Good Morning all my blogging Friends.
Lately I have been seriously sensitive to gossip & slander; so this will be a little long. :)
Telephones remind me of gossip, this one is from Flourishes. Gossip and slander seems to be the conversation of today. I was in a prayer group and before it started a sister began to slander the pastor, I stopped it immediately and she remained quiet. My grandmother used to tell us, if you can't say something nice don't say anything.
Proverbs 16:27-28 A worthless man digs up evil, While his words are like scorching fire. A perverse man spreads strife, And a slanderer separates intimate friends. (A slanderer is worthless and perverse -- spreading strife.)
Mat 12:36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
On my job we are called to be peace makers, and when someone comes to me with trash I kindly rebuke them and remind them, "How is this edifying some one?" If our words can not bring peace, uplift, build up, then we do not need to say anything. And mind you, this is going on with people who claim to be Christians.
As I remind myself of Mat. that on the day of judgement, every idle word I speak is waiting for me to accuse or release me. I do not want to be ashamed on that day before my Savior.
I received this in the mail from Worthy News yesterday and it brings home what Satan is trying to do among the saints.
One day, a hungry lion who lived nearby spotted these four friends and became determined to catch one. He was no match for all four of them at once, so he would follow them and watch carefully, hoping to catch one alone. Every time he saw one lagging the least bit behind, he would sneak up and whisper to him that the others had been saying unkind things about him. This, he did with each bull until finally all four began to feel suspicious and uneasy around one another. Each thought that the other three were plotting against him.
When the lion succeeded in breaking the trust among them, the bulls went their separate ways....... and one by one, he devoured them.
I'm sure you can see the analogy here. The enemy would love nothing more than to divide us and break the trust among us in the body of Messiah. He knows full well that if he can just get us separated, he can come in for the kill!
Well that is it for me, have a blessed day.
Lately I have been seriously sensitive to gossip & slander; so this will be a little long. :)
Proverbs 16:27-28 A worthless man digs up evil, While his words are like scorching fire. A perverse man spreads strife, And a slanderer separates intimate friends. (A slanderer is worthless and perverse -- spreading strife.)
Mat 12:36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
On my job we are called to be peace makers, and when someone comes to me with trash I kindly rebuke them and remind them, "How is this edifying some one?" If our words can not bring peace, uplift, build up, then we do not need to say anything. And mind you, this is going on with people who claim to be Christians.
As I remind myself of Mat. that on the day of judgement, every idle word I speak is waiting for me to accuse or release me. I do not want to be ashamed on that day before my Savior.
I received this in the mail from Worthy News yesterday and it brings home what Satan is trying to do among the saints.
One day, a hungry lion who lived nearby spotted these four friends and became determined to catch one. He was no match for all four of them at once, so he would follow them and watch carefully, hoping to catch one alone. Every time he saw one lagging the least bit behind, he would sneak up and whisper to him that the others had been saying unkind things about him. This, he did with each bull until finally all four began to feel suspicious and uneasy around one another. Each thought that the other three were plotting against him.
When the lion succeeded in breaking the trust among them, the bulls went their separate ways....... and one by one, he devoured them.
I'm sure you can see the analogy here. The enemy would love nothing more than to divide us and break the trust among us in the body of Messiah. He knows full well that if he can just get us separated, he can come in for the kill!
Well that is it for me, have a blessed day.
