ONE ANOTHERING – Let’s Duke it out!

ONE ANOTHERING – Let’s Duke it out!

16 Live in harmony with one another. Do not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low position. Do not be conceited. 17 Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everyone. 18 If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.

Romans 12:16-18 (NIV)

THE BAD NEWS: All relationships have .

THE GOOD NEWS: Extraordinary relationships have .

²⁶ And “don’t sin by letting anger control you.” Don’t let the sun go down while you are still angry, ²⁷ for anger gives a foothold to the devil.”

Ephesians 4:26-27

• Healthy conflict is .
• Healthy conflict is .
• Healthy conflict is .

“Our culture is becoming littered with enormous numbers of broken and now irreparable relationships.” ~ Tim Keller

HOW TO FIGHT FOR HEALTH

^{11 “}Dear brothers and sisters, I close my letter with these last words: Be joyful. Grow to maturity. Encourage each other. Live in harmony and peace. Then the God of love and peace will be with you.”

2 Corinthians 13:11

        1. Look in the first.

³ “And why worry about a speck in your friend’s eye when you have a log in your own? ⁴ How can you think of saying to your friend, ‘Let me help you get rid of that speck in your eye,’ when you can’t see past the log in your own eye?⁵ Hypocrite! First get rid of the log in your own eye; then you will see well enough to deal with the speck in your friend’s eye.”

Matthew 7:3-5

        2. Be honest.

9 “Don’t lie to each other, for you have stripped off your old sinful nature and all its wicked deeds.”

Colossians 3:9

21 “We are careful to be honorable before the Lord, but we also want everyone else to see that we are honorable.”

2 Corinthians 8:21 

        3. Develop a faith.

²⁸ And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.”

Romans 8:28

        4. Live .

²¹ Don’t let evil conquer you but conquer evil by doing good.”

Romans 12:21

        5. Be .

16 “Always be joyful. 17 Never stop praying. 18 Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.”

I Thessalonians 5:16-18 

24 “Kind words are like honey, sweet to the soul and healthy for the body.”

Proverbs 16:24 

23 For I pass on to you what I received from the Lord himself. On the night when he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took some bread 24 and gave thanks to God for it. Then he broke it in pieces and said, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” 25 In the same way, he took the cup of wine after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant between God and his people—an agreement confirmed with my blood. Do this in remembrance of me as often as you drink it.” 26 For every time you eat this bread and drink this cup, you are announcing the Lord’s death until he comes again.

27 So anyone who eats this bread or drinks this cup of the Lord unworthily is guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. 28 That is why you should examine yourself before eating the bread and drinking the cup.

1 Corinthians 11:23-28