What do I do if I pray really intense prayers when I’m going through a hard time and nothing changes still. I don’t wanna go to him just cuz I need help I try and talk to him all the time but this thing just keeps coming back and idk why if it’s out of my control or it’s cuz I’m lukewarm I just don’t know what to do. Does that mean I’m unsaved if I’ve been not treating him good or feel close
I’ve struggled with this before just praying constantly like it says to pray without ceasing in scripture, or do not be anxious about anything but in everything by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. After we pray, God invites us to trust Him to answer our prayers- and part of that is trusting that He heard us and will answer the first prayer we pray. So part of actually giving up something to Him in prayer is letting go and trusting Him with it. Once practice that can help is having a “God box” where you write down what you need from God and put it in a box. And if you don’t trust that He’ll answer it, you can “take it back” from Him and confess that you haven’t trusted Him with it. It’s kinda like ERP for prayer but it’s a way to grow in faith and trust in God. And to answer your question Ephesians 2:8 says, “For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God”
It doesn't mean you are not saved. It does not mean you are lukewarm! The OCD wants you get you to question your salvation and worry about things like that. God actually wants you to be free from the torment of worry that the OCD causes. So give yourself grace!! God has compassion on your suffering. I am so sorry this so so hard. OCD gives us a distorted view of God. But God is not actually giving us rules like the OCD does.
Suffering is not opposite of God. Jesus suffered intense agony in the garden before he died (enough to sweat blood) asking if God would spare him from the cross- he willingly went through with it because of how much he loves us. Suffering allows us to experience as Jesus did. He didn’t have OCD, but we live in a fallen world and will never have peace here….. but God walks with us and uses suffering to grow us and ultimately it’s for our good. Check out Romans 5:3-5
I’m trying to change my prayers from “God please take it away” to “God please walk with me through this and give me your strength to fight it” because he will fight with us and the comfort of knowing he’s with me is so lovely
There is app called bible chat it will answer all your questions about God.
I need some help. I keep having thoughts that I don’t believe in God anymore or that I don’t want to believe in God. I have always believed but I just recently started following him more closely. I did ask for Jesus to come into my heart. But now I’m scared that I have lost my salvation. It’s hard to read and pray and I keep getting thoughts that I don’t believe what I reading or that God won’t forgive the sins that I have done. I have been having panic attacks and I’m afraid I’m going to go to hell or I’m afraid that it’s true and I don’t believe in God. I’m also afraid that since God does know my heart what if it truly isn’t for him. I just need some help I’m afraid I’m never going to get back to normal.
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?
Have any of you ever felt like God is perfectly capable of helping you with your mental health, but just chooses not to for some reason, and so you get angry and frustrated? Bc I feel that way sometimes, but i don’t stay mad for too long. But whenever i’m not frustrated, i’m just feeling hopeless, like why is this going on?
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