2. Assumptions & unmet expectations are the seed of the root of bitterness and fear.

3. Assumptions & unmet expectations are the seed of the root of bitterness and fear.
Lead your emotions or they will lead you.

4. Assumptions & unmet expectations are the seed of the root of bitterness and fear.
Lead your emotions or they will lead you.
Incarnational listening is leaving our preoccupied self to enter into the experience of others.

5. Assumptions & unmet expectations are the seed of the root of bitterness and fear.
Lead your emotions or they will lead you.
Incarnational listening is leaving our preoccupied self to enter into the experience of others.
Our character defines the culture of our relationships.

7. Topics and just triggers for conflict…
Finances
Scheduling and priorities
Parenting
Use of leisure time
Sex
Personal habits
Authority
Household responsibilities
Work demands

8. Topics and just triggers for conflict…
Finances
Scheduling and priorities
Parenting
Use of leisure time
Sex
Personal habits
Authority
Household responsibilities
Work demands
Ultimately, what complicates conflict is our ego.

9. Conflict has little to do with topics and everything to do with teachability.

11. Proverbs
9 Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends. 10 A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred blows into a fool. 11 An evil man seeks only rebellion, and a cruel messenger will be sent against him.

12. Proverbs
12 Let a man meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs rather than a fool in his folly. 13 If anyone returns evil for good, evil will not depart from his house. 14 The beginning of strife is like letting out water, so quit before the quarrel breaks out.

14. Take-aways:
Not dealing is not an option. (v. 9)

15. Take-aways: Not dealing is not an option. (v. 9)
Conflict + teachability = Growth (v. 10)

16. Take-aways: Not dealing is not an option. (v. 9)
Conflict + teachability = Growth (v. 10)
Seeking revenge amplifies conflict. (v. 11)

17. Take-aways: Not dealing is not an option. (v. 9)
Conflict + teachability = Growth (v. 10)
Seeking revenge amplifies conflict. (v. 11)
How you start will often determine how you finish. (v. 14)