Last Week: Real Life Conflict

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Last Week Real Life - Conflict
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Healthy and Unhealthy Ways to Conflict
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All Conflict is an Opportunity
Glorify God
Serve others
Become more like Jesus
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Conflict in my marriage I thought that I knew
what Venita needed from me to feel valued.
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Valuable -- Indispensably Essential
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How does God feel valued?
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Christian Perspective
Worship Him
Pray to Him
Study His Word (Bible)
Trust Him with my money.
Serve other people
Live with integrity
Honor Him in my sexual behavior
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What is Indispensably Essential to God?
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PeaceUnity Forgiving Each Other Fellowship
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Clear Witness John 1334-35 A new command I
give you Love one another. As I have loved you,
so you must love one another. By this all men
will know that you are my disciples, if you love
one another.
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Jesus Reputation Depends on it. John 1720-23
My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also
for those who will believe in me through their
message, that all of them may be one, Father,
just as you are in me and I am in you. May they
also be in us so that the world may believe that
you have sent me.
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I have given them the glory that you gave me,
that they may be one as we are one I in them and
you in me. May they be brought to complete unity
to let the world know that you sent me and have
loved them even as you have loved me.
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Worth Fighting For Romans 155-7 - May the God
who gives endurance and encouragement give you a
spirit of unity among yourselves as you follow
Christ Jesus, so that with one heart and mouth
you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ.
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Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted
you, in order to bring praise to God.
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I Cor. 110 I appeal to you, brothers, in the
name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you
agree with one another so that there may be no
divisions among you and that you may be perfectly
united in mind and thought.
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Col. 313, 15 Bear with each other and forgive
whatever grievances you may have against one
another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. Let the
peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as
members of one body you were called to peace. And
be thankful.
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Peace with God, Others and Myself Isaiah 591-2
- Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to
save, nor his ear too dull to hear. But your
iniquities have separated you from your God
your sins have hidden his face from you, so that
he will not hear.
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Romans 321-25 But now God has shown us a
different way of being right in his sight- not by
obeying the law but by the way promised in the
Scriptures long ago. We are made right in Gods
sight when we trust in Jesus Christ to take away
our sins.
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And we all can be saved in this same way, no
matter who we are or what we have done. For all
have sinned all fall short of Gods glorious
standard. Yet now God in his gracious kindness
declares us not guilty. He has done this through
Christ Jesus, who has freed us by taking away our
sins.
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For God sent Jesus to take the punishment for our
sins and to satisfy Gods anger against us. We
are made right with God when we believe that
Jesus shed his blood, sacrificing his life for us.