Every night before I sleep I pray to God. I ask for forgiveness, for help, and I forgive others. But like I've said in previous posts, I have OCD, which results in intrusive thoughts, so sometimes when I pray a bad thought pops into my head. so I'm wondering if I am praying wrong, and if I am, how to fix it. I'm also worried about being saved, and if I have or not. I don't know if I'm forgiven or not, and I don't know if I'll go to heaven or not. I haven't been Baptized yet, though I want to, and like I said I pray to God every night. I try to go to Church Sunday mornings, and put my life to Jesus. But sometimes I feel lost and scared, like I won't go to heaven, and I don't know if I've been saved or not. Please help.
Being Saved
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I told you before about my ex with OCD. Her biggest issue with OCD was fear of not being saved. OCD generates a need to 'earn' salvation, but that is not what the Bible teaches. Good from within ourselves is meaningless to God. Goodness is a reflection of God in our lives, not the other way around. You Are going to keep having this struggle. But there will also be times when it subsides. It's during those times that you rest and rejoice in what your heart knows, even if your mind is sometimes blocked from accepting it
Baptism is not required for salvation.
And praying doesn't mean all of a sudden things fall into place during those minutes. One of the most common complaints from Christians is the difficulty in focusing while praying. It's common for most Christians. Your distractions just happen to be a little worse, but like the rest of us, your struggle isn't a reflection of your salvation. Actually it's the opposite. Struggling with our thoughts is a Centerpoint of the difficulties of our faith.
I don't know you well, but from the bit I've seen of your posts your heart is in the right place. Don't allow a condition that you can't control confuse you with where your heart is. God sees your heart and intents. He sees your struggles. And He understands.
Baptism is not required for salvation.
And praying doesn't mean all of a sudden things fall into place during those minutes. One of the most common complaints from Christians is the difficulty in focusing while praying. It's common for most Christians. Your distractions just happen to be a little worse, but like the rest of us, your struggle isn't a reflection of your salvation. Actually it's the opposite. Struggling with our thoughts is a Centerpoint of the difficulties of our faith.
I don't know you well, but from the bit I've seen of your posts your heart is in the right place. Don't allow a condition that you can't control confuse you with where your heart is. God sees your heart and intents. He sees your struggles. And He understands.
Heres what's up. I understand this 100%. Just know God focuses on what you mean and not what our lizard brains just so happen to pop up at the worst times. Just ignore them and carry on with your prayer, he understands, trust me on this. He loves you. The more you focus on having bad thoughts the more you think about them because you have to KNOW what to not think about in order to purposefully not think about but... so it's kind of an oxymoron.. You have to think about them in order to forget them, but if you think about them then you arnt forgetting them. Just relax and stop worrying about it. The moment you can let go that worry and have faith that God wants to help you, then the thoughts wills top popping up. And if they do, who cares.