Your Negative Self Talk–and Your Marriage: Ted Lowe
FamilyLife Today®
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🗓️ 6 September 2023
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Your negative self-talk: It's sabotaging your marriage—and you may not know how deeply. Author Ted Lowe gets real about identifying and confronting the dark side within.
"I cannot tell you the number of times, standing on the sideline with the Detroit Lions at a NFL game over 33 seasons, that we get in the fourth quarter, it’s a close game, and I would have this thought: 'Our team does not believe when the game’s on the line we have what it takes to win. That’s the difference between winners and losers, is you don’t believe it, and your self-prophecy comes true.' And we don’t.
Again, I’m not saying that’s the only reason we lost so many games, but I remember in 1991 when we went almost—one game from the Super Bowl, you could feel the opposite. It was like, “We believe!” I really believe that teams that win believe it before they actually do it, and I think it applies to marriage. "
-- Dave Wilson
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| 0:00.5 | I cannot tell you the number of times |
| 0:02.2 | standing on the sideline with Detroit Lions |
| 0:04.5 | in an NFL game over 33 seasons |
| 0:07.3 | that we get in the fourth quarter. |
| 0:09.2 | It's a close game and I would have this thought. |
| 0:11.8 | Our team does not believe when the game's on the line, |
| 0:16.0 | we have what it takes to win |
| 0:17.8 | and that's the difference between winners and losers |
| 0:20.5 | is you don't believe it |
| 0:21.8 | and your self-prophesy comes true. |
| 0:24.4 | And we don't. |
| 0:25.2 | And again, I'm not saying the only reason |
| 0:26.4 | we lost so many games, but I remember 91 |
| 0:28.8 | when we went almost one game from the Super Bowl, |
| 0:31.5 | you could feel the opposite. |
| 0:32.7 | It was like, we believe. |
| 0:34.8 | And I really believe teams that win, they believe it |
| 0:37.8 | before they actually do it. |
| 0:39.1 | And I think it applies to marriage. |
| 0:51.0 | Welcome to Family Life Today, |
| 0:52.4 | where we want to help you pursue the relationships |
| 0:55.1 | that matter most. |
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