Did you know there’s a lie most of us believe, that destines us to search for significance but never find it? The lie goes like this: "Other people’s opinion… plus my performance… equals my value." Join Chip and learn how to bury that lie forever.

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When everything around you feels like it’s falling apart, when the chaos and dysfunction you see in the world and - closer to home - in your own life, how do you fix it? In this message, Chip tells us God has an amazing plan but on the face of it, it sounds a little radical. The best part? It’s how you’ll find hope - lasting hope. Don’t miss it!

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What if the patterns in your life aren't just personality traits, but "strongholds" of thinking built on lies? In this message, Kyle Idleman looks at 2 Corinthians 10 to help you diagnose and demolish the entrenched neural pathways that dictate your behavior. Whether it is a cycle of shame, a need for control, or generational patterns, discover how to identify the lie, replace it with truth, and finally break the stronghold.

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KYLE IDLEMAN is the senior pastor at Southeast Christian Church in Louisville, Kentucky. He is the bestselling and award-winning author of Not a Fan, Aha, and Grace Is Greater. He is a frequent speaker at national conventions and influential churches across the country. Kyle and his wife, DesiRae, have four children and live on a farm where he doesn't do any actual farming.

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Chip shares a message that may cause you to rethink your perspective on some of the relationships in your life. Jesus said we’re to love our enemies - but how far do you take that? Join Chip for this provocative look at this important command from scripture, and practical help for how to actually make that happen.

Important review: The Romans 12 Christian

1. The commands of Romans 12 are our faith response to Romans chapters 1-11 of God’s grace and mercy toward us.
2. R12 Christians focus on RELATIONSHIPS not rules or religious activity.
3. R12 Christians highest aim is LOVE.

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There's a way to experience real life change, and it isn’t about trying harder; it’s about a completely new way of thinking.

Negative Command: “Do not be conformed to the pattern of this world…”

• Passive voice
• Imperative
• Present tense

Translation: “Stop allowing yourselves to be molded by the influences and pressures of this present world system.”

Application: We are to be SEPARATE from the world’s values. -1 Jn. 2:15-17

Summary: The world’s system seeks to SEDUCE us from our love for Christ by PLEASURE, POSSESSIONS, and POSITION.

Positive Command: “…but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.”

• Passive voice
• Imperative
• Present tense

Translation: “But allow God to completely change your inward thinking and outward behavior by cooperating wholeheartedly moment-by-moment with the Spirit’s renewing process.”

Application: Are you shaped more by the WORLD or the WORD? -Mat. 4:4; 2 Cor. 3:18

The means of transformation: “…by the renewing of your mind.”

• Renewing your mind is a continual REFOCUS of a Romans 12:1 perspective.
• Renewing your mind will always involve a BATTLE.
• Renewing your mind is a SUPERNATURAL work of the Spirit.

Practical methods for “Renewing Your Mind”

1. HEARING God’s Word -Rom. 10:17
2. Use your TIME wisely. Be in the Word
3. READ God’s Word -Rev. 1:3
4. STUDY God’s Word -2 Tim. 2:15
5. MEMORIZE God’s Word -Psa. 119:9,11
6. MEDITATE on God’s Word -Jos. 1:8

A tool for transformation: The “2PROAPT” Method

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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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Stop the small talk. Chip shares how to move beyond logistics to have genuine heart-to-heart conversations with your spouse starting today.

How to effectively communicate:

I. The command – Put on the proper attire -Colossians 3:12

1. COMPASSION – Empathy to action vs. cynical -Matthew 9:36
2. KINDNESS – Whatever is helpful, beneficial vs. critical -Jeremiah 9:23-24, John 4
3. HUMILITY – Their needs first, posture of a servant -Philippians 2:5-11
4. GENTLENESS – Strength under control, your emotions -Matthew 11:28-30
5. PATIENCE – Endure with a good attitude -2 Peter 3:8-9

II. Why the “clothing” metaphor is crucial to biblical communication

1. “Old clothes” must be taken off. -Colossians 3:8-9
2. The new self requires “new clothes”. -Colossians 3:10-11

The Principle: Who we are determines how we “dress” (communicate from the heart)

III. The problem:

• We have settled for techniques and self-help tools to change how we speak, and to modify our emotions and behaviors to improve compatibility; rather than focusing on the deep-rooted transformation of our hearts which empowers us to give the life-giving love of Christ to our mates.

IV. The solution is threefold:

1. Don’t buy the old lies*

• I am what I have: Possessions
• I am what I accomplish: Performance
• I am what others think of me: Popularity

2. Dress appropriately for your mate

1. A – AFFIRMATION
2. W – WARMTH
3. E – ENCOURAGEMENT

3. Have at least 2 “couples conferences” per week**

1. What are you concerned about?
2. What do you wish?
3. What are you willing to do?

*Discover Your True Self book and Affirmation Cards by Chip Ingram and Theresa Ingram.

**Marriage that Works by Chip Ingram.

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Do you find yourself living in a marriage full of unspoken tension? You’re polite and all, but there’s no honest sharing or compassion? In this final program of the series, Chip shares a tool that walks you step-by-step, through a communication process that’ll free you from the past, free you from the guilt, and free you from the history that’s holding your relationship hostage.

Three major reasons we have shame:

1. A theological reason – we ALL have shame.
2. Shame from things DONE to us.
3. Shame of things that we DO.

Three natural responses:

1. To HIDE.
2. To NUMB the pain.
3. To COMPENSATE.

John 21:1-19

Principles:

1. Jesus MEETS us where we are.
2. Jesus gently DEMANDS that we face the truth about ourselves.
3. Jesus AFFIRMS our value and our worthiness by commissioning us to service.

Practical implications:

1. You can’t forgive your mate until you have RECEIVED both forgiveness and restoration. -Ephesians 4:32
2. EXPERIENCE God’s forgiveness and restoration.
3. Freely GIVE what you have received.

Tools for transformation:

D – DEFINE the issue clearly.

E – ENTER the pain and hurt.

F – Ask for FORGIVENESS.

U – UNDERSTAND the process.

• Phase 1: Forgive
• Phase 2: Forgiving
• Phase 3: Forgiven

S – SET things right between you.

• Own your responsibility
• Confess: “I was wrong.”
• Ask: “Will you forgive me?”
• Answer: “Yes, I forgive you.”

E – ESTABLISH a specific game plan to move forward.

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How do you feel when you’ve tried everything you know, and your attempts to show love to your spouse just don’t seem to be making any difference at all? Or maybe you’re on the flip-side and you’re waiting for the day when your spouse finally does something that makes you feel like they really care. In this program, Chip talks about how to love in a way that actually connects.

How do you keep love alive?

• Ephesians 5:25-33
• Very rarely, do we take how Jesus loves the Church and use that as our model for how we are to love one another in marriage.
• Your marriage is not just about your PERSONAL fulfillment. -John 13:1-17, 33-35
• Other than the Church of Jesus Christ, your relationship with your mate is the single most powerful testimony of the reality of God.

Principles:

1. Love is not a FEELING.
2. Love is SERVING. -Philippians 2:3-4
3. Love must be RECEIVED.
4. Love is UNCONDITIONAL.

Practical Implications:

1. Love is a CHOICE.
2. Love MEETS the NEEDS of the one loved.
3. Love requires extreme HUMILITY and SECURITY.

Learn the five languages of love

• Words of affirmation
• Quality time
• Receiving gifts
• Acts of service
• Physical touch

Two clues as to what your love language is:

• What bothers you the most?
• What do you ask for the most?

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In our pursuit of greatness in God's eyes, we tend to imagine following Jesus into ever-increasing, upward levels of maturity. In this program, Chip poses the fascinating premise that we actually follow Jesus, descending into greatness.

The quest for greatness = UNIVERSAL!

How do we measure greatness?

• Power = Who and what we control
• Possessions = What and how much we own
• Position = Our rank in the pecking order
• Prestige = Who and how many “look up” to us
• Productivity = What and how much we accomplish

How do we obtain greatness?

• Two pathways to greatness:

1. ASCENDING
2. DESCENDING

• True greatness defined = Philippians 2:3-4

How do you experience true greatness?

• One word = HUMILITY
• Humility is the channel through which the supernatural power of God’s love flows to heal our deepest hurts and restore our most important relationships.

Following Jesus into greatness - How to be authentically humble:

1. Humility flows from a specific “mindset”. -Philippians 2:5
2. We achieve true greatness when we embrace Christ’s “mindset” toward power and possessions. -Philippians 2:6
3. We become truly great when we embrace Christ’s “mindset” toward position and prestige. -Philippians 2:7
4. We become truly great when we embrace Christ’s “mindset” toward productivity. -Philippians 2:8
5. We experience the REWARD of true greatness when we follow Christ’s example of servanthood. -Philippians 2:9-11

Conclusion: God wants you to be great!

• The acid test of greatness = LOVE
• The road to greatness = HUMILITY
• The opportunity for greatness = SERVING

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