Jul. 06, 2025

PATHWAY TO STABILITY

PHILIPPIANS 4:1-7

• RECENTLY WE HAVE BEEN STUDYING RESOLVING CONFLICTS
• WHEN CONFLICTS ARE BIBLICALLY RESOLVED WE ARE LED TOWARD A WONDERFUL PATHWAY TO STABILITY
• TODAY WE CONTINUE TO DISCUSS BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES THAT WILL LEAD US TO RESOLVING CONFLICTS AND EXPERIENCING STABILITY

1.  WE MUST JETTISON THE HABIT OF BLAMING OTHERS

• COLOSSIANS 3:12,13
• PHILIPPIANS 2:14
• EPHESIANS 2:6

2. WE MUST STOP MAKING EXCUSES

•  1 JOHN 1:8-10
• JAMES 1:17
• ROMANS 1:18-20

3.  WE MUST GIVE UP ACTING LIKE A VICTIM

• PHILIPPIANS 1:29
• PHILIPPIANS 2:3
• ROMANS 12:16

4.  WE MUST VALUE EVERY PERSON AS BEING CREATED IN THE IMAGEOFGOD

• MATTHEW 10:29-30
• LUKE 12:6-7

5.  WE MUST BE UNSHAKABLE WHEN FALSELYACCUSED

• MATTHEW 5:10,11
• PHILIPPIANS 1:29
• 1 CORINTHIANS 15:58

6.  WE MUST ACTIVELY PURSUE PEACE

• COLOSSIANS 3:15
• HEBREWS 12:14
• JAMES 3:17,18
• EPHESIANS 4:3
• PHILIPPIANS 4:7,9

7.  WE MUST BE GRATEFUL FOR GOD’S GRACE

• COLOSSIANS 3:15-17
• EPHESIANS 2:4-8
• TITUS 2:11

8.  WE MUST FORGIVE UNCONDITIONALLY

• COLOSSIANS 3:13
• EPHESIANS 4:32

9.  WE MUST BE ENCOURAGERS TOWARDS RIGHTEOUSNESS

• EPHESIANS 4:29
• HEBREWS 10:24
• 1 THESSALONIANS 5:11
• 1 TIMOTHY 4:12
• 1 CORINTHIANS 14:26
• PHILIPPIANS 1:27

10.  WE MUST EXPRESS OUR GENUINE LOVE

• 1 PETER 4:8
• 1 JOHN 4:7,8,11,12
• 1 THESSALONIANS 3:12
• ROMANS 12:9
• COLOSSIANS 3:14
• 1 CORINTHIANS 16:14