Summary: <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/westside-christian-fellowship/id386117063">If you want to stay up on the latest audio messages from Westside Christian Fellowship, don’t forget to subscribe to this podcast on iTunes.</a><a style="line-height: 1.5em;" href="%22http://westsidechristianfellowship.org/WP/wp-content/uploads/Audio/11_9_2016_Cure_For_Strife.mp3%20</a"><br><br> </a><a class="twitter-share-button" href="http://twitter.com/share">Tweet</a><a style="line-height: 1.5em;" href="%22http://westsidechristianfellowship.org/WP/wp-content/uploads/Audio/11_9_2016_Cure_For_Strife.mp3%20</a"></a><br><br> Complete Sermon Notes<br> The Cure For Strife And Conflict<br> JAMES PART SIX: 11/09/16<br> <br> INTRO: Written to Christians outside of Palestine – our default nature has to be rebuked often.<br> <br> <br> The three ways to fail in life: Blame and Complain and not be Grateful.<br> <br> <br> Why is it so important to address this?<br> <br> <br> We’ve become very good at avoiding conviction – if a person dares to challenge us, we make excuses.<br> <br> 1. Be open and teachable – recognize that their is crack in the armor.<br> <br> <br> PRIDE puffs up – like a Balloon<br> <br> <br> <br> JAMES 4 Where do wars and fights come from among you? Do they not come from your desires for pleasure that war in your members? 2 You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war.<br> When the Flesh Controls Your Life, Strife and Conflict are inevitable.<br> <br> <br> All types of wars – pride sparks the flame: critical spirit, fault-finder, defensive, self-focus and superficial.<br> <br> <br> My “desires” say – feed me so I can destroy you.<br> <br> <br> <br> 2…Yet you do not have because you do not ask. 3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures.<br> A] A diminished prayer life – the desire for pleasure diminishes the work of the Spirit – praise and worship are stifled, spiritual growth is halted, and joy and peace are nowhere to be found. Sin is a heavy weight of bondage that affects every area of life.<br> B] A self-focused prayer life<br> David Wilkerson’s article<a href="http://sermons.worldchallenge.org/en/node/33654" target="_blank"> http://sermons.worldchallenge.org/en/node/33654</a> – Paul asked the Galatian church, “You ran well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth? This persuasion does not come from Him who calls you. A little leaven leavens the whole lump” (Galatians 5:7-9.)<br> He is asking, “What’s in your life that keeps you from going on in the full blessing of Christ? You were doing so well at one time. I know you to be a praying people, and you labor diligently to do good works, but something is wrong. I don’t see you growing anymore. Instead, you’ve gone back to relying on your flesh. I don’t sense the sweet aroma of Christ you once had…Something’s hindering you. “What could have persuaded you to settle in this condition?”<br> Whatever it is, I tell you it’s not of God…Something is clouding you, something you may be holding on to… What leaven has crept in?” – “A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump” (Galatians 5:9).<br> Lust diminishes the work of the Spirit – praise and worship are stifled, spiritual growth is halted, and joy and peace are nowhere to be found. Sin is a heavy weight of bondage that affects every area of life.<br> <br> <br> Prayer is stifled when lust controls us.<br> <br> <br> Cheating on God – the covenant of commitment and love has been broken.<br> <br> <br> 2.
