Restored, Week 2: Conflict

Published: Oct. 25, 2012, 11:50 a.m.

Join us this week as lead Pastor, Shane Frazier, discusses God's ways of dealin with "conflict".

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(Hosea 6:2) (NLT) In just a short time he will restore us, so that we may live in his presence.

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Title of Message: Conflict

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(Psalm 55:12-14) (NLT) It is not an enemy who taunts me\u2014I could bear that. It is not my foes who so arrogantly insult me\u2014I could have hidden from them.\xa0 Instead, it is you\u2014my equal, my companion and close friend.\xa0 What good fellowship we once enjoyed as we walked together to the house of God.

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(Proverbs 18:13) \u201cHe who answers before listening--that is his folly and his shame.\u201d

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4 Don'ts when handling Conflict:\xa0

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1.\xa0\xa0\xa0 Don\u2019t ignore it

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(Psalm 39:2-3) (NLT) But as I stood there in silence\u2014not even speaking of good things\u2014the turmoil within me grew worse.\xa0 The more I thought about it, the hotter I got, igniting a fire of words:

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2.\xa0\xa0\xa0 Don\u2019t run from it

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(Psalm 55:6) (NLT) Oh, that I had wings like a dove; then I would fly away and rest!

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(Proverbs 14:12) (NLT) There is a path before each person that seems right, but it ends in death.

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3.\xa0\xa0\xa0 Don\u2019t hide it

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(Genesis 32:27) (AMP) [The Man] asked him, What is your name? And [in shock of realization, whispering] he said, Jacob [supplanter, schemer, trickster, swindler]!

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(Genesis 32:28) (AMP) And He said, Your name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel [contender with God]; for you have contended and have power with God and with men and have prevailed.

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4.\xa0\xa0\xa0 Don\u2019t stir it

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(Proverbs 29:22) An angry person stirs up conflict, and a hot-tempered person commits many sins.

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4 Do's when handling Conflict:

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1.\xa0\xa0\xa0 Do seek the Lord

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(Isaiah 30:21) Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, \u201cThis is the way; walk in it.\u201d

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(James 1:19-20)\u2026 Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires.

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2.\xa0\xa0\xa0 Do walk and not run through the valley

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(Psalm 23:4) Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me;

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(Colossians 1:11) (NCV) God will strengthen you with his own great power so that you will not give up when troubles come, but you will be patient.

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3.\xa0\xa0\xa0 Do work toward a solution

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(Romans 12:18) If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.

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(Ephesians 4:3) Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.

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(Matthew 18:15) (MSG) If a fellow believer hurts you, go and tell him\u2014work it out between the two of you.

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4.\xa0\xa0\xa0 Do have a proper perspective

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(Isaiah 43:2) When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you.
When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze.

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(Philippians 1:6) (CEV) God is the one who began this good work in you, and I am certain that he won\u2019t stop before it is complete on the day that Christ Jesus returns.

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(2 Corinthians 5:17) Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!

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(Galatians 5:22-23) (NLT) But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.

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(Hosea 6:2) (NLT) In just a short time he will restore us, so that we may live in his presence.