REVOLUTION: BELIEVE…AND THINK! Part 5

Many thoughts/statements in this article are taken/influenced from “Learning to Tell Myself the Truth” by William Backus

Self Talk Contradicts Rational Beliefs

So now, what if we suppose some of your internal monologue habitually fills your head with self-talk that is downright contradictory to some of the information you have on the shelves in the back of your brain (“Little Boy…” from above). For instance, suppose your self-talk goes something like this:

“Everything is going wrong for me. I have so many goals and dreams that I came short in. I’m a failure! How could a God who loves me let all this happen?”

Meanwhile, sitting on one of the shelves is stored the wonderful words of the apostle Paul and John:

· “(Nothing) will be able to separate us from the love of God…” Rom 8:39

· “God is love” 1 John 4:8

· “This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins” 1 John 4:10

“Yes, I know all that,” you may reply, “BUT___”

The point is this: You can know the truth somewhere in your brain’s storage cells, but not know the truth in your internal monologue. All to often we make ourselves miserable and keep ourselves miserable by listening to a non-stop stream of inner nonsense – even when we know very well that the nonsense runs counter to divine truth. If you want to be transformed you have to let God’s grace work upon your core beliefs. We will be studying more on ways to retooling our core beliefs.

Before you commit to the 8-week challenge, you might want to check out the first teaching on the topic via video, audio or teaching script. Isn’t it time you joined a revolution?

• Video, Audio, Scripts and Exercises - http://www.mylifepointe.com/audio-and-video-teachings-from-olathe-lifepointe-church.aspx