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[Victor Kifyak]

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[HTacianas]

This is kind of hard to explain. Many people have not understood what I'm asking about in the past. But I'll try to explain it better here. So, sometimes I have really bad and quick thoughts in my head. They are involuntary thoughts, and I they started happening a while ago. They are very bad thoughts, and I take them back immediately after I think them, but I still feel horrible about having thought them. But I can't stop them. Now, my question isn't how to stop them or who I should go see about this issue. Too many people on previous posts have just ignored the actual question of the post and talked about what I should do about these thoughts, and those comments are nice, but I need this question answered first. So, anyway, sometimes I "ask" for horrible things to happen or for good things not to happen in these quick and bad thoughts. I say "ask" in quotes because I think them quickly in my head in the same way I think the bad thoughts. They're quick, uncontrollable thoughts that I take back immediately but still feel horrible about. So my question is, does God listen to things we ask for but don't want? As in, requests you think of in your head in a quick moment but didn't really mean and immediately take back. Will He listen to those? And what if I thought a thought like that during a prayer? Will He listen to that?

I don't know that some errant thought is enough to "start anything". Imagine if every passing angry thought we have becomes a prayer. We would really be in trouble. And if they were, we would have no chance to repent of a bad thought.

 

[eleos1954]

This is kind of hard to explain. Many people have not understood what I'm asking about in the past. But I'll try to explain it better here. So, sometimes I have really bad and quick thoughts in my head. They are involuntary thoughts, and I they started happening a while ago. They are very bad thoughts, and I take them back immediately after I think them, but I still feel horrible about having thought them. But I can't stop them. Now, my question isn't how to stop them or who I should go see about this issue. Too many people on previous posts have just ignored the actual question of the post and talked about what I should do about these thoughts, and those comments are nice, but I need this question answered first. So, anyway, sometimes I "ask" for horrible things to happen or for good things not to happen in these quick and bad thoughts. I say "ask" in quotes because I think them quickly in my head in the same way I think the bad thoughts. They're quick, uncontrollable thoughts that I take back immediately but still feel horrible about. So my question is, does God listen to things we ask for but don't want? As in, requests you think of in your head in a quick moment but didn't really mean and immediately take back. Will He listen to those?

As far as prayer goes ...

Romans 8

26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words. 27 And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

As far as bad random thoughts go ...

The bad ones are not of God. Away from me Satan!

O Lord my God, be not far from me. O my God, hasten to help me, for varied thoughts and great fears have risen up within me, afflicting my soul. Let my mind be on You and only you. Amen.

God Bless.

 

[Danielwright2311]

This is kind of hard to explain. Many people have not understood what I'm asking about in the past. But I'll try to explain it better here. So, sometimes I have really bad and quick thoughts in my head. They are involuntary thoughts, and I they started happening a while ago. They are very bad thoughts, and I take them back immediately after I think them, but I still feel horrible about having thought them. But I can't stop them. Now, my question isn't how to stop them or who I should go see about this issue. Too many people on previous posts have just ignored the actual question of the post and talked about what I should do about these thoughts, and those comments are nice, but I need this question answered first. So, anyway, sometimes I "ask" for horrible things to happen or for good things not to happen in these quick and bad thoughts. I say "ask" in quotes because I think them quickly in my head in the same way I think the bad thoughts. They're quick, uncontrollable thoughts that I take back immediately but still feel horrible about. So my question is, does God listen to things we ask for but don't want? As in, requests you think of in your head in a quick moment but didn't really mean and immediately take back. Will He listen to those? And what if I thought a thought like that during a prayer? Will He listen to that?

God knows all things, all your thoughts are written down , but not all your thoughts are your alone.

Your mind is a transmitter, and it transmits information from electricity that pushes the information through your brain.

A lot of your thoughts could be transmissions from other information thats not from you.

All in all its not the thought that makes you sin, its the action you take and how you fell about the thoughts.

If I forced you to think about something sin filled, you are not at fault, I would be.

You are dismissing the thoughts as they come, so what matters is what is in your heart.

That is why God judges from the heart because we all are subject to bad thoughts. But its not the thought that makes us who we are, its the felling you get when you have the thought that makes you who you are.

 

[SkyWriting]

This is kind of hard to explain. Many people have not understood what I'm asking about in the past. But I'll try to explain it better here. So, sometimes I have really bad and quick thoughts in my head. They are involuntary thoughts, and I they started happening a while ago. They are very bad thoughts, and I take them back immediately after I think them, but I still feel horrible about having thought them. But I can't stop them. Now, my question isn't how to stop them or who I should go see about this issue. Too many people on previous posts have just ignored the actual question of the post and talked about what I should do about these thoughts, and those comments are nice, but I need this question answered first. So, anyway, sometimes I "ask" for horrible things to happen or for good things not to happen in these quick and bad thoughts. I say "ask" in quotes because I think them quickly in my head in the same way I think the bad thoughts. They're quick, uncontrollable thoughts that I take back immediately but still feel horrible about. So my question is, does God listen to things we ask for but don't want? As in, requests you think of in your head in a quick moment but didn't really mean and immediately take back. Will He listen to those? And what if I thought a thought like that during a prayer? Will He listen to that?

God listened to every prayer you have or will offer to Him.
Then He thought it through and formed His perfect response.
Then he created the Cosmos around His plan.
Your task, is to believe He has your best interests at heart for His children.
God remembers what you will do in the future.

 

[bekkilyn]

God doesn't go out of his way to try to "trick" you or catch you in some compromising thought. If he does provide you with something you don't want, it is for a good purpose (which may be unknown to you) and not because he is attempting some sort of "ah hah!" moment with you.

He will hear the things that you say and think, but he also knows your heart, so if they are things that you genuinely don't mean, he already knows it. Of course, acknowledging and confessing sinful thoughts will help draw you closer to him, and it also would be beneficial to ask the Holy Spirit to help guide your thoughts so that with his help, you can replace the bad with the good.

 

[FIRESTORM314]

This is kind of hard to explain. Many people have not understood what I'm asking about in the past. But I'll try to explain it better here. So, sometimes I have really bad and quick thoughts in my head. They are involuntary thoughts, and I they started happening a while ago. They are very bad thoughts, and I take them back immediately after I think them, but I still feel horrible about having thought them. But I can't stop them. Now, my question isn't how to stop them or who I should go see about this issue. Too many people on previous posts have just ignored the actual question of the post and talked about what I should do about these thoughts, and those comments are nice, but I need this question answered first. So, anyway, sometimes I "ask" for horrible things to happen or for good things not to happen in these quick and bad thoughts. I say "ask" in quotes because I think them quickly in my head in the same way I think the bad thoughts. They're quick, uncontrollable thoughts that I take back immediately but still feel horrible about. So my question is, does God listen to things we ask for but don't want? As in, requests you think of in your head in a quick moment but didn't really mean and immediately take back. Will He listen to those? And what if I thought a thought like that during a prayer? Will He listen to that?

I'd normally say don't worry about it UNLESS your erratic thoughts are the result of an unhealthy lifestyle such as drinking, taking drugs, too much coffee, late nights and endless hours of computer use. Then I suspect the Lord would expect you to deal with those things that are causing you the problems. In this case it would be repent of you drink, drugs and clean yourself up.

If the thoughts are a mental health condition or some other cognitive disorder then I very much doubt you'd be seen as sinning. In this case you wouldn't be able to control it so couldn't really be held responsible for it. Would God - hold you to a promise you made when your mind is out of control - No - It is with our hearts we believe and are saved and it is prayers from the heart that move him - not some impulsive thought.

 

[FIRESTORM314]

I'd normally say don't worry about it UNLESS your erratic thoughts are the result of an unhealthy lifestyle such as drinking, taking drugs, too much coffee, late nights and endless hours of computer use. Then I suspect the Lord would expect you to deal with those things that are causing you the problems. In this case it would be repent of you drink, drugs and clean yourself up.

If the thoughts are a mental health condition or some other cognitive disorder then I very much doubt you'd be seen as sinning. In this case you wouldn't be able to control it so couldn't really be held responsible for it. Would God - hold you to a promise you made when your mind is out of control - No - It is with our hearts we believe and are saved and it is prayers from the heart that move him - not some impulsive thought.

I'd also add that my opinion is that God gives us some privacy in our thoughts. I very much doubt he is listening to everything we think.