Let\u2019s begin by acknowledging that sometimes life is hard. And some of us have it harder than others. That\u2019s why the Bible says there is \u2018a time to cry and a time to laugh.\u2019<\/i> (Ecclesiastes\u00a03:4\u00a0NLT) But what if you just keep \u2018crying\u2019 about life? How can you reduce the strain and drain produced by negative self-talk? Here are three ways: <\/p>\n
(1) Cut and paste.<\/i> Train yourself to recognise negative inner chatter the minute it starts and delete it immediately. If you have to, take a chainsaw to it. If it helps, make a \u2018time out\u2019 signal with your hands as a physical reminder to yourself. But don\u2019t stop there. Replace those negative thoughts with Scriptural self-talk. \u2018Whoever guards his mouth and tongue keeps his soul from troubles.\u2019<\/i> (Proverbs\u00a021:23\u00a0NKJV) <\/p>\n
(2) Tweak your tone.<\/i> You know how the doctor says, \u2018This may sting a little,\u2019 as he jabs a needle into your arm? Borrow his technique and reduce big ugly scar-for-life wordage to smaller, unintimidating blemish terms. \u2018Impossible\u2019 is a brick wall compared to \u2018this may take some work\u2019. Wouldn\u2019t you rather tackle a project that\u2019s \u2018challenging\u2019 rather than \u2018unmanageable\u2019? <\/p>\n
(3) Be your own BFF (Blessed Friend Forever).<\/i> Using your BFF voice, intentionally over-dub that negative droning voice inside you. Speak to yourself like you would to your very best friend. The Bible says, \u2018David encouraged himself in the Lord his God.\u2019<\/i> (1\u00a0Samuel\u00a030:6\u00a0KJV) <\/p>\n
Reboot your mind. Reprogramme your thoughts. There\u2019s power in God\u2019s Word. So, whatever He says about you, start saying the same thing and watch your life change for the better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Let\u2019s begin by acknowledging that sometimes life is hard. And some of us have it harder than others. That\u2019s why the Bible says there is \u2018a time to cry and a time to laugh.\u2019 (Ecclesiastes\u00a03:4\u00a0NLT) But what if you just keep \u2018crying\u2019 about life? How can you reduce the strain and drain produced by negative […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1636"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1636\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}