I asked Jesus to critique my faith - He said "you take too long to rebuke the Devil" (no kidding!)

[Wick Stick]

I don't have a doctor anymore. The Holy Spirit tells me what I need to do. I do not take any drugs.

I hope that works out well for you.

I did not mean to impugn ALL doctors. The Bible is not against doctors. Jesus Himself was a physician.

It's really just modern doctors who practice allopathic medicine that are problematic. They are pill dispensers rather than real doctors...

There are still good doctors out there! Naturopaths, surgeons, radiologists, physical therapists, etc.

 

[Gottservant]

I came to the conclusion that I might be better off changing my psychiatrist at least once every ten years - I have a problem with someone saying "I can confidently diagnose you, no matter what stage of life you are at" - that, to me, is delusional.

On the other hand, I question myself a lot, when I don't take medication and it can make me volatile - not intensely volatile, just forgivably more volatile than others. I don't know, "volatile" sounds extreme,, I just mean I don't sit still mentally.

The thing is that it is scary trying to find a rational psychiatrist; I know of one psychiatrist when the client came to him, talked with him for about five minutes and said "you are categorically schizophrenic, you need constant treatment" - that, to me, is blind (blind delusion?)?

 

[Wick Stick]

I came to the conclusion that I might be better off changing my psychiatrist at least once every ten years - I have a problem with someone saying "I can confidently diagnose you, no matter what stage of life you are at" - that, to me, is delusional.

On the other hand, I question myself a lot, when I don't take medication and it can make me volatile - not intensely volatile, just forgivably more volatile than others. I don't know, "volatile" sounds extreme,, I just mean I don't sit still mentally.

The thing is that it is scary trying to find a rational psychiatrist; I know of one psychiatrist when the client came to him, talked with him for about five minutes and said "you are categorically schizophrenic, you need constant treatment" - that, to me, is blind (blind delusion?)?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the idea of psychiatry to find chemical imbalance and correct it through medication?

So, if that's true... Are they taking a blood sample to run tests on it to find a chemical imbalance? That seems trustworthy. On the other hand, talking to someone doesn't seem like a legitimate way of diagnosing a chemical imbalance to me.

I'm wary of medications in general. I had a period of 4 years where I suffered from (what appeared to be) manic depression, and it turned out that the whole problem was a side-effect of the asthma medication I was taking (Singulair). Nowadays the only pills I take are vitamins, and the only medications I trust are the ones that have been around for a century... Pepto Bismal, Benadryl, etc.

 

[Linda]

Hi there,

So those of you who are mature will love this. It's about a relationship with Jesus, that you can actually test. Getting feedback on faith (anything really) is really important to getting it right; so knowing that you can trust Jesus for feedback should really help you.

What I did was, I said "Jesus, is there anything wrong with my faith?" Just a simple question; no flowery words. It allowed me to put my faith in focus, that it was for Him, that He was the Judge. Remember that believers will face the Great White Throne Judgment in the afterlife (Revelation). So by exercising my faith, knowing that He is responsible for how my faith is and will be judged, I asked what mattered most (to that faith): is Jesus pleased with my faith? More importantly, where can I improve my faith?

Jesus promises that if you ask, you shall receive and the answer to this "question" was no exception: Jesus said "you take too long to rebuke the Devil". That's it! That's what He said. Don't ask me how I knew what He was saying, I guess He spoke to my conscience (from where the question arose). I suppose Jesus answered that way because He would like an answer about His faith, from God, the same way. The answer was to the point. I do spend way too long waiting for the right moment, to stand up for myself. The Devil realises I am not rebuking him, and makes my situation worse. It's something that with the Holy Spirit's help, I will improve.

And that is where the question leaves me! I now realise that I need to pray to the Holy Spirit about this, to get the right council about the right motive, to the right end. I trust that the Holy Spirit and I together will rebuke and resist the Devil and it will be pleasing to God. To God be the Glory - I hope this has been of some encouragement to you (naturally, I would love to hear of areas of faith that you need to improve?).

God bless.

That was a very astute recognition in how
God speaks to us.
Through our own consciences keeps us humble, as Paul said how he crucifies his flesh daily
Speaks to exactly how God judges us all, in spirif and in truth, “ to our own soul”, it is our own conscience that God speaks, so that we can testify to our own mind and heart where we
Need correction, and we can see how God
Uses our own minds to quicken us, when so
Many wait for an outside source for God to
Speak, when in his lessons, He lets us know,
When we seek we find and we grow in Him
In private Revelations.