Clean Up Your Negative Self-Talk

Philippians 4:8

“Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.”

A great place to start when spring cleaning your dating life is getting rid of negative thoughts and self-talk. Is your mind filled with “dirty” thoughts about your worth and whether you’ll ever find love? You can clean it up by filling it with the truth found in scripture about who God says you are.

Dating can be tough, and it's easy to fall into a pattern of negative self-talk. But it's important to remember your thoughts significantly impact your experiences, including your dating journey. There is a reason the Bible encourages us to think about true, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent, and praiseworthy things. Our thoughts hold great power over our mental well-being.

Spring cleaning your dating life includes cleaning up your negative self-talk and discouraging thoughts. And the best way to think about good things is to fill your mind with truth from scripture about yourself, God, and His perfect plan for your life.

Clean up your negative self-talk about yourself by remembering you were fearfully, wonderfully, and intentionally created by God. He loves you, cares about you, and wants only the best for you, like Psalm 139:13-16 so beautifully states:

“For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.”

Clean up your discouraging thoughts about your dating life by remembering God has a perfect plan for your life, filled with good things when you trust Him and walk according to His will, as Proverbs 3:5-6 reminds us:

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.”

So, the next time you catch yourself engaging in negative self-talk, replace those thoughts with scripture that affirms your worth and value and God’s faithfulness. Remember, you deserve love and respect, and cleaning up your mindset can help you see the beauty in the journey as you trust God to fulfill the desires of your heart.