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



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 same-sex attraction, or any other form of sexual desire.

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