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We are under grace . As Christian’s we have grace , truth and love endlessly. You can’t perform to gains God’s attention . He is already proud of you . He loves you more than you know it . You are His beloved daughter and that’s what matters . As for obedience , we just obey Jesus’ commandments . He is our Lord ! Do you have a church that you belong to ? Getting some wisdom from others are going to mold and shape your mind . A lot of what you think isn’t healthy . As young Christians, we misinterpret scripture and we become fearful and we tirelessly try to prove ourselves to God and others . That’s not what God intends for us . Be beautiful because you are . Love others because you are loved . Forgive because our Father in Heaven forgives us . Serve others because , Christ served us . Love God & love people ! That’s what our God wants ! Focus on those things . When you develop a healthy relationship with God , you’ll have so much more freedom and discernment . You have such a beautiful heart because you care about this . God is about to use you in so many ways . He is so proud of you !
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I thank you so much god bless you all .
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@Janajana God bless you as well ! Keep posting . I want us to help one another . I also love making friends , reading scripture and helping others. It helps me .
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@Junior96! Yes , do you think me wanting praise (I hope it is the right word in english😅) and recognition for a gift I did for someone is wrong? I described a gift I bought someone I love in this thread, maybe you could say your opinion on it. I feel like I didn’t had my intentions clear when I bought it but it costed money and I’m sad Nö throwing it away :/
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@Janajana Now *
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What girl where you planning on giving
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Gifts**
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a key chain with the engraving: "drive carefully🥰your mouse❤️". Maybe I misinterpret what is a sin but I feel bad because I want the person I love to think about me, and i feel bad because only god „owns“ me but this person is a person I love so I put the word „your“
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Not at all . You just wanted recognition . If I give my wife a gift , I’d love for her to acknowledge me and say thank you . We have feelings , so when you do something nice for someone , you want to be happy and make them happy . You’re not boasting and you’re not having any bad intentions. It’s a win win for the giver and the receiver . You gave a nice gift and the person received a nice gift .
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It’s awesome to be happy when you do something nice for someone . You should be proud of yourself in a humble manner obviously, that you have a heart of kindness ! We need more generosity like you . Keep giving out of kindness and not to expect anything in return .
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Also , if you don’t mind me asking , how old are you ? I just believe that you could truly benefit from women and men , mostly women on being virtuous and walking with God . I believe it’ll help you . My wife had to do the same thing . I am still doing that myself
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Thank you very much for your response:) ! I‘m 17 so I‘m very young and I‘m open to learn more , I‘m very new to learning about getting that close to god and jesus
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Wow that’s awesome . You have such a lot to learn , I do as well , but it’s a blessing to know that you’re that young and searching for God ! I encourage you to get into small groups at your church . Get with women who are wise and can help you through scripture
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I hope I will find a good church. I‘ve always been Russian Orthodox but I do not agree with things like praying to biblical figures like the mother of Jesus. That’s why I’m careful with the people there. I hope I find some good open people who want to share there biblical wisdom with me. :)
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@Janajana I’ll be praying for you .
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@Junior96! Thank you .
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If you suffer from Christian OCD and feel Jesus hates you and you’re going to hell every few seconds but I keep fighting it because when I pray it says Lucifer and I refuse to pray to him. If I do Jesus will send me to hell. I’m terrified. When does it end. Some Christian’s are so peaceful, I want that.. why.. I feel cursed forever. I have faith in others journey… not mine. I’m stuck like this forever. My mind will never be the same.
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Hello everyone. I was just wanting to post on here regarding a situation that I have been dealing with for a few months now. I have been taking my walk with Christ seriously for about a year now and ever since I started I’ve noticed a bunch of intrusive thoughts and it’s caused me much distress. It all started back in June of 2024. I missed a church service because my wife and I were taking care of our daughter and I went to a Best But store and upgraded my old Apple Watch to a new one. I felt like doing so I committed idolatry because I went and bought that instead of going to church. I felt immense guilt for doing so and the next day I cancelled my order. I thought that maybe I was over thinking the entire thing so I went ahead and placed a new order and got the watch. For two weeks after getting the watch, I ruminated about whether I should keep it or not. It didn’t feel right with me and was overwhelmed with guilt for having it and it was debilitated with anxiety and stress. Eventually I decided I would just give it back so I went to go return it on the last day I could do so only to find out I could not. I thought that was a sign from God that I could keep it. I felt the most relief after that that I had experienced in quite awhile but then the next day after I started have thoughts again thinking that I didn’t try hard enough to return it and that I’m some how putting it before God. Well eventually I came to terms that there was nothing I could do about it and I was able to stop worrying about it being an idol. Well my mind jumped from that to another thing in my life and this one has been harder to get over. I have been on hair loss medication for 7 years and I had a thought one day telling me that “if I’m a true follower of Christ, then I shouldn’t take the medicine because I’m placing too much importance on my looks” I again felt immense anxiety and dread and tried fighting these thoughts away but could not help but think” what if it is and this is conviction of the Holy spirit”? I would constantly look up online any answers I could find to help relieve my anxiety but I can’t. I pray to God all the time for his will to be done in this situation and sometimes I feel better but then it all comes back. It’s hard for me to read the Bible because there’s so much about idolatry I always feel like it’s God talking to me like it’s a sign or if I’m just taking it that way? I asked God to show give me an answer about this situation and a day later a YouTuber I follow posted a video about removing idols from our lives. I felt that was God speaking to me or wasn’t sure maybe it was a coincidence? I just feel so cornered and out under so much pressure on what to do. Of course I would like to keep taking my medicine because it has helped me but then I have thoughts that tell me it is an idol because I am not able to give it up. I cut back taking the medicine a lot more often over the last months but I don’t know if this is God telling me to do so or my own mind. Like if I want to keep my hair I believe God allows healing through medication and it’s a gift. But these thoughts are telling me that I rely on taking it and it’s an idol and that unless I give it up completely I’m not following God’s will and it’s an idol. It’s caused immense doubt because then I read Romans 14 and it says anything you do with doubt is sin because it’s not of faith. I feel like I’m being attacked and cornered because I’m forced to stop taking something that has helped me. Now I have thoughts telling me to stop wearing my retainers every night because I got Invisalign a few years back to fix my teeth and that unless I stop taking my medication and wearing my retainers I’m not authentically following God. I don’t know what to do at this point. I don’t want to go against God and I don’t want to commit idolatry. I know God is all loving so I doubt this is all coming from him. I have to take/wear these things daily for them to work and the ocd will twist that in saying they are idols because of that and I just feel so cornered and defeated. I try to find things constantly online to see if anyone else has similar issues but I can’t. I know this is a long post but just trying to get some clarity on the matter. What should I do to help my situation?
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So I’m not sure how many/if any of you are Christians, but I’m assuming this can still make sense to some of you. This morning has been rough. I’m constantly thinking, “am I saved? Have I never been saved and I’m tricking myself into thinking I am? When I’m listening to Christian music am I doing for the right reasons? Is it too late for me?”. Things I know the truthful answers to but yet I still think these thoughts. I don’t understand why. Why do I constantly think about these “what if”’s? My heart always feels so heavy and I feel as if I need to talk to God right then and there to make it stop and go away. But then am I talking to the Lord for the wrong reasons? And the cycle repeats. Thankfully, day one of my therapy is tonight and I’m hoping to find at least a little clarity on this stuff. I’ve had OCD for 7 years and I don’t even know how it works. Any advice?
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