I want to just cry. This last year has been so hard OCD wise. Agony on the floor crying. This video is helping thank you 😭😭😭 Praise God for bringing me here
I’ve been there and so many of your brothers and sisters in Christ have been there and struggle currently. Like mark said in this video take it slowly and marinate on his videos! I rewatch them sometimes when I’m starting to struggle again and need to be reminded. It’s a journey not a race! I’ll be praying for you and all of our Christian family dealing with ocd. God bless you 💖 if you need someone to talk to I’m here to chat and so is God.
@@JessyMessy2002 Thanks so much Ella, you are in my prayers, i’m glad we are finding His peace and that Mark is a vessel to remind us of His perfect love! ❤️❤️❤️
🎶He’s passing out gifts for all to receive ( except for me because I committed the unpardonable sin, and I don’t confess my sins and I’m not worthy) and he’s here right now to meet every need…🎶 Thank you! I LOL’d so hard. This was me for about 26 years!
I really needed this because OCD has brought on a big halt in my life and as a result, I stopped college and my faith/mind is filled with condemnation and I live like this everyday.
I have had this problem since the my teens and I'm in my 40s today. Today I feel empty and numb. I go to church and it's great and all, but I see everyone else rejoicing and experiencing growth in Christ except me. I have questioned myself for years, am I truly saved, have I committed the unpardonable sin, am I deceiving myself, etc... over and over until I gave up. I gave up in the sense that I no longer ask myself anymore and I just go through the motions. It's terrible. I feel like a phony, a fake, maybe a tare among the wheat and a goat among the sheep. I still go to church with my wife and kids, but my spiritual life is in negative 50 or something. My emotions are all over the place as well even though I try to keep a lid on them. What can I say. More than half my life being a christian to then at the end be cast into hell. It's terrifying. PS- And yes, I find it so difficult to see God as loving father. I know intellectually the Bible says He is, but I cannot say that I see Him that way. I find it easier to see Him as a God who punishes sin and will cast into hell whoever doesn't love Him( which is true). The Bible scares me but I know it's true.
Hello brother! You're self-awareness is encouraging to hear. You say you're numb, but you still are aware in a sense of your spiritual surroundings. You are correct God is a loving Father, as well as a just God. He is slow to wrath and quick to forgive though. I will pray for you, you should go to your church and have them pray with you as well, and express your concerns to them. Afterwards see if you can do anything to help out in the church, and maybe go on missions trips. I was planning on one of these to Belize recently. Perhaps the new perspective would allow God to show you something. God bless you and your family.
Hey man. I just wanted to let you know that I've been using your videos as strength through almost impossible anxiety. I spend all day praying, asking Jesus not to abandon me. The tough thing is, I know logically that the symptom I'm having are Scrupulosity in virtue of the fact that even down to the thought process you describe are exactly how I am thinking but for some reason, my body can't seem to get the comfort that would usually be afforded to emotional relief. This results in resorting to the same thought patterns that I can recognize are trapping me in a loop. It's so frustrating. It's like I can see that my life is happening in front of me and I want to badly to enjoy the world that the lord has made but I'm trapped in this never end hampster wheel of terror.
I know that hamster wheel so well. It's exhausting. It makes you miss your life while you're living it. Can I ask if you've tried an SSRI? I am far from ok, but about 3 weeks of Prozac has made a dent in the despair. There are side effects to SSRIs...but none of them are as what we're going through now.
Thank you God for this brother love your videos I have been dealing FEAR and Condemnation!! Everything your saying Iam laughing and saying yup I do that 😂 Yup been there done that 😂 Jesus!!!! Give me revelation of your love!! 🙌🏼🙌🏼💛💛
Sorry to keep leaving comments but I really want you to know how important your content is. I'm not sure if you're aware of this but when you layout the thought processes involved in an OCD fear in detail, that is SUCH a comfort. You probably understand this already but for me, my main fears have always involved ultimate finality. (Death, Hell, Diseases that are uncurable) etc... So when you go into detail about the OCD thought processes, It grounds me. It allows me to say "Ok, it's not a coincidence that this guy knows my EXACT thought patterns when I'm paralyzed with fear, that clearly shows that the threat is not real?" Keep doing these man. You have no clue how important your videos are for those of us who are at rock bottom. God bless brother.
I didn’t realize how the OCD is in places that you care about the most. Makes sense, now I can work on it because I know that I am good not bad when I don’t live up to MY expectations. Thank you
Wow, I never would have thought this was what I was dealing with all those years! I feel I could resonate with this person on almost every issue they are talking about. I never even knew that there were other people who went through almost the same things as me! This was very encouraging and uplifting Mark, and I hope you keep these videos up to enlighten our struggling brothers and sisters! Thank you Mark and this was so helpful! Edit: I had recently sent an email to you talking about my issues, but I felt like this person was able to cover a lot of my OCD tendencies for me better than I ever could!
Thank you Mark so much I came across a video that you posed a year or so ago and as I say and watched the hour and a half long video I couldn’t help but rejoice. Im 18 and dealing with it for a while but since I watched your video the other day it immediately changed the way I felt and helped me with that religious ocd. God loves me and I know he has forgiven me. Thank you so much God bless you!
He’s here right now to meet every knee. Mark I remember that song in God is brought that song to my mind before. You don’t need to wait and you don’t need to beg. I’m tearing up listening to this
I’ve been dealing with severe OCD for about 20 years. Thank you for continuing to put content out that is specific for OCD so so so helpful !!! ❤️❤️❤️🙏🏼
One of the things I have been worried about lately is the judgment seat of Christ. I grew up with the idea that I had better do right and behave right, or I will face judgment. As one who often fears that he has failed in his faith as a Christian (Ihad been caught in some sin that, even though I have asked forgiveness for and repented of it, sometimes I am haunted by it), I am concerned about this event. I don't want to get there and find out that I will be cast into outer darkness or something. In short, I fear judgment. I wish I could see God's grace in my life, but my OCD gets in the way. Ugh!
The enemy likes to wake us up out of our sleep, this is something that had been going on for me, And usually I ponder those thoughts that just gets me in a real bad Mental state, Somehow I caught him this morning, And I was able to push those thoughts out of my head, And got up and watched one of your videos instead. A reality came to me, That God Would not be sending this thought into my mind, And catch me off guard, The devil wants to catch me off guard not God. So I immediately counted that thought from the devil and cast it out, Then watching your video everything seems to lineup, I'm grateful when God does these wonderful little things for me, When I recognize them. It's always when we're doing good that The devil wants to get us the most And I had received revelation over the past Couple Of days That was bringing me back to relationship. I suppose that it was just a deep thought that came to me from myself, But rather It was the devil or my own thought, I still chose to not accept it, to Have come from God. It was a thought that was trying to bring me back into legalism when I just got free again. I completely understand your thoughts on the obsession of the devil because my old church used to emphasize the devil a lot. That's how I got stuck in believing that the devil was doing all sorts of horrible things to me all the time. And what I believe they did Is they were opening a door for the Devil to come attack me. I then started believing that, God was allowing the devil to come get me all the time. This was a big part of my mental disorder, and why I kept getting mad at God. I'm still trying to break myself of believing those stupid things, But when nothing but bad things continue to happen to you, it's really difficult to break that. But I'm grateful this morning I didn't spiral out of control, I pray that I am able to continue to not allow those thoughts to get me in the morning.
Its so Good to laugh even tho you are struggling with OCD, guilt or shame...you made me laugh mate! 😂❤ I feel that even i changed my diet to help me with the OCD and since i surrended i am on my healing journey ..i feel now that not sleeping well these days makes you ruminate more over a toxic guilt feeling or shame from the past! But the enemy obviously knows when you are more tired and vulnarable...But still its okay because we are loved in Jesús name! Thanks Bro ❤
It wasn't until my 40's (im now 64) that i finally got pissed off and said no more! It controlled every aspect of my life & got worse when i had my 2 sons in my twenties. I was convinced if i didn't didnt do my rituals that they were going to die. I started to challenge those thoughts and said bring it on. I started retraining my brain and talking to myself differently. It took alot of work but i started seeing that nothing bad was happening to me or my loved ones. When something unfortunate did happen it was something that was going to happen anyway & had nothing to do with me. Now my oldest son is going through spiritual ocd. The only good thing that has come out of my ocd is that im now able to understand & help him. They're nothing but stupid thoughts. Dont waste another day. Be contagious. Face the fear & walk through it. It cant be any worse than what your going through now, right?
Hey Mark it’s Nick again. Do you know the guy that’s been dealing with fear about the unpardonable sin. And I listened to this sometime back because I commented on it. And something you said in the early part of this video resonated with me and the part about not listening to more teachings about the same subject that is consuming the OCD. For me it’s listening to teachings over and over again about the unpardonable sin and to be honest with you even talking about it incessantly
Kind of random but I know the exact “frontal lobe” heaviness/peeling feeling that she describes. I’ve never been able to explain it and no one seems to relate but in regards to joy and depression I get that same feeling in the same spot!
Thanks Mark 💙🙏🏻🙏🏻💙👊. Oh boy try 6 months ugly sleep after fracture. Also sometime can you speak to the OCDers who feel the need and worry too much about others salvation …..
Jesus spoke about Sin and Lust. For Lust is the ultimate Sin, this sin will destroy the Soul. Accept Jesus into your Heart and Repent! For the Word of Jesus is the Life and the Truth! Jesus can set you free from Sin and The curses left by Sin!! I use to have sexual, harmful, suicidal, pedophilia, unwanted intrusive thoughts all the time!! Jesus has set me free from the demonic spirits and forgave me of my Sins!! I barely ever get 1 intrusive thought a week or even a month. A very minor intrusive thought too. Unforgiveness and Hate is also a Sin and these will Destroy the Soul. Jesus Saves!!!
@@LitoLochoss practice Acceptance and forgiveness during prayer. For Example: before you sleep. Pray to Jesus and talk to him. Admit the thoughts you're having and simply tell him that you accept these thoughts as they come to be. Tell Jesus that you love him and nothing will prevent you from talking to him. . Practice forgiveness Example: anyone. I mean ANYONE. Tell Jesus who you want to forgive and admit why you want to forgive them and what they have done to you. "They do not know what they do" forgive them or our father will not forgive you, basically if you do not forgive, you will not receive Life.
I suffer with this and i suffer with relationship ocd. Im messed up because if i think about it too much it come true. So i have to combat it with another thought
Hey bro I love your content and it's helped so much. One thing that kinda triggered my OCD I guess was when you said that it's not recorded in Scripture to pray to Jesus. Could you maybe clarify what you meant by that because I have always prayed to both the Father and Jesus, but hearing that kinda confused me. Plus I found in the Word this passage: “Paul. . . to the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ-their Lord and ours (1 Corinthians 1:1-2).” - this passage says to call on Jesus. Also, John 14:14 says (in the greek): "If anything you ask Me in the name of Me I will do it."
No worries bro. I was simply pointing out that from the standpoint of prayer, the focus is the Father in Jesus name. I am simply addressing that Christians often avoid the Father in their prayers. But it doesn't mean that God ignores us if we pray "Our Lord..." rather than praying "Our Father." Im encouraging brothers and sisters to go deeper in prayer the way Jesus taught.
Mark...can you help me with a problem? How do I know if I've sinned in a thought or if it's a temptation? I want to repent if I've sinned, but I have a hard time knowing which it is.
The pain on the right side that she complained about is most likely anxiety. I had similar experiences before exams back in university. The anxiety the night before an exam, I wouldn't even be able to lay down due to a deep ache in the left side of my neck that would come up due to stress.
I had an intrusive thought when I was 17, and I’m now 43. I just discovered these videos about a month ago…. So I’ve struggled for a long time. I would go to church with my family, but would squirm and fight the thoughts or memories of the thoughts every time. It seemed to get worse when I went to church. I would hear the preacher say “ there’s no sin that Jesus won’t forgive” and I would think… yeah that’s nice for these people, but I’m different. I committed the unpardonable sin. My family decided to start going back to church about a year ago. We joined the church about 2 months ago. I was happy for my family, I wanted it for them, but in my head, I kept saying, “ my fate is sealed… I’m unredeemable… God won’t forgive me.” A month ago, I hit rock bottom ( with my thoughts) If I wasn’t so scared of going to hell, prematurely or hurting my family… I was that low. That’s when I said, “ ok… I need to see what I can find out about this sin. If I’m done, I’m done, but what if… I’m not? I have been through the whole range of emotions since then. My ocd ( which I didn’t know I had) caused me to obsess over Hebrews 6… after that, I convinced myself that I had a brain tumor. It’s been a rough month, but these videos have helped tremendously.
My experience was similar. Jesus stood between me and a nervous breakdown more than once. But he’s an amazing deliverer. I’m elderly now, was in the ministry for decades, free. If you think you committed it you didn’t, if you had you wouldn’t care. Perfect love casts out fear! His love freed me. Satan loves to torture sincere believers with this. God bless you, you are loved.
@@wendellst2266 That mindset with "If you worry, you could have committed the unpardonable sin, then you haven't" has helped me for a long time until my Ocd made a step further. Now whenever I've had an intrusive thought and try to find comfort in that saying, my obsession says "But do I REALLY worry? Check your emotions over and over to find out" 😂 It is really a struggle to understand that God's love is unconditional, and that we can just ask for forgiveness and receive it.
@@lukastheprussian It is sooo hard to understand with our natural minds. But we don’t comprehend the value of Christ’s blood to the Father. If Christ took all the sin of mankind on himself on that cross, and if they were not all forgiven, he could not come out of that grave. What is even more mind blowing… he not only took my sins, he took the old me connected to the devil too. I’m not only forgiven, I’m a totally new person now with God’s own life. I have such compassion for you having OCD much earlier in my life, and have a granddaughter who today suffers terribly. But, he delivered me. Look up Mark DeJesus videos, he’s a Christian who talks much about OCD and God, his talks will help you much Lucas. And I will pray for you. The Lord sees your torment… and will not cease till you are free with the freedom he already paid for you to have. God Bless you my friend!
@@wendellst2266 Yeah I already know Marks Materials well. He became like a mentor for me and since I got OCD so early after saying yes to God, his teachings were the biggest influence that shaped my faith 💁🏼♂️ Thank you so much for your kindness and prayers my brother, God bless you!
Luv its from the devil God know your heart and he know you don't want to think like that i take zoloft and it helps when i take it i have a clear mind see a doctor luv
@@shanetasadie don't let it stop you. Just rebuke it and put it under the authority of Christ. I did that for a while. I was afraid to read the Bible because I was afraid of the thoughts I would have. That's what the enemy wants. He wants you to not read the Bible and not pray and not talk to people about it. Talk to Gid about it and know thar He loves you and He knows what is going on with you and cares about you.
I leave in fear every day. Legalism has destroyed my life along with spiritual abuse. I constantly tell myself jesus paid it all, but we were told things like if you don't do this or that for god I'm going pray God will break your legs, or don't touch god anointed. Will I ever get over my fear of god. I know I have ptsd, because I fear church. Please help.
So MARK, if OCD sufferers I have a heightened sense of lol, which we do, can we safely conclude that we got it from somewhere? Parents? Bad theology? I’ve been told I got some bad theology about my security in Christ and about the unpardonable sin. I feel that got embedded into my brain a long time ago. Couldn’t OCD be traced to a bad seed somewhere? Does it just happen because it’s genetic? How do we get it? I venture to say it’s born out of some bad seed or bad teaching. Can I assume that that’s a plausible excuse argument?
i spoke as though God spoke through me cause i went to a church that was teaching something. I said thus says "the Lord", and then i later on i felt some conviction from God for doing that " i thought i heard a voice say" its Blasphemy its my spirit and i did not know what i was doing. Well, i had been saying bad stuff about ppl in my head, who have the Holy Spirit. i love my mother, and i did not obey her when she told me not to go to repeat what they were saying in that church. I have a single mother, and an acholic step father. do you know if im OCD, or if i actually did commit the unpardin sin?. i need to actually hear Him say He forgives me.
@@Elle-hx8ji if a person is acutely suffering from panic disorder or extreme OCD symptoms then it is necessary. Out of all the benzos Xanax is the worst, but Ativan is short acting and helps acutely . Klonopin is long acting and takes longer to kick in but lasts longer and is useful for people with extreme panic and anxiety disorder. They need to function. You don’t keep anyone on benzos longer than 2 weeks but if longer treatment is needed if the dose is relatively low and the person takes it as prescribed it’s fine. Everything has side effects even “natural” pharmaceuticals. St. John’s Wart, Kava Kava, all have side effects.
what if you intentionally cough when you had blashphamous thoughts (similar to what the pharisees said), and insulted the holy spirit, I'm scared that I have done it
The Bible does say that people prayed to Jesus, Paul said it himself that people called out to Jesus ( 1 Corinthians 1:1-2) and in Revelation when it says “Even so, Come Lord Jesus!” A direct call to Jesus Christ. I love you as a teacher but had to correct you.
All of these issues is rooted in fear. Fear of hell. Nowhere in scripture does it say hell is eternal separation from God. Lake of fire, weeping and knashing of teeth....yes if it wasn't for the fear of hell believers wouldn't have these issues. Im a Christian that rejects Hell.....there doesn't need to be a heaven.....there just needs to NOT be a hell! I hope you talk more on this universal problem of the fear of hell.
@@bruhman2962 hey, man, God will forgive you of your sin if you truly want to turn to him and repent. God started to speak to me after my struggle. I have been backsliding for a while, but at least there was times when he does give me advice.
The unpardonable sin is the rejection of the Holy Spirit. If you want forgiveness - repent and ask God to forgive you. God's mercy is new every morning. If you are worried about it - you haven't done it. The fact that you care means you haven't done it. People that reject Him have no desire to seek Him. 1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Isnt the unpardonable sin calling the works of Jesus the devil? Or do you believe the pharisses didnt commit the unpardonable sin based on their words.
He's advocating for what Ben Shapiro educates against: reading only the parts of the Bible you want to and chucking the parts you don't like out the window is a sin!
@@UrSisterinChrist12 I think he was saying people with ocd have trouble relaxing and reading an entire book. So, he's explaining that mentally ill people are illiterate. This is consistent with how most Americans are educated about mental illness.
But Satan won´t be able to take your soul (Romans 8 38-39). Rather, the bible tells us that if you believe in Jesus, you are definitely saved (John 3 16, John 5 24 and John 6 47). I´d recommend you to ask God for help. And there are Christian professionals, maybe they can help you, too.
No judgment here. But what caused you to abandon your faith in Christ? Just curious to know. Maybe -I can encourage you to know that God's love for you is unconditional. He is willing to forgive you if you just put your total faith and trust in him. Nothing can separate you from His love. OCD will cause you to overthink and doubt yourself - just know OCD is not who you are. I pray that you will open your heart again to God's love. He will not give up on you. Please, come back! Repent, have faith, and trust in your heart that you're forgiven! God bless!
@@terrili964 Long story short, I grew up in an evangelical home. Lots of church, lots of sermons. I grew up in the USSR, where kids were forbidden from attending a church, but my parents brought us in anyways, and the church doctrines gave me my first panic attack. I've learned about the unpardonable sin. I 've read the Bible and I know that (seemingly) for every "God loves you" passage, there is... "watch out for..." and the "Lord won't tolerate X" passage. I was brought up to believe in hell, eternal lake of fire where people will suffer eternally unless they get saved here on earth. But the path to salvation is anything but clear. Faith alone in Jesus saves, oh wait, must be baptized. And don't forget to repent of ALL your sins. And then you may possibly get saved, but you also may be mong those who say... Lord, Lord, did we not do miracles in your name? And he'll tell them... I never knew you, depart from me. Matt. 25 sheep and goats passage teaches that everyone will be surprised at the judgment. So reassuring (not really)
