CHRISTIANS HELP

I have had a series of the same intrusive thoughts theme since I was almost 13... I want to obey & love God with all my heart, mind, and soul. I trust Him to work this out for my salvation. My thoughts: "Give your s*** away for xyz" - various themes - feel real (ocd) - as in 'temptations' - have disabled me, I am failing university, etc. - don't want to live with them anymore - don't want to leave the USA, afraid that God will send me back to my home country because of whatever reason - WANT TO BE FREE MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE IN THE WHOLE WORLD My question: should I treat this as a mental problem or a spiritual one? I have diagnosed ocd and am in therapy (with compulsions under control).

AtWitsEnd

Date posted: 7d

Mental for sure. BUT God could be testing you, that’s how I look at my journey with OCD. I’ve had to let go a lot of anxieties and trust in him and his plan for me and my life. I’ve still had to put work in, but I know I’m taken care of in the end and whatever circumstance arises, I’ll be just fine(: None of us want to live with OCD thoughts, but in the end they mean nothing. My thoughts could blaspheme God forever, but he knows my heart longs for him and all I want is to serve him and uplift those around me. Take a breath. It’s going to be okay!

AtWitsEnd

Date posted: 7d

@AtWitsEnd I know I’ve prayed a lot for patience, and I wouldn’t have learned it without going through this!

jesus.is.fre...

Date posted: 7d

@AtWitsEnd Thank you for sharing, I have also thought this could be a test or a demonic influence/stronghold or deception from Satan. The Holy Spirit needs to reveal that. The only thing I need to do in this is keep my relationship with Christ first and most.

jesus.is.fre...

Date posted: 7d

@AtWitsEnd Do you think this could be a demon? No one should live with this torment... I am starting to believe it's a satanic deception/demon?

AtWitsEnd

Date posted: 7d

@jesus.is.freedom Honestly, I don’t have a good answer for you. There’s going to be many, many moments in our lives where our faith is tested, demonic or not. All that matters is putting our trust in God and walking in the path of Christ with the Holy Spirit. OCD makes these thoughts obsessive. Once we finally learn to sit there with them, they get better! We are not our thoughts, we are our actions. “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” ‭‭Romans‬ ‭8‬:‭35‬-‭39‬ ‭KJV‬‬ https://bible.com/bible/1/rom.8.35-39.KJV

jesus.is.fre...

Date posted: 7d

@AtWitsEnd Thank you! God bless you ♥️

AtWitsEnd

Date posted: 7d

@jesus.is.freedom God bless!

julianofnorwich

Date posted: Yesterday

When I was in high school I met a girl at the Christian club. She told me when she was younger she watched the movie The painting of Dorian Grey. Dorian Grey sells his soul in that movie. It scared her so badly she cried and told her mother she was afraid the devil was going to take her soul. Her mother told her that "even if I say right now 'devil come take my soul ' he can't do that. Nothing will happen". This gave her freedom and also gave me freedom as I didn't even know I was having ocd at that time. I think God allowed me to meet that girl to share that story so I could have some hope. The devil cannot take your soul. There's nothing in the Bible that even indicates that can happen. Whom the Lord has in the palm of His hand, No One can snatch out of his hand! Rest well dear one

jesus.is.fre...

Date posted: 7w

Religious OCD Christian

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.

jesus.is.fre...

Date posted: 6w

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I dont want this anymore. I can't do this every day, 24 hours a day. I even have nightmares of it. I feel bullied by my own mind. I am convinced it's a demonic spirit, or a stronghold. I am not sure. Whatever God is speaking to me I'm not getting it. I feel sick and depleted. I am afraid of loosing my teeth or something because of grinding so hard in my sleep. I gain weight even though I'm eating right and taking steps purely from stess; I never knew a person could be so stressed. My eyes are twitching, my skin is horrible, my thoughts never stop. I have intrusive thoughts of "giving my ..... to ". I'm not going to fill in the blanks because my mind won't let me. I dont understand what God wants and what He is saying to me. Does anyone else with Religious OCD experience the same thing? I bring this to Christ daily but I'm so so desperate and alone and scared. My whole body is in pain from stress, like it's clenched. I know Christ is in control, but dear God in Heaven just answer me already. Set me free. I'm turning 22 in a week. God just set me free.

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