Do you Gossip or do you listen to it? T.H.I.N.K.
I can say that in the past I would have fallen in the category of listening to gossip for the simple fact that I did not want to be the bad person by saying that it was wrong. I can say that now I do not care to listen to gossip and I will judge it. We have to remember that words are spirit and they do affect those that you speak it to. It might not be something that will happen right away in most cases, but over time the person that you spoke about will be looked at differently by the person you spoke to about that person. This will cause division in any church and will not allow the church to grow. We need to lift each other up, not tear one another down. Remember T.H.I.N.K. this stands for:
T – is it TRUE?
H – is it HELPFUL?
I – is it INSPIRING?
N – is it NECESSARY?
K – is it KIND?
***If your answer is “NO” to any of these questions when you T.H.I.N.K., then don’t say it at all.
This is one of the keys to stopping the Gossiping spirit or Back Bighting for that matter. The other is to Judge it when you hear it.
**** TO HEAR PASTOR RICHARD ROMERO PREACH ON THIS SUBJUCT ****
CLICK HERE for part 1 of his message
CLICK HERE for part 2 of his message
God Bless
posted by RIGO GONZALEZ at 3:45 PM
4 Comments:
I truly believe that gossip is inspired from hell itself. Its intent is to murder the spirit and the character of the person/s being talked about. Gossip must be confronted head on. It won't make you popular by telling someone you don't want to hear what they have to say, but it is the only thing that will stop it. I have lived by what Pastor Romero (my Dad) has always taught me and that is first and foremost, we are spiritual receptacles, if you are not a garbage can, don't allow people to dump trash in your receptor (spirit). The other important thing to remember is that if someone is talking to you about somebody else, and you are listening thinking that they are truly your friend, DON'T BE DUMB, they will talk about you too! This is just a little info that I have personally learned through the "School of Hard Knocks".
Bea is so right. People that have to talk about other people only do it to make themselves feel bigger. But actually it takes a very small person to wait till you turn around to start talking, instead of confronting issues head on. I got sucked into listening to gossip when I was a new convert, I thought since I was just listening it was ok. But words are spirit and I started looking at the people who were being talked about different. Even though they had done nothing to me I started thinking the same things that were being said about them. I learned some lessons. Some by maturing, and some the hard way. Now I don't get involved into gossip. Like Pastor Romero says "TELL THEM YOU HAVE NO PROBLEM TELLING YOUR PASTOR WHAT THEY'RE SAYING! THAT WILL SHUT THEM UP!" Those out there who gossip God will teach you your lesson.(You know who you are!)
P.s. say what you want about me, I really don't care. There is always two sides to every story. I'm not serving God because of what you think about me! That ones for free!
Lets just put it this way........ i no longer am a listener or a gossiper after Pastor Romeros sermon Wednesday March 2 2005 (Who died and made you God??). if you have not heard it, some how, some way get it. =D if you dont gossip, but listen, you still are hurting someone, listening warps their reputation in your mind and you start to view/ treat the person a different way. Sad, but it happens and the one who was once your friend is not just because of a spoken word.
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