LHM 2018 Magazine

[COVER]

2018 Stories of Transformation and Hope

"Living Hope Ministries (LHM) is a very strange ministry, at least by the world’s standards. I didn’t think it was strange when I first started working with the ministry in 1998. Today, I’m told that it is not only strange, but to some strange enough to be considered criminal. What is it that we do that warrants such rancor and vitriol? We embrace the reality of a Creator who purposefully and intentionally created human beings as male and female and asks them to obey His design for their human thriving."

"I felt a freedom I had never experienced; I no longer had to hide."

"As a Christian, we should all know that the rules and boundaries set forth by God are meant to protect us so that we can live out His best for our lives."

"I was bitter towards God but hopelessly desperate for his love."

"I told God he had one more chance or I was going to walk away. "

"At Living Hope Houston, we help people discover who they are by embracing who Jesus really is."

"I knew the roles I played in life – wife, mother, daughter, sister, daughter-in-law, friend, employee – but I did not know who I was."

"The gospel has indeed brought about change because the gospel—at its core—is about change, the greatest change that can happen in a man’s heart, a change from selfserving to God-serving. "

"A gospel which doesn’t advocate the ability to transform our lives and passions completely is not really the gospel at all."

"I am at the late season of my life where my walk with Christ has never been more fulfilling than it is now. Not even close. I can finally rest with the conviction that God will never leave or forsake me."

"I didn’t believe it possible that I’d ever be where I am today."

"His presentation broke the barrier that I once had for people struggling with same-sex attraction or who are living in same-sex relationships, [equipping] me to minister to them rather than run from them."