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Hello, I'm really struggling and I will tell you guys and girls what's going on. I am having terrible thoughts of sellling soul and it's scary, I am also struggling in my love for God and I don't know why, I just want God and Jesus to be happy with me and I know that only God and Jesus Christ can save me, I don't know if I'm saved. I have accepted Jesus Christ as my personal Lord and savior and I can say and I believe that Jesus Christ is Lord. I'm struggling and I don't want to lose God, please please pray for me, I want my soul to belong to God, I have scrupulosity so it could be that but I am scared. Please pray for me and also I struggle in my prayer life, sorry for the long post. God is good and Jesus is Lord.
 

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Hello, I'm really struggling and I will tell you guys and girls what's going on. I am having terrible thoughts of sellling soul and it's scary, I am also struggling in my love for God and I don't know why, I just want God and Jesus to be happy with me and I know that only God and Jesus Christ can save me, I don't know if I'm saved. I have accepted Jesus Christ as my personal Lord and savior and I can say and I believe that Jesus Christ is Lord. I'm struggling and I don't want to lose God, please please pray for me, I want my soul to belong to God, I have scrupulosity so it could be that but I am scared. Please pray for me and also I struggle in my prayer life, sorry for the long post. God is good and Jesus is Lord.
Praying for you. Fear not, God loves you unconditionally.
 
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Hello, I'm really struggling and I will tell you guys and girls what's going on. I am having terrible thoughts of sellling soul and it's scary, I am also struggling in my love for God and I don't know why, I just want God and Jesus to be happy with me and I know that only God and Jesus Christ can save me, I don't know if I'm saved. I have accepted Jesus Christ as my personal Lord and savior and I can say and I believe that Jesus Christ is Lord. I'm struggling and I don't want to lose God, please please pray for me, I want my soul to belong to God, I have scrupulosity so it could be that but I am scared. Please pray for me and also I struggle in my prayer life, sorry for the long post. God is good and Jesus is Lord.
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This IS scrupulosity, or OCD, whichever you want to call it. The fears of selling your soul and losing your salvation are common obsessive themes. Please recognize it as OCD and treat it as that. Do you have professional help for treating OCD? If not please do some research on using ERP and CBT. I can recognize some good resources if you need some.
 
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My brother in Christ, do not be afraid. I too was having those fears, but I found a way to overcome them. For almost a week all I could think about was if I was really saved, and one thing I did was try and reason with myself and God why I was feeling this way. You see, I was afraid because every time I would read a comic book rather then reading my Bible I felt like I was just setting myself up for a life of condemnation. I couldn't do anything with the fear but obsess over it. It got to the point where everything I did felt like just another step to condemnation. I realized that being afraid and running from the fear wasn't going to do anything but make it worse. So I prayed that God would help me out of these times, and while he did I realized that what I was doing was not helping me. See what I was doing was I would force myself to sit for an hour reading my Bible and praying, and I hated it because I was bored, I wanted to do something and I would even dread having to sit down for an hour reading because for the life of me I can't sit still and focus on one thing. So the fears continued and I continued to suffer through them. Eventually I talked to someone about my doubts and they told me about Mark 9:14-29 where a man brought his demon possessed son to Jesus and Jesus said this "Everything is possible for him who believes" and the father of the boy as it says in verse 24 "Immediately the boy's father exclaimed, 'I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!" So you see even he had doubts, we all do, but what we can do is pray and ask God to fix our doubts and strengthen our faith because it is a gift from God. I have ocd and yeah it sucks, but don't EVER let that get you down from achieving the life God wants you to live. You may not be interested in trying to grow your strength, but just pray that God shows you a miracle and that he bring you back to him. It happens to all of us at one point, but just know that you can always look to God. In the good times and the bad turn to God and he will be there for you. Hopefully this helps you, God bless you bro
 
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This IS scrupulosity, or OCD, whichever you want to call it. The fears of selling your soul and losing your salvation are common obsessive themes. Please recognize it as OCD and treat it as that. Do you have professional help for treating OCD? If not please do some research on using ERP and CBT. I can recognize some good resources if you need some.
Thank you for replying, I take medication and it helps. I was also in christian counseling and I did erp and it went ok. God bless and Jesus is Lord
 
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Isaiah 41:13 for the doubt and fear
John 14:16 for salvation. If you, in the beginning when you were first saved believed and were certain (romans 8:16) that you were saved then you are still saved.
If the thoughts you're having about selling your soul are scary and not welcome they are called intrusive thoughts. I have ugly thoughts of suicide but I just tell myself god loves me 1 john 4:19 and that would be a good one for you since you're struggling in your love for God.
I'll pray for you. God have compassion for you.
 
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My brother in Christ, do not be afraid. I too was having those fears, but I found a way to overcome them. For almost a week all I could think about was if I was really saved, and one thing I did was try and reason with myself and God why I was feeling this way. You see, I was afraid because every time I would read a comic book rather then reading my Bible I felt like I was just setting myself up for a life of condemnation. I couldn't do anything with the fear but obsess over it. It got to the point where everything I did felt like just another step to condemnation. I realized that being afraid and running from the fear wasn't going to do anything but make it worse. So I prayed that God would help me out of these times, and while he did I realized that what I was doing was not helping me. See what I was doing was I would force myself to sit for an hour reading my Bible and praying, and I hated it because I was bored, I wanted to do something and I would even dread having to sit down for an hour reading because for the life of me I can't sit still and focus on one thing. So the fears continued and I continued to suffer through them. Eventually I talked to someone about my doubts and they told me about Mark 9:14-29 where a man brought his demon possessed son to Jesus and Jesus said this "Everything is possible for him who believes" and the father of the boy as it says in verse 24 "Immediately the boy's father exclaimed, 'I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!" So you see even he had doubts, we all do, but what we can do is pray and ask God to fix our doubts and strengthen our faith because it is a gift from God. I have ocd and yeah it sucks, but don't EVER let that get you down from achieving the life God wants you to live. You may not be interested in trying to grow your strength, but just pray that God shows you a miracle and that he bring you back to him. It happens to all of us at one point, but just know that you can always look to God. In the good times and the bad turn to God and he will be there for you. Hopefully this helps you, God bless you bro
Thank you very much that really helps, I will always stay close to God and Jesus Christ, could you please keep me in your prayers. God bless and Jesus is Lord.
 
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Isaiah 41:13 for the doubt and fear
John 14:16 for salvation. If you, in the beginning when you were first saved believed and were certain (romans 8:16) that you were saved then you are still saved.
If the thoughts you're having about selling your soul are scary and not welcome they are called intrusive thoughts. I have ugly thoughts of suicide but I just tell myself god loves me 1 john 4:19 and that would be a good one for you since you're struggling in your love for God.
I'll pray for you. God have compassion for you.
Thank you very very much, God bless you and I have been reading the Bible everyday and it's amazing to read. Praise God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
 
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I had these awful thoughts in the past they are indeed scary. But if you are in Christ, fear not. Remember you gave Christ your life, therefore, it is not yours to sell. I don't think you have to worry about that ever. Also, I don't think Faustian bargains are a real thing.
 
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I had these awful thoughts in the past they are indeed scary. But if you are in Christ, fear not. Remember you gave Christ your life, therefore, it is not yours to sell. I don't think you have to worry about that ever. Also, I don't think Faustian bargains are a real thing.
Thank you and please pray for me, Jesus is Lord and God bless you
 
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Thank you very very much, God bless you and I have been reading the Bible everyday and it's amazing to read. Praise God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
you're very welcome :)
 
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