WE WANT YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS TO DEEPLY CHANGE YOU BENEATH THE SURFACE!

WHEN YOU ARE IN

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, WHAT’S IN YOU WILL COME OUT OF YOU

(Proverbs 27:17 NLT) As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.

WHAT’S FALSE PEACE?

AUTHENTIC PEACE NEVER COMES BY PRETENDING WHAT’S

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IS

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(Matthew 10:34 NLT) Don’t imagine that I came to bring peace to the earth! I came not to bring peace, but a sword

YOU CAN’T EXPERIENCE THE AUTHENTIC

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AND

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OF GOD BY

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NOTHING’S WRONG

TRUE PEACE IS NOT

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AND IT’S NOT

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5 WAYS TO RESOLVE CONFLICT IN AN EMOTIONALLY HEALTHY WAY

1. YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE

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(Matthew 5:23-24 NIV) Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother or sister has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to them; then come and offer your gift.

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RESOLUTION TAKES PRIORITY OVER CORPORATE

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EMOTIONALLY MATURE ADULTS DON’T MAKE

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, THEY DON’T

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OR PROCRASTINATE

(1 Peter 3:7 NIV) Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers.

YOU CAN’T BE SPIRITUALLY

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WHILE REMAINING EMOTIONALLY

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PLAN A “PEACE CONFERENCE”

2. YOU START WITH WHAT’S

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FAULT

YOU’RE TRYING TO FIX THE

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, NOT FIX THE

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(James 4:1 NIV) What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you?

(James 4:2 NIV) You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God.

MATURE ADULTS

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CONFLICTS RATHER THAN

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RELATIONSHIPS

“I SINCERELY APOLOGIZE, I HONESTLY WASN’T LISTENING TO YOUR PERSPECTIVE”

(James 1:19 NIV) My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry

3.

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YOUR BLIND SPOTS

BLIND SPOTS ARE WEAKNESSES IN YOUR LIFE THAT YOU HAVE A HARD TIME SEEING

(Matthew 7:3-5 NIV) Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, “Let me take the speck out of your eye,” when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

IN CONFLICT, WE TEND TO MAGNIFY

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PART AND MINIMIZE

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PART

WHAT ARE MY BLIND SPOTS?

(Proverbs 27:6 NLT) Wounds from a sincere friend are better than many kisses from an enemy.

4. WRAP THE

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IN

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(Ephesians 4:15 NIV) Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ.

IT’S NOT JUST

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YOU SAY, IT’S

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YOU SAY IT

PEOPLE RECEIVE BEST WHEN

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IS WRAPPED IN

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(Romans 3:23 NIV) For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God

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ON RECONCILIATION NOT RESOLUTION

RECONCILIATION MEANS YOU REESTABLISH THE RELATIONSHIP

RESOLUTION MEANS WE HAVE RESOLVED EVERY DISAGREEMENT

WE MUST ASK HOLY SPIRIT TO HELP US TO BE ABLE TO

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HAND IN HAND WITHOUT

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EYE TO EYE

YOU CAN HAVE RECONCILIATION WITHOUT RESOLVING

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YOU HAVE TO LEAVE THEIR REACTION WITH

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(Romans 12:17-18 NIV) Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everyone. If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.