Being self righteous has never saved a soul...

We've all done it. Said those words....you know, the words you say when you stare at someones "status" in disbelief. Or when you view someone dressed in something you thoughts was inappropriate, OR when someone said something in front of you about someone else... You know the words. "I would NEVER...say...wear...think... THAT."
Two things right off the bat. I am not condoning talking badly about others behind another persons back. Nor am I condoning rude comments, or off-colored humor. But what I AM saying is something all folks should be aware of is.... the judgmental thinking we so quickly turn to. And in doing so, we try and elevate ourselves to a position above the one we judge. That type of thinking is wrong, and judgment is not ours to be had.
God can deal with my attitude before it becomes a judgement. Often I pray, "Lord, give me right thinking." I know the direction my mind is prone to go all on it's own. SO I also recognize that I need help. *some days more than others for sure.
If I find myself feeling uniquely pessimistic for no apparent reason...I need to stop, drop and pray. Check myself, and ask God to check me, and see if there is any offensive way within me. (Psalm 51) and then move on only when I feel I have fully given my wrong attitudes over to The Lord. I don't want to step my foot out the door if I am not fully covered in all that I need to be all that will bring Christ's name glory.
It feels good to be better than someone else. It's human nature to be competitive, and even to want to be the best. Sometimes we are feeling particularly bad about ourselves, so we feel the intense desire to put someone else down thinking that will in turn make us feel better about ourselves? Why we as adults do this is beyond me. It didn't work in 3rd grade so I don't know why we think it will work now as adults. The pure and simple fact that we feel this way is a good indicator that we need to be spending more time with the Creator of us, to see what is valuable about us, so our need to build ourselves up in our own destructive ways diminish.
It's so easy to fall into the trap of wrong thinking. To elevate ourselves. To say "I would never..." in your heart or with your mouth is just another way we try to gain significance in our minds (or in others minds) by the unstated, "I'm better than that person."
Of course I do this too. Of course I fall, stumble and think wrongly. And then I'm left with the emptiness that creeps in. You see, it doesn't really make me feel better because when I speak badly about another person, really, I'm just bashing one of God's prized masterpieces. GOD created the person I'm speaking down too, or about and somehow, someway, when I speak thus, I think I'll feel better? Wrong thinking...up one side and down the other.
SO where do I begin? How to stop this? What now?
Take it a moment at a time. Rely on the Holy Spirit to change you from the inside out. You will be more at peace then, and the desire to put others down, will diminish because of the joy and peace you feel because you are so filled by God.
How do we rely on the Spirit? Couple of things. We pray. ALL THE TIME seriously. When I pray about this situation, and that situation and the next moment, things begin to flow and I feel more content with who I am as God's creation. Next, I read His words. I study His thoughts. And I learn from Him that way. Like this verse...


Do not consider yourself to be superior to those other branches. If you do, consider this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you. (Romans 11:18 NIV)
 
That's applicable don't you think? Often times in my daily study of His word I do this...I pray for a verse to stand on for that day. Anyone can do this you know. You don't have to be super-christian, or super spiritual. Just open His word, pray and read. Simple and yet so beautiful.
I have yet to have a time where GOD has not met me there. He rewards those who earnestly seek Him! (that's scripture too!) and what is this reward? Himself! I get more of HIM. I get His filling, His peace and His Joy! Do you know what else I get? The strength I need for that day, to be who God needs me to be.
Not so I can be "in better standing with God." (although I love feeling like I did a good job for Him) but that I can be a good witness for His name. So that I can fame the name that set me free!
The other thing I will add, is that putting others down, really makes us miserable. It's bondage. It puts us in a trap of yucky. The more bad you say, the more you feel you have to say to keep making yourself feel better. Pretty soon your known as one who speaks badly of others. Trust me, I know from experience, that is not the reputation you want to have. But that's the past right?! Thanks be to God for His grace. And guess what? Tomorrow is a new day. Guess what else? His Mercies are new every morning. (that's scripture too!) and really, I am so thankful. Tomorrow may be much less than perfect in terms how I feel towards others. OR, in the grace which God provides, I can think the way God wants me to think. I can honor Him, and respect others. I can do this by the grace in which he supplies me with. What a good thing. What a good God.  Anyone encouraged? I love that God always gives us a way out when we are faced with temptation. And we can use the lifeline anytime, limitlessly. Grace Grace, God's grace.
The only time we should say, "I would never..." Is when we finish it off with, "say something bad about anyone."

Bankrupt

Anyone ever been bankrupt before? The bottom of the barrel has now been reached, and there you stand, looking at hardly a crumb of anything good. Even if you scraped and tried with all your might, finding something of any real substance would be a miracle.
I feel that way on the daily. I look at my life and what it is when I rely on myself to get through a day and I find myself staring at the empty bottom of a barrel. It's like a dry and weary land without The Lord.
Not to sound depressed, but I am absolutely astounded at how sinful I am. How selfish I am. How self motivated I am. I really am in a bankrupt condition without Jesus, my Lord and Savior.
My every thought is yuck without His intervention. My every move is selfish without His direction. I am lost and a hopeless case without, you know who. JESUS.
SO what can I do? I breath Him in, and I breath Him out.
I step forward in Him and I stand still in Him.
I converse in Him, and I hold my tongue in Him.
I think in Him, and I rest in Him.
My every move is His, or it ought to be.
I found a verse tonight that floored me. Here it is:

"When He looks at me, he sees the One who sent me." John 12:45

When I walk in a room, people hopefully do not see me, instead they who Jesus has made me to be. Hopefully, (prayerfully) I represent my Jesus so well, that He is the One and the Only that they see when I'm around.
I fear, I fall short of this high task most days. Many days, I realize I like to try and make it about me, because at the core, all man is self-centered, self focused and craves to see their own name in lights. I say this however not so I can feel miserable, and hang my head, I say this rather because it does truly reveal my Desperate need for a Savior. My Savior. Jesus. The only One who can sanctify me, and purify me through and through, day after day, moment by moment.
I cling to Him when I walk through the store..."Help me respond in the Spirit" I pray as I come face to face with the world. "Calm me Lord.." I pray as I try and manage my sometimes difficult children. "Help me think right thoughts.." I pray as I walk through my day and face all I face.."Calm my anxious heart" I pray as my flesh fears the worst about the things I fear the most. Oh Jesus. Where would I be without You?
Lost, alone, tired, and ready to give up. That is how I feel at the end of the day that I have tried to live in my own strength. I will tell you however, how I feel on a day where I have relied on the Spirit to carry me through: Hopeful. Thankful, Tired but grateful. Ready for whatever God has for me tomorrow, and mostly just thankful for His unending, undying grace.
Friend, do you find yourself in a bankrupt place right now? If you do, will you ask yourself (and The Lord) if you have been resting in your own ability to live? Life without His sustaining grace, is an uphill climb to nowhere. Life with Christ may have it's hills to climb (or mountains) but regardless, Christ is with you.  I hear those who have climbed or lived on the mountains sign *amen* as they read this. Jesus is the ONE and ONLY who can hold us fast, keep us strong and make us holy each day, every moment from now until heaven.
Doesn't matter what your walking through, crying out to Jesus in the midst of the moment is the only way to conquer and thrive, to grow and live abundantly.
Sure, anyone can exist, but who can thrive wuthout
His sustaining gracr in the face of divorce, cancer, death, lustful temptations, wrong spending habits, anger, addiction, you name it.  We all have moments throughout each day where we have choices to make, and am I either going to rely on Jesus or myself to make the pure and right choice that leads to abundant, vibrant living? I choose Jesus. Because let. me. tell. you...I have tried relying on me, and believe me when I assure you, I am not very reliable. I am not consistent when left to my own demise. But Jesus is! Thanks be to God! This blog post is not about ripping myself to shreds, but rather, a recognition of who I need to turn to in all moments and all times, for all my life. He is the answer. The only answer, the only one who works every time. Talk about a good solution. Jesus, paid the debt so I don't have to be bankrupt. And daily, He fills me up with all I need to survive, live and thrive. All I need to do is ask! And so can you.

John 10:10 (AMP

¹⁰ The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows).

I won't believe that lie anymore!

Isn't it interesting how as humans there is usually one area in our lives that we don't like about ourselves or we would change if given the opportunity?  If we spend too much time contemplating it we get can get down or depressed.  This is because we are insecure in the flesh. It's the Spirit of Christ who makes us strong, and uses our weakness to bring glory to God, but we can not do this on our own. Time and time again I beat myself up over the things that I feel I am a "failure" in. This self beating usually comes on the wings of a lie that I have believed AGAIN. A lie from the pit of hell. A lie that the enemy  whispers (or yells) in my ear, and so begins my downward spiral. If the lie happens to land on me on a day where I have had my focus on myself instead of Christ, I believe the lie, or I miss that it's the enemy delivering the lie all together. "When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies." John 8:44
     There are days, when I truly honestly take the lie down, hook, line and sinker. Why? Because my defenses are down and I don't have my feet firmly planted on the truth. Yes, I am always a believer, I always have Christ dwelling in me, but that doesn't mean I can't fall. I can absolutely fall, which is why we are to have a 'mind set on the Spirit and His desires for us.." (Romans 8 ) IF I take my eyes off of Him and His perfect truth, I am in danger of being lied too, and believing it. If I get distracted by the world and all I once held dear, I can fall. If I pick up last years bitterness, and Satan lies to me about how vengeance feels, I believe a lie. There are so many lies that can be believed each day, and the enemy is relentless. But the word of God says that if we "resist the enemy, he will flee" (James 4:7)
For us as woman the lie may come in the form of a doubt she has in her mind, a fear, or an anxiety, for men it may come in a different form, like insignificance, or feeling a lack of control. But always, the lie is a lie. It's perhaps based on a thread of insecurity, and then Satan takes an opportunity to build on that insecurity until it's a full blown idea in our minds. A lie that we have believed, takes root and encroaches on us like a lion ready to spring. With a gaping open mouth the lie springs on our peace and devours us. UNLESS...we are deeply rooted in God and His truth, and even sometimes if we are simply too distracted to really learn what we are reading. It is possible to be in the word, but not really focusing on what we're reading, and to miss the application to our own lives. The word will change us as we ask the Holy Spirit to open our eyes to how it applies to us. The Bible is God breathed, useful for all things, teaching, correcting and strengthening us, but I am guilty many times of reading the word, and moving on without much personal application. Not really allowing the Spirit to move through the word I just read, sort of shutting it off by my distracted mind.
The issue I see with myself is this: If I am distracted, I am easily able to fall prey to the devils schemes. I'm not clear minded, and i'm not focused. I'm just too busy in my thoughts to really hear what God has for me that day. This happens on occasion, and before I know it, I find myself in a mess of confusion and wrong thinking.
Wrong thinking can also be a culprit for landing in the wrong place, if my starting point is wrong, so is my destination. If I start out a day thinking wrong thoughts about myself, my life and My God, then I will probably end the the day in total confusion.
My Spirit cries out for TRUTH! My Spirit longs for peace. And that can only be found in one place, The word of Truth, learning from Jesus, the One who knows all things. The God who created, and the Spirit who guides. It's not about reading more, so I can be in better standing with God, (as if man had anything offer) but it's more that I NEED Him. I Need His love, His words of encouragement, His life giving hope and peace. All these things that I gain from spending time with Him help me deflect the lies of the enemy like a bug deflector protects the bugs from hitting my car window. I often can't see the bugs coming because I'm going so fast, but the word of God gives me spiritual eyes to see what is really going on. If the enemy can get me to focus on myself, or other things, then he can also take my eyes off of Jesus and His perfection. My thinking strays quickly and my peace is gone like the sunlight at night.
The main point I want to make is this: Without being able to take the time to hear His voice, focus on His truth that is found in His word, and build myself up with the things that only He can offer me, I am an easy target to the enemy, for in my flesh I am so weak, and so is my ability to filter out bad thinking.
I want the thoughts of God in my mind. The words of Jesus on my heart, and I want the Holy Spirit to be the one leading me through my days. All the rest, is second best. And not nearly as good as what Christ has to offer me.
Hope when it seems hopeless...Peace when the peace would otherwise be absent, and joy where there should be grief. The Spirit helps us in our weaknesses! It's so mysterious how He works but it never fails, when I spend time with Him, I receive all I need for my day and more, including the ability to detect the lies of the evil one.
Left on my own I am helpless, but thanks be to God that He took an interest in my humble estate and sent His son Jesus to die for my sins so I never have to face a single day alone ever again. I am so thankful for Him...every day.

"And the God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet." Romans 16:20

Why me?

Why do I have to be the one to go through this? Why do I have to watch everyone else get all the blessings I wanted? Anyone ever felt this way? Or said these things to themselves? I know I have. But I see that God does not want me to stay in this place of questioning. I have to believe He felt that way, I mean, He was human and He felt human things. I remind myself of this so many times to comfort myself when I feel like this life is a little more than I can handle. The life's disappointments and changed plans can cause a woman to miss a breath once a while. A mother who loses a child, or a husband, or a dream she had for herself, can be found in this place of sorrow. God knows. He hears it, He sees it, but He also allowed it. Wait, what?!!!
I always have to shake my head at God's sovereignty because I realize He sees what I don't. I absolutely have to remind myself of this truth on the daily. That God sees what I cannot. He portioned out my life and it's every season because He knows what is best for me. But why God?!! Why this thing? Why this trial? Why this disappointment I scream at the sky....The loving Father who sent His son to the cross for my sins, also allows things in my life that may not feel good. They may not be what I would have chosen for myself, and yet, there they are. Those things that you would have planned differently. And now what? Do you just hang your head and say, "now I'm bound to be miserable all my life." OR do you instead lift your face to gaze at Jesus and say, "not my will Lord, but yours." Some days I am better at this than others. Some days it is easy to trust Him, when everything seems to be going great and the clouds disappear. But what about the days that the clouds are thick, and the tears of life's trial are spilling out your eyes and onto the well worn pages of your Bible. Then what? When you can read His truth, but getting yourself to believe it is harder than it was yesterday. What then? Then, I again, lift my face towards heaven, and cry out for God to be real to me. To open my ears and eyes to His perfect words, to His perfect plan, and give my heart hope in the    pauses of life, you know, the places in the movie where no one is talking? And the sad music just plays, but no one has a line? Those are the pauses of life, and God is in the pauses as well as the action packed scenes. Just because I don't see lighting and fire fall from the sky, doesn't mean God is gone. It doesn't mean HE has stopped caring for me, or about the plans He has for me. It simply means that He wants me to pause, and listen to the quieter music that is playing and wait patiently in the pause. Think about the movies where there are no pauses. No scenes where it's just a little quiet for a moment. Those movies are not very believable. They are not realistic and I have a hard time enjoying them because they do not seem real. Real life has pauses. Real life has moments where things are not happening at warp speed, where life just sort of "stands still." Maybe you have been in a year long stint of life just being in pause mode. Perhaps it's been five years waiting for the next faze to start. Sometimes I pray, "Lord, help me to hurry up and learn what you want me to learn in this stage of life so I can move on!" Why am I always in such a hurry? If God has destined my days, and He knows the plans HE has for me, than why do try and pray Him into rushing them? My times, my life is in His hands.
I needed to remind myself of this tonight.
Some days, it seems as though I live the same day, every day. And yet, there are moments of victory, moments where I see His hand and moments where I can catch a glimpse of what He is doing, and I smile because I know I'm not alone.
Babies are crying, kids are fighting, sleep is hard to find and your husband was out too late or maybe he didn't even bother to come home, regardless of the reality that sits on the pages of you life, I know I am not alone in my feelings.
A desperate cry in the night out to the God who we truly believe can hear us, can cause us to put our gaze back on our Maker instead of on our circumstances. If I had a dollar for every time I put my eyes back on my circumstances, I'd be rich. If I had a dollar for every time I said circumstances, I would be rich. Really, life is full of circumstances we'd probably rather change, but why?! Why am in such a dang hurry? Why do I want to get to the next faze or stage or thing so much? What does that faze have that this faze doesn't? Why is tomorrow always seemingly better than today? Perhaps I have something to confess. Perhaps I have not thanked GOD for today, just as it is. Perhaps I have forgotten than contentment is key. Perhaps I have forgotten that God knows best and I ought to thank Him for all that He provided me with today...even things I didn't see. The accident that didn't happen because He intervened, the angel that caught my baby as she jumped off the couch many feet in the air, but landed unharmed. Perhaps I missed the angels that guarded my son as he walked into school today, and the God who held my hand as I was able to catch a nap today. Perhaps I forgot to thank Him for all the things that made today great.
I look to the sky now with a fresh face. A fresh attitude. Sure, there are things that I don't like about life, but life is not perfect. Sure, all the plans I made for my life have not really happened just the way I thought they would, but they are happening exactly the way God KNEW they would. I sigh deeply knowing I once again am remembering who is God, and who is not God. I am not God. God is God and my life is in His hands, both my coming and going, now and forevermore. Thank you for Today Lord, just as it was, all that happened, and all that didn't happen, I thank you for them. Amen

Entertain Me.

Tonight as I sat down, Bible in hand, ready to dive into His word and spend the much craved for time with Him, it hit me that as much as I want to be with Him, my flesh cries out for something "more entertaining" than the Bible. I shake my head in disgust at myself. I feel the shame game the enemy wants me to feel. Instead, I pray, and I ask The Lord to open my eyes, and mind up to His word, to engage me in His word, and teach me the very thoughts of God.
That is what His word is isn't it? Isn't that amazing that we get to at any given time open up a book that holds the thoughts of an all knowing God, and we can at our leisure, search it's pages and reflect, gain knowledge and go beyond that with His Holy Spirit to guide us in personal ways?! I marvel that my flesh could still have the nerve to ask for something more entertaining. The games on my phone, flash, "come back and play.." my DVR tells me I have shows yet to watch...and my children come and ask for one more drink of water, proving that distraction, and entertainment is everywhere.
I turn my phone off, and I face the window instead of the TV, I feel a bit like Jesus being tempted in the wilderness to gaze upon all the earth has to offer and to worship that which is created rather than creator. NO. I won't I say in my heart.
It's hard though isn't it? Because the book that calls out to our hearts isn't flashy. It doesn't have sex appeal. It's not necessarily the type of thing you always feel like picking up. Until you do pick it up, and something strange happens, your spirits are lifted, you begin to feel hope being restored and suddenly, you don't feel the need to be so entertained because you are at peace just as you are. Often times we look for entertainment because we are bored, or looking to escape some of life's difficult realities, but failing to see the truth about our circumstances because we don't look to the ultimate source of truth! Christ and His written word.
In that book that I am tempted to at times overlook are the secretes to life, the manual of life, ready and available any time I, or you need it.
God wanted His commandments written down so that we would not forget them. He wanted ancient boundary stones set up so that we would not forget. These things are here for our personal benefit! And by it we can also benefit others. For when we are healthy inside and out, we respond in a more healthy way to others. Our reading His word is good for us, and ultimately, all those around us.
Yes  HGTV may be something my creative side loves to watch, but is it giving my soul it really needs? No. Is it wrong to watch some shows or play games or just relax without the Bible? NO! It's not wrong...Jesus rested, so did God. We all need to rest. But rest implies  that we are at rest with life, things and circumstances. Have you ever tried to sleep when your stressed? It's doesn't work very well. Instead, I stay with Jesus until the peace comes, until the rest in spirit returns. And then I rest in other ways, and sometimes, after receiving refreshment from The Lord, I no longer feel the need to escape in the human sense, for human rest. I feel energized and I am able to finish my day strong because I was just built up by His word.
Often when I open His word, I pray, "Lord, help me to see what you want me to see. Simplify this for me. Help me not to stress about how to get the most out of this time, and simply let me rest in the fact that you will lead me through your word in a way that gives me exactly what I need, right now. AMEN"

I can even stress about getting the most out of His word. God did not mean for my Bible time to be stressful. It was for my refreshment that He gave me the word. Yes to challenge me also, but to grow me and make me be more like Christ.
That is what this is all about, to spend time with Him, to stare intently into His word, and to become more like Jesus.
Jesus could sleep during a storm. Pray on a cross. AND He did it so we could have a perfect example, a perfect way to follow, and always have a way out of our flesh.  He's the better choice if you need to escape. He's the best option if you need refreshment. More than anything else, we need to be encouraged by Him. All other methods are fleeting. The show ends, the game ends, the wine runs out and the kids grow up, but Jesus on the other hand is the same Yesterday, today and forever. SO the next time I need refreshment (like in a few minutes) :) I'm going to open my Bible. Not because I'm a super christian, not because it puts me in better standing with Christ, but because I purely and simply know, He is the better choice and He has everything I need. (and HGTV will be there after I spend time with Jesus) And I'm pretty sure Jesus likes their creativity as much as I do.

Rethinking "enough"

How many is enough? How much? This morning I awoke with the thought of, "how much is enough?" Why is  it that we as humans set standards, and norms for ourselves without any real basis? We say to ourselves, (sometimes without words) that, "if we don't have just 'this' much...then we are not having enough, getting enough, and therefore we cannot be content.
And then my thoughts go back to the verses in Matthew that speak of how GOD knows what we need. 'And who of you can ADD a single hour to your life by worrying.' Really, how can we? O but we try, we try to stretch our time, manipualte our days, manhandle our schedules and plan the heck out of every moment to maximize the experience and hopefully, acheive the hoped for outcome. Whatever it may be that is personal to us in our desires for more.  Often I find myself saying, "That I just want enough of ......" and I want to stop and ask myself and say, "who says???" Who set that standard that you are judging by? You? Or God? Most often I confess, I set my own standards. I make my own goals, I decide my own norms, and I fail to ask God what HE thinks about my standards and if they are "OK" or not.
For some your enough is way too much, and for another, your not enough is perfect. SO this is the truth, we are all unique, and the problem is that we often fail to remember that the God of the universe who created us, has plans for us that lead to peace. Not to discontentment. Plans that cause us to be able to rest in whatever cirucmstances we are in. It may not be the "perfect amount" that we had once thought that we needed, wanted or had to have, but it will be Gods destined amount for us. For you, for me. And when I set myself to be at peace with His desires, His set numbers, that I guaruntee my friends, that my well being will be more well off. I will be at peace with myself, and at peace with my Maker. For who is it that I first blame when I don't get enough? God. Yes. I blame all perfect, all knowing, matchless God. Because I think God should fit into MY box. Not I into His. Do you see the great danger in the "not enough" thinking trap? Whenever I begin to tell God what I think He ought to do for me to make me be content, I will run into problems.
Perhaps that is what Jesus meant when He said, "Until now you have not asked for anything in my name, ask and your joy shall be complete." John 16:24
I have been coming to God with my list of set norms and asking Him to "make it happen please..." and then I am angry and losing faith when my list is not checked off in the order it was reieved. O Lord I repent I say now as  I realize my folly. Isn't it amazing how quickly I can take my eyes off of Him and run in my own directions towards my own desires. How often do I say on this blog and in life, "my life is not my own.." and yet the way I live seems to be in contridiction with that I set my norms and standards, and my "enough."  God alone is to be feared. I don't have to be afraid of not reaching my enough. Because God is not only enough, He is as the song says, "More than enough.." AND I know it to be true. So you fill in the blank, of your not enough....
"Not enough hours...."
"Not enough money..."
"It will be enough if I have, 1,2,3,4 more...."
"I'm not going to be ok unless I get 6...no 7... in this week..."
"real good Christians spend 1,2,5 hours a day with God...and thats how it'll be enough..."

STOP!!!! Stop setting the norms! Stop writing your own gospel of how you'll be ok! (I say this to myself)
Let God write the rules! Let God direct your paths! Let God orchestrate your days, weeks and hours. Let God have the full reign in your thinking! Let God take over it all and I know we will see things fall into places that bring peace. It may not be our proconcieved idea of how things ought to look, but you will know you are right where you need be with just enough by how your peace sets in.
This my friends is how we can have JOY in all circumstances....Not because we are in perfect places...but because God has us right we are supposed to be in regards to our schedules, our numbers and our times.
And know this, Gods number for you, is different than His number for your neighbor. So don't compare to other people to find your norms. Instead, stare into the perfect law of Christ that gives hope, stare into the eyes of The Lord, and rest in whatever number He gives you. Be content with the normal He creates for you...knowing that our striving, or seeking is pointless if we are doing it outside of God's design, we will only be 'spinning our tires..'
I hope these thoughts speak to you because these thoughts have really stirred within me the desire to have God change my thinking. To get my thoughts in line with His. TO pray for protection against the enemy and how he tries to drag me down in whatever way possible.
And the enemy would like nothing more than to have me and you, backed in a corner, discontent, fearful and doubting God's plans for our lives.
Clarity of thought comes with aligning our hearts with God's will for our lives and throwing ourselves in complete abondment to the One who died to set us free.
Here is prayer you can pray to start this day fresh...

God, you are enough, You are all I need!
Get my thinking in line with yours!
Sheild me from the lies of the enemy. 
I trust that you are doing what is best for me!
Forgive me for my fear and distrust, My life is yours!
Amen