 4:1
2. Re-evaluate your expectations. -Philippians 4:2
3. Get competent, outside help. -Philippians 4:3
4. Refuse to allow one relationship to ruin your life. -Philippians 4:4
5. Remember, a right response is more important than being right. -Philippians 4:5

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Jesus said, “My peace I leave with you.” Very likely, when we pray, peace is often what we ask for - peace in the world, peace at home, and maybe most of all, peace in our relationships - but what did Jesus mean when He said His peace? And how could that make a difference in our problem relationships today? If you or someone you know is struggling with a difficult relationship, this message is for you.

Introduction: Three approaches to peace

• Inward
• Outward
• Upward

The world’s peace: The absence of disturbance and hostility, free from internal and external strife.

God’s peace: Shalom

1. Complete soundness or wholeness of health
2. Harmony in relationships
3. Success and fulfillment of purpose
4. Victory over one’s enemies

Choosing peace in relational conflict -Philippians 4:1-5

• The context: Philippians 4:1
• The plea for unity: Philippians 4:2
• The request for competent counsel: Philippians 4:3
• The command concerning relational focus: Philippians 4:4
• The command concerning personal responsibility: Philippians 4:5

5 ways to diffuse relational conflict:

1. Resolve to stop procrastinating. -Philippians 4:1
2. Re-evaluate your expectations. -Philippians 4:2
3. Get competent, outside help. -Philippians 4:3
4. Refuse to allow one relationship to ruin your life. -Philippians 4:4
5. Remember, a right response is more important than being right. -Philippians 4:5

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