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losing hope with these thoughts..

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My thoughts that i try to block out are getting worse and worse.. constantly thinking bad thoughts about the Holy Spirit.. even to where whenever i think of the words Holy Spirit i automatically think of words like demon and satan.. also i start to think "God i will never blaspheme your Holy Spirit" but i end up thinking evil spirit instead. Then i get afraid that i actually do believe these things about the Holy Spirit and then i'm like tempted to think things like "well what if he is" and just stuff like that when i know he's not.. but i say to myself i that i know hes not.. and i feel like i do feel this way or even antagonistic toward the Holy Spirit when i dont want to and i'm afraid i committed it with my heart.. i dont know if i'm just fed up with these thoughts or something else.. HELP ME!! i'm losing it, the other day when i woke up i don't think i was fully conscious but my mind was thinking full blasphemous thought after blasphemous thought about the Holy Spirit and i tried to ignore them like people say to do and they eventually went down but i just cant help but keep thinking about thinking these thoughts..
 

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hi blameless, i went through all that you mentioned above and trust me, nothing surprises God. His grace is sufficient for any possible situation you can find yourself in. The bible say, all things works together for good to those who love God. That includes what you are going through, when i was in those moments it was hard to see that what i was going through was part of those things that could turn for good but now i can see. I encourage you to ignore those thoughts and just labell them ocd. Send me an email ön mmutsakama@gmail.com and i will send you an ebook that helped me during that time. That book is a must read to all who are going through what you are going through
 
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Dude, CALM DOWN. The mere fact that you’re afraid that you meant those thoughts is undeniable proof that you did NOT. I’ve had those same kind of “Freudian slip” thoughts, where I thought the exact thing that I did NOT want to think, and those minutes where you’re not fully awake in the morning are undeniably the worst times to get intrusive thoughts. I know from experience. The harder you try to get rid of the thoughts, the more they’ll try to shove themselves in your head. Are you taking any meds or vitamins to try to curb the symptoms?


Aster.
 
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Blameless, you sound just like me. The thinking patterns you have are so like the ones I have had. Never would I ever thought someone was going through this...and that's what the enemy wants you to think that you are all alone..but you are not. No matter what we say , you will probably worry. I worried...worried....Man, what a cup of coffee we would have if would compare thought patterns. Hang in there bud.
 
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A book that might help you is eternal security by charles stanley. it helped me quite a bit in my struggle with the unforgiveable sin. God won't hold you accountable for thoughts you can't control and His grace really is enough to pull you through this
 
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