God bless!

       Has anyone ever called you to "vent" or "pray" about something that involved their feelings toward someone else? In Christianity we call this gossip. One way to determine if what you are dealing with is gossip is by asking yourself "can I in any way help solve the issue between these people?", if our answer is no then we have one of two things to do:

1- stop the person and tell them you don't want to be involved in gossip Or

2- stop the person and tell them about the verse below then proceed to get two to three other people on the phone to have a conference gossip call.

I know most of you are laughing right now but the verse below confronts us with what we are doing and if we find discomfort in having other people involved then this is an obvious sign that we are doing something wrong. Gossip is a sin against yourself and if it involves other Christians a sin against the body of Christ. I can’t speak for you but I don't feel good doing anything against the one being that gave it all up for me.

Time to stop the gossip!

Pastor Joell A. Perez

Listen to no accusation [presented before a judge] against an elder unless it is confirmed by the testimony of two or three witnesses.  (1 Timothy 5:19 AMP)