Maybe You Should Keep That Quiet

A junior high student gave a prayer request today, with all the details about her father's meeting with the pulpit committee at a church, and how he is going to preach at that church at an upcoming Sunday. I asked her if her dad knows she was giving all this information at school. "Well, he said I could tell X and Y" (her two close friends). I asked her if it was a good idea for her to be sharing it publicly with the entire class. "Well, it's OK if you don't tell anyone."

We had a private talk later about sharing prayer requests that might ought to be kept private.