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Principles of
Conflict Resolution
  • Pastor Howard Simon M.A.,
  • &
  • Michelle Simon B.A.,
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Principles of Conflict Resolution
  • Tonight's Principles
    • Practice the Noble Principle of Forgiveness


    • Select Appropriate time and place to resolve conflicts


    • Understand and Utilize the higher levels of conflict resolution.
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Practice the Noble Principle of
Forgiveness
    • Quotes


      • He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself.  For everyone has need to be forgiven. George Herbert.
      • The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. Mahatma Gangi
      • Our horizontal forgiveness affects our vertical forgiveness. Matthew 6:12-14
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Practice the Noble Principle of
Forgiveness
    • Other Quotes


      • Forgiveness is the oil of relationships.
        Josh Mcdowell
      • To err is human, to forgive is divine. 
        Alexander Pope
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Select Appropriate
Time and Place to Resolve Conflicts
  • Do not allow unresolved conflicts to accumulate.


  • Have specific times when concerns can be discussed.
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Select Appropriate
Time and Place to Resolve Conflicts
  • Avoid resolving conflicts when:
    • Tired
    • Rushed
    • Angry
    • Hungry
    • Or Stressed


  • Resolve conflicts as soon as possible.
    Eph. 4:26
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Understand and Utilize the
Higher Levels of Conflict Resolution
  • Five ways in which conflicts are usually resolved:


    • Withdrawal
    • Winning
    • Yielding
    • Compromised
    • Resolving
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Withdrawal:
  • Jacob withdrew from Esau after receiving the birthright
    Gen. 27:41-45
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Winning:
  • Cain won by killing his brother Abel. Gen. 4:3-8
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Yielding:
  • The mother to whom the living child belonged yielded to the mother of the dead child.
    1 Kings. 3:16-28
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Compromise:
  • Abraham and Lot made a compromise. Gen. 13-5-12
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Resolve:
  • The prodigal son and his father resolved their conflicts. Luke 15:11-32
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Ellen White Declares:
  • To  a  large extent  parents  create  the atmosphere of the home circle and when there is disagreement between father and mother, the children partake of the same spirit.
  • Make your home atmosphere fragrant with tender thoughtfulness.  If you have become estranged and have failed to be bible Christian, be converted, the character you bear in probationary time will be the character you will have at the coming of Christ
  • Adventist Home, P.16
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Principles of Conflict Resolution
  • Tonight's Review


    • Accept that Conflicts are Inevitable.


    • Seek First to Understand, then to be Understood.


    • Understand and Utilize the Principle of Empathetic Listening.


    • Agree to Disagree Agreeably.


    • Practice the Noble Principle of Forgiveness


    • Select Appropriate time and place to resolve conflicts


    • Understand and Utilize the higher levels of conflict resolution.
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