If you have the Holy Spirit in you, then you feel that little tinge in you when you say things about other people that you shouldn’t. Gossip words spread quickly. The tongue “setteth on fire the course of nature”. Gossip is a two way problem. The one who tells gossip and the one who listens to it, both have a problem! The Fruit of the Spirit Self-Control comes from loving God and what He loves more than what we love, not merely from self-discipline. The tongue will expose what's in our heart.
Psalm 141:3 (NIV)
Set a guard over my mouth, Lord;
keep watch over the door of my lips.
Set a guard over my mouth, Lord;
keep watch over the door of my lips.
ACTION STEP: Ask God to put a guard over your lips. Read the scriptures about the tongue. Practice silence and waiting a while before giving an answer.
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