This has been so helpful! When I first clicked on this I didn’t know you were a Christian and when I heard you talk about Jesus I knew I was in the right place and that He brought me here for a reason. Thank you!!
Me too. I am looking for the right answer to my problem and I know Jesus is who to turn to. I kept looking at other videos and had that check in my spirit. Then when I opened this one and heard that precious name- JESUS- I knew this was the one I needed to watch and listen to. ❤️
Oh wow then can I be a triplet with you two bob and lisa? Because Jesus brought me here too. ❤️ I love you brother and sister and I love Jesus. I just want to be sanctified from these damaging thoughts. I feel poison in my body because of this disease and I’m praying for Him to turn it around because by my own will I cannot.
@@genesiscreationz7779 absolutely! It’s so comforting to commune with fellow believers who are struggling with mental health too! I’m so grateful to Mark for his ministry. Oh btw, I’m your sister in Christ 😊. Bob is just a nickname
Started when I was 13 and I’m 24. I found out im a people pleaser. I want people to like me. To love me. But I don’t let them know me. Along the way I lost who I am. I’m trying to stop now. I’m trying to be brave.
Here I am listening to this again. I really need a breakthrough from the condemnation I feel with intrusive thoughts that cause me to ruminate on them.
Mark saying it needs to be starved like an addiction was an eye opener for me. God has slowly taken me out of many addictions but never did I see rumination as a kind of addiction. This video is more helpful than some therapy. I even ended talk therapy when I gave my life to God because of reading the bible, praying and fasting is the only thing that has changed anything in my life......can't thank Mark enough, wow.
My biggest addiction is reassurance seeking and getting so sad I start to overthink if I am making the right decisions. The minute Pastor Mark said God will never use stress and fear to speak to us I knew that I was giving into fake things and that it wasn’t idolatry. I do have a fear to give things up I like doing bc I like doing them, but that isn’t idolatry that’s just my illness manipulating all around to make me feel like my decisions or feelings are based off things I want to do and not genuine feelings in my spirit. I now know I need to live in the uncomfortable with faith I am making decisions that are good and faith in The Lord. No fear no cleanup.
Just wanted to say something that got put in my heart. And listen closely. This is a proof of that why God let some of us go through stuff like this so we can strenghten those who go through the same things as many of us do. Mark, The Lord bless you! Now if you want your ruminating to stop, you have to let go of all controll. Rest in the Lord. Because everytime you ruminate you take matter in own hands and thats not giving it all to the Lord. Ask the Helper wich is the Holy Spirit to help you with this. Again, this will not be easy!! This will be very hard at start but will get easier and easier but you must ask the Holy Spirit to help you else its impossible. Sometimes I notice that my fleshly nature starts ruminating by itself because I have been doing it for so many years and I did it before I even accepted Christ in my life. But once you notice that just pray that the Holy Spirit help you and take all thoughts captive in Christ. Learn to know the Lord personally and watch things change!! Let go off all controll and just trust in the Lord no matter how hard it is because if you take matter in your own hands it will never work and I tried this myself many many many times! I am still in a process of this but since I have been doing all this the Lord has been so good! Spend time with your father! Dont just pray before you sleep etc, spend some time at Day, go in your room pray in silent only between you and him. Give him your heart like David did!! Let go of all controll! All glory to the Most high God Jesus Christ! Amen
3 days ago, my mentor explained to me that I'm ruminating. It took me 3 days to fully become aware of this. As I stated prayer this morning, and my daily readings, I had the realization that I ruminate constantly. I've done this my whole life. I'm now aware of this. I have such a willingness to let it go. It has crippled me. It has led me to addiction and evil. Nothing good has ever come from my rumination. Today I'm aware that this is likely the ROOT cause of my anxiety, my fear, my worry and depression. Please God, I pray for the strength to let go. I pray for the courage to be aware and to stop ruminating. Thank you for your video and words. You helped me today... and that is priceless.
I have struggled with OCD since the age of 5. I am turning 30 in August. I don't want to keep taking this rumination into every year. Thank you for this video.
I was ruminating while listening to this video. Rewinding the parts again and again where I missed. But finally I got the the beautiful message from Jesus which calmed me alot. Thankyou. 🙏
That is how I have been living. Always. Always thinking ahead. I am so obsessed about future. Going down countless rabbit holes. Weird thing is I seem to find a comfort in that. I hate it so much. Living in the moment is so foreign to me but I am desperate in wanting to learn.
Wow thank you! I was praying about this yesterday, because I have been ruminating on the same issues for a long time. Somewhat feel as though I would get somewhere by thinking about it over and over again, but it's brought stress and impulsive and double minded decisions. In the effort to stop, I went on RUclips to find videos on ruminating. I couldn't find anything Christian. Your video has been right on time and a huge blessing. All your videos that I have watched have been a huge boast of encouragement and help. Thank you.
@@vidnir5259 absolutely, or compiling research and filling your head with knowledge because you think going down the rabbit hole will is where you’re gonna find the jigsaw piece of certainty that answers every question
God told me I was double-minded & told me I should invite Jesus into my thought life. So I prayed saying, Jesus please help me to be singleminded & he is helping me! Just wanted to share this to encourage you to pray to Jesus this way!
I've listened to this so many times. When I catch myself spinning over a relationship or my own mistakes, I listen to this and it's so nice to help put me back into a better mindset and take it all in. Thanks, Mark!! ❤
This is so well done, as a non-religious person, I was still able to get so much peace from this. Its not preachy or saturated in a 'religion only' lens. thank you
Been almost a week NOT ruminating most of the time, and this material really helped. I wanna thank you for sharing these things, and your personal struggles as well in your blogs. For years, I felt like if i didn't ruminate i was being lax. But anxiety builds and it gets harder and nothing gets resolved. Thank you for reminding us about God's love. Love to try and try, and not feel guilty about not having it all together quickly. May the Lord bless your ministry to the scrupulous (clinical and tendency). ❤❤❤
Your videos are such a blessing. I recently ordered a Kindle book from you too. People need help with their mind and to have found a Christian who has videos on this subject is indeed a treasure!✝️🦋😊
I don’t even know where to start. I am a 17 year old girl who was previously a Christian. I left the faith in 2021 and that same year I started experiencing rumination. By the end of 2021, I took matters into my own hands and started to live for myself disregarding rumination. Not till around the same time as 2021, last year (2022) I had experienced the rumination again and currently going through it January 2023. The truth is, I can’t do this on my own. As said in the video, I need to learn how to think again. I struggle with the same thing of needing to think and think hoping to find an answer… “should I ruminate or not?”, “I need to find this answer!” And I don’t even know what that answer is! I can’t do this on my own anymore, I’ve tried the universe, angel numbers, signs, all of that but it’s foolishness. My brain has been trained to CRAVE certainty and digging and digging, leading to nothing but misery. But my mind says “no”, you’ll find it. I need to retrain my mind, my brain. I want to be normal and think normal thoughts. I need someone to guide me with my life whilst having my own individuality. Please pray that I can reconnect with God and be delivered from this. Amen.
Wow, I’m the queen of ruminating!! This is so helpful 🥺 thank you so much. I’ve been going through something hard and it has been all encompassing. I have to get out of my current situation, but that doesn’t mean I can’t have joy on the way there. Thank you a million times.
That's amazing that you say that, cause I have struggled with negativity for a lot of my life. If you feel positivity coming through, that is so encouraging to know. It's been a journey....
Thank you Mark! This is a great video. It's totally me and I know God is guiding me out of this. I need to "let go & let God"! I will watch this again until I learn to let go!
Discovering your book and channel has been an absolute gift from the Lord. A few months ago I had what I now know was an OCD spiral, where I pretty quickly lost nearly all ability to function. I didn't know it was OCD, or that this was something I'd been struggling with for years without knowing it (although it was much more moderate than its become). I'm realizing that ruminating is and has been my #1 compulsion for a very long time. It has been hard to find God in the midst of it all, and even harder to find helpful resources that look at things from a Christian perspective. I haven't finished your book yet, but I have found it to be incredibly encouraging and uplifting when I really needed it most. Thank you for doing what you do, and putting this work out there. You have inspired me in my faith, and this journey with OCD. Many thanks from Canada.
Wow!!!! You are hitting EVERYTHING I'm doing!!!! THANK YOU FOR YOU TRULY SHARING THIS. I DEFINITELY NEED THIS!!! I WILL BE GOING BACK THRU THIS A FEW TIMES!!! YOUR A BLESSING!!!!
Haha now I’m binge ruminating on your videos lol. Before finding them last week I had no idea others experienced this like I have. So thankful for them and a Christ centered perspective on it.
Your ministry is such a blessing i feel so understood. I'm so sorry so many are going through this. I'm 46 and been praying for so long for healing. However i think I'm telling God how that should look. Adding to my frustration. I feel like I'm so different and broken at times. Going through anxiety like i did 9 years ago. My mom died nearly 2 years ago and now without her, I'm going to God the way i always should have. So much of what you say ties into what i learn in biblical counseling and prayer time. God bless us all
I really liked you comment. It has described me and my life. I made so many recent terrible decisions and mistakes... I lost it. Panic attacks, collapsing, ... constant ruminating on coulda shouda wouldas... and my losses. Psychiatrist said I'm suffering with grief. That I have ptsd. I have insomnia, severe anxiety and severe depression. I refused the medication... because I can't handle medications .... im so messed up.
Wow! So helpful! Thank you Mark! I feel this is exactly what i’m learning right now, and it’s so good to rest in knowing that God is gracious to me, I don’t have to get everything right. God allows me to learn in the doing. I a lot of pressure is taking off my shoulders.
First time here.This clip was an answer to a prayer. Very specific answer to desperate thoughts in a shaking and almost ruined mind. Glory to God! And thank you.
This is going to take a lot of practice for me, because when I try to practice mindfulness and being present... I start to body check. Then I start to "notice" I feel like I'm not connected to my body. I don't know why or how to stop because it seems to happen immediately. This drives me to do things like play games or scroll on social media because if I have my mind on something else I don't notice how I feel in my body. I am going keep trying to redirect these thoughts and create new neural pathways. I wish this was easier though.
@Megan... you described me 💯. I don't know how to NOT ruminate. Half of my childhood was spent in solitary confinement in my bedroom so I could think about (ruminate) over what a bad girl I was.
i think it okay to notice how your feeling, but maybe just sit in that feeling instead of trying to push it away by distracting your self with social media , etc. Biblical meditation can be beneficial for helping you get in the present moment.
Take this time to be more connected to Him. Read the word and ask God to rewire your brain and thoughts! I recommend reading “Winning the War in your Mind”
It’s going to be hard I can already feel it but I want to be back where I was before all of this, who I was before ocd, perfectionism, just the calm little girl I was… One moment i feel excited to change but the next I feel down because i need to find this answer. I will take the tips in this video and start my journey of healing with God today. Saturday, January 7th, 2023
This is game changing. Thank you for your content! I just bought a couple of your books. The depth you speak makes it so apparent that you have experienced these things first hand and have truly let God in on your journey, which is incredibly helpful and hopeful. I am on my journey now, too! God bless you!
There was so much in this that was super encouraging oh, and honestly very eye-opening of how I’ve been living for a very long time. Thank you so much Mark. I’m looking forward to this journey of Freedom
I'm too far gone. I'm completely devastated. I lost it all... including my family members and my career job, home, and possessions. I collapsed. I suffer from rumination of my mistakes. Panic attacks, and constant hospital visits. I have been diagnosed with ptsd, ... constant stress with insomnia and severe anxiety. Also severe depression. Im suffering in ways I cannot put in words. I'm I'm contact with 988. ... I just Cannot handle all this
@@klanderkalpraying for you. You are never too far gone. No matter what it looks like or feels like. God has a Plan. He will come through for you. God bless ✝️💜🙏
@Angelssing2her I hate it now when i hear that.. he or whatever you want to call it..God,. Didn't come through for me at all.! Totally abandoned me., when I desperately needed help. Prayers,.. never again.
Omg!! I so needed to see this video!! I have this disorder and didn’t even realize it. After watching this video I’m started my journey breaking free from it.
Thank you Brother Mark for your insights, I have been going through some real trials over the past year or so. I just ordered your book I will not fear! As I have listened to your video's I have been comforted by the wisdom you have been given. I am 65 years old and have some health problems CHF and have really struggled with insomnia which is fueled by fear and have had some anxiety issues a few times in my life. I was baptized when I was 32 and really pressed in to the faith for a while and then I messed up and got involved to drugs and lost my family and everything I had. I recently returned to the Lord and don't know if I can be forgiven because of a few verses in the bible. I know this, since I came back to the Lord it has been very hard because of my trials. Sorry to go on like this, you seem to really want to help people which is a good thing. God bless you brother!
T Man. I am going through a very similar situation. What is CHF? I hope you can get help and get to a place of feeling forgiven and have more Peace. It’s one of the worst states to be in when you feel like you lost your peace with God. the health issue on top of that is terrible. I pray God show His Mercy which is infinite. I myself am not giving up on His Mercy and call out to Him
T Man, Congestive Heart Failure. If you are able to get an anointing and confess your Sins, and Trust in Jesus. He wishes that none ne lost. I am praying for the Lord to surround you with Peace and Love and Mercy. Amen
@@jacqueschauvin1398 Thank you for your kind and caring comments Sir. CHF is Conjestive Heart Failure, but God has been merciful to me and gives me strenght to go on, I thank him for that. I pray you find the peace of mind you need and the Lord dwell with you brother.
Thank you for this incredible message I truly pray that God will lead me through learning how to live the way He wants me to live. I cannot continue in ruminating any longer. God bless, and thank you for this message.
This teaching was nothing less than amazing, thank you so much Mark for reaching us. I personally thank God for your ministry. Completely life changing.
After watching this video, I immediately replayed it. SO GOOD. I could probably listen to this daily as a remindee for a *good* while. Thanks so much for this gem. 🙏💗
I am so. Thankful and grateful that I found you here on utube !!!! Thank you... I subscribed and will watch your videos.. as they are exactly what I’ve been going through....
You are truly a blessing never forget that!! God chose you to help me and so many others so thank you for being obedient to Him and for your own healing journey! 🤍🤍
Thank you Mark. I just found your channel yesterday and I have never felt so understood. I never really knew how much fear and worry controlled the way I think and see the world. I never knew that I might have ocd and not just severe anxiety. I have struggled a lot since childhood with intrusive thoughts and a rejection mindset, etc. Now that I am in a committed relationship, my "ocd brain", has really caused damage to our happiness and our success as a couple. I have a tendency of ruminating over past arguments, past mistakes and also a very hard time of letting go. I also tend to complicate things in my mind, making things much bigger than they are and dive deep into arguments without being able to end the conversation. It's like an endless loop. I get "attacked" with negative /scary/disgusting photos in my mind, that just pops up and makes me hold on to certain things even though it was resolved. I also always want to fix things, I go into this "fixing mode", where I just need to fix stuff all the time, fix my relationship, fix myself etc. If my boyfriend is in a bad mood, I get fixated on it and feel a need to "solve" it. It is so exhausting! Sometimes I feel like I am going crazy because my mind just never stops. Well, I am so grateful for your channel because you truly gave me a lot of insight! I didn't even notice some of these things, even though others have been telling me! So I am so happy that I found your channel and your wonderful advice. 🙏 I would love to hear more about your challenges in your relationship with your wife and how you overcame them! God bless you Mark! 🙏
Nice video. From practical point of vierw if rumination affects physical health then visit a physician. To feel better reduce negative thoughts. Your breathing is closely related to the brain [mind] and gives good relief from stress-anxiety. To relax sit on a chair or lie down, neck straight, eyes closed and observe the sensations of your incoming--outgoing breath at the entrance of the nostrils for 5-10-15 minutes or more. Don’t fight your thoughts. With daily practice the mind will relax. No deep breathing needed. Do the practice without any expectations. When taking a walk, at office, in college, when reading, before sleep etc observe your breath sensations. Like me, make this a lifetime daily habit to have a good life. Reduce negative social media and avoid constipation as it affects the mind instantly. Best wishes--Counsellor.
Yes, it is so true we can be conditioned to these thoughts. This is such a great understanding of what we are really doing to ourselves. Thank you for your deep understanding and sharing it. God Bless you.
Ruminating abstract and ruminating concrete, the aim is to swap out the former for the latter. Rumer abstract is we have a random movie trailer play without permission and then also settle in for the full movie. We immerse ourselves in the mess without resolution. Ruminating concrete is to allow the trailer in but we explore as a detective, we separate component parts with purpose at time to take ownership of our part, process it, and choose to put it down. It allows us the dynamic of 'ive dealt with this, ive processed this' the next time the trailer shows up. It puts us much more in the driving seat. Ruminating in itself will remain, the nature of it is more in our control
My rumination started last year after a breakup where I was far more invested in it than he was. Finally started asking questions and I was told that I'm clingy and not funny. That somehow broke my confidence and made me start questioning my humor which led to my humor disappearing and everything I used to find funny I no longer do. I started to self-loathe and isolated myself from friends. Then one of my closest friends passed away a few months ago and everything has gotten 100x worse. I'm depressed, my anxiety is super high every waking moment, constant guilt and shame, stuck on marijuana and can't get off due to withdrawal symptoms and depression/anxiety spike but the marijuana increases my paranoia I think. I found God again and have been clinging to His word and then started ruminating on a lot of that stuff and questioning if I'm actually a good person to God since I have same-sex attraction and decided I'd no longer act on it which put me deeper into self-loathing. I feel like I can no longer enjoy anything or feel positive emotions.
Thank you Mark for the way you get this profound help across to us. It’s absolutely priceless! God led me to you recently and I can’t tell you how much your knowledge and your approach combined is helping me! Thank you for incorporating our Lords teachings so tactfully. God bless you and your family 🙏
Please pray for me to overcome!!! I ruminate on my salvation with a fear-based mindset. It’s been 6 months of awfulness. I’m still living in religious OCD/fear. I feel possessed at times. It’s scary. God told me I was double-minded & that I should invite Jesus into my thought life. Very helpful…I prayed & Jesus is helping me, I felt the fear leaving.
19:25 me: “Ruminating is not my friend, we’re not gonna be friends anymore” Ruminating: “How dare you” **angrily shoots thought pellets from imaginary nerf gun at me** Me: “Jesus, please do Your thing” Jesus: -_- “stop.” **proceeds to smack Ruminating upside the head** Ruminating: “…” *sobs and runs away* Also Jesus: “bye Felicia… oh and don’t let the door hit you on the way out God bless” - - - My hope is that someone smiled by reading this comment. Jesus is our way our truth and our life. Amen 🙏🏼 i thank the Lord for His son Dejesus putting up this video and being so used by God. I pray that we all be reminded to always turn to Jesus for each and every need as He is our provider and loving faithful friend, and that we can build a friendship with him just as we would with another person. And in doing so, have an unbreakable trust and bond with him, so we always turn to Him in times of need or desperation rather than our own ways. In Jesus mighty name I pray that anyone struggling with this can kick 🦵 ruminating out of our minds and allow God to walk in and take over instead
This has been so helpful! When I first clicked on this I didn’t know you were a Christian and when I heard you talk about Jesus I knew I was in the right place and that He brought me here for a reason. Thank you!!
Me too. I am looking for the right answer to my problem and I know Jesus is who to turn to. I kept looking at other videos and had that check in my spirit. Then when I opened this one and heard that precious name- JESUS- I knew this was the one I needed to watch and listen to. ❤️
Oh wow then can I be a triplet with you two bob and lisa? Because Jesus brought me here too. ❤️ I love you brother and sister and I love Jesus. I just want to be sanctified from these damaging thoughts. I feel poison in my body because of this disease and I’m praying for Him to turn it around because by my own will I cannot.
@@genesiscreationz7779 absolutely! It’s so comforting to commune with fellow believers who are struggling with mental health too! I’m so grateful to Mark for his ministry. Oh btw, I’m your sister in Christ 😊. Bob is just a nickname
that’s beautiful!
Amen brother...same here.👍🏻🤝🏻👋🏻😁
Ruminating feels like driving your car in 1st gear all day long. The pain brought me to my knees. Thanks for your help
I need to hear this. I am the world's biggest worrier. I am a master at ruminating, and I need to stop it. Lord, please help me to stop this habit.
It’s so hard, but I know God is going to help me.
How are you now?
You have to help you
I'm gonna watch this again. Thank you Mark. This is what I do everyday ever since I was 12 now I'm 29. Ruminating is torture.
May God guide you out of it. God bless
Yes it is. Hope you have been able to make some progress.
Started when I was 13 and I’m 24. I found out im a people pleaser. I want people to like me. To love me. But I don’t let them know me. Along the way I lost who I am. I’m trying to stop now. I’m trying to be brave.
Mine started when I was 11.....
@alexgreen1913 ME TOO!!! Sheer torture and I'm desperate for a peaceful mind
I love how Mark implements Jesus in this process.
I think he is the only one who deals with severe anxiety in relation to Christ
I do 😔
Can you help me pls
Yeah so good !
Gods word has a power to change you, while our rumination has no power over us. This is so good.
Here I am listening to this again. I really need a breakthrough from the condemnation I feel with intrusive thoughts that cause me to ruminate on them.
Mark saying it needs to be starved like an addiction was an eye opener for me. God has slowly taken me out of many addictions but never did I see rumination as a kind of addiction. This video is more helpful than some therapy. I even ended talk therapy when I gave my life to God because of reading the bible, praying and fasting is the only thing that has changed anything in my life......can't thank Mark enough, wow.
My biggest addiction is reassurance seeking and getting so sad I start to overthink if I am making the right decisions. The minute Pastor Mark said God will never use stress and fear to speak to us I knew that I was giving into fake things and that it wasn’t idolatry. I do have a fear to give things up I like doing bc I like doing them, but that isn’t idolatry that’s just my illness manipulating all around to make me feel like my decisions or feelings are based off things I want to do and not genuine feelings in my spirit. I now know I need to live in the uncomfortable with faith I am making decisions that are good and faith in The Lord. No fear no cleanup.
Just wanted to say something that got put in my heart. And listen closely.
This is a proof of that why God let some of us go through stuff like this so we can strenghten those who go through the same things as many of us do. Mark, The Lord bless you!
Now if you want your ruminating to stop, you have to let go of all controll. Rest in the Lord. Because everytime you ruminate you take matter in own hands and thats not giving it all to the Lord. Ask the Helper wich is the Holy Spirit to help you with this. Again, this will not be easy!! This will be very hard at start but will get easier and easier but you must ask the Holy Spirit to help you else its impossible. Sometimes I notice that my fleshly nature starts ruminating by itself because I have been doing it for so many years and I did it before I even accepted Christ in my life. But once you notice that just pray that the Holy Spirit help you and take all thoughts captive in Christ. Learn to know the Lord personally and watch things change!! Let go off all controll and just trust in the Lord no matter how hard it is because if you take matter in your own hands it will never work and I tried this myself many many many times! I am still in a process of this but since I have been doing all this the Lord has been so good! Spend time with your father! Dont just pray before you sleep etc, spend some time at Day, go in your room pray in silent only between you and him. Give him your heart like David did!! Let go of all controll! All glory to the Most high God Jesus Christ! Amen
This was beautiful and is true! Thank you for sharing as one who’s just starting on this journey!🙏🏼Praise God He is merciful!
3 days ago, my mentor explained to me that I'm ruminating. It took me 3 days to fully become aware of this.
As I stated prayer this morning, and my daily readings, I had the realization that I ruminate constantly. I've done this my whole life. I'm now aware of this. I have such a willingness to let it go. It has crippled me. It has led me to addiction and evil. Nothing good has ever come from my rumination. Today I'm aware that this is likely the ROOT cause of my anxiety, my fear, my worry and depression.
Please God, I pray for the strength to let go. I pray for the courage to be aware and to stop ruminating.
Thank you for your video and words. You helped me today... and that is priceless.
How are you holding up
I have struggled with OCD since the age of 5. I am turning 30 in August. I don't want to keep taking this rumination into every year. Thank you for this video.
Same ive been ruminating since that same age. Im now 31.
Im OCD too
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Starve the monster. :)
@aarav_s5 it's hard and difficult.
I was ruminating while listening to this video. Rewinding the parts again and again where I missed. But finally I got the the beautiful message from Jesus which calmed me alot. Thankyou. 🙏
That is how I have been living. Always. Always thinking ahead. I am so obsessed about future. Going down countless rabbit holes. Weird thing is I seem to find a comfort in that. I hate it so much. Living in the moment is so foreign to me but I am desperate in wanting to learn.
I totally understand as l have done this almost my entire life but thank God for teachers like Mark helping us out of this pit of rumination.
@@Loved2024 yes. Amen to that!
I thought I was being THE MOST PRODUCTIVE when ruminating. I needed this video 20 years ago. This is sooo good.
ruminating has become such a habit for me, sometimes i don’t even notice in doing it.
Thank you. I choose today to give my broken record to God. Just for today. Tomorrow will worry about itself. Thank you 😊
Wow thank you! I was praying about this yesterday, because I have been ruminating on the same issues for a long time. Somewhat feel as though I would get somewhere by thinking about it over and over again, but it's brought stress and impulsive and double minded decisions. In the effort to stop, I went on RUclips to find videos on ruminating. I couldn't find anything Christian. Your video has been right on time and a huge blessing. All your videos that I have watched have been a huge boast of encouragement and help. Thank you.
praying about the content of your obsession can be an OCD compulsion too when you use it to reduce anxiety
Same
@@vidnir5259 absolutely, or compiling research and filling your head with knowledge because you think going down the rabbit hole will is where you’re gonna find the jigsaw piece of certainty that answers every question
@@stars19735:0
So true
God told me I was double-minded & told me I should invite Jesus into my thought life. So I prayed saying, Jesus please help me to be singleminded & he is helping me!
Just wanted to share this to encourage you to pray to Jesus this way!
So liberating. Praise God for this teaching
I've listened to this so many times. When I catch myself spinning over a relationship or my own mistakes, I listen to this and it's so nice to help put me back into a better mindset and take it all in. Thanks, Mark!! ❤
This is so well done, as a non-religious person, I was still able to get so much peace from this. Its not preachy or saturated in a 'religion only' lens. thank you
Been almost a week NOT ruminating most of the time, and this material really helped. I wanna thank you for sharing these things, and your personal struggles as well in your blogs. For years, I felt like if i didn't ruminate i was being lax. But anxiety builds and it gets harder and nothing gets resolved.
Thank you for reminding us about God's love. Love to try and try, and not feel guilty about not having it all together quickly. May the Lord bless your ministry to the scrupulous (clinical and tendency). ❤❤❤
This video describes what my life has been like for the past 10 years. I am so glad I came across your videos. It's changing my life ❤
Your videos are such a blessing. I recently ordered a Kindle book from you too. People need help with their mind and to have found a Christian who has videos on this subject is indeed a treasure!✝️🦋😊
I don’t even know where to start. I am a 17 year old girl who was previously a Christian. I left the faith in 2021 and that same year I started experiencing rumination. By the end of 2021, I took matters into my own hands and started to live for myself disregarding rumination. Not till around the same time as 2021, last year (2022) I had experienced the rumination again and currently going through it January 2023. The truth is, I can’t do this on my own. As said in the video, I need to learn how to think again. I struggle with the same thing of needing to think and think hoping to find an answer… “should I ruminate or not?”, “I need to find this answer!” And I don’t even know what that answer is! I can’t do this on my own anymore, I’ve tried the universe, angel numbers, signs, all of that but it’s foolishness. My brain has been trained to CRAVE certainty and digging and digging, leading to nothing but misery. But my mind says “no”, you’ll find it. I need to retrain my mind, my brain. I want to be normal and think normal thoughts. I need someone to guide me with my life whilst having my own individuality. Please pray that I can reconnect with God and be delivered from this. Amen.
Please watch "Hells best kept secret" By Ray Comfort on RUclips. It is lifechanging
I feel like in a real way ruminating distracts and separates you from God relationally
Thank you so much. Rumination seems tougher than physical compulsions. But very helpful
You are you are literally helping me SAVE myself FROM myself!!
God Bless you Mark!!
YOUR calling is helping many!!
I will watch this again and again. Until I can overcome this. Thank you so much.
Wow, I’m the queen of ruminating!! This is so helpful 🥺 thank you so much. I’ve been going through something hard and it has been all encompassing. I have to get out of my current situation, but that doesn’t mean I can’t have joy on the way there. Thank you a million times.
Reading Psalm 91 and Philippians 4: 6-8 out loud everyday takes the Ruminating away. Everyday
Thank you for this! Got to the root of anxiety, depression, turned , renounced ruminating, Praise God!
I have been worrying now for 45 yrs, how can you be so positive?
That's amazing that you say that, cause I have struggled with negativity for a lot of my life. If you feel positivity coming through, that is so encouraging to know. It's been a journey....
Thank you Mark! This is a great video. It's totally me and I know God is guiding me out of this. I need to "let go & let God"! I will watch this again until I learn to let go!
Discovering your book and channel has been an absolute gift from the Lord. A few months ago I had what I now know was an OCD spiral, where I pretty quickly lost nearly all ability to function. I didn't know it was OCD, or that this was something I'd been struggling with for years without knowing it (although it was much more moderate than its become). I'm realizing that ruminating is and has been my #1 compulsion for a very long time.
It has been hard to find God in the midst of it all, and even harder to find helpful resources that look at things from a Christian perspective. I haven't finished your book yet, but I have found it to be incredibly encouraging and uplifting when I really needed it most. Thank you for doing what you do, and putting this work out there. You have inspired me in my faith, and this journey with OCD. Many thanks from Canada.
Wow!!!! You are hitting EVERYTHING I'm doing!!!! THANK YOU FOR YOU TRULY SHARING THIS. I DEFINITELY NEED THIS!!! I WILL BE GOING BACK THRU THIS A FEW TIMES!!! YOUR A BLESSING!!!!
Thank you Lord for teaching US not to worry!! Praise God.
Haha now I’m binge ruminating on your videos lol. Before finding them last week I had no idea others experienced this like I have. So thankful for them and a Christ centered perspective on it.
Same!!!!!!!
Your ministry is such a blessing i feel so understood. I'm so sorry so many are going through this. I'm 46 and been praying for so long for healing. However i think I'm telling God how that should look. Adding to my frustration. I feel like I'm so different and broken at times. Going through anxiety like i did 9 years ago. My mom died nearly 2 years ago and now without her, I'm going to God the way i always should have. So much of what you say ties into what i learn in biblical counseling and prayer time. God bless us all
Depressive rumination is psychological hell. I'm glad antidepressants helped.
I really liked you comment. It has described me and my life.
I made so many recent terrible decisions and mistakes... I lost it. Panic attacks, collapsing, ... constant ruminating on coulda shouda wouldas... and my losses. Psychiatrist said I'm suffering with grief. That I have ptsd. I have insomnia, severe anxiety and severe depression. I refused the medication... because I can't handle medications .... im so messed up.
I’m focusing on John who states there is no fear in love🙏🏼❤️
What a timely message. I just came across this today and the timing is perfect!
Wow! So helpful! Thank you Mark! I feel this is exactly what i’m learning right now, and it’s so good to rest in knowing that God is gracious to me, I don’t have to get everything right. God allows me to learn in the doing. I a lot of pressure is taking off my shoulders.
I found peace in this. Thank you and God bless you. I have hope.
Very much appreciated Mark, I'll do my best to do! God bless you and all your Dear ones! ❤🙏
First time here.This clip was an answer to a prayer. Very specific answer to desperate thoughts in a shaking and almost ruined mind. Glory to God! And thank you.
Please keep doing what you doing. Thank you so much. God bless you!
When we work soo hard whole day it gives us soo much relax listening to this
Yes exactly . It is hard for me to forget past things that has been running in my mind over n over again.
This is going to take a lot of practice for me, because when I try to practice mindfulness and being present... I start to body check. Then I start to "notice" I feel like I'm not connected to my body. I don't know why or how to stop because it seems to happen immediately. This drives me to do things like play games or scroll on social media because if I have my mind on something else I don't notice how I feel in my body. I am going keep trying to redirect these thoughts and create new neural pathways. I wish this was easier though.
@Megan... you described me 💯. I don't know how to NOT ruminate. Half of my childhood was spent in solitary confinement in my bedroom so I could think about (ruminate) over what a bad girl I was.
Same!!
i think it okay to notice how your feeling, but maybe just sit in that feeling instead of trying to push it away by distracting your self with social media , etc.
Biblical meditation can be beneficial for helping you get in the present moment.
This is a great video! Mark you are an excellent presenter, thanks :)
Take this time to be more connected to Him. Read the word and ask God to rewire your brain and thoughts! I recommend reading “Winning the War in your Mind”
Amen, thank you for doing these videos. Timing could not be more perfect for me needing to hear this.
Really point about getting still. God told me to “let my faith be greater than my fear”… I’m learning how to do this, it def takes time!
So grateful to know about your channel, Mark.🙏🏼💜✝️
wow! You just mentioned my savior at around 4 minutes... You have my subscription...!
It’s going to be hard I can already feel it but I want to be back where I was before all of this, who I was before ocd, perfectionism, just the calm little girl I was… One moment i feel excited to change but the next I feel down because i need to find this answer. I will take the tips in this video and start my journey of healing with God today.
Saturday, January 7th, 2023
How are you now?
I pray that all is well❤
This is game changing. Thank you for your content! I just bought a couple of your books. The depth you speak makes it so apparent that you have experienced these things first hand and have truly let God in on your journey, which is incredibly helpful and hopeful. I am on my journey now, too! God bless you!
Praise God !! I love this!! Thank you! And God bless you!!
thank you so much for these videos. you don’t know how much they have helped me.
You hit the nail on the head twice in one night mark. Its not gonna be an overnight change but i know Jesus will work it out!
Jesus peace be upon him is just a prophet he is not a God there is only one God
There was so much in this that was super encouraging oh, and honestly very eye-opening of how I’ve been living for a very long time. Thank you so much Mark. I’m looking forward to this journey of Freedom
I hope I can stop ruminating it's so stressful and exhausting
I liked this. It was simple, practical, and biblical.
My rumination led to several panic attacks and I’m extremely compulsive 😢
I’ve had black outs in my head trying to remember my thoughts.
I'm too far gone. I'm completely devastated. I lost it all... including my family members and my career job, home, and possessions. I collapsed. I suffer from rumination of my mistakes. Panic attacks, and constant hospital visits.
I have been diagnosed with ptsd, ... constant stress with insomnia and severe anxiety. Also severe depression. Im suffering in ways I cannot put in words. I'm I'm contact with 988. ... I just Cannot handle all this
@@klanderkalpraying for you. You are never too far gone. No matter what it looks like or feels like. God has a Plan. He will come through for you. God bless ✝️💜🙏
@Angelssing2her I hate it now when i hear that.. he or whatever you want to call it..God,. Didn't come through for me at all.! Totally abandoned me., when I desperately needed help. Prayers,.. never again.
Omg!! I so needed to see this video!! I have this disorder and didn’t even realize it. After watching this video I’m started my journey breaking free from it.
Thank you Brother Mark for your insights, I have been going through some real trials over the past year or so. I just ordered your book I will not fear! As I have listened to your video's I have been comforted by the wisdom you have been given. I am 65 years old and have some health problems CHF and have really struggled with insomnia which is fueled by fear and have had some anxiety issues a few times in my life. I was baptized when I was 32 and really pressed in to the faith for a while and then I messed up and got involved to drugs and lost my family and everything I had. I recently returned to the Lord and don't know if I can be forgiven because of a few verses in the bible. I know this, since I came back to the Lord it has been very hard because of my trials. Sorry to go on like this, you seem to really want to help people which is a good thing. God bless you brother!
T Man. I am going through a very similar situation. What is CHF?
I hope you can get help and get to a place of feeling forgiven and have more Peace. It’s one of the worst states to be in when you feel like you lost your peace with God. the health issue on top of that is terrible. I pray God show His Mercy which is infinite. I myself am not giving up on His Mercy and call out to Him
T Man, Congestive Heart Failure. If you are able to get an anointing and confess your Sins, and Trust in Jesus. He wishes that none ne
lost. I am praying for the
Lord to surround you with Peace and
Love and Mercy. Amen
@@jacqueschauvin1398 Thank you for your kind and caring comments Sir. CHF is Conjestive Heart Failure, but God has been merciful to me and gives me strenght to go on, I thank him for that. I pray you find the peace of mind you need and the Lord dwell with you brother.
Mark, you are truly amazing in you insights. Thank you so much ❤
Thank you for this. I needed to hear this. ❤
Thank you for this incredible message I truly pray that God will lead me through learning how to live the way He wants me to live. I cannot continue in ruminating any longer. God bless, and thank you for this message.
This teaching was nothing less than amazing, thank you so much Mark for reaching us. I personally thank God for your ministry. Completely life changing.
After watching this video, I immediately replayed it. SO GOOD. I could probably listen to this daily as a remindee for a *good* while. Thanks so much for this gem. 🙏💗
Thank you so much for this lesson.
God bless you
I am so. Thankful and grateful that I found you here on utube !!!! Thank you... I subscribed and will watch your videos.. as they are exactly what I’ve been going through....
This is so encouraging, life change. Tranforming to renew the mind. Thankyou Jodie English
I needed this! Thanks. After the military, I've been going to therapy (still am), but this helped me more than he did (does).
You are truly a blessing never forget that!! God chose you to help me and so many others so thank you for being obedient to Him and for your own healing journey! 🤍🤍
Thank you Mark.
I just found your channel yesterday and I have never felt so understood.
I never really knew how much fear and worry controlled the way I think and see the world. I never knew that I might have ocd and not just severe anxiety.
I have struggled a lot since childhood with intrusive thoughts and a rejection mindset, etc.
Now that I am in a committed relationship, my "ocd brain", has really caused damage to our happiness and our success as a couple. I have a tendency of ruminating over past arguments, past mistakes and also a very hard time of letting go. I also tend to complicate things in my mind, making things much bigger than they are and dive deep into arguments without being able to end the conversation. It's like an endless loop.
I get "attacked" with negative /scary/disgusting photos in my mind, that just pops up and makes me hold on to certain things even though it was resolved.
I also always want to fix things, I go into this "fixing mode", where I just need to fix stuff all the time, fix my relationship, fix myself etc. If my boyfriend is in a bad mood, I get fixated on it and feel a need to "solve" it.
It is so exhausting!
Sometimes I feel like I am going crazy because my mind just never stops.
Well, I am so grateful for your channel because you truly gave me a lot of insight!
I didn't even notice some of these things, even though others have been telling me!
So I am so happy that I found your channel and your wonderful advice. 🙏
I would love to hear more about your challenges in your relationship with your wife and how you overcame them!
God bless you Mark! 🙏
@vardagstankar you have just described my brain. Has ruined many relationships. Hope it works out with you and your boyfriend. 🙏🏼
Nice video. From practical point of vierw if rumination affects physical health then visit a physician. To feel better reduce negative thoughts. Your breathing is closely related to the brain [mind] and gives good relief from stress-anxiety. To relax sit on a chair or lie down, neck straight, eyes closed and observe the sensations of your incoming--outgoing breath at the entrance of the nostrils for 5-10-15 minutes or more. Don’t fight your thoughts. With daily practice the mind will relax. No deep breathing needed. Do the practice without any expectations. When taking a walk, at office, in college, when reading, before sleep etc observe your breath sensations. Like me, make this a lifetime daily habit to have a good life. Reduce negative social media and avoid constipation as it affects the mind instantly. Best wishes--Counsellor.
I absolutely love how you present this with love. I was raised in a crazy environment that used scriptures to instill fear.
Yes, it is so true we can be conditioned to these thoughts. This is such a great understanding of what we are really doing to ourselves. Thank you for your deep understanding and sharing it. God Bless you.
I'm so guilty of this! I hate being like this. Panic disorder etc. Need freedom!!!!! 🙏❤
Ruminating abstract and ruminating concrete, the aim is to swap out the former for the latter. Rumer abstract is we have a random movie trailer play without permission and then also settle in for the full movie. We immerse ourselves in the mess without resolution. Ruminating concrete is to allow the trailer in but we explore as a detective, we separate component parts with purpose at time to take ownership of our part, process it, and choose to put it down. It allows us the dynamic of 'ive dealt with this, ive processed this' the next time the trailer shows up. It puts us much more in the driving seat. Ruminating in itself will remain, the nature of it is more in our control
This stuff is GOLD! Thank you Mark! Awesome !
Would be cool to meet up with each other and pray for one another
Excellently explained friend! Thank u
My rumination started last year after a breakup where I was far more invested in it than he was. Finally started asking questions and I was told that I'm clingy and not funny. That somehow broke my confidence and made me start questioning my humor which led to my humor disappearing and everything I used to find funny I no longer do. I started to self-loathe and isolated myself from friends. Then one of my closest friends passed away a few months ago and everything has gotten 100x worse. I'm depressed, my anxiety is super high every waking moment, constant guilt and shame, stuck on marijuana and can't get off due to withdrawal symptoms and depression/anxiety spike but the marijuana increases my paranoia I think. I found God again and have been clinging to His word and then started ruminating on a lot of that stuff and questioning if I'm actually a good person to God since I have same-sex attraction and decided I'd no longer act on it which put me deeper into self-loathing. I feel like I can no longer enjoy anything or feel positive emotions.
This is very good. Thank you. Continue to do well.
Thank you Jesus
Thank you Mark for the way you get this profound help across to us. It’s absolutely priceless! God led me to you recently and I can’t tell you how much your knowledge and your approach combined is helping me! Thank you for incorporating our Lords teachings so tactfully. God bless you and your family 🙏
Just WOW. THANk YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TRUTH and RESCUING and such help !! GOD BLESS YOU!!!
This was life changing information 🙏🏻
Thank you again Mark. Appreciate this.
Thank you Mark🙏🏼❤️
Please pray for me to overcome!!! I ruminate on my salvation with a fear-based mindset. It’s been 6 months of awfulness. I’m still living in religious OCD/fear. I feel possessed at times. It’s scary. God told me I was double-minded & that I should invite Jesus into my thought life. Very helpful…I prayed & Jesus is helping me, I felt the fear leaving.
So needed, thank you Mark🙏
Thank you Mark for explaining double mindedness . Wasn’t sure what it was . What if !
19:25 me: “Ruminating is not my friend, we’re not gonna be friends anymore”
Ruminating: “How dare you” **angrily shoots thought pellets from imaginary nerf gun at me**
Me: “Jesus, please do Your thing”
Jesus: -_- “stop.” **proceeds to smack Ruminating upside the head**
Ruminating: “…” *sobs and runs away*
Also Jesus: “bye Felicia… oh and don’t
let the door hit you on the way out God bless”
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- My hope is that someone smiled by reading this comment. Jesus is our way our truth and our life. Amen 🙏🏼 i thank the Lord for His son Dejesus putting up this video and being so used by God. I pray that we all be reminded to always turn to Jesus for each and every need as He is our provider and loving faithful friend, and that we can build a friendship with him just as we would with another person. And in doing so, have an unbreakable trust and bond with him, so we always turn to Him in times of need or desperation rather than our own ways. In Jesus mighty name I pray that anyone struggling with this can kick 🦵 ruminating out of our minds and allow God to walk in and take over instead
Loved it!😆💜God bless you friend! Good words and reminder to keep looking to Jesus!
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Thanks so much.
I receive ❤
This is amazing! Thank you so much!
love this channel
Your videos are helping me so much . Thank you
Ruminating lead me to this video 😅 so helpful though. Hope this isn’t feeding the addiction!
Mark be blessed. Ruminating is no joke, one needs help