Encouragement
Sexually broken...Identity is getting confused in this complex society of ours...
Those who had sexually abuse issue in the past...Those who have dysfunctional family...
The WORDS of God contains 'power', power to transform one's life, power to heal one's brokenness. Do we believe it?
Are you having friends who are struggling with homosexuality? Are they getting confused with their identities, they dressed up like the opposite sex, they tend to think like the opposite sex? Are you concern about your friends, your relatives? Not knowing what to do?
Over the years, as I shared my testimony on the internet, some parents had kept in touch with me, they found my testimony inspiring and encouraging them to keep praying for their sons/daughters turn back to God, and let God heals their identity confusion.
It takes great effort in prayer, need to be persistent in doing so, not giving up on "believing" God can change them.
It might seem gloom at times in your sight, you might sense of a dark cloud covering your hope, your hope seem not rising up again, everything seem to be the end of the world....
May I encourage you that, "God is able", we meant not to give up and lose hope!!!
Other practical way is, how we treat those who struggle. Is our attitude like - Okay, up to you, you run your own life.
Well, their salvation is in God's hands, but we do have responsibilities to correct them and let them know they have sinned against God's design.
How about you feel like saying, "I think they meant to be that way, God created them like that, we should not criticize them, let them be so."
Perhaps you have been deceived by Satan's lies. Brothers and Sisters....In Genesis, it clearly says that God created MEN AND WOMEN. God mentioned in 1 Corinthian that those were some of you in the past, now you are washed and cleansed. God described it as a 'sin' and also if you read carefully in 1 Corinthian, God said, now you are washed, now you are cleansed - it indicated that, homosexuality can be changed and it's a sin. If that cannot be changed, God would not say, that was who you were in the past, but now you are washed.
Do we read God's words carefully and take that to heart in "belief" or have you got any disbelief in your heart that you need to be repented of??
Beware of what we are thinking, when we said, we should not criticize them, God created them like that....we are in deception! There's no passage in the Bible that says, God created the homosexuals.
God created men and women - that's the standard of what marriage is supposed to be like.
So are you concerning your friends and your relatives....
Consistent Prayer is important...and "LOVE" in Jesus'way is also important.
I am not talking about, "just love", "just mercy and grace" without the truth in the Bible.
What is the "Truth" - Jesus can heal, can transform their lives.
Many gay churches, they open wide their arms for the homosexuals, welcoming them by saying ...."we show you grace, mercy and love." Yes, it does sound so attractive to them, surely yes.
Our belief, the central belief is that, God is able, He has the power to change. We as believers have to know it, believe it wholeheartedly. Otherwise, we won't be able to share the same LOVE to others.
If we love enough, we would act.
Telling the "truth" is a must not an option.
Uphold the name of Jesus, believing that He can.
That's the TRUTH we all need to uphold and know it by heart!!!
LOVE=JESUS
When Jesus was on earth, He went to the poor, the needy, the broken-hearted, He just went to them, extending His hands, that's His passion on earth to heal people like us.
There were far too many examples for us to see and to know, when one was willing to accept Jesus' offer of help, that person gets healed by his/her trust in Jesus.
Jesus extends, We accept.
Shall we extend our 'love' to the broken, take some action?
Shall we be prayerful and busy showing them 'love' that they might know Jesus accepts and loves them so dearly that Jesus wants to see them get healed?
Or have we been blocking the way of 'love' to reach out to the broken?
We are blocking the way - when we hate the person, when we ignore their problem/struggle, when we tell half truth not the whole truth (show them grace and mercy, but not love with TRUTH).
Are you acting like the channel of God, to bring them to wholeness in their brokenness????
Have you prayed for them? Have you felt like giving up on hope?
Our God is able, He is the Almighty.
Wait on HIM.
Nothing is too hard for our God to do, 'Healing' is God's business.
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