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Can God forgive me of promises, vows, and Oaths that I regret making?

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If she forgives you and wants to pursue a future together, who am I to judge? I apologize. Please forgive me. And I agree with the other responders, God certainly forgives you. He's forgiven me of far worse. Cheers.
 
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I’ve made this decision as a Christian when I stopped talking to her and I regret it.
I do not get involved with a women I can not be friends with. Often we continue to be friends even if the relationship does not work out. Even in marriage, we are still friends. We are still brother sister in the lord. Even if the marriage is not working. I expect her to treat me at least as good as she would treat her brothers.
 
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Proverbs 6:1-5
"1My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor,
if you have shaken hands in pledge for a stranger,
2 you have been trapped by what you said,
ensnared by the words of your mouth.
3 So do this, my son, to free yourself,
since you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands:
Go—to the point of exhaustion—[a]
and give your neighbor no rest!
4 Allow no sleep to your eyes,
no slumber to your eyelids.
5 Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,
like a bird from the snare of the fowler."

If you have made a vow to God about this person and now regret it, then tell God you regret that vow and ask for forgiveness for praying against her. Praying against someone is not Godly and i do not believe that God answers prayers with mal-intent, in fact that actually is a negative thing that can if not careful attract other spirits, so if you pray against someone be very careful not to do so because God is good and will do what is good and also what is God's will. if you ask for something that is not God's will He will not do it, we do not decide what God does but God decides what He does. So ask for forgiveness for praying against her, tell Jesus and you will be forgiven for God will forgive us our sins that is a fact.

i want to add something though, be careful moving forward in marrying someone, this is a lifelong commitment. if you are not attracted to her now it may not be wise to move forward with her. She already knows you don't find her attractive, turn the tables if you were with a woman who did what you did to you, how would you feel? if she admitted she prayed against and did not feel attracted to you how would you feel being married to someone you knew felt that way about you? would you feel used?
 
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why did you feel the need to TELL her these things?
This is why the prisons are full of people. They feel guilty and want to confess. The police are trained and know exactly how to get that confession out of them also.
 
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This sounds sort of like OCD. Have you obsessed about other things in the past?
 
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For example, my dad wasn’t in favor of me speaking with a woman from Mexico.
I just had a situation like that with my son and a girl he was getting to know. I am not against him getting married to her, but I wanted him to know what he was getting himself into and if that was ok with him then it was ok with me. As it turns out it was not ok with him and it was not what he was looking for in a marriage.
 
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