Pastor's Corner

for Sunday 14th August
Talking to Yourself is Healthy.
Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones in his book, “Spiritual Depression: Its Causes and Cure” said this: “Have you realized that most of your unhappiness in life is due to the fact that you are listening to yourself instead of talking to yourself?” This is excellent advise. David says to himself, “Why are you cast down, oh my soul...put your hope in God”.( Psalms 42:5, 11) and by doing this gets himself back on track. Dr. Martyn continues, “The main art in the matter of spiritual living is to know how to handle yourself. You have to take yourself in hand, you have to address yourself, preach to yourself, question yourself. You must say to your soul: “Why art thou cast down” – what business have you to be disquieted? You must turn on yourself, upbraid yourself, condemn yourself, exhort yourself, and say to yourself: “Hope thou in God” – instead of muttering in this depressed, unhappy way. And then you must go on to remind yourself of God, Who God is, and what God is and What God has done, and what God has pledged Himself to do. Then having done that, end on this great note: defy yourself, and defy other people, and defy the devil and the whole world, and say with [David]: ‘I shall yet praise Him for the help of His countenance, who is also the health of my countenance and my God.’” All I can say to that is AMEN!
Pastor Don.