Conflict

I am teaching tonight at the marriage class. The first topic I am covering is conflict resolution. this just gives me another chance to plug Ken Sande's book The Peace Maker. there is a real sense of hope for marriages and all relationships that there is a possibility, better than that, an option for true peace. Would it be too bold to say that in any relationship, it is possible to resolve conflict and find peace if you are armed with the material in this book? I don't think so. If applied diligently, even if your spouse chooses not to resolve, I can live at peace.

And this is not an option. Scripture demands it:

I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Ephesians 4:1-3

Hmmm, am I walking in a manner worthy of my calling? Not close. And I need the Church, others, scriptures, spiritual disciplnes and a growing understanding of the gospel to walk that out.

Application:
1.) Am I persuing accountability relationships at deeper and deeper levels that serve me and where I can serve others to walk in a manner worthy of my calling?

2.) There are passions that make war within me (James 4:1). What war rages the hotest? What is the plan of combat?