How to Handle Conflict (Unlock Joy, PT3)
Philippians 2:1-8 (NLT)
Is there any encouragement from belonging to Christ? Any comfort from his love? Any fellowship together in the Spirit? Are your hearts tender and compassionate? 2 Then make me truly happy by agreeing wholeheartedly with each other, loving one another, and working together with one mind and purpose. Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too. You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had. Though he was God, he did not think of equality with God as something to cling to.
Instead, he gave up his divine privileges; he took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being.
When he appeared in human form, he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a criminal’s death on a cross.
Quote Points
- “Be like minded”
- “Have the same love”
- “Be one in the spirit”
- “Be one in purpose”
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DEFUSE COMPETITION
“Do nothing out of selfish ambition …”
“Never act from motives of rivalry …” (Ph)
“There must be no competition among you …” (JB)
James 4:1-2
“What causes fights and quarrels? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you? You want something but you don’t get it.”
- 1st Cause of Conflict: Competing desires
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DELETE CONCEIT
“Do nothing out of … vain conceit.”
“Never act from motives of personal vanity” (Ph)
“Don’t do anything … from a cheap desire to boast” (GN)
Proverbs 13:10
“Pride only breeds quarrels.”
- 2nd Cause of Conflict: Personal pride
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DECREASE CRITICISM
” … in humility consider others better than yourselves.”
- Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but rather — not thinking of yourself at all!
- 3rd cause of conflict: Failure to respect others.
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DEMONSTRATE CONSIDERATION
“Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.”
1 Peter 3:7
“Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives … so that nothing will hinder your prayers.”
- 4th Cause of Conflict: Insensitive to other’s needs
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DEVELOP CHRIST-LIKENESS
“Your attitude should be the same as that of Jesus Christ.”
- 5th Cause of Conflict: Living without Jesus
Ephesians 4:3 (GN)
“Do your best to preserve the unity which the Spirit gives, by the peace that binds you together.”
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