Reading: Proverbs 17:4; 26:20-22; Ephesians 4:29

Devotional: Gossip cannot spread without willing listeners. Today's challenge: recognize that receiving gossip makes you a participant in sin. Proverbs 26:20 teaches that "without wood a fire goes out; without a gossip, a quarrel dies down." You have the power to extinguish destructive conversations by refusing to fuel them. When someone begins sharing harmful information, lovingly interrupt: "Have you talked to them directly?" or "Let's pray for them instead." This requires courage, but Christ offers you both conviction and grace.

You're not responsible for controlling others' mouths, but you are accountable for guarding your ears. Be swift to hear truth, slow to receive slander, and quick to redirect toward prayer.