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How to Deal with Conflict Quickly by Rick Warren My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry. James 1:19 (NIV) **** *** *** **** How do you deal with conflict quickly? I'll tell you, but you're not going to like it. The solution to resolving conflict is confrontation. That's right; if you're going to resolve conflict, you must confront. You don't have to confront in anger, though. In fact, you shouldn't confront in anger. Lovingly go to the person and, speaking the truth in love, deal with the problem immediately. In James (1:19), we're taught three rules for confrontation: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry. If you do the first two, the third one is automatic. If you're quick to listen and you're slow to speak, then you will be slow to anger. What are you listening for? You listen for the hurt in that person. Hurting people always hurt other people. When someone is being a jerk, more than likely, it's because that person is hurting. When you understand their hurt, you have a better understanding of why they do what they do, and you're a little more patient with them. (c) 2008 Purpose Driven Life. All rights reserved. Rick Warren is the founding pastor of Saddleback Church<http://www.saddleback.com/>in Lake Forest, Calif., one of America's largest and best-known churches. In addition, Rick is author of the New York Times bestseller The Purpose Driven Life<http://www.saddlebackresources.com/NR/exeres/A0728D73-BD00-42D0-8240-801393296740.htm>and The Purpose Driven Church<http://www.saddlebackresources.com/en-US/Resources/ProductDetail.htm?sku=PB210000>, which was named one of the 100 Christian books that changed the 20th Century. He is also founder of Pastors.com <http://www.pastors.com/>, a global Internet community for ministers. Click HERE<https://www.saddlebackresources.com/en-US/MyAccount/CommunicationPreferences.htm>for a free subscription to *The Purpose Driven Life Daily Devotional*, your daily inspiration via email. Missed out on one of the Daily Devotionals? Click here<http://www.purposedrivenlife.com/en-US/FreeTools/devotional/archivedDevos/DevoArchive.htm>to view the online archives. ________________________________________ -- 'Unless you change what you do, you will always have what you've got.' - Jim Rohn --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "tribewithavibe" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tribewithavibe?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
