Matthew West - Forgiveness (Live) 

Its not about I'm sorry...its about acceptance&forgiveness&letting go...laying at the cross...

AMEN!!!!! Praise God

Some people show us what's possible. Thanks. It's uplifting to see the entire world isn't about justifying bitterness and rage.

My prayers remain with you and your family. I am so sorry for your loss.

I understand. Keep forgiving. Jesus forgave us. It's breaking down strongholds. Hallelujah anyhow!

Whoa,I am so sorry for your lose and I hope the person is in prison

I would not forgive that person because they had the gun they pulled the trigger it was their decision I would have told the judge to keep him in prison for life

Praying

Andrea i been raped to as well molested i havent forgiven them either it hurts so bad the one passed away so i didnt get the chance to and ui have to live with that for the rest of my life

+Andrea Schneider I was molested and physically abused by my birth mom's husband from the age of 2-4. I was taken from them shortly after because of neglect, not abuse. My own birth mother never stood up for me. After a few years in the foster care system, I was adopted by another family. It felt like a dream. But one problem stood in the way: they never addressed the abuse that I had endured. They knew I had been abused, so I am not really sure why they never sought out treatment for me. They were both doctors. So they could definitely afford it. Well long story short, I continued the cycle. I became the abuser. I had SO MUCH anger inside of me and didn't know why. I would get angry and hit something. That something soon turned to animals, and then my siblings. It never calmed my anger. All it did was make me feel ashamed after I calmed down. And the shame led me to being angry at myself, which just started the cycle all over again. When I was 12 my parents put me in an institution that dealt with abusive children and teens. I failed because they focused only on my actions. The guilt and shame was so horrible I tried to kill myself several times by running away. I was taken to another facility in which I tried to break out as it was more like a juvenile, and i was completely terrified. After failing that program, I was shipped off to one more. But the cycle of "treatment" didn't change & I had no progress. On my 14th birthday my parents came to visit me in order to tell me that they had given me back to the state. I had lost my family. I was devastated. That night I ran away. It was my 3rd time of running, and I failed the program. My case worker came and picked me up a few days later and took me back to my hometown. She was trying desperately to find some place for me to go so I didn't end up in juvenile detention. She already knew the damage the other place had caused. She found a foster family that agreed to take me overnight while she found somewhere for me to go. That overnight turned into almost 4 years. They were the most amazing people. My foster dad listened to me. He showed me love and mercy where everyone else just had contempt for me. And thankfully I got the help I really needed. Help that focused on the abuse I endured before turning to what I had done. Over my adult years the abuse has been hard to deal with at times. But the abandonment by my adoptive family is what broke me to my core. I was so hurt. And I AM still so hurt by that. Thankfully God has been working in my life. I have been able to forgive my abuser and my adoptive family. It doesn't mean the pain stops. But now I run to the cross with my pain. I have realized that being taken from my birth mom was God intervening in my life. Finding a foster family who didn't just throw me away like everyone else was God intervening in my life. Having a daughter, a son, a step son, and a wife today is God blessing me and replacing what I so dearly missed for so many years. And on top of all that, GOD Himself has NEVER turned away from me. He NEVER said I wasn't good enough or unworthy of His love and Christ's sacrifice. In fact, had it only been me that had faith in redemptive power of Jesus, Christ still would have gone to Calvary. I know that now. I know I have been accepted and loved for exactly who I have always been: His child. None of them deserve my forgiveness. But I don't deserve God's either. By forgiving them for the damage they did to me, I have freed myself through the love of God. I have been set free from the bondage that was anger, hatred, and depression. I now don't look at myself through my own fleshly eyes. I look at myself through God's eyes. And He is teaching me to look at others and see what He sees. As someone who has struggled with forgiving others as well as myself, I know the pain. I know how it tears you apart. But I also have come to realize the truth: forgiveness isn't for them; it's for you.

+ James Hoekstra I will keep you in prayer. Just keep leaning on the Lord. He will help you in all your troubles. Remember there is nothing to big or to small for God that he cant handle.

Lisa Haderly Amen!

James Hoekstra Hope all is well with you now can we talk sometime off here if it ok

Amen.

ATV Marine

ATV Marine. Actually thats still a very dangerous statement and horrible assumptipn .When a christian kid has cancer!! He's simply getting tested on . when a normal kid has cancer !its becuase he deserves it .If god was a good, god he wouldn't make people stress about heaven in hell . He wouldn't let poverty and terrorism happen . If god already has a plan for you and already knows what you want before you pray .why the fuck bother praying in the first place .Doesn't it seem like a waste of time.These are some reason why gods NOT REAL

ATV Marine. Matter a fact . how come theirs so much proof of disproving god then their is proving him . The only proof of gods existence which is the most common use of the christian language is .MAGIC. The bible is just a book that was suppose to be on the shelf .

This song saved me

I'm guessing my comment won't be appreciated much but here goes: "why do bad things happen to good people?"....that only happened once in history, to JESUS! Read Romans 3:10-18 and 2 Corinthians 5:21.

God Bless love :)

Thank You Jesus!!!

Katelyn, thank you for sharing your personal story. May Gods comfort and care invade your life and help you to understand His full love for yourself. God is do real and I pray that your decision to forgive will lead you to love others unconditionally. Praying for you.

I was fostered to abusers, too. God put love and forgiveness in my heart. I absolutely couldn't do it myself. It was a miracle. It took a long time to get to that point, but it happened. God bless your heart.

+Donna Smith AMEN

+Donna Smith GOD WILL BLESS AND TAKE CARE OF YOU.. HAVE FAITH SHE WILL COME BACK EVENTUALLY.. PRAISE THE LORD..

That's so sad! Hope things get better. She needs to seek Jesus!

This is often a result of childhood trauma. She was probably hurt as a child and needs to feel in control now. She feels threatened by her husband having a good relationship with his family. In her mind that somehow takes away from her relationship with him. Your brother is the key in this. He needs to learn how to honor his parents and family and love his wife -- not let her rule him.

pray for her everyday, you have to give her over to God, only he can change her, no one else....

I meant to say Forgive them for they do not know what they are doing. Oops. My bad. God bless. Also, I forgot to say it is worth it not it is worth and why we are doing it instead of why we are doing.

William Powell never say god bless

I mean it though.

Kade Campbell Why not?

its really rude

Linda Hudson. If god was reall this wouldn't have happened mah girl.

World Destiny life happens to all of us. Praying for you.

@@worlddestiny3204 God wanted us to be Happy, to have a long/eternal life with Him on Earth,but the first woman and man, Adam and Eve broke the covenant with God, so humanity still suffers from sins. And the Bible says humanity will suffer for their sins, life will be hard,but Jesus came 2000 years ago, so we can have hope. Snd whatever bad thing(s) come we have hope in Him. I hope You will change your mind/mindset, and May God Bless You! :-)

You are amazing and beautiful

Oh im not alone... Thanks for sharing.

I think this is what the world needs to hear. The best tool for helping people to forgive. I just love the song. It is so anointed

Being a Poet myself, I had to read this. Thank you.

it isnt easy to lose someone you loved most...but God did promise comfort and strength each day for us to get through our days...forgiveness and healing may take a long long time but trust in Him and keep faith :)

it isnt easy to lose someone you loved most...but God did promise comfort and strength each day for us to get through our days...forgiveness and healing may take a long long time but trust in Him and keep faith :)

Mike Biddle absolutely. It’s humanly impossible. Powerful!!

Mike Biddle. True . the other day I said sorry to my older sister becuase she kicked my ass . I remember . MY GREAT Almighty spegheti monster santa saved my life that day . SPegheti bless the spegheti monster .mwah

Amen! Only with Jesus!

The dead can forgive

+Jake Merrill, I don't think so. Why do you say that?

+Jake Merrill how can the dead forgive when they know nothing according to Psalms?

Sandy Samson forgiveness has nothing to do with the person who hurt us being dead or alive. It’s about letting go of the grudge which we have toward them with allows To reach down and do the impossible in our life’s. Take the pain and wound that the person caused us away from us for good and totally erase that and give us total healing and wholeness as if it never ever happened. Make no mistake about it friend. God can do that in a second for you. Then why hasn’t he you ask?. Because of one person you. Yes that’s right, you. God purchased your healing for you on the cross of Calvary when he sent his son to die for you. And he disclosed the legal obligations of that healing and what you had to do in his written word to obtain that healing. Its very simple and here it is. Jesus said whatever you bind on Earth will be bound in heaven and whatever you loose on earth will have been loosed in heaven. For if you will not forgive others when they sin against you, neither will your Heavenly Father forgive your sins. Period. What that means is when you do not forgive the person who hurt you, whether dead or alive, the pain of what that person did to you remains bound to you on earth and in heaven. In Earth meaning it sticks to you like glue. In heaven meaning it hovers Over you reigns over you as Lord and tormentor. And you will continue to be tormented by it until you forgive. Because Whatever reigns over you has the final say and even God by that legal principle he spoke in his word cannot heal you. It is a hell of your own making because you do not forgive you are actually tiring his hands. Forgiveness means letting go and it’s a two part thing. When you forgive you are loosing the person who hurt you from further blame of the pain they caused you and the pain they caused you is loosed from your mind and soul, as if it were never there to begin with. And then God will step down and heal you but only then. We all have been broken but it’s up to us how we let that affect us. You need to also know there is a hell and Jesus clearly said if we will not forgive we will not be forgiven of our sins because after all why should God forgive us for putting his son on that cross by our sins if we won’t forgive others who hurt us. Would that be just? I don’t think so. Listen to mary Kate Baxter’s testimony if your not sure. She was literally taken to hell by Jesus and saw a woman in hell who was a former preacher but wouldn’t forgive her husband who cheated on her. She was in hell crying out in regret for a second chance to come back to Earth and forgive her husband. But Jesus wept and toward her she knew in her heart to forgive. She knew his word. He spoke to her many times to not harden her heart but forgive but she refused. Now she is in hell today. Very sad. Had she forgiven she would have been restored in life and in heaven millions of times over and increasing. Jesus is real friend and his judgments are real. Do you know him? You can. He will forgive your transgressions but you will have to forgive others first because he can. Jesus loves you friend. Don’t tie his hands. Be the bigger person. Let Jesus heal you once and for all today. Forgive.

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