Tag: self-talk

• Your Greatest Weapon

  5…take every thought captive to obey Christ…–2 Corinthians 10 Paul was describing the inner war that Christians wage against the enemy. His context seems to indicate spiritual warfare, not physical people. He mentioned destroying arguments on the one hand and one’s own behavior on the other. This implies that the enemy was tempting the Corinthians…

  bradshawjoel

  July 31, 2022

  2 Corinthians

  2 Corinthians, 2 corinthians 10, anxiety, bible, christian, depression, God, hope, psalm 119:11, Psalm 31, psalm 46, self-talk, sin, temptation, thinking, thoughts

• Called and Never Alone

  9Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”–Joshua 1 I journey with people who feel lonely. Most of them are unmarried individuals who live by themselves. The quarantine of 2020 only made things worse for them,…

  bradshawjoel

  June 28, 2022

  joshua

  alone, anxiety, bible, calling, calls, christian, depression, God, hope, immanuel, Isaiah 41, jesus, joshua, loneliness, lonely, Matthew 28, reminder, self-talk, with you

• Building Trust with God

  68You are good and do good; teach me your statutes.–Psalm 119 I journey with people who have been hurt by others. They face broken and messy situations. And to their credit, they actually WANT to trust God in the midst of all they go through. This individual loves the Gospel message. Ephesians 2…  8For it…

  bradshawjoel

  June 24, 2022

  psalms

  bible, christian, Ephesians 2, faith, faithful, faithfulness, future, God, good, goodness, goodness of God, grace, past, present, psalm 119, psalms, salvation, self talk, self-talk, trust

• Lament not Gossip

  16But I call to God, and the LORD will save me. 17Evening and morning and at noon I utter my complaint and moan, and he hears my voice. 18He redeems my soul in safety from the battle that I wage… …22Cast your burden on the LORD, and he will sustain you…–Psalm 55 Gripes come in many forms. Some…

  bradshawjoel

  May 13, 2022

  psalms

  approptiate, bible, bitterness, christian, complaint, david, faith, God, gossip, gripe, heart, lament, lamenting, psalm 55, psalms, response, self-talk, troubles, trust

• The Depression Psalm

  11Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me?Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.-Psalm 42 We don’t know much about the sons of Korah, but they were clearly depressed. Psalm 42 is my goto depression psalm. Take a look at…

  bradshawjoel

  May 5, 2022

  psalms

  bible, change, christian, depression, downcast, God, heart, hope, narrative, perspective, prayer, psalm 42, psalms, self-talk

• Have Theses Two Verses at the Ready

  14But I trust in you, O LORD;I say, “You are my God.”15My times are in your hand;rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from my persecutors!–Psalm 31 When I go on hospital visits, these are one of the two main verses I have with me (Psalm 46:10 being the other). They are a great…

  bradshawjoel

  April 27, 2022

  psalms

  1 Peter 5, anxiety, bible, christian, david, fear, God, heart, Philippians 4, Psalm 31, psalms, self-talk

• For They Shall Be Comforted

  11You have turned for me my mourning into dancing;you have loosed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness,12that my glory may sing your praise and not be silent.O LORD my God, I will give thanks to you forever!–Psalm 30 We don’t know why David was mourning. This psalm was part of the dedication of the Temple that…

  bradshawjoel

  April 26, 2022

  psalms

  bible, christian, david, depression, gladness, God, grief, heart, jesus, loss, mourning, perspective, psalms, self-talk, thanksgiving