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vows

  1. K

    Rash foolish vows

    Hi everyone I'm new here. I'm asking for advice about vows. Some months ago I was in an emotional state and while praying I vowed to God that if he heals me from my various conditions I will renounce my parents, my house, videogames, anime and Japan. When I made them I wasn't fully aware on...
  2. Z

    Rash promises

    I need help in this cause i don't know what to do ,i want to repent and decide finally I have had this feeling of something's wrong and i'm lukewarm and wordly. Looking at other comments regarding similar topics, they suggest it's something like ocd, I know its something unimportant and all but...
  3. Christsfreeservant

    For All His Benefits to Us

    I Will Pay My Vows Psalms 116:12-14 ESV “What shall I render to the Lord for all his benefits to me? I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the Lord, I will pay my vows to the Lord in the presence of all his people.” Do you know that this is taught in the New...
  4. D

    Vows #4

    I've posted a few threads about my vow issues. I'm now better at understanding the patterns that I fall into. Here's a description of it: Obsession: I would get thoughts like "what if I vowed to do ...?", typically something quite significant, so vowing it away is quite stressful for me...
  5. D

    Rash vows

    Considering all the "fulfill your vows" and "swear to your own hurt" verses, how would one interpret Leviticus 5:4-6? What does "good or evil" mean here? Does it encompass every type of vow made in ignorance/haste? Does confessing the making of the rash vow as sin annull the vow?
  6. D

    OCD Vows

    Hi all, before I say anything about this new "episode" of OCD, perhaps I should clarify what happened prior to this. I've made a thread on this, but I'll summarise it anyway: I've been getting intrusive vow thoughts, mainly about celibacy and abstaining from marriage, which are things that I...
  7. D

    ANOTHER OCD THING OR DID I REALLY MEAN IT?

    This was my story less than a month ago. Anyway, if you read that story, you will know that I'm in a difficult spiritual warfare with OCD. However, last week was a rare moment when I got happy. THOUGH, IT BACKFIRED ON ME. I was in a happy state of mind, then suddenly the same thought of making...
  8. D

    OCD vows (lies) or my own mind?

    Hello everyone! First of all, I'm really thankful of the existence of this forum, I really need your opinion on this. I know this is not new, I've seen many people with the same problem on this forum, but I just can't seem to find comfort in the answers on someone else's thread. Anyway, I...
  9. A

    OCD/Vows as a child?

    Hello everyone. I was wondering about being bound to a rash vow/oath I made as a young girl. I should say that while I do not have medically diagnosed OCD, I have struggled with impulsive thoughts and suicidal thoughts ever since I was in the third grade, and many of my symptoms match that of an...
  10. M

    Vow Making/Punishments/Agreeing with Thoughts

    I've noticed a very specific pattern that my mind tends to follow: 1. Triggering Event: I do something that I feel guilty about. I have a thought that produces a sort of instantaneous vow to create a sort of 'barrier' to future sin, guilt, etc. Sometimes this vow 'feels' more conscious, i.e. I...
  11. K

    Blasphemy and vows dont read if you have ocd

    I have a serious problem. I have a combination of vows and blasphemy. I feel like i have blasphemed the Holy Spirit. My situation is so confusing that i dont even know how to explain it. Pretty much i am having ocd thoughts of "if i do this, then (blasphemy of the Holy Spirit)" its like a trap...
  12. S

    So tired of OCD

    So tired of OCD. Tired of not knowing if what i feel/hear is God or just my mental state. Afraid to burn, Afraid to live life. Can't move on, cant make decisions. Tired of the blasphemous thoughts, vows, counter vows, compulsive vows, fear Hearing people say its the devil, or its something...
  13. K

    Ocd related accidental vows

    Hi, I just wanted to know what other people thought about accidental or unintentional vows. I have OCD and i get a lot of vows tormenting my mind to give up hobbies that I enjoy. I still struggle with this but have gotten better at knowing that God knows my heart and that these are just...
  14. K

    OCD and Vows

    Hi, I've read a lot of the threads about ocd related vows to God and I have dealt with basically the same exact thing. I fear that I will or have made many vows, and most of them have to with "If this random event happens, then I promise to not do...(something that I really want to do). These...
  15. A

    Vows and OCD

    Long story short, I was struggling with OCD a while back, and engaging in some very legalistic thinking and behaviours. For example I thought that God wanted me to stay awake all night and agonize over my Bible, or else I would go to hell. A very rough time of my life, which has thankfully...
  16. Christsfreeservant

    Our Vows

    Tuesday, November 1, 2016, 9:00 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “Gift of God.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read Psalm 116 (ESV). Pleas for Mercy (vv. 1-4) I love the Lord, because he has heard my voice and my pleas for mercy. Because he inclined his ear to me...
  17. Christsfreeservant

    In the Day of Trouble

    Friday, October 14, 2016, 10:11 p.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “For Our Nation.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read Psalm 50:7-15, 23 (ESV). Is God Pleased? (vv. 7-13) “Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, I will testify against you. I am God, your God...
  18. tuliplane

    Which vow would God recognize?

    If someone makes a vow to God to do a certain thing, and then later rashly promises not to do it, which vow would be standing in God's eyes? They were both vows, but the vows contradict each other, so which one should the vower keep?
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