I lie habitually. I want to stop, but it feels so engrained in me that sometimes I don't think I can. Furthermore, sometimes I'm not sure I even want to stop; I keep finding myself in situations where I end up lying because it seems convenient, or being honest seems disadvantageous. I know it's wrong but I feel like I know I'm going to lie again even though I don't want to do something knowingly sinful. It feels like I can't not lie sometimes.

The worst part was, I justified this to myself earlier with a hideous lie; I told myself that even Jesus lied. (I was thinking of John 7:8-10) I

Please pray for me both in regards to stopping lying and that I can be forgiven for calling Jesus a liar.

>>808998

Often it's avoiding admitting to wrongdoing, such as to avoid being rebuked, or to make excuses for myself, or for personal gain.

Nothing justifiable.

>>757973

>I'm scared of being sinful. Everything I do, I worry about slipping up and sinning. It's interfering with my faith and with me being able to function. I'm scared of false teachings when I read about my faith, I'm scared of misconstruing or twisting scripture if I try to talk about my faith. I know it might sound ridiculous, but I got a 666 get on this board earlier and I was even scared I sinned then.

My scrupulosity comes and goes, but bumping because it's resurged recently.

I know this board sometimes gets sick of these posts, but I'm afraid I've blasphemed the holy spirit. At first it was a single curse, and it was without thinking, might have been an intrusive thought. I don't even remember what led up to it or whether or not it was in a dream.

But since then I've been panicking, and the blasphemous thought keeps repeating over and over through my mind without end, which makes me worry that I'm being obstinate in this sin. I'm constantly chanting in my head (not a formal chant, just repeatedly saying "praise the holy spirit" because it's the opposite of the blasphemous phrase) to drown out the blasphemous phrase and I'm not really functioning at this point. I don't think this is what God wants for me but I'm to sacred to think straight. I'm caught between the fear that I've committed an eternal, unforgivable sin and the fear that I'm sinning by daring to worry my sin can't be forgiven, which is also unforgivable.

I used to attend a Presbyterian Church, but it's becoming increasingly clear to me that the Presbyterian Church is not the right Church. My mother told me she left for another Church, and I was hopeful for a moment until she said she was going to a Unitarian Universalist Church. I think I was able to express to her why I think Unitarians are wrong, but I don't think she intends to stop going. My father doesn't go with her, but on the other hand that means he isn't going to Church at all. Please pray for both of them.

>>810675

>(ask once, you don't need to ask forgiveness for every individual thought as this will just cause you to dwell on it even more)

Yeah, this is what I struggle with. I end up praying for forgiveness after each instance of an intrusive thought (and I have a ton of them). It makes it difficult to function.

>You don't need to panic. Relax and understand that the thoughts will stop soon, just get on with your day and occupy your mind with other things.

I think this is part of the problem for me, I struggle with scrupulosity and feel guilty occupying my mind with other things when I think I should be worrying about these thoughts.

Struggling with intrusive thoughts and scrupulously. Please pray for me to be able to function. Also that I can resist the urge to masturbate. (I know there's a thread for that, but I thought I would ask here too while I'm at it)

My scrupulosity and intrusive thoughts are really bad lately. Whenever I do almost literally anything I feel guilty like I've committed a terrible sin if I'm doing something other than reading the Bible or being at Church, etc. I then get intrusive thoughts along the line of saying WtP God. It terrifies me and I almost can't function.

Please pray for me, I'm terrified that I may have let Satan enter me. My mind is a mess right now and I can't even keep track of what I was thinking, but I think I, unintentionally or not, said the Devil could enter me, possibly with the reasoning being that proof of the Devil would also be proof of God. I was dealing with major scrupulosity issues so I wasn't thinking straight. This isn't the first time I've had the thought of letting Satan enter me, but usually it's clearly an intensive thought. This time it felt like it might have been at least partially intentional. Like I said, I'm struggling with intrusive thoughts and scrupulosity, so my mind is a mess and I can't keep track of what I'm thinking, but please pray that I'm not possessed and any evil will be cast out.

>>819905

bump

>>821355

I realize looking back that this post might have seemed like concern trolling, but I'm genuinely terrified. Last night I told myself, or maybe it was an intrusive thought, that it wouldn't matter if I couldn't tell anyway. Please pray for me.