Why am I getting bad thoughts about God?
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Why am I getting bad thoughts about God?
These bad thoughts about God are usually seen in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. These are called ‘blasphemous obsession’ and are very distressing. It can be effectively treated with antiobssessive drugs and you can lead an absolutely normal life. Consult a Psychiatrist nearby or online.
How do I know if I have religious OCD?
Repeated sacrilegious thoughts or thoughts/fears of making blasphemous comments during religious services. Intrusive thoughts (including sexual thoughts) about religious figures or God. Fears of being or becoming possessed by evil spirits or the devil.
How do I stop worrying and focusing on God?
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- Stop waiting for the world to help you.
- Stop trying to impress everyone.
- Let yourself hope (in God)
- Identify your life needs, and focus on what really matters.
- Deal with distress.
- Question yourself.
- Get advice when you’re stuck.
- Be aware of what’s happening around you.
How do I get rid of religious OCD thoughts?
Fortunately, with the right support, scrupulosity can be treated. Often, OCD is treated by cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), specifically exposure and response prevention (ERP). ERP often involves confronting your obsessive thoughts without engaging in compulsive behavior or rituals.
How do you get rid of OCD from God?
Therapy for Religious OCD
- Exposure and response prevention therapy (ERP). In ERP, a person is exposed to their fear and then prevented from doing their compulsion.
- Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).
- Pastoral Counseling.
- Family Therapy: When religious OCD undermines family life, family counseling can help.
- References:
Is worry a lack of faith?
Worry is faith going the opposite direction. Faith is expecting and believing for the best, worry does the opposite! Worry expects and believes for the worst. One is positive, and the other is negative.
What does Jesus say about fear?
“Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.” “Do not fear the king of Babylon, of whom you are afraid. Do not fear him, declares the LORD, for I am with you, to save you and to deliver you from his hand.”
What does the Bible say about OCD?
I am not aware of any specific account of the mental disorder of ‘OCD’ being mentioned in Scripture. Yet the Scriptures tells us that the Holy Spirit gives us a ‘sound mind’ (2 Timothy 1:7). If ‘OCD’ brings ‘sorrow of mind’, then that would be attributed to the curse of the law (Deuteronomy 28:65).
Is the devil trying to get us to think wrong thoughts?
It is a satanic attempt to distract us from the real issue: we are saved by simple faith in Christ, not by works. Unwanted thoughts are simply a form of temptation, and all Christians are tempted. The temptation, however, is not an attempt to get us to think wrong thoughts. Neither God nor the devil cares about the thoughts he puts in our head.
Does God care about the thoughts he puts in our heads?
Neither God nor the devil cares about the thoughts he puts in our head. The devil’s goal is to get us to doubt the reality of the forgiveness and divine approval that we have in Christ. Mick, who for year after year after year has had a horrific battle with blasphemous thoughts writes:
Does the bad thoughts or words Ever Stop?
The bad thoughts or words did not completely stop. I had some good days and some bad days. At that time, I did not know they were demons in my body or head tormenting me. Ten years ago, I was a religious “once saved always saved” Christian who was improperly taught. I was ignorantly believing demons could not be in me.
Why does the Devil want us to push God away?
The devil wants us to push God away through being duped into wrongly supposing that ugly thoughts render us unacceptable to the God who is head over heels in love with us – the God who went to the extreme of the cross to totally forgive everyone whose faith is in him.