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Have you ever caught yourself criticizing yourself? Like the soundtrack of your mind turns completely negative… It happens so subtly… so slowly over time.

Recently I was having a horrible day when it comes to these afflicting thoughts. It happens more than I’d like to admit… and I know the thoughts I have are not really true… but there is something inside me that is terrified that they are true.

What do you do when your inner-critic gets the best of you? How do you stop the borage thoughts? How do you silence the afflicting voices?

One practice I want to share with you today is the power of Daily Declarations. A couple years ago, I heard this from Pastor Craig Groeschel… and I can almost link my dark thoughts to when I get away from the discipline of doing these daily declarations.

These declarations are the resistance to the negative thoughts that consume me. They are the frontline, the offense against the lies that we tell ourselves about ourselves. These statements are what are inherently true about every person because we are made in the image of God.

Here are Pastor Craig’s declarations, feel free to steal all of them, because they apply just as much to you as they do him or I.

• Jesus is first in my life. I exist to serve and glorify Him.
• I love my wife and will lay down my life to serve her.
• My children will love God and serve Him with their whole hearts. I will nurture, equip, train, and empower them to do more for His kingdom than they can imagine.
• I love people and believe the best about others.
• I am disciplined. Christ in me is stronger than the wrong desires in me.
• I am growing closer to Jesus every day. Because of Christ, my family is closer, my body is stronger, my faith is deeper, my leadership is sharper.
• I am anointed, empowered, equipped and called to reach people far from God.
• I am creative, innovative, driven, focused, and blessed beyond measure—because the Holy Spirit dwells within me.
• I develop leaders. That’s not something I do. It’s who I am.
• My words, thoughts, and imaginations are under the power of Christ. I take all thoughts captive and make them obedient to Christ.
• I wake up with purpose, direction, and meaning every day of my life.
• Pain is my friend. I rejoice in suffering because Christ suffered for me.
• I bring my best and then some. It’s what I bring after I do my best that makes the difference.
• The world will be different and better because I served Jesus today.

Save this episode and play it daily until this becomes a rhythm in your life.

Speak these over your life each day and notice the lies start to dampen day by day.