The devil has taken a hold of my daughter.

[ISAAC]

I failed as a Christian and a father and my teenager has been taken by the devil. He manifested himself in homosexuality. I dont know what to other than pray if anyone has advise please help.

[John81]

Don't beat yourself up, that's an important part, even the best Christian dads are not perfect. If you "know" you failed, confess your failure, repent and leave it with the Lord. It's now time to build yourself up in the Lord and beseech the Lord daily for your child and do as you are here, what a good Christian dad would do, seek the prayers of your fellow brothers and sisters in Christ.

Where is the mother?

Praying for you and your child...

[quinkie]

Dear Isaac, please know you are not alone in this. You are not the first family this has happened to, and you are definitly not the first Christian family it has happened to. As John81 said, bathe the matter in prayer. Stay close to the Lord. Do not berate your daughter. Let her know at every opportunity you love her.
Will be praying for you and her.

Edited May 8, 2010 by quinkie

[JerryNumbers]

Amen, confess it through Jesus, them walk the right path. Seems us humans are bent to failures. Remeber these verses.


1Jo 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Ro 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

[irishman]

Isaac, I will pray too. The best advice anyone can give you has already been given--that is prayer. Pray diligently, earnestly, and make it a habit to pray unceasingly. As time goes on the urgency of the matter gets swallowed up a little in life, and we pray less urgently; please don't allow that to happen. God hates the sin of sodomy, and He too wants your daughter to walk in the paths of truth, so in effect, HE"S ON YOUR SIDE. "If God be for us, who can be against us? (Rom. 8:31);surely the adversary is defeated by prayer.

None of us are "good fathers" though we we like to think ourselves to be; none of us are good enough. I have made enough mistakes to ruin a passle of kids, and yet the Lord has seen fit to give me grace, and has carried us through. God is great; prayer is powerful; don't give up on prayer, and please realize that the adversary is wily, and we are no match for him on our own--neither is your daughter. Get God in it completely, wholeheartedly, and watch Him work. He is an amazing God.

Edited May 9, 2010 by irishman

[Pastor Matt]

Only God can change her heart. I'll be praying.

[Larry02]

Will be praying...

[ISAAC]

Don't beat yourself up, that's an important part, even the best Christian dads are not perfect. If you "know" you failed, confess your failure, repent and leave it with the Lord. It's now time to build yourself up in the Lord and beseech the Lord daily for your child and do as you are here, what a good Christian dad would do, seek the prayers of your fellow brothers and sisters in Christ.

Where is the mother?

Praying for you and your child...

She is also devastated we are lost right now.

[ISAAC]

I failed as a Christian and a father and my teenager has been taken by the devil. He manifested himself in homosexuality. I dont know what to other than pray if anyone has advise please help.

The worst of all this is her secular socialist anti God grandmother has known for a year. She fed my daughter with the biological junk. She told her its ok and that no one can judge. She is effectively removed out of my family. I will pray but the flesh wants revenge for her damage. If anyone knows a good set of versus on homosexuality, wordliness, punishment for sin please send the versus. Thank you!

[1Timothy115]

You are angry and I can sympathize with you. However that is not the way to approach God in this matter.

Take some time to meditate in the word of God. Read and re-read. The best reading in the Bible
is the whole Bible. I recommend the Psalms, Proverbs, John, Ephesians-Thessalonians, 1 Peter (1 Pe. 1:7),
and Hebrews chapters 11-13 (Heb. 12:6-10).

Proverbs 20:22 Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.

I prayed for you and your daughter. God will have the glory no matter what the outcome.

JOB 30:16 And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.

Jeremiah 8:18 When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.

Isaiah 41:10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

John 16:22 And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.

[ISAAC]

Thank you for your support. My daughter has not made a change but it is my failure. I will not fail my other childen.

[John81]

Thank you for your support. My daughter has not made a change but it is my failure. I will not fail my other childen.

As long as you are willing to pray for her and do what you can, you have not failed her. Doing what we can for our children, which includes learning from our mistakes, is wise for all of us. Allow the Lord to transform you into the dad you should be. This is something I pray about often even after about 25 years of being a dad.

We have a son that has been rebellious practically from birth and thus far nothing has changed that. In fact, he continues to get worse. In the meantime our daughter is married, doing well and has given us two grandchildren and we have a 12 year old who is also doing well.

Our God is in control no matter how things look so I pray your wayward daughter and our wayward son will soon repent of their wickedness and turn to Christ.

[Alumentum]

Um, I know this is sort of late and I'm sort of young (both in terms of age and in knowledge of Christianity) but, I'm very sorry for how you feel and I hope this works out for you. As a teen I don't think it's fair for you to say that you have failed your daughter. You've done all you could and you didn't make your daughter what she is. Also, try to make sure that she doesn't get the idea that she failed you. Kinda hard to explain but, if she feels like a failure then she may come to fear or even hate you and God. That wouldn't help you at all so please just make sure she understands how you feel so that she doesn't misinterprete your intentions. Good luck.