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- ocdisadisease
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- 6y ago
I feel like a fraud all the time, too. It makes me think of the book, “If I Really Believe, Why Do I Have All These Doubts?” The truth is, it’s because the Lord is the most important part of our lives. He’s our everything.
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☝?I found that very helpful at a similar place in life.
I feel like that too sometimes. But then I'm like how can I doubt God's presence around me when I've felt Him comforting me and giving me strength? He's answered my prayers. When He's around me I can't help but cry and get shaky. Im interested in anything that has to do with the Lord. I listen to worship. I'm in the choir at church. He changed my lifestyle around. I pray often. I may still be a sinner cuz I'm only human. Being a Christian isn't about being perfect. It's about accepting Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior having a relationship with Him and trying your best to follow his footsteps. If that's not being a Christian then idk what is.
Thank You. cmc What a helpful and beautiful text
@ocdisadisease, I have a such a hard time dealing with the feelings, but I try to do as Jon Bunyan did, and say, “Whether I have faith or not, I’m going to serve the Lord”.
We aren’t saved by faith we manufacture on our own. The Holy Spirit draws us in, and we make the decision to put our faith in Christ, and the Lord Himself supplies our faith! So, it’s really not about our efforts at all! Even our faith is from Him, so give Jesus the burden to supply it, and learn to rest in Him being the provider and sustainer of what only He can supply. Also, I want you to remember something Pastor Colin Smith said. He said you can only doubt what you already believe. Try to rest in that.
Thank you KatieKat. Iam trying to give my burden to Jesus. Glad to hear about Colin Smith's saying
First thing you need to do is breathe in for 6 seconds and then breathe out for 6 seconds, this may help to regulate your heartbeat, you will be ok, this will pss
That’s why anxiety picks and picks at it.
KatieKat What do You do with these feelings? Let me see If I understood: i doubt because the Lord is important to me, so anxiety picks at It?
KatieKat So are you saying that I have it because I really care about Jesus?
@ocdisadisease, yes, but the OCD won’t let you believe it for long. You just have to accept the uncertainty that “maybe you don’t have faith, but you are committed to living for Jesus.”
Sometimes I have thoughts that I would normally assume to be ocd, not sound like ocd. I start to think/feel that it's God telling me to do these things?? I then end up feeling guilty for not immediately implementing these things into my life. I hate that so much of what used to feel like ocd seems unclear. I don't feel like a good person. I know a lot of sermons aren't made with ocd in mind, but I feel like I'm not listening to God if I don't listen to thoughts I would've thought were ocd before
I keep having this reoccurring feeling that I don’t actually believe in god. Sometimes I feel numb towards. I’ve just deal with so much because of religious ocd and I just don’t know what to do anymore. I don’t want this feeling though. And I’m worried it’s real and that it means something. It’s like I worry that I don’t actually believe in god because I’m not freaking out about going to hell anymore. I wish I had my old relationship with Jesus back.
So I was recently diagnosed with ocd and I have always been told since I was little that I have ocd tendencies but I worry that I am not ocd enough. Like what if I don’t have enough like things to address. Sometimes I worry that I’m faking it but I can’t tell the difference between what’s fake and what real
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