Sitting alone with Bible, journal, and coffee, my gaze out the window reminded me that winter still resides here. The early morning fog and light drizzle created a cozy softness one typically reads about in English novels. But the ambience was about to change.
After soaking in the Scriptures, I laid aside my Bible and, unsuspectingly, lifted a book my daughter gave me for a birthday gift. Casually, my fingers located the assigned day.
Then it happened. One simple sentence leapt off the page and ignited a fire within the fiber of my being. The concrete idea encapsulated in one group of words took my breath away.
“No one is more influential in your life than you are because no one talks to you more than you do.”
Did I read that correctly? Yes. With that statement I sat up, took note, and scrambled to commit the sentence to memory.
“No one is more influential in your life than you are because no one talks to you more than you do.”
The potential to change one’s life hangs within this power packed expression. And the follow-up statement expands the concept:
“It’s a fact that you and I are in an endless conversation with ourselves.”
Now, let’s put the two together.
“No one is more influential in your life than you are because no one talks to you more than you do. It’s a fact that you and I are in an endless conversation with ourselves.”
So, as we shine the light of the Holy Spirit on our mental dialog, when we filter our self-talk through the Word of God, when you and I tell ourselves the truth, when we disarm the devil’s lies, we harness the influence of this riveting statement on steroids.
Now we’re talking!
-Source Notes: New Morning Mercies, A Daily Gospel Devotional by Paul David Tripp, February 4
“No one is more influential in your life than you are because no one talks to you more than you do.”
Living With Eternal Intentionality®
“And this is eternal life, that they may know You the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent” (John 17:3).
How do you envision this Riveting Statement being helpful to you?
Take away: Consider committing the sentence to memory and noting its practical benefits.
One final thought from Dr. Tripp. “So, God in His grace has given you his word so that you may preach to yourself what is true in those moments when the only one talking to you is you.”
