As from my personal experience, i can say that knowing God is a priviledge that everyone can benefit. Sometimes due to experiences that i have lived in the past, these experiences were like a wall that separated me from touching the heart of God. So I asked myself what is it inside me that was separating me from reaching up to Him. So what I did, I just give myself wholeheartedly to Him, forgetting everything that I have ever lived in the past, giving Him the 1st place in life. That's how today I can say that He forgives, and 'old things are passed away behold all that become new'. Giving him the 1st place in my life, allows me to live a better relationship with Him as it's easier for me to confide everything to Him, to ask for His will in everything that I do, to feel His presence by my sides. Being forgiven by Him, brings me nearer to Him, and as such life is a pleasure as everything that I do, I do it with love, I live my life according to His wishes so that in everything that I do, I find Him. So seeking God with a pure heart works miracles... According to Jesus, God`s forgiveness is motivated by love.Yes that's true... it's when we seek Him with our inner soul... our heart's opened to Him with good intentions, He hears us... and He forgives us...