Today's Verse: Proverbs 26:20 (KJV)

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
— Proverbs 26:20 (KJV)

Thoughts on Today's Verse...

Ol' Smokey The Bear said: "Only you can prevent forest fires!" Basically, that's what the Wiseman says about gossip. We can turn down the heat, douse the fire, and let the quarrel die. How? By not supplying juicy morsels of gossip, by ditching the urge to spread destructive innuendo, and by refusing to keep alive an ugly rumor. Without gossip, the bitterness of a rivalry can dissolve and relationships can mend.

My Prayer...

Forgive me, O God, for the times I have kept gossip alive or have entertained the conversation of a gossip. Please bless and heal those whom I have wounded with my participation in gossip. Give me the strength to say only what is helpful to bless others, the courage to mend the relationships that I have damaged because of reckless words, and the wisdom to know how to discourage those seeking to spread gossip. In Jesus' name I ask it. Amen.

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Illustration of Proverbs 26:20 (KJV) — Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.

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