In Touch, the Teaching Ministry of Dr. Charles Stanley.

Next on In Touch, How to Handle Conflict and Criticism Wisely. and criticism, how do you feel?

When you find yourself facing conflict and criticism,

how do you feel?

Do you feel insecure? Do you feel sad? Do you feel angry? Do you feel hurt down inside or do you feel guilty?

What are your real feelings and all of a sudden you find yourself right in the midst of conflict

and somebody's criticizing you?

Well, how do you respond? Do you blame? Do you accuse? Do you want to just

stuff it and act like it never happened or are you willing to apologize?

Well the truth is that conflict is a part of life. It's a part of life in every

aspect of our society.

Whether it's in the home,

or whether it's on your job,

or whether it's in the school,

or whether it's among your friends, conflict

and criticism and misunderstanding,

it's always going to be that someplace to the other

than everybody's life. And so what we have to ask is not how can we escape it

because we can't, but rather how do we deal with it? How do we handle it? How do we respond in the right way? Because oftentimes they're

misunderstanding, genuine misunderstanding. Sometimes it's a matter of a

difference of opinion. Sometimes two different people, a group of people

have different perspectives on how things ought to be done or what they look like. But then

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