Bishop your sermon you put out a couple years ago about self forgiveness literally helped save my life. If we can’t forgive ourselves we can’t be of service to the Lord

I can't explain how much you've helped me see the light these last few months. My entire perspective has changed, and when I started reading the Bible I found wisdom I had never experienced. The shift in how I view my past now that I've begun my journey through the word of God is a miracle in itself. I listen for the voice of the Holy Spirit now. It was always there, but I know it will get louder! God bless you and yours, Pastor Blakes, and keep on spreading that good word!!

I love these deep conversations 🙌🏾🙌🏾❤️❤️❤️

Pastor Blakes, complex developmental trauma has a profound impact on the developing brain, which changes the trajectory of life from day one. As one certifying in trauma counseling alongside my graduate clinical mental health counseling program, I must say THANK YOU for bringing awareness to this issue, especially in utilizing your life experiences. People are simply uninformed. You say you're no counselor, yet I beg to differ! God is using you mightily! 🙏

I have a conversation with myself now about the ugliness of my past. Jesus listens and helps me thr the Power of the Holy Spirit. This really impacted me.

“Conversation is the cleanser of the soul” Wow!!!! That statement really spoke to me!!! Thank you so much for this awesome teaching talk. 👏🏻👏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻💗

As 64-year-old woman who is the child of an abusive, alcoholic (pastor) father who abandoned me ( youngest of 3) and my mother, this is my story. But my godly mother used to say “he sits as a refiner and purifier of silver”. She taught me that when the heat comes up, the impurities rise to the surface to be skimmed away. Repeated until there are no more impurities, the silver becomes as a mirror, reflecting clearly the face of the Refiner. I have struggled my ENTIRE LIFE with guilt, shame, relationships, and am in an emotionally abusive one now, where I am shamed and belittled. Thank you, pastor, for calling to mind the wise words of my precious mother. My painful journey begins now. Pray for me. Lisa

I'm in tears because my spirit hears the truth.

When I became pregnant at 20 out of wedlock, people said very harsh things to me too. I’m now 37 and still processing that trauma.

Thank you Bishop🙏🥰I truly appreciate you😢🙏I want to heal, I have lot of fear in me, I will keep forgiving 😢🙏🥰Please pray for me, my soul is broken emotionally psychological and other forms of trauma, to get a marriage annulled, favor for me. Couldn’t take anymore he was a prowler. Working hard to heal, my emotions are bejond burning inside. I have lot of triggers my body emotions are in shock, I want to be whole Pastor😭🥵😢😭I am a different person from few years ago I need complete healing, this man I married his marriage before me was never final The thief came to kill steal destroy Annulment in this is my prayer to go quick and smooth yes bejond demonic shapeshifter

A good book The Mountain is you by Briana Wiest

Such a wonderful preaching today on trauma. It has been a series of tragic events in my life including career, other overwhelming issues. And to add to that, I’ve recently lost both my son and Mom in 2022 and this has impacted deeply on me. The heartbreak is overwhelming and I can attest it affects every aspect of one’s life. It spills into one’s entire outlook to life. Make matters worse, during traumatic events, we ‘lose’ family, friends and associates during traumatic experiences. The society doesn’t like or doesn’t know how to be supportive to traumatised people. The society can be cruel! We end up being forced to ‘move on…be strong…’ . The society doesn’t know how or doesn’t care to anchor those overwhelmed by sadness and heartbreak….. So we force ourselves to smile, put on a brave face etc. in order to please the society. We learn to pretend and project a different picture of ourselves to the pleas the society, to fit in. Tho we’re bleeding, paining from the inside. The isolation can be tormenting, confusing and more pain too. Until we realise God is here. From such traumatic experiences, we either become miserable, bitter, angry mistrusting of others for the rest of our lives, OR learn to focus on our healing and begins with forgiveness of so many….. I chose healing. This led me to seek God. To look for faith. Seek God’s healing. Find new hobbies. Align with nature etc. Heartache traumatic shuttering experience is a solo journey. We learn to be gentle on ourselves, to be alone in the midst of a crowd and closest to God. I’m totally grateful to God for my faith in Him as it is keeping me going. I’ve learnt to get closer to God. My spirituality grew in ways I can’t describe. I feel I’ve grown so much, overnight. Trauma can change our lives to become better from the inside. You’ve put it so well, it is so timely I can’t describe how uplifting listening to you here. Thank you and may God bless you and your family🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

Pastor Blake’s you are an amazing, wonderful, man wise beyond your years . Thank you for changing my life ❤

It’s sad that ppl try to use information that you freely tell. Those Christian’s who try to make like they never lived a life and are perfect and never do wrong. To me a man can’t show non believers that God is able if they never been through anything to show them he’s able to do the impossible. I appreciate you talking about these topics that most churches shy away from. Trauma is a major problem in the black community. We all need some form of therapy.

Bishop yes, you are a big deal! To me! I listen to you everyday and you’re impacting the improvement of the “little girl,” inside of me! I thank God for you,and I love you and your wife!!! Thank you for your time and healing wisdom!!! God Bless you🙌🏾❤️‍🔥🔥

Wow Bishop! This was an extremely POWERFUL message. Words escape me to describe the impact this message will have on those with ears to truly hear. "When I forgive you, when I choose to forgive you, I just simply release you into the hands of God so that I can move forward into my destiny." I love that truth! We can forgive and move on without allowing others close access to hurt us again. This message was chock full of truths, especially the part about being transparent vice hiding things that have caused trauma. Blessings upon you Bishop from the crown of your head to the souls of your feet! I'm passing this message on in the hopes that many will be delivered and start healing from past trauma 🙏🏼

Amen pastor. Had it not been for your past you would not have been able to help thousands of women. Your sincere spirit is truly the best part. God is good. I want to thank you for allowing God to use you!!! ❤❤❤

Awesome message! Thank you so much for sharing, being transparent and giving us tools to help us become whole! Much needed message…. Thank you so much🙏

Oh my…. I so needed to hear this tonight. “The demonic (intent) behind my trauma wound was to stop me from fulfilling what God has destined for me in my future”. All spiritual….

What I have been looking for. Thank you for this

This is good and it's helping me. You are helping to set me free by teaching me the truth from God. You're the messenger. Thank you 💖

This is soooo good. You’re being so transparent and i truly appreciate that. It’s one thing to be taught how to do something using mere steps, it’s another when someone applies real life examples that personifies their walk. It makes it so much more relatable

AMEN ‼️‼️ THIS WAS FOR ME😊😊💯 FROM NORFOLK, VA ❤️

Thank you Bishop Blakes 🙏🏽 “Let Go, Let GOD!” and God Bless You for this sage wisdom❣️

You are definitely a big deal to us...God placed you to help us. You're the example of a father most of us never had 😢

This is quite deep for me, it hit the right spot because I wasn't aware until you said certain things, thank you Pastor

this is great wisdom. thanks so much. greetings from europe

Pure wisdom 🙏🏾 Thank you

Amen 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

What a timely teaching for me today. Had to apologize and explain why I responded to a situation the way that I did. Fortunately, she understood, and we were reconciled to one another. Thanking God for His grace. 🙏🏾 Receiving your prayer. ❤❤❤❤❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

Preach!!!!!

💙💙💙 thank you!

Great Topic. AMEN!!

Can wait

Amen 🙏 ❤️

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Amen, Bishop! 🙏🙏🙏

AMEN Pastor Blakes, AMEN❣️👏🏽🌹✨🙏🏽

This is powerful 💯

Thank you Bishop Blakes 🙏🏽

Amen

Such deep wisdom

Thank you…this is yet again exactly what I needed at the right time!!

Amen bishop

This is so good!! Thank you!

Glory!!🎉

So powerful ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥😍😍

AMEN

This word is so what I needed to hear. I thank you Bishop for this message 🙏🏾

Thank u so much for everything u do 💜

Hello Bishop! Blessing! Hello First Lady Lisa!

Amen! Well said.

this was so good I appreciate you! You know what's so crazy everything you explained was what I went through and had to go through to heal myself!! WOWW

A whole entire word

❤❤❤this was great

To God be the Glory!!!! Thank you..

This was a WORD! God bless you pastor!!!

You are not 🚫 speaking too long Pastor 😇🥰🙏 Blake's. All you share in your time with us is vitally important and helps us !!!! Keep it coming Pastor 😊😁 because we need this & want to have this even when we don't know it yet !!! The word of GOD 🙏 😊& his knowledge and wisdom is life 🧬 changing & very very necessary for us to grow & to function & dominate in life 🧬, & not 🚫 just be a bitter or dysfunctional victimized woman in life . We need to know - do as GOD 🙏🌹 OUR LORD Expects OF US, IN THESE DAYS & TIMES ESPECIALLY, Pastor 😇🙏😅!!!!!!!!! Thank you Soooo much & you are appreciated highly & bless us !!!!!🎉🎉🎉😅😊

Keep on preaching teaching Pastor!❤

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Loved the statement “transparency is a trash can”. Beautiful explanation.

Thank you 🙏 ❤

Thanks

Wow, it can be quite unnerving, when you reflect back, what is going on in my soul right at this minute, Word for word.

You are a big deal.😊🎉..thank you so much !

I so wish I knew how to word things the way you and others do that gets the hurt person to relate/ change. It is a gift from God when used properly. However, it is from the devil when it is not used properly. Thank you for clearing up so many things for me as I listen to you. 😢😮❤ Amen 🙏🙏🙏🙏😊

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Wow Bishop! This was deeper than deep! This video was golden! The Lord was talking to me during this video about past trauma. Im going to watch this ten more times and will write a book about my life and how God has guided me through it all! Thank you for being so transparent Bishop. You are a blessed man of God! For me, this was one of the best videos I've heard from you! I guess this was what i needed to move forth in building the kingdom of God.

🤗 Mr Blakes

You'll know you're called to someone's ministry when they address everything going on with you. This was so timely, needed and good. I bless God for your life and testimony because look who came out of that situation. We really ought not to fret so much instead trust God wholly because He speciliasez in making something out of nothing. What the enemy meant for evil go's turned it around for good. He uses every experience, good and bad turns it around for our good.

Pastor Good Morning 🌞 and thank you 🙏🏽 so much for this much needed and insightful message.

Thank you beautiful soul love and light 🤍🕯️ faith move mountains 🏔️🙏

We love you too Bishop thank you for sharing this video with us and also for always letting the Lord continue to help us be free and to stay free glory to God.❤😊

Thank you Bishop for pouring into me with your sermons & words of wisdom you have blessed my life tremendously!!❤

Bishop you been a true Inspiration and blessing to my life literally thank you 🙏🏼 I love you very much. You’re like a grandfather I never had. My grandfather is living but he’s not a wise man he needs deliverance too. Lord I want rove free

SAFE RELATIONSHIP!!!

5:22 was kinda funny imagining the whole scene between you both cousins smh😅! But message heard, thank you for sharing on this Sir🙏🏽

Do I really want to be made WHOLE? YYEEEESSSSSS

God bless you, Pastor Blake’s. You are truly an amazing and anointed man of God. I am learning so much from you and I thank God for you. I am the woman at the well ( sort of speak). And I know God is using you and your ministry and wisdom to set me Free.

Thank you so much for sharing this Pastor RC. It was exactly what I needed to hear for this specific time in my life. Right now I am healing from trauma and this video confirmed the things God has been presently saying to me. Thank you so much!

JESUS!!! YOU TEACHING BISHOP🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 I truly thank GOD for you Bishop, and Lady Lisa.

This is exactly what we all needed! Promise unto god to be transparent! My weakness … but today …. Imma share the truth… thank uuu N thank god for finding u ❤

I really do believe you going through your recluse stage also is what THE LORD used to help heal you. Sometimes you got to get away from it all, especially if they're not safe (healthy) spaces for you in the first place! Get acquainted with your First Love to find out why HE'S exactly that--your First Love (THE LORD). When you see how much HE LOVES you and just for you, you can't help but to see the world in brand new eyes and oh yeah, and also to learn to love you just for you too! I AM SO GRATEFUL everyday that THE LORD saved a wretch like me!! ❤❤

31 may 2024❤

How do you process it

12pm????

What is going on?

I think not all our occurrences are testimonies I think some are victory and some are personal victories. Some people over share and people aren’t ready for that and then gossip starts. And there is also the sharer whom is like a parrot just repeating the same tradegy. I think we all need discernment on when and whom to tell. For example, a young in a church I used to go to part of his testimony was that his mother was I a prostitute of years and over shared of his mother’s life then people were looking at him bad and then when the time came for him to look for a wife all parents prohibited their daughters to date him/marry him. Then another lady her testimony was how she was a pastors mistress and she aborted his children ummm…..let’s just say no one talked to her…..people were def not ready for that. I’m just saying there is a time and place and whom to tell. And people need to glorify the deliverer not be soo detailed of the sin or situation.

I have a question. So it sounds like you are saying that a person should forgive the person that hurt them and then release them so that the Said person who was hurt can ultimately find their destiny elsewhere. Knowing your own story and outcome, can that outcome apply to other men?? I've listened to enough of your lives now in past couple weeks and they are very informative but rarely have I heard you encouraging a woman to give the broken man a 2nd chance so long as they are doing the work or done the work. Or anything uplifting to that broken man. Is it fair to call them clowns just because they have trouble communicating? I am all for the healing myself but I don't feel good bashing a person that I love or loved. I don't even think that is godly.

Amen