To Christian Parents of Gay Children - Believe Out Loud

Contents:

• HOW DO YOU RELATE TO A GAY FAY MEMBER?
• “MOM, DAD… I’M GAY.” A CHRISTIAN PARENT’S RPONSE
• HOW SHOULD CHRISTIANS RPOND TO GAY FRIENDS OR FAY MEMBERS?
• HOW SHOULD CHRISTIANS RPOND TO FAY, FRIENDS WHO COME OUT AS GAY? (PART 1)
• MOM’S POWERFUL PRAYER FOR GAY SON
• RPONDG TO A “GAY CHRISTIAN” THE FAY
• 9 WAYS TO REACH OUT TO A GAY-INTIFIED FRIEND
• RPONDG TO ADULT CHILD WHO SAYS HE’S GAY
• RPONDG LOVE TO AN ADULT GAY CHILD

HOW DO YOU RELATE TO A GAY FAY MEMBER?

Many Christians around the world are prayg for homosexual iends and fay members. How n we effectively pray for our gay fay and iends while keepg rpect, kdns, and love uppermost our efforts? Pray First That You Always Defe Others as Children of GodProbably the first and most important nsiratn when we pray for gay iends and fay members is the state of our own hearts.

Your homosexual fay and iends are loved by God.

You may be prayg for huge change your gay loved one’s life; for them to abandon their liftyle, perhaps. Ask God to keep your gay loved one healthy physilly and mentally, pray for their growg discernment and wisdom, and for them to grow love for Him—jt as you would pray for anyone else you Bible tells to pray for others, and that pleas the Lord. Pray for Your Gay Loved On to Draw Closer to ChristNothg is too hard for God.

“MOM, DAD… I’M GAY.” A CHRISTIAN PARENT’S RPONSE

Ask big of our Lord—ask Him to keep knockg at the door of your gay loved one’s heart. Ask God to brg your gay loved one to alignment wh His will.

Both of the circumstanc take away personal that your gay loved one to ntact wh wise people who affirm their personhood full while offerg biblil tth. Your gay iend or fay member needs to be rpected as a child of God, and sometim is not you, but another, who creat active pathways to real spirual change. God is jtice, and all His sir for our life are for our good; His boundari on our behavr allow te eedom, livg full liv that are pleasg to are several plac the Bible where homosexualy is discsed.

HOW SHOULD CHRISTIANS RPOND TO GAY FRIENDS OR FAY MEMBERS?

We mt also affirm the tth of the Bible wh nfince and obedience to God, not strayg away om Biblil tth prayer, word, or That Homosexual Friends and Fay Rpect Their Christian Loved OnYears ago, a gay iend shared wh me her hop of someday gettg married. I affirmed my fah and what, my unrstandg, disallows—I do not believe gay marriage is somethg God bls—but I honored her dream, too.

I also asked her to rpect my feelgs about gay marriage, and after further nversatn, she did. We are not tolerant if we do not thk gay marriage is God’s bt, but society today is quick to ame our beliefs this way.

Most Christians I know want gay members of society to have every legal benef available—to be allowed to arrange fanc together, make health cisns for one another, and partner on other important life issu. Rpect for this om the gay muny whout risn or the mon label of “tolerant” is very sence, we are to tst God changg hearts and liv, and our prayers for loved on is a very important part of that.

HOW SHOULD CHRISTIANS RPOND TO FAY, FRIENDS WHO COME OUT AS GAY? (PART 1)

At first she was very angry and, no matter how kd or grac or rg the Christian uple tried to be, this sister--law saw them as homophobic and bigoted.

The realizatn that someone you love is gay n be a shatterg experience. We want to assure you that any willg person n be liberated om homosexualy through the power of J Christ; see 1 Corthians 6:9-11, pecially verse 11.

If your loved one is not yet willg to seek eedom om homosexualy, or seems unable to fd , then you should pray earntly for his or her release. For a practil gui to overg homosexualy, the book Comg Out of Homosexualy by Bob Davi and Lori Rentzel would be helpful. Your child is gay.

MOM’S POWERFUL PRAYER FOR GAY SON

But for many Christian parents, nothg n prepare them to hear that their beloved child is gay. If you are a Christian parent, fay member or iend to whom your loved one has e out as gay or lbian, then this is for you.

They did not “choose gayns” to rebel agast you, get back at you or make your life miserable. As a younger Christian, tght that homosexualy is a s, I believed that trma somewhere someone’s past ed homosexualy, even if they didn’t remember .

To my surprise, God pletely shifted my unrstandg and revealed to me the many people who had a great childhood are still gay.

RPONDG TO A “GAY CHRISTIAN” THE FAY

Some gay teens have been shamed, banished, threatened, beaten, and shunned.

9 WAYS TO REACH OUT TO A GAY-INTIFIED FRIEND

If dog the thgs meant that homosexualy would not vis a Christian home, then we wouldn’t see croppg up so often. But please unrstand that even if we disagree, nothg chang regardg our rponsibily, our blsg as a Mom or a Dad to unndnally love, accept and affirm our gay children – as God has done wh . Rachel Held Evans nclus her blog post If my son or dghter were gay wh this paragraph:.

RPONDG TO ADULT CHILD WHO SAYS HE’S GAY

If God bls Dan and me wh a child who is gay, I would want that child to know whout a doubt that he or she is loved unndnally. I believe Rachel’s motivatn is to create a more welg and lovg environment the church for those who intify themselv as homosexuals, or who stggle wh homosexual sire. I admire and agree wh her motive, and mt say that I’ve learned om her this area of beg much more reful how I speak and wre about homosexualy.

RPONDG LOVE TO AN ADULT GAY CHILD

First, she don’t munite any ncern about the sfulns of homosexual sir nor the immoraly of homosexual actns. She seems to nvey that homosexual sir are not part of human brokenns, and that to pursue homosexual practic do not have any bearg on a person’s relatnship wh Christ. ” There is no ditn that she se anythg wrong or unbiblil about homosexualy.