You need to learn to stay away from other people's mistakes, because mistakes are like waste products. Everybody makes their own mistakes; your excreta are waste products, and nobody in their right mind would want to look at them twice. You wouldn't want to watch it or stay around it. Imagine someone calls out to you, "Come and see someone's waste," and you follow, inhale the smell, and expose yourself to bacteria and sickness from another person's waste. That is what people's mistakes are like.
The mistakes you digest will destroy your life; they will weaken your faith and change your focus. Everybody has mistakes—even the one calling you to report someone else has their own—so don't let anybody destroy your life cheaply. This is why the Bible says, "Keep thy heart with all diligence; For out of it are the issues of life" (Proverbs 4:23). Guard your heart; don't ever listen to gossip or negativity. For some people, their spiritual lives are in disarray because of what they listened to a year ago. It poisoned them—slow poisoning that destroys over time. Think about your life: the way you were on fire eight months ago—what happened? You were listening to the Gospel, but someone was probably feeding you information about what someone else did. You were slowly poisoned. No wonder the Bible says, "…evil communications corrupt good manners" (1 Corinthians 15:33).
Demons enter people through words. You can lose your passion, focus, and fire through words; words are powerful. Words build, but words also destroy. Great men and women are made by words, but people are also destroyed by words. What you listen to today can produce poverty or destruction months from now. Some people spread lies, negativity, and poison, and others feed on it and swallow it unknowingly. Before long, passion is gone, honour for leaders disappears, and inspiration fades.
Don't listen to negative things about anyone. Learn this truth: anything you constantly criticize, you will never see in your life. The Bible says, "Judge not, that ye be not judged" (Matthew 7:1). We are in dangerous times; protect your heart even from fellow church members. Salvation is personal; this race is personal. Stay in your lane. You don't know others' intentions; don't let anyone waste your life cheaply. Protect your heart from family members, colleagues, church members, and online voices.
Finally, fill your heart with God's Word so that every thought, every opinion, and every word you speak aligns with His truth. When your heart is full of the Word, there would be no space for poison, negativity, or wrong influence. Let the Word of God be your filter, your protection, and your guide in these times.