Please Pray for Me

[Shawb]

Hello All

I’ve been having a really rough time with my thoughts. They keep telling me to do things I don’t want to do, that every time I pray it says that God isn’t listening, or saying blasphemous things like God isn’t there. Though I combat these thoughts and they typically subside by telling them truth. But sometimes I feel that the thoughts are going to get to me or convince me of things that are not true. Sometimes the thoughts make me feel inauthentic as a Christian. May I please ask for prayer from you?

 

[Tigger45]

May Truth be the sustainer of your faith

 

[Not me]

Hello All

I’ve been having a really rough time with my thoughts. They keep telling me to do things I don’t want to do, that every time I pray it says that God isn’t listening, or saying blasphemous things like God isn’t there. Though I combat these thoughts and they typically subside by telling them truth. But sometimes I feel that the thoughts are going to get to me or convince me of things that are not true. Sometimes the thoughts make me feel inauthentic as a Christian. May I please ask for prayer from you?

Just so you know this is part of everyone’s growth in Christ. Continue to feed your personal relationship with Christ and when you come out of the valley you will be amazed at how much growth has happened. Just remember to maintain your faith till the day dawns and the day spring rises in your heart and you see like you’ve never seen before. Which will happen in Gods time, till than were told to “fight the good fight”

Yours in Christ, Not me

 

[brinny]

Hi shawb, praying for you (((Hug)))

 

[dreadnought]

Hello All

I’ve been having a really rough time with my thoughts. They keep telling me to do things I don’t want to do, that every time I pray it says that God isn’t listening, or saying blasphemous things like God isn’t there. Though I combat these thoughts and they typically subside by telling them truth. But sometimes I feel that the thoughts are going to get to me or convince me of things that are not true. Sometimes the thoughts make me feel inauthentic as a Christian. May I please ask for prayer from you?

It would sound to me like these thoughts are coming from Satan. You should neither talk to, nor listen to, Satan.

 

[Gingerine]

Hello All

I’ve been having a really rough time with my thoughts. They keep telling me to do things I don’t want to do, that every time I pray it says that God isn’t listening, or saying blasphemous things like God isn’t there. Though I combat these thoughts and they typically subside by telling them truth. But sometimes I feel that the thoughts are going to get to me or convince me of things that are not true. Sometimes the thoughts make me feel inauthentic as a Christian. May I please ask for prayer from you?

Of course I will pray for you!
I have similar problems with my thoughts, they can be really hard to deal with especially if you aren't sure where they're coming from. But as hard as it is to do, I've come up with little instructional sentences that help me with most of my I thoughts "Resist the urge to argue with the thoughts, Pray, breathe and know that God knows your heart even if you feel like you don't. Faith in God is a choice not a feeling." I found that when I ignored the thoughts they subsided more than not.

 

[Mari17]

What Gingerine said! When you have OCD, trying to "combat" the thoughts works the opposite way, and your brain tends to send you more. That's because it's only sending the thoughts because it knows they bother you. If you persist in ignoring them (which is really hard to do!), they eventually go away. OCD is primarily a physical problem, not a spiritual one. There is nothing wrong with you, it's just that your brain is a little glitchy when it comes to processing thoughts (and so is mine!). If you need more help, feel free to ask. Not sure if you know how to use ERP for other obsessions, but the same applies with this one.

 

[SnowTiger]

I pray that God will fill your head with good thoughts and that you will know the difference between his thoughts and the enemy's.

 

[faroukfarouk]

Hi; here's a great verse: Philippians 4.8. "Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things."

Hebrews 9.14 speaks of the conscience being purged by the blood of Christ Who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God.