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When you consistently give yourself a pep talk by declaring what you believe about yourself

instead of what you feel about yourself, eventually, not overnight, eventually your actions

are going to line up with your words.

Hey, I'm Terry Sevel Foy, your cheerleader of dreams. I want to talk to you today about affirmations, and are they even biblical?

You know, they're very popular with celebrities, singers, actors, Olympians.

In fact, I remember hearing years ago a story about Selena Gomez saying that after she had a kidney transplant, after recovering from all that, she opened up, you know, about her long-lasting battle with depression and anxiety.

And she talked about how before and after she would perform on stage, she would have severe panic attacks.

Well, she talked about how depression

and anxiety were just a part of her life for five years straight. And she said how she wasn't,

you know, she was listening to motivational messages, but it wasn't enough. She needed more

intentional action. Well, in addition to counseling, Selina began using positive affirmations to begin each day,

like saying things like, I am enough over and over again.

Well, what does God's words say about all this?

Well, there's one scripture in particular in 1st Samuel 30, verse 6.

David said in the scripture, it says David encouraged himself in the Lord

His God. Now let me explain. What if I told you that what you say to others isn't nearly as important

as what you say to yourself? It's true. See, how you talk to yourself will determine how successful you'll be, period. Now, that's a bold statement full of truth. But the thing is, your personal pep talk or encouraging yourself like David, it can help you lose weight, get good grades, achieve promotion, close sales, get along with family members, win awards, and even gold medals.

In fact, in 1997, National Champion Figure Skaters were interviewed for a study on their unique

coping strategies for how do you handle stress. Here's what they discovered, 158 unique

strategies, but the most common used by 76% of these skaters

was self-talk. Well, I've known about the power of words my whole life. In fact, I grew up in

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