resolve to stay on task with choices of gratitude, worship, trust, and prayer. David wrote, “Let all that is within me bless His holy name” (Psalm 103:1). The commentator Matthew Henry writes, “David is here communing with his own heart, and he is no fool that thus talks to himself and excites his own soul to that which is good. Observe how he stirs up himself to the duty of praise.” Likewise, we need to talk to ourselves, regardless of how we feel or what we perceive, and stir our soul to the regular and ongoing duty of praise.
With this in mind, I realize I need to keep talking to myself after all. So do you. Let us make our self-talk biblical, clear, Christ-honoring, and resolute. It will be good for our souls, beneficial to our spiritual growth, profitable for our service to others, and honoring to our Christ. Today, I hope our resolve will be like that of Deborah in Judges 5:21 where she said to herself, “O my soul, march on in strength!”
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