Last week, in our Home Bible Study, we dove into the book of Philemon; we learned that if we truly love God and others, we will seek peace with others. We also learned that we will yearn for peace between other believers, and seek to aid others in the restoration process, rather than to cause dissent and strife.
Unfortunately, our sinful nature often tries to get in the way of these proper spiritual desires.This causes us to seek after our own interests, instead of the interests of others. No where is this trend more prominent than in our family life. Rather than always seeking to esteem those closest to us, we often hurt the ones we love the most.
Fortunately, God has given us a blueprint for resolving such family conflict. The Apostle Paul outlines this peacemaking plan in Ephesians 5:21-6:4. If you are having a hard time resolving conflict in your family, I urge you to study this convicting passage of Scripture this week, and join us Sunday, June 8th in our morning worship service and we discuss conflict resolution within the family.
