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I became saved properly in 2006, as a 24 year old who had previously lived a strict and legalistic, fire and brimstone upbringing as re: God. I have strugled since my salvation with a religious form of OCD, known as Scruplosity as well as some other mental health conditions relating to complex...

Yesterday, I had a discussion with @Ronit and she made a comment that sparked the idea for this thread. I'll share what she said below and invite you to consider how God has helped you overcome your stumbling blocks. You know Bella. 10 years ago what you said would have really offended me. But...

Romans 8:18-21 ESV “For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because...

So you may have read my last post about my ocd thoughts if I am dealing with homosexuality or not, and of course ocd makes everything feel real. I got tired of fearing be attracted to the same-sex, and of course I was never going to give in. I searched up some rather inappropriate images- to...

Your Reasonableness Philippians 4:4-5 ESV “Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand.” To rejoice in the Lord is to have joy, to have pleasure in him; to leap for joy in him, to delight in him, to be satisfied in...

I went through awful frequent periodic depression and oppression for 30+ years. I would cry out to the Lord, deliver me, help, save me from this over and over, but found no answer. This heaviness made me feel hopeless, fearful, and unable to escape. I didn’t understand what was happening to...

Since about March 28th, I’ve been having intrusive thoughts about someone. But those intrusive thoughts were all fears. “You’re worshipping them.” “You want to hurt them.” They’re your god.” “They’re gonna hurt you.” I don’t know what to do. I love this person, fellowship-wise, but I’ve never...

Please help someone. I cannot go on the way I am. I want to stop analyzing good things and saying it’s sinful. I don’t even know if it was or not. Please please read below: My intrusive thoughts have become worse day, by moment, by second. I’m questioning everything I ever knew. Was I really...

I overthink things so much, I don’t even want too. I’ve set up a certain pattern of my Prayers and I can’t say it any other way. I do say different prayers but I need to say a certain one three times a day (morning, noon and night.) i’m overthinking a forming friendship. “What if it was...

There was someone I was sure God was drawing me too. I asked for signs and there were signs. It brought me joy and I praised God because of the wonderful things I could see happening. We started becoming friends. I wanted to get his number so we could talk. Except i couldn’t because I never got...

I was praising God and then this thought came to my mind. “You weren’t really saying that about God, you were saying that about someone else.” I brushed it off and kept my Worship. Then it came back and started questioning if this thought was true. Then I started worrying about it. Now I’m...

Alright... where do I begin? Many years ago I was sexually abused. To cope with that I turned to inappropriate contentography. Since I was homeschooled, I barely left the house. I had all the more time to view it. I realized I couldn’t go on living the way I was anymore and I came to God. I became pure and clean...

The Cross disqualifies you from trying to keep yourself saved. If you come to this revelation, you will stop trying to do it. And let me show you how that "lamb's book of life" works out, so that you can get rid of lying commentaries and lying teachers..... When you are born, you are...

Demas was a born again Son of God, who became so under the Ministry of the Apostle Paul. Later, he backslid, left Paul, and the bible does not record what happened to him afterwards. Here is what happened... "when we were yet UNGODLY, Christ died for us..." "to You that WORKETH NOT< but...

- Probably the first tithe was given by : Gen 14:17-20: “at the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King's Valley), after his return from the defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him. Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; he was the priest of God Most High. And he...

Psalm 34:1-7 ESV “I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul makes its boast in the Lord; let the humble hear and be glad. Oh, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together! “I sought the Lord, and he answered me and...

I must admit I rather hoped my church, at least, would continue to operate in spite of everything, but the pastor announced, today, that we would have no services of any kind for at least the next two weeks. Other churches of the same denomination in this area have also closed. Oh, yeah, we...