One of the key concepts of life is that what we think about predominately is how we will act, so if we want to change how we act we must first change how we think. The Bible teaches that in Proverbs 23:7, “as a man thinks in his heart, so he is”. Another part of this law of life is the fact that what we speak out of our mouth sets or makes permanent how we think habitually. We speak words out of our mouth mostly on the basis of what we see, hear, and experience in life. Controlling our words is very hard, in fact in the New Testament in the book of James it says that controlling our words is the hardest part of our life to control. So the cycle goes like this for many; you have a negative experience in life so you grumble and complain about it because of the inconvenience, discomfort, or pain it causes. Those negative words powerfully influence the way we think, moving our running self talk in the negative direction, which prompts us to complain even more which in turn moves our thinking further to the critical. This movement to the negative in our thinking influences our choices, our relationships, our joy level, our energy level, and even our walk with God. It is no wonder that God tells us clearly in His Word in Philipians 2:14 to do everything without any grumbling or complaining.” Every morning as I pray my “commitment prayer” one point in it is “today I will not complain about anything no matter how bad it is, not even a little bit”. I am never totally successful at keeping my commitment but I work hard at getting better at being a positive person who rejoices always. I target certain phrases that become habit like “I am so tired”. Saying it just makes it worse so I replace it with, “thank You Lord for giving me so much to do for You, please give me Your strength to accomplish all the work You give me to do, thank You.