{"id":33287,"date":"2022-10-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-16T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.barnabastoday.com\/?p=33287"},"modified":"2022-10-17T10:09:39","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T09:09:39","slug":"faith-devotionals-positive-self-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.barnabastoday.com\/2022\/10\/faith-devotionals-positive-self-talk\/","title":{"rendered":"Positive Self-talk"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Isaiah 41:8\u201310 \u2018So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.\u2019 (v10)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our mind is always busy with \u2018self-talk\u2019, a personal commentary on all of life. Often defensive, seeking to justify ourselves to the world we think is watching us, it is often highly critical. Science has shown that this \u2018self-talk\u2019 affects our wellbeing and physical health. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A negative internal commentary will limit both my effectiveness and performance throughout life. This is heightened if our first port of call when placed under pressure is to catastrophise everything, the ultimate worst outcome whilst assuming it\u2019s already arrived. Our mood drops, overwhelmed by apparently impossible odds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Negative thinking will always close down our options, whilst positive thought will expand possibilities.\u00a0Positive self-talk is something to aim for, and Scripture coaches us with this. One reason I read Scripture and pray aloud is to assist in establishing the habit of positive self-talk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We announce to all creation our commitment to express our faithfulness to God. Praise is to speak of God\u2019s positive, though unseen, reality. We are to avoid assuming catastrophe, refuse exaggeration or blaming ourselves or others.\u00a0We continuously look for God in life\u2019s every crevice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the widow of Zarephath agreed to act on Elijah\u2019s instruction, her whole world changed. Circumstances remained the same, yet she found a fresh perspective, one that changed her experience of life. Becoming familiar with God\u2019s Word and speaking it aloud moves us towards a \u2018self-talk\u2019 that affirms both God\u2019s truth and ourselves as its beneficiaries.<\/p>\n\n\n

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SCRIPTURE TO CONSIDER:<\/strong>
Eccl. 7:13\u201318<\/a>; Prov. 15:1\u20137<\/a>; Matt. 15:1\u201310<\/a>; Eph. 4:25\u201332<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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AN ACTION TO TAKE:<\/strong>
What\u2019s the chatter inside your head? Does it lead you towards a positive or
negative outlook on life? Learn to take and speak Scripture aloud
to remind yourself you are a child of God.<\/p>\n\n\n

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A PRAYER TO MAKE:<\/strong>
\u2018Lord, open my lips and my mouth will declare Your praise;
O Lord make haste to help me, and to save me. Amen.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Isaiah 41:8\u201310 \u2018So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.\u2019 (v10) Our mind is always busy with \u2018self-talk\u2019, a personal commentary on all of life. Often defensive, seeking to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":33552,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[31,193],"tags":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.barnabastoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33287"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.barnabastoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.barnabastoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.barnabastoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.barnabastoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33287"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.barnabastoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33598,"href":"https:\/\/www.barnabastoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33287\/revisions\/33598"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.barnabastoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.barnabastoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.barnabastoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.barnabastoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}