I keep having disgusting sexual and intrusive thoughts about God Jesus, Holy Spirit I feel hopeless and like there’s nothing left for me. What if this is who I am and how I think I can’t even pray without having thoughts or images.
A LOT of Christians with OCD have had these thoughts. It's what happens when you have religious OCD. You are so not alone!!!!! Please know that the thoughts have ZERO to do with your relationship with God. Zero. The thoughts are just meaningless. God does not care if they are there. I'm a Christian too. I get bad thoughts every so often too. And I have learned to just let them run freely through my brain. In the end, it's STEP OF FAITH to allow the thoughts to run. It'a a STEP OF FAITH to believe that God still loves you and that the thoughts don't mean anything. Big hugs. Can you therapy ? It could really help
This isn’t my type of OCD but I know how vicious and exhausting this cycle feels. Remember that your thoughts are just thoughts and they aren’t true reflection of your character/wants/desires. Some things that help me are going for a run/guided meditations/thought records/thinking about good things you have done or acts of kindness. Sending you positive vibes
I went through this. On the other side of victory, I can tell you that God is too big to be offended about the thoughts. He literally knows. And he loves you Just as extravagantly as always.
Here is a really helpful Bible verse that I read today: “If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.” 1 John 3:20 God is beyond your heart. He KNOWS your true intentions and that you don’t mean these things. When your OCD condemns you, remember that Jesus knows that you don’t want or support those thoughts. God sees you suffering and wants to help you. Keep seeking Him and He will deliver you. God bless 🙏
I am a christian guy who grew up in a christian community and family. For as long as i remember, ive had horrible thoughts about all kinds of things that i dont know where to begin. Due to my extreme thoughts, i feel as if i am unworthy of practicing my religioin, such as praying, reading, meditating, etc. I feel ashamed when i go to church, as if i dont belong there because i feel like i am secretely evil, and that God knows i am evil and i am committing blasphemy by going there, and refusing to "repent", from my thoughts. But then again, my thoughts are just thoughts, sure. So whats the problem? - The problem is that in my faith, i have been taught that we must control our thoughts, so they do not get power over us to make us commit sin. Such as "If you think lustfully about a woman, you have already committed adultery with her in your heart". This verse has killed my self esteem, due to the constant unwanted sexual and disturbing thoughts. It makes me feel like a monster, who secretely just wants to abuse and be horrible to people, even though i know very well i do not want this. Sometimes i think horrible things about the people i love very much, such as my girlfriend. It feels so wrong and evil, even though i know it isnt my true will.
I have religious OCD and the thoughts have been becoming really bad. I’ve been hitting myself punching myself screaming quietly if that makes sense pulling my hair out talking to myself nonstop. I can’t even hang out with my family without doing these things or going to another room to do these things, these thoughts of overtaking my life I will always be Christian God is most important to me and I’m so scared because these thoughts are terrible. They’re disgusting they never ending. There’s always something going on in my mind. I don’t understand. I’m scared. I’m turning into a bad person. I don’t wanna dishonor the Lord God, I don’t know if this is just OCD or something else.
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