sweating, heat waves, etc

[justpassingthrough21]

Hello everyone, I have been away for a little while. I feel like I realy have been making lots of improvement and believe I have already been healed. So many of the questions i've had about my salvation have been crushed and wierd things I use to do have gone away. But there is 1 thing that I have been working on. It has been getting better but keeps happening, and I was wondering if anyone else who has had obsessive thoughts and fears have struggled with this.
There is times when I am reading the Word or doubts or negative feelings for Christ pop up in me, and I instantly start sweating and it feels like waves of heat start pulsating through me. Once it starts it usually doesn't stop until I get away from everything and relax. It has kind of been going on for a while and now sometimes when I am ouside and its hot and I start sweating, I start panicking. It's like my body start confusing normal sweating and heat, to how I feel when I panic.
If anyone has experienced this they know how painful it can feel. I want to turn to Jesus for my comfort, but I start panicking. I think I am feeling these feelings because I am in self condemnation? Other than that I have been reading my Word and staying steady in church and my faith in Christ has really been flourishing and growing. Although I hate this panic stuff and the sweating and the heat waves.
If anyone knows this experience let me know, also if you have overcome this tell me about it.

 

[zingiber]

Adrenalin, my friend! I have the same feeling when the thoughts get particularly vivid. It is quite simply your brain putting you into fight or flight mode. For me it feels sort of like pressure waves going through me, instant sweating and hot face and ears. And here is Wikipedia: "A chronic hyper-adrenaline is a common symptom of an anxiety disorder". It is quite natural, and nothing spiritual!

 

[justpassingthrough21]

Thank you zing for the quick responce. That is wonderful! haha and I am realieved to see that. I have been staying firm that I havn't commited the US even though I know satan can attack us consistantly and try to move us from faith to doubt. But there is a verse in Hebrews that has always bothered me. It talked about once someone commits the US they cannot be restored to repentance and only have a certain fear of hell. This is obviously paraphrased but that verse has played in my mind, whenever I stand firm on my salvation. Well about a week back the words "cannon be restored unto repentance" just kept playing over and over. Then it was like a revelation came to me from God, that people that truely commit the US are not sorry nor repentful. Not only am I sorry and repentful but it hurts me what has happened.
I also realized that no man in and of himself desires relationship with God but only through the Holy Spirit bringing us to sorrowful repentance are we brought to our knees in necessity for Jesus Christ. I am so happy because not only can satan use that verse against me anymore, but not that this has been going on for over 8 months now, God is still revealing His Word to me. Now don't get me wrong, it doesnt make the panic and occasonal doubts any less painful, but I can stand a little more firmly.
I am saying this for myself and anyone else. If you are repentful and sorry towards God, it is nothing other than the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit would have no reason to strive with you if you were condemned.
Also something that helped was a church leader told me that if I had commited the US I would never have any "relief" or "refreshing" through God or His Word. Because I had mentioned to her that I would suffer all day, and there would be periods of just a few seconds or minutes the peace of God would come over me. And that it was the grace and mercy of God in my trial that this was happening.

 

[kaykay9.0]

Hi,
I agree with you totally about your interpretation about the verse in Hebrews. Hebrews, certain verses anyway, seem to be a real sticking point for those of us who battle religious OCD. If you really look at those scriptures though, yes, I think they are someone who has been a fully mature Christian and finally and thoroughly with full knowledge and intent have turned away from Christ. Not someone even who backslides or drifts away but a full intentional decision. VERY different than the type of individual who as you described is remorseful and has no desire to turn away.
I have not really had physical problems when I was battling an OCD flair up but yeah, as zingeber said, I think your sweats are just an anxiety response and hopefull will resolve themselves as you improve. Glad you hear you are feeling better.