My Father's Day Is Every Day

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 Father, i declare that You are sovereign over my finances, my life, my circumstances, so that means i'm above my circumstances with You.  I submit my will to Yours and ask You to help me in every financial decision i make.  I want to make decisions that are pleasing to You.  In order to find true peace, i must go to the source.  Yahweh Shalom  i must repent of my sins that are keeping me from walking in close fellowship with my Savior and i must focus on the wondrous Truth that God is with me.

When God looks at me, He sees the righteousness of His Son, not everything that was wrong with me or that i had done wrong. Only the devil can remind me of what i am not.  i often focus on the things i do rather than on what Jesus has done for me.  I'm to be a believer, not an achiever.  i am not living y faith if i believe how i feel more than i believe what God's Word says.  The last "church" i attended had a room filled with Pharisees. 

i may not perform perfectly all the time, but i keep pressing forward and always have the attitude of wanting to improve.  i want to be relaxed in my relationship with God and in my walk with Him, not afraid to be around anyone and their disapproval.  I'm looking for true friends who help me be what God wants me to be.  The outworking of righteousness which is seen through right thoughts, words, and actions cannot begin to transpire until i receive my right standing with God through Jesus Christ.

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