A Prayer for Our LGBT Neighbors

 

Prayer for LGBT Neighbors

 

June is Pride Month, a time when many who identify as LGBT will spend
this month celebrating that identity. As Christians, we are saddened
by the celebrations of this month, because not only do we know that
Pride Month is a celebration of sin, but we also know that we will
never be free until we find our identity, salvation, and hope in Jesus
Christ.

Yet, that very realization makes Pride Month an incredible opportunity
for prayer and for the Gospel to go forth.

So today, at the beginning of June, I want to share two things with
you: an answer to your questions on this topic, and a prayer for our
LGBT neighbors.

Answering Your Questions

First off, an exciting announcement: we are pleased to announce that
we're launching a new video series! Ask Meridian is an
opportunity for you to send us your questions - and get answers!
Last month, we kicked off this initiative by asking you to send us the
family policy questions you've always wanted someone to answer.
Among the many submissions were questions asking how you could express
your views on sexuality in a loving way.

We know this can be a challenging conversation to approach.

So, today, we are pleased to release to you the first video in the
series: How to Love Your LGBT Neighbor. In this video, I share when
and how to talk about our views on sexuality with friends and family
who identify as LGBT. We hope you find this helpful!

Click here to watch:

Prayer for LGBT Neighbors

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Have a question for a future Ask Meridian episode? Send us an email at
[email protected]!

A Prayer for Our LGBT Neighbors

This month, will you join me in this prayer?

Lord, in this month our hearts are heavy for those who identify as
LGBT. Your Word is clear about both sin and salvation - and our
own consciences testify to this truth - yet so many live with
the hope that they will find their "true self" or even
their worldly salvation in a broken identity.

So this month, we lift up this challenging issue before you.

For those within the walls of the church who may claim the identity of
LGBT, we pray for the work of your Holy Spirit and of the Church to
call those in sin to repentance - and for encouragement.

For those Christians who continue to struggle in this area, and yet
who choose faithfulness to your Word, we pray for great faith.

For those who are uncertain about their fearfully and wonderfully made
bodies, we pray for peace and confidence that you did not make a
mistake - that they were not born in the wrong body.

For children who are hearing messages that make them question their
own sexuality, we pray for protection over their minds and hearts.

For all those who identify as LGBT, or who are struggling with their
sexual identity in another way, we pray that they would find the joy
and freedom that only comes from following you as Lord. We pray that
their hearts would be opened to see sin for what it is - and to
see the joy of your salvation as greater.

For those in ministry to our LGBT neighbors, we pray for the strength
to speak the truth in love - and more than anything, to make
your Gospel known in the words they say and in the way they live.

For those of us with LGBT friends and family, we pray for great love
and great discernment.

For each of us, we pray the hard prayer for conviction of our own sin
and for freedom in repentance. We pray that our first priority -
in our own hearts and in our conversations - would always be the
magnification of Christ. We pray that our identities would not be
rooted first in our work, our sexuality, or even our families, but
that we could say as Paul that for us, to live is Christ. May our
identity, our security, our salvation be ever fixed to you - and
may that be first in our hearts and in our words.

Lord, this month we pray that as we speak the truth, the manner in
which we speak it would be such that we are known by our love.

In Jesus' Name,

Amen.

I hope you'll join me in that prayer this month, and that the
Lord will give you wisdom if you have opportunities to speak into the
lives of LGBT neighbors.

Sincerely,


Meridian Baldacci
Policy and Communications Strategist



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