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I have been overanalyzing all these coincidences. I can accept that all were just coincidences except for one. I was watching a youtube video. The guy was talking about a symbol. It was the first time I was watching the video. While watching a thought came to me telling me these like "I will hear now the guy saying the word "sign" I felt the need to close the video because if it happened it I will be confused and scared. I was ready to close it when a new thought came telling me stuff like "what if not only I will hear the word "sign" but also will hear it when I close it" I waited til I felt its ok to close it and quickly clicked the "x". I heard the guy saying the word "sign". It was the last word. I checked it when I opened it again. What are the chances of my mind predicting these things? Please help me understand it.
 

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I have been overanalyzing all these coincidences. I can accept that all were just coincidences except for one. I was watching a youtube video. The guy was talking about a symbol. It was the first time I was watching the video. While watching a thought came to me telling me these like "I will hear now the guy saying the word "sign" I felt the need to close the video because if it happened it I will be confused and scared. I was ready to close it when a new thought came telling me stuff like "what if not only I will hear the word "sign" but also will hear it when I close it" I waited til I felt its ok to close it and quickly clicked the "x". I heard the guy saying the word "sign". It was the last word. I checked it when I opened it again. What are the chances of my mind predicting these things? Please help me understand it.

"The guy was talking about a symbol" - Not surprising the guy used the word sign as well. You are "setting" up "signs" that certainly be coincidence due to the topic of the video. Your mind is not predicting things ... it seems you are wanting to see a sign of some sort and therefore you are applying it to these little "tests" you are doing. I'd recommend quit looking for signs.

God Bless.
 
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It is possible for an invisible being to have you hear the word "sign" in your mind before you hear it on the computer.

Now what matters is who is the invisible being who had this happen? And to where is this meant to bring your attention??

"And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful." (Colossians 3:15)

The best sign, maybe we could say, for knowing what is good, is how God's peace in us has us becoming and seeing things and how He guides us in His peace in our hearts. And yes He uses His word along with how He personally rules each of us in our hearts with His own peace :)
 
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It is possible for an invisible being to have you hear the word "sign" in your mind before you hear it on the computer.

Now what matters is who is the invisible being who had this happen? And to where is this meant to bring your attention??

"And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful." (Colossians 3:15)

The best sign, maybe we could say, for knowing what is good, is how God's peace in us has us becoming and seeing things and how He guides us in His peace in our hearts. And yes He uses His word along with how He personally rules each of us in our hearts with His own peace :)
What is this invisible being?
 
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It is possible for an invisible being to have you hear the word "sign" in your mind before you hear it on the computer.

What is this invisible being?
Hi, Kostilaks . . .

I understand that spiritual beings > God, angels, Satan and his devils > all can bring thoughts to our minds. So, in your case, I say "an invisible being", instead of trying to identify which one "possibly" brought the word to your mind.

But I think I have had times when God has done a word sign in me by having me think something in a way which was not a coincidence. But I do not depend on such signs in order to believe in God. Plus, I now understand that God can communicate and share, deeper than words, and deeper than managing outward circumstances in ways which might be signs.
 
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Hi, Kostilaks . . .

I understand that spiritual beings > God, angels, Satan and his devils > all can bring thoughts to our minds. So, in your case, I say "an invisible being", instead of trying to identify which one "possibly" brought the word to your mind.

But I think I have had times when God has done a word sign in me by having me think something in a way which was not a coincidence. But I do not depend on such signs in order to believe in God. Plus, I now understand that God can communicate and share, deeper than words, and deeper than managing outward circumstances in ways which might be signs.
What was exactly your experience with this?
 
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What was exactly your experience with this?
I have had various experiences with thoughts which I understood were communication of God or not from God.

One thing I enjoy is how I can forget something which I might need to remember, and it is like God shoots a memory into my mind, like a BB. It is not like I simply get myself to remember it. And it can be something important, though practical.

And Jesus says the Holy Spirit will bring things to our remembrance, of what He has said.

So, from this I do get that memory can be a function of the Holy Spirit in us.

Also, I be still while I pray and do not try to say or think anything. And I wait for however God would please to have me in His peace so I can discover what and how I am thinking once I am in peace. This helps plenty, I will offer you :) The thinking can be easy to see to be inspiration . . . so better than how I can tend to think and see things.

And at times while watching TV or talking with my lady friend I have thought a word which I do not hear often and right then it will be in the broadcast or she will say it. And I understand that God or another spiritual being could know what would be said on TV or by her, and have me think it just before hearing it. So, this shows me that there is more than how I know and control things.

And I see poetry in what is going on with people. So, it is not only thoughts, but what is happening in people's lives.

I help with a truck ministry for needy people. Two sisters help. One looks like the first woman I ever really fell for, and her name is the same as the first girl I chose to be my girlfriend > "both were blond, by the way" comes to mind, right now. The other sister has the same name . . . not a common one . . . of the daughter of a pastor where I integrated an inner city church. So, these are not coincidences which would be common, I would say. And I see this poetry of people's lives and names often.

But it is best when there is loving involved, like in the truck ministry. It is not with me isolated, but in sharing with more and more people.
 
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I have had various experiences with thoughts which I understood were communication of God or not from God.

One thing I enjoy is how I can forget something which I might need to remember, and it is like God shoots a memory into my mind, like a BB. It is not like I simply get myself to remember it. And it can be something important, though practical.

And Jesus says the Holy Spirit will bring things to our remembrance, of what He has said.

So, from this I do get that memory can be a function of the Holy Spirit in us.

Also, I be still while I pray and do not try to say or think anything. And I wait for however God would please to have me in His peace so I can discover what and how I am thinking once I am in peace. This helps plenty, I will offer you :) The thinking can be easy to see to be inspiration . . . so better than how I can tend to think and see things.

And at times while watching TV or talking with my lady friend I have thought a word which I do not hear often and right then it will be in the broadcast or she will say it. And I understand that God or another spiritual being could know what would be said on TV or by her, and have me think it just before hearing it. So, this shows me that there is more than how I know and control things.

And I see poetry in what is going on with people. So, it is not only thoughts, but what is happening in people's lives.

I help with a truck ministry for needy people. Two sisters help. One looks like the first woman I ever really fell for, and her name is the same as the first girl I chose to be my girlfriend > "both were blond, by the way" comes to mind, right now. The other sister has the same name . . . not a common one . . . of the daughter of a pastor where I integrated an inner city church. So, these are not coincidences which would be common, I would say. And I see this poetry of people's lives and names often.

But it is best when there is loving involved, like in the truck ministry. It is not with me isolated, but in sharing with more and more people.
so maybe God send me the thought of the word "sign" in a youtube video to tell me that He may have punished me with something awful that my ocd may have asked?
 
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so maybe God send me the thought of the word "sign" in a youtube video to tell me that He may have punished me with something awful that my ocd may have asked?
I don't see a connection between the word, "sign", and this meaning God may have punished you.

But I do agree that in case your ocd had somehow asked God to punish you, I think God is first about correcting us so we do better. Punishing us might get our attention, but only real correction of our nature makes us able to share with God and love any and all people.

May be He could send you a word sign to show you He is real and does care about you but He has not punished you for things that could have deserved it. So, yes maybe you mean that God instead of punishing you has given you a sign to show He exists but does not want to only punish you, but desires to communicate and help you do better.
 
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I don't see a connection between the word, "sign", and this meaning God may have punished you.

But I do agree that in case your ocd had somehow asked God to punish you, I think God is first about correcting us so we do better. Punishing us might get our attention, but only real correction of our nature makes us able to share with God and love any and all people.

May be He could send you a word sign to show you He is real and does care about you but He has not punished you for things that could have deserved it. So, yes maybe you mean that God instead of punishing you has given you a sign to show He exists but does not want to only punish you, but desires to communicate and help you do better.
Maybe but I used to ask for more signs if He had punished me the way my ocd may have asked than if He had not. Anyway, when I was watching the video I think there was a thought telling me stuff like oh no I will hear the word sign when I close it and it will mean something bad. This is a thought that comes to my mind many times. And many times a coincidence happens.
 
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I used to ask for more signs if He had punished me the way my ocd may have asked than if He had not.
There are things which need correction, and being only punished won't do this. So, instead of being concerned about if something was a punishment . . . don't do something which you know is wrong! . . . in case you have done anything you know is wrong.

And God is mainly concerned about how we relate with people, not only if we might do some no-no pleasure things or watch too much TV. Jesus wants us to love other people.

when I was watching the video I think there was a thought telling me stuff like oh no I will hear the word sign when I close it and it will mean something bad.
But in case you were to get a sign that you had done something wrong and would be punished, stopping the sign would not stop the punishment. And we need to stop things that are wrong, in any case, not only avoid being told we will be punished!

In any case, God will not punish you unless He knows it is needed. He loves us and we need His real correction. Worrying about punishment can be a sneaky way of avoiding what will really correct us and stop what is wrong. I myself, anyway, have done no-no things, then I would punish and guilt-trip myself as if I could pay God off so I then could keep doing it.
 
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Kostilaks, not asking this to be judgemental, but do you smoke pot? I had some experiences with pot when I did where I 'remembered in advance what I was about to do'. I can't explain it any better than that, but what you were describing reminded me of it a little. The mind can play funny tricks, and if mine can do that while I'm in a chemically altered state, I am guessing that it is also possible for yours to do that even when not chemically altered (or possibly even when taking prescribed medication for a valid condition). I feel like that is more likely than predictive things like you are describing occurring. But I can see how it would feel 'real' too.
 
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So, as I've said before, I think you're looking for coincidences where there are none. But let's play a "what-if." What if you did hear the word sign, and it wasn't a coincidence but was really God speaking? Now what? What, practically speaking, would be left for you to do about it?
 
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My mind before hearing the word sign said something like "what if I hear the word sign as the last word when I close the video? It would be bad" with the word bad I am talking about a question I made to God and the answer is bad= negative.
 
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My mind before hearing the word sign said something like "what if I hear the word sign as the last word when I close the video? It would be bad" with the word bad I am talking about a question I made to God and the answer is bad= negative.
Well, you basically have two choices. You can keep obsessing about punishments and negative things happening, and signs indicating these things, or you can decide that you're being obsessive and choose to move on. Only one choice will get you out of the obsessive cycle. :) It sounds like you're still afraid to treat these things as OCD, and that's OK. When you have OCD, it's really really hard to see when you're being obsessive, and even more, to move past it. But when it comes to the point that you don't want to be controlled by these fears anymore, you're going to have to take a stand and say "So what?" to them. It will require hard choices, every minute, to ignore the urges to ruminate or do compulsions. But those hard choices, over time, lead to freedom. Trust in God's grace. He wants you to find rest and freedom in Him. When you can, as much as you can, choose to ignore these urges of fear and to recognize that even if you mess up or don't do something perfectly, God will continue gently leading and guiding you closer and closer to Him. Those of us with OCD primarily have a fear and perfectionism issue. We feel that if we don't do something "just right," all will be lost. Not true. Our salvation and safety in God rest in HIS work, not ours. If we mess up, He is still able to bring us through it. He's got you!
 
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