What you must understand is that God does not take anything from you; he receives of you. In other words, you must give to Him in order to receive of Him. So to pray, “Lord please take this thing from me,” is not going to work, because you have to give it to him.
God is not a rapist. He is not willing to take something you are not willing to give, and in order for you to give anything to him, you must first be tired of it. So you must get tired of your lifestyle; you must get tired of sex your way.
For unless you are tired of a thing there is no deliverance from it.
The woman with the issue of blood (see St. Matthew 9:20–22) got tired of being sick. She got tired of bleeding every day, of being weak and exhausted. She spent all her living on physicians and didn’t get any better. Finally, she heard that Jesus was passing by and decided to put her faith in
Him and was made every whit whole.
The blind man at the side of the road (see Luke 18:35–43) heard that Jesus was passing by and refused to remain silent. He cried out to the Lord, and the Lord heard his cry and the blind man received his sight. You too can be free and completely whole by placing your
faith in Jesus Christ.
To get you to the place where you will get tired, God often allows uncomfortable things to come into your life. In other words, your comfort zone becomes uncomfortable.
For example, when I started to get tired of homosexuality, there seemed to be more difficulties in my life. Loved ones that I thought were on my side were not on my side at all. All my familiar friends weren’t around anymore. The more I sought them the more disappointed I got. The people who said
they loved me turned around and left me, and my comfort zone was shaken. God knows how to get your attention. So by the time deliverance drew near no one had to ask me, “Do you want to be free?” because I didn’t have any choice but to get free. There was nothing endearing me to my lifestyle anymore. There was nothing holding me to those friends anymore. There was no one to convince me to stay in that lifestyle.
You know how it is. You’re on the brink of deliverance, and the person you are in a relationship with don’t want you anymore, but as soon as you decide to go back to God then that devil wants you back. Now they want to start kissing on you. Now they can’t go five minutes without you being in
their presence. The devil is a lie. Pack your bags, baby; you’re on the brink of deliverance. You’re about to be made free, and the devil knows it. He’s trying to stop your breakthrough. He’s trying to keep you in bondage, and God wants to set you free. He’s been waiting for you for a long time to get into the place where he can deliver you. Don’t let the devil stop your blessing.
You’ve been tired a long time. You’ve been frustrated a long time. Tell the devil, “You’re not stopping me this time. I’m pregnant with deliverance, and deliverance must come forth.”
So I got tired. I threw away all numbers, letters, and pictures of people I knew were still attached to the homosexual lifestyle. I moved to another city, because I wanted to stay free. One of the first things God will do after you receive your deliverance is to separate you from influential distractions.
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