Talking to Myself

Last Sunday we had a guest preacher, Jud Wilhite from Central Christian Church in Las Vegas. I always enjoy Jud's messages and last Sunday was no exception. He gave a quote from Dr. Martyn Lloyd Jones: "We should talk to ourselves more than we listen to ourselves." Jud went on to explain that this means we should speak God's Word to ourselves more than we listen to the internal script that goes on in our minds. The one that says: "You don't measure up; or You're fat; You're weak; You're not successful at this that or the other." I guess everyone's internal script is different, but I've been trying to speak God's Word to myself instead of listening to my script and these are some of the verses I've been using:

Psalm 139:14

¹⁴ I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.

2 Timothy 1:7

⁷For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.

1 Peter 3:4

⁴Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight.

Philippians 4:13

¹³I can do everything through him who gives me strength.

These are just a few of the verses I've been using lately. I use different verses at different times depending on what I am struggling with at that particular time. The more time I spend in God's Word the more verses I am armed with to help me through life's difficulties. What about you? Do you have a particular verse that you speak to yourself?