Conflict
cannot continue without my
participation.
(Ecclesiastes 3:1-5)
There is a time for everything, and a season for
every activity under heaven...a time to scatter stones and a time to gather
them.
(Genesis 31:46)
He said to his relatives, “Gather some stones.” So
they took stones and piled them in a heap, and they ate there by the heap.
1. I will act not react.
I will pre-decide my
actions.
(Ephesians 4:26-27) “In your
anger do not sin”: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry,
and do not give the devil a foothold.
2.I will focus on the
good things in you.
(Philippians 4:8) Finally, brothers, whatever is
true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is
lovely, whatever is admirable--if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--
think about such things.
3. I will apply God's grace
to you.
(Romans 12:19-21) Do not take revenge,
my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine
to avenge; I will repay,” says the Lord.
On the contrary: “If your enemy is hungry, feed
him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you
will heap burning coals on his head.”
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with
good.
4. I will remember God's
grace to me.
(1 John 4:8-11 MSG) The person who refuses
to love doesn't know the first thing about God, because God is love—so
you can't know him if you don't love.
This is how God showed his love for us: God sent
his only Son into the world so we might live through him.
This is the kind of love we are talking about—not
that we once upon a time loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a
sacrifice to clear away our sins and the damage they've done to our
relationship with God.
My dear, dear friends, if God loved us like this,
we certainly ought to love each other.
Chris Hodges, Church of the Highlands
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