How to Fight Fairly in Your Family | Transitions – Part 2 | Cedar Creek Church | Danny Wilson

How to Fight Fairly in Your Family

 

5 Keys for Fighting Fairly in Your Family

 

1) Increase your sympathy

“Sympathize with each other.” (v.8b)

 

 

2) Show compassion 

“Be tenderhearted ….” (v.8c)

 

Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry.  (James 1:19)

 

3) Stay humble

“… keep a humble attitude” (v.8d)

 

You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it. You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb. You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed. How precious are your thoughts about me, O God. They cannot be numbered! I can’t even count them; they outnumber the grains of sand! And when I wake up, you are still with me. (Ps. 139:13-18)

 

4) Dispense mercy

“Don’t repay evil for evil. Don’t retaliate with insults when people insult you. Instead, pay them back with a blessing. That is what God has called you to do, and he will grant you his blessing.” (v.9)

 

5) Watch your mouth

“For the Scriptures say, “If you want to enjoy life and see many happy days, keep your tongue from speaking evil and your lips from telling lies.” (v.10)

 

“Don’t use foul or abusive language. Let everything you say be good and helpful, so that your words will be an encouragement to those who hear them.” (Eph. 4:29)