Quote by Dr. Angela L. Hood

“Great morning! Here’s your word! Matthew 18:15-17 (NLT) “If another believer sins against you, go privately and point out the offense. If the other person listens and confesses it, you have won that person back. But if you are unsuccessful, take one or two others with you and go back again, so that everything you say may be confirmed by two or three witnesses. If the person still refuses to listen, take your case to the church…” Prophetic Word: “Know for Yourself” Don’t let borrowed offense rob you of divine connection. In this hour, God is calling His people to relational maturity—to stop outsourcing discernment and start engaging in holy conversations. Too many destinies have been delayed, too many friendships fractured, because someone chose to believe a whisper over a witness. You were never meant to build your relationships on secondhand smoke. Half-truths are still whole lies when they poison your perception before you’ve even had a chance to see someone’s heart for yourself. Let this be a clarion call: Go to the person. Sit with the truth. Ask, don’t assume. Because when you skip the sacred step of personal dialogue, you risk reversing the blessing—turning a divine connection into a casualty of gossip. Some of you have lost a friend, a relative, a spiritual ally—not because of what they did, but because of what someone else said. But God is restoring clarity. He’s teaching us to honor the process: 1- Go alone first—with humility, not hostility. 2- Bring wise counsel—not a crowd, but confirmation. 3- Then, if needed, bring it before the church—not for shame, but for restoration. This is not just conflict resolution. It’s covenant protection. It’s how we guard the garden of our relationships from the serpent of assumption. So today, declare: “I will not lose what God gave me over what man told me.” I will seek truth, not tales. I will pursue peace, not poison. I will know people for myself—and I will know them in love.”

Quote by Dr. Angela L. Hood