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?