Opening Prayer

Father God, I come humbly before You to ask for Your wisdom.

I pray that the words on these pages be Your Words, not mine.  May the message that is conveyed to your sons and daughters be Your message, not mine.  And may this book and its message be for Your glory, and not mine, as it edifies your body of believers!

I pray you bless every reader of this book with a spirit of revelation knowledge and wisdom as this message from Your Holy Spirit enables, empowers, and equips us to bear fruit for Your honor and glory.

May the eyes of our hearts be flooded with light so that we may know what is the immeasurable and surpassing greatness of Your might through Christ Jesus and the Holy Spirit indwelling our inner most being!

I thank You, Father, for Your Word!  I thank You, Father, for the saving grace and eternal life that we have obtained through Your beloved Son, Jesus Christ.  I thank You for the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, and for the wisdom and insight He grants to us, Your children, as we learn to be led by Him into our divine destiny.

I seek only to listen to the Holy Spirit and communicate only what I hear Him tell me to share with my Brothers and Sisters in Christ.

Father in Heaven, I pray: 

Speak to us Lord, for your servants hear!

In the mighty name of Jesus!

Amen!

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Dear Valued Readers,

This blog is a work in progress. As events in the Church impact previously published posts, updates will be published at the end of each post in order to provide the utmost transparency and clarity to all concerned parties as this new move of God progresses. Readers may email thebedkeeper@gmail.com to discuss or comment on any posting. Please note that while all feedback is highly valued and appreciated, it may not be possible to reply to each email.

UPDATE 05.19.13: GREAT NEWS! Regarding the 04.29.12 UPDATE: After new considerations have come to light, I confidently continue my full personal endorsement of Lakewood Church as a SAFE SPACE for LGBT people to worship, and am pleased to encourage you to resume supporting this vibrant ministry financially. Details here.

UPDATE 03.05.13: GREAT NEWS! Regarding the 10.27.12 UPDATE: After new considerations have come to light, I confidently continue my full personal endorsement of Eagle Mountain International Church as a SAFE SPACE for LGBT people to worship, and am pleased to encourage you to resume supporting this vibrant ministry financially. Details here.

UPDATE 02.09.13: Listen in as Brian Anthony Bowen provides the NCK and Friends radio audience with valuable insights into Biblical support of Same Sex Marriage that the Church doesn't seem to want us to know!

Part One:

• Explores the real reason Sodom was destroyed
• Reveals Jesus teaching LGBT people are born so
• Provides insight into various LGBT affirming Scriptures that even pro-gay Christians can often overlook

Part Two:

• Debunks the clobber passages like never before
• Reveals Apostle Paul's ordination of Same Sex Marriage
• Explores the prophetic role LGBT people play in the Return of Jesus Christ

UPDATE 10.27.12:

Eagle Mountain International Church took an official position on gay marriage in a sermon on 10.14.12. While not in support of gay marriage, Pastor George reminds his congregation that "those considered to be gay" are equally worthy of love and compassion. Pastor Terri continues to consider being gay as "being caught up in bondage." Several passages of Scripture were quoted to support their views, but no mention was made of any Scriptures that disprove their view, such as discussed in Chapter One: Born This Way and Chapter Two: God Sanctioned Gay Marriage. While I am not rescinding my endorsement of Eagle Mountain International Church as a safe space for LGBT people to worship, I am officially recommending we no longer support them financially. It is clear we have a long way to go in educating the Church, and I remain hopefully confident that after the 2012 elections are over, we will have more opportunities to walk further into the new revelations from God's Word shared throughout this blog. I encourage all LGBT people and our families to continue to hold Pastor George and Terri up in prayer, so that the eyes of their understanding may be flooded with light, and they come to more fully understand the prophetic role that LGBT people play in the spiritual life of the Christian Church, and the return of Jesus Christ.

UPDATE 04.29.12:

My previous endorsement of Lakewood Church is hereby retracted due to this interview: http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2012/04/29/473250/joel-osteen-gay-sin/?mobile=ncwherein Pastor Joel Osteen declares that "being gay" itself is a sin. That is NOT what the Bible says, and I cannot support it, nor ask anyone else to. I explained this in a previous letter to Pastor Joel in response to his interview with Piers Morgan, which can be reviewed here. I apologize for the mixed messages my own comments may tend to manifest themselves as in this case, but it is an unfortunate result of Pastor Joel's own mixed messages, and his decision to tailor his messages to the audience to whom he is speaking at the time. Should he publicly apologize for his unScriptural comments, and declare he has come to understand the difference between saying "being gay is a sin" and "homosexuality is a sin" (to reflect Scripture's own narrowly defined context of married men who engaged in adultery on their wives to be with men...which has nothing to do with LGBT people), I hope to renew my endorsement of Lakewood Church at some point in the future....but not until then.

UPDATE 01.15.12:
Lakewood Church officially endorsed as a SAFE SPACE for LGBT people to worship! Details here.

UPDATE 11.22.11:
Eagle Mountain International Church officially endorsed as a SAFE SPACE for LGBT people to worship! Details here.

UPDATE 12.16.11:
Please also review the response shared with a debate panel regarding the Bible's position on homosexuality, that reveals the unScriptural stance "ex-gay" theology manifests itself as here.