I used to wake up overwhelmed before the day began, repeating a phrase that quietly drained my strength: “It’s going to be a busy day.” It sounded harmless, even responsible—but it was actually a self-defeating prophecy that left me feeling defeated before I’d even had coffee. Then God revealed something powerful: the words we speak over our day shape how we live it. In this post, I share how I began replacing anxiety with truth, chaos with peace, and busyness with purpose—st