TAKE OFF YOUR MASK
Dealing With Conflict
We refuse to wear masks and play games.
We don't maneuver and manipulate behind
the scenes. And we don't twist God's Word to
suit ourselves. Rather, we keep everything we
do and say out in the open, the whole truth on
display, so that those who want to can see
and judge for themselves in the presence of
God. – 2 Corinthians 4:2 (MSG)
Even in laughter the heart may ache, and the
end of joy may be grief. – Proverbs 14:13
(ESV)
What causes quarrels and what causes fights
among you? Is it not this, that your passions
are at war within you? You desire and do not
have, so you murder. You covet and cannot
obtain, so you fight and quarrel. – James 4:12a (ESV)
1. BRING THE
CONFLICT TO GOD
1. BRING THE
CONFLICT TO GOD
Do not be anxious about anything, but in
everything by prayer and supplication with
thanksgiving let your requests be made
known to God. And the peace of God, which
surpasses all understanding, will guard your
hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
– Philippians 4:6-7 (ESV)
1. BRING THE
CONFLICT TO GOD
Humble yourselves, therefore, under the
mighty hand of God so that at the proper time
he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on
him, because he cares for you. – 1 Peter 5:67 (ESV)
2. TAKE A DEEP LOOK
WITHIN MYSELF
2. TAKE A DEEP LOOK
WITHIN MYSELF
Why do you see the speck that is in your
brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is
in your own eye? Or how can you say to your
brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your
eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye?
– Matthew 7:3-4 (ESV)
3. ALLOW GOD TO DO
HIS WORK IN ME
3. ALLOW GOD TO DO
HIS WORK IN ME
In this you rejoice, though now for a little
while, if necessary, you have been grieved by
various trials, so that the tested genuineness
of your faith—more precious than gold that
perishes though it is tested by fire—may be
found to result in praise and glory and honor
at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
– 1 Peter 1:6-7 (ESV)
4. FORGIVE ANY
WRONGS AND MOVE ON
4. FORGIVE ANY
WRONGS AND MOVE ON
Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord,
how often will my brother sin against me, and
I forgive him? As many as seven times?”
Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven
times, but seventy-seven times.”
– Matthew 18:21-22 (ESV)