Resolving Everyday Conflict
Conflict is common. It’s common to all people and it’s common to all of life. It’s usually experienced in our ordinary interactions with an overbearing boss, a challenging colleague, a difficult neighbor, a moody teenager, a complaining spouse, etc. Conflict is common but applying the gospel to our conflicts is not. Most of us hate conflict. So we either respond with dysfunctional conflict avoidance or dysfunctional anger. Either way bitterness and callousness set in. Though we want to deal with conflict in a more God-honoring, people-loving way we often do not know how to.
Resolving Everyday Conflict is a nine-week study, based on the book by Peacemaker Ministries, that seeks to unpack key biblical principles for dealing with conflict resolution and cultivating healthier relationships. It is a Christ-centered study that presents powerful and practical answers to everyday problems. Whether you’re struggling in a relationship at home, at work, at school, or know someone who is, this study offers help for living out the gospel in our relationships.
Workbooks are available for this study (from our Wednesday night service – 7:00pm each week). If you would like to purchase a copy, please email the church office. Cost per book: $5. I addition, you can also pick up the book copy of the original material from Peacemaker Ministries: Resolving Everyday Conflict here.
Manny Pereira - May 19, 2021
Obstacles of Prayer
The glory of prayer is seen in its unique ability to make much of God while seeking to satisfy our needs. In its very exercise, prayer wonderfully captures the chief end of man, it glorifies God and gladdens man in Him. In this session, we consider ten common obstacles to prayer. These are tendencies within that rob us of a right motivation to pray: unbelief, cynicism, self-sufficiency, false humility, fatalism, immaturity, irresponsibility, hypocrisy, legalism, and sin. Applying the gospel to our approach to prayer is the key antidote. Focusing on our relationship to God through Christ is vital. Realizing that prayer is a blood-bought privilege reorients our hearts to overcome these obstacles and devotionally delight in prayer.
