Self-talk is very powerful in leading us to become a more productive person, a more holy person, and a more in love with God person. How we think determines how we act and who we are. Thinking the same thing over and over, again and again, shapes our attitude. Scripted self-talk does all of that, not just random thoughts we have throughout the day. Our random thoughts are tremendously influenced by the world, our flesh, and the devil. Those thoughts do nothing positive in our lives.

Scripted self-talk are words that I have heard or thought of that motivate me to a higher level of living. Once I come up with them, I set a trigger point to remind myself to think of them. My new line is, “I am not dead, not even close, I am not done; there is so much more in me that I can do for the Lord. He will give me the strength and the wisdom to do it.” My trigger is my chairs and seats. Whenever I sit down in my recliner at home, at the dinner table, on my truck seat, or in my office, I repeat that line in my head and keep it up until some other thought crowds its way in. At first, I forgot most of the time what my trigger point was, but as I reread this goal each evening, pretty soon, it started to happen. In a couple of weeks, I will come up with another motivational thought concerning something in my life that I want to change.

Another way that I do this is with memorized Bible verses that have a pointed message to me. I meditate on memorized Bible passages day and night, and they shape me.

It isn’t hard and it is very effective, try it, come on now, you can do it, tell me about your experience when you do.