What is my name?

            In my name is the malicious communication of facts, rumors or behind the scene information of an intimate or personal nature which injuries the reputation of another.   I am motivated by a deep-seated often-unexplainable desire to see another suffer.   I am more deadly than the screaming shell from the howitzer. I win without killing. I tear down homes, break hearts, and wreck lives. I travel on the wings of the wind. No innocence is strong enough to intimidate me, no purity pure enough to daunt me. I have no regard for truth, no respect for justice, no mercy for the defenseless. My victims are as the sands of the sea, and often as innocent. I never forget and seldom forgive.  What is my name?

My name is G O S S I P.

            Brothers and Sisters, Slander is the communication of false charges or misrepresentations, which defame and damage another's reputation.  I know we’re well aware of the accusations and assumption that continues to hinders the men and women of God today.  Don’t ever let your guards down.  Gossip is just one of many battles we will face.  Spiritual warfare is definitely for real.  The Bible says "And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force."  The devil will fight till the very end therefore we shall fight to the very end also.  Let’s continue to fast, pray and fight the good fight and though some of us will suffer violence, let us lean on with faith on Gods Word and take it by force.
 
God Bless you all

Elder J. Andres Vazquez