Religious ocd

Does anyone feel like God doesn’t care about your desires even tho I know he does I feel like I stop praying about them because I don’t want to make it an idol and he’s not just gonna give it to me. And I feel like I can’t accept the fact he loves me and is caring and I’m not understanding his character like I’m too hard on myself and just think he wants me to suffer. Why does my mind think this way. And when I’m not doing anything Christian related I feel better sometimes but that’s the devil because he wants us to be distracted but then I don’t want to feel stressed trying to read the Bible but don’t want to make Him a checklist

Someone99

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 18h

We typically grow up in a performance based situation where when we do good things, achievements, etc, we get rewarded. Sometimes our parents can be very instrumental in driving this in to us as we grow up, not intentionally, not from negative intentions, so it's normal to relate to God this way. Our parents shape how we relate to God in our early years. Consider this and allow Jesus in to those areas. He can heal with faith. Unconditional love is difficult to understand, but this is how God relates to us. It's not about achievement, it's about response to the gift of salvation that should be our motivation. I pray for you often. :-)

Carl Corbett

Date posted: 19h

You are not alone in feeling this way. God absolutely cares about your desires - He cares about you. Psalm 139:17-18 tells us something special about how God often thinks about us. "...to fathom your thoughts about me, Oh God! How vast is their sum total. If I tried to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand." Let me reassure you, to lay your troubles on the Lord in constant prayer is NOT making an idol of those things. He commands us to pray without ceasing (1 Thess. 5:17), and idols are inanimate things that cannot intercede for us and are crafted by human hands (Psalm 115:4-8, Exodus 20:4-6). It is difficult for those of us with OCD, especially with subtypes that focus on religion and morality (myself included), to separate our medical condition from our spiritual character. We have an illness, and we are seeking treatment. You are correct that the devil seeks to distract us and is indeed a liar (John 8:44), and I think the most effective way the devil could do this is to prevent us from seeking community and treatment for our OCD. The devil would rather have you believe that the symptoms of our illness are the result of our character, rather than symptoms of an illness. God does not wish to see us suffer, nor does He "tempt us" with evil (James 1:13). But please hear me - you are not alone and you are certainly not alone in feeling this way. God knows you and knows your heart - He knows your heart better than you do. He understands your suffering. There is no checklist, even if you schedule your time with Him. We are image-bearers with work to do, not work-doers with an image to maintain. Please reach out if you'd like to talk more, and I will be praying for you. Blessings - CC

G C

Date posted: 18h

@Carl Corbett Thanks you for the support:)

G C

Date posted: 18h

@Carl Corbett Also if God is supposed to be the only one who can fill the void and our true satisfaction and can fulfill us before he give us a blessing how can he be my true fulfillment before he gives me something I’ve been praying for a lot. I feel like he’s just not gonna give it to me since I’m not fully focused on Him

Carl Corbett

Date posted: 16h

@G C - Great question - and I hope this answer can provide some comfort and clarity. God is fully omnipotent and omnipresent (Isaiah 55:9), and He knows your thoughts and what it is that you need in order to ensure that your future is filled with hope (Jeremiah 29:11). Let me share Ephesians 3:20 with you in full to answer your question: "Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think". The fact that you are concerned with this subject is evidence that you are seeking God, and those who seek first the Kingdom of God will be provided for (Matt. 6:32-33).

julianofnorwich

Date posted: 19h

I totally understand this. For me what helped is not calling my OCD the devil. Because if its the devil then I have to be fighting it. But if its OCD then I SHOULDNT fight it and eventually it will quiet down. And it was OCD, because i stopped fighting it and it did quiet down! I recommend not doing "spiritual battle" with your thoughts because its not the devil, its just OCD.

Not2Day

Date posted: 12h

I understand. God is always listening and always there. Your mind is the devil, can be your devil, CHANGE THE CHANNEL OF YOUR MIND.

Not2Day

Date posted: 12h

Feed the mind with positive things just like we must feed out bodies with healthy nutritional things. Our mind needs that same health nutritional feeding.

Not2Day

Date posted: 12h

Biblewatgateway.com

Ava3050

Date posted: 19w

Being a Christian pursuing God but OCD hijacking.

Anyone else struggling with reading their bible or having a certain feeling to feel like God loves them and if they don’t it ruins their whole time with God. Makes pursuing him really hard. Any tips ?

G C

Date posted: 11w

Religious ocd

how do I not treat God like a checklist I don’t want to do the bare minimum but then I feel like the more I try to spend time with him / in the word I will unhealthily obsess with how much time I should spend and if this or whatever the situation may be

G C

Date posted: 9w

Religious ocd

It’s so hard to pray to God. I don’t want o put him on the back burner but I get anxiety talking to him and sitting in his presence. Then I will force myself to but then I just feel dumb since my flesh doesn’t want me to. And I pray and rush it then immediately scroll on my phone after cuz I get stressed and don’t know how to hear from him bc if I pray and just wait for Him I will get intrusive thoughts over and over and like I can’t even hear him anyway my mind is constantly going 1 million miles an hour and I have so many real life problems too on top of the ocd that makes it even harder.

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