Praying

Just prayed the rosary for the first time for someone i know is sick and i'm scared i did something wrong and Virgin Mary/God/Jesus is frowning upon me. How can i feel i did it right? I'm trying to learn how to pray because i didn't grow up in a religious home and i'm scared not that my prayers won't be answered but that i'm offending God. Usually i just pray alone and talk to God and Jesus or the Virgin Mary, so now that i'm following a script and I had to read the prayers while saying them cuz i don't know them by heart (yet, Hail Mary has been engraved after this rosary) that i'm doing it all wrong and offending Him and just not doing a right prayer. Please help, and thank you all <3

Anonymous

Date posted: 10w

God doesn’t care if you use the right words, he can see your heart and intentions. There’s no need to be perfect in your prayers ❤️

monicaxoxo

Date posted: 10w

Thank you so much. God bless you❤️

Tea and Honey

Date posted: 10w

It is a common theme in religious OCD thing to feel like you need to get your prayers. Here's the thing: You need to recognize that your feeling that your prayers must be just right is actually compulsive. God doesn't want us trapped in compulsions. He wants us free to love him and enjoy him--and we can't do that if compulsions are keeping us trapped in perfectionism and fear. So here's what you need to do: You need to practice saying the prayers however you are going to say them, without stressing about them. And then leave them alone. Don't repeat them if they don't feel perfect. (That is a compulsion.) And then choose to believe BY FAITH the God is smiling on you. The Bible says we "walk by faith, not by sight." That means that even when our brains tell us that God is displeased with us, we chose to believe by faith that God loves us and approves of us. We can accept this truth even when we don't understand and even when our brains scream at us that we are in danger all day long. :)

monicaxoxo

Date posted: 20d

I only saw this now, but I thank you from the bottom of my heart. What you mentioned about even when our brains tell us that God is displeased with us, we choose to believe by faith that God loves us and approves of us...fills my heart with hope for myself and my relationship with Him, as well as how I believe I am perceived. It's not about perfection, it's about intent. God bless you ❤️

Tea and Honey

Date posted: 20d

@monicaxoxo Keep practicing doing these things every day. Keep walking out the truth. Things probably won't change right away. But over time, you will get better. For example, I was in a HUGE tailspin over thinking I did something unforgivable. My mother-in-law told me to go over biblical affirmations every day. I started saying these truths out loud and thinking about them during the day. I told myself that I was safe and loved and that God was in control. I am now in a waaaaaaaayyy better place than where I was before. It took months, maybe. It took longer than I thought it should take. But I am so much better.

Tea and Honey

Date posted: 20d

@Tea and Honey OCD is a long journey. God brings changes to us slowly, a little at a time. Every day, you need to practice the things you know!!! And if you mess up, welcome to the club. That's part of the journey too. The path is actually messy and not necessarily linear. But if you keep walking forward and practicing the things that you have learned, then you will make a lot of progress!!

issphra 🫶🏻

Date posted: 25w

Anyone religious on here?

im scared. I keep compulsively praying for bad things or death on the people I love. I don’t understand why. It doesn’t make anything better. I’m scared that these prayers count. I seal them as I do with most of my prayers in Jesus name and with a double amen. I’m scared God will want to teach me a lesson and make something come true. I’m scared I mean these prayers, I’m petrified. If something happened, I wouldn’t be able to live with myself :( I don’t know where to go from here

lessstress4jess

Date posted: 24w

Help with praying

Hello all. I'm new here. I've been having a horrendous time trying to beat repentance prayers. Please if you have advice I'm desperate. The things I'm fighting are: - "feelings" that I did something wrong - actually doing something wrong but not being able to pray quickly - rituals having to do with feet movements, hand movements, where I'm facing when I pray

Kruisergirl

Date posted: 17w

Excessive Prayer spiral

Hey, So whenever I pray, often I will end up not feeling genuine when I pray and I don’t feel God when I pray and then I panic and end up basically trying to force my emotions to “feel right” and I repeat my words over and over and over again. It’s so frustrating and I want to stop but it’s hard. Does anyone have any tips on breaking this?

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