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[childeye 2]

Thanks, that's reassuring. And of I course I like myself in some way. The things I said I ask for are the exact same as the other sinful thoughts that I talked about in the original post. They just come into my head quickly, and I can't control them.

I pray that your battle goes well, and I think that it will if you remain thankful for the least of things.

I have my own battle too. I can't stop the bad thoughts from coming, but I have learned to not let them out of my mouth. I fight with them in my head using arguments that expose them as lies. The truth I use to fight them with is love others as I would want to be loved. When I show the adversary in my head that he is wrong because his spirit does not serve that truth, he is brought into silence about whatever particular topic. But that doesn't mean he won't be back trying to get me to believe a new lie posing as the truth. I often think about how Paul was given a messenger of Satan and I think I have the same thing.