Changed

Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. Such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.1 Corinthians 6:9-11
 

When Mordecai learned all that had been done, (Haman’s decree) Mordecai tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and he cried out with a loud and bitter cry.Esther 4:1

Today we continue on the same theme as yesterday where we called for a wailing wall of intercession for 100,000 in the LGBTQ community to be saved. Reading the scripture at the beginning, we also realize that the verse applies to all those in sexual immorality and idolatry. Obviously, God’s Word is not singling out homosexuality.

Right now in Massachusetts, there is a bill being proposed concerning a minor’s gender identity, or sexual orientation. In short, if a Christian family has a child with gender identity confusion etc. and seeks to find them counsel or healing for resolution of unwanted sexual desires — that will be legally seen as child abuse. We have already seen cases where anything other than affirming and advocating fluid gender identity expression is seen as abuse. This law would install bans on counseling options and would be harmful to families and limit counselors. In Massachusetts, it’s already difficult to find a counselor that is pro-family in a biblical sense. With the term “Child abuse” in the bill, a therapist would be unable to help clients who hold traditional Biblical values and could lose his or her license. Parents could lose their child to the Department of Children and Families under the allegation of child abuse.

Friends, this is a terrifying shot over the bow for the church. What will parents do when they seek therapy for their children knowing that they could actually lose their children? Will they flee Massachusetts? Will this affect pastors counseling minors and sharing the hope of the Gospel with them? These bills are emerging all across the US.

I believe this bill and similar bills is the last gasp of governmental overreach to seek and restrain the massive movement of salvation coming to this community in this present spiritual awakening.

I believe God is already answering the prayers of the wailing wall. He is reaching out to the gay community with love. Across the world, God is releasing testimonies of encounters with His love through stories of men and women who have left LGBTQ behind. Organizations such as ‘Changed,’ ‘AmorePuro,’ ‘Dare to Change’, ‘Voice of the Voiceless,’and ‘Freedom March‘ are gathering thousands of men’s and women’s testimonies who, through the power of God, have experienced restoration in their sexual identities. These people are coming out of the closet of intimidation and declaring their transformations. This is one closet that the powers of darkness don’t want people to come out of, and it’s expressed in insidious bills like the one in Massachusetts now. If you have a box that has a thousand equations saying that 2+2=5, and everyone believes it to be true, then the ideology is safe. If one anomaly breaks out declaring 2+2=4, it doesn’t affect anything. However, if 500 equations begin to break out of the box, it’s no longer an anomaly, but it’s a movement that shatters the lie. Could we be in the moment of a movement called ‘Changed’? It’s time for thousands to come out of the closet and break the ideology locked up in the box that declares, “No one can change.” … But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. 1 Corinthians 6:11

When Haman’s decree was passed it started a cry of prayer that ultimately reversed the decree and shook Haman from his power center. The king could stamp the decree, but he couldn’t stamp out the prayer. We are calling the church nationwide like Mordecai and Esther, to fast and cry out to God, not only for the restraining of these bills but for thousands to be saved and transformed; for who will argue against a testimony? Some may have to go to Jail; some may have to risk their lives and vocations like Esther to reverse the decree. But I hear the sound of a major jailbreak. Please pray for these changed people who are being threatened because of their public testimony. Pray for the emerging ‘Changed’ movement to explode beyond anything we could dream of.

Prayer
Father, we pray and identify with our Christian brothers and sisters in Massachusetts . Give them the courage to go before the King like Esther and make a massive appeal against that bill.  Lord, please protect families and give wisdom to parents. Let wailing walls be formed in churches and in homes crying out for the freedom of their own sons and daughters struggling in various sexual addictions. God, may Massachusetts become a testimony that initiates a third great awakening. We pray for the protection of those in the ‘Changed’ movement from those who would seek to destroy the evidence of the Biblical truth and the power of their testimony. Amen