Taming Selfishness
Week 3
Patrick Conrad
Part of We Are a Zoo

February 15/16, 2020
Patrick Conrad, Lead Pastor

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HOW DO WE PREVENT OUR DIFFERENCES FROM BECOMING IRRECONCILABLE?

Commit - to pledge or bind to a certain course of action.


Commitment, as God intended for us to have toward one another will require us to…

1.

our spouse as Christ loved us.

For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to Himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them.” - II Corinthians 5:19 (NLT)

2.

our marriage relationship.

“…You will always harvest what you plant.” - Galatians 6:7b (NLT)

Invest…


3. Become the

of God.

“God made Him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.” - II Corinthians 5:21 (NIV)

Colossians 3:13 (NLT) “Make allowance for each other’s faults and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others.”

● Forgiveness is a

not confined to a single act of obedience.

● Forgiveness is not just a change of mind, but a change of

.