I Choose Peace - In Relational Conflict, Part 2
Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast
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🗓️ 3 March 2023
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Summary
Is there a person in your relational world who is absolutely making you nuts? Would you like to learn how to get a perspective that’ll free you up and relieve the turmoil in your heart and mind? In this message, Chip shares some practical, biblical ways to find peace, even in our most problem relationships.
Introduction: Three approaches to peace
- Inward
- Outward
- Upward
The world’s peace: The absence of disturbance and hostility, free from internal and external strife.
God’s peace: Shalom
- Complete soundness or wholeness of health
- Harmony in relationships
- Success and fulfillment of purpose
- Victory over one’s enemies
Choosing peace in relational conflict -Philippians 4:1-5
- The context: Philippians 4:1
- The plea for unity: Philippians 4:2
- The request for competent counsel: Philippians 4:3
- The command concerning relational focus: Philippians 4:4
- The command concerning personal responsibility: Philippians 4:5
5 ways to diffuse relational conflict:
- Resolve to stop procrastinating. -Philippians 4:1
- Re-evaluate your expectations. -Philippians 4:2
- Get competent, outside help. -Philippians 4:3
- Refuse to allow one relationship to ruin your life. -Philippians 4:4
- Remember, a right response is more important than being right. -Philippians 4:5
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- "I Choose Peace" Book
- "It is Well with My Soul" by Horatio Spafford
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| 0:00.0 | Everyone experiences relational conflict. It's part of the human condition. |
| 0:06.4 | Mom's dad, son's daughters, brothers, sisters, friends, neighbors, co-workers, |
| 0:12.0 | breakdowns, and relationship are normal. Today I'm going to talk about five |
| 0:17.3 | specific ways to resolve relational conflict. You're not going to want to miss it. |
| 0:22.3 | Stay with me. |
| 0:25.9 | Thanks for joining us for this edition of Living on the Edge |
| 0:29.7 | with Chip Angroom. Chips are Bible teacher for this international discipleship |
| 0:34.1 | ministry focused on helping Christians live like Christians. When just a minute |
| 0:38.6 | we'll pick up in our series, I choose peace. As Chip continues teaching us how to |
| 0:43.0 | foster unity and harmony in our relationships. And be sure to keep listening |
| 0:47.1 | after today's message for some practical advice and wisdom from Chip on this |
| 0:51.0 | topic. We won't want to miss it. Well, if you have a Bible handy, turn out of |
| 0:54.8 | Philippiums chapter four for the second half of Chip's talk in relational |
| 0:59.4 | conflict. Just go to a coffee shop some time and act like you have earphones on |
| 1:04.6 | and just listen to everybody. Just listen to everybody. It's really fun, tell the truth. |
| 1:10.2 | And eight percent of the conversations, well I don't know what he's thinking, you |
| 1:14.4 | know, you know, he plays golf three times a week and he expects me to take care |
| 1:17.4 | of the kids and let them learn. Well, my roommate, you know what, you know, the |
| 1:20.1 | refrigerator, this is my side and this is her side and I paid for everything and |
| 1:23.0 | this is what she did. And you know, my supervisor, I think he's on drugs, you |
| 1:26.3 | know, and I think, right, you go to, people are talking about someone else. And |
| 1:31.9 | what to do? Gasoline on the fire. He says, get your focus upward. And not only |
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