Bible Study Handout: https://tr.ee/AI3rAh

31 Day Proverbs Devotional: https://tr.ee/9rBkSt

Struggling with difficult people, gossip, or even your own laziness? In this episode of the Christian Couples Podcast, Johnny and Dawn provide a clear, biblical guide to navigating these challenges from Proverbs 26.

This insightful discussion will equip you to:

• Wisely discern when to engage in an argument and when to walk away ("Answer a fool...").
• Recognize and overcome the excuses of the lazy sluggard.
• Understand and extinguish the destructive fire of gossip in your life.
• Foster peace in a world that is often filled with conflict.

Join us for an uplifting conversation designed to root your relationships and your character more deeply in the practical and powerful Word of God.

🔥 What's one way you can be a peacemaker this week? Let's inspire each other in the comments! Subscribe for weekly wisdom for your marriage.

#Proverbs26 #BibleStudy #ChristianLiving #WisdomOfGod #Peacemaker #StopGossip #ChristianPodcast #FaithAndFamily #MarriagePodcast #BookOfProverbs Timecodes:

(00:00) Welcome! Tackling Fools, Laziness & Gossip in Proverbs 26

(00:46) Opening in Prayer for Wisdom

(01:12) Engaging with Our Community: Addressing Viewer Comments

(07:20) A Deeper Look: Dealing with Temptation and Sin

(17:52) Answer a Fool... Or NOT? The Great Dilemma (Proverbs 26:4-5)

(24:32) The Folly of the Fool: As a Dog Returns to its Vomit... (Proverbs 26:11)

(30:36) The Shift in Proverbs: From Basic to Mature Issues

(31:39) Practical Advice for Engaging with Argumentative Spirits

(33:46) The Excuses of the Sluggard: "There is a Lion in the Road!" (Proverbs 26:13)

(38:36) Gossip, the Fuel for Strife's Fire (Proverbs 26:20-22

(56:39) This Week's Practical Challenge, Final Thoughts & Closing Prayer