Psalm 19:14
“May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.”
I felt like I had been struck with a heavy blow! The woman sitting across from me had asked for an appointment and what she said changed my view of our church Prayer Chain. “I am the woman!” I tried to not act as confused as I was and asked her to explain. “Don’t you have a Prayer Chain at your church, and aren’t you praying about the affair one of your former members is having with me?”
It was the first I had heard of the matter and asked her to explain. She related that the word had come to her that some of the churches in our community had been told of the so-called affair and their Prayer Chains were praying against the evil woman. There was no affair and she wanted me to know that there was no such thing was going on.
Wow! I immediately called the Captain of our Prayer Chain and she assured me that nothing of the sort was happening. From that moment on we established a rigid policy that we would never accept prayer requests without careful examination and following biblical patterns of dealing with sinful actions.
I came to realize that we can spiritualize gossip by simply saying that we are concerned and want to pray about a matter. Gossip is gossip whether it is in a coffee shop or a cathedral–a staff room or a sanctuary. Our words should always be pure and holy in order to be able to give a good report whenever possible. By the way, that woman went away from our meeting with a thankful heart that our church had not drug her name through the mud!
Blessings dear hearts. Draw near to God today, trust Him completely and be a blessing!
– – – Pastor Cecil
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