Positive Quote for the Week: Harmful Conversations

October 1, 2023

Positive Quote for the Week: Harmful Conversations

“Eliminating harmful conversations is what is going to keep your heart uncontaminated!” Erica Willis

Every single one of us has engaged in conversations that we know we have no business being a part of. You know the ones that entertain gossip, malice, slander, or are just plain mean. Destructive conversation also occurs when we allow people to speak to us in a negative, critical, or damaging way.

On the flip side though, it doesn’t necessarily have to be you on the receiving end of harmful dialogue; you could be the one that is speaking to others in a demeaning, offensive, or petty manner. Often times, we create our own storms unnecessarily simply by engaging or initiating negative conversations.

As Christians we have a guide that prevents us from participating in conversations that do not promote good intentions; and that Guide is the Holy Spirit. There should be no excuse for you to be entertaining or initiating words spoken that do not uplift or encourage someone else.

Words can be painful and sometimes we don’t even realize the weight that they carry. You can radiate love or you can radiate hate, the choice is always yours. Make sure that you choose wisely! One of the main things to keep in the back of your mind is that you will reap what you sow, Galatians 6:7. There is no getting around that Biblical Law.

Don’t give the enemy any place in your life to create chaos. We often underestimate the fact that our tongues are one of the weapons of choice that he likes to use against us. He will take what you say and design an open doorway to give him the legal right to wreak havoc. That is why it is so critical that we pay attention to the words that we speak and the words that we allow others to speak to us.

Scriptures that you can meditate on regarding loving those that don’t show love back:

John 13:34 “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.”
John 15:12 “This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.”
Romans 13:8 “Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law.”
1 John 3:11 “For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.”
1 John 4:7 “Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.”
Proverbs 10:12 “Hatred stirs up strife, But love covers all sins.”
Ephesians 4:32 “And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.