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Gossip is so subtle it can just sneak up on you before you know you’re even doing it. So shut your big fat mouth!
Key Points:
- Gossip hurts more people than you think:
- the person it’s spoken about. Proverbs 16:28
- the person who’s listening. Proverbs 17:4
- the person who’s talking. Proverbs 25:9-10
- Only you can shut down gossip:
- Guard your ears
- Shut your mouth
- Open your heart
Featured Text:
Proverbs 16:28 A troublemaker plants seeds of strife; gossip separates the best of friends.
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Small Group Questions
- What is your initial reaction to this topic? What jumped out at you?
- Share a time when someone gossiped about you and how it made you feel.
- Read Proverbs 18:8 (NIV) and share why you think gossip is so enjoyable.
- Read Proverbs 16:28 and share all the ways that gossip hurts relationships.
- Share your ideas about Craig Groeschel’s quote, “What you permit, you promote.”
- Share some reasons why you think people gossip.
- Explain why you think the question,“Why are you telling me this?” is so powerful in stopping gossip.
- Why do you think Proverbs 20:19 tells us to avoid people who gossip?
- Read Proverbs 21:23 and share why you think that God tells us to shut our mouths and not gossip.
- Read Zephaniah 3:17 (RSV) and answer the question, “How do you find approval, love and acceptance in a way that doesn’t hurt so many people?”
- Write a personal action step based on this conversation.
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