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It’s my mom. She abused me as a child. Turned me into family scapegoat, family councillor and people pleaser with zero self confidence. In my adult life she’d blame me, berate and belittle me and get my siblings to blame me. So many lies. 😢 Nothing I ever did was good enough. She still lies now. I pray to forgive her. I absolutely don’t trust her. God tells us to guard your heart . I’m in self protection mode. She let my dad physically abuse me too. God doesn’t like a lying heart. May God have mercy on her soul . She called me a Jesus freak when I was 15 yrs old. She told me I was an accident and she never wanted me. At least Jesus carved me on the palm of his hand. I’ve never felt loved by her, never. May the Holy Spirit help me release the hurt , anger and sorrow.
Claire, none of us are mistakes! God’s got purpose for you. I pray that you can forgive, and I pray that your family quits all toxic behavior in comes to repentance.
I believe you. I feel compelled to understand why my parents scapegoated me also. Best I can figure out it’s a bunch of layers of lies. My mom was a serious alcoholic and says now that she never really drank until she was 35, after I left home. I have to admit I don’t understand it. I also have nothing to gain by having a relationship. Can’t bring up the past or ask them for anything. Asking them for anything is just proof I’m not a good son. I don’t hold anything against them but I also am not having them come to me for help like Joseph’s brothers did.
I’m facing the same circumstances with mine too. It took me over 50 years to even realize where my shame, pain, hurt, and depression came from. It’s really tough to forgive.
At a young age, my father mentally and physically abused me. This went on for about 11 years. The years after i hated him and kept asking myself why. When i was 38 I got my first child. At some point i was confronted that when i lost my temper, in sounded exactly like my father. It was at that moment of realisation why I went through it all. I would never hurt my children like he did. My love shines every day for them. I am grateful and learned to forgive my father. 2 years ago i was saved 🙏
you are so strong. that is amazing you have learned and chose to choose the higher narrow road. May God continue to have his hand on you friend. I was also saved 2 years ago. That makes me happy your comment
I always pray "God, I leave them in your hands, You see how they've done me, You deal with them accordingly as the just Judge" He's never let me down. Glory to King Jesus 🙏
@@bruce8961 obviously forgiving and holding no resentment towards anyone but placing someone in God's hands is the best place you can leave them. The Only one who knows the beginning and the end of all things. God bless
@@DavidRobledo22 Saying , here Lord you take care of them is Not Forgiving someone. Going directly to that person and telling them you forgive them is Forgiveness
I found forgiveness can be a process that when you're really hurt takes time and forgiving many times until your really free of the hate and or bitterness.. Eventually you'll get there even if at first it feels like it's not letting go of you..🙏🏼
Absolutely. “The real trouble about the duty of forgiveness is that you do it with all your might on Monday and then find on Wednesday that it hasn’t stayed put and all has to be done over again.” - C. S. Lewis 🙏🏼 I've found that more often than not, it is a process, and that's okay.
This happened for me. It took me 20 something years to forgive my uncle. I was born with a rare health condition DiGeorge syndrome which my birth parents had mental issues of their own so someone had to move in with them. My birth father died when I was 4 months old and so my mom and moved in with my grandparents and uncle. He molested and r*ped me from age 3-6 or longer. My grandparents didn’t do anything about he even did it to my mom. My grandmas siblings knew about it but couldn’t do anything about it. One night it got really bad he tried forcing my mom to 0d I dialed my aunt and uncle’s number and they came and got me. 911 was at my house all of the time when I was little. (My grandmas brother also my Godparents) My aunt and uncle ended up adopting me. They became my mom and dad and I couldn’t make it without them or God. Everyone including myself said my uncle would die in a jail cell. I was to scared to face him in a court room. I was in a beauty pageant in 1st or 2nd grade and I swear I saw him in the audience I had a mental breakdown. He started getting to other girls my age and etc younger on fb. I was asked to testify when I was 18 or 20ish against him, but myself, my therapist, and heart doctors thought it I shouldn’t because I would be in the hospital in less than no time. He ruined Christmas for me in 2018. That’s the year he died. Not the way everyone expected but it was painful. My dad was in charge of his health stuff so he had to take care of everything. We got a call from my dad’s brother during our favorite Christmas program and we had to leave early. I never saw him after I moved in with my mom and dad. At least we tried not to as much as possible. My dad sat by him on his deathbed and said, “I hope to God that you have asked for forgiveness or ask for it now while you can. .” Something to that extent. I finally forgave him a few years ago. I still can’t forget it, but I’ve forgotten a pretty good bit of it. Then when my dad was dying 3 years ago I was staying with my aunt (moms sister) and when I found out the night he died that he was in the process of dying she just treated me terribly. Got mad as all get out because I woke her up upset and I was a wreck. She yelled snatched my phone and hid it gave me another nerve pill and literally threw me in my room there and locked the door. I wouldn’t treat her granddaughter like that. Heck mama and I practically raised her. I still can’t over that 3 years later and I want to but I just can’t. I can’t say what I want to say because I don’t want to ruin our family. I just can’t stand to see her. I can talk to her on the phone, but seeing her in person just brings it all back. I need help with that. Daddy’s death anniversary was the 22nd of this month. It takes a lot to forgive, but not all of us can forget it. I wish we could.
Please pray that I can keep close to God and to trust Him to help me change my heart. Jealousy, envy and hate are destroying my marriage. I feel like every woman wants him and that he wants them even though he hasn’t ever cheated on me. Please pray for me. Only God can help change my heart and give me peace.
I needed this...I struggle with how I was raised by my parents...Pray that I forgive them both for how they raise me...May I forgive anf put it behind me...They have both gone on to be with the Lord and I need this bitterness gone from me...God Bless you...Thank you so much for being obedient to God in giving the message today...🙏🙌🙏
Cool video, My relationship of 5 years ended a month ago. The love of my life decided to move on, I really loved her so much i can't stop thinking about her and the memories we shared. I've tried my very best to get her back in my life, but to no avail. I'm frustrated, and i don't see my life with anyone else. I've done my best to get rid of the thoughts, but i can't. I don't know why I'm saying this here, but i really miss her and i wish i could get her back.
have been in such a situation. My relationship ended about three years ago, but i could not let her go. So i had to do all i could to get her back, i had to seek the help of a spiritual adviser who helped me bring her back. We are back together, and i must say i am enjoying every moment.
Ephesians 4 : 31 - 32 [31]Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. [32]And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.
God answers my prayers 😭 I was asking him how will I ever be able to forgive my childhood r*pist and ab*ser, and this popped up on my recommended videos .
Cait, Thank you for the message. You have a gift to teach with such clarity. i’m pretty good at forgiving people. I have been betrayed at the deepest level by my own family. My wife filed for divorce after 26 years of marriage. I am standing for my marriage and doing everything I can to try to save it. I am claiming every scripture and being obedient to God. Things don’t look good, but I will continue to believe that God is going to do a great thing here. It’s hard when some of your family, my in-laws, and some friends accept what my wife is doing. I see it as they are on the devils side and trying to destroy a family that was so loving and close. Spiritual warfare is real! I wish my wife and daughter would participate in your podcast. They need some Godly women in their lives. They have a vail of deception over their eyes. Please pray for my family to turn back to God and for our marriage to be restored. I am open for any suggestions on how to fight the spiritual warfare. Thanks.
I’m so sorry to hear about this struggle, Joe. My last video is all about spiritual warfare and how to fight back, my advice would be to keep battling in prayer and find specific scriptures that you can declare daily over yourself and your family. Trust that God is still in the midst and “the prayers of a righteous man are powerful and effective” James 5:16! 🙏🏼
This was such a blessing! what really grabbed my heart is when you said forgiveness is trusting God. I have been praying for God to help me to truly forgive from my heart and this word was just a blessing. Thank you for your obedience to listen to God , May he bless you and keep up.
Thank you so much for sharing this powerful message. Watching this a second time as the Lord keeps putting the concept of forgiveness in my path over the past 2 days through my daily Bible reading, church sermons, and now here. I know I need to forgive my husband who left and divorced me. And all parties involved. Please pray for my prodigal husband Edgar. That the Lord would deliver him from the enemy and turn his heart of stone into a heart of flesh. Thank you and God bless you church family ❤️
Wow. Ezekiel 36:26 has been my prayer so many times too. I am praying with you today, Stephanie, that God would do a work in his heart. I pray God would bring healing to you and to your relationship. 🙏🏼
Beautiful sister in Christ! Thank you for this video. I have struggled lately with forgiveness when it comes to a couple of my coworkers who really make me go through hell when I’m on the job. And find myself talking bad about them a lot outside of work. Thank you for reminding me of Joseph, and how all these things that happen to us can be used for God’s glory. Your testimony about you and your dad was very interesting as well. I’m happy for you that you were able to turn the hurt and loneliness of abandonment into a lasting and fulfilling relationship with your father. Indeed, all things work together for good to those who love God and are called according to His purpose. God bless you.
The biggest thing that helped me while searching for this "how", was that forgiveness is for you, not for the other person. They still have to face justice/karma. "Forgive them Father for they know not what they do." It's within yourself that you understand the person(s) that wronged you do not truly know the damage they are actually doing to themselves and their spirit. If they realized the consequences, they wouldn't do it. They are spiritually immature, weak minded, and now have to embark on a journey to undo that. It's a cost infinitely worse than anything they could possibly gain in the physical.
When you forgive, you are not subjugating your power to others, but to God. When they are still there and you can’t escape them, your forgiveness, and loving your enemies is not emotional, it’s not even being their friend. It’s the parable of the man who was ignored by the roadside. Loving the Lord with all your heart, soul, mind and strength is reserved only for him, and extends to the family of God. Knowing this will free you to know what type of forgiveness and love is given to whom and how. Jesus loved his crucifers, but not in an emotional way. It was in a merciful way, pitying what will become of them
You can forgive them but that doesn't mean you have to hang out with them. Because the trust is gone and thats hard to repair back. Plus it can be toxic whether it's a friendship or relationship. If they did something wrong and it's hurtful. How can you trust them if that's the way they behave or they hang out with the wrong crowd or influence in the wrong way.
Absolutely. Forgiveness does not always lead to reconciliation. With some people it is best to forgive them in our hearts but maintain a healthy distance. We can forgive what they did without allowing them to also cause further damage in our lives.
@@CaitTaylor This is what I'm struggling with big time. Because as far as I'm aware I have forgiven, however, these people are not safe in the sense that they are unaware of any past harm, and thus unaware of existing harm that continues through dysfunctional behaviour, and while I don't believe it's malicious - in that I think it's just the degree of their brokenness, it also serves to be really difficult to be in relationship with. My heart is like really desiring to be in relationship with these people I'm thinking of, but they continue to act in ways that gaslight, and discourage and criticize etc so I find it very challenging to navigate, especially when these people are family members. I noticed in your video you mentioned, your dad was remorseful, which made me think that likely he has had a revelation and was now seeking to repair/restore.... I don't know for sure as I have not watched your other testimony video but I plan to. It's interesting because I watch how the enemy uses scripture to make me feel bad about my choice to keep a safe distance, especially given that the people I'm taking a distance from have no understanding or awareness and just think that there's something wrong with me etc - as far as I'm aware. There may be a bit of recognition that they may play a role as to why I have to keep distance, but I don't think it would ever be admitted. Not sure if you will be doing another video on this topic, but would really love to hear more on how to navigate when they are people who are close to us, eg parents, siblings, and we want to be in their lives to share Jesus and to just love on them, but then equally discerning that it may not be the safest place. Also, balancing scripture around honouring parents, and it's interesting how enemy can use scripture to make us feel bad and like we're not "doing right by God"... when I'm not sure that is what God is saying because for some, honouring parents can look like honouring them from afar, and praying for them and loving them from a safe distance depending on the circumstance. I really appreciate your video though, thank-you for sharing this. It really spoke to me deeply, about how forgiveness is about trusting God, trusting that He can and will work it out, and that he will repay and all that, that it isn't up to us, I knew this stuff but something about the way you said it, it really hit home that there is a bit of lack of trust on my part so I was able to recognize that and repent for that and I appreciate that capacity to notice that now. The way it all connected with that story of Joseph, too and all the scriptures you shared, very powerful. Thank-you Holy Spirit. God Bless you, Cait.
I tell myself, and others the same thing. You can forgive people, but doesn't mean you have to be around them. My blanket of forgiveness was a clean slate for everyone, including myself. This involved looking at what I may have done to create the situation, how I reacted, and then moving forward with love and prayer. Because family was involved, I felt they deserved more compassion and patience, but if someone continued negative or hurtful behavior, then I shut the door on further communication. Definitely challenging to navigate, but worth the effort, for if God can forgive us for our sins and transgressions, we can do that for others. This opened a lot of doors to renewed relationships.
Your testimony really touched me, I also had a step dad and can relate a lot. Hearing your story gave me hope and confirmation from God. This video was exactly what I needed next 🙏🏼
I'm so sorry that you can relate, but so glad that God's eyes are on you and He knows what you need to hear. I pray before every video that the message would reach the person who needs it most. 🩷
You are amazing! I split with my partner after 11 years & I was struggling to find forgiveness & make peace with the situation. The more I tried, the angrier I felt. You calmed my racing mind & heavy heart. Thank you ❤
Oh my.... At the beginning of this week, I preyed to God to help ma and give me tools to forgive those who have hurt me in my life and it especially my younger years. And my God has delivered again. We have such a good Father that always does what's best for us, and this episode just popped up, and I will take this as the beginning of my journey of forgiving. Thank you 🙏❤️
I am honestly so grateful that God put your YT channel in front of me. Your ' HOW TO FIGHT THE ENEMY BACK' video was the first one a watched. And let me tell you... It was sooo good. you teach so gently and passionately at the same time. You are so anointed, and I love what you are doing. So Cait, from Cape Town, South Africa, I love you & i pray God's blessings upon your life. 🥰😊
Your testimony about your Father not being there your whole life until you turned 21 and started meeting him at that point, I can relate too because my Father left me and my twin Sister when we were young and our whole life we were raised and are sill raised by our single mother and It was hard and it still is but not long ago I was saved by God the heavenly Father back in the late months of 2022 and since then God became my Heavenly Father and me and my sister we talk to him from time to time and he visits us sometimes and when he does visit us I don't feel resentment towards him but I'm like he's my earthly father that will never change and funny enough I still want a relationship with him and stays far and he works a lot but you know what I will ask my heavenly Father for help in this situation but your video helped me very much and amazingly enough Almighty God is at the center of it all and glory be to Him , it will be okay.
The real question here is: was that his real choice? Most men won’t abandon their families. But they will stay away if the only option is something like prison from what the feminist ‘mother’ has done. And there’s a LOT of those out there.
Thanks Cait. I live in a Convent in Doncaster, England. I'm here for a reason. I've been attacked by evil. My road is filled with pathological evil people. I hear your message. I forgive them and pray to god. Thanks so much Cait. God bless you. Paul 🙂🙏
I was thinking this exactly for my story of unthinkable sorrow, shame, and sadness. I am praying that God has a Joseph story for my life and children, too. Please pray that I can walk the path He has for me while I am in the 13 year period. ❤Thank you for so beautifully saying with grace, hope, humility gratitude and joy what God has done for you. I love how He is with you, helping you 24/7. Amen 🙏 🙌 ❤️!
Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, "Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?Jesus answered, "I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.
Just recently found your channel. This topic is very timely for me.. I've been constantly and badly been hurt by a family member. I really can't focus on doing my school tasks since yesterday as I have been crying it all out to God. Psalm 56:8 is a beautiful reminder that in every situations, not a tear is wasted. God sees it all, God knows our heart and He is just..
You can forgive them and love them for a distance. You should pray that they can repent and change so they don’t continue to hurt others. Bitterness is the root of UNFORGIVENESS. I am struggling a lot because I am not forgiving those who hurt me. It has affected me to the point I had to go to the mental health facility. I am not prospering or advancing at all. God is far away from the PROUD. God keeps reminding me of this attitude. I am tested everyday and I get offfened easily with those I care about. Unfortunately, God had to tell me a couple weeks that because of how I am I am spiritually dying and I am considered a non believer for not wanting to forgive. Unforgiveness is having the spirit of Cain. He was vengeful and this can mean that his heart towards his brother was evil. He couldn’t accept that he too could have blessed God with his offering if he obeyed, but instead he decided to not listen to God for repenting for his attitude towards his brother and later he slays him. His bitterness and jealous made him fall. Sin is anything that separates us from God. No idea how I’m going to forgive all those that hurt me. I want to mean it not just say it.
I find it incredibly difficult to forgive relatives the most. Because they know you very well and will use you without any care, consideration or thought at all. Gaslighting you at times too to obtain what is they're desire. For me though i grew up as the invisible child and scapegoat around two narcisstic parents. Two narc parents who committed domestic violence. Manipulated their kids to choose sides. Participated in animal/pet abuse. Both of them are codependent as well. I never want any kids myself or a household of my own i cannot take the chance or putting myself or someone else through what i've experienced. So yeah truthfully i wrestle with doubt, bitterness towards them and grief. Its such a long story but i'll leave it at that.
Thank u for this message, I struggle with forgiveness sometimes, but it feels nice to know that God have our backs, and its not up to us to seek revenge against anyone or anything, we just sit back and let God do his thing ❤ and enjoy our lives, getting so much more love from God ❤❤❤ in the name of God I pray, amen❤❤❤
GRACE TO YOU. I JUST FOUND YOU AND APPRECIATE YOUR PASSION FOR TRUTH. PURPOSE IS SUCH A POWERFUL THING, DO NOT GIVE UP. GOODNESS IS AFTER YOUR LIFE. THANK YOU.
Egads girl!!! Ive been struggling with this, God lead me here thru prayer. This is the 1st ive seen you. This was spot on for my life. Thank you so much
We are all trying to put the domino pieces back together from the fall it's frustrating when someone knocks down years of spiritual progress with there reckless hate when there cruelty and mallace feels beyond understanding when your trying your very best even beyond your hardest known efforts. However with faith all things are possible. He is a just judge even if you dont believe it sometimes doesnt make it less true
Well, said Cait. Thank you for articulating the story. Forgiveness is key. The Lord was with him all through the many years of jail. We have a similar story regarding our fathers. I havent seen him since I was 17. I was I was around 39 when i seen him again.
M truly blessed. I know life wasn't really easy when I had to go through so much but, God never left me bot he counted Evey tears that fall that comforts me. Sister I was also comforted by the same story of Joseph and m still believing the God will lift me up in front of the people who broke me. Amen
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God has been working overtime because I had a hard time forgiving.I couldn't even read the Lord's prayer in Matthew because it convicted me so much😭!! Today when I was praying i told God -I feel so good to tell him I have forgiven this person.The betrayal hit me hard (I cried for 2 months straight at every minor triggering event). But God gave me peace I never knew was possible!!He continues to do the work -that only him can do.
Another excellent episode most can relate to. Congratulations on your channel gaining a wider audience. I too struggled with forgiveness, and had built a wall of anger and resentment against family and friends. When I was saved, and started reading the Bible, I understood how important it is to forgive, just as our Heavenly Father has forgiven us. I reached out to all ppl I had an issue with, apologized for whatever part I played and offered them unconditional forgiveness, and literally all family and friends responded in a positive way. I now have all back in my life, and I am so grateful. Thank you Cait for sharing your wonderful stories and God's love for all of us. God bless you and all 🙏
We can attempt forgiveness but if they refuse to repent than walk on. Go with a clear conscience you tried to forgive them. Forgiveness always require repentance. Not much we can do after that but its in God's hand. All I know is, they are still gossiping and slandering everyone around them. Just had to cut that relationship off.
It's important to note that forgiveness and reconciliation are different. Forgiveness is a command from God. We must forgive the person in our hearts, regardless of if they ever repent. Jesus forgave the men who were crucifying Him, while they were doing it! They were certainly not repentant and yet He forgave them anyway. Reconciliation on the other hand, does require repentance. If the person has not repented, it is often best to forgive them in our hearts but maintain a healthy distance. We can forgive what they did and release the bitterness, without allowing them to also cause further damage in our lives.
powerfull..... encountered the story of josef last week...in a book and again this morning here, around 5h00,,, so profound ... love from namibia thank you be blessed///❤💥💥💥💫
😢😢😢😢😢People at work my boss and my work mates mistreated me and manipulated me and dismissed from my job. I have been crying 😢 😭 🤧 my heart ❤ to God Almighty Father through our Lord Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour to give me Justice ⚖ through this injustice I got from work 😢😢😢😢😢😢
@mutungiedmu.. You just cried, but as for me, (I hated) this one female fiercely while I stayed in a boarding house. She had just got out of prison, met and followed one of the blokes back to the house after meeting him in the pub then night and day she would just turn up alone, bottle in hand, drunk carrying a knife, with her filthy mouth that would make a sailor blush, parking up in the lounge and none of the other 7 men YES none of those 7 MICE! said a thing. Now I'm no stranger to violence (10yrs prison) but I'm now a dedicated follower of Christ. This was my moment in the sun and the stage was set the heat of the battle cry needed a reckoning. I felt uncannily exposed violated even to put it mildly trespassed against, and she defyingly CROSSED OVER THE NO ENTER LINE. War was all but declared Cometh the hour Goeth the Coward or Cometh the Battle cometh the MAN WHICH ONE WAS I GOING TO BE.Choices had to be made, for above all I hated this insecurity enveloping and teasing my warrior spirit. Must I bow down and grovel I nearly vomited with disgust at even entertaining such rubbish. That's when it all came to a conclusion starting with this one particular thought of defiance I DONE TEN YEARS WHO CARES IF I SPEND the rest of my life back inside. The dye was cast. Enough was ENOUGH before I die LORD JESUS please I really need your help I began telling him how fervently I hated her and her dum stupid violent arrogant lifestyle in spite of knowing what He commanded concerning loving our enemies do good to those who despise you etc. Anyway I decided that I wanted to carry on praying so I went up to an old friend's place, she's Eighty I told her all and asked her to pray for me bottom line I ended the only one who prayed 🙏 not long about 3 minutes I suddenly stood up straight and declared its finished done all gone. That horrible ugly putrid fervent hated had completely disappeared Before the judgement seat of Christ I speak the truth but some days later I got to thinking and told God I have absolutely nothing offensive against her BUT I don't feel any love towards her and I reached an answer that I NEEDED TO (wilfully) give myself to loving her don't think evil of her OK but that's not enough so I needed to add more like (wilfully) imagine goodwill and kind regards and blessings in the name of Jesus toward her sin laden soul amen. NOW what I got was not what I had expected For love didn't come to me all (lovey-dovey warm and cuddly emotionally charged full of feelings) I had and have to work on it WILLFULLY CHOOSING GOODNESS over BAD YES YOU WILL GET an emotional hit for sure but when carrying our cross it's an effort indeed even a wilful decision to love and if we are abiding I'M sure when we do a life review we will simply see Paul's words in us too (yet not I but Christ who dwelleth in me..the hope of glory. I am doing OK. Ephesians 1:3 God has given you all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in ChristJesus Amen(Sun 26th May 24) oh dear almost 9am been watching our young sista Cait since 5am God bless you
Another great blessing of a video full of very good Biblical advice from you! I appreciate it a lot! I've struggled with this. I'll have random moments of anger over something someone did to me in the past once in a while and every time I'll try to just let it go and never do it again just for that to come up again at some point in the future I've been working on fulling letting these thoughts of unforgiveness go for a while. May God bless you and your channel so you can help more people with this topic and many others you definitely seem to have a gift for doing this in helpful Biblical ways!
I have found that more often than not, forgiveness is not a one-time thing. It is usually a process and that's okay! 😊 "There is no use talking as if forgiveness were easy. We all know the old joke, ‘You’ve given up smoking once; I’ve given it up a dozen times.’ In the same way I could say of a certain man, ‘Have I forgiven him for what he did that day? I’ve forgiven him more times than I can count.’ For we find that the work of forgiveness has to be done over and over again. We forgive, we mortify our resentment; a week later some chain of thought carries us back to the original offence and we discover the old resentment blazing away as if nothing had been done about it at all. We need to forgive our brother seventy times seven not only for 490 offences but for one offence". - Reflections on the Psalms, C.S. Lewis
@CaitTaylor A lot of wisdom there! Unforgiveness certainly (like a lot of sins) is one of those things that in the moment you feel like it's reasonable to do but if you really just think about it you're benefitting no one by being unforgiving. Even with that knowledge it can be hard to overcome but it's our responsibility to do it so it's definitely very important and I found this video helpful in doing so. I look forward to your next video on another topic because I find your advice truly helpful.
I believe you can reach into a place of forgiveness, once you are healed, and get into a place of balance and power within yourself and in life. And that’s how Joseph reflected on the past events of his life. Forgiveness has its time and place.
It was a blessing seeing this. I’m going through a journey of forgiving because it doesn’t feel right to hate and to have what’s going on in my mind on replay everyday about the wrong done to me. I’m doing this to be at peace and see God do his work. He is faithful and he’s on my side.
A couple of topics I wouldn't mind hearing your insight on: The MGTOW movement (Men Going Their Own Way) and how to bring Godly men back into being interested in marriage when they see such financial ruin from divorces and family court custody rulings even in Christian marriages. Also, more insight on therapies to get over childhood PTSD. Thanks, Bob. Keep up the good work !!
Wowwww! Good stuff Cait. Glad you touched on this one. I recently watched a Charles Stanley sermon/episode on forgiveness, shortly after that, saw a priest on RUclips talking about forgiveness (forgive and be forgiven) and now you. Hmmmm….God is talking to me for sure. I certainly appreciate someone, like myself, that is not afraid to address the white elephant in the room. You certainly have a delicate way of going about it though. Looks like I have some more work and reflection to do on this matter, as I still find myself , in argument in my mind with some of these people that I have so-called forgiven. Forgiving and letting go can be quite a process sometimes. I will continue to process through God and his word. And that scripture of Joseph really helped btw… keep em coming
I lost one of my best and most valuable friends that I’ve known for years, last year, by her suddenly cutting me off. My second best friend knew how much that hurt me, because it made me feel like I’m not good enough and I’ve been suffering feeling so insecure ever since, and said he would never do something like this but eventually ended up doing the same thing. This really broke my heart and I’ve been so hurt since 🥺 having difficulty trusting people with my vulnerability because it feels like the second friend used it against me, but also missing them so much at the same time. It’s really taken a bit of softness and playfulness and hope from me, and this video made me realize that maybe I can heal a bit by forgiveness and having hope that everything will turn out the way it should. I still want them back in my life so much, but maybe forgiveness is the fist step
Thank you. I watched this after my morning prayer. I do struggle with forgiveness. I can relate with your description of walking around the garden. His will not mine be done.
You know so much! Thank you for your teachings. 😊, I’m religious, but after a recent loss, I’m seeking answers. You mentioned that god counted and kept all of our tears. That one hit hard. I’m ex military and I’m strong, but I’ve been so broken lately. I think he’s going to need a really big bottle. Again thank you! You know so much and have taught me much already.
Forgiveness is a process. I had a lot of HATE towards my enemy and even blatantly wishing curses and death on them which poisons the soul, but lately I am learning how to forgive and each day I pray for God to work on my heart. It's a process though, and it's not going to happen overnight. Just take baby step day by day and I can tell you base on my experience, it has been working so far.
Just 7 minutes in, had to rewatch the face you made after „Joseph was well built and handsome” 😂 I really enjoy your calm and lowkey energy, but that playful moment was really sweet!
God is doing amazing things through your testimony and podcast! All of Heaven is rejoicing for the hearts and souls you and your podcast have and will go on to impact for His glory! Thank you!
I enjoy listening to many different people,on their own contribution of God. Cait you do a great job with this. Forever is with forgiveness. God wants us to turn the other cheek. So we have to learn through scripture and love for prayer 🙏.
This is an answer to my prayers. I kept saying i forgive them but the bitterness came back time to time. I didn't know HOW to forgive the people who hurt me and took advantage of me. Bless you sister 💝 and praise God for this revelation.
Cait, I feel so blessed hearing views from those of youth as well as those long in years. Youth who are gifted in wisdom and elders who earned their wisdom both have so much to offer. Nothing what is past is past and cannot be changed. We have to let it go 100%. Tomorrow is only promissory note. Today, only this moment in time to do what is right and move forward. Nothing that happened to you in the past, should carry through to the future. In all things be thankful for it builds us, builds and strengthens of softens us. Remember, what you may have felt growing up without your dad, he also grew older without you and the rest of your family. People make tough decisions for many reasons and even if... you had never met your dad... you would still be an amazing creation of YHWH, Our Father in Heaven. May Yashuah, bless you and keep you strong, and safe. Shalom.
okay i havent even watched this video yet (i will) but the title and the fact this popped up on my page at the top. God is speaking to me to watch, i literally openly stated that i will forgive my abuser yesterday and then bam here we are.
This is what im going thru forgiveness of the betrayal from friends the slander behind my back the stealing and my mothers abuse all my life and the narcissistic attitude with us when she visits using my kids for flying 🐒
Thank you so much for this word it put things into a different perspective for me, God is so good and I pray he will continue to speak through you to people who will need to hear this and bless your ministry 💕🤍
I'm so glad God led me to you and your channel. I cannot thank you enough for teaching me the Word of God that I love. Please pray for me any my family. God bless you. Prayers for you. Thank you❤
Wow. Very good and true. Not easy. But if we just can become willing to forgive then The Lord will help us through the process of forgiveness. Great video! Thank you and God bless you dear. 🌹
I hardly understand English (I am learning now), my native language is Spanish, but today I felt that God spoke to me and without the need to translate, I had already read Joseph's story, but now I see more clearly that I must forgive because that is what God does with me, thank you very much for sharing this video
Thank You so much for doing this podcast on this subject. It’s exactly what I needed to hear and learn!! ✝️ I wanted to mention. I learned the master was upset. And he put him in prison instead of killing him, because he trusted Joseph more than his wife’s “story”
The thing is Cait, much as I can understand the story of forgiveness in the Joseph scenario, someone wrote a story about it, which justified his position. It must have been Joseph, which was a way of justifying his life troubles and showed what his brothers had done to him. Without that memoir, no one would know what hell he had been through.
I appreciate this video 💜 it’s given me much to consider. Although I was affected in my teens by my former stepmother’s emotional manipulation & her bullying and have been frustrated that she doesn’t seem to have changed her ways or learned anything, I’m aiming to move past those feelings because it’s much more freeing to forgive and accept that any further outcomes from the situation are in God’s hands. Forgiveness isn’t denying that what happened wasn’t OK, it’s moreso letting go of my bitterness and recognising that God has allowed me to learn from the experience in more ways than I previously recognised. And I’m sure God is trying to provide guidance for her whether she’s aware of it or not. Thank you 😊
Thank you Jesus, thank you for this testimony that came to me accidently. Lord it's starting again my new life In you and the new struggles that is brewing again only you know. This testimony along with the biblical reading touch me. Lord I can't take it no more please Lord be in everything I am going through in Jesus name I pray.
Thank you 😭 I so relate to when you talked about how all the sermons said the same thing. I’ve always known that I should forgive as Christ has forgiven me for everything It can just be hard to do that. This is so true and so good! Thank you! 😊✝️❤️
Beautiful beautiful beautiful message. Amen! Resonated with me so much and absolutely love how you explained this message. Amazing, you are absolutely so talented. Thank you so much! 🤍
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Yes they tried that with me thank you for letting me know Cait .
Hmmm ok thx kinda wondering about that…
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I was lucky to use my sense and did few more checks and found out it was not you.
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You have a lovely reading voice ❤, so soothing
Praise the most High
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"Everyone thinks forgiveness is a lovely idea, until he has something to forgive."
C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
It’s my mom. She abused me as a child. Turned me into family scapegoat, family councillor and people pleaser with zero self confidence. In my adult life she’d blame me, berate and belittle me and get my siblings to blame me. So many lies. 😢 Nothing I ever did was good enough. She still lies now. I pray to forgive her. I absolutely don’t trust her. God tells us to guard your heart . I’m in self protection mode. She let my dad physically abuse me too. God doesn’t like a lying heart. May God have mercy on her soul . She called me a Jesus freak when I was 15 yrs old. She told me I was an accident and she never wanted me. At least Jesus carved me on the palm of his hand. I’ve never felt loved by her, never. May the Holy Spirit help me release the hurt , anger and sorrow.
Claire, none of us are mistakes! God’s got purpose for you. I pray that you can forgive, and I pray that your family quits all toxic behavior in comes to repentance.
I believe you. I feel compelled to understand why my parents scapegoated me also. Best I can figure out it’s a bunch of layers of lies. My mom was a serious alcoholic and says now that she never really drank until she was 35, after I left home. I have to admit I don’t understand it. I also have nothing to gain by having a relationship. Can’t bring up the past or ask them for anything. Asking them for anything is just proof I’m not a good son. I don’t hold anything against them but I also am not having them come to me for help like Joseph’s brothers did.
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I’m facing the same circumstances with mine too. It took me over 50 years to even realize where my shame, pain, hurt, and depression came from. It’s really tough to forgive.
I too experienced this from my mother we will stand strong in Jesus and he will guide us in the right way love over comes everything
Cait, when you said “Even they can’t repay you, but God can,” I cried. Thank you. I can take this with me.❤
🥺🥺 love that it resonated with you 🤍 thank you for watching!
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At a young age, my father mentally and physically abused me. This went on for about 11 years. The years after i hated him and kept asking myself why.
When i was 38 I got my first child. At some point i was confronted that when i lost my temper, in sounded exactly like my father. It was at that moment of realisation why I went through it all. I would never hurt my children like he did. My love shines every day for them.
I am grateful and learned to forgive my father. 2 years ago i was saved 🙏
May God show you great things
Prophet/seer/intercesor- Sean O'Dwyer- 136- 140 Hobson Street.- Auckland 1010. New zealand.- South pacific.''
you are so strong. that is amazing you have learned and chose to choose the higher narrow road. May God continue to have his hand on you friend. I was also saved 2 years ago. That makes me happy your comment
I always pray "God, I leave them in your hands, You see how they've done me, You deal with them accordingly as the just Judge" He's never let me down. Glory to King Jesus 🙏
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That's Not Forgiveness, that's like Adam and Eve passing The buck.
@@bruce8961 obviously forgiving and holding no resentment towards anyone but placing someone in God's hands is the best place you can leave them. The Only one who knows the beginning and the end of all things. God bless
That's amazing brother
@@DavidRobledo22 Saying , here Lord you take care of them is Not Forgiving someone. Going directly to that person and telling them you forgive them is Forgiveness
I found forgiveness can be a process that when you're really hurt takes time and forgiving many times until your really free of the hate and or bitterness..
Eventually you'll get there even if at first it feels like it's not letting go of you..🙏🏼
Absolutely. “The real trouble about the duty of forgiveness is that you do it with all your might on Monday and then find on Wednesday that it hasn’t stayed put and all has to be done over again.” - C. S. Lewis 🙏🏼 I've found that more often than not, it is a process, and that's okay.
This happened for me. It took me 20 something years to forgive my uncle. I was born with a rare health condition DiGeorge syndrome which my birth parents had mental issues of their own so someone had to move in with them. My birth father died when I was 4 months old and so my mom and moved in with my grandparents and uncle. He molested and r*ped me from age 3-6 or longer. My grandparents didn’t do anything about he even did it to my mom. My grandmas siblings knew about it but couldn’t do anything about it. One night it got really bad he tried forcing my mom to 0d I dialed my aunt and uncle’s number and they came and got me. 911 was at my house all of the time when I was little. (My grandmas brother also my Godparents) My aunt and uncle ended up adopting me. They became my mom and dad and I couldn’t make it without them or God. Everyone including myself said my uncle would die in a jail cell. I was to scared to face him in a court room. I was in a beauty pageant in 1st or 2nd grade and I swear I saw him in the audience I had a mental breakdown. He started getting to other girls my age and etc younger on fb. I was asked to testify when I was 18 or 20ish against him, but myself, my therapist, and heart doctors thought it I shouldn’t because I would be in the hospital in less than no time. He ruined Christmas for me in 2018. That’s the year he died. Not the way everyone expected but it was painful. My dad was in charge of his health stuff so he had to take care of everything. We got a call from my dad’s brother during our favorite Christmas program and we had to leave early. I never saw him after I moved in with my mom and dad. At least we tried not to as much as possible. My dad sat by him on his deathbed and said, “I hope to God that you have asked for forgiveness or ask for it now while you can. .” Something to that extent. I finally forgave him a few years ago. I still can’t forget it, but I’ve forgotten a pretty good bit of it. Then when my dad was dying 3 years ago I was staying with my aunt (moms sister) and when I found out the night he died that he was in the process of dying she just treated me terribly. Got mad as all get out because I woke her up upset and I was a wreck. She yelled snatched my phone and hid it gave me another nerve pill and literally threw me in my room there and locked the door. I wouldn’t treat her granddaughter like that. Heck mama and I practically raised her. I still can’t over that 3 years later and I want to but I just can’t. I can’t say what I want to say because I don’t want to ruin our family. I just can’t stand to see her. I can talk to her on the phone, but seeing her in person just brings it all back. I need help with that. Daddy’s death anniversary was the 22nd of this month. It takes a lot to forgive, but not all of us can forget it. I wish we could.
That's how I feel. Trying to do good by others but I get hurt instead. That's why I only want God and Jesus Christ 🙏💗💗
Your not alone I am on same place with you
same❤️🩹🙏🥺
The key to genuine forgiveness is humility. Let go of pride and be humble.
... to the Father in Heaven ❤
You’re so right. Pride is a killer.
This sentence is life changing, thank you!
The best way to truly forgive someone is to pray for blessings in their lives and ask the Lord to move in their lives.
Amen
True true 😢😢❤❤ Amen God bless you dear 🙏
Please pray that I can keep close to God and to trust Him to help me change my heart. Jealousy, envy and hate are destroying my marriage. I feel like every woman wants him and that he wants them even though he hasn’t ever cheated on me. Please pray for me. Only God can help change my heart and give me peace.
It's well sister keep praying for your marriage God is with you God bless your marriage 🙏
I needed this...I struggle with how I was raised by my parents...Pray that I forgive them both for how they raise me...May I forgive anf put it behind me...They have both gone on to be with the Lord and I need this bitterness gone from me...God Bless you...Thank you so much for being obedient to God in giving the message today...🙏🙌🙏
Prayed for you sister ❤️
I'm so glad it reached you, Carrie. Praise God that He knew what you needed to hear. I'm praying for you 🤍
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@CaitTaylor. Thank you..
Cool video, My relationship of 5 years ended a month ago. The love of my life decided to move on, I really loved her so much i can't stop thinking about her and the memories we shared. I've tried my very best to get her back in my life, but to no avail. I'm frustrated, and i don't see my life with anyone else. I've done my best to get rid of the thoughts, but i can't. I don't know why I'm saying this here, but i really miss her and i wish i could get her back.
have been in such a situation. My relationship ended about three years ago, but i could not let her go. So i had to do all i could to get her back, i had to seek the help of a spiritual adviser who helped me bring her back. We are back together, and i must say i am enjoying every moment.
Amazing, how did you get a spiritual counselor, and how do i reach her?
Her name is queen stella laveaux, and she is a great spiritual counselor who can bring back your ex.
Thank you for this valuable information, i just looked her up now online. impressive
God has a better plan for you ❤
Ephesians 4 : 31 - 32
[31]Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice.
[32]And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.
A lot of people think forgiveness is letting the person off the hook. It’s not!
It kinda is…
No It's Not, It's You letting yourself off of a Life Time of Sickness and misery.
Forgiveness is paying for someone else’s sin.
@@robnelson6545 what do you mean exactly?
@@robnelson6545whoa.. that's interesting and how?
Revenged is like quicksand, no matter how careful you are, you keep sinking deeper.
God answers my prayers 😭
I was asking him how will I ever be able to forgive my childhood r*pist and ab*ser, and this popped up on my recommended videos .
Praise him
God bless you, pray for your healing🙏🏻🤍
This past two weeks have been centered around forgiveness.Let's mirror and model who Jesus is!
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Foregiveness is always possible and is always needed...so is repentance!
Cait, Thank you for the message. You have a gift to teach with such clarity. i’m pretty good at forgiving people. I have been betrayed at the deepest level by my own family. My wife filed for divorce after 26 years of marriage. I am standing for my marriage and doing everything I can to try to save it. I am claiming every scripture and being obedient to God. Things don’t look good, but I will continue to believe that God is going to do a great thing here. It’s hard when some of your family, my in-laws, and some friends accept what my wife is doing. I see it as they are on the devils side and trying to destroy a family that was so loving and close. Spiritual warfare is real! I wish my wife and daughter would participate in your podcast. They need some Godly women in their lives. They have a vail of deception over their eyes. Please pray for my family to turn back to God and for our marriage to be restored. I am open for any suggestions on how to fight the spiritual warfare. Thanks.
I’m so sorry to hear about this struggle, Joe. My last video is all about spiritual warfare and how to fight back, my advice would be to keep battling in prayer and find specific scriptures that you can declare daily over yourself and your family. Trust that God is still in the midst and “the prayers of a righteous man are powerful and effective” James 5:16! 🙏🏼
This was such a blessing! what really grabbed my heart is when you said forgiveness is trusting God. I have been praying for God to help me to truly forgive from my heart and this word was just a blessing. Thank you for your obedience to listen to God , May he bless you and keep up.
Thank you so much for sharing this powerful message. Watching this a second time as the Lord keeps putting the concept of forgiveness in my path over the past 2 days through my daily Bible reading, church sermons, and now here. I know I need to forgive my husband who left and divorced me. And all parties involved. Please pray for my prodigal husband Edgar. That the Lord would deliver him from the enemy and turn his heart of stone into a heart of flesh. Thank you and God bless you church family ❤️
Wow. Ezekiel 36:26 has been my prayer so many times too. I am praying with you today, Stephanie, that God would do a work in his heart. I pray God would bring healing to you and to your relationship. 🙏🏼
@@CaitTaylor Thank you dear sister! We need all the prayers we can get.
'Forgiveness is an act of trust in God'....that hit home....I've never heard it put like this....what a blessing, thankyou for this video ❤🙏🏽
Beautiful sister in Christ! Thank you for this video. I have struggled lately with forgiveness when it comes to a couple of my coworkers who really make me go through hell when I’m on the job. And find myself talking bad about them a lot outside of work. Thank you for reminding me of Joseph, and how all these things that happen to us can be used for God’s glory. Your testimony about you and your dad was very interesting as well. I’m happy for you that you were able to turn the hurt and loneliness of abandonment into a lasting and fulfilling relationship with your father. Indeed, all things work together for good to those who love God and are called according to His purpose.
God bless you.
The biggest thing that helped me while searching for this "how", was that forgiveness is for you, not for the other person. They still have to face justice/karma. "Forgive them Father for they know not what they do." It's within yourself that you understand the person(s) that wronged you do not truly know the damage they are actually doing to themselves and their spirit. If they realized the consequences, they wouldn't do it. They are spiritually immature, weak minded, and now have to embark on a journey to undo that. It's a cost infinitely worse than anything they could possibly gain in the physical.
When you forgive, you are not subjugating your power to others, but to God. When they are still there and you can’t escape them, your forgiveness, and loving your enemies is not emotional, it’s not even being their friend. It’s the parable of the man who was ignored by the roadside. Loving the Lord with all your heart, soul, mind and strength is reserved only for him, and extends to the family of God. Knowing this will free you to know what type of forgiveness and love is given to whom and how. Jesus loved his crucifers, but not in an emotional way. It was in a merciful way, pitying what will become of them
All things i have been trough led me to where our Father God needed me to be to use me when I was ready
You can forgive them but that doesn't mean you have to hang out with them. Because the trust is gone and thats hard to repair back.
Plus it can be toxic whether it's a friendship or relationship. If they did something wrong and it's hurtful. How can you trust them if that's the way they behave or they hang out with the wrong crowd or influence in the wrong way.
Absolutely. Forgiveness does not always lead to reconciliation. With some people it is best to forgive them in our hearts but maintain a healthy distance. We can forgive what they did without allowing them to also cause further damage in our lives.
@@CaitTaylor amen, well said 🙂
@@CaitTaylor This is what I'm struggling with big time. Because as far as I'm aware I have forgiven, however, these people are not safe in the sense that they are unaware of any past harm, and thus unaware of existing harm that continues through dysfunctional behaviour, and while I don't believe it's malicious - in that I think it's just the degree of their brokenness, it also serves to be really difficult to be in relationship with. My heart is like really desiring to be in relationship with these people I'm thinking of, but they continue to act in ways that gaslight, and discourage and criticize etc so I find it very challenging to navigate, especially when these people are family members. I noticed in your video you mentioned, your dad was remorseful, which made me think that likely he has had a revelation and was now seeking to repair/restore.... I don't know for sure as I have not watched your other testimony video but I plan to. It's interesting because I watch how the enemy uses scripture to make me feel bad about my choice to keep a safe distance, especially given that the people I'm taking a distance from have no understanding or awareness and just think that there's something wrong with me etc - as far as I'm aware. There may be a bit of recognition that they may play a role as to why I have to keep distance, but I don't think it would ever be admitted. Not sure if you will be doing another video on this topic, but would really love to hear more on how to navigate when they are people who are close to us, eg parents, siblings, and we want to be in their lives to share Jesus and to just love on them, but then equally discerning that it may not be the safest place. Also, balancing scripture around honouring parents, and it's interesting how enemy can use scripture to make us feel bad and like we're not "doing right by God"... when I'm not sure that is what God is saying because for some, honouring parents can look like honouring them from afar, and praying for them and loving them from a safe distance depending on the circumstance. I really appreciate your video though, thank-you for sharing this. It really spoke to me deeply, about how forgiveness is about trusting God, trusting that He can and will work it out, and that he will repay and all that, that it isn't up to us, I knew this stuff but something about the way you said it, it really hit home that there is a bit of lack of trust on my part so I was able to recognize that and repent for that and I appreciate that capacity to notice that now. The way it all connected with that story of Joseph, too and all the scriptures you shared, very powerful. Thank-you Holy Spirit. God Bless you, Cait.
I tell myself, and others the same thing. You can forgive people, but doesn't mean you have to be around them. My blanket of forgiveness was a clean slate for everyone, including myself. This involved looking at what I may have done to create the situation, how I reacted, and then moving forward with love and prayer. Because family was involved, I felt they deserved more compassion and patience, but if someone continued negative or hurtful behavior, then I shut the door on further communication. Definitely challenging to navigate, but worth the effort, for if God can forgive us for our sins and transgressions, we can do that for others. This opened a lot of doors to renewed relationships.
Your testimony really touched me, I also had a step dad and can relate a lot. Hearing your story gave me hope and confirmation from God. This video was exactly what I needed next 🙏🏼
I'm so sorry that you can relate, but so glad that God's eyes are on you and He knows what you need to hear. I pray before every video that the message would reach the person who needs it most. 🩷
@@CaitTaylor
Well, it seems that God answers your prayer beyond what you ask of Him.
You are amazing! I split with my partner after 11 years & I was struggling to find forgiveness & make peace with the situation. The more I tried, the angrier I felt. You calmed my racing mind & heavy heart. Thank you ❤
I’m so glad this reached you, Hayley. I pray God’s peace and presence surrounds you as you’re healing 🤍
Oh my.... At the beginning of this week, I preyed to God to help ma and give me tools to forgive those who have hurt me in my life and it especially my younger years. And my God has delivered again. We have such a good Father that always does what's best for us, and this episode just popped up, and I will take this as the beginning of my journey of forgiving. Thank you 🙏❤️
Being kicked out of a church I was attending was hard but God put me in a better church.
Faith and Trust are beautiful twins!
I am honestly so grateful that God put your YT channel in front of me. Your ' HOW TO FIGHT THE ENEMY BACK' video was the first one a watched. And let me tell you... It was sooo good. you teach so gently and passionately at the same time. You are so anointed, and I love what you are doing. So Cait, from Cape Town, South Africa, I love you & i pray God's blessings upon your life. 🥰😊
Thank you so much! 🥹🩷
Your testimony about your Father not being there your whole life until you turned 21 and started meeting him at that point, I can relate too because my Father left me and my twin Sister when we were young and our whole life we were raised and are sill raised by our single mother and It was hard and it still is but not long ago I was saved by God the heavenly Father back in the late months of 2022 and since then God became my Heavenly Father and me and my sister we talk to him from time to time and he visits us sometimes and when he does visit us I don't feel resentment towards him but I'm like he's my earthly father that will never change and funny enough I still want a relationship with him and stays far and he works a lot but you know what I will ask my heavenly Father for help in this situation but your video helped me very much and amazingly enough Almighty God is at the center of it all and glory be to Him , it will be okay.
The real question here is: was that his real choice? Most men won’t abandon their families. But they will stay away if the only option is something like prison from what the feminist ‘mother’ has done. And there’s a LOT of those out there.
You break down complex topics so elegantly 🙏🏻🤍
Thanks Cait. I live in a Convent in Doncaster, England. I'm here for a reason. I've been attacked by evil. My road is filled with pathological evil people. I hear your message. I forgive them and pray to god. Thanks so much Cait. God bless you. Paul 🙂🙏
I was thinking this exactly for my story of unthinkable sorrow, shame, and sadness. I am praying that God has a Joseph story for my life and children, too. Please pray that I can walk the path He has for me while I am in the 13 year period. ❤Thank you for so beautifully saying with grace, hope, humility gratitude and joy what God has done for you. I love how He is with you, helping you 24/7. Amen 🙏 🙌 ❤️!
Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, "Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?Jesus answered, "I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.
Just recently found your channel. This topic is very timely for me.. I've been constantly and badly been hurt by a family member. I really can't focus on doing my school tasks since yesterday as I have been crying it all out to God. Psalm 56:8 is a beautiful reminder that in every situations, not a tear is wasted. God sees it all, God knows our heart and He is just..
irrespective of our circumstances, if we have God, we have everything that we need.
Some people only hurt once.
But, some people cause life long hurt
You can forgive them and love them for a distance. You should pray that they can repent and change so they don’t continue to hurt others.
Bitterness is the root of UNFORGIVENESS.
I am struggling a lot because I am not forgiving those who hurt me. It has affected me to the point I had to go to the mental health facility. I am not prospering or advancing at all. God is far away from the PROUD.
God keeps reminding me of this attitude. I am tested everyday and I get offfened easily with those I care about. Unfortunately, God had to tell me a couple weeks that because of how I am I am spiritually dying and I am considered a non believer for not wanting to forgive.
Unforgiveness is having the spirit of Cain. He was vengeful and this can mean that his heart towards his brother was evil. He couldn’t accept that he too could have blessed God with his offering if he obeyed, but instead he decided to not listen to God for repenting for his attitude towards his brother and later he slays him. His bitterness and jealous made him fall. Sin is anything that separates us from God.
No idea how I’m going to forgive all those that hurt me. I want to mean it not just say it.
THERE IS NOTHING TO COMPARE TO THE LOVE OF ALMIGHTY GOD'S LOVE AND THE LOVE OF HIS BELOVED SON JESUS, IN JESUS Precious NAME I PRAY, AMEN 🙏♥️😇
I find it incredibly difficult to forgive relatives the most. Because they know you very well and will use you without any care, consideration or thought at all. Gaslighting you at times too to obtain what is they're desire. For me though i grew up as the invisible child and scapegoat around two narcisstic parents. Two narc parents who committed domestic violence. Manipulated their kids to choose sides. Participated in animal/pet abuse. Both of them are codependent as well. I never want any kids myself or a household of my own i cannot take the chance or putting myself or someone else through what i've experienced. So yeah truthfully i wrestle with doubt, bitterness towards them and grief. Its such a long story but i'll leave it at that.
Thank u for this message, I struggle with forgiveness sometimes, but it feels nice to know that God have our backs, and its not up to us to seek revenge against anyone or anything, we just sit back and let God do his thing ❤ and enjoy our lives, getting so much more love from God ❤❤❤ in the name of God I pray, amen❤❤❤
Your ministry is extraordinary. Thank you
People sometimes hurt others because they themselves have been hurt, and are still in pain. Recognizing that helps.
GRACE TO YOU. I JUST FOUND YOU AND APPRECIATE YOUR PASSION FOR TRUTH. PURPOSE IS SUCH A POWERFUL THING, DO NOT GIVE UP. GOODNESS IS AFTER YOUR LIFE. THANK YOU.
YOU are gorgeous!! And the answer is PRAY for people who offend you. Keep praying. Hard to hate anyone you are praying for!
Egads girl!!! Ive been struggling with this, God lead me here thru prayer. This is the 1st ive seen you. This was spot on for my life. Thank you so much
We are all trying to put the domino pieces back together from the fall it's frustrating when someone knocks down years of spiritual progress with there reckless hate when there cruelty and mallace feels beyond understanding when your trying your very best even beyond your hardest known efforts. However with faith all things are possible. He is a just judge even if you dont believe it sometimes doesnt make it less true
Well, said Cait. Thank you for articulating the story. Forgiveness is key. The Lord was with him all through the many years of jail. We have a similar story regarding our fathers. I havent seen him since I was 17. I was I was around 39 when i seen him again.
M truly blessed. I know life wasn't really easy when I had to go through so much but, God never left me bot he counted Evey tears that fall that comforts me. Sister I was also comforted by the same story of Joseph and m still believing the God will lift me up in front of the people who broke me. Amen
From what I can figure out, a shekel was about 11 grams. And in today's silver market, a gram is priced .86 cents. So they sold him for around $189.20 USD or $286.15 AUD.
Yes the brothers could go buy a decent lunch with that before going home to give the bad news.
Wow!! Really 😭 so sad!
God has been working overtime because I had a hard time forgiving.I couldn't even read the Lord's prayer in Matthew because it convicted me so much😭!!
Today when I was praying i told God -I feel so good to tell him I have forgiven this person.The betrayal hit me hard (I cried for 2 months straight at every minor triggering event). But God gave me peace I never knew was possible!!He continues to do the work -that only him can do.
I've been praying for guidance, and this video was an answer. 🙏🏻💯🎯
Another excellent episode most can relate to. Congratulations on your channel gaining a wider audience. I too struggled with forgiveness, and had built a wall of anger and resentment against family and friends. When I was saved, and started reading the Bible, I understood how important it is to forgive, just as our Heavenly Father has forgiven us. I reached out to all ppl I had an issue with, apologized for whatever part I played and offered them unconditional forgiveness, and literally all family and friends responded in a positive way. I now have all back in my life, and I am so grateful. Thank you Cait for sharing your wonderful stories and God's love for all of us. God bless you and all 🙏
Wow. What a beautiful display of humility. Praise God for His ability to restore all things and for your obedience to Him! 🙏🏼
We can attempt forgiveness but if they refuse to repent than walk on. Go with a clear conscience you tried to forgive them. Forgiveness always require repentance. Not much we can do after that but its in God's hand.
All I know is, they are still gossiping and slandering everyone around them. Just had to cut that relationship off.
It's important to note that forgiveness and reconciliation are different. Forgiveness is a command from God. We must forgive the person in our hearts, regardless of if they ever repent. Jesus forgave the men who were crucifying Him, while they were doing it! They were certainly not repentant and yet He forgave them anyway. Reconciliation on the other hand, does require repentance. If the person has not repented, it is often best to forgive them in our hearts but maintain a healthy distance. We can forgive what they did and release the bitterness, without allowing them to also cause further damage in our lives.
The bible say before the sun go down make sure you have forgiven the person
Dear Sister 🙏🏻.
God Almighty bless you and your family abundantly. Thanks for sharing the Word of God.
powerfull..... encountered the story of josef last week...in a book and again this morning here, around 5h00,,, so profound ... love from namibia thank you be blessed///❤💥💥💥💫
😢😢😢😢😢People at work my boss and my work mates mistreated me and manipulated me and dismissed from my job. I have been crying 😢 😭 🤧 my heart ❤ to God Almighty Father through our Lord Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour to give me Justice ⚖ through this injustice I got from work 😢😢😢😢😢😢
@mutungiedmu.. You just cried, but as for me, (I hated) this one female fiercely while I stayed in a boarding house. She had just got out of prison, met and followed one of the blokes back to the house after meeting him in the pub then night and day she would just turn up alone, bottle in hand, drunk carrying a knife, with her filthy mouth that would make a sailor blush, parking up in the lounge and none of the other 7 men YES none of those 7 MICE! said a thing. Now I'm no stranger to violence (10yrs prison) but I'm now a dedicated follower of Christ. This was my moment in the sun and the stage was set the heat of the battle cry needed a reckoning. I felt uncannily exposed violated even to put it mildly trespassed against, and she defyingly CROSSED OVER THE NO ENTER LINE. War was all but declared
Cometh the hour Goeth the Coward or Cometh the Battle cometh the MAN WHICH ONE WAS I GOING TO BE.Choices had to be made, for above all I hated this insecurity enveloping and teasing my warrior spirit. Must I bow down and grovel I nearly vomited with disgust at even entertaining such rubbish. That's when it all came to a conclusion starting with this one particular thought of defiance I DONE TEN YEARS WHO CARES IF I SPEND the rest of my life back inside. The dye was cast. Enough was ENOUGH before I die LORD JESUS please I really need your help I began telling him how fervently I hated her and her dum stupid violent arrogant lifestyle in spite of knowing what He commanded concerning loving our enemies do good to those who despise you etc. Anyway I decided that I wanted to carry on praying so I went up to an old friend's place, she's Eighty I told her all and asked her to pray for me bottom line I ended the only one who prayed 🙏 not long about 3 minutes I suddenly stood up straight and declared its finished done all gone. That horrible ugly putrid fervent hated had completely disappeared Before the judgement seat of Christ I speak the truth but some days later I got to thinking and told God I have absolutely nothing offensive against her BUT I don't feel any love towards her and I reached an answer that I NEEDED TO (wilfully) give myself to loving her don't think evil of her OK but that's not enough so I needed to add more like (wilfully) imagine goodwill and kind regards and blessings in the name of Jesus toward her sin laden soul amen. NOW what I got was not what I had expected For love didn't come to me all (lovey-dovey warm and cuddly emotionally charged full of feelings) I had and have to work on it WILLFULLY CHOOSING GOODNESS over BAD YES YOU WILL GET an emotional hit for sure but when carrying our cross it's an effort indeed even a wilful decision to love and if we are abiding I'M sure when we do a life review we will simply see Paul's words in us too (yet not I but Christ who dwelleth in me..the hope of glory. I am doing OK. Ephesians 1:3 God has given you all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in ChristJesus Amen(Sun 26th May 24) oh dear almost 9am been watching our young sista Cait since 5am God bless you
Another great blessing of a video full of very good Biblical advice from you! I appreciate it a lot! I've struggled with this. I'll have random moments of anger over something someone did to me in the past once in a while and every time I'll try to just let it go and never do it again just for that to come up again at some point in the future I've been working on fulling letting these thoughts of unforgiveness go for a while. May God bless you and your channel so you can help more people with this topic and many others you definitely seem to have a gift for doing this in helpful Biblical ways!
I have found that more often than not, forgiveness is not a one-time thing. It is usually a process and that's okay! 😊
"There is no use talking as if forgiveness were easy. We all know the old joke, ‘You’ve given up smoking once; I’ve given it up a dozen times.’ In the same way I could say of a certain man, ‘Have I forgiven him for what he did that day? I’ve forgiven him more times than I can count.’ For we find that the work of forgiveness has to be done over and over again. We forgive, we mortify our resentment; a week later some chain of thought carries us back to the original offence and we discover the old resentment blazing away as if nothing had been done about it at all. We need to forgive our brother seventy times seven not only for 490 offences but for one offence". - Reflections on the Psalms, C.S. Lewis
@CaitTaylor A lot of wisdom there! Unforgiveness certainly (like a lot of sins) is one of those things that in the moment you feel like it's reasonable to do but if you really just think about it you're benefitting no one by being unforgiving. Even with that knowledge it can be hard to overcome but it's our responsibility to do it so it's definitely very important and I found this video helpful in doing so. I look forward to your next video on another topic because I find your advice truly helpful.
I believe you can reach into a place of forgiveness, once you are healed, and get into a place of balance and power within yourself and in life. And that’s how Joseph reflected on the past events of his life. Forgiveness has its time and place.
I really needed this to know that no matter what God is always with me
It was a blessing seeing this. I’m going through a journey of forgiving because it doesn’t feel right to hate and to have what’s going on in my mind on replay everyday about the wrong done to me. I’m doing this to be at peace and see God do his work. He is faithful and he’s on my side.
Amazing message, God bless you
A couple of topics I wouldn't mind hearing your insight on: The MGTOW movement (Men Going Their Own Way) and how to bring Godly men back into being interested in marriage when they see such financial ruin from divorces and family court custody rulings even in Christian marriages.
Also, more insight on therapies to get over childhood PTSD.
Thanks, Bob. Keep up the good work !!
Wowwww! Good stuff Cait. Glad you touched on this one. I recently watched a Charles Stanley sermon/episode on forgiveness, shortly after that, saw a priest on RUclips talking about forgiveness (forgive and be forgiven) and now you. Hmmmm….God is talking to me for sure.
I certainly appreciate someone, like myself, that is not afraid to address the white elephant in the room. You certainly have a delicate way of going about it though. Looks like I have some more work and reflection to do on this matter, as I still find myself , in argument in my mind with some of these people that I have so-called forgiven. Forgiving and letting go can be quite a process sometimes. I will continue to process through God and his word. And that scripture of Joseph really helped btw… keep em coming
I lost one of my best and most valuable friends that I’ve known for years, last year, by her suddenly cutting me off. My second best friend knew how much that hurt me, because it made me feel like I’m not good enough and I’ve been suffering feeling so insecure ever since, and said he would never do something like this but eventually ended up doing the same thing. This really broke my heart and I’ve been so hurt since 🥺 having difficulty trusting people with my vulnerability because it feels like the second friend used it against me, but also missing them so much at the same time. It’s really taken a bit of softness and playfulness and hope from me, and this video made me realize that maybe I can heal a bit by forgiveness and having hope that everything will turn out the way it should. I still want them back in my life so much, but maybe forgiveness is the fist step
Thank you. I watched this after my morning prayer. I do struggle with forgiveness. I can relate with your description of walking around the garden. His will not mine be done.
This is the topic I've been looking for, a nice day to find it, thank you!
You know so much! Thank you for your teachings. 😊, I’m religious, but after a recent loss, I’m seeking answers. You mentioned that god counted and kept all of our tears. That one hit hard. I’m ex military and I’m strong, but I’ve been so broken lately. I think he’s going to need a really big bottle. Again thank you! You know so much and have taught me much already.
Forgiveness is a process. I had a lot of HATE towards my enemy and even blatantly wishing curses and death on them which poisons the soul, but lately I am learning how to forgive and each day I pray for God to work on my heart. It's a process though, and it's not going to happen overnight. Just take baby step day by day and I can tell you base on my experience, it has been working so far.
Just 7 minutes in, had to rewatch the face you made after „Joseph was well built and handsome” 😂 I really enjoy your calm and lowkey energy, but that playful moment was really sweet!
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God is doing amazing things through your testimony and podcast! All of Heaven is rejoicing for the hearts and souls you and your podcast have and will go on to impact for His glory! Thank you!
🥹😭 thank you so much 🤍
I so needed to hear this today! I have been fighting forgiveness for years. Thank You Cait!! ❤
So happy it reached you! ☺️🩷
I enjoy listening to many different people,on their own contribution of God. Cait you do a great job with this. Forever is with forgiveness. God wants us to turn the other cheek. So we have to learn through scripture and love for prayer 🙏.
Cait Taylor, I love your way of being. You are the woman of my dreams. You are the woman I always looked for and couldn't find.
We HAVE ALL BEEN THROUGH SIMILAL AS YOU HAVE ❤
This is an answer to my prayers. I kept saying i forgive them but the bitterness came back time to time. I didn't know HOW to forgive the people who hurt me and took advantage of me. Bless you sister 💝 and praise God for this revelation.
Cait,
I feel so blessed hearing views from those of youth as well as those long in years.
Youth who are gifted in wisdom and elders who earned their wisdom both have so much to offer.
Nothing what is past is past and cannot be changed.
We have to let it go 100%.
Tomorrow is only promissory note.
Today, only this moment in time to do what is right and move forward.
Nothing that happened to you in the past, should carry through to the future.
In all things be thankful for it builds us, builds and strengthens of softens us.
Remember, what you may have felt growing up without your dad, he also grew older without you and the rest of your family.
People make tough decisions for many reasons and even if... you had never met your dad... you would still be an amazing creation of YHWH, Our Father in Heaven.
May Yashuah, bless you and keep you strong, and safe.
Shalom.
Thank you, Cait. You're a gem. God bless you.
okay i havent even watched this video yet (i will) but the title and the fact this popped up on my page at the top. God is speaking to me to watch, i literally openly stated that i will forgive my abuser yesterday and then bam here we are.
This is what im going thru forgiveness of the betrayal from friends the slander behind my back the stealing and my mothers abuse all my life and the narcissistic attitude with us when she visits using my kids for flying 🐒
Forgiveness does not mean you have to be a doormat for them. You can cut ties, so your children are not affected.
Thank you so much for this word it put things into a different perspective for me, God is so good and I pray he will continue to speak through you to people who will need to hear this and bless your ministry 💕🤍
I'm so glad God led me to you and your channel. I cannot thank you enough for teaching me the Word of God that I love. Please pray for me any my family. God bless you. Prayers for you. Thank you❤
Thank you!❤ I just discovered this channel today and I cannot stop watching! Very much needed in my life at the moment! God Bless you!
Thank you for allowing The Holy Spirit to speak through you! You are changing lives! ❤
That's so kind. Thank you, Alexis! 🥹🩷
Wow. Very good and true. Not easy. But if we just can become willing to forgive then The Lord will help us through the process of forgiveness. Great video! Thank you and God bless you dear.
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I Love when I can feel God working through beautiful people that gives others hope and joy knowing God is and always will be ❤
I hardly understand English (I am learning now), my native language is Spanish, but today I felt that God spoke to me and without the need to translate, I had already read Joseph's story, but now I see more clearly that I must forgive because that is what God does with me, thank you very much for sharing this video
The first time l listen to your teachings😊 l know this is a perfect message from the holy spirit 🎉❤
Thank You so much for doing this podcast on this subject. It’s exactly what I needed to hear and learn!! ✝️
I wanted to mention. I learned the master was upset. And he put him in prison instead of killing him, because he trusted Joseph more than his wife’s “story”
The thing is Cait, much as I can understand the story of forgiveness in the Joseph scenario, someone wrote a story about it, which justified his position. It must have been Joseph, which was a way of justifying his life troubles and showed what his brothers had done to him. Without that memoir, no one would know what hell he had been through.
I appreciate this video 💜 it’s given me much to consider. Although I was affected in my teens by my former stepmother’s emotional manipulation & her bullying and have been frustrated that she doesn’t seem to have changed her ways or learned anything, I’m aiming to move past those feelings because it’s much more freeing to forgive and accept that any further outcomes from the situation are in God’s hands. Forgiveness isn’t denying that what happened wasn’t OK, it’s moreso letting go of my bitterness and recognising that God has allowed me to learn from the experience in more ways than I previously recognised. And I’m sure God is trying to provide guidance for her whether she’s aware of it or not.
Thank you 😊
Thank you Jesus, thank you for this testimony that came to me accidently. Lord it's starting again my new life In you and the new struggles that is brewing again only you know. This testimony along with the biblical reading touch me. Lord I can't take it no more please Lord be in everything I am going through in Jesus name I pray.
Thank you 😭 I so relate to when you talked about how all the sermons said the same thing. I’ve always known that I should forgive as Christ has forgiven me for everything It can just be hard to do that. This is so true and so good! Thank you! 😊✝️❤️
So true. So pure. Ray of light strait from Him. Please continue ❤.
I really love this, forgive and restore. God will give you back double. God bless you Cait!
Beautiful beautiful beautiful message. Amen! Resonated with me so much and absolutely love how you explained this message. Amazing, you are absolutely so talented. Thank you so much! 🤍