Jeremiah TiptonFounder in president of David Hernandez ministries

Be careful of negative people

23 Jun 2026 · 1 min

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In this short sermon, the speaker warns that consistently surrounding oneself with negative people can erode a believer’s mood, faith, and expectations. He describes how negativity spreads like an infection, pulling the Holy Spirit’s encouragement to believe and expect good things into a mindset of doubt and anticipation of the worst. While occasional negativity is normal in any relationship, the speaker stresses that when the pattern is nonstop and persists despite attempts to address it, the listener should first have a direct conversation, and if the behavior continues, follow the leading of the Holy Spirit to set firm boundaries or even cut the person out of their life. The overall message is a call to protect one’s spiritual health by being vigilant about toxic influences.

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If every time they come around, you go from a good mood to a bad mood, every time they come around, you go from faith to doubt, every time they come around, you go from expecting good things to anticipating bad things, and where you believed God for the big and the bold and the grand and the supernatural, now you're just telling yourself, well, that's probably not me, or God did it for others, but he's not gonna do it for me. And you start to talk like them, you start to think like them, you start to share in their misery. Why? Negativity is infectious because there's that power struggle. The Holy Spirit in you saying, believe, expect good things, and being around them just causes you to anticipate the absolute worst. Something's wrong there. Now, that'll happen from time to time in any connection, any friendship. You're going to run into those, those troubles. But if this is just nonstop, consistently the issue, even after you've addressed it, Have a conversation with them, but ultimately obey the leading of the Holy Spirit. You do not need that in your life. You can cut that off.