My husband is bipolar and is having a hard time with his assuance our pastor and i are doing everything we can think of to help him but since neather of us suffer with the illness we are unsure how to get through to him. i was wondering if anyone else out there had or has this problem of doubt and if they could give me advise on how to help him. as a side note we both belive strongly in the doctrines of grace so if you also hold to these truths it would help him to trust your judgment of his soul more. thank you for any help you can give.
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while i am not bi polar i do have ocd... and MANY<MANY ocd 'ers suffer from doubt or assurance of their salvation in fact ocd is called the doubting disease... so yes i can identify with your husband on that level...
it is something you just have to finally give to GOD... i know thats super hard but really you have to learn to live with some uncertainties and realize its NOT you but its your disorder making you think those thoughts....
you must learn to go on what the bible says REGARDLESS of your feelings...
i was raised christian and have still fought the assurance thing all my life not realizing it was a part of ocd....
OUR LORD KNOWS our disorders and i believe that if i really believe what the bible says, then i am safe in HIS arms even if i dont feel it....
sometime several times a day i just tell the LOrd how i am feeling... then hand it over to HIM and go about my day.... HE KNOWS MY HEART AND KNOWS HOW DESPERATELY I WANT TO BE SURE AND NOT DOUBT....and since HE made me.... HE already KNEW i was going to go thru this....and i MUST TRUST HIM anyways.....
if you want.. check out the obssesive compulsive disorder forum.. you will find many like him whom have this fear....
he is deffinetly not alone..
p.j.
it is something you just have to finally give to GOD... i know thats super hard but really you have to learn to live with some uncertainties and realize its NOT you but its your disorder making you think those thoughts....
you must learn to go on what the bible says REGARDLESS of your feelings...
i was raised christian and have still fought the assurance thing all my life not realizing it was a part of ocd....
OUR LORD KNOWS our disorders and i believe that if i really believe what the bible says, then i am safe in HIS arms even if i dont feel it....
sometime several times a day i just tell the LOrd how i am feeling... then hand it over to HIM and go about my day.... HE KNOWS MY HEART AND KNOWS HOW DESPERATELY I WANT TO BE SURE AND NOT DOUBT....and since HE made me.... HE already KNEW i was going to go thru this....and i MUST TRUST HIM anyways.....
if you want.. check out the obssesive compulsive disorder forum.. you will find many like him whom have this fear....
he is deffinetly not alone..
p.j.
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I found the safest way to deal with doubt and times of unbelief is to let it come out during meditation hour - no matter how doubting or unbelieving you become - this way Jesus can make room for faith to live there instead - this process is very painful and very humbling - a bit like a rotten tooth being pulled out, but relief from pain comes afterwards and only the scars remain.
For years I fought my doubts and fears, always trying to suppress them. It wasn't till I exposed them in my mediation hour, that Jesus showed me the way out - drop doubt, unbelief and fear down that bottomless pit it creates in us.. and keep doing that no matter how hard such screams within! My doubt, unbelief and fear have completely perished - after I let it slide down that hole - and life has been much easier to breath after that!
Be of good courage, I was 46 before I learned to do it, suffering does make perfect, when we keep walking with Him, that's for sure!
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