God

It’s so exhausting not feeling like I’m doing anything right and just feels like so much pressure and that it’s deeper than just the struggles it’s actually spiritual and the spiritual battles it is just intense. And how do I know if I’m being fr how can I meditate on Gods word and not just read it to read it or what if I’m just religious and want to say I love Jesus but don’t follow him cuz there’s grace but then willingly sinning and the if we keep on deliberately sinning after we received the knowledge of truth there’s no sacrifice left and I know that no one on here can save me and it has to be my personal choice to accept the savior and I should ask him myself but it’s so hard

JustAJesusLover

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: Yesterday

You should read the book “Celebration of Discipline.” There is a chapter about meditation and a chapter about prayer. It is amazing. God loves you. We know that. He shaped you in His hands. You have to be willing to open yourself to him for you to have a relationship. I was healed at the right time. You will too. The Lord is never early and never late. Stay strong, and reply or message me if you have ANY questions!!! ♥️♥️♥️

G C

Date posted: Yesterday

@JustAJesusLover How do I open up in scared my relationship is fake

JustAJesusLover

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 19h

That is the OCD talking. We all have a relationship with God. Some people pursue it; others have it only because we were made by Him. You open up by letting go of your sin and giving it to Jesus. Lay it down to him. Start following Him by working your hardest to follow His commandments and follow His Word. It will most likely take time. But trust Him and how He works. I recommend praying nightly and reading a chapter of the Bible a night. I started at the New Testament. I’m now at 2 Corinthians. I also started reading a Psalm a night. I’m almost at Psalm 140. I pray every night and talk to Him out loud. Sometimes I kneel on my floor. Some days I just sit there. Some days my prayer is short. Some days I have a really long prayer. But it is never fully about me. I give thanks to Him always, and I pray for others. I do pray for myself, though. It is okay to doubt and be scared, but don’t let that overcome you. Tell that to God. Lmk if you have any questions ♥️♥️♥️

G C

Date posted: Yesterday

And what if he’s mad cuz I post on this so much instead of talking to him but then I’ll pray anxiously abt my problems the same things so many times and then just the same thing like I need to pray then listen and I’ll stop worrying for a sec then same loop. But I do feel like I have a few really good Christian friends in my life and feel like it’s from God and try to surround myself with good people but like what if my friends are saved and I think I am just cuz I’m friends with them

LucasCandy1527

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: Yesterday

You're asking a lot of what it's right now. I would encourage you to sit with the uncertainty of not knowing if you're doing right by God. You can't know for sure, and that's okay. I can't reassure you, but I can say that continuously fighting these thoughts and praying endlessly will only make things worse. You just have to trust yourself enough to know you're being "Christian enough". No one is perfect all the time. You can't beat yourself up thinking this way.

Anonymous

Date posted: 14w

My mind seems to be imploding in on itself

So, alot has changed. I'm Christian and currently believe we are in the end of times. It's changed my whole perspective on life. I quit my job and moved back in with family, starting to go to church, apologized to those I hurt except, one person who I talked to two family members and they told me to delete the message and with my other apology ( that i also believed was God telling me to confess in 2020) i lied at some parts because of shame and confusing myself most likely intentionally. I confessed everything to my dad and he says since i turned from it, repented, that i need to let it go and continue forward. Since then, my minds been saying that I'm outside of God's will and everything's gone down hill. I had also prayed that God exposed me and now it's like all this evil and wickedness that feels like it's coming out of my heart settles into my chest. I've prayed to God, worshipped to God, but thoughts and images of being sent to hell or my loved ones pops into my head and I've gone to sleep twice each night accepting the fact that because of me not doing so may have doomed me and my loved ones and I feel scared that I got so tired and stopped fighting it. I've had ocd since I was 7 but it just is so scary because it's hitting down to the wire and I'm scared that I was never a child of God at all I mean I have iniquity I thought I repented for but people I love still struggle with what I've done and I prayed for them and tried to help them and suggest therapy but I haven't did what I could to make it right like I should've. But these images and thoughts they're horrible. I feel like I'm against God truly and I'm like Lord change the circumstances and I won't resist so that I can preach Your word and everyday I feel like I'm gambling. It's like every thought is biblical for the most part. I don't want to kill myself cuz what if I have a chance that God will have mercy on me but....

G C

Date posted: 11w

God

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

bobby.$

Date posted: 7w

I could use guidance

As a Christian there is many times where I struggle with my faith. These days have been quite difficult. I dealt with ocd for a couple of years. Just last year I officially overcame POCD. During this time I had supportive family that took everything I was going through seriously. But before I told them I only told God because I was ashamed of my thoughts and what I was going through. I prayed to God all the time for help. And there was many times where I opened my bible and read, tried to understand, cried and prayed. Though I might’ve not understood the Bible verse I felt comfortable being vulnerable with God in those moments. As I continued to pray I slowly gained the courage to tell my family what I was going through. And slowly I started to open up and gain the support I needed. Fast forward now I’ve been struggling heavily with having faith I often wondered if these things that I say was God was just me. I wondered if God was really guiding me through my family or if it was just them being kind because they felt like it. I struggle with believing that God has help me because I didn’t feel his presence like everyone says they do. Or I don’t hear his voice. Like how do ik what is God or just others free will… I also struggle with reading the Bible. I start for a week or two then stop because I don’t get it or because it’s confusing or hard to comprehend. I just feel like such a bad Christian because some people believe effortlessly whereas I barely have enough faith. I love God and want to follow him I just don’t know why I’m struggling so much right now… I could really use guidance or advice

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