Notes and thoughts on my pastor’s Sunday’s sermon on peace making

The 4 Gs of peace making (from Ken Sande’s book Peace Making

–God’s Glory is what we seek—is this my motive in dealing with conflicts?

–Get the log out of my own eye—am I willing to be humble, admitting that I am not always right?

–Gently restore—am I going to be as merciful and gracious to this person as God is with me?

–Go and be reconciled—am I willing to get outside of my comfort zone, to determine to thwart Satan and obey God?

A very important point to remember:

Any conflict has an element of Spiritual Warfare, and we can be sure that Satan’s desires are the opposite of God’s.

We need to be aware that:

–He does not want us to seek God’s glory, but our own.

–He does not want us to admit our fault, but to blame others.

–He does not want us to be gentle, but harsh and angry.

–He does not want us to forgive, but to nurse grudges.

So, whenever we have a conflict we need to ask two questions:

What does Satan want me to do? Then do the opposite.

What does Jesus want me to do? Then deny yourself to obey Him.

That should clarify a lot, if we pay attention, a result in resolving a lot of conflicts!

Picture: will I follow the light, or turn to the darkness?