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My grandma is in the ICU tonight, her heart and kidneys are failing. They are going to do dialysis to try to save her and give her a few more weeks, but there is a chance the dialysis could lower her blood pressure too much and kill her. She is my Dad's mom, and my Dad is away on business in...

For months now I've been bombarded with this idea of a leap of faith, whether in sermons, the radio, movies, pictures, the phrase continues to show up constantly to the point that it no longer feels like a coincidence. I think God might be telling me to take a leap of faith somehow, but I'm not...

Having just read the old cross and the new by AW Tozer, I am hungry for more teaching on the cross. It seems that the power of the cross is not a popular message anymore, and I don't even know where to begin my search. If anyone has any good links or reading reccomendations about the cross I...

I sit here writing this at 1:30 in the morning because I can't sleep. I've started cutting of late, and I need help in a bad way. I hate myself. I dissapoint God and I can't stop. I know Christ took the punishment for my sins, but it seems like I'm just robbing God every time I sin. So I cut...

When my OCD was bad this time last year I had plenty of times where I'd hit the end of my rope and God would do something or put something in my life that gave me comfort and let me know He was still with me. It was almost uncanny how it worked and it brought me tremendous joy and hope. After a...

I recently had a severe breakdown. At the mental hospital htye told me that I was schizoaffective or schizophrenic, but my psychiatrist has diagnosed me bipolar after hearing more of my history. I also have religious OCD, which has been diagnosed as well. The problem, it seems, is not that I...

I was recently committed for a few day stay at a mental health facility. I finally snapped. The psychiatrists said they believe given my age and drug usage in my past that I am beginning to manifest the signs of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder that I have had lying dormant for a while...

So I got a concussion last night. The doctor didn't say how severe it was, but the scan showed no internal bleeding or life threatening complications, thank the Lord. I am now wondering if the concussion could make my OCD worse, or if it will cause some weird side effects relating to that. I...

Hi, I've been taking 40mg of prozac daily for my OCD, and while it has helped it has caused my to constantly wake up during the night, and gives me near panic attacks if I drink caffeine. My doctor is switching me to luvox, the transition takes 1 week. I take half my prozac in the morning, then...

I just thought I'd reccomend a book that has helped me immensely in my stuggle with OCD. The book is called "Eternal Security" and it is by Charles Stanley. It outlines what salvation really is and how we are secure no matter what in Jesus Christ, and how we are not going to lose our salvation...

My girlfriend and I have recently gotten in to a bit of...trouble. We both love the Lord very much, but we have gone over the line of what we both feel is acceptable behavior in this area several times, and it seems like every time is a little bit worse. I know that this is not something that...

My OCD hasn't been so bad lately. By that I mean that While I may have an intrusive thought every little while, I feel no fear anymore. This would seem great, but it's not. I now am sincerely doubting that I have or ever had OCD, just a really really evil mind. And now that I don't feel fear or...

For the last nine months I have been struggling spiritually. I feel like the floor just kind of dropped out from under me only a few months after coming to Christ, and I have been fighting guilt and fear over past and present sins ever since. I feel like I have a pretty solid theology, and I...

I'm not sure I can keep on going through this. When things were this bad in the past God gave me comfort and encouragement. That isn't happening. The obsessions haven't changed in months, and I don't think they're OCD anymore. I don't even know if my stuff ever was OCD or if I'm just that crappy...

I've come up against a problem that sounds really stupid, but is absolutely miserable. I've been worrying that life is too good. God chose to save me, He put me in a home with parents that loved me and are able to feed me and pay for my education, I have a job that I love, God has given me a...

I've lost most fear of intrusive thoughts. I just don't know that they're OCD anymore. The fear used to convince me it was OCD but now that most of the anxiety is gone I am unsure that the thoughts are OCD. I don't want to fight them but I'm afraid they'll take over my mind and my thniking if I...

Hi, I have been feeling really spiritually disconnected lately, and I'm struggling with some sins that I can't beat on my own. If any of you would pray that I can feel God's love in my life again and that He could send His spirit to help me beat these sins then it would be greatly appreciated...

So I feel like I'm ready to start taking back my mind, but I'm unsure how to do it. I feel like purposely thinking out my intrusive thoughts would be sinful, so do I just try not to resist any of the thoughts at all? Will these thoughts take over my mind if I do that?

I just don't get it. My belief is that salvation is independent of works, and that works are manifestations of God's Spirit. I have come to the conclusion that no matter how hard I try, I cannot be better, and that as long as I try to work things out myself I will constantly disappoint God and...

I found this today. It helped me a lot, hopefully it helps you. paul washer you are loved - YouTube