Listening back to our discussion in this video, I feel like I wasn't as thorough on some points as I would have liked to have been. Please let me know if you have any questions. Maybe I'll do a follow-up video answering them.
@@stevenaustin4591 That wasn't the primary focus of the song so we didn't address it. Suicide is a very important subject that we've discussed in numerous videos. I should probably create a playlist of them.
It's interesting that a guy like Tom MacDonald can be loved by everyone from Christians, hip hop fans, metal heads, and patriots. That tells me that we are all more on the same page than it seems.
Lol, I'm usually classified as a country or oldies fan....I LOVE me some Tom! He speaks to my need for music to tell me a story or give me a message worth repeating.
I never listened much to rap before I accidentally clicked on Fake Woke about 5 months ago. I usually listen to pop, rock and country but I was instantly hooked to Tom's music. I've bought 5 albums (88 songs) and I won't stop before I have them all (111 total I think..?) I'm a 66 year old Christian female, and I have to admit I'm not sure why I'm so drawn to Tom's music, but each and every song hit something in my soul. I love this young man, he's so honest, smart, funny and YES - he's also very handsome 😍
I am not a alcoholic but I am a meth addict who suffers from anxiety and depression and I went through something like this so I can relate to this. I am clean 29 years. I cried when I heard this.
Congrats with your sobriety! Your better that I. I'm with you Tina! This rings 100% true. Alcohol or drugs. It's all the same being someone addicted to both. I'll never give up just like you. Reminds me of NF's song "Oh Lord". I'll pray for you Tina. Tonight and the nights after! 🙏
I completely agree. I definitely think at one time he was in the place this song is coming from; but I think today he's found a way through it and is now trying to illuminate the path that worked for him...for others to follow. Faith, honor, loyalty, truth, empathy, and humor are traits I see being exhibited by Tom through his music - what a lot of people are not seeing much of in the world lately - and they are absolutely necessary to overcome addictions. The Lord works miracles in the most unlikely ways!
I can assure you to a 100% degree that you are right about this comment... I'm not a younger crowd, I'm 37. I've been an addict since I was 18, been in those lows praying to never wake up again. This song alone has done more to save me and turn an addict into a sober man than anything else has. A week after hearing this song for the first time I've put everything down and haven't touched it since. I'm just starting this fight I now know I can win.
I'm 37. I've been an addict since I was 18, been in those lows praying to never wake up again. This song alone has done more to save me and turn an addict into a sober man than anything else has. A week after hearing this song for the first time in my life I've put everything down and haven't touched it since. I'm just starting this fight I now know I can win.
I hope you're doing well! Your story is exactly why he made this song! It's awesome reading the amount of people that have similar stories of this song setting them along that path, or others that were struggling to stay sober and found the strength to do so through this song.
@@damnimgood34 Rocksmith is amazing - I've been learning bass with that game. my daughter is now learning ukelele on her own after playing rocksmith for a year.
He did an interview with officer Tatum... Should watch. He gives his thoughts on God. Tom said that he was praying and he didn’t know who he was praying too, but who ever it was heard his prayers.
@@roberthoughton7127 it is alright I have forgiven that church but it has really put a damper on me attending any churches. I must admit there is one church when I was in the midst of my addiction who reached their hand out to me and showed me God's love when I was unloveable
@@marielarangel6286 thank you I am blessed to be in recovery I have my family back and that means the world to me. I have a relationship with God but still am very concerned about going to church. Deft don't want to go through that again
Being a Christian is not easy I speak from my own personal experiences in fact to me being a Christian is the most hardest thing you will ever endure in your life I'm living proof of that but I continue to keep my Faith and walk with God and I always come out on top because I know God is with me and protects me and never lets me fall
Tom is an amazing artist. His ability to speak real truth in an almost clean lyrical nature is so unique. I hope he comments Pastor Rob. Great video as always.
I'm a recovering addict / alcoholic. I now work in the addiction recovery field in Flint, Michigan. I really liked Tom and Nova's song - Sober! This song really touches a nerve too. Thanks Tom!!
Bad to say, but at the beginning of the song, where he talks about getting to church and afterwards pulling the knifes out of back. Too many "Church folk" are hypocritical and too quick to judge people, a lot of the times for stuff that they have done, or still do.
When I was in the process of recovery I had a lot of doctors, therapists, and addiction specialists telling me how much better I would feel and how great life would be when I get sober. The problem came when I got sober and I felt worse. I'm not talking about the withdraw but the empty feeling and having to pick up all the pieces of my life that my addiction destroyed. I was suddenly able to feel emotions (good and bad) again and I was overwhelmed with anxiety and depression. I had no idea how to process emotion and i had no idea who i was. I started to resent being sober and I was angry at everyone who told me my life would be so much better sober. I got clean about 15 years ago and it's only been the last month and a half that I have found happiness. That's because even though I was sober I was missing something. I was missing that relationship with God. I was starving on a spiritual level and it was draining. I became a born again Christian about a month and a half ago after a night in my basement with a bottle of whiskey and a rope. God saved me that night and the next day and days after I was hearing people online and in real life speak about God and the gospel. I got myself a bible. Repented for my sins and acknowledged that I need Jesus Christ. For the first time in many many years I am happy and I know who I am. I was lost but now I am found. I thank God every day that I am alive and that he never abandoned me even though I turned my back on Him. Reading the bible helped me to understand how I am supposed to live and why. It helped me realize that there is someone (God) out there that loves me so much that he gave His son to die on the cross so I can have everlasting life. It made me want to be better. I am so thankful for that. I am not living a perfect life and I still struggle with mental health problems but I am not as confused about who I am and I am a lot more happy than I ever have been.
@@ACloudWithoutAir Tom said he believes in a "higher power", but he doesn't know which "god" is the right god. He does have faith, and he does pray, but not quite a christian (yet). Please don't put words in his mouth. He is searching, and the best that we can do, is pray he finds a true relationship, with the true God.
As Tom said himself "I'm not religious but I walk with christians" and "If you believe in Jesus these days christians get attacked" even if he is a full on Christian he has some Christian morales and beliefs and obviously understands the hatred towards Christianity these days. Idk this is just my opinion on it.
I'm a old man too but there is something about Tom's music that I can connect with.. I live it the country in Indiana but his words seem to speak to everyone
I am a female US Army combat veteran. I have ptsd and bad anxiety. I am still in my addiction; but how many christians has any one heard of going to heaven? I constantly dream of the war and dream of hell. Lord pls help me to overcome satans temptations and his constant reminder of my drug abuse! Praise the Lord!! I love you Jesus Christ forever my Abba father!
I love your theology. God doesn't always solve our problems. But he does offer us His True Joy, True Peace and True Hope to help us get through them. And those can make an amazing difference if you accept them.
Love tom and nova they are such great people if this song is truely about how tom feels i pray that he gets the help he needs and keeps fighting to better himself
I've always been a fan of tom macdonald. This song and sober hit me the hardest. Been sober from the bottle for almost 6 years, and it has been hard too fight those demons. I dont wanna feel that way anymore. It was leading down to a path where I wouldn't be here anymore.
The poetry in the song is pure gold; humility and humbleness to express his weakness and struggles. I love it. Life of a Christian is a life of struggle; TAKE UP YOUR CROSS AND FOLLOW ME.. pastor Rob please study first 400 years of Christian church history .....
This song makes me cry cause while addiction isn’t my problem as everyone I’ve lived through pain. I was blessed with the ability to hear God talking to me & I feel out of place on this earth which is painful but at the same time it’s the biggest blessing in my life. I grew up with a family that didn’t want to view me as anything but someone who wasn’t good enough cause I didn’t believe in their abusive organized religion. God would tell me what would happen before it happened, my mom told me I was doing something evil so I tried to ignore his voice but his voice was always there. I finally had my dad view me differently after I told him exactly what day my mom would die while he didn’t believe until it happened but it made him rethink how I’d been treated by him. Now he’s taken the time to get to know me & it’s changed our relationship cause he can see Christ in me by my actions. My sister still thinks I’m evil but I wish my mom could be here to get to see the real me. Since the day she died in my arms I’ve had such a hard time without having the chance for her to have more time to get to really see my heart, to see that I gave my heart to God at a very young age (3) & that he’s been leading me as long as I’ve been walking with him. Now things have gotten worse & I need someone (a human) to talk to that can help me with everything I’m going through as I fight for my life. My Grams was the only one who saw my heart, I could always talk to her but with her & my mom passing away in the same year I no longer have anyone. No matter how bad things get my heart will always be with God but I need someone else to talk to especially with the pandemic making it impossible to see anyone, probably the closest I’ve gotten to genuine depression that I’m trying hard not to sink into. I know I’m not the only person struggling so I pray for those who are struggling, could anyone who reads this pray for me? If so I would really appreciate it! God bless you
I love the realness and honesty. I worked for years in LE and am a PK. Unfortunately have seen more than my share of addiction. Dad worked with inmates and addicts for most of his ministry. You nail it and are truthful where so many gloss over and sell a bill of goods.
I’m glad that he did 🙏 and he’s has helped me as well and I just wish my brother was still here for he could see he wasn’t alone 😭 and you got this ! 🙏 keep fighting 💙 remember that you are amazing!! 🙌🏼 just wanted to say that c:
Tom keep fighting the good fight for your your a new creature in christ I was where you were at once yashua is listening calm your self and you will hear from christ
I met all 3 of them in Nebraska a few years ago. They are all so so kind. Genuine people. Also been sober 5 years. I relate to this song even deep into sobriety. I got clean and then lost so much. Writing was my favorite thing about me. I cant write anymore. I gave my life to christ and when I did. Boom. Creativity gone. My demons are gone but they took with them my favorite part of me.
I'm so glad you guys found Tom!! This was an awesome video. Convictions- the war that followed me home! If you don't react to it you gotta at least give it a listen, it wont disappoint! Great band and heavy meaning.
Man, Pastor this is so good thank you. I so appreciate the Theologically sound and biblically centered, response. I heard this song and it brought me to tears. I also battled addiction to pain killers for several years and by the grace of God have been clean since 2013. It was salvation in Christ that set me free from my chemical addiction, but I also know that not everyone experiences. Our only way to freedom from these things is real genuine Christian discipleship. I heard the Gospel through Celebrate Recovery and was lead through genuine discipleship. After several years of attending and then leading CR ministry, God called me into full time ministry. I have served as an associate pastor, interim lead pastor, and now as a Church Planting resident pastor. I am serving in this role until my wife and I finish preparations to plant our church in Alaska. God has shown us that our “western” church is broken, we are no longer making disciples and we haven’t been for years now. This is the root to almost all of the issues we see in our churches today. We need a reformation, a revival in the body and it has to start with real genuine discipleship. One last thing, I think your breakdown was spot on, the only place I differ was the interpretation of, “I regret the way that I feel”. I actually think him saying “he misses getting drunk and the drugs and alcohol”, shows he regrets feeling that way. He regrets missing the drugs and alcohol, because he knows it only leads to to more pain and destruction. This song reminds me of suffering through the pain of withdrawal and feeling alone crying out to a God I had never known. This is the experience of an addict, still stuck in the throughs of addiction, lacking almost all understanding yet of who God is. This is a very real place for so many people and it was for me. I remember what it was like in that very moment, but crying out in the only way I knew how. It wasn’t until later I had come to understand the things you spoke on and I mentioned here. Before that though it was raw and real, I believe our God sees that and sees a genuine heart. I don’t think God requires a perfect theology to save us ( please know, I am not accusing you or saying you are claiming that he does. Just something that came to me and wanted to say.). Thank you again for the reaction and I would really enjoy connecting with you and sharing my full testimony. Maybe it could bring hope to your viewers. Dfrey87@live.com
I have followed you guys for a couple years now. Love the channel, love the discussions, love seeing the change in you guys over those years. I was raised Christian, and have a great foundation. Struggled with addiction, but luckily have been clean for 22 years. Love this song, love this discussion. Keep up the good work.
Fun fact: Tom made the confessional out of a corner of the clown world set in his backyard!! He said he used like 6 coats of black paint cause the blue and red kept showing lol 😂 he also put stain glass peel and stick decoration on his living room windows to appear as church windows and the illuminated cross was in his bedroom!! #independentbaby Also, the message behind the reflection of the cross in his sunglasses represents drunken eyes blinded to grace and salvation, but it’s just on the other side!
But why is that?! Why if you get sober and cry out to God and never get released...only to pick up another addiction. This song is heavy. Just seems some people are set free immediately.
@@lv2bmama1 It’s not because God doesn’t help you it’s because We don’t give him time. Plus we still have to do our part to fight through it. God gives strength but let’s us reap what we sew as well. Toms struggling but he’s got the strength now that he doesn’t even want it anymore. He said that in a live
Congrats on 15 months man keep pushing brother you can have a great life and its a good feeling when you have a bad day you turn to Jesus not the bottle or dope! And yes Jesus not church agreed but was going with the idea of the song lol
Your breakdowns are getting better and better as you go. To get Pastor Rob to a tear is a powerful thing and im glad it grabbed you. Great reaction fellas, keep it up.
Thank you! I think I’m getting more comfortable in front of the camera and allowing myself to be a little more vulnerable with you guys. Thank you for watching. ❤️
I have been waiting for this reaction. You have a much more grounded take on this. In regards to Christianity and how it is indeed sold. People have been sold on this ideology of Christianity as a kind of utopia. Reality is struggle and hardships, along with celebration and joy. Thanks for this video. ✌🏼
I feel this so much and understand what he is dealing with. I deal with alcoholism on a daily basis and it's very hard to overcome and I find myself relapsing. I struggle but I will consistently do my best and not lose faith, props to him for sharing and trying to better himself and looking forward and reaching out.
I believe the line "it has only gotten worse" is because the people try to self medicate in an attempt to forget problems, but they are still there when they get sober plus all the new problems that your addiction caused.
For a 16 year old who quit cutting, this hit really hard for me. The addiction never left me though. Just taking baby steps everyday...sharp things trigger me a lot. Addiction is tough... I relate to Tom, I don't have any help, I feel like I'm walking myself through life, I had to find out the Bible by myself. I like talking to Christians, it makes me feel safer.
Robs shirt communicates to me the need for spiritually dead, separated from God, man to respond to the gospel of Jesus christ in faith! Probably Unintentional but very fitting for the song... Amen brothers I very much enjoyed this reaction.
Love listening to you guys break it down and shout out to pastor Rob for being so down to earth with his son gauge (however you spell it) and with the audience. Respect how you make it all relevant to the Bible (truth)....What a great idea this is in today's culture. You will only know in eternity all those you guys have helped and led to the Lord Jesus.
Is this yalls first-time hearing Brandon Hart? This is Tom's best friend & the one who funded Tom's " Dear Rappers " video/production .. the song that went viral and " gave " the world Tom! 🥰 Sent Tom from being just an AMAZING underground rapper to mass awareness. Brandon Hart is also an independent dope artist!!!!! Tom collabed with him on " NO GOOD BASTARDS ". He's also been in some of Brandon's songs also in past.
Perhaps he's saying that he hates that he even wants his addiction. That he has given it so much power over him. He can't be canceled he doesn't have an outside music producer or recording studio contract. He does all of his own.
My son is an alcoholic, I feel the pain Tom is bringing up. I watched him suffer for over a decade. I am so proud of him for staying sober. I wish there was more I could do but I can’t do anything more to help him.
Any human being, has at one time or another, cried out to "God" for HELP......the 8 year old child that wants their parents to stop fighting......that hormone filled teenager that just broke up and wants the "Hurt" to stop.....that 20 something yo that made a horrible decision in their life that they now have to take responsibility for......the drug addict or alcoholic that pleads for help. People tend to see "God" as a Genie, that you rub the bottle and get your 3 wishes. God ALWAYS answers a real prayer, but SOME times the answer is .................NO. Some times your lesson to learn is your lesson to learn and you get to live through it. Another line from another Tom Song: "A Calm sea don't make a skilled sailor....so I thank the heavens for the stormy weather"
I'm always reminded of one particular line from the movie "Evan Almighty". "If someone prays for courage, do you think God fills them with courage or do you think God gives them the opportunity to be courageous?" If you really open your eyes, there are opportunities all around us. It is our test as human beings whether we accept the challenge.
Love the videos as always, and love your discussions! It is nice to actually find a creator on UA-cam that can make great content and be biblically educational! Keep up the great work brother!
I was born and raised in a cult. I’m so happy I was kicked out of it at the age of 17. The hardest part in my life, even now (11 years later), is trying to reconnect with my Creator. There’s times I question why I had to go through what I did, and why I had to experience the loss that I had in my life. Why I felt I had to bury my pain in substances to make me numb...I thought no one was listening to me...but then I got pregnant with my first child...I quit all my bad habits, I got a life, and I am raising that BEAUTIFUL angel He sent to me to get me through my hell on earth. I now have 3 BEAUTIFUL children, and a loving husband. My husband knows what I lived through, the PTSD I have because of it, and why I am so ignorant of everyday life ‘in the world’...but he is my guiding angel. I could never have made it through without them, and I know that my creator sent them to me in my time of need. They saved my life.
Thank you for sharing. God is always with us and I also don’t understand why things happen. Maybe your story will save another person. It is very powerful. I have been sober for over 9 years and I know God lead me into AA. I love hearing people’s stories because I can identify with them.
From my experience coming to God brings trials, but these trials are goals to hurdle while getting closer to our Maker. Kind of like going to Boot Camp for the rest of your life. The good thing is myself plus God are an army.
Love the content and discussion. I know life is busy but I'd dig more frequent videos. On a second note, with the passing DMX, a listen to DMXs "A dogs prayer" 1-5 would be really discussion provoking. His talks to god were very intense, good and thought provoking.
Jason Zerby, I just heard “Ready to Meet Him” by DMX off of his album “Blood of My Blood, Flesh of My Flesh and I was crushed😧😢😭 WHOA!! By the way, RIP to Black Rob who also just passed away on Saturday. Prayer to both families of X and Rob 🙏
I just discovered your channel today, and this was the second video I watched. I absolutely needed the reminder that you shared toward the end of the video.
Everyone struggles! This song ( in my opinion ) is relatable to most . Knowing in your heart what your doing isn’t the best thing to be doing and doing it anyway.
I like the dichotomy of the two 'solutions' to working through your problems. The drink is the quick fix that numbs your pains for a short while, but then wears off and just introduces its own problems down the line. The bible is the opposite. You can't get any instant resolutions to your issues, but have to use it to improve yourself over time, and it's the person you become who will carry the weight that is the final fix for your problems moving forward. I'm not theistically religious myself, but I appreciate the lessons and wisdom that can be found in those pages.
Hey gauge! Have you ever considered making your own little separate channel where you show off your musical talents & what your currently working on, etc. I think that would be really awesome to see! Great job as always guys. Love the intellectual debates you create within my own head space!
Only thing im addicted to in nictoine, and i have no plan of quitting. But i've had a lot of family members addicted to various things, mostly alcohol. And this song cuts deep because i feel like it gives me some insight into how it feels for them.
My take on this was about his addiction, and recovery. Any addict that has gone through AA or NA knows that one of the steps is to acknowledge that there is a higher power, greater than yourself. I don't think that it's about the "like to get drunk" it's the conflict and weakness one can feel when you know what you need or should do, vrs. what you want to do because of that addiction. It makes you feel weak, alone and isolated, and addicts often use and push away those who love them, which that makes it even worse. The song seems to me, that he speaks of that very low point, when you feel alone and weak, but there is the knowing of a force greater than your own. You have to crawl out of that, and it is very possible, but hard, but also totally worth it.
Just stumbled on this I have watched several reacts and have also seen Tom live twice . Can I ask for you to say a 🙏 for me, please ?? Moved to a new town 7 months ago , and I keep telling myself all I need is church but the fear of choosing a church that I don’t feel a connection with and/or meeting new people just to be let down has kept me pretty much isolated when I’m not working . I just don’t really see the point of much anymore and I I feel too far from God for him to even hear me anymore ... did I mention that I live next door to church, even ?? Thank you both in advance ❤️.
I had something happen to me a few years ago. I have bad Crohn's disease and have anxiety issues. Before I had to get Surgery the first time I was given Percocet. I did good and had no issues till I took the rest of what I was prescribed a few months later. I had to give up on College and on a whim started taking them to escape my situation and that is when it went downhill. I was in bad withdrawals and I asked God to please help me. I felt really euphoric after. I’ve never experienced that before. I wish I would of stayed off them sadly it got me again plus I had to have surgery again last year. It sucks I keep having to return for legitimate reasons and I get bit. Luckily I'm not sell everything I own, etc. I am afraid of the future though.
Hey Pastor Rob, just wanna say that first off, I absolutely love yours and Gauge’s input on every song that you guys have reacted to and secondly (I’ll be honest I don’t know where to go to send you requests) but can you guys one day react to a song called Lo Lamento by Love and Death and another song called The Wilderness by Cliffside? Those are two songs that I would absolutely love to see you guys react to and see your input on it. Keep the content coming and looking forward to seeing more
Google the Holodomor. Where exactly was Christ to make struggles and trials "bearable" when 3-7 million Ukrainians were forcibly starved to death? How about when parents had to eat (some times kill them first) their children to live?
@@hermaeusmora2945 if it is placed on your heart then do something about it instead of complaining. I wasn't referring to physical struggle but the struggle that actually matters which is the spiritual one. But i guarantee you that the the starving believer believes more in God and His salvation than an atheist who sits in the comfort of their homes with full stomachs.
@@BRUISER14 All i can do is pray because i've been handicapped by "vengeance is mine" and "don't answer evil for evil" and weirdly prayer hasn't changed things and absolutely evil people engage in evil and God does nothing to them.
For those facing the struggle, regardless of what form the enemy takes (drugs, alcohol, depression, anxiety or any other form), keep praying for strength and know that the answer is waiting for you. When you keep these things in secret, you hide from the angels that are sent and ready to help you. All you need to do is reach out to those that are ready to help, one or more of them may be your angel. #HOG The Army ✌🏽
Faith cannot fix chemical imbalances in your brain. PLEASE stop spreading the idea that struggling with mental health can be solved via faith, it only extends suffering. PLEASE see a doctor if you struggle with mental health, medication exists to help you and THEN you can use faith to help you manage it.
@@ticklord you didn’t read the entire post moron. I never said faith would fix it. I said they need to have faith that there is someone who can help and that they need to reach out to others and, hopefully, they would find that person. I said what I said, it is what it is and you need to grasp the entire message before becoming triggered and spew nonsense. FYI: I have chemical imbalances in my brain and deal with depression. It’s not something I could fix on my own but I had to have faith that someone out there could help. It is that faith that I had that led me to being better equipped to deal with the struggle.
Been fighting off my addictions lately and this song's chorus has been my mantra to keep me away from what's been keeping me tied down. Sex addiction, Porn addiction I have been dealing with since I was FIVE! Watched Ben-Hur (the 1959 Charlton Heston version) for the first time last night, and my faith and Jesus grew stronger seeing the crucifixion scene. I feel I've been getting stronger and hearing the lord's voice louder each day. God bless all of you reading and fighting right next to me.
Hang in there bro! Porn addiction is real! Keep reading your Bible and keep praying. But when you do those things, it appears like the addiction gets stronger, but keep fighting sir!!
@@alexf1520 I mean what I say, Tom has knowledge of what the music industry is really about, as does Nova, so any symbolism in that vain is put there purposefully. In the same context, she chooses imagery that compliments the message of the song
Thank you for your content and discussion around the lyrical content of this track. It is only the second time i have stumbled across your channel, but my observations are the same as my first viewing. After hearing your thoughts it would have been interesting to have had the opportunity to have heard Gauge’s thoughts too. Allow him the time and space to express himself freely, without interruption, as i am sure he can add value and insight from a younger person’s perspective, that we elders cannot bring. Amen.
Listening back to our discussion in this video, I feel like I wasn't as thorough on some points as I would have liked to have been. Please let me know if you have any questions. Maybe I'll do a follow-up video answering them.
Question - I noticed you avoided the line about suicide, why?
He is one of the few non religious artists I listen to, not crazy about his language but what he sings and raps about is amazing
Tom does watch. His comments sometimes touch on the words of the content creators.
What Tom MacDonald songs have you done so far?
@@stevenaustin4591 That wasn't the primary focus of the song so we didn't address it. Suicide is a very important subject that we've discussed in numerous videos. I should probably create a playlist of them.
It's interesting that a guy like Tom MacDonald can be loved by everyone from Christians, hip hop fans, metal heads, and patriots. That tells me that we are all more on the same page than it seems.
Amen
Lol, I'm usually classified as a country or oldies fan....I LOVE me some Tom!
He speaks to my need for music to tell me a story or give me a message worth repeating.
Tom is REAL and I believe we all can FEEL the truth he puts out there! The vulnerability is a gift to us all
I never listened much to rap before I accidentally clicked on Fake Woke about 5 months ago. I usually listen to pop, rock and country but I was instantly hooked to Tom's music. I've bought 5 albums (88 songs) and I won't stop before I have them all (111 total I think..?) I'm a 66 year old Christian female, and I have to admit I'm not sure why I'm so drawn to Tom's music, but each and every song hit something in my soul. I love this young man, he's so honest, smart, funny and YES - he's also very handsome 😍
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I am not a alcoholic but I am a meth addict who suffers from anxiety and depression and I went through something like this so I can relate to this. I am clean 29 years. I cried when I heard this.
Congrats with your sobriety! Your better that I. I'm with you Tina! This rings 100% true. Alcohol or drugs. It's all the same being someone addicted to both. I'll never give up just like you. Reminds me of NF's song "Oh Lord". I'll pray for you Tina. Tonight and the nights after! 🙏
Congratulations on your sobriety
You have my support, please stay strong
29 years! Badass! 🎉❤️
Congrats.. keep your head up.. and never look back at your losses. Every day you're sober is a win.
Tom is helping to show a younger generation that to overcome addictions you need to address the God sized hole in your heart.
I completely agree. I definitely think at one time he was in the place this song is coming from; but I think today he's found a way through it and is now trying to illuminate the path that worked for him...for others to follow. Faith, honor, loyalty, truth, empathy, and humor are traits I see being exhibited by Tom through his music - what a lot of people are not seeing much of in the world lately - and they are absolutely necessary to overcome addictions.
The Lord works miracles in the most unlikely ways!
I can assure you to a 100% degree that you are right about this comment... I'm not a younger crowd, I'm 37. I've been an addict since I was 18, been in those lows praying to never wake up again. This song alone has done more to save me and turn an addict into a sober man than anything else has. A week after hearing this song for the first time I've put everything down and haven't touched it since. I'm just starting this fight I now know I can win.
I'm 37. I've been an addict since I was 18, been in those lows praying to never wake up again. This song alone has done more to save me and turn an addict into a sober man than anything else has. A week after hearing this song for the first time in my life I've put everything down and haven't touched it since. I'm just starting this fight I now know I can win.
One minute at a time, you are worthy.
I will be praying for your strength fam🙏
I hope you're doing well! Your story is exactly why he made this song! It's awesome reading the amount of people that have similar stories of this song setting them along that path, or others that were struggling to stay sober and found the strength to do so through this song.
you got this man
Nova gave him the guitar and he taught himself to play :) I think God was listening because he sent Nova to him.
So I guess God isn't listening to me
Xeroluq buy a guitar and teach urself to play.
@@damnimgood34 Rocksmith is amazing - I've been learning bass with that game. my daughter is now learning ukelele on her own after playing rocksmith for a year.
Meant the girl, homie. Lol.
@@10xero01 er. lol. as a girl I completely missed that. *woosh. right over my head. *so embarrassed
He did an interview with officer Tatum... Should watch. He gives his thoughts on God. Tom said that he was praying and he didn’t know who he was praying too, but who ever it was heard his prayers.
Link?
Higher power.
Thanks for the info great to know
@@shinobifujin ua-cam.com/video/RdZiEdpxjXU/v-deo.html at 44:30 You should watch the whole interview it's great!
As a recovering addict who was kicked out of church at 16 years old for being to sinful this song really hits hard.
Sorry that happened to you. 😥
@@roberthoughton7127 it is alright I have forgiven that church but it has really put a damper on me attending any churches. I must admit there is one church when I was in the midst of my addiction who reached their hand out to me and showed me God's love when I was unloveable
Woah I'm sorry that happened. That's literally the opposite of what a church should do for you
Im so sorry you went through that /: But I’m glad you have recovered 🙏 stay strong and just know that you are worth it and loved 💙
@@marielarangel6286 thank you I am blessed to be in recovery I have my family back and that means the world to me. I have a relationship with God but still am very concerned about going to church. Deft don't want to go through that again
Being a Christian is not easy I speak from my own personal experiences in fact to me being a Christian is the most hardest thing you will ever endure in your life I'm living proof of that but I continue to keep my Faith and walk with God and I always come out on top because I know God is with me and protects me and never lets me fall
I hear ya 🙏🏻
I see you dont have any vids on your youtube you should put some there I have a feeling it would help some people
Really appreciate you actually responding to it not just reacting, that was beautifully worded, thank you so much for that ❤️
Tom is an amazing artist. His ability to speak real truth in an almost clean lyrical nature is so unique. I hope he comments Pastor Rob. Great video as always.
He rarely speaks truths lmao, he just speaks out of his ass 99% of the time
@@hater9008 Tom speaks real truth all the time.
Great reaction, you guys are awesome. God bless you and God bless Tom MacDonald.
Tom has a purpose in life now,and I can speak for myself,his music has helped me spiritually.
I'm a recovering addict / alcoholic. I now work in the addiction recovery field in Flint, Michigan. I really liked Tom and Nova's song - Sober! This song really touches a nerve too. Thanks Tom!!
Bad to say, but at the beginning of the song, where he talks about getting to church and afterwards pulling the knifes out of back. Too many "Church folk" are hypocritical and too quick to judge people, a lot of the times for stuff that they have done, or still do.
When I was in the process of recovery I had a lot of doctors, therapists, and addiction specialists telling me how much better I would feel and how great life would be when I get sober. The problem came when I got sober and I felt worse. I'm not talking about the withdraw but the empty feeling and having to pick up all the pieces of my life that my addiction destroyed. I was suddenly able to feel emotions (good and bad) again and I was overwhelmed with anxiety and depression. I had no idea how to process emotion and i had no idea who i was. I started to resent being sober and I was angry at everyone who told me my life would be so much better sober. I got clean about 15 years ago and it's only been the last month and a half that I have found happiness. That's because even though I was sober I was missing something. I was missing that relationship with God. I was starving on a spiritual level and it was draining. I became a born again Christian about a month and a half ago after a night in my basement with a bottle of whiskey and a rope. God saved me that night and the next day and days after I was hearing people online and in real life speak about God and the gospel. I got myself a bible. Repented for my sins and acknowledged that I need Jesus Christ. For the first time in many many years I am happy and I know who I am. I was lost but now I am found. I thank God every day that I am alive and that he never abandoned me even though I turned my back on Him. Reading the bible helped me to understand how I am supposed to live and why. It helped me realize that there is someone (God) out there that loves me so much that he gave His son to die on the cross so I can have everlasting life. It made me want to be better. I am so thankful for that. I am not living a perfect life and I still struggle with mental health problems but I am not as confused about who I am and I am a lot more happy than I ever have been.
He isn't a Christian but it seems Jesus is knocking on his heart. He did an interview with B Tatum. Tom said he has a couple of Bibles in his house.
.... he basically is a christian...
You don't speak for him. He does.
@@ACloudWithoutAir Tom said he believes in a "higher power", but he doesn't know which "god" is the right god. He does have faith, and he does pray, but not quite a christian (yet). Please don't put words in his mouth. He is searching, and the best that we can do, is pray he finds a true relationship, with the true God.
@@ACloudWithoutAir those basically were his words. Watch the officer Tatum show on youtube. He interviews Tom. I will copy link.
I agree he's in a spiritual battle and still trying to figure out truth. I pray for him. 🙏
As Tom said himself "I'm not religious but I walk with christians" and "If you believe in Jesus these days christians get attacked" even if he is a full on Christian he has some Christian morales and beliefs and obviously understands the hatred towards Christianity these days. Idk this is just my opinion on it.
You guys are really making a difference with this ministry, I’m hoping people will watch, when I share these reactions
I'm a old man too but there is something about Tom's music that I can connect with.. I live it the country in Indiana but his words seem to speak to everyone
Thank you both for your words truly
I am a female US Army combat veteran. I have ptsd and bad anxiety. I am still in my addiction; but how many christians has any one heard of going to heaven? I constantly dream of the war and dream of hell. Lord pls help me to overcome satans temptations and his constant reminder of my drug abuse! Praise the Lord!! I love you Jesus Christ forever my Abba father!
Tom is a breath of fresh air in this world turned upside down.
I love your theology. God doesn't always solve our problems. But he does offer us His True Joy, True Peace and True Hope to help us get through them. And those can make an amazing difference if you accept them.
Moralism with Jesus as your accountability partner... Don’t make Him angry!
Epic
Great job guys
Love tom and nova they are such great people if this song is truely about how tom feels i pray that he gets the help he needs and keeps fighting to better himself
Thank you pastor Rob for a more realistic walk with the Lord, it really brought me hope and encouragement.
That large lit up cross is actually in their home 🙏 🙏 🙏
#CHURCH
H.O.G. Fam forever 🤗❣️🤗
I've always been a fan of tom macdonald. This song and sober hit me the hardest. Been sober from the bottle for almost 6 years, and it has been hard too fight those demons. I dont wanna feel that way anymore. It was leading down to a path where I wouldn't be here anymore.
Tom taught himself to play guitar 🎸👌 and that's him playing he plays on the ne album as far as the stars they just dropped #HOG4LIFE
The poetry in the song is pure gold; humility and humbleness to express his weakness and struggles. I love it. Life of a Christian is a life of struggle; TAKE UP YOUR CROSS AND FOLLOW ME.. pastor Rob please study first 400 years of Christian church history .....
This song makes me cry cause while addiction isn’t my problem as everyone I’ve lived through pain. I was blessed with the ability to hear God talking to me & I feel out of place on this earth which is painful but at the same time it’s the biggest blessing in my life. I grew up with a family that didn’t want to view me as anything but someone who wasn’t good enough cause I didn’t believe in their abusive organized religion. God would tell me what would happen before it happened, my mom told me I was doing something evil so I tried to ignore his voice but his voice was always there. I finally had my dad view me differently after I told him exactly what day my mom would die while he didn’t believe until it happened but it made him rethink how I’d been treated by him. Now he’s taken the time to get to know me & it’s changed our relationship cause he can see Christ in me by my actions. My sister still thinks I’m evil but I wish my mom could be here to get to see the real me. Since the day she died in my arms I’ve had such a hard time without having the chance for her to have more time to get to really see my heart, to see that I gave my heart to God at a very young age (3) & that he’s been leading me as long as I’ve been walking with him. Now things have gotten worse & I need someone (a human) to talk to that can help me with everything I’m going through as I fight for my life. My Grams was the only one who saw my heart, I could always talk to her but with her & my mom passing away in the same year I no longer have anyone. No matter how bad things get my heart will always be with God but I need someone else to talk to especially with the pandemic making it impossible to see anyone, probably the closest I’ve gotten to genuine depression that I’m trying hard not to sink into.
I know I’m not the only person struggling so I pray for those who are struggling, could anyone who reads this pray for me? If so I would really appreciate it! God bless you
I love the realness and honesty. I worked for years in LE and am a PK. Unfortunately have seen more than my share of addiction. Dad worked with inmates and addicts for most of his ministry. You nail it and are truthful where so many gloss over and sell a bill of goods.
I relate to this song so much tom had helped me with a lot of his music
I’m glad that he did 🙏 and he’s has helped me as well and I just wish my brother was still here for he could see he wasn’t alone 😭 and you got this ! 🙏 keep fighting 💙 remember that you are amazing!! 🙌🏼 just wanted to say that c:
@@marielarangel6286 I appreciate that thank you
Tom keep fighting the good fight for your your a new creature in christ I was where you were at once yashua is listening calm your self and you will hear from christ
I met all 3 of them in Nebraska a few years ago. They are all so so kind. Genuine people.
Also been sober 5 years. I relate to this song even deep into sobriety. I got clean and then lost so much. Writing was my favorite thing about me. I cant write anymore. I gave my life to christ and when I did. Boom. Creativity gone. My demons are gone but they took with them my favorite part of me.
I'm so glad you guys found Tom!! This was an awesome video. Convictions- the war that followed me home! If you don't react to it you gotta at least give it a listen, it wont disappoint! Great band and heavy meaning.
Man, Pastor this is so good thank you. I so appreciate the Theologically sound and biblically centered, response. I heard this song and it brought me to tears. I also battled addiction to pain killers for several years and by the grace of God have been clean since 2013. It was salvation in Christ that set me free from my chemical addiction, but I also know that not everyone experiences. Our only way to freedom from these things is real genuine Christian discipleship. I heard the Gospel through Celebrate Recovery and was lead through genuine discipleship. After several years of attending and then leading CR ministry, God called me into full time ministry. I have served as an associate pastor, interim lead pastor, and now as a Church Planting resident pastor. I am serving in this role until my wife and I finish preparations to plant our church in Alaska. God has shown us that our “western” church is broken, we are no longer making disciples and we haven’t been for years now. This is the root to almost all of the issues we see in our churches today. We need a reformation, a revival in the body and it has to start with real genuine discipleship.
One last thing, I think your breakdown was spot on, the only place I differ was the interpretation of, “I regret the way that I feel”. I actually think him saying “he misses getting drunk and the drugs and alcohol”, shows he regrets feeling that way. He regrets missing the drugs and alcohol, because he knows it only leads to to more pain and destruction. This song reminds me of suffering through the pain of withdrawal and feeling alone crying out to a God I had never known. This is the experience of an addict, still stuck in the throughs of addiction, lacking almost all understanding yet of who God is. This is a very real place for so many people and it was for me. I remember what it was like in that very moment, but crying out in the only way I knew how. It wasn’t until later I had come to understand the things you spoke on and I mentioned here. Before that though it was raw and real, I believe our God sees that and sees a genuine heart. I don’t think God requires a perfect theology to save us ( please know, I am not accusing you or saying you are claiming that he does. Just something that came to me and wanted to say.). Thank you again for the reaction and I would really enjoy connecting with you and sharing my full testimony. Maybe it could bring hope to your viewers. Dfrey87@live.com
I have followed you guys for a couple years now. Love the channel, love the discussions, love seeing the change in you guys over those years. I was raised Christian, and have a great foundation. Struggled with addiction, but luckily have been clean for 22 years. Love this song, love this discussion. Keep up the good work.
Fun fact: Tom made the confessional out of a corner of the clown world set in his backyard!! He said he used like 6 coats of black paint cause the blue and red kept showing lol 😂 he also put stain glass peel and stick decoration on his living room windows to appear as church windows and the illuminated cross was in his bedroom!! #independentbaby
Also, the message behind the reflection of the cross in his sunglasses represents drunken eyes blinded to grace and salvation, but it’s just on the other side!
But why is that?! Why if you get sober and cry out to God and never get released...only to pick up another addiction. This song is heavy. Just seems some people are set free immediately.
@@lv2bmama1 It’s not because God doesn’t help you it’s because We don’t give him time. Plus we still have to do our part to fight through it. God gives strength but let’s us reap what we sew as well. Toms struggling but he’s got the strength now that he doesn’t even want it anymore. He said that in a live
I love this song i was a "christian" for awhile as well as an alcoholic. Been sober 4 years and once you choose church it changes things.
Not church, Jesus* :)
Congrats on 4 years I’m up to 15 months so I gotcha 🤘
Congrats on 15 months man keep pushing brother you can have a great life and its a good feeling when you have a bad day you turn to Jesus not the bottle or dope! And yes Jesus not church agreed but was going with the idea of the song lol
Your breakdowns are getting better and better as you go. To get Pastor Rob to a tear is a powerful thing and im glad it grabbed you. Great reaction fellas, keep it up.
Thank you! I think I’m getting more comfortable in front of the camera and allowing myself to be a little more vulnerable with you guys. Thank you for watching. ❤️
It could absolutely be argued that Tom and Nova are a match made in heaven.
Tom seams to still be on his spiritual journey. I have faith that he will find the lord because the lord is speaking to and through him so loudly.
You take music of the world and put good word to it. I loved your message in this. Thank you.
I give thanks to God that I'm nearly 13 years sober.
I have been waiting for this reaction. You have a much more grounded take on this. In regards to Christianity and how it is indeed sold. People have been sold on this ideology of Christianity as a kind of utopia. Reality is struggle and hardships, along with celebration and joy. Thanks for this video. ✌🏼
I feel this so much and understand what he is dealing with. I deal with alcoholism on a daily basis and it's very hard to overcome and I find myself relapsing. I struggle but I will consistently do my best and not lose faith, props to him for sharing and trying to better himself and looking forward and reaching out.
I'm 10 years and counting....it's a battle everyday....but its worth every second.
I believe the line "it has only gotten worse" is because the people try to self medicate in an attempt to forget problems, but they are still there when they get sober plus all the new problems that your addiction caused.
Dry drunk. Have experienced it many a time.
God’s using Tom to save lives!
This was a beautiful reaction video ❤❤❤ God bless you 2
I pray those who made this song did so with a genuine spirit. That would be so beautiful 😭
Thank you guys
Such a good message you put out there. Praying for you pastor. Many need this message.
Tom is the man!
For a 16 year old who quit cutting, this hit really hard for me. The addiction never left me though. Just taking baby steps everyday...sharp things trigger me a lot. Addiction is tough... I relate to Tom, I don't have any help, I feel like I'm walking myself through life, I had to find out the Bible by myself. I like talking to Christians, it makes me feel safer.
First time hearing this song was when they released it and I had the same reactions I almost cried like a little baby
Robs shirt communicates to me the need for spiritually dead, separated from God, man to respond to the gospel of Jesus christ in faith! Probably Unintentional but very fitting for the song... Amen brothers I very much enjoyed this reaction.
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Love listening to you guys break it down and shout out to pastor Rob for being so down to earth with his son gauge (however you spell it) and with the audience. Respect how you make it all relevant to the Bible (truth)....What a great idea this is in today's culture. You will only know in eternity all those you guys have helped and led to the Lord Jesus.
Pretty sure its Gage. Gauge is the size of something round usually, piercings, shotgun shells, etc.
Is this yalls first-time hearing Brandon Hart? This is Tom's best friend & the one who funded Tom's " Dear Rappers " video/production .. the song that went viral and " gave " the world Tom! 🥰 Sent Tom from being just an AMAZING underground rapper to mass awareness. Brandon Hart is also an independent dope artist!!!!! Tom collabed with him on " NO GOOD BASTARDS ". He's also been in some of Brandon's songs also in past.
Perhaps he's saying that he hates that he even wants his addiction. That he has given it so much power over him.
He can't be canceled he doesn't have an outside music producer or recording studio contract. He does all of his own.
My son is an alcoholic, I feel the pain Tom is bringing up. I watched him suffer for over a decade. I am so proud of him for staying sober. I wish there was more I could do but I can’t do anything more to help him.
Hang in there Scott, a completely random stranger prayed for you today!
@@egomaniac247 thank You
Any human being, has at one time or another, cried out to "God" for HELP......the 8 year old child that wants their parents to stop fighting......that hormone filled teenager that just broke up and wants the "Hurt" to stop.....that 20 something yo that made a horrible decision in their life that they now have to take responsibility for......the drug addict or alcoholic that pleads for help. People tend to see "God" as a Genie, that you rub the bottle and get your 3 wishes. God ALWAYS answers a real prayer, but SOME times the answer is .................NO. Some times your lesson to learn is your lesson to learn and you get to live through it.
Another line from another Tom Song: "A Calm sea don't make a skilled sailor....so I thank the heavens for the stormy weather"
Tom talks about his guitar in this video @ the 1:25 mark: ua-cam.com/video/OXPm2JyCLec/v-deo.html I believe it's the Fender Jimmy Page Stratocaster
I'm always reminded of one particular line from the movie "Evan Almighty".
"If someone prays for courage, do you think God fills them with courage or do you think God gives them the opportunity to be courageous?"
If you really open your eyes, there are opportunities all around us. It is our test as human beings whether we accept the challenge.
@@stonemedia8901 As shit as that movie is, that's a damn good quote.
Love the videos as always, and love your discussions! It is nice to actually find a creator on UA-cam that can make great content and be biblically educational! Keep up the great work brother!
I was born and raised in a cult. I’m so happy I was kicked out of it at the age of 17. The hardest part in my life, even now (11 years later), is trying to reconnect with my Creator. There’s times I question why I had to go through what I did, and why I had to experience the loss that I had in my life. Why I felt I had to bury my pain in substances to make me numb...I thought no one was listening to me...but then I got pregnant with my first child...I quit all my bad habits, I got a life, and I am raising that BEAUTIFUL angel He sent to me to get me through my hell on earth. I now have 3 BEAUTIFUL children, and a loving husband. My husband knows what I lived through, the PTSD I have because of it, and why I am so ignorant of everyday life ‘in the world’...but he is my guiding angel. I could never have made it through without them, and I know that my creator sent them to me in my time of need. They saved my life.
Thank you for sharing. God is always with us and I also don’t understand why things happen. Maybe your story will save another person. It is very powerful. I have been sober for over 9 years and I know God lead me into AA. I love hearing people’s stories because I can identify with them.
From my experience coming to God brings trials, but these trials are goals to hurdle while getting closer to our Maker. Kind of like going to Boot Camp for the rest of your life. The good thing is myself plus God are an army.
That was a awesome review, I needed that! Thank you!
Thanks
Love the content and discussion. I know life is busy but I'd dig more frequent videos.
On a second note, with the passing DMX, a listen to DMXs "A dogs prayer" 1-5 would be really discussion provoking. His talks to god were very intense, good and thought provoking.
Jason Zerby, I just heard “Ready to Meet Him” by DMX off of his album “Blood of My Blood, Flesh of My Flesh and I was crushed😧😢😭 WHOA!! By the way, RIP to Black Rob who also just passed away on Saturday. Prayer to both families of X and Rob 🙏
I just discovered your channel today, and this was the second video I watched. I absolutely needed the reminder that you shared toward the end of the video.
Thanks for watching! ❤️
God is listening tom
Everyone struggles! This song ( in my opinion ) is relatable to most . Knowing in your heart what your doing isn’t the best thing to be doing and doing it anyway.
I like the dichotomy of the two 'solutions' to working through your problems. The drink is the quick fix that numbs your pains for a short while, but then wears off and just introduces its own problems down the line. The bible is the opposite. You can't get any instant resolutions to your issues, but have to use it to improve yourself over time, and it's the person you become who will carry the weight that is the final fix for your problems moving forward.
I'm not theistically religious myself, but I appreciate the lessons and wisdom that can be found in those pages.
One of my favorite songs by Tom.
I just found your channel and im excited to go back and watch older videos and what you upload going forward.
Hey gauge! Have you ever considered making your own little separate channel where you show off your musical talents & what your currently working on, etc. I think that would be really awesome to see! Great job as always guys. Love the intellectual debates you create within my own head space!
Yes Tom plays
Amen
Pastor Rob - I wish you could sit down here at the house and jam on some smoked BBQ. I wish Christians were more like you. Nothing but love for you.
Only thing im addicted to in nictoine, and i have no plan of quitting. But i've had a lot of family members addicted to various things, mostly alcohol. And this song cuts deep because i feel like it gives me some insight into how it feels for them.
you really should check out Tom's song "best rapper ever". He does a great job showing his battle with his inner demons. Respect.
Almost didn't watch but you guys have drastically improved since you started. Cheers!
None of you know me but I still ask that you pray for me. I appreciate you even if we don't follow the same faith.
My take on this was about his addiction, and recovery. Any addict that has gone through AA or NA knows that one of the steps is to acknowledge that there is a higher power, greater than yourself. I don't think that it's about the "like to get drunk" it's the conflict and weakness one can feel when you know what you need or should do, vrs. what you want to do because of that addiction. It makes you feel weak, alone and isolated, and addicts often use and push away those who love them, which that makes it even worse. The song seems to me, that he speaks of that very low point, when you feel alone and weak, but there is the knowing of a force greater than your own. You have to crawl out of that, and it is very possible, but hard, but also totally worth it.
Realest MC in the gizzzammmme foshizzle ma nizzle
Just stumbled on this I have watched several reacts and have also seen Tom live twice . Can I ask for you to say a 🙏 for me, please ?? Moved to a new town 7 months ago , and I keep telling myself all I need is church but the fear of choosing a church that I don’t feel a connection with and/or meeting new people just to be let down has kept me pretty much isolated when I’m not working . I just don’t really see the point of much anymore and I I feel too far from God for him to even hear me anymore ... did I mention that I live next door to church, even ?? Thank you both in advance ❤️.
Great reaction! Love detailed inputs! HOG 🤟
I had something happen to me a few years ago. I have bad Crohn's disease and have anxiety issues. Before I had to get Surgery the first time I was given Percocet. I did good and had no issues till I took the rest of what I was prescribed a few months later. I had to give up on College and on a whim started taking them to escape my situation and that is when it went downhill. I was in bad withdrawals and I asked God to please help me. I felt really euphoric after. I’ve never experienced that before. I wish I would of stayed off them sadly it got me again plus I had to have surgery again last year. It sucks I keep having to return for legitimate reasons and I get bit. Luckily I'm not sell everything I own, etc. I am afraid of the future though.
We (our bodies) are the temple the church we are housing God.. search within .
Hey Pastor Rob, just wanna say that first off, I absolutely love yours and Gauge’s input on every song that you guys have reacted to and secondly (I’ll be honest I don’t know where to go to send you requests) but can you guys one day react to a song called Lo Lamento by Love and Death and another song called The Wilderness by Cliffside? Those are two songs that I would absolutely love to see you guys react to and see your input on it. Keep the content coming and looking forward to seeing more
Another good video. Glad to see Gauge has opened up much more than the early videos.
Amen brothers. Being a Christian doesn't take away the struggle but Christ makes life and our struggles and trials bearable.
Google the Holodomor. Where exactly was Christ to make struggles and trials "bearable" when 3-7 million Ukrainians were forcibly starved to death? How about when parents had to eat (some times kill them first) their children to live?
@@hermaeusmora2945 if it is placed on your heart then do something about it instead of complaining. I wasn't referring to physical struggle but the struggle that actually matters which is the spiritual one. But i guarantee you that the the starving believer believes more in God and His salvation than an atheist who sits in the comfort of their homes with full stomachs.
@@BRUISER14 All i can do is pray because i've been handicapped by "vengeance is mine" and "don't answer evil for evil" and weirdly prayer hasn't changed things and absolutely evil people engage in evil and God does nothing to them.
@@hermaeusmora2945 so taking vengeance is going over there and feeding people?
For those facing the struggle, regardless of what form the enemy takes (drugs, alcohol, depression, anxiety or any other form), keep praying for strength and know that the answer is waiting for you. When you keep these things in secret, you hide from the angels that are sent and ready to help you.
All you need to do is reach out to those that are ready to help, one or more of them may be your angel.
#HOG The Army ✌🏽
Faith cannot fix chemical imbalances in your brain. PLEASE stop spreading the idea that struggling with mental health can be solved via faith, it only extends suffering. PLEASE see a doctor if you struggle with mental health, medication exists to help you and THEN you can use faith to help you manage it.
@@ticklord you didn’t read the entire post moron.
I never said faith would fix it. I said they need to have faith that there is someone who can help and that they need to reach out to others and, hopefully, they would find that person.
I said what I said, it is what it is and you need to grasp the entire message before becoming triggered and spew nonsense.
FYI: I have chemical imbalances in my brain and deal with depression. It’s not something I could fix on my own but I had to have faith that someone out there could help. It is that faith that I had that led me to being better equipped to deal with the struggle.
I listen to this when I had to put my dog down it made me cry 😢he's at peace this songs great
OMG WAS WATING FOR THIS 🙌🏼 thank you so much for this reaction 🙏 not going to lie , I was keep searching to see if you guys uploaded it xD
Thank you for the encouragement. 🙏
He just got a guitar for his birthday from Nova, taught himself how to play!!
Yeah Tom is definitely talented. No doubt about it.
Love your stuff and love your insight! God Bless
Been fighting off my addictions lately and this song's chorus has been my mantra to keep me away from what's been keeping me tied down. Sex addiction, Porn addiction I have been dealing with since I was FIVE! Watched Ben-Hur (the 1959 Charlton Heston version) for the first time last night, and my faith and Jesus grew stronger seeing the crucifixion scene. I feel I've been getting stronger and hearing the lord's voice louder each day. God bless all of you reading and fighting right next to me.
Hang in there bro! Porn addiction is real! Keep reading your Bible and keep praying. But when you do those things, it appears like the addiction gets stronger, but keep fighting sir!!
Novas imagery and symbolism in Toms songs is all there for a reason
What do you mean?
@@alexf1520 I mean what I say, Tom has knowledge of what the music industry is really about, as does Nova, so any symbolism in that vain is put there purposefully. In the same context, she chooses imagery that compliments the message of the song
@@mattkingcome8495 okay thanks
Amen!
Thank you for your content and discussion around the lyrical content of this track. It is only the second time i have stumbled across your channel, but my observations are the same as my first viewing.
After hearing your thoughts it would have been interesting to have had the opportunity to have heard Gauge’s thoughts too.
Allow him the time and space to express himself freely, without interruption, as i am sure he can add value and insight from a younger person’s perspective, that we elders cannot bring. Amen.