Posts Categorized: Franks Blog

Reconciliation – Part 3 – Must Risk Confrontation   Matthew 5:23-24 “Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.”  … Read more »

Reconciliation – Part 2   Matthew 7:1-5 “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no… Read more »

Reconciliation – Part 1   Matthew 5:23-25 “Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.”   “Settle matters quickly with… Read more »

What To Do About Conflicts   Now that we know that conflicts are inevitable the question comes up: What do we do about them?  How do we handle them in such a way that they might be growth oriented and not disintegrate into a problem?   If I look back over my ministry, there seem… Read more »

What are the causes for conflicts?   It is important for us to understand some of the causes for conflicts.  Just like we do not grow in a vacuum, conflicts do not happen without some other things in play.  We need to see what these are so that we might deal with them.   Perhaps… Read more »

Conflicts Can Be Growth Oriented         If we do not deal with a conflict in the right way it will become a problem.  A problem in this sense is an unresolved conflict and it can be quite damaging.    Satan is always looking for an advantage through unresolved conflicts. 1 Peter 5:8 brings this out:… Read more »

Resolving Conflicts   Acts 15:36-41 “Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us go back and visit the brothers in all the towns where we preached the word of the Lord and see how they are doing.” Barnabas wanted to take John, also called Mark, with them, but Paul did not think it wise… Read more »

Why Relationships are Important – Part 2   Three very important promises are given in Matthew 18. Any promise of God is important, but when I look at these three in particular I realize that these are things that we need to pay careful attention to.   Matthew 18:18-20 “I tell you the truth, whatever you bind… Read more »

Why Relationships are Important – Part 1 There are two reasons why relationships are important when it comes to the Body of Christ.  The first one I would like to discuss in this chapter and the second one I will discuss in the next.   Relationships are important because of the Body of Christ.  Consider… Read more »

What They Are Not   One of the things for this New Year that the Lord has laid upon my heart is the subject THE IMPORTANCE OF RELATIONSHIPS.  I told my daughters that they will succeed in life if they learn how to build and maintain relationships.  Relationships are something that we all face in our… Read more »