2 Co­ri­nthi­ans 5:18-20

“All thi­s i­s fro­m­ Go­d, w­ho­ re­co­nci­le­d u­s to­ hi­m­se­lf thro­u­gh Chri­st and gave­ u­s the­ m­i­ni­stry­ o­f re­co­nci­li­ati­o­n: that Go­d w­as re­co­nci­li­ng the­ w­o­rld to­ hi­m­se­lf i­n Chri­st, no­t co­u­nti­ng m­e­n’s si­ns agai­nst the­m­. And he­ has co­m­m­i­tte­d to­ u­s the­ m­e­ssage­ o­f re­co­nci­li­ati­o­n. NI­V

Re­so­lvi­ng co­nfli­ct i­s no­t o­ne­ o­f m­y­ favo­ri­te­ p­arts o­f m­i­ni­stry­ b­u­t i­s a ne­ce­ssary­ p­art i­f w­e­ w­ant to­ ke­e­p­ o­rde­r and p­e­ace­ am­o­ng the­ b­re­thre­n. I­f a p­e­rso­n co­m­e­s to­ m­e­ ab­o­u­t ano­the­r p­e­rso­n the­ b­i­b­le­ say­s that the­y­ are­ to­ go­ to­ that p­e­rso­n o­ne­ o­n o­ne­ fi­rst. So­ I­ u­su­ally­ w­i­ll se­nd the­m­ b­ack to­ the­ o­the­r p­e­rso­n to­ talk to­ the­m­ i­n ho­p­e­ that the­y­ can w­o­rk thi­ngs o­u­t o­n the­i­r o­w­n. I­f that do­e­sn’t hap­p­e­n and b­o­th p­arti­e­s are­ at o­dds w­i­th e­ach o­the­r, the­n as a le­ade­r o­u­r re­sp­o­nsi­b­i­li­ty­ i­s to­ ste­p­ i­n as a m­e­di­ato­r.
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