Conflicts are part of life.
When the source of our conflict comes from our flesh, where we are wanting something and can't have it, we need to quickly humble ourselves before God and the one we are in conflict with and ask forgiveness. This kind of conflict is at odds with Christ and His purpose for our life and leads to destruction in relationships.
When conflict comes from walking by the Spirit of God and lifting the name of Jesus High, then we need to quickly humble ourselves before God and ask for strength and boldness to stand in the Truth while walking in His love. Those that may not approve of our faith in Christ and want us to compromise or renounce our faith will not see Jesus if we bow to their desires and not our Heavenly Father's.
We continually need discernment concerning why we may be experiencing conflict within relationships, whether in marriage, with our children, at work or within the Church. Humility is the key to receiving discernment as we work through conflicts when they come.
James 4:1 (NAU) What is the source of quarrels and conflicts among you? Is not the source your pleasures that wage war in your members? 
Philippians 1:29-30 (NAU) For to you it has been granted for Christ's sake, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake, 30 experiencing the same conflict which you saw in me, and now hear to be in me.

2 Timothy 3:16 (ESV) All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

​When was the last time you were instructed by the Scriptures? How did they instruct you in living for Christ?
When was the last time you were reproved or corrected by the Scriptures? How did you handle the reproof or correction? Did it lead you to repent of specific sin?
When was the last time you were equipped by the Scriptures to live in right relationship before God and others? How did it speak directly into your relationship with Christ and others?
The Scriptures, both the Old and New Testament, have the breath of God. When we come to the Word of God with a heart of a disciple (learner) of Jesus Christ, He meets us and will speak directly into our life.

Exodus 5:17 But he (Pharaoh) said, "You are idle, you are idle; that is why you say, 'Let us go and sacrifice to the LORD.'
To follow Jesus and be delivered from sin's power will not make sense to the rest of the world. When God's people wake up in the morning and desire to worship and spend time before the Lord in prayer and His word, the world says, "You don't have the time to do those meaningless things." A secular world is a sinful world where the taskmasters do not regard worship as anything but idleness.
The Church must be careful on Monday through Saturday not to take on such a mentality. Does the Lord have the firstfruits of our day, where we meet with Him for worship allowing Him to speak into our lives through His word?
When we struggle with thoughts such as, "I don't have time for God's word." or "I don't have time to sing praises to Him in the morning." Then we are listening to the taskmaster over our life instead of the Lord who brings breakthrough and deliverance.

​Psalm 25:4 Make me to know your ways, O LORD; teach me your paths. 5 Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long.
Why is it so difficult to wait on the Lord?
Outside of Sunday morning worship, are we a people praying prayers like David where we desire to know His ways and long to be taught His truth? Are we opening God's word daily to discover God's heart and desire for us?
When we are praying that the Lord leads us in His truth, He will show us areas in our life where there is error. He will judge our thoughts and motivations behind what we are saying and even doing. We like our opinions on matters of career, finances, friendships, marriage, raising of children and politics and even church. Do our opinions on these matters give way to the Lord and His truth where what He says replaces what we think?
Could it be that we don't like to wait on the Lord because we don't want the Lord to speak that word of truth that will challenge our opinions and call us to repent of those beliefs we hold so dear?

​​How do we handle stress and worry?
Some people believe that if they really care strongly about something then it is only natural to worry. Yet, worry can rob us of many things. Worry can rob us of joy. Worry can rob us of our physical health. Worry can also rob us of our mental and emotional health. Worry can rob us of making wise decisions.
When we carry worry as a badge of honor and are unwilling to cast it at our Savior's feet, then we are operating in pride. Christ Jesus calls us to cast all, not some, but all of our anxieties on Him because he cares for us. Are you in a mode of prayer and specifically casting what worries you have on Jesus?
Name and confess them to the Lord and then cast them upon Jesus. Let Him give you His peace. Let Him reveal the way to walk with a light load and not a spirit of heaviness. Jesus cares for our well-being but He cannot care for us the way He desires if we are unwilling to cast all our worries upon Him.
1 Peter 5:6-7 "Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him because he cares for you."