Feeling really weird, can't shake it off. (believe, prayers, Bible)
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This just happened to me yesterday morning and I am filed with anxiety about it. I got up at 4:30 am as usual. I took the day off to get some things done. I always start my day the same way, I read my daily devotional, and another daily pamphlet type of bible study and then the Bible. I have read through the Bible many times over the years and like to read different translations as well. I had just started reading the introduction of the next Bible I wanted to read, which is the Complete Jewish Bible, the morning before, but before I began to read the Bible I pushed back in my recliner and began to pray as usual. I thanked God for all He does for me and my family, I asked for His Blessings and for wisdom and understanding before I began to read His word. This was all normal, sort of my daily routine before I start each day. I sat up for a moment and took a sip of my coffee. While sipping the coffee I was staring at my large screen TV, no reason in particular, more like looking through it while I was thinking about stuff. I laid back down to finish my prayers but before I could start I heard a voice in the back of my head say, "Get that ugly black THING out of your house!" The tone was firm and a little bit angry. It startled me at first and before I could even think about what I had heard, the phrase was repeated. I KNEW it was God! I knew he was talking about the TV. I tried to form a question to the voice but before I could even say it He answered my question and told me it was God who had said it. That was it. I sat up shaking. I got up and started walking around the house wringing my hands in fear. I was afraid I was going crazy. I kept thinking about it over and over in my head. The way He said it. I began to try and make sense of it. I felt that His meaning was that the TV was an evil thing in my home. Maybe an idol. I wasn't sure, but it made sense. I could hear my wife getting up. When she came into the living room and said Good morning, I told her what had just happened. I was shaking and crying as I told her. She believed me and she prayed with me. After that she said "You know what we have to do." And I did, but I was afraid of telling people why all of a sudden I had to get rid of a very expensive TV set, immediately. What would the kids think? How would they take it if I told them the truth? They would think I was CRAZY. My mind was racing. It is the next day and I still haven't decided what to do and how to do it. Do I throw it out? Do I sell it? Can we never watch TV again? Too many questions and not enough answers. The pressure is on and I KNOW what I must do but I'm a nervous wreck now. I really want to do what God wants first of course, but the implications are more than I can explain right now. PLEASE PRAY FOR ME AND MY FAMILY. I need encouragement in doing the right thing, which I am ashamed to admit as well. Thank God for finding this site to enable me to get this off my chest. I will post again when I decide how to do what God wants me to do. I WILL do it, I have to.
oh yeah, what's your age? There are event that take place in early adulthood that should d be addressed. Logically, There is a lot of EMR that comes of the screens that hit the eye and trigger impulses directly to the brain. It is information, but it is not doing what you think it is.
List the reaons for removing the TV. If they are reasonable then they are reasonable. Check the list with a friend.
But TV itself is not a bad thing. The USE of TV makes it good or evil.
I am not a Christian but I respect your faith.
You can use the TV primarily to play religiously motivated channels and also for clean fun. I don't think there is anything wrong with it.
This just happened to me yesterday morning and I am filed with anxiety about it. I got up at 4:30 am as usual. I took the day off to get some things done. I always start my day the same way, I read my daily devotional, and another daily pamphlet type of bible study and then the Bible. I have read through the Bible many times over the years and like to read different translations as well. I had just started reading the introduction of the next Bible I wanted to read, which is the Complete Jewish Bible, the morning before, but before I began to read the Bible I pushed back in my recliner and began to pray as usual. I thanked God for all He does for me and my family, I asked for His Blessings and for wisdom and understanding before I began to read His word. This was all normal, sort of my daily routine before I start each day. I sat up for a moment and took a sip of my coffee. While sipping the coffee I was staring at my large screen TV, no reason in particular, more like looking through it while I was thinking about stuff. I laid back down to finish my prayers but before I could start I heard a voice in the back of my head say, "Get that ugly black THING out of your house!" The tone was firm and a little bit angry. It startled me at first and before I could even think about what I had heard, the phrase was repeated. I KNEW it was God! I knew he was talking about the TV. I tried to form a question to the voice but before I could even say it He answered my question and told me it was God who had said it. That was it. I sat up shaking. I got up and started walking around the house wringing my hands in fear. I was afraid I was going crazy. I kept thinking about it over and over in my head. The way He said it. I began to try and make sense of it. I felt that His meaning was that the TV was an evil thing in my home. Maybe an idol. I wasn't sure, but it made sense. I could hear my wife getting up. When she came into the living room and said Good morning, I told her what had just happened. I was shaking and crying as I told her. She believed me and she prayed with me. After that she said "You know what we have to do." And I did, but I was afraid of telling people why all of a sudden I had to get rid of a very expensive TV set, immediately. What would the kids think? How would they take it if I told them the truth? They would think I was CRAZY. My mind was racing. It is the next day and I still haven't decided what to do and how to do it. Do I throw it out? Do I sell it? Can we never watch TV again? Too many questions and not enough answers. The pressure is on and I KNOW what I must do but I'm a nervous wreck now. I really want to do what God wants first of course, but the implications are more than I can explain right now. PLEASE PRAY FOR ME AND MY FAMILY. I need encouragement in doing the right thing, which I am ashamed to admit as well. Thank God for finding this site to enable me to get this off my chest. I will post again when I decide how to do what God wants me to do. I WILL do it, I have to.
Punctuation clarifies the thought.
Based on this I would say SLOW down and chill...God will do what God wants to do
This just happened to me yesterday morning and I am filed with anxiety about it. I got up at 4:30 am as usual. I took the day off to get some things done. I always start my day the same way, I read my daily devotional, and another daily pamphlet type of bible study and then the Bible. I have read through the Bible many times over the years and like to read different translations as well. I had just started reading the introduction of the next Bible I wanted to read, which is the Complete Jewish Bible, the morning before, but before I began to read the Bible I pushed back in my recliner and began to pray as usual. I thanked God for all He does for me and my family, I asked for His Blessings and for wisdom and understanding before I began to read His word. This was all normal, sort of my daily routine before I start each day. I sat up for a moment and took a sip of my coffee. While sipping the coffee I was staring at my large screen TV, no reason in particular, more like looking through it while I was thinking about stuff. I laid back down to finish my prayers but before I could start I heard a voice in the back of my head say, "Get that ugly black THING out of your house!" The tone was firm and a little bit angry. It startled me at first and before I could even think about what I had heard, the phrase was repeated. I KNEW it was God! I knew he was talking about the TV. I tried to form a question to the voice but before I could even say it He answered my question and told me it was God who had said it. That was it. I sat up shaking. I got up and started walking around the house wringing my hands in fear. I was afraid I was going crazy. I kept thinking about it over and over in my head. The way He said it. I began to try and make sense of it. I felt that His meaning was that the TV was an evil thing in my home. Maybe an idol. I wasn't sure, but it made sense. I could hear my wife getting up. When she came into the living room and said Good morning, I told her what had just happened. I was shaking and crying as I told her. She believed me and she prayed with me. After that she said "You know what we have to do." And I did, but I was afraid of telling people why all of a sudden I had to get rid of a very expensive TV set, immediately. What would the kids think? How would they take it if I told them the truth? They would think I was CRAZY. My mind was racing. It is the next day and I still haven't decided what to do and how to do it. Do I throw it out? Do I sell it? Can we never watch TV again? Too many questions and not enough answers. The pressure is on and I KNOW what I must do but I'm a nervous wreck now. I really want to do what God wants first of course, but the implications are more than I can explain right now. PLEASE PRAY FOR ME AND MY FAMILY. I need encouragement in doing the right thing, which I am ashamed to admit as well. Thank God for finding this site to enable me to get this off my chest. I will post again when I decide how to do what God wants me to do. I WILL do it, I have to.
That wasn't G-d talking to you...That was YOU...I would say that it was based either on what you have heard preached to you or those opinionated devotionals that you read BEFORE you read G-d's word...All you need to read in the morning is G-d's word, not some devotional or commentary...And actually, reading is not good enough, you actually have to study it, dissect it, question it...If the answer comes too easy, then it is not the correct answer...Many times what we think is G-d telling us to do something is really our own minds telling us to do something...Because, if you really did hear from G-d regarding your TV, then you would truly have peace about it and not feel stressed over it...Perhaps your getting rid of your TV will cause strife/division in your family, now would that really be of G-d?...
I sure am glad I ran from Christianity. Now I don't have to have anxiety attacks and go to pieces mentally and emotionally over a television of all thing.
If your post is true, I think you were having a mental delusion. God doesn't make people wring their hands with fear nor does he cause people to make snap decisions. I do not believe you heard this from God. Turn the T.V. off for a time and see a doctor.
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