1 00:00:05,360 --> 00:00:07,600 S1: It's that time. That's right friend, it's time for a 2 00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:10,200 S1: Change Your Life topic on Chris Fabry live. The program 3 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:12,520 S1: from the heart to the heart for the heart. Today 4 00:00:12,520 --> 00:00:16,239 S1: we conclude our first full week of 2026, first full 5 00:00:16,239 --> 00:00:19,840 S1: week of live programs and our series of conversations on 6 00:00:19,840 --> 00:00:23,120 S1: the Bible with a practical topic on how you can 7 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:27,640 S1: change your thought life, particularly your self talk. And this is, 8 00:00:27,640 --> 00:00:31,680 S1: I think, another example of the wound becoming a place 9 00:00:31,680 --> 00:00:35,199 S1: of healing. A struggle in a person's life becomes a 10 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:39,720 S1: place of hope and restoration. Because God is at work 11 00:00:39,720 --> 00:00:41,839 S1: and you're going to hear about it straight ahead. On 12 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:45,440 S1: Chris Fabry live Online Chris Fabry, Livorno Let me thank 13 00:00:45,479 --> 00:00:48,440 S1: our team behind the scenes, Ryan McConaughey doing all things technical. 14 00:00:48,640 --> 00:00:52,120 S1: Trish is our producer. Lisa is around. There's Ananda to 15 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:55,360 S1: answering your calls today. And since it's Friday. That's right. 16 00:00:55,360 --> 00:00:58,680 S1: It's time for the first live fabulous Baby Friday. Sigh 17 00:00:58,680 --> 00:01:01,370 S1: of 2026. Let's make it a good one. Here's what 18 00:01:01,370 --> 00:01:04,010 S1: it does one. We oxygenate your blood. Two, we get 19 00:01:04,010 --> 00:01:07,970 S1: your endorphins going. Three we raise your serotonin level. Four 20 00:01:08,010 --> 00:01:12,850 S1: we promote lymphatic drainage. And five we stimulate your parasympathetic system. 21 00:01:12,850 --> 00:01:15,330 S1: That's why we call it the five lung languages. We 22 00:01:15,330 --> 00:01:19,130 S1: also stimulate your vagus nerve. We help you release acetylcholine. 23 00:01:19,130 --> 00:01:21,930 S1: And don't you dare forget what it does to cortisol dissipation. 24 00:01:22,290 --> 00:01:24,410 S1: Taking four seconds of air through your nose right now. 25 00:01:24,930 --> 00:01:27,410 S1: Hold it four seconds. And then as you release that 26 00:01:27,410 --> 00:01:29,650 S1: air through your mouth, push on the left side of 27 00:01:29,650 --> 00:01:31,330 S1: your rib cage to get rid of all that bad 28 00:01:31,330 --> 00:01:35,450 S1: carbon dioxide. Today we present a self-talk sign. That's the 29 00:01:35,450 --> 00:01:37,970 S1: question I ask on Facebook. When you talk to yourself 30 00:01:37,970 --> 00:01:40,850 S1: in your head, are you words usually positive or negative? 31 00:01:41,050 --> 00:01:43,330 S1: What do you most often say? Are you most often 32 00:01:43,330 --> 00:01:47,209 S1: kind or hard on yourself, positive or negative? I can't 33 00:01:47,209 --> 00:01:49,290 S1: believe you just did that. That was such a stupid 34 00:01:49,290 --> 00:01:51,210 S1: thing to say. When are you going to get your 35 00:01:51,210 --> 00:01:53,850 S1: life together? Look at this desk. You've always been messy. 36 00:01:53,890 --> 00:01:56,570 S1: You're never going to change. Why do you put things off? 37 00:01:56,690 --> 00:02:00,690 S1: You should have done that months ago. You can't even sigh. Well, 38 00:02:00,850 --> 00:02:03,690 S1: if you say things like this to yourself, you have 39 00:02:03,690 --> 00:02:05,290 S1: to hear our guest today who is going to give 40 00:02:05,330 --> 00:02:09,650 S1: biblical help to encourage you during the fabulous February Friday sigh, 41 00:02:09,650 --> 00:02:11,490 S1: which brought to you by friends and partners of Chris 42 00:02:11,530 --> 00:02:15,290 S1: Fabry live! All rights reserved. Which gives me an opportunity 43 00:02:15,330 --> 00:02:17,570 S1: here at the start to encourage you to become a 44 00:02:17,610 --> 00:02:21,450 S1: back fence friend or partner today. And here is the self-talk. 45 00:02:21,490 --> 00:02:26,329 S1: I hope you have. Hey, I've been meaning to support 46 00:02:26,330 --> 00:02:28,810 S1: Chris Fabry live, and I could either beat myself up 47 00:02:28,810 --> 00:02:31,730 S1: for not supporting the program, or I could take advantage 48 00:02:31,730 --> 00:02:34,010 S1: of the special offer they have this month. If I 49 00:02:34,050 --> 00:02:36,850 S1: give any amount, they'll send me. How should Christians think 50 00:02:36,850 --> 00:02:40,290 S1: about Israel? By my favorite Bible teacher on line doctor 51 00:02:40,290 --> 00:02:42,770 S1: Michael Rodney. So all I have to do is go online. 52 00:02:42,770 --> 00:02:47,370 S1: Chris Fabry lives. Wait, I'm such a terrible speller. But 53 00:02:47,370 --> 00:02:51,650 S1: but he said it's fab. Isn't fabulous fab? Ah y. Yeah, 54 00:02:51,690 --> 00:02:56,490 S1: or I can call 86695 Fabry. You know what? I'm 55 00:02:56,490 --> 00:02:58,899 S1: gonna do that right now, and I'll be supporting these 56 00:02:58,900 --> 00:03:02,179 S1: conversations that bring help and hope to me and others. 57 00:03:02,460 --> 00:03:06,380 S1: There you go, friend. That kind of self-talk matters right there. 58 00:03:06,500 --> 00:03:13,380 S1: Chris Fabry live. Even if you can't spell it, try, try. Eight. Six. Six. Nine. Five. Fabry. 59 00:03:13,580 --> 00:03:16,299 S1: Your gift to support means a lot here in January. 60 00:03:16,300 --> 00:03:19,100 S1: And next week, we're going to have doctor Nick back. 61 00:03:19,300 --> 00:03:21,180 S1: And we're going to talk about that book that we're 62 00:03:21,180 --> 00:03:24,420 S1: going to send you in the mail. How should Christians 63 00:03:24,419 --> 00:03:29,100 S1: think about Israel? Chris, where today you're going to find 64 00:03:29,100 --> 00:03:32,500 S1: out about John Gager, who serves Moody Radio as a writer, producer, 65 00:03:32,700 --> 00:03:36,980 S1: nationally syndicated radio host. He's an award winning audiobook narrator. 66 00:03:37,220 --> 00:03:39,540 S1: As a journalist and speaker, he's traveled to more than 67 00:03:39,540 --> 00:03:42,820 S1: 40 countries. You hear him each week on the land 68 00:03:42,820 --> 00:03:45,460 S1: in the book on Moody Presents Today and the Word. 69 00:03:45,620 --> 00:03:47,780 S1: He's the author of if I Could Do It All 70 00:03:47,780 --> 00:03:52,100 S1: Over Again, Kids Say the Wisest Things and are featured 71 00:03:52,100 --> 00:03:57,510 S1: resource today. Powerful self-talk from the Psalms 40 days to 72 00:03:57,550 --> 00:04:00,950 S1: a biblical mindset. He's married to Diana. Did you tell 73 00:04:00,950 --> 00:04:02,430 S1: me it was 42 years? 74 00:04:02,470 --> 00:04:04,270 S2: Yeah. And counting. 40. 75 00:04:04,670 --> 00:04:08,070 S1: It's still going. Uh, and you have two grown children. 76 00:04:08,070 --> 00:04:10,070 S1: Six grandchildren and counting, right? 77 00:04:10,110 --> 00:04:10,750 S2: That's right. 78 00:04:11,630 --> 00:04:12,750 S1: John. Welcome back. 79 00:04:12,750 --> 00:04:15,110 S2: How you doing? Oh, it is so good to be here, Chris. 80 00:04:15,150 --> 00:04:16,910 S2: Part of your first week of the new year. Thanks 81 00:04:16,910 --> 00:04:18,070 S2: for the invitation. 82 00:04:18,190 --> 00:04:21,430 S1: Well, I wanted to do this especially because the rest 83 00:04:21,430 --> 00:04:22,990 S1: of the week we've been talking about. Okay, so how 84 00:04:22,990 --> 00:04:24,670 S1: do we do a devotional life and how do I 85 00:04:24,670 --> 00:04:26,670 S1: do this and and that? And how do I make 86 00:04:26,670 --> 00:04:29,910 S1: it fresh every day? And when I saw this, it's 87 00:04:29,910 --> 00:04:32,990 S1: like and I actually blurbed the book. I endorsed the 88 00:04:32,990 --> 00:04:36,549 S1: book because I really believe what you've done here. Uh, 89 00:04:36,550 --> 00:04:38,869 S1: when I saw this, I thought, this is the most 90 00:04:38,870 --> 00:04:42,990 S1: practical way to get the word in and working in us. 91 00:04:42,990 --> 00:04:43,670 S1: Do you agree? 92 00:04:43,710 --> 00:04:46,510 S2: Absolutely. And, you know, there's no there's no secret to 93 00:04:46,510 --> 00:04:48,590 S2: any of this. It begins with and ends with the 94 00:04:48,589 --> 00:04:50,430 S2: word of God. And whether or not we're going to 95 00:04:50,430 --> 00:04:52,390 S2: believe what we read, what we memorize. 96 00:04:52,830 --> 00:04:54,960 S1: That's what I wrote down. The Christian life is a 97 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:57,920 S1: day by day exercise of telling ourselves the truth. We 98 00:04:57,920 --> 00:05:01,479 S1: have to remind ourselves of the truth and correct ourselves. 99 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:05,320 S1: So part of the struggle here is actually hearing ourselves 100 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:08,120 S1: talk when we do self-talk. A lot of times we 101 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:09,800 S1: don't even know we're doing it right. 102 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:14,160 S2: Self-talk is that that uninvited audio stream that plays in 103 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:17,280 S2: our heads all day, 24 over seven every day. And 104 00:05:17,279 --> 00:05:20,240 S2: it's not wrong. Um, you know, there's no no evidence 105 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:23,640 S2: in Scripture that that self-talk is wrong. Psychologists would say 106 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:27,400 S2: you can't shut it off, but we can fix that self-talk, 107 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:30,040 S2: which is damaging and negative. And that's the intent of 108 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:31,760 S2: powerful self-talk from the Psalms. 109 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:35,599 S1: What is your background? Because I've kind of exhibited it here. 110 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:38,320 S1: Got people in my brain for before we went on 111 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:42,200 S1: the program. Started the program. Um, what is your background? 112 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:44,760 S1: Have you had a lot of negative self-talk in your life? 113 00:05:44,839 --> 00:05:47,880 S2: Oh, absolutely. For sure. I'm forever beaten myself up. And 114 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:50,400 S2: you know, why did you say that? How could you 115 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:52,599 S2: think that? You know, you you're a graduate of the 116 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:55,920 S2: Moody Bible Institute. How could you? And there's an awful 117 00:05:55,920 --> 00:05:58,680 S2: lot of self bashing. To be honest with you, that's 118 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:01,360 S2: going on. And, you know, I don't know that everybody 119 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:04,760 S2: operates that way as a norm. I would say I've 120 00:06:04,760 --> 00:06:08,080 S2: met a fair amount of people who do. And and 121 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:11,480 S2: it's out of that, that brokenness that need that I 122 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:14,240 S2: began to not just memorize scripture, which has been a 123 00:06:14,279 --> 00:06:18,360 S2: longer thing, but to just begin experimenting with what if 124 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:22,039 S2: I used that to speak to those negative thoughts? And 125 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:25,360 S2: the difference it's made has been significant, and something I 126 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:26,960 S2: kind of like to encourage others with. 127 00:06:27,160 --> 00:06:30,120 S1: I will have things come up to me. I'll give 128 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:34,159 S1: you an example. Uh, my one of my sons in 129 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:37,200 S1: high school, they're having a party. This was back in Colorado. 130 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:41,320 S1: There's been a lot of years. Um, and and people 131 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:46,040 S1: were bringing desserts and, uh, different things to the there. 132 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:50,200 S1: And I saw someone bringing a dessert, and I said, here. Well, 133 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:52,250 S1: let me help you with that. And you know what 134 00:06:52,250 --> 00:06:54,690 S1: I'm going to tell you? It was a refrigerated dessert. 135 00:06:54,690 --> 00:06:56,770 S1: And when I got over to the refrigerator, it just 136 00:06:56,770 --> 00:06:58,970 S1: all fell on the floor. I mean, I had no 137 00:06:58,970 --> 00:07:02,089 S1: idea how long this person had worked on it. I 138 00:07:02,130 --> 00:07:04,529 S1: have not been able to let myself off the hook, 139 00:07:04,529 --> 00:07:07,770 S1: because every time I think, how dumb was that? I 140 00:07:07,770 --> 00:07:10,410 S1: should have just let her put it in the refrigerator. 141 00:07:10,610 --> 00:07:13,650 S1: It's like God does not want me to walk around. 142 00:07:13,650 --> 00:07:16,050 S1: And she sure, certainly didn't want me to walk around 143 00:07:16,050 --> 00:07:19,650 S1: with any that afternoon. But I do it to myself, 144 00:07:19,650 --> 00:07:21,770 S1: and I don't want to, but I do. 145 00:07:22,010 --> 00:07:24,210 S2: Yeah. And and so many of us are that way. 146 00:07:24,210 --> 00:07:26,730 S2: We can't let it go. We we want to we 147 00:07:26,730 --> 00:07:29,170 S2: think we have and we haven't. And and there has 148 00:07:29,170 --> 00:07:31,050 S2: to be an answer to that. There has to be 149 00:07:31,090 --> 00:07:34,210 S2: a different way and a better way. And what I'm 150 00:07:34,210 --> 00:07:37,130 S2: starting to learn is that as we apply the scripture 151 00:07:37,130 --> 00:07:39,610 S2: that we've memorized, boy, it makes a huge difference. And 152 00:07:39,610 --> 00:07:41,370 S2: that that, by the way, is a little bit of 153 00:07:41,410 --> 00:07:43,650 S2: a sticking point. Some people are going to say, well, 154 00:07:43,650 --> 00:07:46,770 S2: that's a showstopper. I, I can't memorize my brain doesn't 155 00:07:46,770 --> 00:07:49,770 S2: doesn't work that way. Well, I'm not suggesting you have 156 00:07:49,770 --> 00:07:53,820 S2: to memorize entire Psalms. I am saying you're quite capable 157 00:07:53,820 --> 00:07:56,860 S2: of memorizing a phrase from an ad campaign. I bet 158 00:07:56,860 --> 00:07:59,980 S2: you can say bah bah bah bah bah. I'm loving it. 159 00:08:00,140 --> 00:08:02,140 S2: Well then, then why not say I have set the 160 00:08:02,140 --> 00:08:05,580 S2: Lord always before me? You know, just a fragment. Start 161 00:08:05,580 --> 00:08:08,780 S2: there and see what God does as you bring up 162 00:08:08,780 --> 00:08:10,260 S2: those fragments of Scripture. 163 00:08:10,420 --> 00:08:12,500 S1: Where did all this start for you? When did you 164 00:08:12,540 --> 00:08:13,740 S1: see it for yourself? 165 00:08:13,780 --> 00:08:17,340 S2: Okay, I had been memorizing for some time and beginning 166 00:08:17,340 --> 00:08:20,220 S2: to memorize Psalms, and I had preached a sermon one 167 00:08:20,220 --> 00:08:23,300 S2: Sunday from Psalm 25. I have my eyes are continually 168 00:08:23,300 --> 00:08:25,340 S2: toward the Lord, for he will rescue my feet from 169 00:08:25,340 --> 00:08:28,500 S2: the net. So fast forward two days later, I'm on 170 00:08:28,500 --> 00:08:30,940 S2: a flight from Chicago to Colorado Springs. I'm going to 171 00:08:30,940 --> 00:08:34,580 S2: do an audio interview with a well-known author, and I 172 00:08:34,620 --> 00:08:38,459 S2: get everything all readjusted in my backpack the microphone, the cables, 173 00:08:38,740 --> 00:08:41,420 S2: the pop screen, the headphones, the iPad and everything. When 174 00:08:41,420 --> 00:08:44,380 S2: I get at the airport, show up to do the interview, 175 00:08:44,420 --> 00:08:50,059 S2: unzip my backpack. And Chris, the iPad isn't there. and 176 00:08:50,059 --> 00:08:52,180 S2: for a lot of people, an iPad. Yeah, I surf 177 00:08:52,179 --> 00:08:54,140 S2: the web with it, you know, and I play a 178 00:08:54,140 --> 00:08:57,059 S2: game and do an email. And that for me is 179 00:08:57,059 --> 00:09:00,420 S2: that's my laptop. I mean, I had unfinished book chapters 180 00:09:00,420 --> 00:09:03,540 S2: on it. I had sermons unfinished on it. I'd done 181 00:09:03,540 --> 00:09:05,820 S2: a couple hundred dollars worth of freelance writing on the 182 00:09:05,820 --> 00:09:09,819 S2: plane ride over all down the toilet, apparently. Well, my 183 00:09:09,820 --> 00:09:12,940 S2: natural response, Chris, is to curl up in a fetal position, 184 00:09:12,980 --> 00:09:16,699 S2: bash myself, you idiot. How could you be so irresponsible? 185 00:09:16,740 --> 00:09:19,700 S2: How could you have done that? Don't you know? Job 186 00:09:19,700 --> 00:09:23,179 S2: one you travel all the time and I'm just trashing myself. 187 00:09:23,179 --> 00:09:26,300 S2: And then all of a sudden this verse came to mind. 188 00:09:26,780 --> 00:09:28,500 S2: You know, I have. I have set the Lord before 189 00:09:28,500 --> 00:09:30,260 S2: me always because he is at my right hand, will 190 00:09:30,260 --> 00:09:32,380 S2: not be shaken. And then I'm dwelling in this. Psalm 191 00:09:32,380 --> 00:09:36,780 S2: 2515 my eyes are continually toward the Lord, for he 192 00:09:36,780 --> 00:09:40,940 S2: will rescue my feet from the net. So I determined 193 00:09:40,940 --> 00:09:44,179 S2: that whatever happened, I was going to quote that verse 194 00:09:44,300 --> 00:09:48,750 S2: every time a voice of condemnation came into my head. 195 00:09:49,470 --> 00:09:51,710 S2: It proved to be a tall order, Chris. I bet 196 00:09:51,710 --> 00:09:54,309 S2: I had to quote that verse 30 or 40 times 197 00:09:54,309 --> 00:09:57,550 S2: all day long. Sure, I prayed about it and asked God, 198 00:09:57,550 --> 00:10:00,470 S2: could you be merciful and bring that iPad back? We're 199 00:10:00,470 --> 00:10:03,310 S2: sitting at supper and we get a phone call from 200 00:10:03,309 --> 00:10:05,390 S2: the airport. Hey, we found your iPad. 201 00:10:05,630 --> 00:10:06,270 S1: No. 202 00:10:06,470 --> 00:10:09,589 S2: And a lot of people think, well, isn't that awesome? Sure, 203 00:10:09,590 --> 00:10:13,430 S2: it was lovely. But they missed the point entirely. If 204 00:10:13,429 --> 00:10:16,709 S2: they misunderstand the fact that I was able, unlike any 205 00:10:16,710 --> 00:10:22,230 S2: other day, to resist the self bashing, resist the whining 206 00:10:22,230 --> 00:10:26,630 S2: and cramming and cranking and just hang onto that verse, 207 00:10:26,750 --> 00:10:30,990 S2: answering the doubts, the nags, the condemnation every time that 208 00:10:30,990 --> 00:10:33,830 S2: they came. You can live differently, is what I'm saying. 209 00:10:33,910 --> 00:10:37,110 S2: That's that's what I tasted that day and that started 210 00:10:37,110 --> 00:10:37,750 S2: the whole thing. 211 00:10:38,270 --> 00:10:40,990 S1: And you're not coming at this as an expert. I mean, 212 00:10:41,030 --> 00:10:43,150 S1: you don't see a doctor in front of your name 213 00:10:43,190 --> 00:10:45,670 S1: in psychology or anything like that. You are a fellow 214 00:10:45,880 --> 00:10:48,080 S1: struggle or a fellow traveler. 215 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:51,040 S2: Right. Yes, absolutely. I would never want to paint myself 216 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:54,640 S2: as a Jedi Knight. I'm a, you know, very much 217 00:10:54,679 --> 00:10:57,400 S2: a Padawan, but I've tasted enough. 218 00:10:57,920 --> 00:11:01,000 S1: It is. It is good. And it's going to help 219 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:04,040 S1: somebody who's listening today who has those same things. As 220 00:11:04,040 --> 00:11:05,600 S1: a matter of fact, I'm going to open up the 221 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:11,000 S1: phone lines so you can answer on Facebook. (877) 548-3675. Do 222 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:14,440 S1: you identify with anything we're saying right here? Is that 223 00:11:14,520 --> 00:11:17,680 S1: what is the most often thing that you say to yourself? 224 00:11:17,720 --> 00:11:21,320 S1: The self-talk. Is it a negative thing or have you 225 00:11:21,480 --> 00:11:24,400 S1: learned how to say some positive things? And what if 226 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:27,840 S1: you used the Psalms to do that very thing? That's 227 00:11:27,840 --> 00:11:31,440 S1: what John Gager has written about powerful self-talk from the 228 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:35,760 S1: Psalms 40 days to a biblical mindset. It's our featured resource. 229 00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:40,319 S1: Just go to npr.org, click through today's information and tell 230 00:11:40,320 --> 00:11:43,839 S1: me what you most often hear yourself saying to yourself 231 00:11:43,840 --> 00:12:02,240 S1: about something, especially when you make a mistake. (877) 548-3675. When 232 00:12:02,240 --> 00:12:05,520 S1: you talk to yourself in your head, are your words 233 00:12:05,520 --> 00:12:09,800 S1: usually positive or negative? I ask that on Facebook and 234 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:16,079 S1: Rebecca said negative, that I'm stupid, that I'm worthless. Lance 235 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:21,720 S1: says mostly negative. I downgrade myself about my physique. Um, 236 00:12:22,040 --> 00:12:24,240 S1: and I find this really interesting. John Gager is with 237 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:28,400 S1: us today. Great resource. Go to the website Powerful Self-talk 238 00:12:28,400 --> 00:12:31,200 S1: from the Psalms. Listen to this. Lisa Ann says I 239 00:12:31,200 --> 00:12:34,360 S1: find it easier to be compassionate, kind, and patient with 240 00:12:34,400 --> 00:12:39,800 S1: others than with myself. My self-talk is usually more critical 241 00:12:40,040 --> 00:12:42,680 S1: because I tend to hold myself accountable at a higher 242 00:12:42,679 --> 00:12:46,450 S1: level than is even required. I am asking Jesus to 243 00:12:46,490 --> 00:12:49,890 S1: show me how to give grace to myself and take 244 00:12:49,890 --> 00:12:53,010 S1: better care of myself than I usually do. And I 245 00:12:53,010 --> 00:12:57,170 S1: think she's hit on exactly what you you know, the Psalms, 246 00:12:57,210 --> 00:13:01,330 S1: doctor says the Psalms was was Jesus hymn book. And 247 00:13:01,330 --> 00:13:04,089 S1: I think she's hitting on the very thing that God 248 00:13:04,090 --> 00:13:05,930 S1: wants to do inside of us. What do you think? 249 00:13:05,970 --> 00:13:08,530 S2: I think so, Rudyard Kipling said of all the the 250 00:13:08,530 --> 00:13:12,609 S2: liars in the world, sometimes the worst are our own thoughts. 251 00:13:13,050 --> 00:13:16,810 S2: And we do. We do lie to ourselves. You know, um, 252 00:13:16,890 --> 00:13:19,449 S2: maybe feeling like we need to be beaten up. Maybe 253 00:13:19,490 --> 00:13:22,130 S2: we've deserved this whipping. So by golly, we're going to 254 00:13:22,130 --> 00:13:26,650 S2: give it to ourselves as opposed to understanding God's Word. 255 00:13:26,770 --> 00:13:30,050 S2: It's grace and and what we can say to ourselves. 256 00:13:30,090 --> 00:13:33,490 S2: You know, Chris, uh, when you look at the Psalms, um, 257 00:13:33,530 --> 00:13:35,730 S2: a lot of people say, oh, yeah, that's, uh, those 258 00:13:35,730 --> 00:13:38,250 S2: are praises. And many of them are those are songs 259 00:13:38,250 --> 00:13:41,809 S2: of David, and many of them are, uh, they're prayers, 260 00:13:41,809 --> 00:13:44,819 S2: and many of them are. But there's a surprising, I 261 00:13:44,820 --> 00:13:49,380 S2: dare say, shocking amount of language in there that really 262 00:13:49,380 --> 00:13:53,300 S2: is intended as self-talk. David isn't talking to God. He's 263 00:13:53,300 --> 00:13:57,340 S2: talking to himself, and he's letting us in on what 264 00:13:57,340 --> 00:14:01,060 S2: he says to himself. This is like his, um, his 265 00:14:01,059 --> 00:14:04,900 S2: code book. It's his his his, uh, his path for us. 266 00:14:05,100 --> 00:14:06,980 S2: That's what you pick up once you start looking for 267 00:14:06,980 --> 00:14:07,380 S2: this stuff. 268 00:14:07,420 --> 00:14:09,699 S1: Okay. So where? Take me to one of those places 269 00:14:09,700 --> 00:14:11,059 S1: where David talks to himself. 270 00:14:11,300 --> 00:14:14,180 S2: Psalm four, verse eight, he says, in peace I will 271 00:14:14,220 --> 00:14:17,460 S2: both lie down and sleep. He's not talking to God. 272 00:14:17,460 --> 00:14:21,700 S2: He's describing this is my lifestyle. Uh, he says, my 273 00:14:21,700 --> 00:14:25,140 S2: intent in Psalm 17 three is that my mouth will 274 00:14:25,140 --> 00:14:28,540 S2: not offend. Uh, he says, with my God, I can 275 00:14:28,580 --> 00:14:32,580 S2: scale a wall. So he's obviously not speaking to God. 276 00:14:32,580 --> 00:14:36,060 S2: He's speaking about God to himself. So there are just 277 00:14:36,060 --> 00:14:39,060 S2: all kinds of these instances, uh, and and you find 278 00:14:39,060 --> 00:14:39,900 S2: them everywhere. 279 00:14:39,940 --> 00:14:41,910 S1: Let me go to the sleep one because I've got 280 00:14:41,950 --> 00:14:44,950 S1: an email friend, a listener who has been writing me 281 00:14:44,950 --> 00:14:48,630 S1: over the last few months, and she's been struggling with insomnia. 282 00:14:48,910 --> 00:14:51,870 S1: And I, I kind of intuit from her that she's 283 00:14:51,870 --> 00:14:54,470 S1: been beating herself up, that why can't I sleep? You know, 284 00:14:54,510 --> 00:14:57,110 S1: it's like. And the more you the circle that you 285 00:14:57,110 --> 00:14:59,150 S1: get in there, you know, the more you beat yourself 286 00:14:59,150 --> 00:15:01,870 S1: up for not being able to sleep. And so she said, 287 00:15:01,870 --> 00:15:05,150 S1: would you pray for me? And so I've been sending these, 288 00:15:05,190 --> 00:15:09,430 S1: you know, little prayers about, you know, persevering and that 289 00:15:09,430 --> 00:15:13,710 S1: kind of thing. But this chapter is very first one 290 00:15:13,710 --> 00:15:17,470 S1: is sleep safe, live safe in peace. I will both 291 00:15:17,470 --> 00:15:19,990 S1: lie down and sleep for you alone. Lord, have me 292 00:15:20,030 --> 00:15:23,790 S1: dwell in safety. And you've got a devotional, basically where 293 00:15:23,790 --> 00:15:27,790 S1: you kind of unpack that and then you say, say 294 00:15:27,790 --> 00:15:31,510 S1: it and then pray it. So walk me through this chapter. 295 00:15:31,830 --> 00:15:33,950 S2: Well, we're acknowledging the fact that an awful lot of 296 00:15:33,950 --> 00:15:36,910 S2: people do have trouble. Maybe it's too much caffeine or 297 00:15:36,910 --> 00:15:40,310 S2: too much screen time. Not enough quiet time could be 298 00:15:40,310 --> 00:15:42,910 S2: that we eat too often. We eat too much. We 299 00:15:42,910 --> 00:15:45,830 S2: eat too late. I don't sleep well at all when 300 00:15:45,830 --> 00:15:48,470 S2: I eat late. With all due respect to my wonderful 301 00:15:48,510 --> 00:15:52,670 S2: European friends who love those late dinners, but for whatever reason, medical, 302 00:15:52,670 --> 00:15:55,990 S2: emotional or other, we many of us do struggle with 303 00:15:56,030 --> 00:15:59,150 S2: getting to sleep. My wife Diana struggles with this a lot, 304 00:15:59,430 --> 00:16:03,230 S2: and I'm not here to judge anybody, lecture anybody, or educate. 305 00:16:03,430 --> 00:16:06,470 S2: I just want to encourage you that you can lie 306 00:16:06,470 --> 00:16:10,230 S2: down and you can have all the rest you need, uh, 307 00:16:10,270 --> 00:16:12,710 S2: as God provides it. And you can know that even 308 00:16:12,710 --> 00:16:14,950 S2: when you're not doing the sleeping you think you should 309 00:16:14,950 --> 00:16:18,110 S2: be doing, you can be something much more important. And 310 00:16:18,110 --> 00:16:22,230 S2: that's at rest, secure, comforted, knowing that God knows and 311 00:16:22,230 --> 00:16:23,070 S2: God cares. 312 00:16:23,950 --> 00:16:26,950 S1: And so the verse again is Psalm four, verse eight, 313 00:16:26,950 --> 00:16:29,150 S1: and you say, say it so say it out loud 314 00:16:29,150 --> 00:16:32,710 S1: in peace. I will lie down, lie down and sleep. 315 00:16:32,750 --> 00:16:36,310 S2: For you alone. Lord, have me dwell in safety. And 316 00:16:36,310 --> 00:16:38,920 S2: there is a prayer. And I like this Prince of Peace. 317 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:42,000 S2: I praise you that I am safe in you and 318 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:46,680 S2: can sleep in complete confidence. I'm safe in my unresolved problems, 319 00:16:46,680 --> 00:16:50,320 S2: safe in my imperfect family, safe in my health issues, 320 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:53,479 S2: safe in my job. Most of all, I am safe 321 00:16:53,480 --> 00:16:56,480 S2: in my eternal destiny because of what Jesus accomplished on 322 00:16:56,480 --> 00:16:59,640 S2: the cross, in paying for every wrongdoing I've done in 323 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:02,880 S2: the past and will do in the future. Thank you that, 324 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:05,560 S2: as Jesus promised, no one can take me out of 325 00:17:05,560 --> 00:17:08,680 S2: the father's hand. Thank you that because of Christ I 326 00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:12,280 S2: can lie down and sleep safely. I praise you and 327 00:17:12,280 --> 00:17:15,160 S2: thank you, my Prince of Peace. Amen. 328 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:19,679 S1: So that prayer, then, of Psalm four eight is something 329 00:17:19,680 --> 00:17:23,760 S1: that you're saying to yourself, and then you turn that around, 330 00:17:23,760 --> 00:17:26,480 S1: much like the much of the Psalms. Do you turn 331 00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:29,359 S1: that around and you pray it to God, right? 332 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:33,320 S2: Yeah, you you can personalize it. And I honestly do 333 00:17:33,480 --> 00:17:37,290 S2: when I'm having trouble sleeping. Love to quote scripture, and 334 00:17:37,290 --> 00:17:39,410 S2: quite frankly, it's helpful to have something just a bit 335 00:17:39,410 --> 00:17:41,810 S2: longer than a verse. If you've got a passage or 336 00:17:41,810 --> 00:17:45,090 S2: you've got a psalm or something longer just to just 337 00:17:45,090 --> 00:17:47,690 S2: to go over that and meditate on it. And many 338 00:17:47,690 --> 00:17:50,449 S2: times when it's really a rough night, I'm saying the 339 00:17:50,450 --> 00:17:54,850 S2: same psalm, the same passage over and over, and that's okay. 340 00:17:55,369 --> 00:17:59,530 S1: Yeah, well, it is very comforting. Powerful self-talk from the Psalms. 341 00:17:59,530 --> 00:18:03,730 S1: John Gager. G a g e r is the author. 342 00:18:03,730 --> 00:18:06,650 S1: Jerry Jenkins wrote the foreword to this. It's 40 days 343 00:18:06,650 --> 00:18:10,050 S1: to a biblical mindset. It's our featured resource. Just go 344 00:18:10,050 --> 00:18:15,570 S1: to Chris. Michels in Ohio. Michelle, why did you call today? 345 00:18:16,530 --> 00:18:21,090 S3: Well, first of all, thank you for taking my call. 346 00:18:21,650 --> 00:18:27,330 S3: And I wanted to share with you that when I 347 00:18:27,330 --> 00:18:30,810 S3: first came to Christ, I was 39 years old and 348 00:18:31,010 --> 00:18:38,010 S3: there was a long history of Sinful patterns, and I 349 00:18:38,010 --> 00:18:42,330 S3: dealt with a lot of guilt and shame. And it 350 00:18:42,330 --> 00:18:47,850 S3: wasn't long after I dived into Scripture that I started 351 00:18:47,850 --> 00:18:53,850 S3: realizing that that wasn't who I was anymore, and God 352 00:18:53,850 --> 00:18:58,330 S3: had things to say about me that were true now. 353 00:18:58,970 --> 00:19:03,850 S3: And I started, I don't remember how or when I 354 00:19:03,850 --> 00:19:09,730 S3: realized to do this, but I started when I realized 355 00:19:09,730 --> 00:19:12,570 S3: as soon as I realized that those voices in my 356 00:19:12,570 --> 00:19:18,810 S3: head were speaking, I would say, stop. That's not what 357 00:19:18,850 --> 00:19:23,290 S3: God says about me. And then I would replace that 358 00:19:23,330 --> 00:19:30,210 S3: with whatever scriptures were coming to mind that God did say, 359 00:19:30,250 --> 00:19:34,620 S3: and they pertained to whatever I was dealing with. Um, 360 00:19:34,619 --> 00:19:40,580 S3: I started out probably Psalm 139 was the big one 361 00:19:40,820 --> 00:19:44,740 S3: that helped me the most to start with. But, um, 362 00:19:44,780 --> 00:19:47,500 S3: it was all based on. I can't think of the 363 00:19:47,500 --> 00:19:51,740 S3: name of the passage, um, where Jesus talked about the 364 00:19:51,740 --> 00:19:55,540 S3: house that was swept clean of the demons, and then 365 00:19:55,900 --> 00:19:59,619 S3: because nothing was put back in the house, the demons 366 00:19:59,619 --> 00:20:04,660 S3: came back with only worse. Right? And that was when 367 00:20:04,660 --> 00:20:08,740 S3: I realized that I needed to not only stop what 368 00:20:09,020 --> 00:20:13,540 S3: the enemy was saying, but replace it with what God says. 369 00:20:13,859 --> 00:20:16,740 S1: I love that you used that idea. It's almost like 370 00:20:16,740 --> 00:20:20,139 S1: house cleaning. It's almost like, you know, the accumulation of 371 00:20:20,140 --> 00:20:22,260 S1: of dirt and dust in your house is like, we're 372 00:20:22,260 --> 00:20:26,180 S1: going to get this out of here and saying, stop. John, 373 00:20:26,180 --> 00:20:29,939 S1: is is exactly what you're saying that you're recognizing. Hey, 374 00:20:30,100 --> 00:20:34,389 S1: my self-talk is getting negative here and something needs to change. 375 00:20:34,430 --> 00:20:36,990 S2: Yeah, Michelle really has put her finger on the issue. 376 00:20:36,990 --> 00:20:40,190 S2: This idea of saying stop. I once heard a counselor 377 00:20:40,190 --> 00:20:44,030 S2: say we must challenge every lie, and those are lies. 378 00:20:44,310 --> 00:20:47,590 S2: They are absolute untruths that are coming at us. And 379 00:20:47,950 --> 00:20:51,590 S2: a big key is, I call it switching gears. We 380 00:20:51,590 --> 00:20:53,110 S2: have to we have to come to a point where 381 00:20:53,109 --> 00:20:57,429 S2: we realize the drama, the dialogue unfolding in our heads 382 00:20:57,590 --> 00:21:01,109 S2: is absolutely ungodly, and we just say, stop. And we 383 00:21:01,150 --> 00:21:03,750 S2: got to switch gears. And that's when we quote scripture. 384 00:21:04,070 --> 00:21:07,870 S2: And Michelle, you're absolutely right to say stop and to 385 00:21:07,910 --> 00:21:12,030 S2: challenge every lie, every time with something from the Scripture. 386 00:21:12,070 --> 00:21:13,670 S2: That's that's the winning strategy. 387 00:21:13,710 --> 00:21:16,990 S1: That takes awareness, though, John, that takes, you know, in 388 00:21:17,030 --> 00:21:19,270 S1: a sense, it takes maturity. And I can hear it 389 00:21:19,270 --> 00:21:23,149 S1: in your voice, Michelle, to know that there's something that's 390 00:21:23,190 --> 00:21:27,430 S1: off here. And I need to change the script because 391 00:21:27,470 --> 00:21:30,590 S1: and it happens in a different there's there are other parallels, 392 00:21:30,590 --> 00:21:33,840 S1: like when when I'm praying and my mind will wander 393 00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:37,320 S1: because I remember something. Oh, I forgot this. You know, 394 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:39,919 S1: that's coming up later today. And it's like, then I 395 00:21:39,920 --> 00:21:43,320 S1: start to beat myself up that, you know, I'm I'm 396 00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:46,960 S1: not back on the prayer request that I had or 397 00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:49,560 S1: listening to God. And it's like, no, I'm going to 398 00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:51,960 S1: be kind to myself. Maybe it was the Holy Spirit 399 00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:53,639 S1: that was reminding me of that, and I'm going to 400 00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:55,680 S1: jot it down and then say, God, thank you for 401 00:21:55,680 --> 00:21:58,919 S1: reminding me of that. Now get back to the prayer. 402 00:21:59,280 --> 00:22:03,480 S1: And the other parallel is when you forgive somebody and 403 00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:09,080 S1: then you have this thought come back into your mind that, oh, 404 00:22:09,119 --> 00:22:13,160 S1: remember what that person did, and you kick yourself because 405 00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:15,440 S1: you feel like if you thought of it again, then 406 00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:19,720 S1: you really haven't forgiven them. Yeah. When that's not true either. 407 00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:22,480 S1: You know that you that you can't forget the thing 408 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:24,600 S1: that happened back there, it doesn't mean you haven't forgiven. 409 00:22:24,640 --> 00:22:26,800 S1: It's mean. You're it means you're human, right? 410 00:22:26,840 --> 00:22:29,320 S2: Yeah. And there's a reason why our enemy is called 411 00:22:29,320 --> 00:22:33,520 S2: the accuser. Who are those voices from there, not from God. 412 00:22:33,680 --> 00:22:35,760 S2: You know, if we can step back and say, wait, wait, wait, 413 00:22:35,760 --> 00:22:39,000 S2: where is this coming from? Well, it isn't from God. 414 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:41,680 S2: If it's one of those kinds of thoughts and and 415 00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:44,479 S2: we can answer every one of those negative voices. And 416 00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:47,000 S2: I think we have to with Scripture, it's the only 417 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:49,760 S2: way to shut it down and to curb our thinking 418 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:52,000 S2: and move it in the right direction. You're right, Chris, 419 00:22:52,320 --> 00:22:56,720 S2: it does take a certain level of recognition or awareness, 420 00:22:56,880 --> 00:22:59,760 S2: but I think it comes. And once you try it, um, 421 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:03,400 S2: you'll want more. And I think very quickly you'll, you'll 422 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:04,160 S2: get the hang of it. 423 00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:06,800 S1: And there's something about 40 days too, isn't there? There's 424 00:23:06,800 --> 00:23:10,400 S1: something about the pattern of going through this over a 425 00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:14,160 S1: several week period that kind of ingrains it, I think. 426 00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:17,480 S2: Absolutely. I mean, I wrote the book, but I can 427 00:23:17,520 --> 00:23:21,399 S2: promise you I'm even today I'm asking God, I want 428 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:23,920 S2: to live this lifestyle. Would you please help me now? 429 00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:27,959 S2: Speak the scriptures, speak the Psalms to these negative thoughts. 430 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:31,450 S2: And so again, I'm very much on the journey. But 431 00:23:31,490 --> 00:23:34,530 S2: it gets it gets fascinating to see what God does 432 00:23:34,530 --> 00:23:35,850 S2: and the victories that he gives. 433 00:23:36,250 --> 00:23:38,690 S1: You know, it really convicted me as I was going 434 00:23:38,690 --> 00:23:42,410 S1: through this. There's one chapter where you say, when was 435 00:23:42,410 --> 00:23:45,210 S1: the last time that you ended your prayer time or 436 00:23:45,210 --> 00:23:49,450 S1: your devotional time and you poured out your heart to God, 437 00:23:49,450 --> 00:23:51,850 S1: and you gave him all your requests and everything that's 438 00:23:51,850 --> 00:23:55,050 S1: going on in your life. And you paused and you said, God, 439 00:23:55,050 --> 00:23:57,850 S1: what's on your heart? Now, what is it that you 440 00:23:57,850 --> 00:24:02,730 S1: want to to tell me? Um, and that was really convicting. 441 00:24:02,890 --> 00:24:07,530 S2: Well. Me too. I mean, uh, I think everybody struggles 442 00:24:07,530 --> 00:24:10,810 S2: with it. So easy to just have this monologue, to 443 00:24:10,850 --> 00:24:13,929 S2: present the list, to do our thing, to pray for 444 00:24:13,930 --> 00:24:16,210 S2: the people that are sick and those that need to 445 00:24:16,210 --> 00:24:18,570 S2: be saved. Pray for the pastor, pray for the missionaries, 446 00:24:18,570 --> 00:24:22,010 S2: and then and get on with our day. But this 447 00:24:22,010 --> 00:24:25,409 S2: notion of sticking around, staying around and trying to listen, 448 00:24:25,410 --> 00:24:28,740 S2: and we're just not wired that way. Where we're going 449 00:24:28,740 --> 00:24:31,780 S2: 100 miles an hour and and and for lots of 450 00:24:31,780 --> 00:24:34,940 S2: reasons we don't. But but we can and should. Maybe 451 00:24:34,940 --> 00:24:37,500 S2: not every time. And we don't have to get legalistic 452 00:24:37,540 --> 00:24:40,220 S2: about it, but it better be part of the time. 453 00:24:40,420 --> 00:24:41,780 S2: Maybe pretty regular. 454 00:24:42,220 --> 00:24:45,899 S1: Well, and even as you interact with the scriptures like God, what? 455 00:24:45,900 --> 00:24:48,300 S1: What are you. I know what you're saying here to Israel. 456 00:24:48,340 --> 00:24:50,580 S1: I know what you're saying to the Philippians through this 457 00:24:50,580 --> 00:24:53,860 S1: passage right here. But what what is it you're communicating 458 00:24:53,900 --> 00:24:56,420 S1: to me? And if you get to that level of 459 00:24:56,420 --> 00:24:59,460 S1: openness with him as we go through this whole week, 460 00:24:59,460 --> 00:25:01,500 S1: we've we've been talking about the Bible and, you know, 461 00:25:01,540 --> 00:25:04,380 S1: getting it into you so that you can live it 462 00:25:04,619 --> 00:25:08,620 S1: and then get it and live through it, live it 463 00:25:08,619 --> 00:25:11,459 S1: out each day, walk it out. I think this is 464 00:25:11,460 --> 00:25:14,820 S1: going to help. It's called powerful self-talk from the Psalms 465 00:25:14,820 --> 00:25:18,580 S1: 40 days to a biblical mindset. John Gager is with 466 00:25:18,580 --> 00:25:21,140 S1: us today. Our lines are open right now. I'm going 467 00:25:21,140 --> 00:25:22,700 S1: to your calls as soon as we get back from 468 00:25:22,700 --> 00:25:28,660 S1: a break at 83675. But if you go to the website, 469 00:25:28,660 --> 00:25:31,700 S1: click through today's information. You'll see more about John. We've 470 00:25:31,700 --> 00:25:35,140 S1: got his blog there that you can access. He's on 471 00:25:35,140 --> 00:25:38,060 S1: a lot of different programs on Moody Radio, and he's 472 00:25:38,060 --> 00:25:42,100 S1: a writer as well. Powerful self-talk from the Psalms. I 473 00:25:42,100 --> 00:25:44,100 S1: think it's going to make a difference in your life. 474 00:25:44,340 --> 00:25:49,380 S1: Just go to Chris Fabry Live.com more straight ahead on 475 00:25:49,380 --> 00:26:07,020 S1: Moody Radio. I think what we're talking about today can 476 00:26:07,020 --> 00:26:09,979 S1: not only change your outlook on life, make you a 477 00:26:09,980 --> 00:26:13,300 S1: more positive person. Yeah, that's all good. I think it 478 00:26:13,300 --> 00:26:16,900 S1: can do something to our anxiety levels. I think it 479 00:26:16,900 --> 00:26:20,740 S1: can do something to our fear because there's so many 480 00:26:20,740 --> 00:26:23,340 S1: things to be afraid of these days. Look at the 481 00:26:23,340 --> 00:26:26,470 S1: news and see seizes. His fear is all over the place. 482 00:26:26,470 --> 00:26:29,230 S1: It's rampant. And that's one of the prayers that I 483 00:26:29,230 --> 00:26:31,990 S1: pray is God order my fears so that I put 484 00:26:31,990 --> 00:26:35,230 S1: the fear of you. Not that I'm thinking God's going 485 00:26:35,230 --> 00:26:37,190 S1: to bang me upside the head, but I want to 486 00:26:37,230 --> 00:26:41,110 S1: reverence God at the top. And if I do that, 487 00:26:41,430 --> 00:26:45,350 S1: then all the other lesser fears will fall into place 488 00:26:45,350 --> 00:26:48,550 S1: and won't overwhelm me. So John Gager is with us. 489 00:26:48,550 --> 00:26:52,590 S1: Powerful self-talk from the Psalms is our featured resource, and 490 00:26:52,590 --> 00:26:55,230 S1: Cary is in Utah. Hi, Cary. Go right ahead. 491 00:26:57,390 --> 00:27:00,909 S4: Hello! I am super excited that you guys are talking 492 00:27:00,910 --> 00:27:06,270 S4: about this. I came across Jeremiah 3133 where it talks 493 00:27:06,270 --> 00:27:09,350 S4: about God would put in our hearts and our inward parts, 494 00:27:09,750 --> 00:27:14,150 S4: his words, and that really struck me hard. And then 495 00:27:14,150 --> 00:27:17,230 S4: here you guys are talking about this idea of positive 496 00:27:17,270 --> 00:27:20,990 S4: talk and inspiring self. And I wanted to comment on 497 00:27:20,990 --> 00:27:25,919 S4: the idea that whenever I have a negative thought or something, 498 00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:29,359 S4: as you guys mentioned, isn't from God, I command Satan 499 00:27:29,359 --> 00:27:32,919 S4: out and that works for me. And then I ask 500 00:27:32,920 --> 00:27:36,840 S4: for something. Reinforce of positive. Um, just like you guys 501 00:27:36,840 --> 00:27:40,640 S4: will quote a scripture, I do the, um, Jeremiah 3133. 502 00:27:40,640 --> 00:27:42,639 S4: So I think this is amazing. Thank you. 503 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:45,160 S1: I'm glad you called. Corey. If you'll hang on, we'll 504 00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:47,000 S1: send you a copy of this book because I'd love 505 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:49,719 S1: to send it your way. John, respond to him. 506 00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:52,879 S2: Well, I think he's right. We again, this is calling 507 00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:55,680 S2: it out. This is calling out the lie. And more 508 00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:58,600 S2: than that, it's replacing it. We can't just say, be gone. 509 00:27:58,600 --> 00:28:00,639 S2: And then we're going to expect to think about the 510 00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:02,680 S2: right thing. No, we have to plant the right thing 511 00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:04,280 S2: in our heads. And the right thing is the word 512 00:28:04,280 --> 00:28:06,720 S2: of God. Uh, I love what Paul said, casting down 513 00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:09,879 S2: imaginations and every high thing that exalts itself against the 514 00:28:09,920 --> 00:28:14,240 S2: knowledge of God and bringing into captivity every thought to 515 00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:17,120 S2: the obedience of Christ. You know, we think that life 516 00:28:17,119 --> 00:28:21,040 S2: should be Disneyland. It's a battle land and and bringing 517 00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:24,609 S2: every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ. That's 518 00:28:24,850 --> 00:28:26,450 S2: that's the struggle at its essence. 519 00:28:26,650 --> 00:28:29,810 S1: Yeah. And there's a there's a lot that's going on 520 00:28:29,810 --> 00:28:32,690 S1: behind the scenes that we don't even know, you know, 521 00:28:33,490 --> 00:28:37,129 S1: in the heavenlies and other places. So, Corey, hang on. Uh, 522 00:28:37,130 --> 00:28:42,370 S1: Tricia will get your information. Let's go to Joella in Indiana. Hi, Joella. 523 00:28:43,290 --> 00:28:44,570 S5: Hey, how are you guys? 524 00:28:44,610 --> 00:28:45,650 S1: This is great. 525 00:28:45,690 --> 00:28:49,850 S5: I love I love this talk. It's for so long, 526 00:28:49,890 --> 00:28:55,850 S5: my my self-talk beat me up. It. Um. No. Good. Um. 527 00:28:56,050 --> 00:28:59,250 S5: Not worthy. Um. Look in the mirror, you know. Who 528 00:28:59,250 --> 00:29:02,450 S5: are you? You're ugly. This and that. Because of things 529 00:29:02,450 --> 00:29:05,530 S5: of the world. But also just what I took in. 530 00:29:05,890 --> 00:29:09,530 S5: And I started going as far as in reading scriptures 531 00:29:09,810 --> 00:29:14,410 S5: and going. Would I want my grandchildren to talk this 532 00:29:14,410 --> 00:29:19,570 S5: way about themselves or my children? No. Do I think 533 00:29:19,570 --> 00:29:24,570 S5: God wants me to be talking that way about myself. No, 534 00:29:24,850 --> 00:29:27,930 S5: you know that I. You know I can praise him. 535 00:29:27,930 --> 00:29:33,730 S5: I'm fearfully and wonderfully made. God doesn't make junk. No. 536 00:29:33,730 --> 00:29:37,250 S5: Some days are better than others. But at the same point, 537 00:29:37,290 --> 00:29:40,130 S5: it's where I can look to him and say, okay, 538 00:29:40,170 --> 00:29:42,450 S5: let's get through it and go to the next day. 539 00:29:42,650 --> 00:29:46,490 S5: You know, he's got something planned. Um, I love the 540 00:29:46,490 --> 00:29:50,410 S5: whole part that you were talking about, praying. I have 541 00:29:50,410 --> 00:29:55,890 S5: found myself stopping. I pray and pause. Then I pray 542 00:29:55,890 --> 00:29:59,209 S5: some more and pause. Because if we just are doing 543 00:29:59,210 --> 00:30:02,570 S5: the checklist, then we're not giving the opportunity for him 544 00:30:02,570 --> 00:30:03,890 S5: to talk back to us. 545 00:30:04,410 --> 00:30:05,850 S1: Bingo. What do you think, John? 546 00:30:05,890 --> 00:30:09,770 S2: I think she's right. And this idea of praying, pausing, 547 00:30:09,810 --> 00:30:14,090 S2: praying again. Uh, boy, you know, Paul says pray without ceasing. 548 00:30:14,090 --> 00:30:16,890 S2: And I suspect he had that very strategy in mind. 549 00:30:16,930 --> 00:30:18,690 S2: You know, one thing I would I would point out 550 00:30:18,730 --> 00:30:21,380 S2: the reason that we've called this powerful self-talk from the 551 00:30:21,380 --> 00:30:24,100 S2: Psalms is not that it's somehow better than any other 552 00:30:24,100 --> 00:30:27,460 S2: passage of Scripture. No, not at all. I zeroed in, though, 553 00:30:27,500 --> 00:30:31,980 S2: because because David is somebody we know, and every single Psalm, 554 00:30:31,980 --> 00:30:35,140 S2: with the exception of one in this book, is from David. 555 00:30:35,340 --> 00:30:38,580 S2: And we know him as a human. We know him, yes, 556 00:30:38,580 --> 00:30:41,300 S2: as a king, but as a shepherd, as as a 557 00:30:41,300 --> 00:30:44,660 S2: great leader, but also as a great failure. And all 558 00:30:44,700 --> 00:30:48,260 S2: of these deep and sometimes dark emotions that he experienced, 559 00:30:48,260 --> 00:30:53,740 S2: we experienced so because of his realness, his fleshliness, if 560 00:30:53,740 --> 00:30:56,500 S2: you will. I said, boy, I want to know how 561 00:30:56,500 --> 00:30:59,620 S2: he a real a real guy. How did he work 562 00:30:59,620 --> 00:31:03,060 S2: it through? What was his self-talk? And that that sort 563 00:31:03,060 --> 00:31:05,340 S2: of was the driving factor in how we selected the 564 00:31:05,340 --> 00:31:06,460 S2: scriptures that we did. 565 00:31:06,820 --> 00:31:10,700 S1: Yeah, that's John Gager. Joel, thank you for your call today. 566 00:31:10,860 --> 00:31:15,300 S1: And it's more than just positive. You know, it's like, 567 00:31:15,780 --> 00:31:18,790 S1: you can do this and you're you're a great person 568 00:31:18,790 --> 00:31:22,590 S1: or whatever. The thing is that's that's not I mean, 569 00:31:22,630 --> 00:31:24,670 S1: it's good it's a good thing to be positive. Like 570 00:31:24,670 --> 00:31:27,710 S1: zig said is positive thinking won't let you do anything, 571 00:31:27,710 --> 00:31:29,830 S1: but it will let you do everything better than negative thing. 572 00:31:29,830 --> 00:31:31,710 S1: It will. And he said it a lot deeper than 573 00:31:31,710 --> 00:31:37,150 S1: I did. But, uh, but this is not just positive self-talk. 574 00:31:37,190 --> 00:31:39,790 S1: This is biblical self-talk. Right? 575 00:31:39,830 --> 00:31:42,910 S2: And some of it is, uh, is is instructive. Some 576 00:31:42,910 --> 00:31:45,710 S2: of it is corrective. As you go through this. This 577 00:31:45,710 --> 00:31:48,270 S2: is not just a woo hoo feel good book. It's 578 00:31:48,270 --> 00:31:51,150 S2: a it's a careful if you're if you're, uh, feeling 579 00:31:51,190 --> 00:31:54,310 S2: kind of competent, it's careful if you think you got 580 00:31:54,310 --> 00:31:57,150 S2: this all figured out. So there are some warnings too. 581 00:31:57,190 --> 00:32:00,510 S2: It's an appropriate way to think. Whatever your situation, whatever 582 00:32:00,510 --> 00:32:02,830 S2: emotion has, has held you captive. 583 00:32:03,470 --> 00:32:07,270 S1: I think, uh, everything goes back to Psalm 139 because 584 00:32:07,310 --> 00:32:10,630 S1: as she was talking, I was thinking that Psalm 139 585 00:32:10,630 --> 00:32:14,310 S1: fearfully and wonderfully made and the the word that I 586 00:32:14,310 --> 00:32:17,950 S1: have been underlining both in the Psalms and in Proverbs 587 00:32:17,950 --> 00:32:22,590 S1: lately is the word delight. And chapter four you go 588 00:32:22,590 --> 00:32:25,910 S1: to Psalm 18. He also brought me out into an 589 00:32:25,910 --> 00:32:31,910 S1: open place. He rescued me because he delighted in me. 590 00:32:32,190 --> 00:32:37,070 S1: Talk about that word delight and how God looks at 591 00:32:37,070 --> 00:32:38,070 S1: his children. 592 00:32:38,190 --> 00:32:40,310 S2: Well, this is a struggle for a lot of us. 593 00:32:40,750 --> 00:32:45,030 S2: We we don't feel worthy of being liked, let alone 594 00:32:45,030 --> 00:32:48,310 S2: delighted in. And so you come to that word delight. 595 00:32:48,310 --> 00:32:51,950 S2: You say, is it true? Could it be possible? And 596 00:32:52,070 --> 00:32:55,670 S2: it is true. Rescued from the domain of darkness. We 597 00:32:55,670 --> 00:32:58,070 S2: were held hostage in the domain of darkness. We were 598 00:32:58,110 --> 00:33:02,390 S2: far away from God. We're told in Ephesians 213. But 599 00:33:02,390 --> 00:33:05,430 S2: Christ brought us near we who were far away. So 600 00:33:05,630 --> 00:33:08,710 S2: the fact that God delights in you is not past tense. 601 00:33:09,150 --> 00:33:12,270 S2: God's delight in you is not going to end God's 602 00:33:12,270 --> 00:33:16,200 S2: delight in you. Best of all is not performance based. 603 00:33:16,520 --> 00:33:20,280 S2: It's impossible for God to delight in you any more 604 00:33:20,280 --> 00:33:23,800 S2: than he already does. It's impossible for God delight in 605 00:33:23,840 --> 00:33:27,960 S2: you any less. It's just. It's just a marvelous truth 606 00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:30,720 S2: to to swim in as a pool. Uh, but. 607 00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:32,880 S1: That doesn't make any sense to me. I'll be honest 608 00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:35,240 S1: with you. Because if I do something good. You know, 609 00:33:35,280 --> 00:33:39,800 S1: if I memorize Psalm 139, the whole thing, or Psalm 119, 610 00:33:39,840 --> 00:33:43,520 S1: let's do that one that really impress God, right? It's 611 00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:45,600 S1: like he's got to love me more if I'm that 612 00:33:45,600 --> 00:33:48,600 S1: committed to do that. And you're saying, no, he doesn't 613 00:33:48,600 --> 00:33:51,920 S1: care about your performance. So that makes me feel like 614 00:33:51,920 --> 00:33:54,720 S1: as a performance driven kind of person. It's like, well, 615 00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:56,760 S1: then why should I even try if he doesn't care? 616 00:33:56,800 --> 00:33:59,120 S1: You know, he's not going to delight in me anymore, 617 00:33:59,720 --> 00:34:02,120 S1: but that what it does is pull the rug out 618 00:34:02,120 --> 00:34:05,920 S1: from under my striving, and it puts it all on 619 00:34:05,920 --> 00:34:10,080 S1: his loving kindness, his hesed, his grace. Right? 620 00:34:10,120 --> 00:34:12,920 S2: Yeah. And we are performing an awful lot of us. 621 00:34:12,920 --> 00:34:17,450 S2: And I include myself. That's a huge, huge struggle. And 622 00:34:17,489 --> 00:34:20,210 S2: to come face to face with the reality that he 623 00:34:20,210 --> 00:34:23,490 S2: delights in us as we are, delights in us because 624 00:34:23,489 --> 00:34:26,810 S2: he chose to, delights in us because he chooses to 625 00:34:26,850 --> 00:34:30,009 S2: and will always choose to do so. That's a showstopper. 626 00:34:30,290 --> 00:34:32,370 S2: And that that ought to arrest our attention. 627 00:34:32,610 --> 00:34:35,890 S1: Well, what might happen and and we'll get these kind 628 00:34:35,930 --> 00:34:38,330 S1: of calls and people. And I've had the same thought 629 00:34:38,330 --> 00:34:41,489 S1: myself of sin that we commit. And then we come 630 00:34:41,489 --> 00:34:43,890 S1: back and we do it again. And God's got to be, 631 00:34:44,170 --> 00:34:48,570 S1: you know, just so frustrated with us. What if instead 632 00:34:48,570 --> 00:34:51,969 S1: of when you commit that sin again, or you have 633 00:34:51,969 --> 00:34:55,529 S1: that thought or whatever it is, what if instead of 634 00:34:55,570 --> 00:34:58,330 S1: beating yourself up or thinking of God just shaking his 635 00:34:58,330 --> 00:35:02,490 S1: head in heaven, you say, God, here it is again. I, 636 00:35:02,690 --> 00:35:05,570 S1: I'm going to choose to believe that you you forgive 637 00:35:05,570 --> 00:35:08,250 S1: me if I confess my sin and I'm confessing it. 638 00:35:08,530 --> 00:35:11,850 S1: But you delight in me and you love me. And 639 00:35:11,850 --> 00:35:14,740 S1: so instead of beating myself up, I'm going to receive 640 00:35:14,739 --> 00:35:18,100 S1: that mercy. I'm going to receive that grace, and I'm 641 00:35:18,100 --> 00:35:21,259 S1: going to live forgiven right now. Would you empower me 642 00:35:21,260 --> 00:35:23,380 S1: to say no to the thing that I want to 643 00:35:23,380 --> 00:35:27,380 S1: say no to? Like Paul talks about in Romans seven? Uh, 644 00:35:27,380 --> 00:35:31,660 S1: would you do that if you if you turn things around? 645 00:35:32,180 --> 00:35:35,299 S1: The same thing that happened to Jesus in the in 646 00:35:35,340 --> 00:35:38,500 S1: the wilderness when Satan whispered, you know, he whispered half 647 00:35:38,540 --> 00:35:42,300 S1: truths to him. And what did Jesus do? He brought 648 00:35:42,300 --> 00:35:46,860 S1: back the Scripture to to say to Satan who thwarted, 649 00:35:46,900 --> 00:35:50,500 S1: you know, he thwarted Scripture with the Word of God, right? 650 00:35:50,540 --> 00:35:53,899 S2: Absolutely. And you go to the very first Psalm of all, uh, 651 00:35:53,900 --> 00:35:57,460 S2: you know, uh, David says, what, uh, Psalm one, blessed 652 00:35:57,460 --> 00:35:59,260 S2: is the man who does not walk in the counsel 653 00:35:59,260 --> 00:36:01,060 S2: of the wicked, or stand in the seat of mockers, 654 00:36:01,060 --> 00:36:02,819 S2: or sit in the seat of the wicked, but his 655 00:36:02,820 --> 00:36:05,739 S2: delight is in the law of the Lord, and on 656 00:36:05,739 --> 00:36:10,940 S2: his law get this he meditates day and night. You 657 00:36:10,980 --> 00:36:14,620 S2: want to be blessed. Meditate on his law day and night. 658 00:36:14,660 --> 00:36:17,219 S2: He's like a tree planted by streams of water, which 659 00:36:17,260 --> 00:36:20,140 S2: yields its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither. 660 00:36:20,140 --> 00:36:24,180 S2: Whatever he does prospers. That's. That's the game plan spelled 661 00:36:24,180 --> 00:36:24,940 S2: out right there. 662 00:36:25,540 --> 00:36:29,180 S1: And it's a game changer. Powerful self-talk from the Psalms 663 00:36:29,180 --> 00:36:32,940 S1: 40 days to a Biblical Mindset by John Gager. Uh, 664 00:36:32,940 --> 00:36:35,060 S1: before we take a break here, John, all this week 665 00:36:35,060 --> 00:36:36,899 S1: I've been asking people, how do you make it not 666 00:36:36,900 --> 00:36:39,020 S1: just a box to check? How do you make it? 667 00:36:39,060 --> 00:36:42,820 S1: You know, your devotional life, getting into the scriptures of 668 00:36:42,980 --> 00:36:45,299 S1: what do you do? Lay that out for me. 669 00:36:45,340 --> 00:36:47,540 S2: Okay, so I, uh, choose a book of the Bible 670 00:36:47,540 --> 00:36:51,340 S2: to go through. And, uh, having started on that adventure, 671 00:36:51,340 --> 00:36:54,339 S2: I also have a journal, by the way, it's not 672 00:36:54,340 --> 00:36:58,980 S2: a little spiral bound Walmart wimpy thing. It's nice. It's 673 00:36:58,980 --> 00:37:03,260 S2: it's beautiful. It's maybe leather bound or it's it's really 674 00:37:03,260 --> 00:37:07,980 S2: cool looking. Maybe gold, uh, edged paper. It's special. It's 675 00:37:07,980 --> 00:37:10,950 S2: not a shopping list. So I sit there, open the word, 676 00:37:10,950 --> 00:37:14,110 S2: and before I open it, I hold that paper Bible 677 00:37:14,110 --> 00:37:17,270 S2: in my hand and I say, Lord God, would you 678 00:37:17,270 --> 00:37:20,150 S2: please get into me and not just me, into your word? 679 00:37:20,150 --> 00:37:22,710 S2: I want your word to control me. I need to 680 00:37:22,710 --> 00:37:25,629 S2: be different because of it. I pray that then I 681 00:37:25,630 --> 00:37:28,350 S2: open the word where I'm going. I take my time. 682 00:37:28,550 --> 00:37:30,469 S2: I don't rush through it. I read it maybe a 683 00:37:30,469 --> 00:37:33,750 S2: second or a third time. Then I open that journal 684 00:37:33,750 --> 00:37:36,270 S2: and I write down what God seems to be saying, 685 00:37:36,670 --> 00:37:39,069 S2: and I just take my time with that. Then on 686 00:37:39,070 --> 00:37:41,430 S2: the backside of the page is a short prayer. And 687 00:37:41,430 --> 00:37:43,469 S2: then as we were sharing off the air, Chris, a 688 00:37:43,510 --> 00:37:46,270 S2: lot of times when I start praying, God reveals something 689 00:37:46,270 --> 00:37:49,590 S2: else I never even saw. Some of the greatest gems 690 00:37:49,870 --> 00:37:53,350 S2: are right there. As I'm legitimately praying about something else, 691 00:37:53,350 --> 00:37:56,350 S2: God brings it to mind. That's that's been the the 692 00:37:56,550 --> 00:37:59,670 S2: formula that that has really seemed to work for me. 693 00:37:59,830 --> 00:38:03,550 S1: Yes. And the time, the the it's almost like you're 694 00:38:03,550 --> 00:38:06,950 S1: walking rather than getting in the car and zipping through 695 00:38:06,950 --> 00:38:12,359 S1: the scriptures. Uh, you're you're you're walking. You're walking that 696 00:38:12,360 --> 00:38:16,440 S1: trail with Jesus, that path and asking him to inform 697 00:38:16,440 --> 00:38:19,560 S1: your life. I like that that's going to encourage somebody today. 698 00:38:19,560 --> 00:38:22,719 S1: And if you go to the website, Chris, I know 699 00:38:22,719 --> 00:38:27,719 S1: this book is going to encourage you. Powerful self-talk from 700 00:38:27,719 --> 00:38:31,799 S1: the Psalms 40 days to a biblical mindset by our 701 00:38:31,800 --> 00:38:34,200 S1: guest today, John Gager. You can find it at Chris 702 00:38:34,200 --> 00:38:39,759 S1: Faber Livorno Chris Livorno more of your calls coming up 703 00:38:39,760 --> 00:38:53,200 S1: straight ahead on Moody Radio. Thanks a lot for joining 704 00:38:53,200 --> 00:38:55,839 S1: us this week for Chris Fabry Live. We have made 705 00:38:55,840 --> 00:39:01,040 S1: this first full week of January Bible oriented, and we're 706 00:39:01,040 --> 00:39:05,120 S1: ending today with a really practical look at the Psalms. 707 00:39:05,120 --> 00:39:08,959 S1: Powerful self-talk from the Psalms by John Gager, who works 708 00:39:08,960 --> 00:39:12,400 S1: with us here at Moody Radio. And he speaks, he writes, 709 00:39:12,400 --> 00:39:14,879 S1: he has a blog. We've got information about him and 710 00:39:14,880 --> 00:39:19,760 S1: a link to the book right there at Chris. Chris favorite, 711 00:39:21,320 --> 00:39:25,319 S1: Pat is in in in Bloomington, Illinois. Hi, Pat. Go 712 00:39:25,320 --> 00:39:25,920 S1: right ahead. 713 00:39:27,840 --> 00:39:30,760 S6: Hi, Chris. How are you today? Thanks for taking my call. 714 00:39:31,280 --> 00:39:32,120 S1: Glad to do it. 715 00:39:33,280 --> 00:39:38,080 S6: Um, so mine is not my go to verse. Um, 716 00:39:38,080 --> 00:39:40,560 S6: and I'm 67, and this just came to me in 717 00:39:40,560 --> 00:39:43,200 S6: the last, probably 4 or 5 years. I've been a 718 00:39:43,200 --> 00:39:47,920 S6: believer since I was 38. And it's more about understanding 719 00:39:47,920 --> 00:39:52,560 S6: who you are in Christ and what happened at that 720 00:39:52,560 --> 00:39:56,880 S6: transaction when you got saved. So I'm I claim second 721 00:39:56,880 --> 00:40:01,239 S6: Corinthians 517 therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is 722 00:40:01,239 --> 00:40:04,399 S6: a new creation, the old is gone and the new 723 00:40:04,400 --> 00:40:07,570 S6: is coming. you know it's that old. It's that tension 724 00:40:07,570 --> 00:40:10,730 S6: between the old man and new man thing. And when 725 00:40:10,730 --> 00:40:14,490 S6: I stumble, when I fall and I'm getting those words 726 00:40:14,489 --> 00:40:19,049 S6: of accusation, the accusers hammering me, I just claim that, hey, 727 00:40:19,090 --> 00:40:22,009 S6: I am a new creation in Christ, you know, and 728 00:40:22,050 --> 00:40:25,930 S6: that that's a biblical truth. That's a truth that I 729 00:40:25,969 --> 00:40:28,890 S6: can grab on in the Word of God, not trust 730 00:40:28,890 --> 00:40:31,969 S6: my thoughts. You know, because what's in my head is 731 00:40:31,969 --> 00:40:36,450 S6: not truth. It's not the word of God, you know? But, uh, 732 00:40:36,810 --> 00:40:41,890 S6: second Corinthians 517, I can tangibly grab that and know 733 00:40:41,890 --> 00:40:44,569 S6: that that's who I am. You know, that old man 734 00:40:44,570 --> 00:40:47,210 S6: is not who I am. You know, our flesh constantly 735 00:40:47,210 --> 00:40:50,810 S6: wants to gravitate back to the old man, but claiming 736 00:40:50,810 --> 00:40:55,170 S6: that new creation, you know, that's what happened at that transaction. 737 00:40:55,450 --> 00:40:59,089 S6: You know, when when we get saved, um, you know, 738 00:40:59,130 --> 00:41:01,650 S6: and a lot of us struggle. I mean, I think 739 00:41:01,650 --> 00:41:04,090 S6: all Christians struggle with that. You know, I do too. 740 00:41:04,380 --> 00:41:07,020 S1: I do too. And you know what? That's a perfect segue. 741 00:41:07,060 --> 00:41:09,940 S1: As they say in the radio business to John, this 742 00:41:09,940 --> 00:41:13,100 S1: is not you know, you chose the Psalms to do this, 743 00:41:13,100 --> 00:41:15,420 S1: but there are other parts of Scripture that you can do, 744 00:41:15,460 --> 00:41:16,820 S1: like Second Corinthians, right? 745 00:41:16,860 --> 00:41:21,500 S2: Absolutely. I think of some great argument stoppers. You know, uh, 746 00:41:21,860 --> 00:41:25,299 S2: we're encouraged, um, let this mind be in you, which 747 00:41:25,300 --> 00:41:27,860 S2: was also in Christ Jesus, who, being the very form 748 00:41:27,860 --> 00:41:30,739 S2: of God, did not regard equality with God a thing 749 00:41:30,739 --> 00:41:34,379 S2: to be grasped, but made himself of no reputation. He 750 00:41:34,420 --> 00:41:38,140 S2: humbled himself. I think of Colossians three, you know, forgive 751 00:41:38,140 --> 00:41:41,020 S2: whatever grievances you may have against each other. And then 752 00:41:41,020 --> 00:41:43,380 S2: we want to say, yeah, but, Lord. And then he adds, 753 00:41:43,380 --> 00:41:47,299 S2: forgive as the Lord forgave you. Uh, on and on 754 00:41:47,300 --> 00:41:50,300 S2: it goes. Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory. 755 00:41:50,340 --> 00:41:54,060 S2: You know, Ephesians four, uh, these are great, great peace 756 00:41:54,100 --> 00:41:58,380 S2: bringing arguments, stopping tension, cutting verses. And then none of 757 00:41:58,380 --> 00:41:59,180 S2: them are Psalms. 758 00:41:59,700 --> 00:42:02,340 S1: Have this mind in you that was also in Christ. 759 00:42:02,460 --> 00:42:05,660 S1: You know and live. That's what we're talking about. The 760 00:42:05,660 --> 00:42:08,460 S1: Bible is not just something that you read that you 761 00:42:08,460 --> 00:42:12,980 S1: take in. You could even memorize and spit back. It's 762 00:42:12,980 --> 00:42:17,660 S1: not just for knowledge, it's for understanding. It's for wisdom 763 00:42:17,660 --> 00:42:20,820 S1: and it's for living. And I think that's is your 764 00:42:20,820 --> 00:42:24,739 S1: heart here, John, is like living this out. Or as 765 00:42:24,739 --> 00:42:28,500 S1: Pat just said, saying to that negative thought, you know, 766 00:42:28,580 --> 00:42:32,140 S1: you stumbled there you you sinner, you. It's like, yeah, 767 00:42:32,140 --> 00:42:34,939 S1: I am a sinner. But guess what? God says I'm 768 00:42:34,940 --> 00:42:37,259 S1: a new creation. I'm going to believe what he says 769 00:42:37,260 --> 00:42:40,140 S1: about me rather than what I feel or think or 770 00:42:40,140 --> 00:42:41,660 S1: what I hear somebody else say. 771 00:42:41,700 --> 00:42:44,500 S2: You have absolutely embodied the message of this book in 772 00:42:44,540 --> 00:42:47,739 S2: that last comment. You've, you've you've put your finger on 773 00:42:47,739 --> 00:42:51,540 S2: the wrong, you've identified the lie, you have quoted scripture 774 00:42:51,540 --> 00:42:54,580 S2: to that lie, and you've formed it to the very 775 00:42:54,580 --> 00:42:57,660 S2: situation you're in. Kudos. That's that's right. I want to 776 00:42:57,660 --> 00:43:01,060 S2: do a quick shout out, though, to the idea of 777 00:43:01,100 --> 00:43:04,950 S2: the necessity, I think, of memorizing scripture, I really, I 778 00:43:04,989 --> 00:43:07,110 S2: really do. There is no there is no fast track 779 00:43:07,110 --> 00:43:10,310 S2: to biblical self-talk, but there is a direct track, and 780 00:43:10,310 --> 00:43:14,350 S2: that is begin by memorizing scripture. And anybody who says 781 00:43:14,350 --> 00:43:17,189 S2: I can't, I would gently say, you can. You just 782 00:43:17,190 --> 00:43:19,550 S2: can't go as fast as you think you can. I'm 783 00:43:19,590 --> 00:43:22,710 S2: one of you. You know, Chris, our pastor had our 784 00:43:22,710 --> 00:43:25,910 S2: small group memorize Romans eight a year ago. He was 785 00:43:25,910 --> 00:43:29,750 S2: done in about four whole thing. Yeah, it's 39 verses. 786 00:43:29,910 --> 00:43:32,190 S2: He did his in, like 4 or 5 months. I 787 00:43:32,190 --> 00:43:33,990 S2: told him it's going to take me all year. And 788 00:43:33,989 --> 00:43:37,109 S2: it did 12 months. He was done in less than 789 00:43:37,150 --> 00:43:39,509 S2: half that. But you know what? God isn't handing out, 790 00:43:39,550 --> 00:43:42,430 S2: you know, prizes and ribbons and trophies. So if it 791 00:43:42,430 --> 00:43:45,710 S2: takes you forever to get one verse, who cares? At 792 00:43:45,750 --> 00:43:48,629 S2: least you're working on it. And once that gets into 793 00:43:48,630 --> 00:43:51,390 S2: your soul, it's something for you to lean on, look to, 794 00:43:51,590 --> 00:43:53,270 S2: and reshape your thoughts. 795 00:43:53,270 --> 00:43:55,990 S1: That's what Joanna Weaver said on Wednesday. She said that 796 00:43:55,989 --> 00:43:58,989 S1: this whole idea of reading through the Bible in a 797 00:43:58,989 --> 00:44:03,600 S1: year at first really made her discouraged because of the 798 00:44:03,600 --> 00:44:06,040 S1: Leviticus numbers. You know, get in there, get lost in 799 00:44:06,040 --> 00:44:08,399 S1: the weeds and saying, well, I can't do this. And 800 00:44:08,400 --> 00:44:10,920 S1: so she said it had the opposite effect on her, 801 00:44:10,960 --> 00:44:13,680 S1: that it was like it caused her anxiety because she 802 00:44:13,680 --> 00:44:16,480 S1: felt less than. And now down the road, you know, 803 00:44:16,520 --> 00:44:18,919 S1: she's done this several times and she's leading people to 804 00:44:18,960 --> 00:44:21,600 S1: do that. But you said something to me in the break, 805 00:44:21,600 --> 00:44:24,439 S1: and that is, don't beat yourself up. If you are 806 00:44:24,480 --> 00:44:28,600 S1: going to the Scripture and you're reading a passage and, 807 00:44:28,600 --> 00:44:30,600 S1: and you get to 1 or 2 verses and you 808 00:44:30,600 --> 00:44:33,480 S1: get stuck there and you stay there. That's a good thing. 809 00:44:33,520 --> 00:44:34,480 S1: God's at work. 810 00:44:34,520 --> 00:44:37,680 S2: Yeah, I just only read as long as until I 811 00:44:37,680 --> 00:44:40,759 S2: feel somewhat prompted in my spirit that this is something 812 00:44:40,760 --> 00:44:44,880 S2: I need to look at plumb further, dig deeper, assess, analyze, 813 00:44:44,880 --> 00:44:48,040 S2: pray about. And that's where I. Where I drop the anchor. 814 00:44:48,160 --> 00:44:50,680 S2: And that's what I'm writing about in the journal. That's 815 00:44:50,680 --> 00:44:53,759 S2: what I'm praying about. So we we take our time. 816 00:44:53,880 --> 00:44:56,960 S2: This is not a race. It's as you say, so. Well, Chris, 817 00:44:57,000 --> 00:44:59,370 S2: it's a walk. It's a walk. It's a walk with God, 818 00:44:59,370 --> 00:45:00,690 S2: not a run with God. 819 00:45:00,730 --> 00:45:03,049 S1: Bingo. I hope this is encouraging to you. If you 820 00:45:03,050 --> 00:45:05,770 S1: have the same kind of self-talk that I have. Oh, 821 00:45:05,810 --> 00:45:08,210 S1: you big dummy. Why'd you say that? Why didn't you 822 00:45:08,210 --> 00:45:10,410 S1: ask us? I'll get off the program today and I'll say, 823 00:45:10,410 --> 00:45:13,130 S1: why didn't I ask John this? Oh, you know what? 824 00:45:13,290 --> 00:45:16,049 S1: We've had a good conversation here. I hope it motivates 825 00:45:16,050 --> 00:45:19,049 S1: you to go to the Scripture yourself. I mean, you 826 00:45:19,050 --> 00:45:22,730 S1: can do this yourself and find these things of the 827 00:45:22,770 --> 00:45:25,850 S1: self-talk in the Scripture and tell yourself the truth. But 828 00:45:25,850 --> 00:45:29,410 S1: John has come alongside you, and he's written powerful self-talk 829 00:45:29,410 --> 00:45:33,970 S1: from the Psalms 40 days to a biblical mindset. Again, 830 00:45:33,969 --> 00:45:36,969 S1: it's our featured resource. Just click through today's information right 831 00:45:36,969 --> 00:45:42,250 S1: there at Chris Fabry Live in 30s or less. What 832 00:45:42,250 --> 00:45:45,489 S1: happens if I don't learn this? If I don't learn 833 00:45:45,530 --> 00:45:47,050 S1: biblical self-talk? 834 00:45:47,090 --> 00:45:50,730 S2: Then we continue to spiral downward. We continue to reinforce 835 00:45:50,730 --> 00:45:56,170 S2: negative habits. A spiritually disordered, distorted self-assessment is ours, and 836 00:45:56,170 --> 00:45:58,970 S2: we have a discolored, discolored lens through which we view 837 00:45:58,969 --> 00:46:01,610 S2: everybody and everything. That's what happens if we don't. 838 00:46:02,170 --> 00:46:04,890 S1: And you know what? The other thing that we haven't 839 00:46:04,890 --> 00:46:08,290 S1: talked about. This will affect your relationships. Because if you 840 00:46:08,330 --> 00:46:10,810 S1: are really, really hard on yourself, you're hard on other 841 00:46:10,810 --> 00:46:11,650 S1: people too. 842 00:46:11,690 --> 00:46:12,130 S2: Guilty. 843 00:46:12,489 --> 00:46:15,609 S1: And so if you start being kind to yourself and 844 00:46:15,610 --> 00:46:18,330 S1: tell yourself the truth, then maybe you'll be able to 845 00:46:18,370 --> 00:46:22,210 S1: see others the way God sees you. Do you see 846 00:46:22,210 --> 00:46:25,810 S1: how that works? That's a wonderful thing. Okay, John, keep writing, 847 00:46:25,810 --> 00:46:28,489 S1: keep talking, and we'll see you on the radio. Okay. 848 00:46:28,530 --> 00:46:30,569 S2: Thank you so much for the opportunity, Chris. I hope 849 00:46:30,570 --> 00:46:33,610 S2: people are encouraged. They can think differently, think better. 850 00:46:33,610 --> 00:46:39,330 S1: Think biblically powerful self-talk from the Psalms, our featured resource. 851 00:46:39,450 --> 00:46:42,410 S1: 40 days to a Biblical mindset. Hope that was encouraging 852 00:46:42,489 --> 00:46:45,530 S1: to you. Go to Chris Fabry. Live for our program 853 00:46:45,530 --> 00:46:48,330 S1: is a production of Moody Radio, a ministry of Moody 854 00:46:48,370 --> 00:46:50,530 S1: Bible Institute. Thanks for listening.