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Religious OCD
Please help… my religious ocd is now thinking horrible thoughts about Jesus and I feel like I should be freaking out more…
Please help… my religious ocd is now thinking horrible thoughts about Jesus and I feel like I should be freaking out more…
I had this problem once. What in particular? What helped me get through it was being taught correctly on the truth. I was raised catholic and i am now truly set free from this theme. I was taught in the original format on the word of God and believe me, it got me through it.
Do not be Afraid!! I have been dealing with this all damn day as well. My friend, Jesus knows your heart, and your heart is loving and pure. What helps me is to imagine a golden cross, it’s extremely hard, barely works,but to snuff out some of the thoughts it helps. I hope you’re able to find these thoughts dwindling down. This type of OCD kills me the most.
@Sixxer The biggest misconception in religion is trying to be perfect. The truth is you cannot!! I repeat you cannot and God knows this. The commandments were not brought forth to heal sin, it was made to reveal sin. True christianity is believing in the one who can, and did which is Jesus Christ. Its not about what you can do, its about what Jesus has done. His work his blood is the only thing that saves you regardless of what you do or do not do. In Hebrew sin is described as identity not action. Actions are the result of unbelief. All you have to do is believe in Jesus and his sacrifice. If you mess up, its ok. He died for all sins past present and future in full. That means sins you will or may commit in the future are already washed. Be thankful he saved us all thats it. The rest will come staying in the word. Its not about being justified by the law, its about you are already justified through Christ. There are 613+ laws there is no way in heck you can keep them all. Thats why he died for us. He kept the law for us. This does not mean do what ever you want, it means we already do what ever want. The truth is we are to remain humble and know we are nothing without God and you cannot loose. He already won for us, rest in his work, not your own. You are ok we are ok, we are justified saints covered in the blood of Jesus. He will remember your sins no more. Regardless… think about the thief on the cross next to Jesus, was not baptized, did not ask for forgiveness, never followed the law. But he went to heaven because he believed Jesus was dying for him, for the sins of the world. He became guilty and was washed for ever. Fear is not from God.
@Evoorhee I absolutely agree and that was beyond well spoken. I hope you have an amazing rest of your day. 🥰
@Sixxer Thank God
The biggest issue I had with faith is OCD. OCD does not work with God at all, in fact, he goes directly against God because OCD is mainly logical, even when it’s irrational, it is the exact opposite of faith. If you want to be technical about this, OCD is actually not real, it is just something they try to explain medically because they don’t understand the spiritual aspect of it. The only thing that is physically wrong with us is we have a very sensitive defense mechanism in our brains. Out of all of the cognitive behavior training and studying I have done they can never tell you where intrusive thoughts come from. Some of the therapy definitely helps you combat it, but it’s like putting a Band-Aid on a bullet hole. They often say in therapy that you are not your thoughts, which is very true and is pivotal and understanding the true nature of intrusive thoughts. The answer to intrusive thoughts is actually biblical and you probably don’t even know it. I will show you: Genesis 3:14 - “And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life.” What are we made of? DUST!!! Every single human being is born with an open line directly to Satan. He is in our thoughts, disguised as our own voice. I’m not saying this to scare you, it’s not like the movies and no, you are not possessed because then if that’s true, then we all are because everybody has this. Besides a true saved, Christian cannot be possessed, we belong to God. All I’m saying is that it’s biblical and that is the one thing that therapy cannot explain to you. So with that said, Satan’s job is to get you to trust yourself, disguised as your own voice he will do anything to knock your focus off of God. That is his job. Moving on, now think of yourself as dust and dirt, what do you plant in dirt? Seeds, whatever you believe, it’s sprouts. Think of your mind as a mailbox and you get a ton of spam mail. The simple answer is, just put it in the junk box. You don’t have to open it. Our brains react to everything that’s why this is so tough but the good news is, it’s not real. If you really wanna learn about this, I can share with you who helps me, the only person that was able to help me at least get down to the root cause and to help you let God work if you would like me to share how I’ve learned how to combat this, I will share it here.
Either I’m crazy, or God is real take your pick. We already think we are nuts anyways so what have you got to loose trusting God? The great thing about trusting God is, he left a blueprint for us the Bible, which is Jesus, the word made into flesh. AND IT NEVER CHANGES. You might ask well how would I know what to do? Well stay in your word and you can’t go wrong the Bible and the correct Bible is the only true discernment we are going to have against the world. You cannot fight Satan alone, which is why the word is so important. Jesus used to word! “It is written.” Like I mentioned before I was raised Catholic, what causes the most issues here is not God, it is religion. No offense, but religion was man-made, and it weaponized the word of God which distorts it tremendously. My biggest fear was that I wasn’t saved or what if I wasn’t. That fear derived from religion, because it made me believe that I have to be perfect, someone who is imperfect by birth. It is impossible. Satan loves to try to get you to fight battles He knows you cannot win. It’s not like the movies, with Demons and haunting spirits, and all that I mean, that stuff does exist, but not in the way that you think. I learned all of this by being taught in Hebrew and Coney Greek, which is the original language. The Bible was written and their meanings are way way deeper than English meanings. In fact, there are even words that cannot be properly translated into English so they lose a lot of their meanings. I’m not saying that this is easy, because I still battle with things. But it brings way more peace than it used to, because I know the truth. It’s like having a blindfold removed from you and you can see your enemy, i know for sure that no matter what happens, Jesus is there, you will always have him. I’m here to help if you guys want.
If you really want to get through this, look up Johnny Chang on youtube. Pastor Johnny is the real deal. God speaks thru him very well. https://www.youtube.com/live/FlLSzNvWxEo?si=AEp8ypdDqSbM_UOx I thought i was going to hell ok? Crippling anxiety where i could not even work at my job. What if God doesnt forgive me? How can i be sure im saved, what if i did this what if i did that? He cant forgive me for what i have done. Oh no!! I said a bad word, oh no! I thought a lustful thought, im doomed. I cant escape!!! If i were to pass away, i still would not escape i will be alive in hell. All these scary things are now gone!! Trust me this will help you. Ive been there. I am free now. At peace. You cannot trust all of your thoughts.. practical thoughts obviously yes you have to eat, you have to feed your kids pay your bills etc. we can think normally, but what you have to understand is thinking is also listening. Esp when your alone, you are listening more then actually thinking. Random thoughts always come, just stop trusting all of them.
Hey everyone, I need help. I woke up just now with the worst thoughts ever. Thoughts that GOD leaving me, thoughts that I like the bad guy, and thoughts that are worse than anything that I have ever thought of before. I realize that I am asking for reassurance, but I am so scared that I mean these thoughts and I just want GOD to keep me and my family safe and know that I don’t mean these thoughts… please help
I keep having disgusting sexual and intrusive thoughts about God Jesus, Holy Spirit I feel hopeless and like there’s nothing left for me. What if this is who I am and how I think I can’t even pray without having thoughts or images.
I have religious OCD and the thoughts have been becoming really bad. I’ve been hitting myself punching myself screaming quietly if that makes sense pulling my hair out talking to myself nonstop. I can’t even hang out with my family without doing these things or going to another room to do these things, these thoughts of overtaking my life I will always be Christian God is most important to me and I’m so scared because these thoughts are terrible. They’re disgusting they never ending. There’s always something going on in my mind. I don’t understand. I’m scared. I’m turning into a bad person. I don’t wanna dishonor the Lord God, I don’t know if this is just OCD or something else.
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