Oct 6, 2026 · 23 min · 14 segments
Jon Gauger sets down with Levi Hazen to discuss principles from his latest book: Powerful Self-Talk from the Psalms. What messages are we telling ourselves? Are they based in truth? How can we ensure…
Levi HazenHost
Right? And I don't know if you said this in your book, but I was thinking about this before, uh, our time together.
So how important is it then that I'm telling myself the truth and not feeding on that negative self-talk? Um, what's interesting is 42.5 million Americans suffer from anxiety.
That's not, that's not good, right? And, and I know that I don't know how many of those, of, uh, of those are Christians, but certainly Christians are involved in that.
One American commits suicide every 11 minutes, and certainly the voices in our head, the stories we're telling ourselves, the narratives that we're believing are contributing a huge deal to those numbers.
I think you're spot on, and I would add to that, Levi, I'm quite confident that, um, it isn't just us cranking up those negative thoughts.
We've got the accuser, and he's got a, he's got a, a, a playlist, and it goes [laughs] like this.
Right? And I don't know if you said this in your book, but I was thinking about this before, uh, our time together.
So how important is it then that I'm telling myself the truth and not feeding on that negative self-talk? Um, what's interesting is 42.5 million Americans suffer from anxiety.
That's not, that's not good, right? And, and I know that I don't know how many of those, of, uh, of those are Christians, but certainly Christians are involved in that.
One American commits suicide every 11 minutes, and certainly the voices in our head, the stories we're telling ourselves, the narratives that we're believing are contributing a huge deal to those numbers.
I think you're spot on, and I would add to that, Levi, I'm quite confident that, um, it isn't just us cranking up those negative thoughts.
We've got the accuser, and he's got a, he's got a, a, a playlist, and it goes [laughs] like this.
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