I hope your day is filled with good words! This is how God wants our lives to be, and He wrote a whole book with good words for us. Thank you for this opportunity to join you for today’s Weekly encouragement! episode. It is my joy and pleasure to be with you! To encourage good words, I’m sharing today about dangers associated with gossip, with words that aren’t wholesome and healthy. The words from today’s Weekly encouragement! video message are distinct and clear. The Bible wants to encourage us to use words to build each other up, not to tear down. Love doesn’t necessarily mean squashy and marshmallowy. We are to be direct, if we do so in love. Putting sin on a public billboard isn’t God’s heart. He has called it out in scripture so that we can personally turn in to Him. And follow His direction, sometimes to ask for help from another. But gossip is toxic, it’s poison, causes others views to be tainted, never brings about healing and hope, but rather shame and separation. It’s more a weapon than a wound healer. As we’re leading up to celebrating the resurrection of Jesus, it is good to know that Jesus came to give us life. Even in the beginning, when satan entered the conversation, the accusation was that God had lied and he began to cause doubt about the truth of God’s word. He’s still doing this and he’s still trying to cause us to doubt God’s word. Additionally, it’s this same spirit that fosters gossip and doubting of one another. We see how destructive this can be with one another! Imagine that destructiveness in our relationship with God. What an evil weapon satan has forged with gossip and doubting. Please be careful because we live in a day of false claims and, therefore, painful results. That’s the world out there. But be encouraged that God is speaking good words over you continually, and with every opening of His word, the Bible. There is always a combatting of every doubting of God’s word of hope and healing. He comes against your doubt of His love and goodness and forgiveness. Please walk in this strength and use this to deflect the gossips and misleading around you. Don’t be partners of this relationship tear down. In any realm. Please know I’m praying for you because I love you.