Door of Hope Testimony:

I have struggled with SSA since my early adolescence. I have been a believer since the age of eight and very active in my church all my life, yet living with this secret. I developed strong morals but this was my besetting sin that was private. I developed some friendships while attending a Christian college and several times those friendships left me with unwholesome desires. Thinking that marriage would be my cure, I continued in my habits of masturbation and porn. I began a journey of cruising and not having the courage to act out with anonymous encounters, living with a strong fear of STD or AIDS.

This past summer I heard a message from one of the fathers whose daughter was killed at Columbine and the Lord spoke to me about using my life to make an impact, yet I knew I had some spiritual issues to confront. It took me the remaining months of the past year to finally come to the end of myself and turn to the Lord. I found Living Hope Ministries who referred me to Setting Captives Free. This has been a life changing course and the accountability with my mentor and the insight and compassion has helped me find true freedom.

I somehow assumed I was the only one who struggled with homosexuality as a Christian married man, yet there has been a revelation to me that there are many who fight this same fight daily. Thanks to this course, I am living in the freedom I so desperately desired. I am in the process of being restored to the fellowship God has desired for me. Special thanks again to my mentor who believed in me and stood with me as I worked my way through this study.

I didn't like the time my mentor had me redo some of the lessons but I really hadn't mastered them. So the fact is I needed to repeat them. I also struggled with confession but once it was done, I felt free. So once again, very needed. I really needed the strong biblical applications and the accountability which led to broken habits. I greatly appreciate my mentor. He has shown me tough love. He was very supportive, yet when I stumbled he confronted me and helped me find restoration. I couldn't have completed the course without his care and encouragement.