{"id":7623,"date":"2021-07-16T04:20:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T04:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communitychurchministry.com\/?p=7623"},"modified":"2021-07-11T04:37:57","modified_gmt":"2021-07-11T04:37:57","slug":"speak-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communitychurchministry.com\/?p=7623","title":{"rendered":"Speak Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Speak Life<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhy are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; For I shall yet praise Him, The help of my countenance and my God.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u202d\u202dPsalms\u202c \u202d43:5\u202c \u202d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do you ever talk to yourself? I always heard&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8220;It&#8217;s ok to talk to yourself, but if you start answering yourself, you&#8217;re in trouble!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I think we all talk to ourselves at times. This is also known as self-talk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Healthline.com defines it this way:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Self-talk is your internal dialogue. It\u2019s influenced by your subconscious mind, and it reveals your thoughts, beliefs, questions, and ideas.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The psalmist was talking to himself. He was asking himself why he was feeling down, feeling depressed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhy are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He felt miserable and was &#8220;disquieted&#8221; within. Clearly, he lacked peace in his soul.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead of staying there, wallowing in self-pity, he decides to trust God, to &#8220;place his hope in God.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then, he decides to speak positively, to praise God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;&#8230;For I shall yet praise Him, The help of my countenance and my God.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When you feel down, you can either speak negatively, or you can speak positively, praising the Lord.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Like the psalmist, we have a choice.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Toby Mack, in the song &#8220;Speak Life&#8221; says:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;So speak life, speak life<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To the deadest, darkest night<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speak life, speak life<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the sun won&#8217;t shine and you don&#8217;t know why<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Look into the eyes of the brokenhearted<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Watch &#8217;em come alive as soon as you speak hope<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You speak love, you speak<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You speak life&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your words not only affect you, they affect others.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So &#8220;speak life&#8221; to all you come in contact with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Praise the Lord!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speak Life \u201cWhy are you cast down, O my soul? 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