I'm not sure if anyone remembers me, but I use to post here occasionally last year. Last year, I really struggled with OCD. It got really bad. After a while, I started improving. But, now it has returned and it has been getting bad.
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Struggling again
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Tim,
My problem was and (now rarely) still is, counting. It seems all but gone now for at least 7 years.
God has been merciful to me through medication; but His greatest help to me has been his Word; I mean, reading God's Word out loud every day for several weeks until it (ocd) was all but gone.
Reading God's Word out loud does 2 things: 1) instantly breaks the loop/cycle of OCD; 2) renews the mind. God's Word says so.
Romans 12:2 (New International Version)
2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what Gods will ishis good, pleasing and perfect will.
If you are like me, you need faith.
Romans 10:17 (King James Version)
17So then faith cometh by hearing, [as in hearing one preach or hearing yourself speak the Word] and [the best kind of] hearing [understanding] by the word of God.
Know that God's Word cannot lie and must produce what it says. So make it personal - just for you. God says it is just for you. I'll pray at the bottom of this page.
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, [I, Tim, will] think on these things."
Psalm 139 (NLT)
1 O Lord, you have examined my heart
and know everything about me.
2 You know when I sit down or stand up.
You know my thoughts even when Im far away.
3 You see me when I travel
and when I rest at home.
You know everything I do.
4 You know what I am going to say
even before I say it, Lord.
17 How precious are your thoughts about me, O God.
They cannot be numbered!
18 I cant even count them;
they outnumber the grains of sand!
And when I wake up,
you are still with me!
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts.
24 Point out anything in me that offends you,
and lead me along the path of everlasting life.
Isaiah 30:18
Therefore the Lord longs to be gracious to [me] you,
And therefore He waits on high to have compassion on [me] you.
For the Lord is a God of justice;
How blessed are all those who long for Him.
Father, I ask that the hearing of your Word brings Tim better understanding of Your will for him and that by hearing, faith comes to him. Father God, I have faith in Your Word and in Your promises. I know You can break the cycle in his mind. I ask that You let it be broken forever. Let Tim have his mind in perfect submission to You. Use him for your glory and to help increase your kingdom. Father, I ask that the stripes Jesus took upon his back at the whipping post bring forth healing for Tim and free him forever from this curse. In Jesus' name. Amen.
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Thank you for that! I've been having a lot of spikes over the past two late nights\early mornings. I may try reading The Bible out loud.... Hopefully, it can break the OCD cycle.
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