Yes Mark this is huge. A big one for me right now is “you are avoiding! You are avoiding!”. Its been really tormenting, so this video is timely for me.
Mark, you’re really helping me in direct answer to my simple prayers. Thanks for everything your doing. If you ever need to know that your helping just 1 person it’s me. Thanks.
I just found your channel and this is me right now. This is me right now. I realized I have been not doing well spiritually and I'm trying to let God help guide me out if it. But my mind has focused on reading books. That reading books, no explicit books just books like agatha christie, is my problem. That if I don't stop reading God is going to kill me. That I'm not a really saved if I don't stop reading. It's bringing me so much anxiety and causing me to spin. This has helped so much. God is loving. He would not bring aniexty, hopleness, hate etc.
Yesss!!! 👏 This is exactly what I discovered recently doing the online course. Made me laugh out loud when I realize what I've been doing with the OCD thoughts! I'm not in denial by moving on from them, like my brain keeps saying. I'm in denial by FEEDING them, because it's the whole OCD cycle that's keeping me from dealing with the real pain that's underneath 🙏 Thank you again Mark for bringing this to light!
This video came to me today. God works in amazing ways because I have been doing great this last week on my journey with the lord and learning more about who he is and how much he loves me. Out of no where this morning, I had an obsession resurface that I thought I had dealt with weeks ago! “Hey!! You remember me?! You better repent again if you want forgiveness over me!”, it continued to say. I’m going to continue to starve it, Mark. Thank you.
God sent you mark, because everyone on the internet were trying to deliberately and constantly tell me that my "Denial"(I would call them my demons) is the true reality and im just running away from it but the fact that i felt even more wrong followed by a gut-wrenching anxiety as soon as i accepted it, that Told me this definitely wasn't denial so i was searching for answers then i saw your video, which gave me a real picture of the situation that Its a withdrawal of my past OCD and I have a bunch of them. Thank you Mark I wish that you are saved and may god save you.
I always had this feeling that im in denial with my emotions cause something triggered me like i got afraid i will lose someone i love, or something in news triggered me or in my faith journey ive seen christian videos that made me feel that im not a good christian, and these things gave me strong emotions and i knew letting myself feel those feelings wouldve just feed them cause what good will do if i just let myself be afraid cause i know someday i will lose someone? For me compulsions was watching videos or reading about these things that makes me help think differently and i lose the fear and then i got into that confusion that if this is avoiding fear and its compulsion then should i let myself feed the fear, guilt, shame? If i let myself feel those things i will end up believing its true. I got to a point where i got triggered when i heard people say "accept how you feel" cause it ment to me that you have to acknowledge that there is a problem, then follow the emotion and i end up this 2 places, that either im avoiding with trying to get into the right headspace or im feeding it that i accept that its true. I'm still feel when i try to get in the right headspace and not believe the anxious thoughts that im in denial. Only a few days ago i realized there is a 3rd way, where i just notice the emotion without believing the stories my mind adds to those feelings, which im still learning and its not easy, but it's a journey. Thank you for helping us in this journey, God bless you! :)
pretty funny that my withdrawal/denial symptom was to at least check one christian related video today and this was the video, even if it was a bad choice to obey my thoughts, i now know more and will be more equipped !
I've been battling with doubts about my salvation constantly for two years now. I've asked Jesus to save me countless times. I'm a total wreck. Grew up in a Fundamentalist Baptist Church and walked away because my mother was never satisfied with me. I've led a very sinfull life and I need to know I'm saved.
Don't worry, if you accepted Christ as your Lord and Saviour and know in your heart and mind that God raised Him from the death and that now we have eternal life because Jesus already paid for the price of our sins in the cross, then you are saved. However, being safe doesn't mean we're gonna be perfect now it just means we have God grace and yes when we accept Christ we are called to live new because we are a new creation in Christ, however we're still humans and God knows that, sometimes we may cave into sin but that doesn't define us anymore because Jesus paid for the price. It's still good to repent but now that repent or our good deeds won't get us into Heaven, what will get us into Heaven is accepting Jesus as our Lord and Saviour. Keep strong!
I also grew up IFB and I know the exact feeling that you are describing. One thing that helped me after I left that church, was realizing that if there were a certain word or words that God wanted us to say to get saved, He would have included that in the Bible because that's a pretty important issue. The performance/was I sincere enough when I asked for salvation, is a direct result of the IFB legalism. Its a very ugly thing and its not the way Christ intended His gospel to be known.
Mark, alot of people usually say, you really need yourself empty yourself cause that's the way to go for a Christian. I'm struggling to barely go on a 40 minute walk these days.
Lol Im not sure what the big deal is, but as this article states (about apparently where it originally came from) we use it just like everyone else does.... ("If someone says, “God willing and the Creek don’t rise” they’re looking to achieve a goal. When they use this phrase, it means that they will achieve their goal as long as there are no outside forces over which they have no control preventing them from doing just that.)
Yes Mark this is huge. A big one for me right now is “you are avoiding! You are avoiding!”. Its been really tormenting, so this video is timely for me.
Yes, same confusion issue.
Mark, you’re really helping me in direct answer to my simple prayers. Thanks for everything your doing. If you ever need to know that your helping just 1 person it’s me. Thanks.
I just found your channel and this is me right now. This is me right now. I realized I have been not doing well spiritually and I'm trying to let God help guide me out if it. But my mind has focused on reading books. That reading books, no explicit books just books like agatha christie, is my problem. That if I don't stop reading God is going to kill me. That I'm not a really saved if I don't stop reading. It's bringing me so much anxiety and causing me to spin. This has helped so much. God is loving. He would not bring aniexty, hopleness, hate etc.
Yesss!!! 👏 This is exactly what I discovered recently doing the online course. Made me laugh out loud when I realize what I've been doing with the OCD thoughts! I'm not in denial by moving on from them, like my brain keeps saying. I'm in denial by FEEDING them, because it's the whole OCD cycle that's keeping me from dealing with the real pain that's underneath 🙏 Thank you again Mark for bringing this to light!
What online course, I’d like to check it out
This video came to me today. God works in amazing ways because I have been doing great this last week on my journey with the lord and learning more about who he is and how much he loves me. Out of no where this morning, I had an obsession resurface that I thought I had dealt with weeks ago! “Hey!! You remember me?! You better repent again if you want forgiveness over me!”, it continued to say.
I’m going to continue to starve it, Mark. Thank you.
Love this. Bye bye fear!!
God sent you mark, because everyone on the internet were trying to deliberately and constantly tell me that my "Denial"(I would call them my demons) is the true reality and im just running away from it but the fact that i felt even more wrong followed by a gut-wrenching anxiety as soon as i accepted it, that Told me this definitely wasn't denial so i was searching for answers then i saw your video, which gave me a real picture of the situation that Its a withdrawal of my past OCD and I have a bunch of them. Thank you Mark I wish that you are saved and may god save you.
I always had this feeling that im in denial with my emotions cause something triggered me like i got afraid i will lose someone i love, or something in news triggered me or in my faith journey ive seen christian videos that made me feel that im not a good christian, and these things gave me strong emotions and i knew letting myself feel those feelings wouldve just feed them cause what good will do if i just let myself be afraid cause i know someday i will lose someone? For me compulsions was watching videos or reading about these things that makes me help think differently and i lose the fear and then i got into that confusion that if this is avoiding fear and its compulsion then should i let myself feed the fear, guilt, shame? If i let myself feel those things i will end up believing its true. I got to a point where i got triggered when i heard people say "accept how you feel" cause it ment to me that you have to acknowledge that there is a problem, then follow the emotion and i end up this 2 places, that either im avoiding with trying to get into the right headspace or im feeding it that i accept that its true. I'm still feel when i try to get in the right headspace and not believe the anxious thoughts that im in denial. Only a few days ago i realized there is a 3rd way, where i just notice the emotion without believing the stories my mind adds to those feelings, which im still learning and its not easy, but it's a journey. Thank you for helping us in this journey, God bless you! :)
first part is really, really important and no one speaks about it!!!
pretty funny that my withdrawal/denial symptom was to at least check one christian related video today and this was the video, even if it was a bad choice to obey my thoughts, i now know more and will be more equipped !
Thank you Mark. God bless you ❤
Amen Mark SO TRUE
FREEDOM journey!! 🎉✨️
Thank you for your work, i watched only few of your videos but it was really helpfull. Pls dont stop doing what you doing
Thank you mark! Bought your book and this one here is a huge help concerning distortions 😵💫
This helped me
Great lesson. Helped me! 🎉
I've been battling with doubts about my salvation constantly for two years now. I've asked Jesus to save me countless times. I'm a total wreck. Grew up in a Fundamentalist Baptist Church and walked away because my mother was never satisfied with me. I've led a very sinfull life and I need to know I'm saved.
Don't worry, if you accepted Christ as your Lord and Saviour and know in your heart and mind that God raised Him from the death and that now we have eternal life because Jesus already paid for the price of our sins in the cross, then you are saved. However, being safe doesn't mean we're gonna be perfect now it just means we have God grace and yes when we accept Christ we are called to live new because we are a new creation in Christ, however we're still humans and God knows that, sometimes we may cave into sin but that doesn't define us anymore because Jesus paid for the price. It's still good to repent but now that repent or our good deeds won't get us into Heaven, what will get us into Heaven is accepting Jesus as our Lord and Saviour. Keep strong!
I also grew up IFB and I know the exact feeling that you are describing. One thing that helped me after I left that church, was realizing that if there were a certain word or words that God wanted us to say to get saved, He would have included that in the Bible because that's a pretty important issue. The performance/was I sincere enough when I asked for salvation, is a direct result of the IFB legalism. Its a very ugly thing and its not the way Christ intended His gospel to be known.
You should make a video on SO-OCD..
Mark, alot of people usually say, you really need yourself empty yourself cause that's the way to go for a Christian. I'm struggling to barely go on a 40 minute walk these days.
Thank you 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻just in time
Does the OCD training course expand more than the book?
I bet you don’t because it’s not what you think
Mark do you know what the Lord willing and the creeks don’t rise ACTUALLY MEANS?!!
What does it actually mean???
Lol Im not sure what the big deal is, but as this article states (about apparently where it originally came from) we use it just like everyone else does....
("If someone says, “God willing and the Creek don’t rise” they’re looking to achieve a goal. When they use this phrase, it means that they will achieve their goal as long as there are no outside forces over which they have no control preventing them from doing just that.)