Need prayers

[tripletiger1200]

I am having a very rough time. I just don't get grace. I know that you cannot earn it, nor can you ever do anything to earn it, and I know that I need to rely totally on God's grace, and not my own actions. The problem is that I just don't understand how to rely on Hid grace. I feel like I have to work to be in His grace, because if I do nothing and let my OCD run wild then I feel like I'm too far gone for grace. But the overwhelming message I've been hearing is just to let go and trust God. I don't know how to do this. I guess I just don't understand how to let Him reach me where I'm at, but I can't really get to anywhere else on my own. I don't feel like I can trust God, but it is my only option, so I'm just asking for prayer that He could work in me to make me trust Him enough to let go.

 

[raven1]

Praying for you. (hugs)

 

[Love_Jesus]

Praying for you. Put all your worrys at the foot of the cross.

 

[gracealone]

Hi TT.
I don't "get" God's grace either because there's really no way I can comprehend how or even why He would offer it up to me. He is full of grace when I am not. His thoughts are not my thoughts and His ways are not my ways. (That's a good thing.) The statement that "I have to work to be in His grace" is an oxymoron. But I'm pretty sure you know that already. This is just the OCD trying to get you to ruminate on the scary theme that "maybe, just maybe you haven't got it quite right yet." Not only do you have to let go and Trust God, you also have to let go of the questions by not attending to their theme's even though when you do that the OCD gives you a big surge of anxiety. When the anxiety comes on you think of it as an allergic reaction to the thoughts. If you keep on allowing the thoughts to be there without attending to them then eventually, over time, your brain will stop overreacting to them as you will have desensitized it to them. It's not just OK to let the OCD thoughts run wild without paying attention to them, it's actually the best thing you can do even though it feels wrong to do so. I did that and I'm not at all sorry I did. That is what eventually helped me to get better.
Praying for you.
Mitzi

I am having a very rough time. I just don't get grace. I know that you cannot earn it, nor can you ever do anything to earn it, and I know that I need to rely totally on God's grace, and not my own actions. The problem is that I just don't understand how to rely on Hid grace. I feel like I have to work to be in His grace, because if I do nothing and let my OCD run wild then I feel like I'm too far gone for grace. But the overwhelming message I've been hearing is just to let go and trust God. I don't know how to do this. I guess I just don't understand how to let Him reach me where I'm at, but I can't really get to anywhere else on my own. I don't feel like I can trust God, but it is my only option, so I'm just asking for prayer that He could work in me to make me trust Him enough to let go.

 

[Angel's Light]

Praying for you. May you find the peace you are seeking.