OCD Incident

Hermit7 · Jul 2, 2011

Im in the process of writing devotionals for a church. During the writing/revision of one particular devotional, a thought came into my mind.
It was something along the lines of this, Do you love this devotional more than you love God (the devotional was almost done by this point)? If so, then delete this devotional. If you dont, then youre giving up your salvation.

To say the least, I decided to keep the devotional and not delete it, because a.) work was put into it and b.) its getting closer to the deadline that I was given.

Part of me believes that those thoughts werent true. But another part of me seems to believe these thoughts.

I mean, what if they are true? Did I just trade in my salvation/relationship with God for my own convenience?

Please help, Im confused.

-Hermit

SoldierOfSoul · Jul 3, 2011

You need to ignore these thoughts Hermit7, they will never stop until you stand against them, you know what the bible says:

"All that the Father gives me shall come to me; and him that comes to me I will in no wise cast out." (John 6:37)

"I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand." (John 10:28)

These verses are promises to all who believe in Jesus Christ for salvation through the cross, you are safe in His hands.

Hermit7 · Jul 3, 2011

Thanks and God bless you, Soldier.

Tonight, I just suffered the same incident, this time with another devotional.

It's just so hard to ignore these thoughts. The thing that troubles me the most is "What if?"

What if that "deal" was real? What if God really did cast me away?

What's wrong with me?

SoldierOfSoul · Jul 3, 2011

Hermit7 said:
Thanks and God bless you, Soldier.

Tonight, I just suffered the same incident, this time with another devotional.

It's just so hard to ignore these thoughts. The thing that troubles me the most is "What if?"

What if that "deal" was real? What if God really did cast me away?

That's the thing Hermit, these thoughts are only real in the sense that your mind is thinking them, but they do not hold any weight, they are nothing but OCD inspiring ridiculous questions in your mind.

Stand up against these thoughts, turn it into a spiritual battle if you must, these thoughts are not true, they feel true when the anxiety hits, but that is nothing but a false reality, you are safe by faith in Jesus Christ no matter what your thoughts may tell you, nothing can separate you from Him, OCD is a liar.

What's wrong with me?

You have mental problems brother, it's a struggle, stand firm and keep the faith, depend on the Lord and lift yourself out of this pit, refuse to believe the lies and trust in the promises of Christ.

Blessings.

HeatherG · Jul 5, 2011

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 the thoughts, you are assigning them no significance, which in the long term will reduce their occurrence and reduce your anxiety (though at the time you resist your anxiety will increase). So stand firm in not giving in to the thoughts, secure in the knowledge that you are doing something that will help prevent you from thinking such things again.

OCD=Owie · Jul 10, 2011

Yes, indeed. Just let your thoughts "be." Try not to go into analyzation mode on them. I know that, for me, I just try not to pass a judgement on these kinds of fears. "Is this bad?" I don't know, and I'm going to choose not to worry about it right now. "Is this alright?" Hope so. But I got work to do, and am not going to be concerned with this right now.

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