Difficult Conversations

Matt Brown • • Week 3

Pastor Matt Brown reminds us that all relationships face barriers - be it race, gender, religion, or past wounds. However, these obstacles can be overcome when we create a space of grace, allowing for honesty and vulnerability. The key is to identify the deeper issues beneath surface conflicts, often rooted in fear or shame.

WHAT YOU CAN DO THIS WEEK

Ask God to help you to identify a person you love that you need to have a difficult conversation with. What are your feelings regarding having this conversation? Pray that God will instruct and counsel you as to how to prepare for any excuses you may have to delay it. How can you partner with God to overcome relational barriers, create a safe space, adjust for age differences, and consider the woundings that either of you have had that may hinder having an honest communication? Talk to God about how to be gracious, speak the truth in a loving way, and to have a response for potential negative pushback. Think about any deeper issues that could be behind the conflict.

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