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Have anyone expereince idea likes "I think I have make a vow about this already but not so sure, so I will make same vow again so I won't break the vows because I sure that I have make a vow." I always have a thought like this. And making a vow (maybe with my will not so sure.) Will this vows valid? Reply please if you expereince same things.
 
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Grace1234 said:
Have anyone expereince idea likes "I think I have make a vow about this already but not so sure, so I will make same vow again so I won't break the vows because I sure that I have make a vow." I always have a thought like this. And making a vow (maybe with my will not so sure.) Will this vows valid? Reply please if you expereince same things.
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Make no vows.
 
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Explain please.
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"But I tell you, do not swear an oath at all...All you need to say is simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’."
Matthew 5: 36

"Above all, my brothers and sisters, do not swear--not by heaven or by earth or by anything else. All you need to say is a simple "Yes" or "No."
James 5:12
 
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Grace1234 said:
Have anyone expereince idea likes "I think I have make a vow about this already but not so sure, so I will make same vow again so I won't break the vows because I sure that I have make a vow." I always have a thought like this. And making a vow (maybe with my will not so sure.) Will this vows valid? Reply please if you expereince same things.
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This also sounds like an obsessive way of thinking. What do you think is the best way to stand up to the OCD, in this case?
 
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This also sounds like an obsessive way of thinking. What do you think is the best way to stand up to the OCD, in this case?
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I have try to get rid of my fear so the idea came up that I always have that thought and scared of it so it might be an obsessive way of thinking likes what you have said.
 
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I have try to get rid of my fear so the idea came up that I always have that thought and scared of it so it might be an obsessive way of thinking likes what you have said.
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Yes, fear of having made unwanted vows is a very very common obsession, especially among Christians I think. The best way to respond is to NOT do what the OCD wants. In your case, I think that would mean not making the "vow" (which probably wasn't even a real vow in the first place) again.
 
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