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Alan Redpath, who once pastored Moody Church in Chicago, wrote how he encouraged the members of his church during a particularly stressful time in their church history. He counseled them to subscribe to a simple formula before speaking. He wanted them to think before speaking so he gave them an acrostic---- T.H.I.N.K.
T Is it true?
H Is it helpful?
I Is it inspirational?
N Is it necessary?
K Is it kind?
If it did not pass the THINK test, it was not spoken to another person.
I know that sometimes as men we decide that gossip is not a trap for us. Gossiping is what women do. Truth of the matter is we are guilty of it as well. This is not meant to be a "smack your knuckles" encouragement (Doesn't sound very encouraging does it?), I just was moved to have you examine your motives when speaking. I am not much of an acrostic guy but this one seems to me to get to the heart of the matter. If the answer to any of these questions is no than why are we flapping our gums? Why aren't we going directly to the man we are talking about? Okay. Maybe this is a knuckle smacking encouragement. Imagine that.
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