“A troublemaker plants seeds of strife; gossip separates the best of friends.”

— Proverbs 16:28 (NLT)

Good morning, God’s people.

May God bless us all in Jesus’ mighty name. Amen.

Sir, I don’t know how you define friendship in recent times, but if you go around talking badly about your friends—gossiping about them—I put it to you: you are not a good friend.

No matter how close you are with your friend, no matter how long the friendship has lasted, the moment gossip sets in—when you can sit at a table and talk about your friend’s secrets, even for a minute—that friendship is on a path to destruction, and you are the destructive engineer.

Let me show you another scripture this morning:

“A gossip goes around telling secrets, but those who are trustworthy can keep a confidence.”

— Proverbs 11:13 (NLT)

This means that when you appear as a friend to someone, there is a natural tendency for them to confide in you—to tell you things that matter deeply to them.

Child of God, no matter how powerful your prayers may be, the moment you go around telling your friend’s secrets, the Bible says you are a gossip and cannot be trusted.

This is one of the reasons many friendships are broken today—because only a few people in this generation know how to keep a confidence.

There is nothing wrong if your friend confided in you…

There is nothing wrong if they shared something important during good times…

There is nothing wrong if they told you about a family problem so you could join them in prayer…

But what have you done, child of God?

You went around exposing it—instead of being a good friend.

Some of you just want to prove a point, and in doing so, you start revealing things that were told to you in confidence.

I am grateful for the gift of all my friends and covenant brothers.

Can you say the same?

And more importantly—can they say the same about you?

Child of God, have you, through talkativeness, put your friendship on the line—or even lost that quality relationship?

There is still time.

Reach out and do the needful. Restore it. Make it right.

Good morning, Child of God.

Happy Friday.