The July 2025 Refreshing Daily in God’s Word will be the last issue of the devotional. Pastor Michael Rouse retired June 29, 2025. At the present time, Mountain View Baptist Church does not have anyone to continue this ministry.
We appreciate all the support and prayers that you have given for this ministry since 2007 when it first began. We pray the devotionals have been a blessing and have brought you closer in your walk with the Lord.
In the future, the Lord may allow the devotional to return. In the meantime, we are asking for your prayers for the man that God chooses for our church.
Thank you and God bless you!
Key Verse: Verse 16 – “Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD.”
The Navy during World War II had a saying, “Loose lips sink ships.” But even more important than that were those lives lost, and people hurt because of someone’s loose lips. The average person cannot carry on an intelligent conversation. Most conversation consists of gossip, talebearing, and murmuring. What a shame! What a sin!
John Wesley wrote the following six guidelines for his talk and conversation. We would do well to apply them to our lives.
- I will not intentionally listen to or inquire after any ill concerning others.
- If I do hear ill concerning others, I will not be in a hurry to believe it.
- I will get all of my facts before I render a decision.
- I will not write or speak a syllable of any ill to any other person other than the one whom it concerns.
- Neither will I mention it to another person as to what I’ve done.
- I will not let gossip, talebearing, and murmuring be named among my sins.
A woman who earned her living for more than forty years by going about her neighborhood cleaning houses for others was asked how it was she was so well-liked by everyone for whom she worked. She replied, “I make it a practice never to repeat what I hear to anyone.” Amen! “Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people.”
What to do:
✞Remember, loose lips not only sink ships, they also sink ministries.
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