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FIGHT THE RIGHT FIGHT

Main Scriptures: Ephesians 4:25-32

Additional Scriptures: 2 Timothy 1:7, 1 John 4:18

POINTS:

• We have conflict because we are all different. We see the top side of the iceberg with one another, but there is an underside that we don’t see.

• Genders, personality, life-experiences, and trauma make up a big portion of the underside of the iceberg.

• Miscommunication is the #2 problem in the world.

• Unhealed trauma leads to triggers, triggers create in us a feeling of powerlessness, the feeling of powerlessness is where our fear comes from.

• Fear creates negative narratives about the intent and motivation of one another and about our own worth.

• Our powerless response to conflict will either be passive, aggressive, or passive/aggressive.

• A powerful response always begins with prayer and scripture.

• When we don’t address our negative narratives with prayer and scripture we give the devil a foothold in our internal narratives.

• Prayer helps us to put off falsehood and put on God’s true righteousness, power, and goodness.

• The right fight is always about healing the body.

• “When this happened (describe the situation) the story I told myself was (describe the negative narrative) is this true?”

• The Holy Spirit’s power is most evidenced in how we treat one another, bringing healing to the broken places no one else sees.