How can I feel confident in God's love for me when I am screwed up?

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To keep this short, I struggle heavily with social anxiety, misophonia, OCD, and a stuttering problem. I'm also extremely socially awkward. And I'm 24 years old, so it's not like a phase I'm going through or anything. Before anyone asks me if I am seeing a professional therapist, the answer is "no". I cannot afford counselling and don't really have reliable transportation to go to appointments. There is a lot of real-life crap going on in my life at the moment and so it just isn't very possible right now.

At work I have a very hard time. One of the parts of my job duties is to answer and redirect phone calls, and a lot of times after I stutter I get hung up on and sometimes giggled/laughed at. I have been asked if I have forgotten where I worked once and I was very embarrassed. I know that maybe some people may no "mean" to hurt me, but it does. It makes it very hard for me to have any sense of dignity or self-respect. Plus what makes my anxiety 10x worse is my boss sits five feet away from me listening to me stutter all day long. I come home with huge stress and have started to experience mini panic attacks because of the constant anxiety it brings me.

Because of my stutter, I am really quiet around people. I don't speak until I have to or someone else speaks first. I don't want people to hear me stutter because I know I will be judged for it. I also don't want people to see my earplugs because I wear them to cope with my misophonia and sensitive hearing. I already feel like a freak because of my social anxiety--I don't need more reasons for people to think I'm weird. As a result of all this hiding and avoiding people, I am really really lonely. I have been struggling with desires to have a boyfriend because I know that won't fix it, but as I get older and all of these issues surmount my ability to function--I fear I will never have one.

I internalize all of this and feel like God is punishing me or distancing Himself away from me.

I just feel like such a screw-up. I can't get the guts to go to church and make friends because I'm too scared of rejection. And I daydream about happy but imaginary social situations to cope with it. I want nothing more in life than to feel like I belong, that people take me seriously, and that I can properly communicate and have good relationships.

Does God care about me? Is He angry at me? Does He allow these problems in my life to punish me for something I've done? Are people's reactions towards me reflective of how He feels towards me? How do I find confidence in His love in spite of my issues?
We choose who to believe in our lives. Who and what we believe informs what we think, and what we think is what we become.
Belief comes from the heart, so it is with our heart that we believe.
I have chosen to believe the God of Abraham and Moses (who also had a speach impediment btw) who revealed Himself in Jesus of Nazareth our Saviour, so should you.
Then sit down and consider, from the Bible, what it is that He says to those who believe in Him. Or perhaps He has told you something Himself. Write it down and hold onto it.

Everytime you start thinking this negative stuff STOP and think about it. Does it meet the reality that you believe, that is true?

Then discard the thought on the scrap heap and take up the thing that He has told you as a thought to replace the wrong one.

Rest assured that our God is the God of Love and He only Loves those who are His, never anything else.

Your negative thoughts come from your sinful insecure self, perhaps egged on by the evil one.

Thoughts about Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, and faithfullness are the ones that belong to Him.

If you are experiencing adversity in this life remember so did He, so you are identified with Him in your adversity, if you wish. You have fellowship with Him and can talk to Him confident that He knows what you are on about.
 
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I used to often wonder about things such as this. However, I started to trust the Lord and that all these things were for good in some odd way. A few examples from Proverbs I could direct you to have to do with wise people typically restraining their words. Whereas, fools often talk and talk and talk about foolishness.
Proverbs 13:3 He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
Proverbs 21:23 Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
Psalms 141:3 Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
It seems in a roundabout way, the Lord is protecting you. If anything he is drawing you near. He has blessed you with sensitive hearing so that you aren't listening to nonsense from mankind but are listening to him. A stutter so that your words are deliberate and tempered and wise. A big heart to have a capacity for the love he feels towards you. He has you alone that way you look to him and nowhere else. He isn't distancing himself from you. It seems he has been there all along.

John 15:18-27
18If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first. 19If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.

20Remember the word that I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well. 21But they will treat you like this on account of My name, because they do not know the One who sent Me. 22If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin.

23Whoever hates Me hates My Father as well. 24If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have seen and hated both Me and My Father. 25But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated Me without reason.’

26When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father—He will testify about Me. 27And you also must testify, because you have been with Me from the beginning.
Thank you so much
 
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Well if your boss is seated as you say five feet away from you and you claim he hears you all day than it would suggest to me that perhaps you don't stutter as much as you think OR maybe he'd think the same way I'd consider it . I wouldn't care if someone had the stutter problem who worked the phones...why? Because I'd know everyone out there understands and have a lot more compassion than you might think. Everybody among the public probably have a relative or friend who might have the same and most people are good and reasonable who would truly want the best for you and would never look upon you as lacking worth. If you're on the phones with the public a lot I'm guessing 95% of them are on your side! They understand and they care. The other 5% of them who yes might be cruel their cruelty should be more of an embarrassment to them then to anything you should feel. You might even consider feeling sorry for them for they haven't come to an understanding of what being a human being is all about.
Thank you!
 
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I am NOT "careful" with my Father and do NOT walk on egg shells around Him! I can demand from Him ANYTHING I wish! I am His son! He loves me greatly and will do everything He can to keep His promise of life to me BEYOND anything I could even ask or even imagine! Which He has busied Himself with my whole life!

The first thing is to be "that son"! I wasn't easy but it should be!

I had to dismantle theologies in order to understand God and His Word, His Faith, His Hope, His Love, His Righteousness and His Glory.

Yet, His glory is to glorify ME! "Those whom He calls He glorifies". No one ever taught me that! "Glory", doxa, means: to shine like a a star in the night sky or, a candle that illuminate a dark room. And Jesus said, "don't hide it!"

Do you realize this that, if we look good, He looks good to others? And that is the true meaning of being a living witness and testimony of God and His glory!

Stay shiny my friend!
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I want to share you a little story. I've struggled with believing that Jesus indeed died for my sin. Then one time I was incredibly compelled to cry out to God for Him to remove doubts in my mind. I desperately needed His power and to renew my mind. And He delivered me for sure from my feeble mind. We can not do anything apart from Jesus Christ. I've been through that and the Lord has taught me lots of instances that I can not do anything apart from Him.

What I am saying is do not rely on your strength to fix anything. Pray with supplication and groaning.
Prayers for you sister.
 
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To keep this short, I struggle heavily with social anxiety, misophonia, OCD, and a stuttering problem.
MARK.7: = 31 Again, departing from the region of Tyre and Sidon, He came through the midst of the region of Decapolis to the Sea of Galilee. 32 Then they brought to Him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech, and they begged Him to put His hand on him. 33 And He took him aside from the multitude, and put His fingers in his ears, and He spat and touched his tongue. 34 Then, looking up to heaven, He sighed, and said to him, “Ephphatha,” that is, “Be opened.”

35 Immediately his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was loosed, and he spoke plainly. 36 Then He commanded them that they should tell no one; but the more He commanded them, the more widely they proclaimed it. 37 And they were astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well. He makes both the deaf to hear and the mute to speak.”

DEUTERONOMY.18:9-14 = ...
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Consulting(= speaking and listening to) the agents/prophets of Satan, instead of the prophets of God, can have serious unpleasant consequences.

Healing may or may not come from Jesus Christ or His agents/pastors. If not, you should find another more suitable job, eg dental lab technician or jobs that only require hand skills or non-social skills.
....... Even though life on earth for the afflicted is not rosy, what is of paramount importance is for them to not perish in hell but to have everlasting life in the kingdom of heaven when they die, ie through faith/trust/belief in Jesus Christ.(JOHN.3:16)
 
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I would like to send you a personal message about misophonia and how to cope with it, but as I am new here I have no idea how to do that.
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I've found that prayers don't really do much. Maybe they do and God just simply chooses to not answer mine. Thanks for your prayers either way.

God has heard every prayer in the past and future and then He formed the Cosmos and built it around His answer to your prayers. Your task in prayer, is to see what response He created for your benefit. Sometimes its the "bigger picture" and you can see only a small portion of it. Sometimes the response is plain as day. Those are the only two responses. Pray to God for the correct prayer and get an instant response.
 
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To keep this short, I struggle heavily with social anxiety, misophonia, OCD, and a stuttering problem. I'm also extremely socially awkward. And I'm 24 years old, so it's not like a phase I'm going through or anything. Before anyone asks me if I am seeing a professional therapist, the answer is "no". I cannot afford counselling and don't really have reliable transportation to go to appointments. There is a lot of real-life crap going on in my life at the moment and so it just isn't very possible right now.

At work I have a very hard time. One of the parts of my job duties is to answer and redirect phone calls, and a lot of times after I stutter I get hung up on and sometimes giggled/laughed at. I have been asked if I have forgotten where I worked once and I was very embarrassed. I know that maybe some people may no "mean" to hurt me, but it does. It makes it very hard for me to have any sense of dignity or self-respect. Plus what makes my anxiety 10x worse is my boss sits five feet away from me listening to me stutter all day long. I come home with huge stress and have started to experience mini panic attacks because of the constant anxiety it brings me.

Because of my stutter, I am really quiet around people. I don't speak until I have to or someone else speaks first. I don't want people to hear me stutter because I know I will be judged for it. I also don't want people to see my earplugs because I wear them to cope with my misophonia and sensitive hearing. I already feel like a freak because of my social anxiety--I don't need more reasons for people to think I'm weird. As a result of all this hiding and avoiding people, I am really really lonely. I have been struggling with desires to have a boyfriend because I know that won't fix it, but as I get older and all of these issues surmount my ability to function--I fear I will never have one.

I internalize all of this and feel like God is punishing me or distancing Himself away from me.

I just feel like such a screw-up. I can't get the guts to go to church and make friends because I'm too scared of rejection. And I daydream about happy but imaginary social situations to cope with it. I want nothing more in life than to feel like I belong, that people take me seriously, and that I can properly communicate and have good relationships.

Does God care about me? Is He angry at me? Does He allow these problems in my life to punish me for something I've done? Are people's reactions towards me reflective of how He feels towards me? How do I find confidence in His love in spite of my issues?

I guess my first comment, based on my own experience with the VA therapists and doctors is that you have to separate yourself from the labels like "social anxiety" "depression" and so forth. Those labels are directly influencing your spiritual and social health. You are inheriting, (not faking, there is a difference), or becoming possessed by those titles, and all the subsequent attributes that join them. Do your best to separate yourself from those, write a journal or talk to yourself in a mirror, whatever you have to do daily, but shed those titles those doctors gave you.

If you stutter naturally, then what is the use worrying what others think of it? Logically speaking, there are people who love you, so what do the others truly matter? It also speaks to the weakness and insecurity of their own spirit if it is true. I suspect that sometimes (as I use to do) that the instances of public chastisement are simply your imagination playing wild tricks on you. A good mental rule is to consider most people are not malevolent people, and very few actually want to do others any phsyical or mental harm. So the rare minority of people you find doing so, are just that: rare.

Dont be scared of rejection in church. I know church elders who are dealing with deep personal conflicts too. If your church doesnt recognize that all men are sinners and that in some sense, our spiritual life is a great tug of war between the light and the darkness, and instead spends its time trying to judge people rather than lead them, i would find another church.

Lastly, the Bible is your best friend. Read it every day, every night, and on breaks, whenever you can, and put serious thought into what it is saying. Get perspectives from all denominational backgrounds, and from the pieces God will gift you the spirit that is fit for you.
 
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To keep this short, I struggle heavily with social anxiety, misophonia, OCD, and a stuttering problem. I'm also extremely socially awkward. And I'm 24 years old, so it's not like a phase I'm going through or anything. Before anyone asks me if I am seeing a professional therapist, the answer is "no". I cannot afford counselling and don't really have reliable transportation to go to appointments. There is a lot of real-life crap going on in my life at the moment and so it just isn't very possible right now.

At work I have a very hard time. One of the parts of my job duties is to answer and redirect phone calls, and a lot of times after I stutter I get hung up on and sometimes giggled/laughed at. I have been asked if I have forgotten where I worked once and I was very embarrassed. I know that maybe some people may no "mean" to hurt me, but it does. It makes it very hard for me to have any sense of dignity or self-respect. Plus what makes my anxiety 10x worse is my boss sits five feet away from me listening to me stutter all day long. I come home with huge stress and have started to experience mini panic attacks because of the constant anxiety it brings me.

Because of my stutter, I am really quiet around people. I don't speak until I have to or someone else speaks first. I don't want people to hear me stutter because I know I will be judged for it. I also don't want people to see my earplugs because I wear them to cope with my misophonia and sensitive hearing. I already feel like a freak because of my social anxiety--I don't need more reasons for people to think I'm weird. As a result of all this hiding and avoiding people, I am really really lonely. I have been struggling with desires to have a boyfriend because I know that won't fix it, but as I get older and all of these issues surmount my ability to function--I fear I will never have one.

I internalize all of this and feel like God is punishing me or distancing Himself away from me.

I just feel like such a screw-up. I can't get the guts to go to church and make friends because I'm too scared of rejection. And I daydream about happy but imaginary social situations to cope with it. I want nothing more in life than to feel like I belong, that people take me seriously, and that I can properly communicate and have good relationships.

Does God care about me? Is He angry at me? Does He allow these problems in my life to punish me for something I've done? Are people's reactions towards me reflective of how He feels towards me? How do I find confidence in His love in spite of my issues?
"For God SO LOVED the world (YOU) that He gave His only begotten Son..."

Read Luke 15:11-32 and be happy to know God.
 
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Does God care about me? Is He angry at me? Does He allow these problems in my life to punish me for something I've done? Are people's reactions towards me reflective of how He feels towards me? How do I find confidence in His love in spite of my issues?

God cares about you far more than anyone else does. He sent His only Son to die a horrible death to save you from an eternity in hell. Clearly, He cares about you enormously!

Is God angry with you? The Bible says that God is angry with the wicked every day. Are you wicked?

Is God punishing you with the problems you've got? I very much doubt it. Very likely, your problems exist for a variety of reasons that are quite separate from God. In any case, Paul the apostle had a "thorn in the flesh" that God refused to take away from Paul. The "thorn" was used by God in Paul's life to keep him dependent and humble. We know, too, from Scripture that in everything we face in life, God wants us to be more and more like Jesus. Is this what you want? Are you willing to use your problems as opportunities to learn to be more like Jesus?

Relatively few people reflect the mind and heart of God. Surely, it's obvious that God is not in the unkind reactions people have had toward you.

How do you have confidence in God? See Him clearly. Have a thorough knowledge of the revelation of God in Scripture. Yield yourself to Him in recognition of the fact that you weren't made by God for yourself but to serve His purposes. The deeply contented and fulfilled life God offers to us in Himself cannot be obtained except as you die to yourself and live to and for Him. (Matthew 16:24-26)
 
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I've found that prayers don't really do much. Maybe they do and God just simply chooses to not answer mine. Thanks for your prayers either way.
God does things according to His time line and He does things His way. He does not always give us what we want, but He always gives us what we need. He can cause all things to work our for the best of those that Love God and are called according to His purpose.
 
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To keep this short, I struggle heavily with social anxiety, misophonia, OCD, and a stuttering problem. I'm also extremely socially awkward. And I'm 24 years old, so it's not like a phase I'm going through or anything. Before anyone asks me if I am seeing a professional therapist, the answer is "no". I cannot afford counselling and don't really have reliable transportation to go to appointments. There is a lot of real-life crap going on in my life at the moment and so it just isn't very possible right now.

At work I have a very hard time. One of the parts of my job duties is to answer and redirect phone calls, and a lot of times after I stutter I get hung up on and sometimes giggled/laughed at. I have been asked if I have forgotten where I worked once and I was very embarrassed. I know that maybe some people may no "mean" to hurt me, but it does. It makes it very hard for me to have any sense of dignity or self-respect. Plus what makes my anxiety 10x worse is my boss sits five feet away from me listening to me stutter all day long. I come home with huge stress and have started to experience mini panic attacks because of the constant anxiety it brings me.

Because of my stutter, I am really quiet around people. I don't speak until I have to or someone else speaks first. I don't want people to hear me stutter because I know I will be judged for it. I also don't want people to see my earplugs because I wear them to cope with my misophonia and sensitive hearing. I already feel like a freak because of my social anxiety--I don't need more reasons for people to think I'm weird. As a result of all this hiding and avoiding people, I am really really lonely. I have been struggling with desires to have a boyfriend because I know that won't fix it, but as I get older and all of these issues surmount my ability to function--I fear I will never have one.

I internalize all of this and feel like God is punishing me or distancing Himself away from me.

It's the enemy at work here...the enemy meaning the devil.
It not be much different when I was young, poor and being black growing up
around a whole lot of racist people.
Where is your Bible...book or bible app? On your breaks, take it out and read
what the Lord says about things. Prayer is another tool for you to use, when
Jesus be facing difficulties he often prayed...also Daniel lived amongst pagans
and he regularly prayed three times a day. Daniel purposed to honor God and
to do his job to the best of his ability...whether his boss and or co-workers were nice or not. Daniel worked as though he be working for the Lord himself....I do
believe we should do the same.


I just feel like such a screw-up. I can't get the guts to go to church and make friends because I'm too scared of rejection. And I daydream about happy but imaginary social situations to cope with it. I want nothing more in life than to feel like I belong, that people take me seriously, and that I can properly communicate and have good relationships.

I haven't read anything about you screwing up, the situations you be talking
about are about others who are being unkind to you....there be
a lot of people like that and it was like that when I was your age too!
There always be those who like to make fun of someone, I know because I
often got treated the same way or worse... being black female got me all sorts of bad attentions...made fun of for being poor, picked on for having afro, called the
N-word or worse because blacks were said to be liars, thieves, no account etc...
I heard this type of stuff all my life... and there to counter act that be God's Word
and it truths kept me through the years.

We were brought up to go to church and to honor God, taught God's Word and
how to live it out each day. Often times it felt like I was growing up amongst
pagans like Daniel...but like him, I too would find myself praying lots and taking
refuge in God's Word. My encouragement come from The Word, momma's prayers
and support and prayers of those at church that momma took us children to from
infancy on up.
It is important to connect with mature believers and build up you a support
group of prayer warriors, christian advisors and mentors.

Rejection be a reality, you already dealing with it and you ain't going to church...
you will encounter those who will reject you whether you go to church or not.
You will also encounter people who will like you and be kind to you.


Does God care about me? Is He angry at me? Does He allow these problems in my life to punish me for something I've done? Are people's reactions towards me reflective of how He feels towards me? How do I find confidence in His love in spite of my issues?

Yes, God love you/us.
In the Bible it teaches that in this world we will have troubles, trials/tribulations...so you ain't alone, there many of us experiencing these things. The ol' devil be having a field day trying to wear out the saints of God.
Many be under the influence of the devil and they be speaking and acting the way he has them to... you in a spiritual battle dear one.
Where your full armor of God? Put it on each day!


We need to stand together, as these days are becoming more evil... believers
supporting one another, praying for one another and regularly participating in
koinonia...we all need this, even you.
 
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For God so LOVED the world. Were all the SAME in that love. Not ONE is treated any better or different. When it comes to YOUR Father through His son Jesus Christ you take Him at His word. No matter what it looks like sounds like FEELS like. You take Him at His word. He is infact FOR YOU. He is NEVER EVER EVER EVER against you. He is NOT judging you nor condemning you. He never came to condemn the world but save it. Or in fact to SAVE YOU! YOU are the reason He came. He made ALL you see for you.

Your enemy is the one lying to you. What the WHOLE world does not know is how much He loves us. He crys about this. For no one knows just how much He loves us. The fact we listen to some lie that God is made or judging us or we did something to push Christ away. We do it ever day to people. NO ONE sticks around and just loves us never gives up on us.. is our BEST FRIEND! NO ONE! So why is GOD any different right? Well He is NOT a man that He should lie. So THINK...if this GOD that made all we see hear for us, if He sent His son to take our place. To take our SIN and NEVER remember it again. No matter how much we fall.. HE DIED! He ROSE! This offering for this sin will NEVER EVER happen again. Its OVER! That GOOD NEWS is you BEEN SET FREE and your just being LIED to by the enemy!

So.. THINK if GOD is FOR YOU..no.. this is not based on how you FEEL or what you DID or EVER WILL DO> Yeah.. He is NEVER giving up on you NEVER leaving you! So.. forget all those other LIES! He is SO IN LOVE with you. The enemy knows if he can get us to DOUBT he wins. See if we doubt.. the word says let not that person think they will get ANYTHING from God. We have to just take it by FAITH that HE loves us is for us is not against us..is with us.. is working ALL THINGS for out GOOD! Its what HE SIAD! ANd HE CANT LIE! Ne NEVER EVER EVER EVER stops this. He is for you ..forever. He is happy with you. We must TRUST Him.. FAITH that when we read God loves us.. He will never leave us nor forsake us..that all things work together for our good because of Christ Jesus and on and on.. read what HE said and be a child and just BELIEVE! Not on how you FEEL or think or hear or see. Just take Him at HIS word.

Not what I say or any other believer. Yeah.. all this time.. you been lied to. He has NEVER been upset with you. We are all FREE. He can not make us believe think act do say ..nothing. We must do all by faith No mater what it seems like feels like looks like. He has not left you nor did you push Him away. So no matter what you feel like.. or think. KNOW WOW He really LOVES ME! He is FOR ME! He IS my best friend! And you will find a PEACE.. He said.. HE will keep you in PERFECT peace if your mind is stayed on Him. And Christ gave us HIS peace not as the world gives. And His JOY is YOUR strength. On and on. Just read what the WORD says and BELIEVE that if HE said it.. HE IS FAITHFUL!

Take Israel. Look how many times they cheated lied to left the one that choose them. Israel was like the women that went out and sold her self.. to a line of men. Yet He.. stood in line waiting ..then buys her back. Take them now. They are not living for Him..they don't believe in His son. Yet they are back in the land He gave them for HIS name sake. See He is faithful when we never are. He loves them. He gave them a promise and HE will NEVER brake that promise no matter what they do. There is a price to sin do things our way in this world. Yet HE NEVER leaves you. Things go wrong by our choice..by what we watch think say and believe. But.. if we just TURN to Him..confess our sins..when we missed it when we doubted He will ALWAYS be faithful to make it all right.

You are so loved..forgiven set free. We really need to get over it. He OUR FAITHER IS A GOD the ONLY GOD! And He LOVES us more then we will ever know! So telll those thougths to GO in Jesus name.. my Father LOVES ME.. MY Father is FOR ME not against me. He forgave me on and on. Find what His word says about your needs and speak them.. remind the Father what HE said. And you will find.. a peace and a joy to GO to Church. For that Chruch has something for you and you have something for that Church that only YOU can give. Does not make us saved going to Church but its ALWAYS about others..

So.. see this world through new eyes...you were have been lied to by our enemy. God NEVER EVER EVER uses fear for fear is not a spirit He gave. Its ALWAYS by peace He moves. Just ask Him.. and LISTEN. See His sheep His children KNOW His voice.. you just KNOW. And KNOW He hears you..we just ask and talk and just never give Him the time to repond. We give others the right to answer when we ask them stuff. He LOVES to talk so much more then we do. Anyway.. DONT believe a word I say.. you believe HIM HIS WORDS! Speak that name JESUS! Its as our brothers John and Peter said.. FAITH IN THAT NAME! And HE gave His name ..to use that name to US that believe. For GREATER is HE that is in you then He thats in the world. You have HIS mind.. you have HIS peace and on and on and on. Its ALL HIM! So know how loved forgiven you are. Its like unplug from the bottom and plug in to HIM! And let it all go. Dont worry fear about anything. Trust that no matter what you do or did.. He loves you..just repent when you miss it and forgive your self as if it never happen

And REJOICE! Be at peace
 
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I am a mental mess. I suffer from depression and extreme anxiety. On bad days I find I have to remind myself how much God loves me and how Satan is a liar. He fills my mind with negativity. When I look to God, I'm better if even for just that day. We need to remain focused on Him and not listen to the deceiver. All my love and prayers for you.
 
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For God so LOVED the world. Were all the SAME in that love. Not ONE is treated any better or different. When it comes to YOUR Father through His son Jesus Christ you take Him at His word. No matter what it looks like sounds like FEELS like. You take Him at His word. He is infact FOR YOU. He is NEVER EVER EVER EVER against you. He is NOT judging you nor condemning you. He never came to condemn the world but save it. Or in fact to SAVE YOU! YOU are the reason He came. He made ALL you see for you.

Your enemy is the one lying to you. What the WHOLE world does not know is how much He loves us. He crys about this. For no one knows just how much He loves us. The fact we listen to some lie that God is made or judging us or we did something to push Christ away. We do it ever day to people. NO ONE sticks around and just loves us never gives up on us.. is our BEST FRIEND! NO ONE! So why is GOD any different right? Well He is NOT a man that He should lie. So THINK...if this GOD that made all we see hear for us, if He sent His son to take our place. To take our SIN and NEVER remember it again. No matter how much we fall.. HE DIED! He ROSE! This offering for this sin will NEVER EVER happen again. Its OVER! That GOOD NEWS is you BEEN SET FREE and your just being LIED to by the enemy!

So.. THINK if GOD is FOR YOU..no.. this is not based on how you FEEL or what you DID or EVER WILL DO> Yeah.. He is NEVER giving up on you NEVER leaving you! So.. forget all those other LIES! He is SO IN LOVE with you. The enemy knows if he can get us to DOUBT he wins. See if we doubt.. the word says let not that person think they will get ANYTHING from God. We have to just take it by FAITH that HE loves us is for us is not against us..is with us.. is working ALL THINGS for out GOOD! Its what HE SIAD! ANd HE CANT LIE! Ne NEVER EVER EVER EVER stops this. He is for you ..forever. He is happy with you. We must TRUST Him.. FAITH that when we read God loves us.. He will never leave us nor forsake us..that all things work together for our good because of Christ Jesus and on and on.. read what HE said and be a child and just BELIEVE! Not on how you FEEL or think or hear or see. Just take Him at HIS word.

Not what I say or any other believer. Yeah.. all this time.. you been lied to. He has NEVER been upset with you. We are all FREE. He can not make us believe think act do say ..nothing. We must do all by faith No mater what it seems like feels like looks like. He has not left you nor did you push Him away. So no matter what you feel like.. or think. KNOW WOW He really LOVES ME! He is FOR ME! He IS my best friend! And you will find a PEACE.. He said.. HE will keep you in PERFECT peace if your mind is stayed on Him. And Christ gave us HIS peace not as the world gives. And His JOY is YOUR strength. On and on. Just read what the WORD says and BELIEVE that if HE said it.. HE IS FAITHFUL!

Take Israel. Look how many times they cheated lied to left the one that choose them. Israel was like the women that went out and sold her self.. to a line of men. Yet He.. stood in line waiting ..then buys her back. Take them now. They are not living for Him..they don't believe in His son. Yet they are back in the land He gave them for HIS name sake. See He is faithful when we never are. He loves them. He gave them a promise and HE will NEVER brake that promise no matter what they do. There is a price to sin do things our way in this world. Yet HE NEVER leaves you. Things go wrong by our choice..by what we watch think say and believe. But.. if we just TURN to Him..confess our sins..when we missed it when we doubted He will ALWAYS be faithful to make it all right.

You are so loved..forgiven set free. We really need to get over it. He OUR FAITHER IS A GOD the ONLY GOD! And He LOVES us more then we will ever know! So telll those thougths to GO in Jesus name.. my Father LOVES ME.. MY Father is FOR ME not against me. He forgave me on and on. Find what His word says about your needs and speak them.. remind the Father what HE said. And you will find.. a peace and a joy to GO to Church. For that Chruch has something for you and you have something for that Church that only YOU can give. Does not make us saved going to Church but its ALWAYS about others..

So.. see this world through new eyes...you were have been lied to by our enemy. God NEVER EVER EVER uses fear for fear is not a spirit He gave. Its ALWAYS by peace He moves. Just ask Him.. and LISTEN. See His sheep His children KNOW His voice.. you just KNOW. And KNOW He hears you..we just ask and talk and just never give Him the time to repond. We give others the right to answer when we ask them stuff. He LOVES to talk so much more then we do. Anyway.. DONT believe a word I say.. you believe HIM HIS WORDS! Speak that name JESUS! Its as our brothers John and Peter said.. FAITH IN THAT NAME! And HE gave His name ..to use that name to US that believe. For GREATER is HE that is in you then He thats in the world. You have HIS mind.. you have HIS peace and on and on and on. Its ALL HIM! So know how loved forgiven you are. Its like unplug from the bottom and plug in to HIM! And let it all go. Dont worry fear about anything. Trust that no matter what you do or did.. He loves you..just repent when you miss it and forgive your self as if it never happen

And REJOICE! Be at peace
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Greet one another with [ ]kiss of agapEs-love. Peace be to you all who are in Christ(anointed). 1 Pet 5:14

This was a mouth-to-mouth pure kiss of any gender to show the fellowship of the breath of God, both life and intellect, and the love of God that we share with each other through such a kiss. That being said, I am not stating that we should adopt any such practice nor am I discouraging any such practice especially if it is a part of your culture. It is most certainly unfortunately not a part of mine--yet! Come on—gimmie a kiss! CF should have a kiss icon!
 
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To keep this short, I struggle heavily with social anxiety, misophonia, OCD, and a stuttering problem. I'm also extremely socially awkward. And I'm 24 years old, so it's not like a phase I'm going through or anything. Before anyone asks me if I am seeing a professional therapist, the answer is "no". I cannot afford counselling and don't really have reliable transportation to go to appointments. There is a lot of real-life crap going on in my life at the moment and so it just isn't very possible right now.

At work I have a very hard time. One of the parts of my job duties is to answer and redirect phone calls, and a lot of times after I stutter I get hung up on and sometimes giggled/laughed at. I have been asked if I have forgotten where I worked once and I was very embarrassed. I know that maybe some people may no "mean" to hurt me, but it does. It makes it very hard for me to have any sense of dignity or self-respect. Plus what makes my anxiety 10x worse is my boss sits five feet away from me listening to me stutter all day long. I come home with huge stress and have started to experience mini panic attacks because of the constant anxiety it brings me.

Because of my stutter, I am really quiet around people. I don't speak until I have to or someone else speaks first. I don't want people to hear me stutter because I know I will be judged for it. I also don't want people to see my earplugs because I wear them to cope with my misophonia and sensitive hearing. I already feel like a freak because of my social anxiety--I don't need more reasons for people to think I'm weird. As a result of all this hiding and avoiding people, I am really really lonely. I have been struggling with desires to have a boyfriend because I know that won't fix it, but as I get older and all of these issues surmount my ability to function--I fear I will never have one.

I internalize all of this and feel like God is punishing me or distancing Himself away from me.

I just feel like such a screw-up. I can't get the guts to go to church and make friends because I'm too scared of rejection. And I daydream about happy but imaginary social situations to cope with it. I want nothing more in life than to feel like I belong, that people take me seriously, and that I can properly communicate and have good relationships.

Does God care about me? Is He angry at me? Does He allow these problems in my life to punish me for something I've done? Are people's reactions towards me reflective of how He feels towards me? How do I find confidence in His love in spite of my issues?
God Love is not mans love. His faithfulness endures forever. His faithfulness is seen in scripture. Generation after generation.

Jesus:All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away
 
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To keep this short, I struggle heavily with social anxiety, misophonia, OCD, and a stuttering problem. ...

At work I have a very hard time. One of the parts of my job duties is to answer and redirect phone calls, and a lot of times after I stutter I get hung up on and sometimes giggled/laughed at.
Try applying for (Mental) Disability SS benefits.?
 
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