HOW TO BUILD A BETTER LIFE
January 11 & 12, 2025 // Pastor Mike Berry

1. GOD LOVES YOU AND WANTS YOU TO HAVE

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“I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.”
John 10:10, NKJ

2. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT LIFE SKILLS IS HOW TO

AND HOW TO

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“Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths.”
Psalm 25:4, NIV

3. THE PROBLEM WITH CONFLICT RESOLUTION IS

HOW TO DO IT!
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.”
Isaiah 55:8–9, ESV

4. GOD BLESSES

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“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.”
Matthew 5:9, NIV

* STEPS TO CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND RESTORING RELATIONSHIPS:

* 1. IN ORDER TO BE A

, YOU MUST ALWAYS

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“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.”
Matthew 5:23–24, NIV

“for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.”
2 Timothy 1:7, ESV

* 2. IN ORDER TO BE A PEACEMAKER, YOU MUST ASK GOD FOR

, ASK GOD FOR

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, AND COME UP WITH A PLAN FOR A

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“If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.”
James 1:5, ESV

* 3. IN ORDER TO BE A PEACEMAKER, YOU MUST ALWAYS BEGIN A PEACE POWWOW WITH:

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“Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.”
Proverbs 16:18, NIV

“Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.”
James 4:10, 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.”
Matthew 7:3–5, NIV

* 4. IN ORDER TO BE A

, YOU MUST ALWAYS LISTEN FOR THEIR

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

Action Steps:
What are some ways you and your family need to grow in conflict resolution? What examples of both good and bad conflict resolution have you experienced in your life? How would you like to grow as a peacemaker for God? Where do you know you need to make the first move in conflict resolution right now? Practice the biblical steps and making the first move in conflict resolution this week.