There Is No Spoon

Your enemy (devil/world/flesh) wants you to think that you can become right with God by following the rules, but that is impossible. "If a living relationship with God could come by rule-keeping, then Christ died unnecessarily." Gal 2:21

You can not become righteous by trying to be righteous. Jesus said that in order to achieve righteousness in your own strength you would have to mutilate yourself. (read Mat 5:29-30)

Instead, only try to realize the truth... You are already righteous. Then you will see that it is not you that makes yourself righteous, it is Christ.