Many former members of the LGBTQ community told their stories of change at Capitol Hill recently.
The group is part of the CHANGED community, an organization of people who previously identified as LGBTQ and believe their sexual identity was changed because of Jesus.
April Lockhart, of New Mexico, told attendees at the event that she wanted to change from her lesbian lifestyle.
“I had fully believed in this lie that gets perpetuated that people don’t change, they can’t change, and if you try to change them, it’s detrimental to their health. And I just want to say that’s a lie,” she asserted.
“Nobody has the right to tell you (that) you can’t be what you want to be. And I did want change. And through the power of God, the Creator of heaven and earth, this was able to happen. These days were able to happen. These moments. And I’m a happy woman.”
Luis Ruiz, of Florida, said he was devastated when he found out he was HIV positive because of his homosexual lifestyle.
“While I was searching for men, sleeping around a lot, I didn’t realize that there was a man looking for me,” he said.
“And His name is Jesus. I was able to find a church where they loved me. And they taught me that my identity is not my behavior. My identity was not who I thought it was. But it was a child of God. So I stand here to say that I was a homosexual, a former ‘ho.’ And now I am a child of God.”
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