Leadership Principles from God’s Word:
CONFLICT Mario Denton Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Conflict
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Conflict
Overall purpose of this series on Leadership Principles To provide concepts and tools for effective leadership and management so that you can: • Be more anointed in your workplace. • Use these material to facilitate the work of evangelism. Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Conflict
Objectives • 1. Participants will be introduced to various wisdom thoughts on conflict handling. • 2. Participants will learn conflict resolution steps. • 3. Participants will be acquainted what Jesus taught about conflict. Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Conflict
Passage to memorize Psalm 86: 9-12 Teach me your way O Lord, and I will walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name. I will praise you o Lord my God with all my heart; I will glorify your name forever.
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Conflict
Conflict at the top • Saul’s death led to all kinds of turmoil. • Transitions often bring difficult times. • Leaders who fail to plan for their departure invite trouble. • Saul suffered from an “I” problem, an oversize ego that blinded him. Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Conflict
Wisdom thoughts 1. Since change makes people insecure, leaders must see ahead and prepare for them.
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Conflict
Wisdom thoughts 2. People can live without certainty, but not without clarity regarding future direction.
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Conflict
Wisdom thoughts 3. Wises choices today put “change in the pocket” of a leader regarding future choices.
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Conflict
Wisdom thoughts 4. Problem-solving skills and effective communication earn the leader trust and credibility.
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Conflict
Conflict resolution Matthew 18: 15 -20 • Addressing conflict and healing offences should be a priority for us. • Postpone your worship if you remember an unresolved offence. Matt. 5:23- 24 • Conflicts will arise. • Humans disagree because they are wired differently and have different agendas.
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Conflict
Note what Jesus taught about conflict. Matt. 18: 15-20 • 1. Initiate the contact. • 2. Confront the person in private. • 3. If no resolution comes, meet again with one or two more people. • 4. Confirm the facts in the meeting and work toward the solution.
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Conflict
Note what Jesus taught about conflict. Matt 18: 15-20 • 5. If no resolution comes, bring the issue before the organisation. • 6. Agree upon the truth and the appropriate options for the offender. Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Conflict
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Wisdom thoughts Act wisely Use your God –given authority God will support the decisions made in harmony.
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Conflict
Conflict management confrontation Sometimes conflict is the only way to resolution.
Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Conflict
Reaching the heart of an issue. John 8: 48-59 • Be clear and direct. • Don’t draw attention to yourself. • Lay out the issue and ask for a decision. • Trust God to justify and reveal the truth. Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Conflict
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Prayer Focus • Father, In the name of Jesus, I surrender myself to walk in the Word. Your word living in me produces the Life in this world. • The word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. It makes my way plain before me. • I boldly and confidently say that my heart is fixed and established on the solid foundation – the Living Word of God! Amen Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Conflict
Bind us together Lord, Bind us together With cords that cannot be broken Bind us together Lord, Bind us together Bind us together with LOVE There is only one God, There is only one King, There is only one Body, That is why we sing Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Conflict
Learning, application and commitment: James 1: 22-25 • “Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. • Do what it says. • Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in the mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. • But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it - he will be blessed in what he does.” (NIV) Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Conflict
Learning, application and commitment • One of the Biblical truths (principles) that I have learned from this lesson was … • I intend to apply this truth (principle) in my business/Ministry by: ….. • With the help of the Holy Spirit, I will begin applying this truth immediately. I ask and expect my group to hold me accountable for this and to check with me periodically to determine if I am doing so. Please ask me ….. Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Conflict
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Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Conflict
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Leadership Principles from God’s Word: Conflict