4. Write a prayer of confession for leaning on your own strength instead of God’s. Then, thanking God for His promises of forgiveness, ask Him to strengthen and equip you for the good work He planned in advance for you in this specific situation.

3. In Ephesians 2:10, God teaches: “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them” (ESV). Identify some of the good works that God desires you do in this current conflict.

2. On whose strength have you been depending for responding in a Christ-like way?

1. Thinking about your conflict, in what ways do you feel incapable or unwilling to deal with this situation in a God-honoring way?