CALLING CHRISTIAN LEADERS TO ACT IN LOVE TO IMPACT THE LGBT COMMUNITY

THE CHURCH’S GANGRENE

Simon Reading

There are demonic strongholds that are dividing the church on many different subjects and levels. The caring for those within the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community is just one of the many struggles that the Church is confronted with, and they are failing to meet. The Church is failing to meet the spiritual needs of this community because of one dominate spirit that has arrested and taken controlled over the Church – the Spirit of Pride.


The Spirit of Pride is so influential that it is the main source behind most, if not all forms of sin – whether individually or collectively. It is so powerful that it spreads swiftly and is as destructive as gangrene – rotting souls from the inside out – effecting the Church’s primary organ that gives it life. It’s heart, that is, love – the love for things that God loves.


Over time, the Church has allowed their hearts to become harder toward the things that God loves – that God wants to save, to rescue (2 Peter 3:9). Instead of fulfilling the command in which Christ has called us to fulfilled (Matthew 7:12; Mark 12:29-31), the Church has opted for a position of dominance, power, and authority over God’s commandment of love. This has resulted in the Church positioning themselves in direct opposition to God’s purpose, plans and will through many of his servant’s callings and instructions on the earth (Acts 5:35-39). The Church is the main source being used to hinder the movement and blessings of God’s kingdom reaching its climax on the earth. Yes! It is God’s people – their disunity, divisiveness, lying and slanderous behaviors that are infecting the heart of the Church and spreading like poisonous gangrene from one person to the next, until it infiltrates an entire congregation. Pulsating from one congregation to the next. And through its root, the Spirit of Pride, it corrupts a person or congregation’s heart, which ultimately manifests itself in the form of slander, which birth life to the Spirit of Confusion.


WHEN CHURCH LEADERS SLANDER OTHER PEOPLE GROUPS

Kevin Cauley

When a person, like a pastor, slanders another person or people group, like the LGBT community, by making false statements, that person (the pastor) causes other people to have a bad opinion of someone or some group, like the LGBT community. This Spirit of Pride, in harmony with the Spirit of Confusion, creates a concoction within the body of Christ that spills over from one person to the next, causing an entire congregation to form a slanderous image of the LGBT community from indecent jokes, jesters or language spoken from the pulpit or in a small group setting. For example, one well-respected Prophet of God said from the pulpit while addressing the issue of homosexuality, “All a gay man needs is some time with a pretty girl to straighten him right up.” How far from the truth and a slanderous statement that is. What a broken gay man needs, is not a pretty girl who is incapable of healing him from his brokenness. What he needs is an encounter with Christ, and loving support from a strong, healthy, spirit-driven congregation and leaders who are willing to walk with him through his process from brokenness to freedom. He needs from the Church to do the one thing Christ has called the Church to do – LOVE (John 13:34-35).


But, the Church has withheld genuine Christ-like love from anyone who does not meet their preferred standard of living. From anyone who does not fix the appearance or livelihood of how they see themselves. Forsaking that we are to see as God sees and not as a man (Isaiah 55:8-9; 1 Samuel 16:7). Because the Church has masked their judgmental views by labeling it as an act of love, the words at Matthew 15:18-19 are timely. It reads, “the words you speak come from the heart – that’s what defiles you. For from the heart comes evil THOUGHTS, murder, adultery, all sexual immorality, theft, LYING, and SLANDER. These are what defiles you….”


Now hear me clearly. I am not trying to defile any of my brothers based on false statements or slanderous comments they have made about gay men from God’s pulpit – God’s earthly throne. For instance, the Prophet’s comment I mentioned earlier, I still follow his ministry and would follow him to the ends of the earth, despite this slanderous statement he made. Because I know God is with him. But, he erred in his judgment. He erred in the way he used God’s earthly throne. He sided on the side of error in his comment, which I hope he has repented of. I believe this brother misspoke in his own arrogance and left a negative impression, a false narrative among his congregates. For some members of his congregation, he either reinforced or planted the seed of pride and confusion within their hearts. Which will over time, fester and spread among his members until his entire congregation’s hearts have become harder toward the LGBT community. Resulting in what? Resulting in that congregation inability to effectively help to plant, water, and help grow the hearts of the LGBT community in their respective community toward God and the things of God. His comment(s) instead, shuts the door of the Good News in the spirit and the nature realms from infiltrating and spreading to the people in the LGBT community in his respective territory. Further delaying the coming of God’s Kingdom to its fullest. Remember, it is God’s desire that no one is destroyed (2 Peter 3:9). And yet, comments such as these works against God’s purpose, plans, and will. For example, in another church, a senior pastor stated from the pulpit, when addressing homosexuality, that he was told by a male who supposed to have been freed from homosexuality – that ALL gays have hundreds of sexual partners. It was explained from the pulpit as if this was not an exception to the rule. This was normal behavior within the LGBT community. The number that this pastor gave was 500 partners or more. This half-truth can leave the wrong impression about ALL members within the LGBT community. This statement left some of the pastor’s church members believing that EVERY gay and lesbian live such a wild, irresponsible and uncontrollable lifestyle. Far from the truth for individuals who choose to live this life. Most within the LGBT community is involved in a monogamous relationship – a single sexual partner during a period of time. Some even practices celibacy. However, the impression that this pastor left among his congregates as it relates to members of the LGBT community, caused some of his members to lump ALL LGBT members with other harmful sexual perversive groups.


GOD IS CALLING ALL LEADERS TO ACT IN LOVE




Madison Press

Do you see a pattern here? When leaders do not speak, act, instruct, or teach to its congregates from God’s perspective or position concerning specific groups, our personal opinions and solutions are offered instead, which can cause more harm and work against God’s purpose, plans and will for humanity. We offered our own evil thoughts or judgmental views and cover them with such terms as love, which deepens the wedge of God’s people from people they are called to love, care for and serve. When we offer our own evil thoughts or judgmental views which can mislead God’s people and cause many to focus only on the speck that is in the eyes of members in the LGBT community – their shortcomings, their sins (Matthew 7:1-5). Jesus had a name for this type of behavior and attitude. “Hypocrites!” (Matthew 7:5)


We as Christians are acting hypocritical when it comes to our acts and actions toward the LGBT community. We are so focused on their sins and immediately correcting and converting them, instead of acknowledging that


1. They are just a sinful as we are. Romans 3:23 says everyone EXCEPT Christians…. NO! It says for EVERYONE has sinned. We ALL fall short of God’s glorious standard. But, we present the Good News to the LGBT community as if they are filthy, and we are not.


2. We misrepresent the love of God for this group through our dirty jokes and jesters; our misstatement of statistical facts about people within this community; lies we knowingly or unknowingly, spend about this community, especially about people God has rescued from this lifestyle; and the slanderous words we speak against them.


God wants to put an end to anything that is hindering the forward progress of the climax of his Kingdom coming to its fullness here on earth. Therefore, he wants his leaders to STOP IT! Stop tearing down the LGBT community through our words and actions and build this community up by means of the love of Christ and the Good News of his Kingdom. There is a time and place to address acts that are not of God, but we have to remember, we are called to love. To focus on loving them. Loving them does not require to point out and focus on their sin. Trust me. When you genuinely established a loving and trusting relationship with members within the LGBT community, God will create healthy opportunities for you as his servant to address their sins in the most loving and productive ways.


So, I offer up this challenge and warning to ALL Church leaders, especially anyone who leads a Bible study group, ministry leaders, and God’s prophets, apostles and worship leaders, become an advocate as Christ for the LGBT community. Follow the example Christ set for us as described in James chapters 3, 4, and 5. Apply these principles in our dealings and interactions with the LGBT community and through our conversations about the LGBT community to the congregations and people we influence.


• Keep away from judgmental ways, views, and comments against them


• Avoid boasting our plans or perspective about them and see them as Christ does


• Patiently endure their shortcomings as Christ has yours


• Offer up mountain-like powerful prayers for the LGBT community


• Add value to the Kingdom of God by helping to restore members of the LGBT who have wandered from the Truth


• Help all members of the LGBT community to reconcile with Christ through acts of love that will help to transform their lives

• Use God’s throne, the pulpit, to build them up and give them hope for the promises God has promised them. Yet, when God does calls us to tear down the mindset and heart conditions that directly related to this group, stay away from obscene jokes or comments, name-calling (i.e. dyke, butch, faggot, or other belittling names) avoid misleading facts that you cannot prove or provide accurate evidence for, and don’t share outright lies or half-truths?

A Stimulating Story for the LGBT Community, Their Families & The Church

SURRENDERING: A BLUEPRINT OF MY LIFE is a stimulating story that will transform the lives of gays, lesbians, parents of the gays and lesbians, and the Body of Christ.

Some members of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community are soul-searching. They are deeply pondering some serious questions about their lifestyle choice, but not finding real answers nor solutions. Deaidre Newby and Felicia Crawford understand this first hand. They personally understand what it is like to live a homosexual life, but one may not be sure if this the life you are called to live. Is this who you really are and who God created you to be?

No one can answer these real-life questions better than an individual who has actually lived this life. Too many in the Church have failed to meet the emotional and spiritual needs of those that are genuinely soul searching because too many lack the sensitivity, and the understanding that is deeply rooted in this community. This is why voices like Deaidre and Felicia are so desperately needed to be heard not only throughout the sealed walls of the LGBT community, but also within our Church community.

Deaidre and Felicia’s stories can set people on the right path, enable them to rethink their methodology and life direction, provide them better options and how to successfully overcome sexual challenges.

Want to hear their story? Want to know how you or your loved one can successfully overcome such challenges? Contact us today, and let's take this life journey together to discover the real you.

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Why Is Homosexuality So Difficult To Talk About? Why Is It So Complex?

Why is Homosexuality so difficult to talk about? Because no one, especially those who live a homosexual life, wants to or don’t know how to or don’t know where to begin to address the complexities that surround such a lifestyle. It’s problematic because no one wants to really address its root cause or causes.

For some parents, there are two factors that play into why it is difficult for them to address the root cause of their adult child’s homosexuality.

1. FEAR. One of a parent biggest fear is to learn years after the fact that a family member, or a family friend, or even a stranger has molested their child, and the parent had no idea of the incident or incidents. For these innocent parents, this is like Nightmare on Elm Street. These parents were clueless about the things that were happening to their child. And now, years later, their child has opted to live out his or her same-sex attraction due to the traumatic experience of their molestation or other forms of abuses or neglect that has gone unaddressed. This is like a slap in the face, a sucker punch in the gut for parents who don’t understand their child’s lifestyle choice. It throws most parents into an emotional spiral because they are confused by their child’s choice and their hands are tied to do anything about it.
    
   So, for most of these types of parents, it's easier to choose not to rock the boat in an attempt to help their adult child who has succumbed to homosexuality as a coping mechanism. It’s just easier to avoid it, not talk about it, to look the other way, to not address their own as well as their child’s demons, their suffering, their pain, or their issues as it relates to childhood traumatic experiences. Yet, deep inside every parent, they want to know. But, FEAR prevents them from dealing with the underlying causes because no one wants to experience or deal with the pain that will surely follow. Either way, the parent is deeply wounded inside because they feel they have missed something. Resulting in them failing to protect their children from traumatic experiences that could have possibly been avoided if they were more attentive; if they saw and responded properly to all the warning signs. But, somehow, they missed it, and there is no way to go back in time to change or correct it. There is no easy way to fix it.
    
2. Well, to be honest, there is no easy way to express this second scenario as it relates to this next type of parents. In this scenario, there are two types of parents in this category.
   
   
   1. Parents who are aware that their child is being abused by a family member, family friend or suspect some person is harming their child, but does nothing to investigate or stop it. Maybe that parent was a victim themselves. Or because of the era in which that parent was raised has warped their minds so that he or she thinks that such predatory or abusive behaviors are normal, acceptable, ok. So, they do nothing to stop the trauma that is disrupting their child’s upbringing.
   2. Then there are those parents who are the perpetrators. They are the one that is victimizing their child – causing the physical and or emotional trauma against their child.
      
      
      In both of these cases, the vicious cycle that is created is to keep the actions of the perpetrator a secret. As a result, the innocent – the child, suffers because of the sins of all the adults involved – that is the perpetrator and those who are aware or witnesses the abuse. It is a common practice to pretend that the abuse is not happening and hope that the child will get through it – weather the storm. But, what is so weird about these two scenarios is that, when the child who was the victim turns out gay, or a lesbian, or bisexual, or transgender, no one seems to understand why. Why is that? It is because it’s easier to say, they were born that way. It’s the fault of genetics, which cannot be controlled. Then to say, it’s the father’s fault, who sexually abused his child for years. The fathers or other individuals who commit such acts are capable of controlling their proclivity behaviors, but they chose to act them out. Or it’s the mother who is part a contributor to, their child’s homosexual outcome because the mother failed to act, failed to be proactive, failed to protect or be combative on behalf of their child. Either way, the secret sins of a family member, family friend or stranger has led to the parents’ child to experience childhood traumas that created and the root cause of identity confusion and identity crisis, which most likely has led to same-sex attraction.

The factors that make homosexuality, complex is because (1) no one wants to be transparent and talk about truths. (2) No one wants to be held accountable for their part in their child’s lifestyle choice. Nor does the one practicing homosexuality wants to hold him or herself accountable for allowing their past to drive themselves into such a life. Those who are living this life don’t want to confront their past pains because it hurts too much. And for the few that have done so, it's not an easy path to take. In my case, I have experienced that most will deny your claims in one form or another. Depending on how much evidences are already public knowledge. Many will do everything they can to prevent you from obtaining your personal healing from your past, which, if you let it, can further perpetuate your pain and emotional uncertainties. Family members, some friends, and others may mock and criticize you for trying to properly deal with your past and block your efforts to confront the perpetrator if that’s what God requires you to do in order to obtain your healing. (Yes, people will continue to protect the perpetrator even long after the fact). For instance, for me, God encouraged and directed me to address my past childhood abuses primarily through my writing – books and social media. The backlash I received from some family members, and especially from THE CHURCH was ridiculous. Why such a reaction? Because when one person within a region is bold enough to speak openly about such matters and about those involved and the contributors, it inspires others (those who have remained silent for far too long about their family secrets) to act. Eventually, the boldness of one will cause a bandwagon effect, beginning a chain reaction that causes others to speak up, which leads to the exposure of people and their sins and bad behaviors. People don’t want that, including people in the Church. There is darkness all around us causing havoc in innocent people’s lives – inside and outside the Church. And God, a God of justice cannot allow it to continue as is. God’s word says one thing that God cannot do. GOD CANNOT LIE (Hebrews 6:18; Titus 1:2; Numbers 23:19; John 8:44). And because he cannot lie, he must respond to what he says about himself in his word.

“FOR ALL THAT IS SECRET WILL EVENTUALLY BE BROUGHT INTO THE OPEN, AND EVERYTHING THAT IS CONCEALED WILL BE BROUGHT TO LIGHT AND MADE KNOWN TO ALL” (Luke 8:17) For all those who are living a homosexual life, or questioning your sexuality, please note what is said in Luke – “EVENTUALLY”. Sooner or later, at God’s appointed time, our personal trauma will have its day in God’s Court of Justice. And in that season, God will do what is said at Luke and bring about your vindication and justice. He will expose things and bring about justice in his heavenly court against the perpetrator(s), those who knew and did nothing, and those who suspect and choose to look the other way. There is an accounting for all sins because God must respond especially to unrepented sins that violated your innocence. For the past 3 years, my own past had reached its climax in God’s heavenly court and things are right now being exposed and revealed that has been kept in secret for far too long. Unfortunately, more children over the years have been hurt by the same perpetrator that violated me because too many family members, friends, and others of the perpetrator did not warn the next victim of the danger. But, there will be an accounting for those acts too.

But, what God is most concern about is you and your healing. He is knocking and tugging at many of your all hearts, guaranteeing you that Justice is coming. Justice is coming. Don’t give up on him because your healing, your restoration, your Justice is coming.

So, is there hope for those children, who are now adults, and living a homosexual life due to their childhood traumatic experience? YES! God is a God of justice, and we have to be consciously aware of that fact. And because of his justice, every living being must one-day answer for all sinful acts they have committed. Now, to us who were victims of the perpetrators, it may seem that God isn’t answering. He is not answering our outcries for justice. Therefore, he doesn’t care. Or, he doesn’t see. And even for some, you may have dismissed God altogether. Believing there is no way there can be a God after all you have been through and experienced. Take comfort in my words and rest to sure that God is at work on your behalf. He will bring about a fair hearing and justice on your behalf at his appointed time. He has seen all the injustices that were done to you. He saw every act, and he responded with great anger. But, God is a God of love. So, his acts of justice must also encompass his love. Which is why God allowing time for the wrongdoer to expose his or her own sin, get the help they need, repent and completely abandon their sinful behaviors. Either way, in God’s due time, God chooses the right time to bring your case to its completion and to bring about your vindication and justice. God will hold every unrepented culprit, unrepented individuals who were aware of such offensive sins and unrepented witnesses to such sins accountable for not acting righteously on your behalf. And for those who do repent and abandon such horrendous sins, they will have to live with the consequences of their sins that would naturally occur throughout their remaining days of their life for such sinful acts. God does not shield us from our wrongful decisions. We do still feel the effects of bad decisions, even after we have repented and  abandoned such behaviors.

GOD HEARS THE CHATTER BEHIND CLOSED DOORS AND HE WILL ANSWER

I think I need to make my position very clear for some. In God's kingdom, God did not call me from out of my mess to shepherd his flock of people - the Church. That's what we have prophets, pastors, elders, and bishops for.


When I accepted Jesus invitation to turn my life around and return to my faith, he called me to ministry to help prepare and reshape the hearts and minds of the LGBT community. So that, in my effort to sow seeds, to water their hearts and minds and in tur...n GOD makes my efforts in tending to their souls, he will make their desire for him grow. In turn, IF, if they respond to the Good News and see what the Good News has done for me, THEN, then they will return or for the first time, come to GOD'S HOUSE to be SHEPHERED by God's leaders - the prophets, the pastors, the elders, and the bishops.

I am not trying to speak directly to the Church. However, the things I speak to help the members within the LGBT that receive my words, does at some point, directly impact the Church. And IF the CHURCH don't prepare their hearts and minds to be ready for the great harvest that GOD is about to bring about as it relates to the LGBT community. And IF they, the CHURCH keeps neglecting and turning away these individuals FROM GOD'S HOUSE, then there will be blood on those leaders' hands as Ezekiel clearly speaks about in his book.


As the Church, we CANNOT JUST yell SIN, SIN - ONLY verbally warning people of their sins and then wipe our hands and say I've done my part. Matthew commands that we are required TO TEACH AND MAKE DISCIPLES (Matthew 28:18-20).


I'm doing my part. I am running into every alleyway, storefront, dangerous areas, mountain tops, putting myself in harm's way TO PREACH GOD'S KINGDOM to the LGBT community. But God is asking - WHERE IS MY CHURCH!! WHERE ARE MY TEACHERS!! WHERE ARE PRAYER WARRIORS!! WHERE ARE MY PROPHETS!! WHERE ARE MY HEALERS!! WHERE ARE MY SHEPHEREDS!! WHERE ARE THEY! Who are bindING up the wounds of my broken children that I AM bringing out.


I send my children into retrieved the lost. And come out with plenty. Good job my well and faithful slave. But they turn to the left. They turn to right, and they have no where to lay these weak, broken souls.


I don't have to answer to God for not doing my part constantly. But, there are many who are sitting inside the four walls of the Church and behind the pulpit that will have answer to God. WHERE WERE YOU WHEN I NEEDED YOU TO TEND TO THE LOST SHEEP FROM OUT OF WILDERNESS? MY SERVANT BROUGHT HIM OR HER TO YOU AND YOU WERE IN HIDING, YOUR LOCK THE DOORS OF MY HOUSE, AND YOU WERE NO WHERE TO BE FOUND.


IJS!!! I don't know who God is mad at the moment. And is speaking behind closed doors. But I am feeling God's rage at some PEOPLE that is challenging him directly at the moment and grieving the Holy Spirit. Be careful (Acts 5:39). The warning has been set in motion by God himself.

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“... These stories did not have to end this way. There is a better way, if the Church will set aside their pride and open their hearts and church’s doors to make room for the broken within the LGBT community....”

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... Repair Broken Men - Sexual Abuse....

Sexual abuse just don't involve girls, but boys too. Left to fend their own wounds can leave permanent scars that last a lifetime.


But, there is hope, healing and restoration. Many fail to realize that healing can only begin if you are willing to confront it's true root. Meaning, it was not until my mid-thirties before I was willing to confront the source of my deep wounds, which stemmed from my childhood abuses.


I only grained real freedom, peace and healing until I conquered the lion from my past, my own demons, and holding myself accountable for my emotional stability. As well as allowing God complete control over my healing, which led me to speaking openly and publicly about my past pain, struggles, addictions, self-destructive ways to cope, and those who were contributors and accountable for my pain. It's by your testimony where your strongholds lose its power over you (Revelation 12:11).

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