TRANSFORMATION - HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN?
Rom 12:2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is--his good, pleasing and perfect will. NIV
Hundreds of people have experienced transformation and have left behind any identity other than their identity as believers in Jesus Christ. For some this has included dramatic reduction in same-sex feelings. For some, there has been little change in their feelings but great change in their identity.
Finding something better, gives us the power to discard what we once thought was our greatest value, the things we held with greatest pride. For those who find the 'pearl of great price' (Matt 13:46), desire is for the one who loves with pure and sacrificial love, and all counterfeits to fulfillment are laid down at his feet.
It is not a matter of doing 'what is right', it is a matter of finding something better. And relationship with Jesus that grows, is by far better than any attempt to be completed by any human. No one can take his place. He is our prize. Heb 12:2 "looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God."
Giving up our false beliefs and submitting to the way of the cross may well be the hardest path to choose. Entering through a narrow door (Lu 13:24) to walk a narrow way, will cause many to deride you and discourage you. Heading off on the broad way looks so much easier and more pleasurable but it ends in destruction. God is with you on the path to righteousness and peace. Walking it with Jesus means you are with the one who literally is 'the way, the truth and the life. (Jon 14:6) It is a path to life. It is a pilgrim's journey that few find, and yet many are numbered in that 'few' and many have come from same-sex backgrounds. Our testimonies are found on the net. Check the links on our 'helpful links' page.
Finding something better, gives us the power to discard what we once thought was our greatest value, the things we held with greatest pride. For those who find the 'pearl of great price' (Matt 13:46), desire is for the one who loves with pure and sacrificial love, and all counterfeits to fulfillment are laid down at his feet.
It is not a matter of doing 'what is right', it is a matter of finding something better. And relationship with Jesus that grows, is by far better than any attempt to be completed by any human. No one can take his place. He is our prize. Heb 12:2 "looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God."
Giving up our false beliefs and submitting to the way of the cross may well be the hardest path to choose. Entering through a narrow door (Lu 13:24) to walk a narrow way, will cause many to deride you and discourage you. Heading off on the broad way looks so much easier and more pleasurable but it ends in destruction. God is with you on the path to righteousness and peace. Walking it with Jesus means you are with the one who literally is 'the way, the truth and the life. (Jon 14:6) It is a path to life. It is a pilgrim's journey that few find, and yet many are numbered in that 'few' and many have come from same-sex backgrounds. Our testimonies are found on the net. Check the links on our 'helpful links' page.
Whether our feelings change or not, we are still enabled by God to not live by our feelings, but rather by his truth and love. His grace is sufficient for us and his grace gives us the power to say 'no' to sin. Rom 6:6 For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin" By his Spirit, we are free indeed.