Week three of the Dealing with Difficult People series. Dwight talked about the C-word: conflict. Lots of scuds fired. Here are the ones I wrote down:
- Confrontation is a loving act done for the well-being of both parties.
- Every relationship, even the good ones, has conflict.
- If there’s no conflict in the relationship, then you don’t really know each other, you’re afraid of each other, and you’re not being real with each other.
- The way in which you handle conflict will determine the quality of your relationships. And the quality of your relationships determines the quality of your life.
- We need to clarify the problem that causes the conflict. Too often we deal with the fruit when we should be dealing with the root.
- In handling a confrontation, you need to go to God before you go to the other person.
- We tend to vent horizontally. Prayer allows us to vent vertically.
- There are some needs in your life that only God can meet. Too often we look to others to fill needs that only God can meet and when we do that, we set ourselves up for disappointment.
- We’d rather post our frustrations on Facebook than actually talk to the person with whom we have an issue.
- We need to learn to attack the issue without attacking the person.
- Key question we need to ask ourselves: Am I going to focus on the relationship or am I going to focus on being right?
- What does Christ-likeness look like? Being tender-hearted and tough-minded.
Series concludes this Sunday at all three NewPointe campuses. See you there!
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