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		<title>Come Home: Tou Chen’s Story</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2020 04:12:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Tou Chen was addicted to sex. Watch how God turned this lost ship around.]]></description>
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<p>In his late twenties, Tou Chen would have sex with three or four men a night. Yet the more sex he had, the bigger the void in him grew.</p>
<p>Tou Chen was obsessed with sex. He was addicted. He was lost in an ocean of lust but shame stopped him from coming out to seek help.</p>
<p>Watch Tou Chen’s story to see how God turned this lost ship around.</p>
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		<title>Never Forsaken: Mabel&#8217;s Story</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2020 02:02:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Finding strength to love through forgiveness and acceptance.]]></description>
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<p>An abusive father destroyed Mabel’s trust in men, and she believed she had to become like a man to protect herself. But knowing the Father’s love showed her that true strength is found in forgiveness.</p>
<p>She learnt that she was never forsaken. Even when it seems like no one else notices her or cares about her, Mabel knows she is loved and accepted. She found true freedom to love, and be loved. How about you?</p>
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		<title>Joseph &#038; Brenda</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2020 14:06:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A sexually abused man and a woman who identified as bisexual find true love in marriage.]]></description>
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<p>A sexually abused man met a woman who identified as bisexual. Against all odds, they experienced True Love and are now happily married.</p>
<p>This seems like the kind of story that happens only in dramas, except that it is the real-life testimony of Joseph and <a href="https://truelove.is/brenda-story/">Brenda</a>. How did two broken people with distorted views on relationship and sex decide to pledge themselves to the lifelong commitment of marriage? How did they come to accept each other’s past? </p>
<p>Watch their story of how True Love saved their lives.</p>
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		<title>Dear Pastors</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2019 03:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Two pastors answer difficult questions on same-sex attraction.]]></description>
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<p>Two Pastors, one raw conversation on sex and sexuality. Watch this conversation between Pastor Ian and Pastor Tryphena, as they discuss questions that you&#8217;ve always wondered about but never had the chance to ask.</p>
<p>Like&#8230; What would you say about a church leader who teaches that God permits homosexuality? What about pastors who&#8217;re silent about this issue? Or what about churches who&#8217;re always trying to &#8220;fix&#8221; those with same-sex attraction?</p>
<p>Along with other pressing questions, let’s talk about how to make the Church a safer place for people to come home to.</p>
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		<title>Tryphena&#8217;s Story</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2019 10:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[From a pastor to a sex addict. From brokenness to beauty.]]></description>
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<p>“I asked God if I could ever be made beautiful. If I could ever be unbroken.”</p>
<p>Tryphena was ready to plunge into her death. She was a pastor who kept her lesbian love-life a secret, until it ended and broke her. She hung up her pastoral duties, left the church and became a sex addict. </p>
<p>10 years later, forgiveness becomes her strength. Journey with Tryphena from a place of brokenness to beauty.</p>
<p>#TrueLoveIs</p>
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		<title>Sylvia&#8217;s Story</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2019 11:12:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Experiencing healing and freedom from the fear of man. ]]></description>
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<p>My colleagues asked me, “Can I pray together with you?”</p>
<p>After being sexually abused, Sylvia constantly felt dirty. She also started to have a fear of men. Convinced that all men were bad, she found comfort and love in same-sex relationships. </p>
<p>But a simple prayer started her journey home. Watch how Sylvia experienced healing, forgiveness and reconciliation through the love of God and her colleagues who cared for her.</p>
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		<title>Sihol&#8217;s Story</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2019 07:50:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[How the goodness of God leads one to repentance]]></description>
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<p>“In my teens, every time I tried to pray the gay away, it made me more insecure.”</p>
<p>Sihol was trapped in a life of porn, video games and unwanted same sex desires. Every waking moment was about fulfilling his addictions. </p>
<p>Journey with Sihol as he recounts how the goodness of God restored his life and identity.</p>
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		<title>Jaime&#8217;s Story</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2018 11:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What the freedom to love truly is]]></description>
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<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m so sorry. I love you, but I love God. And I cannot walk down this path with you.&#8221; This unforgettable line led Jaime on a roller-coaster journey to disprove Christianity. Instead, what she found was the truth of Jesus&#8217; pure and perfect love — and what the freedom to love truly is.</p>
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		<title>Eitaro&#8217;s Story</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2018 14:39:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Experiencing and releasing true forgiveness ]]></description>
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<p>Share a husband’s journey into understanding, accepting and releasing true forgiveness. </p>
<p>Eitaro and Tamae were raising their first child when he discovered her affair with another woman. Disappointed, hurt and broken, he wanted to leave his home, work and family.</p>
<p>Questioning God about his situation, he only heard “forgive”. As God revealed His heart to Eitaro, true forgiveness flowed into his life and marriage, providing reconciliation between husband and wife and helped him come home.</p>
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