Stephanie Ike: The Healing Power of Forgiveness | FULL EPISODE | Better Together TV
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- Опубликовано: 19 авг 2024
- This week on Better Together, Stephanie Ike, Laurie Crouch, Janice Gaines, Natalie Grant, and Rebekah Lyons discuss how what we focus and fixate on becomes what we worship.
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I struggled so much with forgiveness and when i got married it was difficult because in marriage you have to constantly forgive, i learnt that i must forgive even before an offence comes. The Lord ministered to me and said read 1 Samuel 1 the story of Alkanh and wives (Hannah and Peninah). Hannah looked to God and not the hurt Peninah saying to her even though she had a right to keep offence and God blessed her. We can't keep offence and yet seeking God with our own hearts, our hearts is a place for God and place for our blessings, how can blessings come when our hearts are full of people. Thank you.
Sooo relatable 😩🙌🏿
Whewww, so true. I’m still struggling with forgiveness in my marriage right now. I ask God to help me see people the way he does 😭
I never looked at it that way. Our hearts should only have space for God and loving people, not hate or unforgiveness.
I couldn’t agree more. Bless you my sister in Christ Jesus.
You are spot on, marriage puts the art of forgiveness to the test on a daily basis and I am learning that I need to constantly be ready to forgive and I can only do that when I have peace within me and that peace can only come from my relationship with the LORD.
This came at the right time. My neighbor who i thought was a friend gossip so badly about me when I was the one drying her tears when she was down and out. I pray the lord can give me the grace to say hi and bye and go on about my day.
How can her negativity help you? Maybe push you to do better or you can learn how to detect a real friend? Negativity has no hold on your life. perspective
In Jesus name he will sis
Thats a sad thing to go through. From now on keep communication minimal and clean I guess. You can love her from a distance and bless her.
Forgive her but just don't friend her anymore maybe thus how she is, she might offend you again. Just say hello to her and never mind/pay attention to her
@@tumainirichard5678 she is trying to use my kids. Telling them how she misses them and all. I smile say good day and move . I know its the devil testing me.
Constantly asking God to help me to forgive. Keeping a record of wrongs is my weakness. God has forgiven me for a lot but I find it hard to let go of the hurt some people have put me through 😩
Im soooo guilty of the same sis🙌 WITH the help of God,we will overcome this 🙏 🙌 amen. God bless you 🙏❤.
I always love when Stephanie Ike speaks. Such soft-spoken, biblical wisdom! She, along with many others on this show, I look forward to!
Me too
WOWW. Anything that offends me, offends God even MORE. What you think is a sin or wrongdoing against you, is actually against God. What a perspective. I needed to hear that.💖
Thank you for this video. As Christians we should pray that we be strengthened in the gift of giving and receiving forgiveness with all of our sisters and brothers.
Lord, help me to forgive my brother
May God soften our hearts so we forgive those who wrong us in our daily basis because God has forgiven us already
Oh Lord. I truly have no power to forgive him. Please help me give strength to do that. I believe i can't but truly you can.
Forgiveness... such a struggle But thanking God for changing me day by day by day! 🙏🏽‼🙌🏾
No one hurts you from a place of love or place if wisdom... forgive them anyway
Every single time I watch you it's what I need at that moment, I love when God does this, being mocked 24 hours a day, God using your voices so I can hear Him, 💔➕❤️ I love you so much, hope you can feel it in my words ❤️➕❤️
What Janice said was very balanced. Sometimes we can unknowingly perpetuate division by minimizing another’s pain w messages such as “don’t be so offendable.’ While it is true that we should not be touchy as Christians, it is also true that those who may have offended us should be confronted in love, shown their wrong,bc scripture encourages us to have conversations in order to resolve the offense, rather than expect the person who is offended to ‘just suck it up.’
For 3years now am still showing love
I really appreciated Janice coming on and speaking the hard truth about being black in America and the tragedies that trickle down to everyday life because it affects so many peoples walk with the Lord because offense creates a plateau that makes it hard for us to push past that barrier.
Thank you ladies this is a much needed message. One thing the Lord revealed to me when I was finding it difficult to let go of the pains and hurts people caused me was to present them all to Him(God) and ask for His strength to overcome and forgive just as He forgives and loves us. This really helped me .
Forgive them for you.
*I FORGIVE YOU- FOR ME*
I have learned to forgive. But it had to start with my learning God truly loved me unconditionally. That was a hard lesson for me to learn, because I to this day have never had someone show me what the looks like or feels like. Since this was missing, I looked up every scripture I could find on God's love. That a year and a half ago I started see dream and vision for God helped too. The second is not something God gives everyone. I also learn that if you open yourself up, have faith, and listen in prayer; God may not answer the questions you have, but He will talk to you through the Spirit. The biggest hurdle to the last one is we have been so trained to give Him a laundry list of what we have to say, that we never say ok God I am done now it is Your turn to speak. This is not easy to learn, but it is possible. Don't limit God.
Thank you for this, made me check my heart and realise that I have been pretending to be ok and yet carrying a lot of offence in my heart. I allowed the enemy in my heart and this turned my heart from God. I now with Jesus help I’m starting with dealing with it. Thank you for this, may God bless you all.
I love that Janice Gaines brought up the offence of racism. Some Christians want to act like this doesn't happen. It really takes the grace of God to forgive someone who hates the image of God in you.
Not everything is about race though
@@bethanyheyde805 Indeed. But racism is a very present thing in people's everyday lives. It simply cannot and should not be ignored.
This is such a timely message! Thank you. I want to see thru the Grace lens and the Mercy lens.. my new prayer! I don’t want any “footholds”….
Janice Gaines thank you for being real...
The offense is out of a place of ignorance and brokenness WOW, WOW! Thank you for sharing this. Thank you LORD for your your Word and the wisdom if these women!
Thank you so much. Lord help us to forgive and give us power to forgive. Feel our heart with love. 🙏🏿
This was so good,.....like healing oil on an open wound. Thank you so much.
Thank you for this teaching🇿🇼
One thing I have to caution about. If the person that you have a problem with is an abuser. You don't have to stay or go back to them. You can still forgive, but unless they show you they have changed and come humbly and ask you to for give them and you know they mean it this time you should NEVER go back. Because they have not changed. I say this because I have family that are not just abusive, but one of they has tried to kill me at least twice that I know of. So I forgive them, but I will never go back unless God shows me they have truly changed.
Thank you! This speaks to my heart this morning! Trusting God to do what only He can do in me. ❤️
I came here because I have been having a very heavy heart towards people who wrong me. There have been co-workers and potential partners. I realized I need to finally forgive every one of them and let go. Dear God please help me. And thank you beautiful ladies for sharing these insights.
Wow! Thank you for this episode. And thank you Lord for showing it to me right now. I'm currently struggling with exactly that - show people mercy, watch them through the "grace lense" (I like that expression 😊), soften your heart. This episode blessed me so much and I know I have to watch it again... And again so every word has the chance to sink in. You are all so amazing women of God. Thank you so much for this show. Be blessed.
Beautiful and powerful message. I heard this so clearly, thank you for the wisdom and teaching ladies ❤️
If you get hysterical it's historical.
That is so true.
I love the story of the servant and the king. He was forgiven so much but wouldn’t do the same!
Very relevant story, written for these types of situations.
I’m so glad I found this today I’m currently going through this exact thing. For the past week I still can’t believe I let the devil have a foot hold in my life. But, I see the setup for God’s grace and glory. I lacked understanding in this area. Thank the Lord when I ask the Lord to show me or give me understanding He does.
"Thankful for how you share your grace ministry always Amen"
Steph look so beautiful
She is
This sounds nice. I have had to accept that forgiveness isn’t my first go to place. I want vengeance then there can be peace and forgiveness. People do cruel and unspeakable things to us. I am tired of rising above.
Please pray for me I’m really struggling with forgiveness
Thank you so much! Timing of this subject is perfect!
Forgiveness for me is so hard because I’ve held onto everything that anyone has done to me as far as I can remember. So now wanting to forgive to heal myself I find it difficult. How do you forgive and truly feel it in your heart and not just saying it? Trying to be compassionate isn’t hard but I still feel like I’m unable to forgive because even though they may be going through whatever I didn’t deserve to be treated they way they treated me. Plus I have a childhood of feeling disrespected so being older I don’t let no one disrespect me now. This journey is hard.
I totally understand you because I have been in that same place. And the people offending me kept on doing it over and over again. But what I am learning is to try and see them the way God sees them. That the same way God has forgiven us is the same way we should extend forgiveness to others. Yes, what they did to you is hurtful but maybe they are going on with life not even knowing they hurt you. If there is an opportunity to tell them that they hurt you, please do so. Also going to therapy might really help with healing from the disrespect you went through as a child. Going to therapy and through God's help, I was able to address my unforgiveness with my dad. Although I have not told him how he hurt me because we are not in communication, my therapist asked me to write a letter to him and express all I felt that He had did to me and how I was making the conscious decision to let go of the hurt and embrace the identity God has for me. That letter writing really changed things for me honestly. Hope this helps. Sending you love and prayers😊
Oh my goodness! I totally feel the same way as you. I have kept a long record of every offense. I can tell you who said it, when and where it all happened. I can say I forgive but it's a heart thing. Mentally, I can say I forgive you. But it's doesn't touch my heart. How do you get the forgiveness to reach/ touch your heart to break that chain? Unforgiveness has a death grip on my heart. I just don't know what to do to get it off or out of my heart. I don't know how to let unforgiveness reach or touch my heart. Mentally I got it but it's not mental... it's the heart. I don't know how to get the bitterness and anger out of my heart?
I really needed this. Thank you.
I also struggled much with forgiving my friend I never knew she had feelings for me and did the most craziest thing and she hates me alot but have let it go have forgiven her am now yielding to the Holy Spirit
This session is powerful! Thank you Women of God!
Yes, Rebekah! Ive felt that way too.. but so true, All satan needs is a foothold, love that you shared the actual definition of a foothold. Aa the spirit shared w/you wehave no right to withhold forgiveness from anyone.
This video is two old, but it’s still teaching me something in 2024!
This message is pure gold
Thank you for this great message!
We just talked about this today at our church
I often pondered this scripture but this episode open this mystery- Psalms 119:165 Great Peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them
Very well said ladies! Stephanie looks heavenly 😍
Amen ladies.God bless you
This blessed me 🙏🏾💖
I never asked no one for eney thing in my life for what am doing for God
Laurie , are you Ok Ok ? How come there is no a Dr Do little around this beautiful rather notch environment!!
GOD BLESS YOU ALL 🙏 ❤
Janice Gaines!! Yes! 🙌🏾💫
Come on Miss. Ike!!!
Forgiveness is for yourself & remember why you need to be in a situation to ask for forgiveness and then apply the forgiveness button to other or not but forgiven yourself is important and creates humility in my opinion. Everyone does not deserve to be forgiven like that tv forgiven or forget
Sooo sooo good! This helped me !!!!
Very useful topic
I never fails because I have the weall of God
🙌🏾 thank you
It is fine to talk about greater forgiveness to people you're in relationship with e.g. spouse, church folk, friend etc. BUT there are people the enemy uses to be weapons against our success or joy - and keep saying "you don't know what they've gone through to be like this" perpetuates open doors and mind games and losses because one is feeling "I'm wrong" for wanting this person to stop what they're doing. There are really situations where doors need to be closed - in wisdom and freedom, not "unforgiveness"
Jesus loves you, he cares for you and died on the cross for your sins and on the third day he rose again, giving you salvation for your soul and forgiveness of your sins, that we would receive the righteousness of God and have a relationship with him!
It’s hard for me to forgive others I have had people take advantage of me especially a man and also family. And you know what nobody has ever apologized to me or anything. I don’t trust men I don’t trust people. And it’s hard for me to trust God
I am so sorry that this had happened to you. I know you that feel but please remember, God never wanted this to happen to you. He is on your side.
My name is Francis fallah
Am from Sierra Leone but am now in Kuwait
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I appreciate the mentions of black america. And I enjoy thise channel.
If you get hysterical it's historical...
It's because you have kept a record of offences...... Deep...
Father forgive them, they know not what they do!!!!!!!
Can you imagine for a man moving with a spiritual ream
Is to show you all i was looking for money position but is to honour my porpoise from my heavenly father
I like wipe the slate clean 😍
How do i forgive? What does it look like in my situation? My husband filed for Divorced a year ago and we haven’t lived together since . We have 3 kids . He doesn’t feel like he’s done anything wrong but I still struggle because he doesn’t have biblical grounds. I understand due to him not being a believer, he doesn’t view marriage the same as a believer but i wonder how it “looks” to forgive on a daily practical level.
We praying for you 🙏
Pray to the Lord for the desire to want to forgive your husband, and in the name of Jesus the Lord will work it out
You all were offering me but you never understand because of you all thinks he is blind
God gave me wissdom
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HOW!? how do you make your heart forgive & let go?
Honestly, I’ve had to learn this slowly.. still learning. But I look to the Bible and see how God has forgiven me so much. So how can I hold someone else in bondage by not forgiving?
@@hannbanan715 but how do you replace worry, hurt, anger and frustration that just randomly shows up 😥
@@angelrobinson5257 Well forgiveness doesn’t mean the hurt isn’t there and it doesn’t mean you forgot. So that is normal.
@@jadasmikle6043 thank you for your time! Please pray for me to just let go!
Forgiveness is not about being able to justify letting go of an offense. As you grow closer to God you start to realize how many wrong actions you have made in ignorance or brokenness and how much grace God extends to you. Once you have a true appreciation for that unmerited forgiveness given to you it becomes easier to forgive the offense done to you by someone.
MAY GOD RICHLY BLESS YOU FOR ALL YOU DO TO SERVE HIS GLORY AND IN SO DOING BLESS WE, YOUR EVERLASTING FAMILY OF FOREVER.
WE ARE IN THE WORLD TO SHARE THE GOSPEL.
JESUS SAVES
Mark 16: verse 15: "And He said unto them, Go into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature."
How can anyone hear the "good" news? Romans 10:17 "Then faith comes from hearing and hearing by the word of God."
God the Son has given us that command! We shall overcome any road blocks the enemy of our soul places in our path. The Lord is our shepherd.
THE GOOD NEWS
Blood coming from all over his body and NAKED hanging on that cross like torture weapon! What a Lord and God and Savior! He had to do it. HE is God the Son and only His body and blood could pay the sins price of ALL ever! 1 John 2:1-2. SUBSCRIBED.
This inspirational channel is a blessing known to God before the world was made. Ephesians 1:1-14. Oh Lord bless this channel. I will pray for you and those gathered here.There is a Crown in Heaven awaiting all who faithfully share the Gospel of Jesus Christ and a soul is saved. ( "JESUS SAVES" below) 1 Thessalonians 2:19-20; Philippians 4:1. " For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even you in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming? 20 For you are our glory and joy." The Apostle Paul further testified; Romans 1:16 "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that believes; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek".
2 Samuel chapter 22:verse 50 "Therefore I will praise you, O Lord, out of the countries, and I will praise your name."
The Birth Of Jesus Christ
Isaiah 7:14: "Therefore the LORD shall give you a sign; behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and call His name Immanuel." Hebrew: עִמָּנוּאֵל, "God with us" in human flesh but without sin. The Savior of the world was born to die for our sins! He did so 33 years later. His terrible ordeal, the body was mutilated, the blood was poured out, but the bones were not broken, buried in a Tomb and risen on the 3rd day.
Isaiah 53: "5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all."
John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
"For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God." Romans 3:23
"For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord." Romans 6:23
"I am the way, the truth and the life: no one comes to the Father except through me." John 14.6
1 Corinthians 15:
"1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:"
BY HIS BLOOD
"In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;." Ephesians 1:7
“For he (God) hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.” 2 Corinthians 5: 21.
Romans 5:8 " But God demonstrates his love for us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, now justified by his blood, we will be saved from wrath through him." Matthew 26: 28 "For this is my blood of the New Testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins." (the life is in the blood. He had to pay with His life)
Ephesians 2:8 " For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:9 Not of works, lest any man should boast."
Jesus died to pay the penalty for our sins and rescue us from eternal death. Because of Jesus' death on our behalf, all we have to do is believe in Him, trusting in His death and in the shedding of His blood as payment for our sins, as well as in His burial and resurrection from the dead the third day, and we will be saved! John 20:24-31; See 1 Corinthians 15: 1-4.
Romans 10: "9 If you confess the Lord Jesus with your mouth and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
10 For with the heart man believes in righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
13 For the one who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."
Salvation and forgiveness of sins is a blessing of all who believe in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. We receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit immediately which seals us in Christ Ephesians 1:13-14. Those who reject salvation, "perish"(John 3:16) which means their sins are judged and suffer separation from God forever called the second death. Rev.21:8
Forgivi h her is what I made a conscious d cision to do in 2012 when le living in a shelter. This lady would harass me& God told me to forgive her. Ok God& by forgiving her,it released her to God.She came& apologized& says," I don't know why I was doing that." She left from that shelter and end d up at other one. I end d up there and guess who was first person that I saw! As time went by she obtained a job& I had befriend d to his lady named Mary. We were out riding and there was this Velencia waiting at bus stop to get back to shelter. I asked my friend if we could give her a rid back to shelter,so she wouldn't have to take the 2 buses back. I have other stories like this. If anyone has been hurt,traumatized,rejected,I want you to ask
God to give you grace to forgive. He isn't some cruel God who expects us to forgive without providing us a way to do so! He doesn't require us to be doormats by allowing the same person to keep hurting us. He can give you strength to walk away, especially in toxic abusive relationships. He can be husband,provider,constant companion for the lonely.
#GuardYourHeart
Janice Gaines, sigh so sorry for your experiences.
Great message. But the "ish" word could have been left out.
Natalie seems confused hopefully ok at minute
Nobody addressed what the black woman said about the offense of racism and the fact that her husband can’t even take out the trash at night in their neighborhood.
My people were distroy because of lack of wissdom
"We can never be good l" that's brainwashing 101
Laurie comment about nowadays everyone get offended so easily, that's easy to say when your white and rich. Get real girl
Yeah, Joyce Meyer says this often too
You don’t know where people were at one time! I’m white and I love “comfortably,” but you don’t see that 20 years ago my dad was a mean man bound by alcohol, I was going to walk down his same path. I would have ended up dead or in jail if I wouldn’t have accepted Christ. I’m good friends with Mexicans, black kids play with my kids. We just went on a trip with a family who has black children. My white 8 year old daughter raised 4,000 dollars for her Nana’s orphanage in haiti for them to get new mattresses. I have been told some of the most hateful things by white people. It isn’t the color or your skin or what’s in your bank account, it’s who is the ruler of your soul, God or Satan. I wish people would look to God and treat everyone the same instead of acting like they are better than someone else- both black and white people. And every color in between.
@@hannbanan715 Great comment! I think we all, meaning Christians, can agree that Jesus’ words about the end times, that many will be offended, is true now more than ever - especially towards Christ followers and towards our views and beliefs. Color is not the only thing one can be discriminated against or offended in, but virtually anything and especially when we as believers swim completely against the stream of culture and the world as a whole. And I say that as an African woman. Maybe we shouldn’t be as quick to judge or attack a sister or brother in the Lord so quickly - the accuser of the brethren doesn’t need help with that.
Besides, as Hann stated, we don’t know what people have been through, etc. Also, I suppose it speaks volumes that Laurie routinely has people of color on her show...Just a thought.
I appreciate you, Hann, for being intentional about demonstrating an openness to diversity in front of your daughter who, in turn, obviously took a page out of your book. God bless you!
I know because you people were missunder standing because they were trying to scam God
Isn't it ironic that Laurie Crouch nods her head consistently in agreement when Natalie Grant is talking about people gossiping BUT sits there like a mannequin when Janice Gaines is speaking about racism 🤔. Black people please wake up. Just because someone smiles in your face it doesn't mean they are your friends...not even Christian friends.