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I made this post in a worse place, with much less learned than now. I also do pray frequently outside of that(Was just trying to obey Jesus's command to not use vain repetition), and spread the Gospel to those willing to hear. I'll be willing to hear your testimony in a DM if you want to tell.

Sounds like typical compulsive behavior(at least from what i understand), but that's just an observation. I don't believe "declarations of faith" or "commanding things in Jesus name" has scriptural basis(I very much used to buy into it and tried, it only fueled the cycle too. If you could tell...

But here's the thing, if not rejecting a thought actively means "you allow it to be who you are", what does that mean for people who have tried this, desperately, BECAUSE they don't agree, yet they become even stronger and more convincing because of that? How many of these end up in some kind of...

I have to ask, if this passage is about intrusive thoughts, why is there no mention of such in the larger context? No really, read chapters 8-9 then that again.

This is an addendum to my intrusive thoughts battle plan. https://www.christianityboard.com/threads/my-guide-to-dealing-with-intrusive-thoughts.65549/ So I've noticed that thoughts often immediately come back once I finally manage to make them pass properly. Once I feel relieved towards...

So I changed my avatar upon posting my guide for handling intrusive thoughts from a Chao to that angel. As for what that was about, the one i had briefly before changing to the one you see now was a figure known as Aniel. He's not found in the Bible, only in Jewish tradition and as such i don't...

Why do you ask?

2 Corinthians 12:9 [9] And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.

Thanks for the words of encouragement. I know I've obsessed over this much more than almost anyone else would, but God has worked it out for my good. Share the text of this post with any believer you know who struggles with things like this.

[Before the post proper, it's important to keep in mind this is NOT meant to be a replacement for proper therapy. If you suffer from OCD/scrupulosity to the point of it being debilitating to your everyday life, seek professional help as soon as you can. All direct Bible quotes are from the...

I just want to be able to be free from such thoughts, at least learn to let them pass and accept that i have them if i can't be rid of them outright, but how does anyone do that with things as truly beyond abominable as what i have? They've even infested my prayers and when I try to comfort...

I'm still trying to not give any attention but... no matter what I end up getting offended or disgusted by such thoughts, since at this point they often are of Jesus or another member of the Godhead, and I feel guilty to just let that pass, no matter how much i convince myself it's just a brain...

I don't get what you're trying to say. How is that relevant to the post?

"You know what? I get it now...the whole purpose of this whole system is to get me to run out of mental stamina so I can be tricked into thinking I did think it, so that i end up wallowing in rumination over "what went wrong", so the cycle as a whole can be reinforced and it can start again...

So...I'm trying to learn how to ignore the unwanted thoughts and whatnot, but they linger much longer than expected and risk me thinking slipping back into the torment of thinking I do want to think this stuff, perhaps because i'm so used to putting energy into the thought patterns in forms of...

So...I've come to realize the real reason I was so worried about the intrusive thoughts was that I was so obsessed over "debunking" any notion that I would ever want or like such thoughts that I ended up trying to reason away any doubts about that logically, which is really just ruminating over...

So I kind of recognize now that the most recent cases of these thoughts happening, that made me think it was straight up on purpose, was simply me seeing my mind wandering to such things along with the idea of it happening on purpose/the false feelings of wanting such things(which i knew were a...

I don't think I can go on much longer... No matter how much I try to let the truly horrid thoughts pass and not engage, because I want to believe they aren't truly mine, they always come back worse than before, seemingly just to reignite the doubts that some of these thoughts were truly in...

There's also a story route in most games called "Chaos" which is basically siding with a bunch of anti-biblical ideals/basically anarchy and in the game's world actual demons, so I don't do that either. I agree keeping your conscience clear is important.

I actually asked another Christian community online about this and they said it's up to my conscience, this isn't about if the game is sinful or whatever. I just want your opinion on this type of thing. So I may have talked about Shin Megami Tensei here before, a game where you basically...