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We are living
proof!
 These
are just a few stories representing many who identify
as Gay Christians. You've heard it said - "Who would
choose to be gay? It's such a difficult life!" Try
being Gay & Christian! We get criticism from both
sides saying it's just not possible. However, we keep
our eyes on Jesus Christ who is our strength and our refuge.
We share our stories in hope to encourage you in your
journey with God.
Jesus replied:
" 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and
with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the
first and greatest commandment. And the second is like
it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and
the Prophets hang on these two commandments. Matthew 22:37
(NIV)
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You are not alone!
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As a pastor’s
daughter Kori Ashton grew up in the
church and a very religious environment.
She committed her heart to God at four
years old and began dreaming of traveling
the world singing for Jesus. However,
Kori’s feelings of same sex attraction
began at this early age as well. She
was taught that those feelings were
sinful and that she could never admit
to them, much less act on them. Homosexuality
seemed to be the worst sin possible.
Her secret struggle began and it would
last for more than 25 years.
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Even after admitting
that I was gay, though, I believed for a long
time that I would become straight if I kept
praying faithfully and consistently for healing.
I didn't abandon that notion until the Holy
Spirit began to work on my heart. I had been
searching for "success stories"
of others who had done it, but I found none
that made sense to me in light of my own experience.
At that point I stopped telling God what I
wanted Him to do and started asking Him to
show me what to do. For the first time in
my life, I had to admit that I didn't have
the answers anymore. I wasn't smart enough
or "Christian" enough to figure
out what to do. All I could do was humble
myself, get on my knees and beg.
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Although
I knew I had heard from God, it still
took me 2-3 years to finally come
to accept myself as a gay male. The
hardest part for me was Spiritually.
I had always been led to believe that
I would go to hell if I were gay.
I withdrew from the Christianity that
I grew up on because I didn't see
it being able to work together with
my homosexual side, but today realize
that was a lie of the enemy.
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I am a Christian.
That’s my faith. I am a lesbian.
That’s my sexual orientation.
I make no apology for being either and
if after all is said and done I remain
a contradiction to some folks then that’s
the way it will be. I can’t prevent
someone from rejecting the presence
of God in my life, or calling the love
between my partner and I perverted,
or even denying the sufficiency of salvation
through faith by requiring I be heterosexual
to receive it. In the same way no one
has the power to remove the confidence
I have in God, or diminish the quality
of love I’ve been graced to share
with my Beloved, or say or do anything
that will separate me from the love
of God I have in Christ Jesus.
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