How do you reconcile having intrusive thoughts with God's truth? I feel like ignoring my compulsions and thoughts goes against listening to God because in a way I feel like they might be from Him or be something important not to ignore.
I find submitting to God increasingly calming and helpful. With both faith and OCD treatment, the key is accepting that you can't control everything and it's okay to not have all the answers. I like to trust that God has a plan that's greater than my comprehension.
I used to think that serving the OCD was serving God. In my journey with God of healing from my OCD, I have learned that God wants us to be free from OCD. We are actually serving God by going against the OCD. We please God when we act by faith. And it takes big steps of trust to ignore the thoughts and compulsions. I have learned a lot in this journey, and God has helped every step of the way. I have to learned to let the thoughts run freely (without fighting them off or fixing them). And I have learned we have to deny our compulsions. We serve God by doing these things.
Literally me too
You gotta distinguish between ocd and God
God isn’t going to cause fear in us. That is not his character to speak to us in ways that are purposely fearful. 2 Timothy 1:7 “for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control” God loves- he may use fear but he’s not pushing it into us. He gives us power and SELF CONTROL to resist compulsions. Compulsions provide certainty which means we have no faith in whatever we are anxious about. Trusting and having faith in God glorifies him wayyyy more than being certain (doing compulsions). It’s really hard to stop, I know, I still do them. But I’m learning the truth that God wants me to surrender and not control
Hi I have a question. I love jesus he changed my life and Made me a better person but my ocd loves to confuse me so I have a problem where I remember something in the past and I repented ofc but not it makes me question my intentions and my ocd always puts the are you lying to God card which makes me super scared and then doubt occurs and I'm so exhausted I misinterpret a lot like the voice of God I keep hearing tell the truth and repent now that's it all Good if it were true see ik I'm telling the truth not because of some feeling it's because ocd's version is so ridiculous but It feels soo real I just Want go to God without feeling this fear if I'm lying to him and I fear if somehow I'm wrong. So much anxiety and questions like what if that is gods voice what if I'm wrong pls pray for me and I see videos and I'm scared if that video was sent to me by God telling me to "tell the truth" I say that because my ocd is causing me to doubt the truth being that ocd is wrong
Please help anyone else here with Religious ocd and is a Christian? My brain is going hay-wire and want to know I'm not alone... what do your thoughts say and how do you overcome compulsions? Im going through a rough moment and feel sick with anxiety and stiff. I want to obey God but my thoughts won't stop. I surrender to the Lord and then I have peace with the compulsions and they go away but the thoughts are the scary part please - is this spiritual or is it mental? Or is it both? Would love to hear a Christians opinion on this... because my thoughts latch on and won't dissappear but I know that the Bible commands us to take control of our thoughts and to renew our minds...yet God has grace for this and mercy for our every need... I know God is in control (completely) and my mind creates a lot of the issues for me without any spiritual stuff (it's a very powerful thing) but it's still scary. Lord help me, I surrender myself to you Jesus, counsel my soul and help me.
Dealing with ocd since age 7 on and off it's all good until it gets spiritual but I'm like how can God forgive these thoughts that feel like they're coming from me? I was binging cookies and I already thought I'm going to finish these as soon as I pick up the cookie- God wouldn't like that. You know you're destroying His temple. And then a random thought. I'll do what I want. Worship how I want. Bruh what??????? Is this what He meant by Haughty spirit? And if i chalk it up to OCD will I be considered of flattering the Lord with my lips (denying it verbally that it's OCD) but in my heart there's malice? Is it dual mindededness any theologians here?
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