But do you know how to truly love Him'and let Him love you' As a Bible-believing churchgoer, author Shellie Tomlinson harbored a secret in her good-girl heart. Learn how to crash the chatterboxand hear God's voice above all others. Learn how to live out God's truth no matter what is going on in your life or thoughts. He asks, 'What great deeds are in danger of remaining undone in your life because of lies that were planted in your past or fears that are looming in your future'' With personal stories, inspiring examples, and practical strategies, Pastor Furtick will show you how to silence the lies and embrace the freeing affirmation of God. But what can you do about them' The Voice You Listen to Will Determine the Future You Experience In Crash the Chatterbox, Pastor Steven Furtick focuses on four key areas in which negative thoughts are most debilitating: insecurity, fear, condemnation, and discouragement. Its lies are keeping you from realizing your God-given potential. Inside your head and heart is a chatterbox. I'm learning how to overpower the shouts of the Enemy by bending my ear to the whisper of God's supernatural truths about my identity in Him and His strength in me.' -STEVEN FURTICK, from Crash the Chatterbox Includes discussion questions for individuals or groups. I'm now awakening to the reality that we can access the power of God's promises to constantly crash the system of our broken beliefs. This is the key to pressing ahead and doing God's will anyway, even as you are bombarded with thoughts, feelings, and even facts about why you can't do it.

And once we learn how, we can switch from lies to truth as deliberately as we can choose the Beatles over Miley Cyrus on satellite radio. Yet everything changed when I began to realize God has given us the ability to choose the dialogue we believe and respond to. It had been the soundtrack of my life for as long as I could remember. I felt so often like I was drowning in internal dialogue I couldn't control.

'I used to think that someone who struggled with the kinds of weaknesses I deal with daily was useless to God. Crashing the chatterbox = Overpowering lies of insecurity, fear, condemnation, and discouragement with the promises of God.

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