Bless your heart and wisdom to affirm your daughter as a creature of God!

Your response was so wise.

Nice! I was pretty similar, and now I'm more girly than back then. Is she more girly now, or still very tomboyish?

It's kind of funny because I was like that too when I was around that age, I'm 23 now. There were times I wanted to be a guy, I was the only daughter. My brothers had more freedom because they were males, my mom worried a lot for my safety. It was frustrating, but I get it... At some point I identified as bi, and I stopped when I was 21 years old, the Lord led me away from that lifestyle (overtime). I'm glad because it was something that brought a lot of conflict and pain in my relationship with God. Currently, I'm glad being a female, and I don't want to change that. I also don't seek out romantic relationships with females.

@@jennypyrope356 That sounds hard. I only have sisters, and I always wanted brothers, but I've never thought how that could have difficulties too. Glad He brought you out of that :)

Wow, here I am at 65yrs and my mom died when I was 4. I wish I had that book, because my dad was so embarrassed trying to talk to me about girl stuff. 😂

Bless your father

This all started with the sexual revolution in the 60's. It was the"pill" and free love and do whatever you want sexually. And it has now evolved to what you see in 2023. It's actually prophecy if you are a believer. The Lord warned that there would be a complete collapse of humanity. What's good is evil and what's evil is good. 0 morality. I doubt you could find one believer who doesn't believe that we are very close to the return of Jesus Christ to finish what Satan started.

That is so sad ...puberty is always a challenging time without the pressure put on them today 😢

I will pray indeed!

@@jenniferrundle6870 thank you.

My family as well, a huge epidemic!!

Praying for wisdom, peace, clarity, and truth founded on God’s love.

Cry out loud to God talk to him their bedrooms n pray 🙏🏽 hard.

True dat.

The Bible is the most I credible book ever and will always be.

“You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.’ But I tell you not to resist an evil person. If someone slaps you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also; if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well; and if someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles. Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.” But if they ask you to use their pronouns, well that’s too much.

@@CMA418 That verse does not say anything that would break any the commandments. Using preferred pronouns does.

@@CMA418 that verse is about humbling yourself to the evils of this world but using preferred pronouns is a violation of one of the ten commandments and therefore unacceptable

I came here to make this exact comment. What simple yet wise words to have us take a step back and realize this is nothing new to God and He knows what He's doing

Yes Lauren that really spoke to me as well. I made a note of it. When I am watching some influential person mocking God for all the world to see, like Sam Smith, I am comforted to know that God IS NOT MOCKED Gal.6:7. He is not surprised by the level of depravity that we see and are shocked by. He has seen it all before. Indeed let us pray for these people, that God would open their eyes, because surely they are lost and blind and foolish. Rom. 1:21-22.

Amen and I believe that is why God gave us Phil 4:8-9.

It is pretty scary what is being done to children! But God is in control and will guide us. Men are not women, no matter what they do to themselves, and girls cannot become boys.

Democrats abort and sterilize their children. Even if we can’t persuade the left to accept the Word of God, we will win in the next generation. The future belong to those who show up.

The woke movement and trans movement is this type of destructive lie. Man trying to be women and racing in women sport and beating them.

Love cannot love evil....if it does its because the heart has become contaminated...i.e. sin !

Just trust Him. If or when you are in the position of having to go against biblical truth, the Holy Spirit will guide you in what to say. The Lord will strengthen you. And you will shine for Him!

@ Elizabeth, this time that we have left we must prepare ourselves by reading and sanctifying ourselves with the Word of God ,praising, worshiping, and fasting to develop a strong relationship w/the Lord. Asking God to show us to teach us through his word to love him with all our heart, soul and might. In conclusion, with preparation we will be able to stand fast in our Faith no matter what happens b/c the Holy Spirit in us will take over . Refer to Steven’s stoning ..

WE CAN ONLY SERVE HIM, IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH THE FATHER SEEKS THOSE ONLY.

Excellent point! I remember in the 90's with this in mind, when some legislation on what today would be called LGBTQ was being considered being added to school curriculums. The material of contention was so tame in comparison to what is currently mandated, by the way. At church there was much wringing of hands over this. To me it was evident that a vocal minority knew where to make the noise. Christians were only discussing it with each other. Not making their views heard by the law makers. I composed a letter expressing our views and what we believed was right and what we wanted considered. I collected addresses of as many church members as possible. Matched post codes (zip codes) to local MPs. Used mail merge to churn out the letters to the respective MPs. Brought the letters back to the next service for members to sign. Then the church mailed them out on our behalf. Sometimes we are naive about what can be said and how it can be said and to whom. The same model as Alpha classes could be used to increase the discernment of the Body of Christ. One major spiritual contagion is the universe. People are asking the universe for this and thanking the universe for that. Some still while professing some form of belief in The One True God.

@@JimiBegbaaji These ppl have always been at it for years. They have been under the radar waiting for the time in our culture to come out, so to speak. Now, every fringe group, including Satanists, are out saying here we are, deal with it AND we are coming for your kids.

Yes, I am willing. Sad to think one would suffer over a pronoun usage that a mentally ill/possessed person would make it something one should be punished over. I use correct grammar and will not butcher my language for their ridiculous demands. We are living in end times when a Christian would be punished for this.

Remember He said,”blessed are those who are persecuted” not “blessed are those who persecute others”

Ready and willing!

I drive a school bus, and I can tell ya: most PARENTS don't raise their kids, the culture does.

We are gonna home school my grand daughter and my wife is staying at home while I work. That way, no WOKE or LGBTQ propaganda will harm her.

This is soooo true. I’m gen z, and most Christian/non Christian parents just let the so called “culture” raise them. It’s important to instill understanding and values and good and careful guidance. In the end, we each make our choice, but sadly people today get out of control with all the influences in entertainment and mass media in general.

​@@JasonJohnSwartz please I need more info on homeschooling

But to that I would say- are they really Christians though?

So the interviewer asked how you plan to make your class more "inclusive" and you knew it was a buzzword then why on God's green earth would you tell her you'd have a classroom library which reflected the "racial makeup/interests" of your class? That's about as inclusive as you can get right? Idk maybe I'm missing something but wouldn't that just bring racial division amongst the children?

@@dianalinscome5830 I think you're misunderstanding. What I meant was that I'd provide a wide array of lit written by authors of different races but not sexualities. So like The Diary of Anne Frank for example next to Tom Sawyer next to Things Fall Apart next to A Thousand Splendid Suns next to How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents We do need to be global readers, but we do not need lit that is pure sexual propaganda

@@ikeacha4153 you can think of answering that question slightly different. If you have to make a "space more inclusive", it means some things or people are exclusive. If you (and Christins are) truely inclusive, then you can't make anything more inclusive as you already are inclusive - Galatians 3:28 "There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.". Thats inclusive. We are all sinners, we are all included in God's plan and love for us. Therefore your answer can simply be: I am inclusive, I include everyone, I don't and won't discriminate against any of my people/students/kids. To change something "to be more inclusive" shows that I was somehow exclusive, that is just not who I am. Now, does it mean you are excluding anyone who says their pronoun is different from their sex? No. You not going to send them out of your classroom. They are just misguided and misinformed and need your help to understand that ultimately their sex and gender is a gift of God, very precious. Rather than rebel against it, would it not be better to celebrate what the Lord has given you and know what is best for you? Include them in God's teaching, true inclusivity. True, at some point you may loose your job, but that is the truth we have to accept and boldly walk in.

Well it's good you're going there and maybe you can change things because if it has a school therapist they are not allowed to tell kids that they're not a certain gender they're actually supposed to push it or they can get in trouble and get fired and get let go it's a really bad thing that's going on demonically but we sure do need good teachers that don't do this and that can reinforce the light and good and that can also pray and do spiritual warfare over these kids and schools

​@@dianalinscome5830you're very rude

That does not mean you wont experience tremondous pain as many Christians like the Apostle Paul got tortured. It means at the end of the day God Wins. The devil is just throwing a fit and rebelling to the day it get thrown into hell forever.

Thank you for that wonderful comment! We must remember God will be with us!❤

No offer of practical help then.!

Two of my most favorite people on earth! Thank you for your wisdom!

I'll call him any name he wants, but I won't call him "her".

I agree! I'll call them by a name if asked but not pronouns!

It's still a lie when you call a boy a definite female name. No parent ever named their baby boy Susan or Mary! Or their baby girl David or Walter.

Exactly. Just no.

How Christian lol

What did you learn?

@@LindeeLove Holy Scriptures (the Word) is the answer!🙏

@@twarrior17 Always!

Two of my most favorite people on earth ! Thank you both for your wisdom!!

Susie I would love to chat with you. Currently I have a son not speaking to me for this reason.

@@AprilJo424 we went through a 17 year ordeal with my son, in and out of alcohol treatment, 12 step programs, bi polar meds he would only take for short intervals, etc. The turning point was a bad motorcycle accident, his fault, dui, and his rider with bad injuries. The month long hospital stay, plus month long nursing home rehab dried him out but did little for his attitude. He was indicted and spent 90 days in jail. That changed his attitude. It hasn’t been a straight road, but the last 3 years have been a steady period of real change and growth in the Lord. My main takeaway from our experience was this, until he was ready to admit his way of coping with life was not working, and the answers were in Christ, we and him were spinning our wheels. It had to be him who was ready. We were so thankful to live long enough to see this glorious event, and so thankful for the prayers of many in several states praying for him. My prayers are with you and your son as you struggle. As hard as it was, we found that paying our son’s way out wasn’t working. He wasnt having consequences for his behavior, we were. One day my precious Dad asked me, “Is your ‘helping’ really helping him?” I admitted, “No”. He told me with tears in his eyes, “Well, Susie, your help isn’t helping, is it? So simple , but a profound moment for me. Our counselors had been telling us this too. But it’s really hard for a mama to admit she’s only made a situation worse.

Cs Lewis reminded us that "Love is not merely kindness". You are so right. I will tell someone I disagree but remind them that God stands over both of us and will sort out what is True and Just in the end. When the activists bring up Justice, I like to ask , Well who gets to decide what is Just?

“Let not any one pacify his conscience by the delusion that he can do no harm if he takes no part, and forms no opinion. Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing. He is not a good man who, without a protest, allows wrong to be committed in his name, and with the means which he helps to supply, because he will not trouble himself to use his mind on the subject.”

Yes, when we go along with radical fascist nonsense we are furthering their agenda to destroy our culture and country. If you allow them to control the very words that come out of your mouth, what can they not control?

That is amazing. I wish I could listen to him speak in person. Where do you listen to his radio program? I would love to listen.

The book was 1984.

Correct!

I would rather not talk to them at all. If I have to then it’s going to be the normal order of the English language. I’m not going to indulge the chaos. These people spend their lives manufacturing garbage in society. Normal people just don’t do that. Normal lives have diverse activities and interests.

Me too. Id rather not talk to them at all Im afraid. We can pretend but we cannot transition. Kids pretend but adult kids need to grow up. The few Ive come across are clearly deluded one or two very very attention seeking. My fear is Governments especially western Govts are big time up to something. Ive never seen them like this; almost identical policies. Almost identical time scales - the number one target is 2030 for almost everything. The odd one is a little later at 2035. They even united on the slogan Build back better yet it took me about a year to discover that was global because our media presented it purely as a British slogan. They dont unite on slogans. Now last time under the Nazis there was actually logic in their insanity, at least to begin with. They divided people into aryan, acceptable and not acceptable, untermenschen. The Jews and Slavs dominated the East coveted as Lebensraum or living space so themselves pretty much at the bottom of the heap. Others they largely left alone even forming an alliance with the Japanese but then they didnt covet that territory. All very topsy turvy. My view is Governments wouldnt support the trans insanity the way they do unless there was some sort of similar evil logic in it for them. So I aint supporting it much as I never have. I intensely dislike ideological extremism as it has a habit of proving extremely dangerous. I was brought up to think of medical experiments and sterilisation carried out by the Nazis as evil. Today its seemingly back in vogue. Amazingly the Nazis also fielded the first sort of transgender athlete Dora Ratjen. His parents were a bit batty apparently his mother wanting a daughter so she brought him up as a girl. The Nazis knew he was male but fielded him as a female high jumper and he held the womens record in the high jump though he intentionally came 4th in the 1936 Olympics. The record was annuled in 1957. He continued to live as a woman until 1938.

true names, right? They call those "their dead names" It is all about FORCE under constraints- or we will punish you, manipulate you & soil your good name under the label of Love/Affirmation/& 'Tolerance" and murder off truth for a lie by trying to conscript people's forced support of the rainbow mafia. If u are not a member, you are asked to be a "Helper/ ally of their army.

I’m okay with certain pronouns like he, him, her, and she. My preferred pronouns are thee and thou.

​​@@dianem6951nteresting. Do you think Alisa and Dr Lutzer would share that view?

This actually highlights one of the damages that this whole ideology causes: IT MATTERS when prescribing medical treatments whether you are a biological male or female. If you identify as the opposite gender and the doctors were to treat and diagnose you accordingly they will give you the wrong treatments, wrong dosages, etc.

We trust the work of the Holy Spirit in you and for Ed, so that Jesus Christ and His Word may be the sharp edged sword which will cut his heart and brake through his chains

You've been concerned and caring for Ed for many years. I'm sure you'll let him know that you are there for him no matter what, especially when the regret sets in after the surgery. It might be what wakes him up to the lie that it would" fix" him. I trust that many will join me in praying for you both.

​@@NoTrashInHeaventhanks so much. I already shared my testimony with him, but am still working on reconnecting and getting deeper into it. Prayer is powerful. Thanks again

​@@eo2149Amen. Thank you!

​@@cassiem2528Maybe not. I probibly used the wrong word. I was thinking in terms of the friendship being rejected, and also hostility. Now that we have spoken a little more, Im hopeful.

I don't entirely disagree, but I treat it as a nickname. I will call a person any name they choose, but I will not call a he a she. If they don't like that, then I won't call them anything at all, I will just refuse to speak to or of that person.

I agree.

With Joshua

I don't agree with Him either. You are absolutely right. Furthermore, names have significant importance. All down through history a name was significant because a person's character and reputation was attached to it. Even in the bible that was very, very important, especially when it came to God's name. His entire reputation, character and nature was tied to his name. The bible even tells us that Gods name is Holy and it is not to be taken in vain. How many times in Scripture do you see it written that God said that he would do something for his name's sake? Names have meaning, and this is very important. This understanding has been lost in the western world.

Very well said! Utmost respect fir Doctor Lutzer, but I also disagree with his advice in that regard.

“Let not any one pacify his conscience by the delusion that he can do no harm if he takes no part, and forms no opinion. Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing. He is not a good man who, without a protest, allows wrong to be committed in his name, and with the means which he helps to supply, because he will not trouble himself to use his mind on the subject.”

Is lying always, always wrong?

@@stevenbatke2475 always every time

@@greysuit17 you can’t think of any scenario where lying might actually be morally right?

@@stevenbatke2475 it’s a sin, sin leads to death, liars go to hell, so no. Telling the truth is always the right thing to do.

Not psychosis... Agenda.

Which raises the question for me, since when does the NIH deal in civil rights? It deals with health.

“Let not any one pacify his conscience by the delusion that he can do no harm if he takes no part, and forms no opinion. Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing. He is not a good man who, without a protest, allows wrong to be committed in his name, and with the means which he helps to supply, because he will not trouble himself to use his mind on the subject.”

And where's the problem? It's normal to be called with differents names. Especially if you don't like your Cristian name. A guy with the name Dick might want to be called Dixie.

Well stated.

@@Allhopeisgone2023 🙏 thank you. But what’s the best part is that it’s God’s words and His love that’s the answer to all things in a Christian’s life…. Character .. Responses…. Etc

If it helps at all, a Christian friend of mine in a similar situation agreed a ‘nickname’ with their child that could be used to find a middle ground. (Just to clarify, a middle ground for the name so that they could live in peace, not a middle ground on the parents’ biblical position, they have remained clear on that)

@@bramberm662 good idea

34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. 35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. 36 And a man's foes shall be they of his own household. 37 He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. 38And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. Matthew 10

Don't be stupid. Say you're sorry for you silly behaviour and start using the name she has chosen.

Tbh I think the name is still affirming the ideology. They changed their name because they “changed their gender”. The new name is the name tag of their transition.

Warn her not to do surgery. I had a mastectomy for cancer and it's not great

@@jennprescott2757that’s how I feel. It’s still affirming. I just commented asking about the same thing and then I scrolled and saw this comment. My niece is now they/them and wants to be called a name that’s very gender neutral. I have refused to use her name or preferred pronouns but this means I never contact her or my brother and SIL. I avoid the conflict. I’m torn on what to do.

Say "they".

I’m okay with certain pronouns like he, him, her, and she. My preferred pronouns are thee and thou.

It’s difficult but not impossible, just take practice.