The heart of resurrection message from Easter is that because death could not hold Jesus down nothing can keep the believer from getting up from dead situations to experience new life.

New life begins with turning from the old way you have been doing things and then recommitting to a life that pleases God in the area of your sexuality. It is important to find good Christian leaders in the area of relationship and follow them closely so that you can be held accountable for reaching goals that will glorify God in your life.

If you follow these guidelines any mistakes that you made thinking they were setbacks, God will use to set you up for consistent success. All things are possible to them that believe.
Mk 9:23

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Pastor Patrick

The "One" is the one you choose in light of being a Christian with the Holy Spirit as your guide.

My rule of thumb when looking for a possible dating option is to look to your left and right as you are pursuing God with your whole heart. You will find others with similar focus which is the common thread of successful relationships in the body of Christ. If you have to look back to find someone who is not pursuing God then you are making a poor choice.

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Pastor Patrick

The answer to your question is simply that I love them and teach them repetitiously from the Word trusting that the Word of God will mature them.

Question? Did Jesus condone his disciples issues when they were Liars, fighters, high minded, proud, disloyal, predjudice. Answer: No, He loved them into the fulfillment of their potential and destiny but allowed them to still have power for miracles,casting out devils & healing while they were maturing..

The focus of ministry is Jesus. The way we stay focused is by following the Holy Spirit daily. He shows us our own issues for us to address and not the issues of others, when it's not our responsibility to address them. Also, God does not condone all of your personal actions nor everything you do but still blesses your life while you are maturing. So why should anyone have a problem when God blesses and uses others while they are maturing.

Lastly, Others do not have the power to decide if I am accepted or rejected unless I give them that power. I decided to allow Gods acceptance to shape my self esteem and participation in ministry because my reward will always come from Him.

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Pastor Patrick

The bible says that hatred stirs up strife but love it covers a multitude of sins (Proverbs 10:12), & again in (1Peter 4:8) Above all things have fervent love for one another, for love will cover a multitude of sins.

I will reply to your question by saying that I love them the same way I love people that are critical of them. We are all maturing as we follow Jesus, however the more we surrender to the leading of the Holy Spirit the more we see ourselves and how to correct our own faults and not the faults of others. We as Pastors can never be above Jesus whose disciples followed Him for three years being taught by the greatest teacher and saw miracles but responded by cussing and fighting when placed under pressure. However, these same disciples after surrendering to the leading of the Holy Spirit, matured into men that were used by God.

My suggestion to you as you come to our church or any church that God has established is to come looking for Jesus and not for, or at the faults of others. If you seek Him you will find Him, but if you look for fake, insincere people with issues, you will find them. I made a statement in Sundays message that "we become what we behold" (2Cor 3:18). So do not allow perceived issues of others to become your issue, instead change your focus to think on whatsoever things are true, honest, lovely and are of a good report (Phil 4:8) and you will become what you behold.

This is how I view leadership in my church as well as all others at our church. Church is not a place for perfect people, if it were none of us would qualify to go or be in leadership. Church is a place for perfecting people.

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Pastor Patrick