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		<title>Zion’s Story: The Unexpected Blessing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2022 11:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Zion shares his experience living with same-sex attraction, and being diagnosed as HIV positive.]]></description>
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<p>Dear Friends,</p>
<p>I have never imagined that my dark secret from my past life can become a story of hope.</p>
<p>For anyone who may be facing difficult days in your struggle with same sex attraction and HIV/AIDS, I like to encourage you to allow God to re-write your story.</p>
<p>My life is proof that God is able to transform nightmares into sunshine, mourning into dancing and despair into hope.</p>
<p>Come to Jesus. He loves you, no matter how broken and messed up your life may seem right now. Jesus is the one who can bring life into your dying heart.</p>
<p>“But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” &#8211; 2 Corinthians 12:9A</p>
<p>Love,<br />
Zion</p>
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		<title>Shaun&#8217;s Story: Whole</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2022 12:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[30-odd years of experiencing Jesus' unconditional acceptance, unfailing love, and unending mercy.]]></description>
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<p>Dear Friends,</p>
<p>In some sense, this story has been 30-odd years in the making &#8211; 30-odd years of wrestling with addiction, self-loathing, loneliness, and rejection. However, it has also been 30-odd years of experiencing Jesus&#8217; unconditional acceptance, tender-loving care, fierce, unfailing love, and unending mercy.</p>
<p>If you struggle with feelings of inferiority or rejection &#8211; a belief that you don&#8217;t belong, that you are a glitch in the matrix, a mistake &#8211; I would like to encourage you to let God in on your pain and your hurt. Let Him tell you how much you mean to Him, and allow him to show you just how loved you are by Him. Don&#8217;t give up yet because He hasn&#8217;t given up on you.</p>
<p>“He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.” (Ecclesiastes 3:11, NIV)</p>
<p>Love,<br />
Shaun Goh</p>
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		<title>Silence: Gillian&#8217;s Story</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2021 17:32:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The silence from Gillian's church about her SSA hurt her. Find out how she came back home.]]></description>
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<p>Words can be painful, but sometimes silence hurts more.</p>
<p>The silence from Gillian&#8217;s Christian community about her same-sex relationship was deafening. Overwhelmed by feelings of insecurity and disapproval, she soon distanced herself from her church. Amidst the pain of a series of relationship failures, Gillian cried out to God.</p>
<p>From the silence, He answered.</p>
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		<title>Abba&#8217;s Little Girl</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2020 07:28:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A lesbian of 23 years gives it all up because of love.]]></description>
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<p>&#8220;I lived loud and proud as a lesbian for 23 years. I had multiple relationships, I got married, I had it all.&#8221;</p>
<p>Karen lived the dream life of a celebrated lesbian in the community. She was desired, sought after and even had the privilege of being one of the first five lesbian couples to be married in Toronto.</p>
<p>But she gave all of that up. Why in the world would Karen do that?</p>
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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>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>Alessio&#8217;s Story</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jun 2019 14:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[From asking was “I born gay?” to being born again.]]></description>
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<p>“Was I born gay?”</p>
<p>Seeking answers, Alessio surrounded himself with a church and a pastor who reassured him that he was wonderfully made &#8211; gay. Yet, deep down, he was still conflicted. He even attempted suicide. </p>
<p>But one day, on a bus in Italy, God spoke to him about his identity. And now, Alessio has found peace instead of a torturous struggle.</p>
<p>Journey with Alessio in his story of what it means to be born again.</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>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>Jason&#8217;s Story</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2018 15:59:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[How God provided a second chance at life]]></description>
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<p>This is a story of a young man’s secret shame and his struggles with desires he cannot tame. After chasing the superficial and brushing past death, Jason realised that the love he had been searching for this whole time had actually been pursuing him. Watch how the God of amazing grace gave him a second chance at life and showed him what true love really is.</p>
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