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If I was to summarize three key areas that I focus on for my mental health, it would be found in this broadcast. While I have spent a lot of time teaching on areas I have had to let go of, getting freedom from and overcome, I also want to emphasize, "What do you focus on for daily growth?" They have to do with connecting to love, relating to thoughts in a different way and plugging into grace. Find out in this broadcast about how living as a "Compassionate Witness of Grace" has brought about tremendous fruit in my mental health journey. Get The OCD Healing Journey Book Today: https://markdejesus.com/the-ocd-healing-journey-book/ Get a FREE eBook on the Father’s Love: https://bit.ly/3fGu6t3 Mark's resource library: https://markdejesus.com/topics/ Support future videos: https://markdejesus.com/donate/ Join the Healing and Freedom Community: https://markdejesus.com/community Mark's books: https://markdejesus.com/books-by-mark-dejesus/ Disclaimer: The content published is for informational purposes. The content is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your mental health professional or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding your condition. Never disregard professional advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read in our material. The resources given are not designed to practice medicine or give professional medical advice, including, without limitation, medical direction concerning someone's medical and mental health. Any resources given are not to be considered complete and does not cover all issues related to mental and physical health. In addition, any information given should not replace consultation with your doctor or any other mental health providers and/or specialists.

In looking back over my mental health journey, there are three very important areas that made a monumental difference in my life and journey. These areas are critical aspects that need equipping for our healing and freedom. Learning to become equipped in how I related to these three areas had a remarkable difference in empowering my mental health and my whole life. Breaking Limitations Off Your Life: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoPPYKFbUfNOEdcpAzu5OWWZFVLF2e3-l Mark's books: https://markdejesus.com/books-by-mark-dejesus/ Get The OCD Healing Journey Book Today: https://markdejesus.com/the-ocd-healing-journey-book/ Get a FREE eBook on the Father’s Love: https://bit.ly/3fGu6t3 Mark's resource library: https://markdejesus.com/topics/ Support future videos: https://markdejesus.com/donate/ Join the Healing and Freedom Community: https://markdejesus.com/community Disclaimer: The content published is for informational purposes. The content is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your mental health professional or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding your condition. Never disregard professional advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read in our material. The resources given are not designed to practice medicine or give professional medical advice, including, without limitation, medical direction concerning someone's medical and mental health. Any resources given are not to be considered complete and does not cover all issues related to mental and physical health. In addition, any information given should not replace consultation with your doctor or any other mental health providers and/or specialists.

We often try to change while being influenced by condemnation, but it does not produce long-term change. Today I want to talk about the power of God's love and grace to bring about dynamic change to behavior in our lives that is destructive and unhealthy. Mark's books: https://markdejesus.com/books-by-mark-dejesus/ Get a FREE eBook on the Father’s Love: https://bit.ly/3fGu6t3 Mark's resource library: https://markdejesus.com/topics/ Support future videos: https://markdejesus.com/donate/ Join the Healing and Freedom Community: https://markdejesus.com/community Disclaimer: The content published is for informational purposes. The content is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your mental health professional or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding your condition. Never disregard professional advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read in our material. The resources given are not designed to practice medicine or give professional medical advice, including, without limitation, medical direction concerning someone's medical and mental health. Any resources given are not to be considered complete and does not cover all issues related to mental and physical health. In addition, any information given should not replace consultation with your doctor or any other mental health providers and/or specialists.

Are there some things you need to STOP doing that could really improve your mental health journey? I took some time to look back over my journey to discuss something I put a stop to that really helped my journey. These areas I believe can be a blessing to your healing and freedom journey as well. Let me know which one sticks out to you the most. Get The OCD Healing Journey Book Today: https://markdejesus.com/the-ocd-healing-journey-book/ Get a FREE eBook on the Father’s Love: https://bit.ly/3fGu6t3 Mark's resource library: https://markdejesus.com/topics/ Support future videos: https://markdejesus.com/donate/ Join the Healing and Freedom Community: https://markdejesus.com/community Mark's books: https://markdejesus.com/books-by-mark-dejesus/ Disclaimer: The content published is for informational purposes. The content is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your mental health professional or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding your condition. Never disregard professional advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read in our material. The resources given are not designed to practice medicine or give professional medical advice, including, without limitation, medical direction concerning someone's medical and mental health. Any resources given are not to be considered complete and does not cover all issues related to mental and physical health. In addition, any information given should not replace consultation with your doctor or any other mental health providers and/or specialists.

What is the message we convey to other believers about what an effective and healthy journey looks like? Today I want to give you some advice that may not neccesarily "trend," but it will be powerful wisdom for your mental and emotional health. Based on 1 Thessalonians 4:9-12 Get The OCD Healing Journey Book Today: https://markdejesus.com/the-ocd-healing-journey-book/ Get a FREE eBook on the Father’s Love: https://bit.ly/3fGu6t3 Mark's resource library: https://markdejesus.com/topics/ Support future videos: https://markdejesus.com/donate/ Join the Healing and Freedom Community: https://markdejesus.com/community Mark's books: https://markdejesus.com/books-by-mark-dejesus/ Disclaimer: The content published is for informational purposes. The content is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your mental health professional or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding your condition. Never disregard professional advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read in our material. The resources given are not designed to practice medicine or give professional medical advice, including, without limitation, medical direction concerning someone's medical and mental health. Any resources given are not to be considered complete and does not cover all issues related to mental and physical health. In addition, any information given should not replace consultation with your doctor or any other mental health providers and/or specialists.

What does it look like ot have God's grace have a work in our marriage? Marriage, as designed by God, calls us into a journey of learning to love and experience the beauty of this union. Yet we are also set within a spiritual war that seeks to erode the life our of marriages. In this broadcast, I want to make a call for married couples who want to experience an empowering journey of grace that teaches both husband and wife to experience healing and freedom together. Get The OCD Healing Journey Book Today: https://markdejesus.com/the-ocd-healing-journey-book/ Get a FREE eBook on the Father’s Love: https://bit.ly/3fGu6t3 Mark's resource library: https://markdejesus.com/topics/ Support future videos: https://markdejesus.com/donate/ Join the Healing and Freedom Community: https://markdejesus.com/community Mark's books: https://markdejesus.com/books-by-mark-dejesus/ Disclaimer: The content published is for informational purposes. The content is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your mental health professional or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding your condition. Never disregard professional advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read in our material. The resources given are not designed to practice medicine or give professional medical advice, including, without limitation, medical direction concerning someone's medical and mental health. Any resources given are not to be considered complete and does not cover all issues related to mental and physical health. In addition, any information given should not replace consultation with your doctor or any other mental health providers and/or specialists.

The subject of denial is often a place of confusion for those who battle obsessive compulsive issues. Those who battle OCD are often in denial of the issues of their heart that need tending to. It takes time to realize the problem is not the problem. Yet their obsession convinces them that the topic or subject they are disturbed about IS the problem. When they actually take the step to starve their compulsion, they often have withdrawals. One of those withdrawals symtoms is thoughts that say, "You are living in denial. You need to keep addressing this subject." Today I want to point out this battle and bring some insight to support your healing and freedom. Get The OCD Healing Journey Book Today: https://markdejesus.com/the-ocd-healing-journey-book/ Get a FREE eBook on the Father’s Love: https://bit.ly/3fGu6t3 Mark's resource library: https://markdejesus.com/topics/ Support future videos: https://markdejesus.com/donate/ Join the Healing and Freedom Community: https://markdejesus.com/community Mark's books: https://markdejesus.com/books-by-mark-dejesus/ Disclaimer: The content published is for informational purposes. The content is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your mental health professional or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding your condition. Never disregard professional advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read in our material. The resources given are not designed to practice medicine or give professional medical advice, including, without limitation, medical direction concerning someone's medical and mental health. Any resources given are not to be considered complete and does not cover all issues related to mental and physical health. In addition, any information given should not replace consultation with your doctor or any other mental health providers and/or specialists.

In working through obsessive compulsive struggles, starving the compulsion can be really challenging, but its a neccesary aspect of the healing journey. But there are great blessings in the journey when we learn to stop feeding compulsive behavior and tune into the new freedom that is available. In this broadcast, I want to share with you what I experienced as I learned to starve compulsions. Get The OCD Healing Journey Book Today: https://markdejesus.com/the-ocd-healing-journey-book/ Get a FREE eBook on the Father’s Love: https://bit.ly/3fGu6t3 Mark's resource library: https://markdejesus.com/topics/ Support future videos: https://markdejesus.com/donate/ Join the Healing and Freedom Community: https://markdejesus.com/community Mark's books: https://markdejesus.com/books-by-mark-dejesus/ Disclaimer: The content published is for informational purposes. The content is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your mental health professional or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding your condition. Never disregard professional advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read in our material. The resources given are not designed to practice medicine or give professional medical advice, including, without limitation, medical direction concerning someone's medical and mental health. Any resources given are not to be considered complete and does not cover all issues related to mental and physical health. In addition, any information given should not replace consultation with your doctor or any other mental health providers and/or specialists.

Get The OCD Healing Journey Book Today: https://markdejesus.com/the-ocd-healing-journey-book/ Get a FREE eBook on the Father’s Love: https://bit.ly/3fGu6t3 Mark's resource library: https://markdejesus.com/topics/ Support future videos: https://markdejesus.com/donate/ Join the Healing and Freedom Community: https://markdejesus.com/community Mark's books: https://markdejesus.com/books-by-mark-dejesus/ Disclaimer: The content published is for informational purposes. The content is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your mental health professional or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding your condition. Never disregard professional advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read in our material. The resources given are not designed to practice medicine or give professional medical advice, including, without limitation, medical direction concerning someone's medical and mental health. Any resources given are not to be considered complete and does not cover all issues related to mental and physical health. In addition, any information given should not replace consultation with your doctor or any other mental health providers and/or specialists.

I want to address a question about exposure therapy to bring out how to work through control issues and the fear that drives control. OCD is rooted in control issues, which are driven by fear. Letting go of control is essential for facing fears and experiencing greater freedom. Exposure therapy, where individuals confront their fears without giving in to compulsions, is a helpful tool in the healing journey. I will address the 7 distortions and how they influence the OCD struggle. There is a heavy responsibility that impacts Christian OCD strugglers, where some carry a burden of feeling responsible for others' salvation. In this broadcast, I want to emphasizes the importance of recognizing that the weight of the world is not on one's shoulders and that sharing the gospel should be done without compulsive behavior. Get The OCD Healing Journey Book Today: https://markdejesus.com/the-ocd-healing-journey-book/ Get a FREE eBook on the Father’s Love: https://bit.ly/3fGu6t3 Mark's resource library: https://markdejesus.com/topics/ Support future videos: https://markdejesus.com/donate/ Join the Healing and Freedom Community: https://markdejesus.com/community Mark's books: https://markdejesus.com/books-by-mark-dejesus/ Disclaimer: The content published is for informational purposes. The content is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your mental health professional or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding your condition. Never disregard professional advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read in our material. The resources given are not designed to practice medicine or give professional medical advice, including, without limitation, medical direction concerning someone's medical and mental health. Any resources given are not to be considered complete and does not cover all issues related to mental and physical health. In addition, any information given should not replace consultation with your doctor or any other mental health providers and/or specialists.

If you struggle with OCD, you will need to realize that intense control is a major factor that needs to be addressed. With OCD, you live in such a way that you need to maintain a high level of control, with your thoughts, your environment and even your relationships. These control issues keep us in chronic stress, anxiety and exhaustion, but we often don't know any other way. In this broadcast, I want to help you gain discernment in how control issues impact your life and journey of work throught obsessive compulsive struggles. Get The OCD Healing Journey Book Today: https://markdejesus.com/the-ocd-healing-journey-book/ Get a FREE eBook on the Father’s Love: https://bit.ly/3fGu6t3 Mark's resource library: https://markdejesus.com/topics/ Support future videos: https://markdejesus.com/donate/ Join the Healing and Freedom Community: https://markdejesus.com/community Mark's books: https://markdejesus.com/books-by-mark-dejesus/ Disclaimer: The content published is for informational purposes. The content is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your mental health professional or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding your condition. Never disregard professional advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read in our material. The resources given are not designed to practice medicine or give professional medical advice, including, without limitation, medical direction concerning someone's medical and mental health. Any resources given are not to be considered complete and does not cover all issues related to mental and physical health. In addition, any information given should not replace consultation with your doctor or any other mental health providers and/or specialists.

The apostles were immersed in the power of grace, to the extent that it permeated everything they wrote and expressed. They proclaimed the power of grace to keep us rooted in grace, to the point they expressed a specific phrase repeatedly. If there was a sentance repeated over and over again in the Scriptures, wouldn't you think that would mean its importance? Wouldn't it mean we should value it? You will find a phrase repeated over and again that is worth paying attention to: “Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ” In this broadcast, I want to spend some time on this and allow our hearts to reflect on the beauty of grace and peace in our lives. Get The OCD Healing Journey Book Today: https://markdejesus.com/the-ocd-healing-journey-book/ Get a FREE eBook on the Father’s Love: https://bit.ly/3fGu6t3 Mark's resource library: https://markdejesus.com/topics/ Support future videos: https://markdejesus.com/donate/ Join the Healing and Freedom Community: https://markdejesus.com/community Mark's books: https://markdejesus.com/books-by-mark-dejesus/ Disclaimer: The content published is for informational purposes. The content is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your mental health professional or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding your condition. Never disregard professional advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read in our material. The resources given are not designed to practice medicine or give professional medical advice, including, without limitation, medical direction concerning someone's medical and mental health. Any resources given are not to be considered complete and does not cover all issues related to mental and physical health. In addition, any information given should not replace consultation with your doctor or any other mental health providers and/or specialists.

Get The OCD Healing Journey Book Today: https://markdejesus.com/the-ocd-healing-journey-book/ Get a FREE eBook on the Father’s Love: https://bit.ly/3fGu6t3 Mark's resource library: https://markdejesus.com/topics/ Support future videos: https://markdejesus.com/donate/ Join the Healing and Freedom Community: https://markdejesus.com/community Mark's books: https://markdejesus.com/books-by-mark-dejesus/ Disclaimer: The content published is for informational purposes. The content is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your mental health professional or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding your condition. Never disregard professional advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read in our material. The resources given are not designed to practice medicine or give professional medical advice, including, without limitation, medical direction concerning someone's medical and mental health. Any resources given are not to be considered complete and does not cover all issues related to mental and physical health. In addition, any information given should not replace consultation with your doctor or any other mental health providers and/or specialists.

Are you aware that control issues may be hindering your mental health journey? The influence of control becomes place in our lives where we exert extensive effort, pressure, power or force to manipulate a situation or people. We can even have control issues with our own thoughts that send us into pressurized tailspins. I took quite some time for me to recognize how control issues were impacting my life. In fact, it was probably the last of the seven distortions to sink in for me. So it will take some time for you to recognize where control comes into play. But when we realize that control issues are a toxic influence in our life, what will we do with it? Will we defend it or begin to work through a healing journey? In this broadcast, I want to share with you what is underneath our control issues, so we can get some helpful perspective for our healing journey. Get The OCD Healing Journey Book Today: https://markdejesus.com/the-ocd-healing-journey-book/ Get a FREE eBook on the Father’s Love: https://bit.ly/3fGu6t3 Mark's resource library: https://markdejesus.com/topics/ Support future videos: https://markdejesus.com/donate/ Join the Healing and Freedom Community: https://markdejesus.com/community Mark's books: https://markdejesus.com/books-by-mark-dejesus/ Disclaimer: The content published is for informational purposes. The content is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your mental health professional or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding your condition. Never disregard professional advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read in our material. The resources given are not designed to practice medicine or give professional medical advice, including, without limitation, medical direction concerning someone's medical and mental health. Any resources given are not to be considered complete and does not cover all issues related to mental and physical health. In addition, any information given should not replace consultation with your doctor or any other mental health providers and/or specialists.

Grace invites us into a journey of discovery who Christ is and all that walking with Him means in our lives. I want to invite you into a deeper a personal experience with the grace of God. I have been deeply changed the love of the Father and the grace of Jesus Christ. I believe it will bring about transformation in your mental, emotional and relationship health. In fact, a grace revelation brings about change in how we see every area of our life. Imagine discovering a treasure that is so precious, it is beyond words. A treasure that is so valuable, it can change your life forever. This is what it is like to discover the grace of Jesus Christ. Many of us are not only discovering grace, we are re-discovering it. It wasn't until later in life that I began to let grace wash over how I related to God, how I saw myself and how I related to others. Today I want to bring out what grace does and show you 20 biblically based insights as to how grace impacts our journey.

Get The OCD Healing Journey Book Today: https://markdejesus.com/the-ocd-healing-journey-book/ Get a FREE eBook on the Father’s Love: https://bit.ly/3fGu6t3 Mark's resource library: https://markdejesus.com/topics/ Support future videos: https://markdejesus.com/donate/ Join the Healing and Freedom Community: https://markdejesus.com/community Mark's books: https://markdejesus.com/books-by-mark-dejesus/ Disclaimer: The content published is for informational purposes. The content is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your mental health professional or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding your condition. Never disregard professional advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read in our material. The resources given are not designed to practice medicine or give professional medical advice, including, without limitation, medical direction concerning someone's medical and mental health. Any resources given are not to be considered complete and does not cover all issues related to mental and physical health. In addition, any information given should not replace consultation with your doctor or any other mental health providers and/or specialists.

The grace of God is absolutely amazing and life changing. But why is it that we struggle to connect to something that is so incredible? Has grace lost its meaning in our hearts, or are we realizing we never had a firm equipping as to what grace really looks like in the first place? Are we in need of a grace reboot? What about you? Do we know what grace is, in such a way that it has an impact in your thinking, your relationships and how you approach life? While it is so life changing, believers overlook its impact for their life on a daily basis. The work of grace brings an invitation of divine empowerment for our lives, but many don’t know what they are even looking for. And when grace shows up, it brings out an awkwardness in us, we don’t even know what to do with it. Many think that grace is too good to be true. They’ve been beaten down by powerless religion for so long, they have become used to a life that is disconnected from the vibrancy and power that grace brings to our lives. The truth is, we often struggle to wrap our minds around grace, because we didn’t do anything to earn this gift. It is extended to us as a work of God’s absolute love for us. Love is who God is. Grace is how He delivers it. Religion has often taught us to look at ourselves with such disdain, it has actually disconnected us from the beauty of the majesty in Christ Jesus that grace shows us. Meanwhile, we beat ourselves down in self-hatred and self-condemnation all day long. Grace brings the power of the Gospel to set us free from sin, deliver us from captivity, and frees us to live a life that is empowered to be like Christ. But even moreso, grace ushers us into a relationship journey, a walk with God that is designed to bring about transformation, but it is a journey, one built on learning to grow in grace. As we take each step, grace helps us see ourselves and the world around us with God’s heart, more and more. Grace shows us that God is with us through thick and thin. When things ugly and messy, grace is there to meet us and walk with us to greater victory. When grace runs out from other people, God’s grace is still available. When you feel that grace runs out for yourself, God’s grace has just gotten started. But there is an absolute war over people experiencing the beauty of grace in personal and meaningful ways. The battles that so many struggle with are inflamed because we have been disconnected from how amazing grace truly is. Many of you are here because you are recognizing your need for a deeper experience with God’s grace. My goal is not to use a lot of fancy words or theological terms that can make this subject very heady. What I want to do is extract the empowering aspects of what grace is and let it reveal how we can practically experience it. I am excited to embark on this journey together with you, as we continue to embrace the power of grace. 2 Corinthians 13:14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen. Get The OCD Healing Journey Book Today: https://markdejesus.com/the-ocd-healing-journey-book/ Get a FREE eBook on the Father’s Love: https://bit.ly/3fGu6t3 Mark's resource library: https://markdejesus.com/topics/ Support future videos: https://markdejesus.com/donate/ Join the Healing and Freedom Community: https://markdejesus.com/community Mark's books: https://markdejesus.com/books-by-mark-dejesus/ Disclaimer: The content published is for informational purposes. The content is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your mental health professional or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding your condition. Never disregard professional advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read in our material. The resources given are not designed to practice medicine or give professional medical advice, including, without limitation, medical direction concerning someone's medical and mental health. Any resources given are not to be considered complete and does not cover all issues related to mental and physical health. In addition, any information given should not replace consultation with your doctor or any other mental health providers and/or specialists.

What happens when you are in pastoral ministry, but you wrestle with obsessive compulsive struggles? It actually took me a long time to realize that I struggled with OCD and perfectionism. Looking back, it definitely took a toll on my daily sense of peace. In this broadcast, I want to share some honest struggles I had that were under the influence of OCD, that grately impacted my pastoral ministry for a while. Get The OCD Healing Journey Book Today: https://markdejesus.com/the-ocd-healing-journey-book/ Get a FREE eBook on the Father’s Love: https://bit.ly/3fGu6t3 Mark's resource library: https://markdejesus.com/topics/ Support future videos: https://markdejesus.com/donate/ Join the Healing and Freedom Community: https://markdejesus.com/community Mark's books: https://markdejesus.com/books-by-mark-dejesus/ Disclaimer: The content published is for informational purposes. The content is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your mental health professional or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding your condition. Never disregard professional advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read in our material. The resources given are not designed to practice medicine or give professional medical advice, including, without limitation, medical direction concerning someone's medical and mental health. Any resources given are not to be considered complete and does not cover all issues related to mental and physical health. In addition, any information given should not replace consultation with your doctor or any other mental health providers and/or specialists.

While addressing a question that came in, I took a brief tangeant to discuss some important things that can be helpful when it comes to our healing and freedom journey. When it comes to issues of the heart and working through our mental and emotional health, there is no such thing as a 20 minute or a quick phone call. These things take time, patience, understanding and process. There are no quick fixes. No quick ways to healing. It's a journey. I also talk about some limiting mindsets that hold us back. One big mindset that gets in the way is how we view our financial state and how it can bring limiting mindsets that hold us back from fruitful steps. Get The OCD Healing Journey Book Today: https://markdejesus.com/the-ocd-healing-journey-book/ Get a FREE eBook on the Father’s Love: https://bit.ly/3fGu6t3 Mark's resource library: https://markdejesus.com/topics/ Support future videos: https://markdejesus.com/donate/ Join the Healing and Freedom Community: https://markdejesus.com/community Mark's books: https://markdejesus.com/books-by-mark-dejesus/ Disclaimer: The content published is for informational purposes. The content is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your mental health professional or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding your condition. Never disregard professional advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read in our material. The resources given are not designed to practice medicine or give professional medical advice, including, without limitation, medical direction concerning someone's medical and mental health. Any resources given are not to be considered complete and does not cover all issues related to mental and physical health. In addition, any information given should not replace consultation with your doctor or any other mental health providers and/or specialists.

Get The OCD Healing Journey Book Today: https://markdejesus.com/the-ocd-healing-journey-book/ Get a FREE eBook on the Father’s Love: https://bit.ly/3fGu6t3 Mark's resource library: https://markdejesus.com/topics/ Support future videos: https://markdejesus.com/donate/ Join the Healing and Freedom Community: https://markdejesus.com/community Mark's books: https://markdejesus.com/books-by-mark-dejesus/ Disclaimer: The content published is for informational purposes. The content is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your mental health professional or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding your condition. Never disregard professional advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read in our material. The resources given are not designed to practice medicine or give professional medical advice, including, without limitation, medical direction concerning someone's medical and mental health. Any resources given are not to be considered complete and does not cover all issues related to mental and physical health. In addition, any information given should not replace consultation with your doctor or any other mental health providers and/or specialists.

Is it possible that your existential deep dives are revealing the presence and influence of OCD? Are you obsessive about chasing doubts about your existence or God’s existence? Over my 30 years of ministry experience, I have observed many who get lost in certain questions related to life, death, existence, God, eternity and more that get them trapped into loops that do not lead them into greater fruitfulness. These “deep dives” end up trapping them, increasing anxiety, dread and disconnection from the world around them. When OCD gets existential, you have intrusive and repetitive thoughts about the meaning, purpose, or reality of life, or the existence of the universe or even your own existence. Many of the questions can be targeted at God, His existence and questions regarding why He did certain things and why it seems He did not do other things. These can appear as super deep questions, that if you chase them and figure them out, you will find peace and become a deeper person. But it actually does not produce that. I have personally observed many who have found themselves in intense torment, stemming off of where these thoughts take them. I want to share with you about what is really going on with these existential spirals and how we can heal and overcome. Get The OCD Healing Journey Book Today: https://markdejesus.com/the-ocd-healing-journey-book/ Get a FREE eBook on the Father’s Love: https://bit.ly/3fGu6t3 Mark's resource library: https://markdejesus.com/topics/ Support future videos: https://markdejesus.com/donate/ Join the Healing and Freedom Community: https://markdejesus.com/community Mark's books: https://markdejesus.com/books-by-mark-dejesus/ Disclaimer: The content published is for informational purposes. The content is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your mental health professional or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding your condition. Never disregard professional advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read in our material. The resources given are not designed to practice medicine or give professional medical advice, including, without limitation, medical direction concerning someone's medical and mental health. Any resources given are not to be considered complete and does not cover all issues related to mental and physical health. In addition, any information given should not replace consultation with your doctor or any other mental health providers and/or specialists.

If you're constantly questioning your love for your boyfriend or girlfriend, wondering if they're the right person for you, or feeling the urge to break up even though you don't want to, you may be struggling with relationship OCD (ROCD). ROCD can cause significant distress and disruption in romantic relationships. I've seen it in dating couples and married couples. People with ROCD experience intrusive thoughts and obsessions about their relationship, even though they know they're irrational. Common ROCD obsessions include: - Doubting your love - Doubting the other person's love for you - Comparing your partner to others - Nitpicking the person's traits or appearance - Fearing that you're not compatible - Worrying that you're not attracted - Having intrusive thoughts about breaking up - ROCD can also lead to compulsive behaviors, such as: In this broadcast, I want to address some very common pitfalls that will hinder a person from working through relationship ocd with greater effectiveness. Get The OCD Healing Journey Book Today: https://markdejesus.com/the-ocd-healing-journey-book/ Get a FREE eBook on the Father’s Love: https://bit.ly/3fGu6t3 Mark's resource library: https://markdejesus.com/topics/ Support future videos: https://markdejesus.com/donate/ Join the Healing and Freedom Community: https://markdejesus.com/community Mark's books: https://markdejesus.com/books-by-mark-dejesus/ Disclaimer: The content published is for informational purposes. The content is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your mental health professional or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding your condition. Never disregard professional advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read in our material. The resources given are not designed to practice medicine or give professional medical advice, including, without limitation, medical direction concerning someone's medical and mental health. Any resources given are not to be considered complete and does not cover all issues related to mental and physical health. In addition, any information given should not replace consultation with your doctor or any other mental health providers and/or specialists.

Do you connect that thoughts that arrive into your thinking are the same as acting on it. Thought-action fusion (TAF) is a fancy psychological term that simply describes a cognitive distortion that occurs when people believe that their thoughts are equivalent to their actions. This means that they believe that simply thinking about something bad or harmful makes it the same as doing it. For many OCD strugglers, thoughts arriving into your mind and acting on thoughts are the same, meaning that having a thought show up is the same as doing the thought. For those who battle OCD, they can believe that certain thoughts imply the immorality of their character or increase the likelihood of catastrophic events. For Christians, it can create a distorted perspective on verses that speak on “as a man thinks” or “if you look at a woman with lust you have already committed adultery.” TAF is a common symptom of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), but it can also occur in other anxiety disorders and in people who have experienced trauma. It can lead to a great deal of anxiety and distress, and it can make it difficult to live a normal life. In this broadcast, I wan to address this problem and bring out ten observations to help you discern the distortions that empower thought-action fusion. Get The OCD Healing Journey Book Today: https://markdejesus.com/the-ocd-healing-journey-book/ Get a FREE eBook on the Father’s Love: https://bit.ly/3fGu6t3 Mark's resource library: https://markdejesus.com/topics/ Support future videos: https://markdejesus.com/donate/ Join the Healing and Freedom Community: https://markdejesus.com/community Mark's books: https://markdejesus.com/books-by-mark-dejesus/ Disclaimer: The content published is for informational purposes. The content is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your mental health professional or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding your condition. Never disregard professional advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read in our material. The resources given are not designed to practice medicine or give professional medical advice, including, without limitation, medical direction concerning someone's medical and mental health. Any resources given are not to be considered complete and does not cover all issues related to mental and physical health. In addition, any information given should not replace consultation with your doctor or any other mental health providers and/or specialists.

Our mental health is deeply impacted by how we relate to God. When I sit down and talk with someone about their relationship with God, it doesn't take very long to observe the lens by which they relate to God and how they see Him. How you see God is what I call your "God filter." There are many aspects in how we see God that are healthy, but we also have to recognize aspects of how we see Him that are based on lies, brokenness and distortions. In my own personal journey, I realized that how I related to God was broken, which was deeply hindering my mental health journey. In this broadcast, I want to bring out some distorted God filters that many believers carry and some healing steps/relearning we can embrace in our healing and freedom journey. Get The OCD Healing Journey Book Today: https://markdejesus.com/the-ocd-healing-journey-book/ Get a FREE eBook on the Father’s Love: https://bit.ly/3fGu6t3 Mark's resource library: https://markdejesus.com/topics/ Support future videos: https://markdejesus.com/donate/ Join the Healing and Freedom Community: https://markdejesus.com/community Mark's books: https://markdejesus.com/books-by-mark-dejesus/ Disclaimer: The content published is for informational purposes. The content is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your mental health professional or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding your condition. Never disregard professional advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read in our material. The resources given are not designed to practice medicine or give professional medical advice, including, without limitation, medical direction concerning someone's medical and mental health. Any resources given are not to be considered complete and does not cover all issues related to mental and physical health. In addition, any information given should not replace consultation with your doctor or any other mental health providers and/or specialists.

Our mental health is not about what kind of thoughts arrive into our thinking, but more about how we RESPOND to our thoughts that is the issue. Working through OCD or any kind of mental health battle involves learning to heal how we interpret our thoughts and the meaning we give our thoughts. For many who struggle with obsessive and compulsive battles, it is time to fire our interpreter and walk into new patterns in how we relate to our thoughts. In today's broadcast, I want to bring out nine common filters that OCD strugglers have when it comes to their thoughts. Get The OCD Healing Journey Book Today: https://markdejesus.com/the-ocd-healing-journey-book/ Get a FREE eBook on the Father’s Love: https://bit.ly/3fGu6t3 Mark's resource library: https://markdejesus.com/topics/ Support future videos: https://markdejesus.com/donate/ Join the Healing and Freedom Community: https://markdejesus.com/community Mark's books: https://markdejesus.com/books-by-mark-dejesus/ Disclaimer: The content published is for informational purposes. The content is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your mental health professional or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding your condition. Never disregard professional advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read in our material. The resources given are not designed to practice medicine or give professional medical advice, including, without limitation, medical direction concerning someone's medical and mental health. Any resources given are not to be considered complete and does not cover all issues related to mental and physical health. In addition, any information given should not replace consultation with your doctor or any other mental health providers and/or specialists.