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Hi just wanted to say this week has been extreamly difficult but wanted to tell you I come back to your encouraging message and that really helps. It's such a blessing to have this type of wonderful encouragement seriously. THANK YOU. Wishing you and your family a happy 4th of July. May God bless
 
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Just wanted to say thanks for your encouraging words. It's great knowing that their are some awesome prayer warriors and kind hearts out there to lift a fellow sister out. Have a happy 4th of July you and your family. May God bless 0
 
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Just wanted to say thank you so much for the awesome words of encouragement and tips regarding my situation. It's been a really difficult week but I'm doing what I can to go forward. Anyway have a happy 4th if July you and your family.
 
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I feel like I'm the only one....and now I don't say anything to anyone...just suffer along in silence...I would give ANYTHING...to have pretty much any other trial thrown at me....I honestly cannot think of anything worse than this...

And indeed there is nothing worse, you poor soul. I'm willing to bet other people who have gone through this trial would have said the same thing when they were experiencing it. You aren't alone. (In fact, I can tell you right now I specifically experienced one of the problems you mentioned in your opening post, too - to where Satan's name would automatically replace God or Jesus in a positive thought that I would try to have towards Him, thus making the thought evil in some way. And of course, at the time, it freaked me right the hell out, pardon the expression.) God loves you, even if He's allowing you to go through this right incredibly horrific time right now. It was the worst thing in the world to me, too, but if He led me through it at last, with a much stronger faith than ever before (and, yes, a casting off of what is likely a very erroneous view of hell), then surely He will bring you through it, too. Just know that others have gone through it and made it out just fine, and hopefully you will find soon your problems are little more than a trick of the mind, exacerbated by fear of losing God and going to hell, fears which may very well have not even been necessary in the first place.
 
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I hMedelia you poor thing, my heart goes out to you, you must be in such turmoil.

Firstly I will say please don't feel guilty for having bad thoughts, we do not have complete control over our thoughts and from personal experience trying to control your thoughts is a road to horrible distress and suffering. My biggest piece of advice is don't try to fight your thoughts. You will lose and suffer in the process. There is a much better way to approach it and that is to accept these thoughts occur, but to not let them control your life. I used to be consumed with anxiety about various thing and bad thoughts, it was only once I accepted the thoughts and stopped fighting them that I was able to relax and peacefully choose to not act upon them. It is difficult, but eventually I found that once I had relaxed and stopped fighting them, I realised the thoughts no longer had much control over me and they gradually went away. We think of fighting evil in terms of swords and battles, but evil can be defeated by simply standing still with faith Jesus has protected us from it.

And you are already winning the fight, you are still here, still seeking God, just because the battle isn't over doesn't mean you have failed.

The word Peace often appears in the Bible and I think it is such an important concept especially for you. Jesus brings us peace because we can trust him. When we worry about anything, whether it be our sins or even mundane everyday life things, we can remember that ultimately if we place our faith in God he will keep us safe. God does not want us to live in fear and terror of the consequences of our sins, he wants us to live in peace of mind with complete faith in Jesus sacrifice on our behalf.

John 16:33 - These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

1 Peter 5:7 - Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

Do not feel ashamed to go to church, you are no worse than anyone else there, they are all sinners coming to God asking forgiveness. I would say it may be worth talking to a vicar about your struggles, I think if someone could properly explain the concept of peace that we have in Jesus to you (better than me) it would help you a lot. Or if you prefer something more anonymous, you could even find a Catholic church and go to confession, you don't need to be a Catholic to go just say you are a Christian and in need of support and forgiveness, the priest will welcome you with open arms and convey God's forgiveness.

You don't earn forgiveness, you don't earn God's love, you could lead a life of incredible generosity and selflessness and not be saved, because you reject Jesus. Conversely a murderer can live a life of evil, but be saved if he repents and puts his faith in God. Having bad thoughts doesn't make you any less of a Christian, or any less worthy of God's salvation. Salvation is a gift from God that is free, not earned, all we need to do is accept it. I hope this can bring you some peace of mind.
 
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It sounds like OCD. And, yes, it is clung to by demons, as are other mental afflictions.

Instead of trying to become more holy (because you are already holy in Christ), pray that your OCD is healed. And that He sends someone to help you heal it.

~Selah <3
 
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Hi Medelia.
I have just now this minute managed to become a member of this forum.
I have been wanting to write you, since the first time I read your messages, but it was difficult to enter this forum. But I found out, that @ has to be written another way than usually. (So I had to press ALT and type 6 and 4 in the num.pad.)
Well, now I am here. And I want to say, that I know how terrifying it is with these thoughts ! I have been suffering for so many periods ever since I was 22. Now I am 47. Words can't explain how the devil can torture a mind. It really is horrible, as you say. I have been scared of blasphemous thoughts, scared that I should cause God to die (this one went on for a long time), scared that because of "thinking and feeling a scary feeling" when I was thinking at the cross with Jesus, then the work at Calvery maybe was destroyed. So terrible ! Another thing that can be a torment is, that when I want God so much, then suddenly I feel like I don't want him. And that's the most terrible thing. It feels so scary real, like it really IS me, who don't want him. When I have overcome the thought of not wanting him, then I think...Oh God I want you so much and your help! The next thought...What if I don't want his help ?!? Only people with OCD can understand how dreadful this is !! And I feel so lost ! What is me and what is OCD? So sometimes I can not even read in there, about how people longs for help, without my longing for help can be desturbed by thoughts: What if I do not want God's help !! I do not understand A THING about it. So I don't know, if I am the only one, who goes "that far out"? I HATE IT FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART ! BECAUSE I REALLY WANT GOD AND HIS HELP SO MUCH !! Please write, if you have any comments.
 
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Who from this post has gotten through to the other side of this struggle? I just recently started having this same issue and feel like im lost. I am paralyzed by fear and torment. Can anyone tell me how they got through it? I see more cries for help than success stories.
 
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This is a struggle that you will have to work through with God. The other day someone was praying for me and I got a vision of a white cross on my back and it made me think that this is my cross to carry. It is up to God to keep you if you are His child. Be open with Him about your struggles. All you can do is what you can do. Cut out sin from your life... Go to church for encouragement, and wait on the Lord for deliverance. Also, reading through the Psalms helps.
 
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I know exactly how you feel I struggle daily with this and it destroys the quality of my like, when I read your post it felt like I wrote it!

It is a very difficult issue to treat, yes, Lindsey. And it really does make daily life miserable, I know. I pray that you will eventually make it through as I once did, as well.
 
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Unfortunately unwanted thoughts even those of a blasphemous nature are quite common and typical of OCD sufferers. I dealt with them for years and years, it has gotten better, while my never ending showering has gotten so much worse. Some days I take 6 a day.
 
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I ask your permission to join this discussion even though I am not a Christian, I am a Jew. I want to help as many people as I can, whatever their faith, to overcome this problem of blasphemous thoughts. I suffered from them much of my life, and now have found much peace, thank the Lord. Please excuse me if I may be repeating some ideas already brought up by other participants.

These blasphemous thoughts are very disturbing to those of us who are religious because we view them as though they are real, and as something we created, and they are insulting to G-d. Yet we can approach or view the evil in our thoughts as no different from the evil we see outside of ourselves in the world. There is no denying there is evil, filth, and sin in the world around us, but it does not make us sinful, unless we chose to accept it. As religious, and G-d fearing people when we see evil and the potential for sin, we turn away from it and decide not to accept it, and we reject it as best we can. We don’t identify with the evil out there; we don’t see it as part of ourselves. We can take the same approach toward our internal world, in our minds. Unwanted, horrible thoughts can intrude into our minds, set off perhaps by certain conditioned cues, whether we think they are coming from our unconscious mind, our evil inclination, or from Satan. The key is we don’t have to believe or accept them. We need only acknowledge their falsehood, reject them and not identify with them.

I find it helpful now to distinguish between thinking something and believing it. What I noticed within me, with my OCD tendencies and my sometimes confused state of mind, was that thinking something was often confused with believing it was real. I learned that the important thing is what I do with a blasphemous thought. If such a thought intrudes into my awareness, I can see it for what it is - an evil, filth, a distortion, etc.., the same as when I might see something evil with my eyes that is out there, in the external world around me. I see it and may say that’s terrible, but I don’t accept it. When seeing something out there that I consider bad I certainly don’t dwell on it and focus my attention on it. No, I see it for what it is and reject it and move on. It is the same if we see something in our minds with our internal eyes. If we see an image or have a thought, it does not mean we have to believe it or accept it. We recognize that it is false. For example, I may have an image of G-d come to my mind which is very base. I make the clear distinction, and say no that’s not G-d, and may call it or say that it is whatever that image may appear to be instead of G-d, maybe a human image, maybe Satan, maybe even myself. We know that G-d is absolute perfection, absolute purity and absolute good, and if any of our distorted thoughts presents Him in any other way we can immediately realize that it is an absolute falsehood and need not believe or accept it. It helps to make a clear and absolute distinction, i.e., this thought is evil and the opposite of the truth, and is certainly the complete opposite of and has nothing to do with the Almighty. When a horrible thought comes to my mind I sometimes just silently say, “I declare that this a falsehood, I do not believe it, I will turn my attention now away from this evil and toward the true and only, absolutely pure and perfect Lord, and offer praise and prayer to Him.” I do not only declare it, I do it, I open my eyes and turn my head up, look up toward heaven and pray and praise Him. Turning away from our distorted thoughts or images, we can pray to the true and only G-d, and accept his infinite mercy and love.

I turn from the negativity of my thoughts to the joyful, positive praising of the Lord. Staying in a rejected negative, down or depressed feeling state only invites evil and sinful thoughts. So it is our obligation to not stay feeling dejected and down, but rather to turn to and praise G-d joyfully. Also, we know that G-d is not petty and vindictive. His compassion and love is not small and limited like that of humans, it is unlimited, boundless and infinite. He understands our minds and thoughts, better than we ourselves ever can, and looks into our hearts for what we truly believe and accept. He knows us, accepts us and loves us.

“When my anxious thoughts multiply within me, Your consolations delight my soul” (Psalm 94:19).
 
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Just reading through all the replies and already it amazes me to see how many of us have went through or is going through the same thing. Funny to say I thought I was the only one and have also been suffering in silence for quite some time now(couple of months). I am a born again Christian and I did not understand why such blasphemous thoughts could come into my mind.. it all started when I decided to really follow Christ on the narrow path and get rid of all my ungodly friends and motives and sin, my desire was to live to declare the glory of God sincerely.. then one day in a conversation I was having with my mum we were just talking about sin and how there is one sin to offend the Holy Spirit could not be forgiven.. then all of a sudden huge fear came upon me.. I was afraid of how easy it was to offend God .. and I wish that conversation never came up cuz now I kept thinking of things not to do.. but those things were continuously in my head now that I thought of them and they continued to get worse and worse.. I couldn't believe it, I thought my salvation has ultimately been destroyed, I would cry day and night thinking how wicked I've become and that God could never love me again, I felt disqualified for every good work and unworthy to tell others about Jesus when I myself was having such blasphemous thoughts.. some of the thoughts I don't even want to name them.. it got so bad to the point where I thought this is it, I should probably kill myself.. I didn't see the point in living just to wake up and think blasphemous again it was just horrible.. I thought it would be better to die than to live to 'sin' over and over , the guilt was killing me and I was scared to read the Bible for encouragement lest I just be condemned.. but at the moment I am getting bett day by day, God has made known to me the riches of His grace and gave me an understanding to know that this was all just an attack from the enemy cuz in my heart I genuinely HATE those evil thoughts .. I will rest in Hope and in His Grace from now on and continue fighting my way through in this journey with the power and strength of the Lord Jesus Christ who promises to never abandon us , I pray that everyone else who is facing this trial will overcome by the power and strength of the Lord. Amen
 
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So How are you doing so far? I have been going through this for like almost 4 months now. And man has it been a battle. So crazy how this can happen.... I Love the Lord Jesus Christ with all.my heart. Its so difficult to have to deal with. By the grace of God i have been able to get back in the word of God, but its the most scary thing ever. No Born again Jesus Loving God fearing Christian would ever want to think or even imagine what the enemy can throw into your mind its really sad and i Pray to the dear Lord for grace and strength each day.
 
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