For this week’s free audio of the week, I want to keep going on the “conflict” theme and recommend to you C.J. Mahaney’s excellent sermon “Cravings and Conflict.”
Here’s a description from the website:
Are you ready for marriage? If you are already married, is your relationship with your spouse free from strife? There is a relational conflict awaiting you in your immediate future.
C.J. Mahaney opens this session sharing stories about the courtships and engagements of all three of his daughters. Speaking to single adults, C.J. offers some of the premarital counseling he gave to each of his daughters and their fiancés. With James 4:1-2 as his text, he explores the cravings that cause conflict, especially within the context of marriage. Conflict is worse than we think: it reveals the sin in our hearts. In order to end the conflict, we must address our sin and deal with our wrong heart attitudes.
This edition of the message was delivered at New Attitude 2004.
This message had a profound effect on me when I first heard it. We need new eyes to see what exactly causes conflict. We consistently think the problem is others, but this is merely pridefully failing to see the problems that lie within. Listen and be convicted and encouraged.