by Whit Sasser<\/p>\n
Everyone keeps telling you that you need to learn to forgive yourself; but the truth is, you need to learn to trust God. If God says you are forgiven, then you are forgiven. \u201cBut, I don\u2019t feel like I am forgiven.\u201d My friend, forgiveness is a promise of God, not a feeling of your emotions. What do you more trust? God\u2019s Word or your feelings?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
by Whit Sasser Everyone keeps telling you that you need to learn to forgive yourself; but the truth is, you need to learn to trust God. If God says you are forgiven, then you are forgiven. \u201cBut, I don\u2019t feel like I am forgiven.\u201d My friend, forgiveness is a promise of God, not a feeling of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27],"tags":[49,1571,129],"class_list":["post-8641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-faith","tag-forgiveness","tag-trust"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":27456,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/why-do-i-feel-that-god-hasnt-totally-forgiven-me\/","url_meta":{"origin":8641,"position":0},"title":"Why do I feel that God hasn’t totally forgiven me?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"May 17, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: First of all, I would like to say that I find this website an excellent way to learn about the Lord and to be educated on the Bible, and I find myself becoming a regular user with regard to asking questions in full assurance that I will receive the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":18567,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/i-feel-so-guilty-about-my-past-sins-i-just-cant-get-them-off-my-mind-why-do-i-still-not-feel-forgiven-is-forgiveness-all-about-feelings\/","url_meta":{"origin":8641,"position":1},"title":"I feel so guilty about my past sins. 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