Hollywood Prayer Network On BetrayalMuestra

GOSSIP IS BETRAYAL                                       

I treat everyone as a friend, but if they betray me, that's it. They're out of my life in one way or another. Michael Rosenbaum

“To me, the thing that is worse than death is betrayal. You see, I could conceive death, but I could not conceive betrayal.”   Malcolm   X   

PRAY:  Dear God, I don't want to be a gossip for that is betraying the person I'm talking about. Help me to hold my tongue. The consequences are bigger than I had realized and so I need You to help me not talk against anyone else, even if it's to have someone pray. I need to bring my thoughts about other people to You and not talk about them to others, for I don't want to betray friendships or any personal relationships. But I can't do it without You.    

REFLECT:  When have you talked about a person behind their back and betrayed a confidence?  Or when have you turned a frustration about another person into a prayer request, so that you could talk about your hurt? Gossiping is so easy and yet we don't realize it's a betrayal of a relationship. How can you stop saying anything negative or gossipy about others so that you will be a trustworthy friend, brother or sister, and a Christ-like believer?     

ACT:  Identify the last time you talked about another person without them knowing it?  Were you betraying a confidence? If so, identify what you did and choose not to do it again.  Don't justify or rationalize your behavior if you talk about other people in privacy. If we ever say something that we don't want to the person we're talking about to hear, then it's gossip and a betrayal. Choose right now to catch yourself and hold your tongue from this moment on.