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2 Timothy 2:16-17 "But avoid irreverent babble, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness, and their talk will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus"

People, how often do we join in in irreverent babble? We don't really do we, we just call it other things. By the way, irreverent means disrespectful, which means talking trash or gossiping about other people is completly aginst God.

Also, it says it will spread like "gangrene". Gangrene spreads very fast, how fast does our gossip spread? Pretty fast right. Any way watch what you say cause it will get around, are you speaking good or bad?

The "prayer chain" or whatever is one of the many things that get criticized for irreverent babble or gossip. I suggest we check our tounge and submit in prayer to God for help in taming the tongue. The tongue and what is says is very powerfull. The word says this, James 3:6 "And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell."

So, if the mouth and tongue are so powerfull and strong, how are we to manage? There is something we can do? Nothing, but God can. Also, Matthew 12:34 "You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks." Where the heart is and what is in the heart will cause the mouth to speak. Is your heart filled with the good or the bad.

What are you watching on tv or listening to? What are you reading? Set your mind on the Spirit and the heart will follow. Amen