It would be appreciated if someone could pray with me for my friends who have recently discovered homosexuality and have been critising Christ and begun dating people of the same gender. I have tried to give advice and subtlety preach about Jesus and his morals, but they simply shrug it off. At this point, I am condsidering moving away from them as the criticism of our Lord is hard to stand. However, if I leave, it would give them a much smaller chance of being redeemed. I am very puzzled and have being praying but nothing has come to me as of yet. Any other advice or prayers for them would be very appreciated.

I want to pray for all of my Atheist friends, in hopes they will get to know God and His mercy.

Pickless, I will definitely pray for you and for your friends. Someone I love is gay, which is a lifestyle I don't agree with based on how I'm reading scripture; however, I understand that this person is responsible for their own choices, just as I am for mine. This person may be sinning with their behavior, but I am sure they could point out to me attitudes and actions of mine that are also sinful. I look at my own behavior and sometimes see sins such as pride, arrogance, and lack of concern for the needs of others. All sin is sin.

I found a parable and its explanation/summary that might help.

The parable of the speck and the log

Scripture
Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, Let me take the speck out of your eye, when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye."
Matthew 7:1-5 (Also Luke 6:41-42)

Observations
* This parable was told as part of a larger sermon, in which Jesus was teaching His followers how to live their lives.
* The parable starts with a statement about what the parable is about. A lot of Jesus' parables end with the meaning, or sometimes go without Him giving the meaning. Here he gives the command, and embelishes with the parable to explain His point.
* The command "do not judge" is followed by a warning "or you will be judged".
* According to the Strongs interpretation the word for "judge" means to to "...separate, put asunder, to pick out, select, choose..."
* Jesus explains what type of judging he is talking about through the parable "Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?" He is talking about the hypocritical type of judging that points out wrong in others lives and ignores the wrongs in own life.
* The parable ends with the person who has removed the "plank" in their own eye able to help their "brother".

Thanks for your prayer request, Dragontulip. I am praying for your friends.

Hello everyone. I would like to put out a prayer request. Recently my boyfriend and soon to be fiance lost his great grandfather, and his funeral today. I am having a hard time comforting him, as he and i live in separate states.

He is a catholic, and me, i don't really belong to any specific denomination of the christian religion. I am hoping that knowing people are willing to take time out of their day and send love and hope his way will help aide him...

I also would like to ask for good luck and hope on my interview tommorow. I have been stuck in a very stressful job since February, and it's taken a toll on my life. While i love the place and everyone there, but since i joined it, i haven't been able to take the time to be with my friends and family as much as i would like to.

and... Thank you all for all of the support. I love knowing i can turn to a group of like minded people in times of need.

Dear God, please comfort Skyfall's boyfriend and help him get over his loss, as it must have been very hard on him. Please let him know that his great grandfather has just gone to heaven, and that he will see him again. And please help Skyfall as well with her interview and her job so that she can still spend time with her friends and family and not have a big pile of stress weighing her down. In Jesus name i pray, amen.

You're welcome! 'hugs' :3

Honestly, i don't get how people get these...ideas. To me it's weird(and kinda disgusting), no offense, I was raised thinking that way, but i don't have any experience with this either since i have not yet known anyone irl who is that kind of person.

Dear God, please help Pickless's friends and other people who are like this to see that they are not made to date/marry/kiss a person of the same gender, because that was not how you made them that way. Please let them listen to Pickless and stop criticizing you and rethink their actions. In Jesus name i pray, amen.

I usually would like to avoid saying the word 'sex' or anything that contains it, because...well...it just doesn't sound right to me and makes me think about the upside down things in the world related to it. Sometimes even looking at it makes me uncomfortable, and its pretty sad that people are like that.

Also, ive been wondering this for a pretty long time, when did those terms even come out?

Thank you very much for your prayers. I really appreciate it and hope God will give me the strength I need to help my friends in any way I can without pressuring them into belief. I am so very glad that this Association was made, kudos Baney :3

And Nightshades, I have no idea when those terms came out, sorry, but I can hopefully research them for you. Thanks for your prayer :)

I understand trying to comfort someone who is greiving. I give you the best of luck, and I'll prey to help you and your boyfriend.

Our dear Lord God Almighty, please lay your hand on Skyfallthesaberwolf and her boyfriend. Be with them at the funeral of her boyfriends great-grandfather and comfort them. Lord, please lead Skyfallthesaberwolfs boyfriend to you and help him to be able to get over his loss. I pray these things in the Lords name. Amen.