PEACE TOGETHER

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for

they will be called children of God.”

Matthew 5:9 NIV

Unresolved Conflict

Blocks God

“Whoever claims to love God yet hates a

brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does

not love their brother and sister, whom they

have seen, cannot love God, whom they

have not seen.”

1 John 4:20 NIV

Blocks Prayer

“Husbands, in the same way be considerate

as you live with your wives, and treat them

with respect as the weaker partner and as

heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so

that nothing will hinder your prayers.”

1 Peter 3:7 NIV

“If it is possible, as far as it depends

on you, live at peace with everyone.”

Romans 12:18 NIV

“Peacemakers who sow in peace

reap a harvest of righteousness.”

James 3:18 NIV

Make the first move

• ““Therefore, if you are offering your gift at

the altar and there remember that your

brother or sister has something against

you, leave your gift there in front of the

altar. First go and be reconciled to them;

then come and offer your gift.”

• Matthew 5:23-24

Ask God for wisdom

• “If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask

God, who gives generously to all without

finding fault, and it will be given to you.”

• James 1:5 NIV

• “A person’s wisdom yields patience; it is to

one’s glory to overlook an offense.”

• Proverbs 19:11 NIV

Begin with what’s my fault

• “What causes fights and quarrels among you?

Don’t they come from your desires that battle

within you?”

• James 4:1 NIV

• “Where there is strife, there is pride, but wisdom

is found in those who take advice.”

• Proverbs 13:10 NIV

“Why do you look at the speck of

sawdust in your brother’s eye and

pay no attention to the plank in your

own eye? How can you say to your

brother, ‘Let me take the speck out

of your eye,’ when all the time there

is a plank in your own eye? You

hypocrite, first take the plank out of

your own eye, and then you will see

clearly to remove the speck from

your brother’s eye.”

Matthew 7:3-5 NIV

Listen for hurt & see

perspective• “My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this:

Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak

and slow to become angry,”

• James 1:19 NIV

• “...in humility value others above yourselves, not

looking to your own interests but each of you to

the interests of the others..:”

• Philippians 2:3-4 NIV

“We who are strong ought

to bear with the failings of

the weak and not to

please ourselves. Each of

us should please our

neighbors for their good,

to build them up.”

Romans 15:1-2 NIV

Speak the truth well

• “Instead, speaking the truth in love,

we will grow to become in every

respect the mature body of him who

is the head, that is, Christ.”

• Ephesians 4:15 NIV

“The word of the reckless pierce like

swords, but the tongue of the wise

brings healing.”

Proverbs 12:18 NIV

“Do not let any unwholesome talk

come out of your mouths, but only

what is helpful for building others up

according to their needs, that it may

benefit those who listen.”

Ephesians 4:29 NIV

Focus on reconciliation

not resolution

• “All this is from God, who reconciled us to

himself through Christ and gave us the

ministry of reconciliation: that God was

reconciling the world to himself in Christ,

not counting people’s sins against them.

And he has committed to us the message

of reconciliation.”

• 2 Corinthians 5:18-19 NIV

PEACE TOGETHER