Talk to Yourself

I've been listening to random sermons about the power of our minds lately. One thought that has stuck out to me is:

"Don't listen to Yourself - Talk to Yourself!"

There is so much talk these days about listening to the inner voices inside of us and following our instincts and women's intuition and such. These all may lead us in the right direction at times, but if we are not in the center of God's will and allowing the Holy Spirit to convict us at all times, then it is not the voice of God within us giving us this direction.

A sermon I recently heard by Beth Moore was discussing the devil's main method of attack....that being the mind. If he can convince us of things and get us to agree with him, then this affects our beliefs which in turn affects our actions. He fills our minds with lies as his most powerful weapon is his mouth.

I think that we need to speak truth back to him and to ourselves. This is "talking to yourself". Reciting scripture is a great way to do this. Fill your minds with what is true and right and pure and noble and admirable. Dwell on such things. Tell yourself that God has always proven faithful. Tell yourself that God is believable. Tell yourself that God loves you the way you are. Tell yourself that God is bigger than the problem you are facing. Find scriptures to back up what you believe to be true and meditate on it. But remember the devil cannot read our thoughts. We must speak out loud to him.

I truly believe that the difference between listening to ourselves and talking to ourselves will be the difference between a defeated life or a victorious one.