-Session One- Conflict Provides Opportunities Part 1-Glorify God How can I please and honor God in this situation?

ICE BREAKER Share with the group your most memorable and humorous family story…Please keep the victims nameless

Memory Verse – So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God (1 Corinthians 10:31) Key Principle – Conflict is an opportunity

Watch the “Gossiping about Gossip” Peacemaker Parable What slippery responses were people using? Which of the four G’s did they miss? How might the conversation have sounded if they had used all Four G’s and the peacemaking zone of the slippery slope?

What slippery response was used in the following Bible stories: – Abram, Sarai and Hagar (Gen. 16:1-6), Daniel (Dan. 1:1-16), Apostles (Acts 6:1-7), Saul and Barnabas (Acts 9:20-28)

What Slippery Slope responses did God model while resolving mankind’s conflict with him? Which of the four G’s did he model?

What slippery slope responses come most naturally to you? What four G’s come most naturally to you?

Memory Verse – So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God (1 Corinthians 10:31) Key Principle – Conflict is an opportunity