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I like to cling on the verse “I can do all things through Christ who stregthens me” I know even when I say this, my anxiety and thoughts are still over the places just like now. But I want to keep in mind that God’s word still remains true.
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I actually bought a small notebook and wrote down a bunch of scriptures that are helping my situation and I recite them in my head everyday. I tried “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me” yesterday at work and it helped!
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Oh yes that’s always been a favorite of mine. Jeremiah 29:11 “for I know the plans I have for you declares the lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you. Plans to give you hope and a future” is my life motto right now!
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@Where’sMySerotonin? Also in a Christian song called stars by skillet it says “if you can calm the raging sea you can calm the storm in me” and it’s also helped SO MUCH
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James 1:2.. I also always think about the thorn in Paul’s side. I’ve also thought about how we could be a light and connect with non believers who have this same struggle as we do and help them. Don’t fear, but pray pray pray and ask him to help you.
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This isn’t James 1:2, but that verse along with what I said has helped me a lot
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@boilerup Thank you, I love that verse. ? and you’re right, I can always ask him for help! I’ve just kinda given up praying for myself, which I know I shouldn’t. I talk to God all the time and pray for others and just to chat/praise/thank Him. I just feel like when I pray about myself I never get answers. I’m sure that’s just because I’m being impatient and want answers right away. But God’s timing is better than our own! It’s hard to focus on how much God really does love me when I’m in so much emotional pain everyday.
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@Where’sMySerotonin? Absolutely. And listen, I’ve had times where I’ve yelled at God and prayed to take my OCD, and then my OCD is hitting me WHILE I’m praying. It’s difficult. But don’t get discouraged. Some verses that have helped me are Philippians 4: 4-9, Romans 8:15-17, 2 Corinthians 4, and Psalm 34:18
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@boilerup “Another in the fire” and “way maker” are catchy songs that I can recite over and over and over again and it’s helped me when I have my ocd thoughrs
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@boilerup Thank you! Beautiful verses! Instead of getting upset at God I’m gonna try real hard to lean on Him more. He’s got us, He knows what we’re going through!
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I love this! God bless you guys! ?
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God bless you too ?? infinite blessings!
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I haven’t written that one down, but I will thank you!
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God has carried me through life with His strength and courage. He will never fail or leave me. I’m 66 and he has carried me for 54 years. He will never give up on you. Isaiah 26:3, Proverbs 3:5-6 and Philippians 4:13. God bless you.
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I needed this today, it’s been extremely rough. God bless you ??
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I will pray for you. Prayer is very powerful. Denise
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Thank you so much, I’ll pray for you as well!
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Thank you. We all need prayer these days but God carries us through each day. Denise
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If you can believe this I had the same feeling. Didn’t want to be married to my husband, but I knew that would not be good for me, my husband or kids. I stuck it out and worked hard with the marriage and things are much better. OCD is a lier and makes us doubt everything we think or feel. Hang in there. One thing that has helped me is not to think of the past and only of the future and I have a grateful journal. Do something nice for yourself today. You deserve it.
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That’s my feeling right now and I feel so guilty for having being married to him and suffering this. I have hocd, haven’t really been diagnosed but now I’m feeling that it’s truly me and I can’t stand the thoughts. I’ve always loved my partner and now this is making it feel so difficult, I’m too afraid to seek help and have them tell me my thoughts are real. I don’t want them and sometimes they don’t bother me as much which is terrifying, I don’t want this for myself or my future.
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Better now but I’m still on medication and probably will be the rest of my life but I’m ok with that. God has carried me through life and he will carry you too. Also if you can’t stand the thoughts that means it just OCD and the thoughts are not real( which is what I thought too) they are lies of OCD. OCD is a great lier and makes you doubt everything about yourself. Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengeth me. Hang in there.
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Thank you so much. I will keep you in my prayers.
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Is it normal that my thoughts don’t scare me as much anymore? Now it’s more the fear that I actually am questioning my true thoughts because they’re making me confused. I am seeking God and pursuing his will for me. I’m married and it feels like I’m not happy and there are things better out there when I know I only want to be married to him? It’s so distressing
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I am 66 years old and had harm thoughts as a teenager. I never told anyone because I thought they would put me away. I went to therapy and keep my job. My therapist didn’t bat an eye when I told him of my harm thoughts. He would tell me they are just thoughts. They don’t mean anything. I went on medication and that helped me so much. My life is so much be
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I have to say im struggling with my faith right now. I watch alot of Mark Dejesus videos but i find myself questioning everything. First i was questioning for a while now if theres free will and God doesnt interfere with our choices then what is the reason of praying, asking him things. If someone wants to kill me God wont come down and stop him, then what is the reason of me praying for protection? Other is the thing we say that "If God is with us who can be against us? What can man do to me?" Well the same they did to Jesus. Many people get tortured by others,r@pd,theres alot of things in this world, i dealt with this before, I know theres no answer for us cause we arent God, but still this statement that "what man can do to me" fails there cause i can still be afraid everyday that people will attack me and my family. And this is what i realized this time. Sadly im not much in a christian community, if i am im with people who has these basic answers but its okay we arent perfect, but my friends are unbelievers and we talked many times about faith and why i believe and what they told me just stick with me and now i feel like i understand. The thing is that whenever you have a problem like i said before someone is attacking you, you have an illness or any problem, even if you are christian or not you will have to do something alone. You have to face it, you have to act, and if you dont know what to do nobody will come down from the sky to lead you somewhere. And the problem is that lets take two people one who is a believer other is not, they had a problem both decided to so something about it, the non believer goes through it and he id happy about himself, the believer says "without God i couldnt do it" well the non believer did it without God. I see alot of times that things that christians say they couldnt reach without God, non believers do it without Him. And no i dont think every non believer should suffer cause they dont believe... but then the question is in my head, whats the point? Cause my non believer friends say they can see that this is just a perspective too, how you view things, and now i see it that it might be true... What if i just choose that i see it like this? Now i dont think that i will become an atheist soon, all my life i believed theres something there, even when i said no i was just fooling myself cause the next day i felt different. But im struggling with these questions cause i hear it everytime in christian communities to "trust in God, pray to Him, ask and you will get it" but its not true, theres free will and God doesnt change someones mind and many thing in this world is controlled by people. And call me crazy but i think science is so advanced right now that people can influence weather and make storms and tornadoes if they want to destroy a city. So yeah for me theres a God but i dont see the truth in what can man do to me and he will protect you just pray and ask him... My friends say im just believing cause i need to think something is there to protect me, or to give everything a meaning and maybe theyre right cause i cant explain why do i believe, i just do, but for people who are deeply hurted my a religion or they have problems and they can get through it without believing God, idk what to say them, why to believe... The basic "cause eitherway you will burn in hell" is not going to turn anyone to a christian... I hope some can take this and answer it kindly not attacking me cause i struggle with my faith or "im not a true christian" if someone says that i will ignore it. Thanks for your time.
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Existential crisis pls help guys🫶 I’m finding that everything is pointless What’s the point of reaching my goals? Is God even real? Please help guys!!!!!
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At this point I think I’m just tired. Took me a massive amount of strength to even type this. I’ve never had it this bad with anxiety depression and OCD. Firstly, how do you guys handle the trauma that comes with OCD. I recently realized Ive traumatized by own mind. I think this contributes to depression. Also, the thoughts frequency have gotten so high. It just literally jams its self in my brain. Before, I had some sort of control (at least a grip) but this days it’s so hard to try to get a grip. The unwanted feelings too? Omg, reactions that I literally can’t stand plagues me. My mind turns almost everything sexual. It’s crazy 🙃 Then the anxietyyyyyy! Wheew. I’m like a walking anxiety attack, my heart is always beating fast and it’s so painful. Working is so hard because I can’t get a grip, I feel so broken and I don’t think anyone can relate to this. I don’t know what I can do to help. Then the pressure in my head (that causes headache sometimes), sometimes I genuinely think I have a tumor! I’m pregnant so that makes it sadder, makes me wonder what kind of mother this beautiful soul is coming out here to meet. I don’t want to be a sad mother, and I cry more when I realize my child can feel what I feel rn in my belly😔. Another thing, the moment I don’t wanna do something, doesn’t even have to be anything bad. That’s when it feels my mind wants to force me to do it. It’s a whole lot and I’m just holding on to Jesus to help me out. At least he’s here so that’s comforting.
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