Reading: Brothers and sisters do not slander one another. [James 4:11]
Comment: It is so easy to slip into speaking badly of others behind their backs. One of the most important ways of doing to others what we would want them to do to us is to control the way we speak about them when they are not there.
Prayer: Lord, please forgive me for the times I have caused others to think badly of someone because of what I have said. Give me the strength to control what I say and to bring honour rather than shame to others. Amen.