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Recent content by Gingerine

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    Advice?

    Thank you, it is difficult.
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    Advice?

    Thank you
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    Advice?

    Thank you for your kind words, it is writing and making up stories and just overall thinking in images like imagining my day or thinking about my family. I try to do it for God but I don't know if I wanted it back too badly.
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    Advice?

    I was soo happy yesterday! Well I fell back down. I scheduled an appointment with a therapist but I am upset with myself. What happened was this, I was struck by the worry that my hobbies were idolatry because I had spent several weeks worrying about whether I could use them, whether I loved...
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    How to deal with OCD that feels like God?

    That m you so much! I've been doing better this morning. I must keep my guard up though, I've fallen down a lot before because I didn't.
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    I had a breakthrough!

    Everyone, I watched a great sermon today and I've feeling two Bible verses pressed on my heart. The verse about fools being right in their own eyes, Proverbs 12:15 and the verse where Paul encourages his readers not to go beyond what is written 1 Cor 4:6 I feel that God has shown me that I don't...
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    How to deal with OCD that feels like God?

    I want to beat this ocd but my question is how do I conquer it when it tries to act like God is telling me these things? How do I beat it without feeling like I'm breaking God's heart?
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    Afraid of idolatry again

    Thank you so much Mari and everyone your words mean a lot to me and have helped me put things into perspective. I have been feeling that I need to trust God and let Him lead but fear has been holding me back. I really want to get rid of this disease, if only it wasn't so convincing. I am doing...
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    Very worried again

    I was reading about doubt yesterday and stumbled across James 4:4, that talked about friendship with the world and I panicked. All those fears I had about my other issues were dredged up. I keep thinking that by worrying about not being able to do the things OCD tells me I can't do like, write...
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    Afraid of idolatry again

    I do, I talk to my friends and such and they think it's ocd. But I keep having these thoughts that say I wouldn't give up those things for God and when I imagine doing it, it seems do daunting and uncomfortable that I fear I wouldn't give them up after all.
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    Afraid of idolatry again

    I try to ignore them, but then i get these strong feeling that God wants me to give these things up. But then I don't know if He does, then I worry that what if I can't give them up and them I feel like I need to give them up even more. How can I ignore these thoughts without feeling like I'm...
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    Afraid of idolatry again

    Thank you everyone, I just keep having these bad thoughts. Today I was walking in the kitchen when I remembered that when I was a kid I thought to myself there were two things I do didn't want God touching my mother and storytelling, I was stupid and not thinking but I can't remember if I...
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    Afraid of idolatry again

    Oh thank you so much, unfortunately that's not my piggy (mine died) just a cute one I made my icon.
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    Afraid of idolatry again

    Hi again, I haven't been here for a while my journey with ocd has been going well mostly, but recently I've been trying to get back into my work as a novelist and I was struck my a thought that paralyzed me. When I was a child I used to spend so much time daydreaming and making up stories. I...
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    I cant find anything in the Bible

    I will tell you this, the more you agonize over it the worse it will get. I will be short because this is urgent and extremely important, tell God you didn't mean and ask Him to catch you and hold you and leave it there. I have thought I blasphemed the Holy Spirit before, I thought I was going...