Recent content by HeatherG

"Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near." (Philippians 4:5). I agree with the other posters that God makes us all different and your quietness can actually be a good thing and God can still use you to minister to others. Maybe you are a good listener and God could use you in...

I agree with Soldier. You are right to ignore the thoughts as they have no validity. And not only right, but every time you ignore the thoughts despite the anxiety, you are actually doing something that is beneficial for getting rid of your OCD. It's a kind of behavioural therapy. By ignoring...

Dear Grant, I understand that it's hard to feel certain about things when you have OCD. OK, maybe that's an understatement, LOL. (I'm laughing at myself too as I have been an OCD sufferer.) But it's important not to rely too much on feelings. We are to believe God's Word, not our own feelings...

Afraid I'm not good enough to get into heaven? I know I'm not good enough to get into heaven. Thankfully, Jesus died for my sins and I'm forgiven and so I can go to heaven through His righteousness. Hallelujah! :clap: Don't speculate; just believe His promises. If we repent of our sins and put...

Elzic, Sorry to hear of your struggle. It does sound like maybe coming off the medicine caused a flare-up and now maybe it's taking a while for the meds to stabilize again. My feeling is that because of the OCD you are over-sensitive about wanting to please God and over-anxious that you might...

Excellent post, Mitzi! Canamer, I totally agree with your perspective. Of course none of us would choose to have OCD, but when we give it all to God and let him use it for His glory, He will! As you say, we trust Him moment by moment, regardless of how we feel. It's right to seek and pray for...

ShelovesChrist is right. To keep seeking to follow God even when your OCD makes you afraid of Him is a true act of love and God will bless you for it. Take it one day at a time and know that there are many of us who understand what you are going through, even if we don't have all the answers...

When you make one of these OCD vows and then break it, you are also breaking its power over you. You are confronting the fear and devaluing the thoughts, and that is the way to freedom from OCD. So if you find yourself unintentionally vowing not to read the Bible for more than a few sentences...

This is a wonderful verse to hold on to. Thanks for sharing this testimony.

:amen: Thank you so much for posting this, ShelovesChrist. It's really encouraging. Indeed our Lord is able to save us from all our dark times and nothing can separate us from Christ. Let's keep pressing on towards the goal. Keep running without looking back. It's not us who can save ourselves...

A couple of thoughts: If you were really having the thoughts deliberately, if you really wanted to curse God, surely you would be happy about the state you are now in, where you are having blasphemous thoughts all day. You would be really glad that you could follow your heart's desire all day...

Praying for you, Nickie. God bless, HeatherG

When some of us tell you to ignore the thoughts, please don't think we are minimizing what you are going through and offering a simplistic answer. In fact, as you can see from other replies many of us have gone through the gut-wrenching fear, feeling sick to the stomach because of OCD thoughts...

Dear PK, I don't know whether the thoughts are demon related or not. To me there is no conflict in saying you have OCD and also that Satan is attacking you because I believe Satan uses all kinds of means to attack God's children whenever he can. However, he is a defeated enemy. It seems you...

Sorry to hear the OCD has been getting worse, Tim. Praying for you. HeatherG