Posted in gossip, Uncategorized on Mar 7th, 2013
You and I had better think twice before complaining about God.
For He hears every gripe.
Whether they flow across our lips or inhabit only our hearts.
No, He probably won’t zap us dead as He did to some as described in the passage below.
But He certainly will be wounded by our ungratefulness and will set about directing […]
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Posted in gossip on Feb 27th, 2013
Even the nicest of Christians is not immune to the most insidious of sins.
You see, Satan hates it when we’re nice.
That’s why he so persistently tempts us toward the opposite.
That’s why he dangles the sometimes delicious lure of gossip in front of us so that we’ll swallow it in the twisted belief that it will […]
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Posted in gossip on Jul 6th, 2012
The easiest form of jumping is to a conclusion.
On too many occasions, we see or hear part of a story and we presume the motives of others or the outcome — or both — before we’ve heard the complete account.
Part of the reason for this unChristlike behavior is because we humans are inherently impatient and […]
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Posted in gossip on Sep 12th, 2011
You’ve heard that it takes an average of seven exposures to advertising of a certain product or service before the eventual purchaser of the product or service makes a decision to buy.
Yet, existing customers typically only need to hear once or twice about a new product, service or price before they consider a purchase.
Why this […]
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Posted in gossip on Jun 16th, 2011
No Christian should own the proverbial “wooden spoon.”
If you have one, it needs to be tossed.
I’m talking about the figurative spoon that is all too often used to stir the pot of divisiveness via gossip.
We all know that gossip is a tool of the devil.
And we all know that we’ve too often reached into his […]
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