Christians can you please help me?

Question

I'm a teen with ocd and I have to carry out or feel compulsed to do certain sinful rituals.

I can't stop.

Any advice? By the way, they're mortal sins.

Please, no rude answers. Im suffering

To all the non God believers please take your opinions somewhere else. I'm in no mood to hear that God doesn't exist.

Any one who doesn't listen to that waring will get reported.

Thanks

God Bless you/ Jesus Loves you

Answer 1

I know many people who are OCD and can resist sin. Sin is a choice. Ask God to help you to make the right choices.

Answer 2

Read Romans 7, around verse 14 to the end. The part about I do what I do not want to do. Then read Romans 6 and 8, the whole chapters. I also have some OCD tendencies, and I found that these chapters helped. Read them and claim them. It takes time, overcoming sin doesn't always happen overnight.

Also, what Primoa said, make sure you're saved. When you say mortal sins, it makes me think maybe you're Catholic, because according to the Bible, ALL sin leads to death, so I don't know what other kinds of sins there could be. Not all Catholics I've met are actually saved. Baptism as a baby does not save you, choosing salvation must be your own choice. The whole book of Romans can show you what it means to really be saved, I would suggest you just read through the whole thing and pray as it seems fit.

Answer 3

This is a first of reading about an obsessive-compulsive ritual of sinful tasks.

So, my first question: Were you diagnosed to have OCD?

If so, a treatment should have been recommended. You can undergo behavioral therapy, cognitive therapy, medications or a combination [of these].

This condition cannot be controlled by mere counseling. Our brain is a complicated creation of God that only God understands. Psychologists and Psychiatrist have been educated and trained to deal with this disorder. And thru time we have found medications that can normalize or neutralize neurotransmitters in our brain.

It's good that you have your faith and is steadfast in it. The most important part of getting better is admitting to one's self that "something is wrong". From there you can start to find the help needed.

('.') =>Sin is subjective and it has an objective. It is done with a conscious effort. If you have OCD then, it is still a sin. Because those with OCD are conscious of what they are obsessed or compelled to do. They recognize that this thoughts are not part of reality.<= c.')

I may sound mean, but i am telling the truth. If you want help, go see a psychiatrist.

Answer 4

All right. Let's see if I can help sort this out for you. First, do you understand that to commit a mortal sin that 3 conditions are necessary? First, what you do must be a SERIOUS matter a grave offence against God. Second, you must know that what you are doing is wrong. Thirdly, you must have free will to act to willfully commit such a sin. The RC Church teaches that mental illness would be a factor in limiting your guilt for sin. Even if you took someone's life, if you were not able to freely choose to do it, it would not be a mortal sin.

Mortal sin is a concept largely from pre-Vatican II days. You are rather young to even know the term "mortal sin."

I have difficulty believing that you have the proper capacity, given your condition, to commit a mortal sin. I've no idea what you mean by sinful rituals. Do you mean compulsive stealing, swearing, masturbating, what? You don't have to post it for the world to see. Send me a private e-mail and we can discuss it privately.

If you are not certain about the state of your soul or worried that you may not be in a state of grace, please go to confession and speak with the priest. Tell him what is going on in your life and he will help you with it. You don't have to go to your own priest if you don't want. Go to another parish if you are concerned about your anonymity. Remember though that NOTHING you say in confession will ever be repeated. What you say is solely between you and God.

You need not be afraid or embarrassed. An old priest friend of mine once told me "Most Catholics couldn't commit a decent sin if they had to." On the other hand he said "you don't have to be a priest for very long before you have heard every sin in the book (in confession), even murder."

I doubt that anything you say will shock the priest. Believe me they have heard EVERYTHING. Besides, he's not there to judge you, he's there to help you, OK.

I wish you well and I will pray for you, OK. My offer stands to chat privately if you like.

Answer 5

If you have true OCD, then you may need medication to get it fully under control.

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Almost every Christian has struggled with distressing thoughts and behaviors at times. By applying spiritual disciplines, such as prayer, scriptures, and self-control, usually these problems come eventually under control. But despite fervently applying many excellent principles, there are some Christians who have no success in these areas. These are dedicated people who love God and the Church, but cannot understand why the methods which work so well for others seem to work only temporarily or even serve to make the problems worse. If you are one of these people, maybe you've heard others say things like, "Why can't you pull it together?" or "You don't have enough faith in God," or "Just cut it out." You recognize that your thoughts and/or behaviors seem crazy, but you can't stop. No one seems to understand how much misery this is causing you! Your obsessive thoughts and compulsive or repetitive behaviors may even be destroying your ability to live, work, and function in society....

...If you have OCD, you may have tried everything you can think of to get relief from your symptoms, including pastoral counseling or psychotherapy. Unfortunately, most therapists do not know how to treat OCD. Conventional "talk" or "insight" therapy will not help a person with OCD until the obsessions and/or compulsions are under control. Although there's no cure for OCD, the good news is that it is very treatable with a combination of medication and/or behavioral therapy. Behavioral therapy teaches the person how to deal with and successfully diminish obsessions.

Medications for OCD do not change the person and should not be feared. Medicines used for the treatment of OCD, such as Prozac, Luvox, and Zoloft, are called "selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors" or SSRI's; they work by slowing the reuptake of the neurotransmitter serotonin, thus making it more available to the receiving cell and prolonging its effect on the brain.

If you are a pastor, priest, or Christian counselor, you may have encountered individuals who fit the descriptions above. They may be good people who seem unable to take control of their own lives due to overwhelming fears and bizarre behaviors. The best thing you can do for such individuals is to refer them to an expert on OCD. Apart from Divine intervention, no amount of discipleship, insight, prayer, or seemingly appropriate scriptures will help.

Answer 6

My first thought is to offer my sympathy - I am sorry you are so troubled. Please consider a few things about sin:

Sin is a decision, not a compulsion:
James 1:13 Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God"; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone. 14 But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. 15 Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.

No sin cannot be resisted:
1 Cor 10:13 No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.

My second thought: Are you certain what you are doing is a sin, according to the BIble? I REALLY don't wan't to know, but can you see for certain you are sinning based on what God has said about sin?

Answer 7

All Christians struggle with one thing or another all of us have come up short somewhere weather it be in our attitudes, being lazy, procrastinators, not willing to forgive, overeating, ..We always look at the big picture ....but God has a covenant with us that his grace is sufficient and his mercies are renewed daily...you recognize that you have a problem which is good ...the best advise I would give you is whatever starts the behavior break away from it, if there are friends who participate in the behavior with you consider changing friends, surround yourself with goodness, openly confess to God its a problem and ask for guidance don't beat yourself up and threw in the towel its a day by day process and God loves you and your his child ...God bless

Answer 8

Precious one - OCD can be very debilitating, but both by the grace of our forgiving Father and the blood of our precious Lord Jesus, it is heal-able.

Through modern medical assistance the symptoms are also controllable and able to be lessened.

Please contact the doctor that diagnosed you and discuss the possibility of medications to aid you in regaining control.

Next - you need to retrain your brain.
The brain repeats what it knows.

Daily - take time out to get into the Word of God. The Bible feeds your soul and redirects your thoughts. The scriptures build your faith and strengthen your resolve. It will help you to overcome your current patterns.

It will take time and practice - but I am confident that our precious Jesus is more than able to deliver you from your suffering.

Look to find Christian Counselors in your area - ask your Minister if he knows of any that you can see. You need to have regular Christian counselling support as you move from this deep suffering to a healthier state of being. It will be a tough road, but our Father will send you the Holy Spirit to walk with you in this path - even on days when you do not feel Him nearby.

"Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue,but in deed and truth. We shall know by this that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him, in whatever our heart condemns us; for God is greater than our heart, and knows all things." 1st John 3:18-20

"Do not call to mind the former things, or ponder things of the past. Behold, I will do something new. Now it will spring forth; Will you not be aware of it? I will even make a roadway in the wilderness, Rivers in the desert.
I even I, am the one who wipes out your transgressions for My Own sake; and I will not remember your sins."Isaiah 43:18-19,25

Our precious Lord is here to help you. He Knows your suffering.
Peace.

Answer 9

Awh, I'll definately pray for you there. Don't worry about that. What you have is a curse from the Devil, causing you to have the unbearable need to sin. Pray for God to break that curse off of you. Command the devil in JESUS' name to get the devil's nasty little hands off of you.
You still might be tempted, but might not.
I know a man who was obsessed with Coke, and it got so bad, he got really unhealthy and sick. He prayed for the curse to be broken and He has never been tempted again.
If you get tempted, turn it on to some Christian music.
Personally, I pop in a CD from Sion Alford. If you've never heard of him, He's a great man of God and also the guy I was talking about with the Coke obsession. lol. Go to sionalford.com and just listen to some of his music and praise God. It'll take your mind off of that sinful ritual.
God Bless :]

Answer 10

Just pray and fast. Before you pray do a faith check you have to believe that God will deliver you if you don't then you're just wasting your time. And there is no such things as a mortal sin. All sin is disobedience to God's word and he looks at it ALL the same way.