2. A Community of Peace
James 4:1-10

3. Sugarhill Gang

4. The Beastie Boys
Run D.M.C

5. Salt ‘N’ Peppa

9. Urban “Hip Hop” Dictionary
Word up |  wərd əp 
Phat |  fat 
Slammin’ |  slam-in
No diggity |  nō dig-i-tee 
Keepin’ it real |  kēp in it ‘rē(ə)l 
Jiggy |  ‘jig-ee  

10. Tupac Shakur

11. The Source
The Scandal
Solution to Conflicts

12. Big Idea Unresolved conflict tears down a community;
following God’s word
sustains and flourishes it

13. Source of Conflicts — James 4:1-3
What causes fights and quarrels among you? (James 4:1a)

14. Don’t they come from
your desires that battle 
within you?  (James 4:1)

15. You desire but do not have,
so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want,
so you quarrel and fight.
(James 4:2)

16. You do not have because you do not ask God.
(cont’d James 4:2)

17. When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures (James 4:3)

18. Source of Conflicts
We want our own way

19. You adulterous people, don’t
you know that friendship with
the world means enmity
against God?  (James 4:4)

21. Scandal of Conflicts
When we fight each other,
we fight against God

22. but shows favor to the humble.” (James 4:6)
Solution to Conflicts
But he gives us more grace.
That is why Scripture says:
“God opposes the proud
but shows favor to the humble.” (James 4:6)

23. Solution to Conflicts
Submit yourselves, then to God (James 4:7a) Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. (James 4:7)

24. Solution to Conflicts Come near to God and he will come near to you.
 (James 4:8a)

25. Solution to Conflicts Wash your hands, you sinners,
and purify your hearts, you
double-minded. 
(James 4:8b-9)

26. Solution to Conflicts
Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom.
(cont’d James 4:8b-9)

27. Solution to Conflicts Humble yourselves before
the Lord, and he will lift
you up.
(James 4:10)

28. Have a relationship with Jesus
Solution to Conflicts
Have a relationship with Jesus

29. Solution to Conflicts
Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. (1 John 4:7)

30. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love
Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. (1 John 4:8)