S07 Ep09: Healing Obsessive Compulsive Battles

[@Morrisneuro83]

This healed my whole life! I have read all of your books and my life is literally brand new. I learned how to accept god's love and then discover who I am. Then I was able to fill up my cup, with the help of Christ Jesus, attain love and my soul is restored. Psalms 23 is my life now. God bless you both.

[@marktdejesus]

I am so happy and honored to know this! May your life be a message of hope and encouragement for others!

[@sadededier9385]

Amen

[@stevnreed7763]

that is amazing

[@rachaeladams3121]

This is like a breath of fresh air. I’ve struggled with different themes of OCD, mostly relationship OCD and OCD surrounding my faith. Thank you for bringing awareness to this topic.

[@marktdejesus]

I have more on this, so be sure to check the videos I put out specifically on OCD

[@pleasantfoy814]

Everything hit home for me, I thank God for you guys helping me cope with OCD and understanding it

[@marktdejesus]

That's wonderful!

[@heavensmilesonyou]

I couldn't see my workaholism until I was no longer working. And even then, it took a number of compulsive cycles of acting out and ultimately burning myself out to see the PATTERN you emphasized so nicely. The torture of my mind was ruthless. Thanks to God's grace, after a few months of spinning and crashing, I saw my insanity and admitted defeat. My ways were not getting me any thing but pain. I surrendered a few weeks ago and have accepted that God's love and grace needs to drive. "The slower I go, the faster I grow". Blessings to you. I love your channel.

[@marktdejesus]

This is awesome. I relate to what you shared here.

[@moshibudithelma991]

The mind is a battle field indeed we thank God for his grace I thought my thoughts were normal until I saw myself as the only person who was thinking like this thank you for this channel I would have believed whatever my mind was saying 🙏🏾

[@dubem6671]

This message is much needed! Especially seeing as a lot of the popular theologies/concepts within Christendom seem to actually contribute to anxiety and overthinking (finding Gods perfect will, spiritual warefare, obedience, etc)

[@marktdejesus]

Great point and well said!

[@jeffreybarnhart3725]

Thank you! My struggles are becoming a lot more clearer. God is truly blessing others through the struggles you both went through.

[@marktdejesus]

That means a lot Jeffrey!

[@DarthTwilight]

I'm an Asperger's patient with a healthy side plate of Purely Obsessive OCD. This is Grade A material that is absolutely worth adding into a study. Too many doctors and psychologists out there have ZERO CLUE about the truth of OCD, especially what "Pure O" means, and it leads to people going on in pain and agony, if not offing themselves. You two are definitely on to something here, and I encourage that you push to get this material recognized.

[@Blessednesting]

Wow I wish I had seen this when I had my 4th child! I went into a crazy deep anxiety/depression that began in the hospital and it lasted for months after turning on the television in the hospital room wanting to see something Christmasy. I turned it on and saw the Casey Anthony story and freaked out. I was so fearful of harming my baby after that and had crazy intrusive thoughts after that about my baby and myself. I thought it was all hormonal. I grew up with a handicapped mother who had a speech impediment and she had a very dysfunctional childhood herself. She loved me the best she knew how to but I honestly felt very alone growing up. I felt this emotion was more from my father but looks like it might have been both. Think I need to order the book on God’s love. Thank you!

[@perseverance9888]

Your transparency is such a blessing as you both were already🙏

[@marktdejesus]

So happy that you are blessed by that. thanks

[@perseverance9888]

@@marktdejesus the way you described becoming addicted to the compulsion is life-changing.

[@marktdejesus]

@@perseverance9888 It was life-changing for me to see that. So glad you picked up on it!

[@maichengsiliuchawang9811]

Thank GOD! I really need to hear this Through the help of God I can win this battle May the good LORD bless the both of you even more

[@sophiekeye8511]

This video is absolutely wonderful and is helping makes sense of so many of my experiences growing up and the struggles I've had. May God bless you and your ministry.

[@annagorbatoff8716]

I just stumbled upon this video and want to say thank you dearly for what you are doing. This ministry that the Lord has undoubtedly placed on your heart has already healed part of mine tonight. Will be looking more into the materials you have regarding OCD thoughts. Bless you and thanks.

[@lopez2129]

Since I was a teenager I started the OCD. But never thought that it was that. I have struggle with a lot of anxiety, insecurity, depression. You’ve been a lot of help on my journey thank you.

[@Dr34Hornet]

Same here. Since I was 12 years old...differing fears and anxieties over the years...definitely made worse by stress, bitterness, guilt, perfectionism

[@artscee1458]

Thank you so much for this! I can so relate to OCD, fear, anxiety, worry etc. I have never really felt safe growing up. I find that these things are interfering with my romantic relationships. I've been praying and asking God to heal me. I'm glad he let me find this channel. God bless!!

[@marktdejesus]

So good to know! I pray the freedom continues. 👍

[@artscee1458]

@@marktdejesus Thank you so much!!

[@researchtube9035]

Thank you both for this. It all hit home. My PTSD has spurred OCD and I had no idea until you’ve blessed me with clarity on these battles that have absolutely tormented me in every way on every human level. I will pursue this breakthrough with all my heart. I love you both, thank you for doing this work 🙏✝️😭

[@confidentmama8328]

Hi Mark - SO much good information here!! Thank you for talking about spiritual warfare along with OCD tendencies. I went through deliverance ministry 1 1/2 years ago, and am still on my journey of overcoming OCD tendency struggles :) I can feel shame about it, as I have not overcome it yet. I can have thoughts spinning about the deliverance ministry, about what happened back then, about oppression, etc to where I can become confused. I am currently going through your book God loves me and I love myself. Thank you for your resources! Calming down to allow God to love on me.. don’t need to obsess because I am loved.. don’t need to give into any compulsion because I have worth and value!

[@marktdejesus]

You are right on track Courtney, so keep receiving! So glad the love and grace of God is flowing. Keep me posted on the journey. [e-mail]

[@jenmartinez6417]

Thank you both so much for always getting to the real issues in the heart so we can allow God's healing and love and grace in. 💜💞

[@marktdejesus]

Jen, thank you so much! I am so glad to know that.

[@cortup1]

Your willingness to be so transparent and vulnerable with your experiences and lives makes all the difference. It has really helped me find myself in the mix and be TREMENDOUSLY helped like never before. God has used you guys to answer prayers this almost 40 year old has prayed since I was a teenager! With great joy I thank God for you and pray His blessings on you! May He give you the grace to continue to help and strengthen many more till He comes again😊🤗🙏.

[@marktdejesus]

Thank you so much! What an honor to read this!

[@sarahd1706]

I love how real you both are, & it's obvious you're genuinely such loving people. Thank you. I love how you spoke of how grace & love is what really helps us in those moments. It's a good idea not to make too big of a deal or be shaming if we have a bad thought because it's giving fear power instead of grace. One thing I was taught that has helped me is that all kinds of thoughts go through our mind like cars going through a parking lot, whether from media, others, our surroundings, or Satan's temptations, our choice, etc. They are not who we are, & bad thoughts wouldn't be considered sins unless we're choosing them & inviting them to stay & park--that's when we're accountable for them. Meaning that unsolicited thoughts & being tempted are not sin. It's what we choose to do with them that can become a sin. For example, that man who tried to get help with the thoughts he had about his children: if he liked those thoughts & chose to indulge in them instead of trying to reject them & get help, that's when it would be a sin. I also think we're accountable if we choose to fill our minds with gross things from the media that plant seeds of sinful thoughts. We can choose not to be entertained by violent, scary, creepy, or sexual things. There are an endless amount of lovely, good, uplifting, virtuous options to feed our minds instead. When I was a teen I was sick of scary & inappropriate thoughts popping into my head so I started choosing better media/entertainment & over time my mind detoxed. It was liberating & now is 2nd nature to be attracted to good entertainment & repulsed by inappropriate things. I don't know if that fits into the discussion of OCD, but aside from OCD it definitely fits into the discussion of the kinds of thoughts we have. Another example is a lot of my body image issues went away (though I still have some) when I stopped indulging in fashion magazines. Guard our minds & nourish them.

[@marktdejesus]

Great stuff Sarah!

[@jenmartinez6417]

That was a great analogy thank you!!

[@mmpjuly291]

What you've shared is wisdom. My spirit resonates with it so much, thus it helped me tremendously and has given me understanding. Thank you so much for sharing. Blessings, brother and sister!

[@marktdejesus]

Thank you so much!

[@davidmacdowell4796]

thanks a lot guys. it means so much more, coming from someone whos been there.

[@mutarambirwaguydorian9035]

Thank you very muuuch, you are helping us so much, since I started to follow you, I am experiencing peace in my life.May God bless you and gives you more to share.

[@e11ionore79]

Wow, thank you so much for this. It's really eyes opening as I thought that this OCD is not that widespread. So so true that the focused should be changed to love ONLY. God is so much higher that all these thoughts and He understands us. Playing from all here to be healed from this OCD thing.

[@roshellrathnayaka635]

Thanks ps Mark..God bless you

[@ajroseyy9991]

I'm only a few minutes in and I relate soooo much to the examples you gave. And the fixation on meaning...ah this is so good! If I did not see this video, I would not have opened myself up to accepting this about myself and I would have been oblivious or just in despair thinking I'm just always going to be this way. I would have continued in a pattern of thinking that this is just the kind of persom I am...but it's not. And healing is real and possible but unaccessible if the wound is not known. Thank you for your videos. God bless you both. Okay, going to focus on the rest of the video now 🙂

[@marktdejesus]

So glad, thank you Angelica!

[@anniec4867]

The channel I needed! I am battling with this right now!! Thank you so much!! 😢💜💜👌🏻👌🏻

[@janicelupo5044]

Everything about this is helpful and relevant. I am amazed at how much I need this. I'll be watching it again.

[@thatgirlmani3465]

I have scrupulosity and I’m constantly at a battle of should I believe or should I not. I want to believe! I have existential ocd before this and I was constantly searching if there was a god or not by looking up atheist vs theist debates, I was so busy wondering what was out there, then suddenly my scrupulosity was triggered by a video of someone claiming to have visiting hell. I had a full panic attack which triggered my scrupulosity. I was in a ocd battle of “what if I go to hell?”, and “what if I’m not saved? I had a closer relationship with god when I was 12-13, but I fell off”, and the big what if question that had was “what if I truly don’t believe in god and I’m just faking it?” It’s so scary. I’m trying to get some help and when I get help, I will finally have a closer relationship with Jesus and God.

[@andreash.906]

Loved this! I need this so badly in my life. My OCD and drug addiction is killing me.

[@worldview730]

Thanks for helping me on my path to self healing in this area, may God bless you again. 👍🙏😇

[@Christines_letters]

I have a serious compulsive disorder with getting it right, it affects my eating habits, relationships, and how I do I right. I also have compulsions on cleanliness and worry that I will be harmed everywhere that I go. I have a very compulsive need to get things off my chest and confess my wrongs, to fix/help others.

[@confidentmama8328]

Do you think OCD can grab ahold of things of the past? In my past, I sinned sexually. Looking back, I am appalled and embarrassed by things I’ve done. But thoughts pop in “are you really appalled? You did those things.. maybe that is who you are!” And anxiety skyrockets. I read in an article you wrote about how we get to lead our hearts and decide the people we want to be! I don’t want to ever do these things again, but I get pulled into overthinking because of things I have done in my past that I’m not proud of. Thank you so much for what you do! The work being done through your ministry is wonderful.

[@marktdejesus]

OCD can grab a hold of anything. Im going to be doing some specific OCD video work. Make sure you are on our mailing list and I will send updates about it.

[@samueladedeji301]

@@marktdejesus I am not on your mailing list. Please, could you add me @ [e-mail]

[@goldenrulebanner2896]

Thank you so much for opening up my understanding!

[@marktdejesus]

That's awesome!

[@mutarambirwaguydorian9035]

My life was troubled by thoughts for many years, but now I am getting peace and freedom and I can't tell u the joy it procured. I would like to get this free book, empowering you live healed and live, how can I get please?

[@NoraHeartfix]

I can only say: "WOOooooW"🙏💖

[@johnherrerap]

This has helped me a lot, thank you

[@jennamartin5913]

I looked for this because I have been trying SO hard to find balance in SO many areas in my life eating, sleeping, all of it…. The more I think about wanting to be balanced the more I OBSESS about being balanced and that in itself becomes unbalanced

[@jennamartin5913]

Obsessive confessing too! Wow!

[@brocksisk735]

Thank u this helps me understand my mind and God Bless u guys!!

[@RichieDoesStuff]

I’ve been dealing with ocd for a few months very seriously now. I’ve dealt with and am dealing with almost every category, well besides cleanliness. But right now my ocd is making me believe I have other mental health conditions that are a lot worse, it’s really hard to sleep because my thoughts are so crazy and uncontrollable

[@krysp7824]

Wow! I can relate to some of Melissa's examples

[@narutogaming1395]

Thank you. Bless you

[@ErikFindlingMusic]

Thanks so much for this. Although it’s somewhat nice that other people are dealing with this, it’s still terrible on a daily basis. I’m trusting YHWH that He is watching me and sustaining me

[@popoolasaheed1394]

Thanks God bless u

[@MatheusBraz-yk6pw]

love y'all

[@CK-ok9so]

Thanks so much to both of you for this information! I have been using the advice and tips you’ve provided to walk this struggle out. I’ve found that OCD tendencies have infiltrated many areas of my thinking and my life! Is it common, or have you found, that a lot of thoughts that come across your mind are negative? Currently, I feel like 90% of the thoughts in my mind I should be separating as not me and not come into agreement with! Also, renewing the mind takes time, correct?

[@adiraFEARSHEAVENLYFATHER4EVER]

I always been neglected and rejected. This attacks my faith. I read the verses on unpardonable sin and got scared and these thughts came. I try to fight them out of my head. When i hear those thoughts, i guess in the back of my head i hear God left me i have to get this out i have to say this right. :( God will not leave me no matter what. This is the battles i deal with Hear thoughts change make sure thats not in my heart Hear thoughts compulsion to positive blah dont work Reject stop i have the mind of Christ God has not neglect me or rejected me 😭😭😭😭😭 I deal with how words sound the ebemy makes it sound like cuss words so try to change the pronunciations to sound good. (The defintion matters) I deal with trying to change the word start letter to positive I try to find positive words Ugh just everything i cannot think straight. The fighting the words to be compulsions, thinking it was me.

[@tiffany-tm650]

Hi, great information. Do you also provide counseling/therapy?

[@abbygigi8345]

Wow I struggle with ALL of this.

[@fastingd8609]

A lot of those thoughts are demonic rebuke them ask the lord for deliverance The Lord be With you

[@nicholaspino33]

I don’t even want to say that because I don’t want to entertain that. I’m at a point where I am struggling with overcoming this at all. Did I cross over a line? I am actually feeling confusion and a numbness - this has been ruminating for 6 months since I first felt God asked me to submit something I wasn’t willing to release to Him - they were shorts and driving Uber. I felt God wanted me to surrender them because I’m getting ready to do missionary work and needed to be willing to deny self and take up my cross to follow Him. Suddenly I was reminded of a passage in Hebrews 10 which says if we sin willfully after receiving knowledge of the truth, there remains no sacrifice for sin - that it’s trampling the Son of God underfoot, considering the blood of the Covenant an unholy thing, and insulting the Spirit of grace. I worried that I didn’t act or act quickly enough on that last part. I haven’t been able to hear God’s voice or hear it clearly since April. In addition, any voice that I feel could be God, because I’ve been taught that if God’s Spirit leaves someone, then how can He return?

[@Dr34Hornet]

You are definitely in a spiritual battle....God cannot lie...you are eternally secure in Jesus once you have become a born again Christian

[@shawnhutto6730]

I understand, I feel like that a lot as well but a verse that helps is 1 John 2:1 “My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.” ‭‭I John‬ ‭2:1‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

[@aromkee]

What books do you recommend that a person reads to help with these issues?

[@tammygrady3530]

Oh Yes it does....Yes

[@nicholaspino33]

I’m so afraid - I have had an obsession with crossing the line with God - worried about my past failure to obey something God asked me to do and the same recently. I’ve never sought to abandon or deny God. Never would want to. But I feel like God left

[@amanda-137]

I know how you feel. I feel like I keep saying "no" to God too often, and that He is displeased with me. He is always here though, so don't worry. He won't leave us :)

[@judydyck4707]

Sooo..... almost freeing , and so me and one of my six sons .

[@tango-bravo]

Do you have any thoughts on OCD stemming from Steps 8 and 9 from 12 step recovery, ie apologizing for wrongs, slights or bad attitudes we held toward people in the past, even if these people are dead? I have always found this to be a disturbing teaching to those with OCD thought patterns.

[@josephscala6707]

Have you ever thought it was god that gave you ocd in the first place? Why give her all the credit but none of the blame?

[@josephscala6707]

@@thevulture5750 I wouldn't consider that a gift.