Lesson 2 What Causes Conflict?
Goal: Help children understand where conflict comes from.
James 4:1-2
"What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don't they come from your desires that battle within you? You want something but don't get it."
Objectives: By God's grace children will learn:
1. Where conflict comes from.
2. What causes conflict.
3. That there are some good reasons for conflict.
Conflict starts in the heart.
Goal: Help children understand where conflict comes from.
James 4:1-2
"What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don't they come from your desires that battle within you? You want something but don't get it."
Objectives: By God's grace children will learn:
1. Where conflict comes from.
2. What causes conflict.
3. That there are some good reasons for conflict.
Conflict starts in the heart.
Conflict happens because people make choices to get their own way.
These conflicts come from selfish desires that are rooted in their hearts.
Root desires that lead to selfish choices:
*Selfishness: You want your own way.
*Self-pity: You feel sorry for yourself and you want others to feel sorry for you, too.
*Greed: You want more and you are not content with what you have.
*Pride: You think you are better than others.
*Fear of others: You are afraid of what others think of you. You want to be liked.
People make deliberate choices to satisfy their desires.
The only good reason for conflict is;
* You need to obey God by standing up for something you believe is right.
It's ok to have different opinions, however, it is wrong to put others down if they don't share the same opinion.
These conflicts come from selfish desires that are rooted in their hearts.
Root desires that lead to selfish choices:
*Selfishness: You want your own way.
*Self-pity: You feel sorry for yourself and you want others to feel sorry for you, too.
*Greed: You want more and you are not content with what you have.
*Pride: You think you are better than others.
*Fear of others: You are afraid of what others think of you. You want to be liked.
People make deliberate choices to satisfy their desires.
The only good reason for conflict is;
* You need to obey God by standing up for something you believe is right.
It's ok to have different opinions, however, it is wrong to put others down if they don't share the same opinion.