I messed up

[woodpecker]

I not to fond on the whole wording of OCD, but I did suffer from anxiety and fear where I constantly had to resist unwanted thoughts and so on. It lasted about 4 months last year all because I have stumble and fall. I can relate to Hermit7 because I've been there myself. What made me change my life around was the bible. I left behind all the false teachings that I thought were true and have put my full trust in the bible, and that is why today I am a firm believer. My faith is what got me to overcome.

I stop doubting on myself and I told myself that I won't give up. Being a Christian is all about pleasing God. We have to die to our flesh everyday, that is why Christ said pick up your cross and follow me.
We must give up our fleshly desires, we just got to.

your replies are not encouraging but self righteous.

OCD is not the same as anxiety, it is a real illness, a real disease. The brain can be sick just like any other organ in the body.

Medication saved my life, therapy taught me ways to deal with OCD, and God gave me hope and grace to endure.

please do not reply to something you truly do not understand, would you go to diabetes forum and just give them scripture and tell them you do not need meds, just pray it away with positive thinking?

 

[gracealone]

Thank you!! Finally someone gets to the point of Hermit's question which is a question on how to handle the symptoms of his disorder.
Well said.
Mitzi

First of all, I'm fairly sure the Hermit7 is a 'he,' given the male icon.

Read the subforum that you're in.

If simply realising that you're in the "Obsessive Compulsive Disorder" subforum doesn't help you understand, let me spell it out for you: Hermit7 has OCD. He has stumbled into sin that involves written word, and as a result, because of his condition, he feels that writing will make him lose his salvation. This is a mental health issue.

 

[gracealone]

"A word from the Word" "Be careful, in thinking that you are standing that you don't fall." We over come in the strength of Christ and His grace alone not because of any superior ability or confidence that we have within ourselves. I do not trust in myself at all - I trust wholly and only in the grace and mercy of Christ which He demonstrated to me by His dying on the cross.
We must be careful to assume nothing about one another's spiritual condition.
Mitzi

Well I use to suffer the same effect as him in the past, but look at me now, I no longer struggle because I told myself that I can overcome, and that is what I did. He needs to possess that same attitude too. By doing so, he needs to trust in God and trust in himself. That is what faith is all about. That is what I want him to do as a Christian. I see that you are also a Christian, so I'm hoping you might agree to my saying.

 

[gracealone]

I agree with you and am glad for your boldness in saying this. What OCD should do is to make us more empathetic toward others suffering.
It's wonderful to get a reprieve from our disorder but at the same time it's all too easy to pat ourselves on the back for that and to think we've got it all figured out and that we'll never, ever be so afflicted again. I say this because that's what I used to think until OCD came back into my life like some kind of hungry monster that had rested up and gained strength only to be able to attack me even more viciously than it had before.
What we need, is to be able to rely on God's grace and sufficiency in the midst of our weaknesses and afflictions and to trust that any type affliction that God has allowed in our lives can be turned into reasons to rely even more heavily on His strength rather than our own. Paul learned that about His thorn and we can learn it too. Without my OCD I doubt very seriously that I would have sought God as fervently as I have. This is because it's too easy to take Him for granted and to rely on our own strength when life is going fairly smooth. But when we're in the pit we've no other place to look except up. So I'm thankful to God for teaching me to look up through the afflicition of my OCD. Satan may have meant it for evil but God has used it for good.
Mitzi

your replies are not encouraging but self righteous.

OCD is not the same as anxiety, it is a real illness, a real disease. The brain can be sick just like any other organ in the body.

Medication saved my life, therapy taught me ways to deal with OCD, and God gave me hope and grace to endure.

please do not reply to something you truly do not understand, would you go to diabetes forum and just give them scripture and tell them you do not need meds, just pray it away with positive thinking?

 

[4Love4ever]

You Confessed and asked for forgiveness so please forgive yourself The lord wants you to do this. He has already forgiven you

18 No fear exists where his love is. Rather, perfect love gets rid of fear, because fear involves punishment. The person who lives in fear doesn't have perfect love. 19 We love because God loved us first.

We All Sin And We are All Forgiven if we repent and ask the Lord he already paid the price Because he Loves us! Love God, Forgive yourself forgive others Love yourself Love others That's all he asks of us. I will pray for you as well

 

[gracealone]

Hi Hermit,
OCD can certainly attach itself to the sins of our past or present. While it is important for you to ask God to help you to have victory in not looking at any kind of pornographic material, the fact that you did has nothing to do with whether not you are still saved. If you find that you are addicted to porn then you would definitely need to seek professional help for that but only you know if this is a real issue with you or not.
As to the magical thinking of your OCD in suggesting that if you "write things" you are somehow sealing your doom, you should know by now that this is not a legitmate or valid thought. It's just the OCD trying to shove you around. If you refuse to write things you will be validating the idea that you can actually give away your salvation by an act of sin prompted by your sin nature. If our salvation depended upon our living a sinless life we'd all be doomed. Thus the cross. Salvation and sanctification are seperate issues but OCD loves to take these very real instances of sinful behavior and throw them in our face as some kind of dire sign or evidence that we're doomed to hell. That's how it makes you feel.. right?
So don't give in to the bully. Go ahead and write things even while the OCD is making you feel that to do so would be very wrong. Don't validate those fears by giving in to them.
Praying for you.
Mitzi

Greetings,

I stumbled into sin and because of it, I'm now afraid to write things (besides this forum and email).

I sinned in pornography. And while I was engaging, I'm afraid that I either gave away my salvation or I proved that I might not be saved to begin with, if I wrote anything.

I confessed my sin to God and asked for His forgiveness.

I've accepted Christ as Saviour and I believe He died for my sins.

But I just afraid.