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Question: If I am a Christian who experiences same-sex attraction, should I pray to not have homosexual feelings?

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Question: If I am a Christian who experiences same-sex attraction, should I pray to not have homosexual feelings? Every Christian should pray exactly as the Lord taught us to pray in the Lord's Prayer : "Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven" ( Matt. 6:10 KJV ). This kind of prayer not only longs for world systems to align with the kingdom of Christ , but also longs for our lives to align with God 's will. It reflects a desire to become more faithful to Christ and more conformed to his image. This certainly includes our sexual orientation. We should also pray, "Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil" (v. 13).  Asking God to draw us away from things that tempt us should be the content of our prayer. We should ask God ro replace temptation with holiness. Heterosexuals are also tempted sexually. "Lead us not into temptation" is a prayer for both the heterosexual Christian and the Christian battling sa

If I am a Christian who experiences same-sex attraction, should I pray to not have homosexual feelings?

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Every Christian should pray exactly as the Lord taught us to pray in the Lord's Prayer : "Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven" ( Matt. 6:10 KJV ). This kind of prayer not only longs for world systems to align with the kingdom of Christ , but also longs for our lives to align with God 's will.  It reflects a desire to become more faithful to Christ and more conformed to his image. This certainly includes our sexual orientation . We should also pray, "Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil" (v. 13).  Asking God to draw us away from things that tempt us should be the content of our prayer. We should ask God to replace gay homosexual temptation with holiness. Heterosexuals are also tempted sexually. "Lead us not into temptation" is a prayer for both the heterosexual Christian and the Christian battling same-sex attraction , or any other form of sexual desire. We don't celebrate murder, adult

Australian Senate defeats Greens and Gay politicians move to abandon Lord’s Prayer at start of day

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CANBERRA, Australia, February 13, 2014 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - In only 24 seconds the latest effort to have the Lord's Prayer removed from the start of the Australian Senate 's day was defeated, with senators from both the coalition government and the opposition Labor Party voting against it. Under the Senate’s standing order, the president of the Senate is required to read the parliamentary prayer upon taking his chair at the start of the day, regardless of adjournment or suspension from the day before. Australia's Senate chamber The motion against the reading of the prayer, advanced by Greens  Sen. Richard Di Natali , was to have the Senate officially refer the matter to the procedure committee, which is already tasked with reviewing the existing standing orders.  The Greens party has a member on the committee and a spokesman told LifeSiteNews the issue would be actively pursued.  They wish to have the prayer replaced with an invitation to a minute of silence f