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I suffered from loneliness and was blessed by God in receiving the cure! Its been over 5 years now. I still do not have a mate but the sadness and fear of being alone was removed and now my heart is filled with goodness and contentment. Praise the Holy Name of Jesus Christ! I want for nothing! I look forward to each new day witnessing Gods wonderful happenings and hoping there will be something or some way for me to contribute. The fix for me was to realize two basic truths. 1. Accepting, absolutely, that our physical life is a very small part of our overall being! You then know and feel that God is right at this very moment closer to and with you, then any other person ever could be. We are not alone ever! God loves us so much but the world clouds our connection with God and blocks that knowledge. Praying for God to clear the way by sacrificing our illusion of carnal control to Him is a very important step and must be reaffirmed repeatedly! Once we start to "feel" the loneliness dissipate we are again challenged through fear to re-initiate control over our own lives. This must be offered back up to God regularly as the carnal attacks on our soul do not relent. HOPE! There is hope! Like a muscle you must strengthen the connection to God by following His Word, praising His name, being thankful for the blessing of being alive and thankful for the blessings God bestows upon us which we are unaware of. Trust this, God gives us many blessings that we do not see! Now you are being healed! Now you are being freed from the oppression of darkness! The joy is starting to fill you! 2. We must acknowledged that solitude with God is truly a blessed gift! When we are given the "opportunity" to be by ourselves physically we can then utilize that time to think and be creative mentally, spiritually, physically, etc. which powerfully places us into a conduit position to Our Father. Thinking of helping others, being creative, positive thought, focused prayer and spiritual communion with Jesus all are enhanced during this time as we are less distracted. This is the same principal as folding our hands and closing our eyes. Did you know that this is why we do this? One must learn how to make themselves to be open to God only and thankful to receive this blessed force from God above. It is vital to pray for protection against all things not of God always and especially first when we are by ourselves as the things and thoughts not of God seek to enter always. Remember we are vulnerable when we are by ourselves also. Practicing this repeatedly does improve our spiritual and mental state and our hearts are filled with Gods perfect joy, more and more over time. Find Christians who produce good fruit and ask them to pray for you right then! If they are strong in their connection with Jesus then they will be happy to do this. Make and keep a current list of the needs of others and pray for them! Even when you feel very desperate or feel as if you have greater and immediate need above all else. We all feel that way sometimes but remember only God truly knows the severity of everyone situations. Trust in God to know you and your needs more than you ever could. LOVE GOD FIRST AND FOREMOST! LOVE EVERYONE ALWAYS AS WE WANT TO BE LOVED! I leave you with these scriptures that have been great comfort and essential to my understanding. Matthew 22:36-40 36 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” 37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’[a] 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.” This following scripture defeated all fear within me when I understood and received the truth that we are to fear God alone! Knowing this will rebuke and remove all other fears in your life! Matthew 10:28 Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell. This is Gods word and promise: But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. John 14:26 Do not forget and always remind yourself of how dearly God loves you right now and forever. I pray God blesses and keeps you always! Praise God always in good times and in bad and ask forgiveness regularly for what we have done and left undone! Remember that we are ALL sinners saved only by the Grace of God. Praise you Lord Jesus Father God Holy Spirit. Thank you God and please forgive me of my sins In Jesus Holy Name. Your friend, John

No, you won't be hated. Being honest with struggles is actually Scriptural. Finding your strength in God won't take away the pain of loneliness. But it sure makes going through it a whole lot easier. I don't know why the Lord sends some of us to the desert this way, but He does. While I'd prefer the forests and greenery, I've learned to find the beauty in the desert, learned to find the sources of water, learned how to cultivate and forage food. I speak in analogies, but this is how it is spiritually. I've shed many tears of loneliness, too. But perhaps it's made me a better person? We all have sin nature issues we have to overcome, and the Lord tends to send us down paths that are specifically designed to break down that flesh. I know this doesn't make it feel better, and I wish I had the kind of words that would do so for you. I only know that it's easier to get through the loneliness when you embrace it than when you fight against it. Prayers for your strength and comfort in your affliction.

The term is found only once in scripture (Deuteronomy 23:17) and refers to shrine prostitutes (both male and female) for male "clients." Which brings up an interesting subject. Perversion. The adulteration of what God created and intended to be sanctified relations between a husband and a wife in private for purposes of expressing love and procreation. Is it just the homosexuals who pervert what God created and intended? We who have made a mockery of marriage for generations with serial monogamy (the divorce and remarriage) and the lustful / lust-provoking (provocative) apparel and activities we tolerate and encourage in society (in public) and in front of the most impressionable youth... dare we stand on our soapboxes and stab a bony finger at a gay parade and cry "Pervert!" ? Have we not convicted ourselves in that we haven't the moral capital to put down the more depraved perversions (more depraved than our own). I wonder... who has the mote in their eye and who the beam? A flaming homosexual who is an unbeliever and who has no reason to show moral restraint... ...or we who have the Truth in our hearts and our Bibles and who are the salt and light of the world but who practice adultery in the way we dress and the way we are always watching others with lust in our hearts. Our sins seem such minor things compared to those of the world / unchurched. But isn't it rather our "minor" indiscretions being played out more fully in the world? Meaning that if we in the Church / the Body Christian / the Israel of God got our act together, the world would follow our lead... Any thoughts?

I believe that it is although it may not be termed the way that we necessarily would in this day. Ge 19:5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men who came in to you this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them. Le 18:22 You shall not lie with a man, as with a woman: it is abomination. Le 20:13 If a man also lies with a man, as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. Jg 19:22 ¶ Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the door, and spoke to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into your house, that we may know him. 1Ki 14:24 And there were also male prostitutes in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel. Ro 1:26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: Ro 1:27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is shameful, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was fitting. 1Co 6:9 ¶ Know you not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 1Ti 1:10 For fornicators, for homosexuals, for slave traders, for liars, for perjurers, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine; Jude 1:7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after unnatural lust, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.

It can also refer to heterosexual couples who engage in anal sex or sex with animals