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Losing my mind...
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Jesus, please forgive me, a sinner.
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Well, who knows! Evene the early Christians thought it would be soon for them but here we are 2,000 years later!
It is so easy to be pulled away from God in this day and age. So many temptations and distractions. I am sure these are the hardest times ever for that due to the world we live in.
As you know, in the Catholic Church we have Confession which i have said before, is such a wonderful scarament as time and again when i have gone to the priest afterwards when i emerge from the confessional its as if a massive weight has been lifted from your shoulders! Its and amazing feeling! People may frown at the Catholic way but waw! Jesus certainly works through the priest as far as i am concerned!
That's good to hear. And yeah...sometimes the temptations and distractions and fleshly desires are all overwhelming. To be completely honest...I'm actually battling with porn addiction as well. (part of where the self hatred comes from) Was too ashamed to say anything in the beginning but hey...admitting to a problem is the first step right? :/
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thanks! okay, let's chat.Hi Samantha
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I kept on reading it online as sleep paralysis. It feels like someone is choking you or sitting on your chest so you feel like you can't breathe, you also can't move or scream yet you are aware that you're awake. As for the feeling of an evil presence, all I felt while experiencing all those other things is something is really trying to hurt you and HATES you.
By the way "Far Side Of The Moon", we just have to keep on trusting in the Lord and be strong...even though I just felt like it was easier saying to you than believing it myself
I used to get that all the time, (isn't it good to know evil hates us though, ) but no it is no fun at all to have to go through that. I used to get eyes looking at me, my hairs on my arms and neck would stand straight on end. I used to think that they reckon I'm schizo-effective so I suppose that's what you get then, but now I know that the truth of Jesus set us free, from the wicked all around us.
The problem is we are often spiritually in the wrong place. Life has handed us wrong and now the wrongs within are festering and need to be removed from within us to set us free from its terrible power to lie to us and to hurt us. For me it was the aftermath of a very traumatic event as a kid, and my often direction less upbringing because my mum was to sick to look after us and dad was always working to keep our family of seven kids afloat financially, that brought me so an influx of wrong that I went down under with it.
Jesus' loving truth sets us free though. To let ourself be guarded by the truth of His word. For The Word will expose the wicked hurting us and then give you the power to first resist them, and later overcame them, no matter how strong they now are. Their lies will not hold.
To know that Jesus is stronger than these forces all around and has overcome all of them is the truth we need to believe to survive the wicked attacking and to stop believing anything they might convey to our heart and mind.
I do still get anxiety, though I rarely wake up in fear now. I know that I'm safe with Jesus and that the lies anxiety fires at my heart and mind are not true and will stop pestering me if I learn not to be scared of such situations anymore but find comfort and safety in the loving truth of Christ, an on going process I believe.
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i'm not so sure! he he. yeee, you're online too!Do you have any idea how to send direct private messages?
Thank you brother
I hope you have been set free from the wrongs festering within you. I'm still getting there I guess. I remember being afraid to sleep in my room or sleep in general but I'm not bothered anymore. And as for your upbringing...I'm glad you have not let that define who you are and lead You astray from Him.
Hi. Yes I'm online and probably took a long time to reply because I was intrigued by a friendly debate of another topic which actually left me questioning something more but...at least I'm motivated to read the Word more. Hope you are doing goodi'm not so sure! he he. yeee, you're online too!
Thanks Noxot. I actually tried that yesterday but the site said I was not permitted to do that action...and of course when someone else says it, it works
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