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Do you ever have to deal with conflict with people you go to church with? Remember conflict is a part of life. It may originate from a misunderstanding, a difference of opinion, or a deep conviction.

What is your responsibility? If Carolinas Cornerstone is your family, Ephesians 4:3 is your job description given to you from your pastor for the next couple of years. "Make every effort to keep the unity of the spirit through the bond of peace."  That is the job description I am asking you to take on for the rest of your life. That means make it a number one priority to promote unity and harmony in our church. The Bible says that unity is to be maintained at all costs.

The fact is internal differences, wherever you have a group of people, are inevitable. When two people agree on everything, one of them is not necessary. There are going to be differences. There is no such thing as a perfect church. There is no perfect family. There is no perfect business or office. There will be conflict. But God wants us to minimize them for His glory, especially in church. The testimony of a church should not be the beautiful buildings, great sermons, or lovely music but how they love one another. That is the mark of a Christian. Jesus said, "By this shall all men know that you are My disciples, that you love one another."  

In the first five chapters of the book of Acts, the words "one another" or "one accord" are used ten times. Ten times it talks about unity in the first five chapters of Acts. And all kinds of miracles were taking place. When you have the unity of the book of Acts, you will have the power of the book of Acts and the love of the book of Acts and the miracles. Vance Abner said, "Snowflakes are frail but if enough of them stick together they can stop traffic."

Individually I cannot do a lot. Individually you cannot do a lot. But together we form this body called Carolinas Cornerstone. And together we can make an impact. It is like you take 100 little pebbles and throw them in a pond; it is nothing. But if you put them all together and make one big boulder and toss it in, it makes waves.

Together, when we are unified, nothing can stop this church. Nothing!

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