Ray Boltz - The Anchor Holds and Ray Talks About Coming Out

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  • Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
  • Ray Boltz - The Anchor Holds
    Performed at Theatre Three - Crossroads Community Church
    Video - Alex Voss, and Robert Breithaupt - Voss Video Production
    Majestic Ocean Time Lapse - Preston Becker
    Copyright MMXV - Ray Boltz

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  • @extremesoutherngal
    @extremesoutherngal 3 месяца назад +13

    No Ray, it’s not going to “tick people off.” Your coming out didn’t tick me off at all. It actually hit me like a tidal wave. I hurt for you, because I’ve been down a similar path, and I know the feeling of “It Didn’t Work.”
    And to this day, I remember thinking it was time to give up and give in. I’m so glad I didn’t.
    Ray you have to go back to that place that you gave up the fight, and keep fighting. I promise you there is a win just a little further up the road from there. I promise. I am praying for you, brother. I believe God will deliver you if you’ll stop trying to justify what you yourself already know. And if you do, your testimony will pull others out of their pits.
    God wants to use you in a way that you can not yet fathom. He loves you- and so do I.

  • @pastorsololomonken5341
    @pastorsololomonken5341 2 года назад +152

    There are none of his songs that hadn't got me tearing. Oh Lord, please bring back Ray Boltz home by your magnetic power please.

    • @mattjennings4749
      @mattjennings4749 Год назад +7

      He never left. Ray is doing just fine

    • @RSMR7.
      @RSMR7. Год назад +6

      Amen Pastor Solomon. 🙏 Lord Jesus, bring Ray back. 😢

    • @RSMR7.
      @RSMR7. 11 месяцев назад

      @@mattjennings4749 Ray is not fine and RAY knows he is not fine.

    • @chrisc432
      @chrisc432 8 месяцев назад +1

      Same here.. All of his sings makes me cry..

    • @wossp2
      @wossp2 5 месяцев назад

      Amen!

  • @karendegroat1143
    @karendegroat1143 8 лет назад +57

    What a beautiful song, the true meaning of Gods love for us , as He Is always with us ! through our every Storms, bless you Lord,

    • @juleebishop5735
      @juleebishop5735 2 года назад +2

      Absolutely! This song says so much. We do serve an awesome God!

    • @angela-sj4eh
      @angela-sj4eh 5 месяцев назад

      Praise the lord

  • @raquelplacencio3315
    @raquelplacencio3315 2 года назад +27

    A beautiful song for those that have been though bad time's an encouragement to remember that God is our anchor.

  • @Kemidavid43
    @Kemidavid43 Год назад +14

    When I gave my life to Christ 11 years ago, Ray's songs was another word of God in music form to my heart😢. I cried when I learnt he left Jesus, oh I pray that the Lord will pls show Ray is Mercy once again😢

  • @duanemoret1049
    @duanemoret1049 6 лет назад +37

    Yes, indeed, the Anchor Holds even when others can't see that God is still speaking today to open hearts and minds.

  • @tonyblackler3961
    @tonyblackler3961 8 лет назад +45

    Beautiful man beautiful, Your music has been and still is a great source of strength and inspiration

  • @dianamcdargh4558
    @dianamcdargh4558 Год назад +32

    Such an anointing and God given talent he once had. He broke my heart when he left God. I still pray for him. I know we have a merciful God.

  • @niners4life781
    @niners4life781 6 лет назад +84

    Still my favorite Christian song that has uplifted me through the years

    • @billmarshall3082
      @billmarshall3082 3 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/BxnQzwrF4OU/видео.html

    • @armywidow6004
      @armywidow6004 Год назад

      Amen.

    • @joantaylor468
      @joantaylor468 Год назад +2

      I highly recommend you find "tbe story behind The Anchor Holds" on RUclips where the writer also sings his song himself! All Glory to God In Jesus Great Name!!!

    • @beverleyparker-pu6hx
      @beverleyparker-pu6hx Год назад

      My

  • @kamrynrainntree695
    @kamrynrainntree695 11 месяцев назад +12

    My aunt found faith in your music. She was dying with bone cancer. She had her daughters play the song The Anchor Holds over and over until she took her last breath. I've been on your path. God turned me around. My first love and only love is Jesus. God changes people and things. No, my aunt always loved me. She never judged me but she prayed for me constantly. God is faithful and heard her. I've fully returned to my first love. I'm not here to judge you. Jesus will judge us all on that day. Be careful of the enemy and the allure of this world. Our lives are just a vapor. Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. God is Holy. I pray he takes your right hand and leads you in the path he created for you.

  • @sylviajamison2919
    @sylviajamison2919 5 месяцев назад +1

    Ray your songs were the 1st Christian artist that touched my heart. I'm praying for you to be delivered from the devil has you in bondage. Ray, I love your songs!
    Thank you Ray. You made a difference in my Christian walk. I pray that GOD WILL BLESS YOU AND BE FREE!

    • @dennissmallwood9082
      @dennissmallwood9082 5 дней назад

      Have mercy. Jesus loves all of us and yes he knows who is gay and he loves them just as much as the judgmental so called Christians. Jesus never condemned and he said that wasn’t his job.

  • @andrews8204
    @andrews8204 4 года назад +49

    Yes Ray, your anchor still holds, Jesus your only anchor, and our only anchor still holds. Your ship may be buttered but Jesus is still looking forward to the relationship and fellowship of doing these songs over and over again, living with Him. Please come back....we are all praying and waiting for you. We love you and miss you so much...…
    Father, please reach down your hands and bring him back in Jesus Name, Amen!

  • @barbarajohnson3283
    @barbarajohnson3283 3 года назад +37

    Oh My God People We All Battle Temptation! Show this wonderful man Love ❤️ Caring and Compassion! And of course PRAY for his eyes to open to see that it’s not to late to come home to our Savior who welcomes ALL Prodigal Sons & Daughters into his loving arms and forgives! We are all Wretched Sinners saved grace! One of my favorite scriptures is Judge Not Lest Ye Be Judged! Pray and Continue to Pray for him!!! Love ❤️ You Ray Boltz! Your music got me thru some very lonely and difficult times!!!❤️❤️❤️

    • @beholdheiscomingonthecloud5526
      @beholdheiscomingonthecloud5526 Год назад +6

      One cannot have love without truth. We are going to stand before the judgement seat of CHRIST and give an account. I love Ray Boltz and tell him if he continues on the broad road he will end up in hell. Our GOD is love, mercy, grace and holy. Eventually we run out of time. I speak myself, and to all. Blessed be the name of the LORD.

    • @paulpolner
      @paulpolner Год назад +1

      God does have caveats. One is that if we live and condone sin with no repentance He will turn His back on us. “I never knew you”.

    • @ShirleyLackey-mb9bq
      @ShirleyLackey-mb9bq Год назад +1

      To the person who said we all sin THIS IS DIFFERENT BEING GAY IS AN ABOMINATION TO THE LORD !! ITS OUR PLACE AS CHRISTIANS TO TELL THEM!! LORD SAVE HIM BEFORE ITS TO LATE

    • @sueyarber667
      @sueyarber667 Год назад

      Love every one of his songs...GOD has surely blessed his voice..such an anointed voice and Man🙏❤🙏❤🙏❤🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

    • @angelabrown8434
      @angelabrown8434 2 месяца назад

      I've never heard such comments. Jesus loves Ray as much as he loves you ,the drunk. You, the drug addict. You the pedophile. You the rapist. You the murderer . You the one that murders with your mouth.

  • @pattilesley3755
    @pattilesley3755 Год назад +47

    My prayers for you Ray. Your songs are beautiful with awesome messages, there was a time when you had our creator in you, but you clearly turned to the other side. I hope you find life again.

    • @Kataxu
      @Kataxu Год назад +5

      God does not abandon the saved, unless they deny him.

    • @elviselv7839
      @elviselv7839 Год назад +6

      @@Kataxu he has abandoned God through his actions.he must repent otherwise he is going to hell.

    • @annelogan8996
      @annelogan8996 Год назад +5

      And you presume to know exactly what God thinks and how he judges? How arrogant and self righteous.

    • @troywilkinson160
      @troywilkinson160 Год назад +4

      We know, not presume, what God thinks and judges because He has told us in His unchanging, eternal Word. Ray Boltz is an apostate who has denied His only Lord and Master. His best life is now.

    • @annelogan8996
      @annelogan8996 Год назад +3

      @@troywilkinson160 I don't presume to speak for Ray Boltz or God or anyone else.. but I'd say the only one that Ray has denied is those who take it upon themselves to judge. Seems to me his faith and his relationship with God and with his family and with everyone else that truly matters is still very much alive and well. I don't know why "Christians" always feel the need to jump in and voice their judgement of others. Their opinion. Their interpretation of what they think the Bible means.

  • @catherinephiri4022
    @catherinephiri4022 2 года назад +20

    I love his songs and never get fed up of listening to them. It's my daily food

    • @besttest8351
      @besttest8351 Год назад

      I love you Ray.....pls stay with jesus

  • @skipdar4396
    @skipdar4396 2 года назад +9

    This song is my testimony. 🙏
    I have my own issues for which I need God’s hand. Passing judgement on others just takes too much energy.

  • @gerardplace
    @gerardplace 4 года назад +226

    What a broken man Ray is. My eyes are full of tears. I am grateful that Jesus is my life time partner. I left the gay life 41 years ago. I am so happy.

    • @tabitasalazar6071
      @tabitasalazar6071 3 года назад +6

      Praise God 🙏

    • @tabitasalazar6071
      @tabitasalazar6071 3 года назад +27

      Oh my Lord, when I heard this song many years ago I gave my life to the Lord.My eyes are full of tears for this man who is so confused.God have Mercy on his soul.

    • @gemma8519
      @gemma8519 3 года назад +4

      you left the gay life because you realized you cant be gay and homophobic you idiot. you're like 60, get tf out if you're gonna hate on people for who they are

    • @gerardplace
      @gerardplace 3 года назад +1

      @@gemma8519 wow a self hater

    • @gemma8519
      @gemma8519 3 года назад

      @@gerardplace wow a bitch

  • @redonnamiller5279
    @redonnamiller5279 8 лет назад +40

    That's the mistake we make we try instead of letting Jesus because that's when the anchor truly holds.

  • @derekhalford187
    @derekhalford187 3 года назад +33

    Another amazing Christian artist who's ministry impacted me in the 90's. I believe that the fact that Ray still sings about the Lord, means God is at work. Love covers a multitude of sins.

    • @71742s
      @71742s 2 года назад +5

      NO. love does not cover any sin. Sin is sin. The blood of Jesus is the only thing that covers sin but you have to ask for forgiveness and refrain from doing that sin. Mr. Boltz kicked God aside because he would rather partake in his sin than to give it up for God. He will rue the day eventually if he continues living in his sin. For him to sing about God/Jesus is making a mockery of God while he is living in sin.

    • @AmySharpton
      @AmySharpton 2 года назад +2

      And Christ's blood covers ALL sins. Praise God! Apart from Him, there is none righteous, no, not one.

    • @AmySharpton
      @AmySharpton 2 года назад +3

      @@71742s We don't do anything but allow Jesus Christ to save us. Jesus plus anything is salvation through works, and that isn't salvation. "...and that not of yourselves. It is the gift of God, lest any man should boast." Praise God that Jesus' righteousness is stronger than all my sin, and strong enough to save me and keep me forever.

    • @greghillmusic
      @greghillmusic 2 года назад +3

      @@71742s you cannot refrain from sin. You can try, but you are not perfect. Only Jesus is. You are a sinner. You lie, cuss, adulterate.. just because you don't commit the sin of being gay doesn't mean you don't commit other sins which are equal in God's eyes... repent means to turn away, but we can never fully do that as we are human. We absolutely try, but we fail as we are imperfect. THAT is where Jesus picks us up. Jesus can absolutely pick up Ray.

    • @laughingsnake1989
      @laughingsnake1989 2 года назад +2

      The Bible is clear Leviticus 20:13 - If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

  • @Kenji1962Boss
    @Kenji1962Boss Год назад +10

    The more I watch the prouder I become and the more empathy I have for Ray. Ray is right. God loves us as we are. To heal we have to accept ourselves as we are. I know Ray won’t see this comment. But there are so many that love him and his music. How many souls did Rays music save for the Lord?

  • @drgeraldmontgomery133
    @drgeraldmontgomery133 Год назад +5

    A song that speaks to those that need to hear, God is truly our Anchor and he promised he would not put more on us but that we were able to bear. THANK GOD FOR THE MESSAGE.

  • @kennethholderfield919
    @kennethholderfield919 3 года назад +27

    There is such a message in Ray's pre-coming out songs. The saddest thing to me is so many churches will not play his songs anymore because of the choices he's made. In my opinion that means Satan has won two victories. The first is that Ray is not singing for the Lord anymore and the second is not as many people hear those wonderful old songs anymore. Praise God that we know who holds the anchor and who has the final victory!

    • @Scottsteaux63
      @Scottsteaux63 Год назад

      I have been a Christian for more than fifty years; I was even before I knew I was also Gay. I am SICK unto DEATH of tight-lipped, judgmental Pharisees like you who speak glibly of "choices he's made" when there is nothing about being Gay that is remotely a choice. He did not choose it and neither does anyone. As for God, the God of love I serve would not put a person like me on earth only to fling him into the pit for eternity.

    • @paulpolner
      @paulpolner Год назад

      It’s Ray’s sin that turned the tables on what he was doing before he came out. Now he’s lost.

    • @chrisc432
      @chrisc432 8 месяцев назад +1

      Several years ago (After He Came Out) some one sang "I Pledge Allegiance To The Lamb" at my church.. I have not heard him on the radio though.. Thankful for You Tube..

    • @marybrooks6886
      @marybrooks6886 8 месяцев назад

      For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.❤❤ only God is able to judge. The song id so uplifting praisd God❤

  • @TheTammy522
    @TheTammy522 6 лет назад +51

    God loves you the way you are but loves you TOO MUCH TO LET YOU STAY THAT WAY!

    • @GypsyGirl317
      @GypsyGirl317 2 года назад +1

      Amen 💯

    • @mattjennings4749
      @mattjennings4749 Год назад

      Shut up

    • @user-ls1yu7cz2d
      @user-ls1yu7cz2d 3 месяца назад

      Ray, you still belong to Jesus. It’s just that Satan has you in bondage with your weakness in the flesh. We all have different carnal weaknesses and Satan knows what they are. I was saved when I was 7, and I loved Jesus desperately. But I didn’t understand the Holy Spirit in me. I became promiscuous as a teenager and was always convicted of it. I was raised in a quit southern Baptist church and that was my family’s life.

    • @user-ls1yu7cz2d
      @user-ls1yu7cz2d 3 месяца назад

      The lord finally delivered me from my promiscuous life style. I finally understood the power in me that would help me. I had a really supernatural experience one night when I was so heartbroken. Father God delivered me from my pain and showed me the lights of heaven while I was driving and I never want to disappoint my savior again!

    • @user-ls1yu7cz2d
      @user-ls1yu7cz2d 3 месяца назад

      The lord finally delivered me from my promiscuous life style. I finally understood the power in me that would help me. I had a really supernatural experience one night when I was so heartbroken. Father God delivered me from my pain and showed me the lights of heaven while I was driving and I never want to disappoint my savior again! I was about 45 at the time. But Jesus never left me and kept me from a lot of tragedy! He gave me such peace. Your sin in your lifestyle is no different than mine. You are such an anointed child of God!! Just don’t act on the temptation of your feelings. Satan is a liar and he knows how to bring us down. But praise God we are stronger than him through Jesus Christ! 10:30 I love you Ray!! 10:30

  • @ChakitoTolu
    @ChakitoTolu Год назад +1

    All of us who are being uplifted by Ray Boltz songs let's pray for God's Mercy upon his life. Let's pray for restoration this was a tool in God's hands which the devil stole. His song " I pledge allegiance" made me to get born again all the way from Kenya. He sang all his songs in spirit and truth.

  • @brendadole236
    @brendadole236 Год назад +9

    That song is so beautiful!! Thank you Ray!!

  • @carlamichelle0071
    @carlamichelle0071 4 года назад +5

    Jesus Loves you Ray... You know it and I know it!!! You can't worship the Lord and reach hearts with his love unless you know him like you do Ray... No matter What, Keep On Praising God.. Your testimony Makes me Love Jesus even more xxxx I Thank God for giving us His permanent gift of Salvation! I Thank Him for been the Author and Finisher of our Faith!! I thank Him That We do not need to worry about God Letting us Go.... He Always Come's through and HE Always Hears Our Broken Heart!! God Will Deliver Us All In His Time..I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING YOU IN HEAVEN MY BROTHER IN CHRIST!!! THANK YOU FOR GIVING TO THE LORD!!! Your talent is a gift from the Lord :)

    • @eraera2022
      @eraera2022 Год назад

      Carla Waara
      Hebrew 10:26-29

    • @carlamichelle0071
      @carlamichelle0071 Год назад

      @@eraera2022 knowing the truth is knowing yourself as God sees you.. when we know who we are in christ then we do not sin...and if we are struggling with our identity and our sexuality then we do not know the complete truth about ourselves or the Lord... so my thoughts are this... we are the body of Christ and we know the devil is working around the clock to prevent people from fully knowing the Lord, and our job is to pray and fast for them so they can be set free and know the Lord fully.. only when we fully know him can we be set free from Sin.. so today how but you and me pra and fast for this man, so that he can be set free... just because he is a Christian who is famous doesn't exempt him from Sinful nature, in fact he is in the firing line of Satan who will throw all sorts of temptations around him.. he knows this man's weaknesses and will do anything to stop him from praising and glorifying God... so instead of pointing out this man's sin which he has already obviously confessed and is burdened by it how but we pray and fast for him to be set free fro it so that he can overcome and fully serve the Lord and love his family like God intended x the Lord loves this man, and he uses him x

  • @patriciaevans7591
    @patriciaevans7591 7 лет назад +3

    God tells us to love the sinners but not their sin ! These are un natural affections ! I love you Ray Boltz but you are under an evil spirit and you must resist the devil ! All these songs are anointed and have a powerful message ! The Anchor Holds is my song ! It's still my song today ! God knows our battles and he holds us closer than any friend or loved one can ! We all have our crosses to bare but I plead the Blood Of Jesus Christ over you and your struggles, I Rebuke the Devil and all his lies that has a hold on you ! I lose the Holy Spirit and I lose Gods truth over you now ! Come out Satan be gone now In Jesus Name Amen ! I Thank You God in advance for your guidance and help my brother bring him back to you In Jesus Name Amen !

  • @craigewers8211
    @craigewers8211 4 года назад +71

    Reach down your hands Lord and bring him back to you. Remove the scales from his eyes. Touch him with your love ❤

    • @MelVeeBroadcastingNetwork
      @MelVeeBroadcastingNetwork 4 года назад +2

      AMEN. He is my all time best gospel singer. The Lord loves him so much that He will bring Him back! "He says God knows I tried" I think right there is His problem - salvation by works! No one will be saved by works. The wise know that a relationship with Jesus starts with a surrender of the will to Jesus. Its not of works but faith and trust Him him. A relationship with God does not mean reprobate works of the flesh are now acceptable.

    • @mariezimmerman295
      @mariezimmerman295 3 года назад

      He is back!

    • @terrynewton3088
      @terrynewton3088 3 года назад

      Amen

    • @spencerlancaster4255
      @spencerlancaster4255 3 года назад

      Worry about your own “sins” God’s not going to ask you about Anyone else’s... GOD hates hypocrites

  • @angelnakazwe8765
    @angelnakazwe8765 4 года назад +74

    The way I love this man. My Father I pray for Ray this night. Please remember Him.

    • @xvsupremacy7190
      @xvsupremacy7190 2 года назад +1

      I will if you can remember this Scripture Hebrews 10:26 “For if we sin wilfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth , there no longer remains a sacrifice for sin “ Let God Arise May His enemies be scattered” ! There are mans thought and there is Gods Word , unchanging standards.

    • @BrendaLee381
      @BrendaLee381 2 года назад +2

      @@xvsupremacy7190 Amen, and God loves you Ray, as he does everyone, but...that's why he sent Jesus to die for our sins... all of us, not just the homosexuals, but the adulterers, and the abusers, too. We must turn from our ways, but only through Jesus Christ. If you are not a changed creature, then you are not God's child..... just a fact.

    • @neggipepple3074
      @neggipepple3074 2 года назад +1

      What's wrong with him

    • @tjsgirlshan8294
      @tjsgirlshan8294 Год назад

      @@xvsupremacy7190 who is to say what sin is? Is it us or Christ himself?

  • @christinaewing7082
    @christinaewing7082 4 года назад +14

    Your still an amazing singer , your songs got me though alot and this song right now was one I listen to over and over though my life I like how you sing it here thanks for your music

  • @KarenCharron-rr6cr
    @KarenCharron-rr6cr 4 месяца назад

    Our little girl died unexpectedly in my arms. This song, sung by yoy Ray, still blesses my heart. The anchor holds rings true to our life. He has kept us His for the 36 years she's been absent from the body & present with the Lord Jesus Christ. Without Him, 'the anchor', we would have crumbled.

  • @nursecrystal4750
    @nursecrystal4750 6 месяцев назад +1

    I want to say straight to Ray Boltz. Mr. Boltz I don’t judge you because you sin differently than me. What I will say is your songs I’ve seen lead numerous teenagers to Christ! Keep singing

  • @jefferyhart9837
    @jefferyhart9837 6 лет назад +97

    The fact remains if anyone has to " come out " it only means they can no longer live with the guilt of sin. So they think by announcing that they can clear their conscience.But they are only deceiving themselves.

    • @richardrolf5496
      @richardrolf5496 3 года назад +6

      And you are Biblically right

    • @billmarshall3082
      @billmarshall3082 3 года назад +15

      Not so.I know some gay Christians who would put other Christians to shame because of their walk...not their (or your) talk.They don't want to be gay...that's why they try to be straight.God hates the sin but loves the sinner so love your neighbour as yourself;that's what Jesus would do.God bless

    • @SJacob-rm7ct
      @SJacob-rm7ct 3 года назад

      Very true

    • @LadyFisherman
      @LadyFisherman 2 года назад +12

      @@billmarshall3082 are you kidding me? God CONDEMNS homosexuality.

    • @josephnicholas9152
      @josephnicholas9152 2 года назад

      @@billmarshall3082 the sin is exactly what he is speaking to so why did you tell him what he said was not so? When you know that is what he was speaking about. You just said it yourself, God HATES THE SIN, BUT LOVES THE SINNER. I think you owe that commenter an apology, for trying to show that he was wrong and what he said, and yet, incorrectly doing so.

  • @IndependentGrandma
    @IndependentGrandma 7 лет назад +25

    Who are we to judge? Anyone on here without sin throw the first stone. God bless you brother ... God loves you Ray Boltz. No one with an anointing like your's is far from the Father's heart. I thank you for the blessing you have been for me after I was saved & Ray, as you sing today I still feel your words touch my heart. Tears ...

    • @tinatimthompson3115
      @tinatimthompson3115 5 лет назад +8

      No one said "GOD DONT LOVE YOU"!!! NO, WE SAID"GOD DONT LOVE THAT SIN"! HE DOESNT LOVE ANY SIN! WHICH IS WHY SCRIPTURE SAID,"DONT LET THE SON GO DOWN ON UR SIN....REPENT MEANS "TURN AWAY,LEAVE IT"..... CHRISTIANS ARE TOLD TO KEEP EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE! IF YOU KNEW SCRIPTURE YOU WOULD KNOW THAT! WE LOVE RAY....
      BUT HE HAS TO "REPENT"
      OR BE SEPARATED....EXCUSING BAD BEHAVIOR IS NOT LOVE....

    • @debrahanks1964
      @debrahanks1964 3 года назад +1

      The blind leading the blind

    • @debrahanks1964
      @debrahanks1964 3 года назад

      @@tinatimthompson3115 "Sun....not Son

    • @victoriamorgan8408
      @victoriamorgan8408 2 года назад +4

      If I’m free from that sin, I can judge right and wrong. If I’m doing that sin, but judging him, then I am a hypocrite with a plank in MY eye. He needs to repent.

    • @abc-wv4in
      @abc-wv4in 2 года назад +4

      We have all sinned and God hates my and your sins as much as He hates Ray's sins, and He still loves all of us. However, it is not being judgmental to call what the Bible clearly says is a sin, a sin. Judging would be saying your sins are worse than mine or I'm better than you. We are all sinners, but we are not to approve any sins.

  • @SereneSoul41
    @SereneSoul41 9 месяцев назад +1

    Amen. The Anchor Holds. Thank you, Ray. ❤️ This song has blessed me for many, many years.

  • @cheryltaylor443
    @cheryltaylor443 Год назад +5

    When you came out my heart broke for you. My Son came out a few years ago and I gotta tell you I just don't get it ,but living a life that's not true to who you are hurt me so. My Brad's gone now from Cancer but he knew I loved him unconditionally just like our Father, our Lord Loves us. I pray for you and your family. GOD IS OUR ANCHOR .PRAISE HIM !

  • @leegaesswitz181
    @leegaesswitz181 9 лет назад +254

    The sad part of this video is the part where Ray talks on how no one knows if they can be a Christian. The only person who knows that is Jesus and you, the frightening thing about that is him saying that no one can know what being a Christian really is. If this is true, then the Bible is not the inerrant word of God, and the scriptures are faulty. If that is the case, then Christianity doesn't exist at all. I don't think Ray is trying to point that out, but he has a universalist mentality by default by simply stating that no one can know Christian doctrine. What is the point of scripture other than that alone? The part where Ray failed was when he said "I tried everything I could do, I did everything everyone told me to do." And that is the problem. Men will struggle in sexuality until they stop relying on themselves to change. Ray, I'm sorry buddy but there is nothing you can do to try and be good. BUT, you can give it to the Lord, fall in love with Christ and let him change you into the man he has called you to be. Repentance is simply changing a mindset about sin. The problem with his view is the reliance of behavior modification, and that's not how Jesus works. There is still hope Ray. Come on man...return to truth.

    • @psalm37v4
      @psalm37v4 9 лет назад +16

      +Lee Gaesswitz Ray and anyone else who thinks they can't know if they're saved are WRONG. We have that blessed assurance once we trust in Jesus' death on the cross. Once we believe and accept it, we are saved. When He was asked what is the will of God, what did Jesus say? "Do good works and you'll be saved"? NO. He said "The will of God is this: To believe in the One He has sent." Not just believing that Jesus exists, but that what He did at Calvary was for YOU, and that all of your sins - past, present & future - were forgiven at the cross. That also doesn't mean we don't have to go to God for forgiveness, rather it means that no matter what we do, our sins are already forgiven because He knew we'd commit them. He knew we can never live perfectly enough to be saved on our own. That's exactly why Christ came. To do what we can never do.
      We also need to maintain one on one fellowship with God. That means daily prayer, time in His word, daily praising Him (something we need to do all the time!!!), and going to Him asking forgiveness when we stumble. The problem with Ray and so many other "gay Christians" is that they think their homosexuality isn't a sin, when it clearly IS. When you try to point it out, they use misinterpreted scriptures or other means to defend what they think is true. So Ray and other "gay Christians" are saved, but they miss out on blessings and also cut themselves off from God's plan for their lives by continuing to sin willfully, whether they realize it or not.
      For those who say repentance means turning away from sin, that is incorrect. Please read this:
      www.gotquestions.org/repentance.html
      And if you reply to me I will not respond, as I am not going to engage in debate or argument. I don't think I am better than anyone nor perfect. I simply am choosing to show the truth, and if you think I'm wrong, pray for me instead of attacking me. Thanx.

    • @TheMistysFavs
      @TheMistysFavs 8 лет назад +11

      +Psalm 37v4 -- Well I AM going to respond to you, to tell you *thank you for telling GOD'S OWN TRUTH!* Not everyone will do so, they'd rather please men instead of God. God bless you and yours!

    • @psalm37v4
      @psalm37v4 8 лет назад +6

      Mary Mclocke
      Thank you my sister for your encouraging words! I have to answer to the Lord and when I get to heaven I don't want to hear the Lord say, "why didn't you tell them?" but rather "Well done!"

    • @gvrose1952
      @gvrose1952 6 лет назад +6

      Well said. We ALL sin..only Jesus was sinless. In God's eyes, all sins are equal, whether it is homosexuality or stealing. Our society...even Christians...think some sins are worse than others. But to God, sin is sin. He will forgive any sin.

    • @barbaramanning8856
      @barbaramanning8856 5 лет назад +2

      so well said

  • @aaronwine2111
    @aaronwine2111 6 лет назад +62

    This breaks my heart. May God have mercy on him.

    • @mariezimmerman295
      @mariezimmerman295 3 года назад +3

      He will he forgives ! Judge not

    • @jason4522
      @jason4522 3 года назад +10

      GOD SAID it is an abomination for a man to lay with a man and turn from his natural state. We have the right to judge the unholy. This video broke my heart a little bit. I hope and pray he changes and repents. 🙏🏼 😔

    • @debrahanks1964
      @debrahanks1964 3 года назад +4

      @@jason4522 you are correct..thats exactly what Bible says and God did not make man to.lay with a man...i hope God opens his eyes ...

    • @mezcal6394
      @mezcal6394 3 года назад

      He died for sinners last check not for saints Judge not least you be judged!

    • @zaythecat7911
      @zaythecat7911 3 года назад +2

      @@mezcal6394 It's more of the scripture judging, not really them.

  • @lisawallace9404
    @lisawallace9404 7 лет назад +2

    Precious Ray, God still loves you and don let judgemental people discourage your ministry. Lying, stealing, adultery, coveting, etc. are sins as well and none are without sin. So, with forgiveness at hand, keep walking. God and I love you and your beautiful music and anointed voice is an absolute blessing. Hold to that anchor in spite of the storm.

  • @roxanedivine3271
    @roxanedivine3271 5 лет назад +9

    ❤ much love sent your way. God loves you no matter what. I will always listen to you sing. I listen to this song and it gives me Hope. Thank you

  • @belindaintexas8789
    @belindaintexas8789 Год назад +4

    Pride goes before destruction. There is a way that seems right to a man but its end is the way to death .....

  • @Kenji1962Boss
    @Kenji1962Boss Год назад +5

    I love you Ray. Thank you ❤️

  • @AkinAkintunji
    @AkinAkintunji 3 года назад +38

    Wow, still shocked to my marrow. Still love you Ray. Your music impacted me since the day I stumble on Ray Boltz (about 20 years ago). I am not your judge but I don't agree with your conclusion on the matter. We be praying for you.

    • @namposyananyangwe5621
      @namposyananyangwe5621 2 года назад

      What happened to him

    • @abc-wv4in
      @abc-wv4in 2 года назад +1

      Well said, Joseph A.

    • @backyardpc1656
      @backyardpc1656 2 года назад +1

      @@namposyananyangwe5621 Read the headline above

    • @tjsgirlshan8294
      @tjsgirlshan8294 Год назад

      Would it be better for him to continue to live a lie? Do you think God would accept the liar better?

    • @backyardpc1656
      @backyardpc1656 Год назад +1

      I think the Bible tells us that Christ died for our sins and that trusting in Him for salvation makes you His own.

  • @profinno1
    @profinno1 7 лет назад +1

    thank you Jesus I was glad and keep playing the anchor o
    hold for this great child of God who comes back home of Ray boltz

  • @Jolland
    @Jolland 3 года назад +44

    Ray is such a great singer and his songs witness to me so dearly. I cannot condone his lifestyle but I love him just like I love everyone else. Praying for him.

    • @deborahclemens7956
      @deborahclemens7956 2 года назад +2

      I don’t believe it is up to you to condone or to sit in on judgement…..My grandma and grandpa raised me to “ stay in my lane” and to just worry about how I conduct my own life.
      We were not put down here on Earth to judge one another, but to come with love and acceptance. I embrace people who stand by God, even when His followers do not. As I was taught “God doesn’t make mistakes”. Perhaps God is not testing the LGBT community as much as He may be testing those who sit in on judgement of them……

    • @jimmiller4951
      @jimmiller4951 2 года назад +4

      Ray did not write or live this song and it has nothing to with his SIN

    • @KnowingDogs
      @KnowingDogs 2 года назад

      Me too Jolland.

    • @KnowingDogs
      @KnowingDogs 2 года назад +3

      Deborah, we are told in scripture to part ways with professing believers who refuse to repent from sexual sin. Paul even says to put them out of the church until they repent. I love Ray Boltz, I hope God continues to work on his heart because his music has had such an impact on so many of us.

    • @genedriggers892
      @genedriggers892 2 года назад

      You ever thought of tagging Ray in the ass??

  • @rhemaplantersmediainc.6564
    @rhemaplantersmediainc.6564 6 лет назад +32

    Ray, I have loved you and your songs. It had inspired me a lot and I pray those lines minister life and bring light to your heart as well! God loves you the most, even more than your new partner.
    More so, God is so interested in the lives that have been tied around your ministry and ministrations. He can give you messages via your songs and USE you to bless their lives, but that only makes you a medium if you choose to be a sign post that directs others to the way and stays at a spot.
    You can drift away from your love, covering, connections and vision from God and still operate in the same way as usual, your annointing and ability to write and perform great songs may never be taken away from you by God, except you loose your peace out of guilt.
    God Never took Satan's powers and ability from him... Maybe because that will be an unfair battle/combat.
    Its something you are known for. Its just you Ray, but that does not justify how God sees you. King Saul was still sitting on the throne many years after the bible clearly states that God had left him, and had taken the kingdom from him, Sampson "stood up as other times.... But the spirit of God had left him" Judas did dine with Jesus, listened to his words of wisdom first hand, but was still lost... Many others. You know the bible, there is nothing I can say here that you have not written in your songs, sang or even preached about.
    I only have this to say...
    We CANNOT feed every feeling we have. The life of a Christian is supposed to be ruled by truth and the leading of the Holy Spirit, not Feeling!!!
    You don't have to feed that feeling, even if its been there for 30 years or more. Think more of how many souls might be lost as a result of your giving in to your flesh/feeling. Everything about the flesh is selfish... All you said here today was..."I..."
    Life is more than that. Love is more than 'I'.
    You don't have to give up! If only you know that the souls that were tied around your ministry were beyound America. Your songs were Anthems in our Colleges in Africa and have reached souls across the entire world.
    Don't you smell the devil's hands in all this. He's way smarter now.
    Again, 'this' is not who you are. At least God did not say that. You just ended up defining you for yourself... Did you even borther to know how God defined you?
    I will say God saw you as...
    "Ray my son, my minister; who I greatly delight in. Whom I breathe my words into the lines of his songs. A man destined to reach the world with my message of truth. A great husband and awesome Dad, blessed grandpa and dearly beloved. Who only have this thorn in his flesh that brings him to his knees and before my throne. I am still working on you and will make you a master piece. But my Grace is sufficient for you... If you stay on course to the very end..."
    An African adage says:
    "When an egg rolls away from the covering of the mother hen before it hatches into a chick, it will neither be good as an egg, nor will it ever become a chicken. It will rot and be forgotten for good"
    The Great Potter's house is still the safest abode for those who struggle with the flesh. There we can be gradually made into Gods master piece... If only we wait and hold on to the Anchor. Because the Anchor hold....no matter what!!!
    May God have mercy!!!🙏

    • @ThattPhattMatt
      @ThattPhattMatt 3 года назад +5

      Amen! Thank you, Jesus. Thank you for listening to Jesus and writing this encouraging response! Truth!

    • @sejanashines
      @sejanashines 3 года назад +1

      Amen

    • @lindareiber4086
      @lindareiber4086 3 года назад

      🕊️💕💕💕💕

    • @pricklypear7497
      @pricklypear7497 2 года назад +1

      Thank God He did not invent bigotry. The Church did. These days the Evangelicals are the prodical sons that need to come home to God's love again.

    • @rhemaplantersmediainc.6564
      @rhemaplantersmediainc.6564 2 года назад

      @@pricklypear7497 Thanks for your reply. As a Pastor, I keep reminding the brethren that "The church didn't save us, Jesus Christ did" Whatever that is created outside shouldn't be held onto. The church will never save a man. Remember, it was the church that lied against and killed our Lord Jesus Christ. But thank God, Jesus rose again! Hallelujah. Much love!

  • @tymatthews6990
    @tymatthews6990 3 года назад +10

    I knew there was a reason i loved him when my mom played his music when i was a kid! ♥️

  • @robbiearmstrong3782
    @robbiearmstrong3782 9 лет назад +17

    Dear Ray - I came across this song in a moment of deep despair. I have known your music for years but, for some reason, I had not heard this arrangement. It ministered to me on many levels. God spoke to me through its words. Powerfully! Then, I remembered you're "that guy". And, then I realized, this song, at this time, with its words was God showing his love YET AGAIN to me. I too am gay. I was raised in the Pentecostal Church where Jesus Christ himself could not enter heaven with their rules, judgements and vitriolic attitudes. But a beautiful thing was revealed to me long ago that "I AM A WHOSOEVER". There are no asterisks after the word in any Bible. "Whosoever calls upon the name of the Lord, shall be saved". "Whosoever believes in Him shall not perish". "Whosoever believes he was raised from the dead".....And NOTHING CAN SEPARATE US FROM THE LOVE OF GOD. Before "Christians" spout Romans 8, they should review Matthew 7 and remember, when words are spoken in the name of God, judgement is double. And, DO NOT judge us because we "sin" differently than you. All of us have sinned and come short of the Glory of God. But, the lamb slain for the salvation of our sins covers us all - not rituals, rules, bigotry, perfect attendance, right hair cut, elbows covered or through any other thing! it covers us all. What God wants is a relationship with us. And, we should encourage one another to find "that place" with God. Be encouraged, my friend! God is using you to minister to a group outcast from the "Church" but not from Heaven! Amen!

    • @TheMistysFavs
      @TheMistysFavs 9 лет назад +4

      Robbie Armstrong -- You are deceiving yourself. I suggest you *read* God's word. You're 100% deceived. *Without repentance, sin is not forgiven for ANYONE* Not me, not you, NO ONE is forgiven without repentance. These are Jesus' OWN words. God also commands that those who belong to Him JUDGE RIGHTEOUSLY, so that line doesn't work either. READ a Bible. You can talk yourself into anything you'd like to, but come the Judgment, God will tell you His TRUTH. You can accept it here or there, we have that choice. ALL of us. Unless a man repent, He'll NOT see the Kingdom of God. Christ's OWN words. And I WILL "SPROUT" Romans 1, because without repentance, you will be "given over to a reprobate mind" and you don't want that. It's forever separation from God. FOREVER. Those are NOT MY words, and GOD isn't kidding. We HAVE ALL sinned and fallen short of God's glory, but we ARE forgiven through REPENTANCE. THAT is the only exception - repentance through the Grace of Christ's death on the Cross. You're only deceiving yourself with all that.... talk that you're only trying to convince yourself with. None of it is Scriptural and Scriptural - God's OWN word - is ALL that matters. Time's short, my friend. "The house is on fire and I am sounding the alarm to bring you to safety." Now it's up to you. Repent, or perish before that Arc door forever closes.

    • @hancjod
      @hancjod 9 лет назад +4

      Robbie Armstrong AMEN!!! I too am a gay Christian and get mess for it often! One thing I have realized though is the people that speak against gay people really have no idea what the bible actually says- down to the Greek or Latin, cultural stances, and what the letters were originally written for: realizing that Jesus never spoke on homosexuality. people have become content with picking and pulling scriptures to meet their needs. (slavery, women rights, the kkk, interracial marriage just to name a couple)

    • @davidcaporali693
      @davidcaporali693 9 лет назад +1

      Mary Mclocke Mary for being a Christian you are angry!! You must be from the South Pole!!

    • @chillout1109
      @chillout1109 9 лет назад +1

      +Joshua Hancock Do you have an "....idea what the bible actually says - down to the Greek or Latin, cultural stances, and what the letters were originally written for...."? Or is this just a comfortable excuse to justify your chosen preferential lifestyle?

    • @TheMistysFavs
      @TheMistysFavs 8 лет назад +1

      +Robbie Armstrong --It's Roman's 1 and it is GOD HIMSELF who "gave them over to their own passions." DO you know what that means? I doubt it. Nor do you obviously care. GOD rules Heaven, you don't make the rules. Jesus said to "follow the NARROW way." The blood of the lamb covers all SIN, not what God Himself calls abomination.. it's not the same when you make a son full of what he did called "Don't tell me who to love" A Video that will take many to HELL. *Just said to JUDGE! With Righteous judgment!! It's in John's Gospel. READ IT. You want it YOUR way and sorry, but it is going to be GOD'S way no matter what YOU want it to be. Read ALL of what GOD says about it..not cheery pick what You THINK is what He means. God makes it CLEAR when He says, 'It is abomination in My eyes." It is not "sinning differently. God gives NO ONE ELSE "over to their own passions." Meaning He lets them go do what they want to as they are hell bound anyway. God is not "using" Ray for anything anymore, guaranteed after his "spit in God's face song" of "Don't tell me who to love." *He spit in God's face*!! *DON'T you think that JUST MAYBE you should be concerned with YOUR OWN soul before you dig this hole any deeper for yourself*????

  • @chrissycummings4487
    @chrissycummings4487 4 года назад +4

    Keep singing!!!! There is only one judge. And it sure isn't any of us. We are all sinners and praise God for the blood of Jeasus and his grace.

  • @automatedgeek
    @automatedgeek 8 лет назад +10

    Ray, God bless you. First time I heard "The Anchor Holds" it came on the radio in the car. It was one of the lowest times in my life, Lord knows I've had a few, but oh how I needed to hear those lyrics, they were words of grace for me that day and still are. Thank You For Giving To the Lord

  • @tonyafreezeland2782
    @tonyafreezeland2782 4 года назад +1

    Idk if you will ever read this bc there is so many comments, Ray Boltz, but I just want to say this in case you happen to run across this.
    God has given you such a wonderful gift.
    Can you not think back to when you were on fire for Christ and when you wrote the songs that you have written by the Holy Spirit.
    Please just read your Bible. You say that people ask can a gay person go to heaven. Mr. Boltz you know what the Bible says. Read your Bible please. God still loves you! And I will pray for you daily that God will get a hold of you and bring you back home where you belong.
    I would hate that satan won and got a man like you who has been used by God.
    You have to be born again. God never intended a man to lay with a man or woman with a woman. And you know this if you read your Bible.
    If you would get born again, truly born again than you won’t have those feelings towards men. That is not of God. And God is not a liar, and God never changes. He is the same yesterday today and forever so when he said in the Old Testament and the New Testament that men should not lay with men nor women with women, it hasn’t changed, because God never changes. Why would it not be okay in Gods eyes back then but be okay now? God said it is an abomination. Mr. Boltz, Please read your Bible.
    It made me so sad and so shocked when my friend told me that you were gay. You were one of the singers I listened to as I was growing up, my friends listened to Michael Jackson or billy idol and so on, but I always was listening to you and Petra and David and the Giants. You were one of my favorite, your songs were so powerful. It just saddens my heart.
    I just pray that you come back to God and repent and truly give your life to God and be born again into Gods family. People say that they are born gay, okay let’s say that is true well... you have to be born again into the family of God and God will change that. You will be a new creation in Christ Jesus!!!
    I truly hope and pray that I see you in heaven some day.

  • @user-lb6wi8ue5b
    @user-lb6wi8ue5b 5 лет назад +4

    JUST LOVELY, I LOVE THIS SONG REALLY TOUCHING TO THE HEART AND IT LETS ME KNOW IN SPITE OF MY UP'S AND DOWN THE ANCHOR HOLDS. THANK-YOU RAY FOR SUCH INSPIRATIONAL WITNESS TO ME WITH THAT SONG, AND MAY THE LORD CONTINUE TO INSPIRE YOU WITH MUCH MORE MESSAGES TO HELP PEOPLE SUCH AS MYSELF; AND YOUR SONGS ARE ALSO TESTIMONIES WHICH GIVE ME THE COURAGE; THANK YOU RAY FOR ALLOWING GOD TO USED IN THESE SONGS, ESPECIALLY THE ANCHOR HOLDS

  • @lindaeller4012
    @lindaeller4012 8 лет назад +11

    Ray, I have been blessed and encouraged by the music the Lord has given you. Glory to God in the Highest, you are crediting the Lord for your gift of music. life is hard, drops us to our knees and keeps us on our knees. I too have prayed to be stronger, not give up, and to keep fighting to obey the Lord. it's been over 30 years and it hasn't gotten easier, I think harder. I believe the Lord puts others on our minds/hearts so we can pray for them. I pray the Lord will uproot that which He did not plant in you. in the Power of the Name and in the Power of the Blood of Jesus, Amen.

  • @1JDS4U
    @1JDS4U 2 года назад +7

    The Lord loves you Ray...so do I.

  • @user-cx7wq2go7e
    @user-cx7wq2go7e Год назад

    I have prayed for Ray for over 30 years, he has been one of my favorites forever. While I disagree with his choices, I am non judgmental and would love to one day hope to meet and talk to him and hear his thoughts, again without judgment at all. God knows we all have things in our lives. God is the final judge not me. Ray if you ever read this please it would be awesome to talk to you. I have been and still am a fan.

  • @GlobetrotterGranny
    @GlobetrotterGranny 2 месяца назад +1

    Folks on here who are throwing stones and judging Ray should take a page from what you are preaching - read your Bible. God works in mysterious ways. God uses every circumstance to work HIS will, not ours. Regardless of our lack of understanding, God is still using Ray to reach people that otherwise would have NEVER been reached.

  • @milikarawaqa2832
    @milikarawaqa2832 8 лет назад +3

    well said Jacob Stratton.... we are all sinners n no one is Perfect.. Thank u Ray for the wonderful song.. God bless u..

  • @OSWCrosshair2002
    @OSWCrosshair2002 11 месяцев назад +3

    I was heartbroken when I saw this. I sang this song at a friend of mines, dad's funeral. It means so much to me. I pray that God will open Ray's eyes and heart. I do not judge him, but grieve for him.

  • @kcasa9868
    @kcasa9868 3 года назад +5

    My dad loved this man, his song & his testimony.

  • @Shepardswatch
    @Shepardswatch 7 лет назад +1

    Never give up The faith that Ray had will stay within him God will bring him home the prodigal son We all fall short of the glory Its how we get up that matters I was mad when I heard that ray came out but its not mine to Judge its between him and His Lord . God Restores and renews Ray has a great gift that God gave him . we don't have to understand everything that happens we Just have to Know that God loves us and Rays battle is with satan and God is still with him like the song says the anchor holds . .

    • @deanbroome7855
      @deanbroome7855 4 года назад

      According to Hebrews if you knew God you would be chastised if you don't know God then are you bastards and have not the father for all who the father has he chastises Greek translation severely whips I don't see that in Ray that leads me to believe he's not a brother and never was borned again

  • @jefferyhart9837
    @jefferyhart9837 6 лет назад +40

    If you are saying "It didn't work" You are literally telling God that He wasn't enough!

    • @mariezimmerman295
      @mariezimmerman295 3 года назад

      Man you are so wrong ! He loves the Lord still working in churches !

    • @irisdixon2336
      @irisdixon2336 3 года назад +1

      @@mariezimmerman295 GOD LOVES EVERYBODY. DON'T JUDGE. YOU HAVE TO READ BETWEEN THE LINES IN THE BIBLE. ONLY GOD HAS THE ANSWERS. BUT WE ARE TO LOVE EVERYBODY. YOU DON'T KNOW WHO YOUR CHILDREN OR GRANDCHILDREN MAY BE.

    • @tgh223
      @tgh223 3 года назад +2

      @@mariezimmerman295 lot of people love the lord and live in sin

    • @zaythecat7911
      @zaythecat7911 3 года назад

      Crushing

    • @reyannawynters1800
      @reyannawynters1800 2 года назад

      Well, fact of the matter is its between him and God only! We all have sins we deal with and I don't care who you are

  • @ThattPhattMatt
    @ThattPhattMatt 3 года назад +6

    Ray, I love you. God loves you RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE, He loves me right where I am too...
    But, He loves us TOO MUCH TO LEAVE US THERE!
    Hope, Pastor Matt
    P.S. Please, know that I've prayed for you and your family and for you music to continue to touch countless souls.

  • @ambrozinegayle646
    @ambrozinegayle646 Год назад +2

    Songs like this the Lord God almighty , Really love 💕 Hold on to the Anchor at that Crucial moment. The song is wonderful.

  • @beautifulmelody8241
    @beautifulmelody8241 Год назад +38

    Pray he gets delivered from the sin he is in .😭🙏

    • @RSMR7.
      @RSMR7. Год назад +1

      Amen 🙏

    • @tronbeyondtheveil8005
      @tronbeyondtheveil8005 10 месяцев назад +1

      Absolutely, I don't know what happened but this demonic spirit is very strong and many get deceived. We pray in the name of Jesus for deliverance from this sinful lifestyle for Ray Boltz.

    • @RSMR7.
      @RSMR7. 10 месяцев назад +1

      @tronbeyondtheveil8005 Amen and please pray for both of my daughters who are in this lifestyle too 🙏

    • @tronbeyondtheveil8005
      @tronbeyondtheveil8005 10 месяцев назад

      @@RSMR7. Lord we pray that these two young ladies will be released from this bondage, that the chains will be broken, for you came to set the captives free, we pray that their eyes will be opened so that they may be able to see that their lifestyle leads to nothing more than destruction, in the name of Jesus we pray that this spirit of homosexuality/perversion be removed from them, Amen

    • @anniedog34
      @anniedog34 8 месяцев назад

      I pray you are all delivered from whatever sins you are in. Who gave you the right to categorize sins?

  • @shanecrocker8495
    @shanecrocker8495 5 лет назад +24

    I am so proud of you brother your songs have touched my life tremendously and I will stand with you

    • @deanbroome7855
      @deanbroome7855 4 года назад +4

      Is appointed unto man once to die and after that the judgment

    • @mariezimmerman295
      @mariezimmerman295 3 года назад

      Me too

    • @jeffwarren6906
      @jeffwarren6906 3 года назад +2

      @@mariezimmerman295 - Me too ,,,, it's so crazy that one who obviously knows the word and is able to put so beautifully into words , praise for the Lord , would either ignore what God has said or re-phrased it in his mind in a way that allows himself to give into that lifestyle .. And God does take us as we are when we come to Him , but then , we are to let Him transform us by the renewing of our minds ,, we must fight sin , not give up some and blatently hang on to others , we need to fight every urge , whether it be fleshly or in the mind , and it's a hard road to walk , but we must admit our daily downfalls and press on .. God Bless You Marie

  • @5963flyer
    @5963flyer 9 лет назад +12

    Ray, we share the SAME story! What a DIFFICULT journey. I have NEVER judged others in their Journey of life, but, brother you and I as well as others that share this similar story are judged daily. I'm so glad the Lord loves us ALL!

    • @maggiesmith1600
      @maggiesmith1600 2 года назад +2

      Yes God loves you but He doesn't love the sin. Either all the Bible is true or none of it is.

    • @BobCollinsSTEPcoach
      @BobCollinsSTEPcoach 2 года назад +1

      God sent not his son to condemn the world but that the world through him might be saved.

    • @5963flyer
      @5963flyer 2 года назад +1

      @@maggiesmith1600 Are you a sinner, Maggie? Do you sin daily? Do you trust that His grace is sufficient? I am a sinner, saved by His grace. Be very careful not to judge others by throwing stones. Worry about yourself, period. No one needs to be told by someone that, "Well, God sure hates sin". Thats an obvious statement.

  • @WonderWall-cw7sm
    @WonderWall-cw7sm Год назад

    God loves you, just the way you are. The way he created you, in his image.

  • @noexp7710
    @noexp7710 Год назад

    We all struggle with sin but we must turn from it and turn to Jesus. Let your anchor hold through the storm let your sails bring you back to the father.

  • @farallonsevn6046
    @farallonsevn6046 9 лет назад +5

    Ray - Your relationship with God is unique as everybody else. Don't let ANYBODY tell you that you are lost, but Jesus when He comes back. Saying "You are saved" or "You are lost" only have validity coming from Jesus' lips. Hold on until the end! Only God knows your trials and tribulations, and He is just and merciful with us all, sinners. God bless you, and thank you for such amazing music that have brought me closer to God.

  • @flocali3270
    @flocali3270 7 лет назад +54

    The Lord used Nathan to remind David of his sin.....David had buried his sin deep within until his friend, Nathan came on the scene. Low and behold...David's eyes were opened....he listened and repented. I thank God for friends like that. We all have sinned. However, we just don't stay there. Something has got to change. Yes Ray....your anchor holds...Jesus is waiting for you to humbly approach Him. He will be there to help you all the way....you will be glad you did...THE ANCHOR DOES HOLD!

    • @samadams1988
      @samadams1988 4 года назад +1

      David had just sent a good man to die on the front lines of battle because he had impregnated the man's wife, and he wanted to keep appearances and marry the woman.

    • @r3r7commission
      @r3r7commission 2 года назад +3

      @@samadams1988 yea Sam but do you know the back story and why David was so driven to do such a thing? I believe Yehovah would have given her to David because she was actually David's soulmate and would produce the lineage of Messiah Himself. HaSatan tempted and rushed David into rash actions that weren't necessary but we as mankind are so very ignorant and how was David to know. Ohhhh that we could wait on our God but I myself have found that I cannot do it either. For me it seems impossible.

  • @Realimagemin
    @Realimagemin 7 лет назад +1

    I know and believe there is a battle going on in Ray's spirit. He knows where he is. He is fighting within. He still loves God, He still prays for forgiveness. He still is fighting the battle of coming out of the challenge. Please no one should condemn him. I see it in his eyes. he is really fighting. He says thing to console himself. Let's join hand to pray for him. He will definitely come out.

  • @eugenegreen3252
    @eugenegreen3252 Год назад

    Hello there Ray my name is TROY GREEN I live in Burlington Junction Missouri and Brother I'm pushing 59 yrs and I just heard this song and please believe me when I say God bless you my friend wow I've been through everything that you could think of I don't even have a home or a vehicle of my own would you pray for me and my wife Shelly your like God's messenger thank you

  • @reneemellace7409
    @reneemellace7409 3 года назад +6

    Ya know, it's not any of our place to judge. It's our place to love. I've always loved your songs. I still do and I've always loved you and I still love you. Any issue that anyone has is not between you and me and God. It's between you God. Be blessed darlin. Much love and hugs

    • @koontzman123
      @koontzman123 Год назад

      You are so wrong. READ the Bible, God's Word.

  • @childofj
    @childofj 2 года назад +3

    Praise God the Anchor holds. So sad you chose to leave your wife and how it has effected your witness. God's Glory is more important than our comfort in this life. I still love you Ray and was so blessed by your songs. Oh please come back.

  • @rolandochavez362
    @rolandochavez362 3 года назад +2

    The flesh is weak but the spirit willing. They that are in the flesh cannot glorify God, but walk in the Spirit and you shall not fulfill the works of the flesh. We need all believers in Christ not only to be indwelt by the Holy Spirit, but most importantly to be filled also with the Holy Spirit. I love you Ray Boltz. Hoping for your total recovery for Jesus' sake who died for you.

  • @carolineomori1032
    @carolineomori1032 4 месяца назад

    This man’s story telling in his songs is a gift that only he possesses well.
    Lord remember your son.
    Amen

  • @javiersblog2083
    @javiersblog2083 8 лет назад +6

    there are so many Xtians here commenting. Ray, I thank God for you. Not everyone was created straight. The way God continues to use you is an inspiration to us all. God bless you, and stand strong in your faith in Jesus. I love you dear brother

    • @stevegilmore6250
      @stevegilmore6250 7 лет назад

      what a truly moronic idont

    • @tctraveler5595
      @tctraveler5595 6 лет назад

      Javier....What do you do with Romans Chapter One.......It leaves no space for doubt !!

  • @JesuPraise
    @JesuPraise 6 лет назад +8

    A person's current or future life choices does not change the messages He carries through them. This song he co-wrote with Bro Lawrence Chewning is still a gospel classic - holds and teaches many biblical truths about steadfastness, faith, trust in God and never allowing your circumstances to dictate your perspectives of God or your future. The Anchor Holds!

  • @RSMR7.
    @RSMR7. Год назад +1

    I pray for deliverance for Ray. Lord Jesus touch him in a mighty way. Bring him back in Jesus' name 😢

  • @sandyosteen5147
    @sandyosteen5147 Год назад +2

    Ray is the same Ray he’s always been. The difference is he’s honest about now. I love him.

  • @brendadavis8256
    @brendadavis8256 5 лет назад +66

    Praying for you Mr. Boltz.

    • @neggipepple3074
      @neggipepple3074 2 года назад +2

      What's wrong with him? Coming out, what does that mean? Is he gay, is that what it means

    • @deborahlamartiniere6349
      @deborahlamartiniere6349 Год назад

      @@neggipepple3074 He needs our prayers not our judgement for there is only one judge, yes this is not what the Lord wants him to be doing but that is between this man and Jesus, Father and Holy Spirt...

    • @perrys62008
      @perrys62008 Год назад

      @@deborahlamartiniere6349 Amen Deborah, you are right.

    • @chimdikeihe1053
      @chimdikeihe1053 Год назад

      Amen!

  • @DrBsy
    @DrBsy 4 года назад +6

    Please let us always remember Ray Bolts in our prayers. He shall surely come back home to Christ. We break all the hold of the devil and demons on his life. He is set free in Jesus name.

  • @user-tz4gn6tc1y
    @user-tz4gn6tc1y Месяц назад

    Boltz music is a gift to the world 🌎 ✨️❤❤❤

  • @joeytang1297
    @joeytang1297 Год назад +1

    I love your music...I cry when I hear you sing...JESUS AND I LOVE YOU MY BROTHER JUST THE WAY YOU ARE...GOD BLESS MY BROTHER

  • @colleennunley9019
    @colleennunley9019 Год назад +5

    i love this song and is my Prayer that God touches your Heart and brings you back into His shining light and Grace

  • @firewoodprovidersnorthwest
    @firewoodprovidersnorthwest 4 года назад +53

    WHY, does my favorite singer have to turn out to be Homosexual. Contrary to God's Word, and His Teachings...Guess I will Never Understand how someone can read in Gods word about how God feels about the subject, but yet Choose it. I Guess Im Just Broken Hearted After Hearing This...

    • @gemma8519
      @gemma8519 3 года назад +1

      can u please shut up let him be who is you boomer go back to your christian gospel facebook groups

    • @irisdixon2336
      @irisdixon2336 3 года назад +5

      @@gemma8519 like he said he lives trying to understand. Only GOD knows why we are who we are. GOD IS THE MOST LOVING AND CARING PERSON. AND GREATLY FORGIVES. DO YOU LIVE A 100% holy life. No one does. And we are not to judge. We are here to love all regardless of who they are or what they do. If you have children you never know who the are going to become as well as your grandchildren. Even alcoholic and druggirs are looked down on. We don't know why they got that way. They need to be prayed for. Some things can not be changed with prayers. Like being gay . Just try not to judge. I was brought up that if you can't say good things about someone don't voice it.Keep it to yourself. Have a Wonderful BLESSED Day.

    • @irisdixon2336
      @irisdixon2336 3 года назад +3

      Just remember GOD LOVES EVERYBODY . NO MATTER WHAT

    • @nephoone3325
      @nephoone3325 3 года назад +1

      @@irisdixon2336 oh no the one attribute God.

    • @billmarshall3082
      @billmarshall3082 3 года назад

      I used to feel like you and it doesn't come from God.as I stated above "I know some gay Christians who would put other Christians to shame because of their walk...not their (or your) talk.They don't want to be gay...that's why they try to be straight.God hates the sin but loves the sinner so love your neighbour as yourself;that's what Jesus would do.God bless"

  • @shiningstar4486
    @shiningstar4486 3 года назад +2

    Those without sin cast 2st stone Ray boltzs is human .god just people.he a child of God to God bless Ray
    In my prayers

  • @krykey8066
    @krykey8066 3 года назад +2

    The Christian gods fandom is so toxic. Just looking at these comments. I left that toxicity. But you and Jesus are both people to look up to. Thank you for being so strong. I hope you keep making music.

  • @samjohnson3213
    @samjohnson3213 7 лет назад +70

    Prayers go out bring home the prodigal son

    • @debbiescott3452
      @debbiescott3452 4 года назад +12

      Sadly, he is, in the Bible it says that it is an abomination for a man to lay with a another man. Those are strong words. Ray seems proud and happy with his choice. He left his wife of many years and his children to to go live with another man. It had to hurt his family, because, I had all his CDs from the 80s and I couldn’t fathom how a Godly man could make that kind of choice knowing full well what he wanted to do was against God’s will. I put his CDs away and haven’t listened to him since I heard what he did. He was selfish in his choice, and he made a bad decision. I pray that he turns back to God, and repents, and walks away from homosexuality for good.

    • @richardrolf5496
      @richardrolf5496 3 года назад +1

      Amen 🤗

    • @richardrolf5496
      @richardrolf5496 3 года назад +1

      @@debbiescott3452 Amen

    • @mariezimmerman295
      @mariezimmerman295 3 года назад +3

      The only perfect man was Jesus! Remember his is love ! Ray knows his heart so does the lord !

    • @mariezimmerman295
      @mariezimmerman295 3 года назад

      He's home ! People like you will be judged too!

  • @dannamirza6628
    @dannamirza6628 7 лет назад +3

    I have had 2 very openly gay "christian" friends in my lifetime. one is playing the roll of the wife at this time, drinking, playing with life now, and has absolutely no thought of what is going to happen at the end of this life. the other one made a choice also. he repented with a humble heart and no longer lives in sin. I pray for them both. I love them both. they both know the Bible front to back, and they each will have to stand in front of God, the judge, at some point. no one can stand with them. their sin, or lack thereof will be weighed. so will mine. so will yours. not MY will be done, Lord, but YOURS!

    • @deanbroome7855
      @deanbroome7855 4 года назад

      He's saying they know the Bible sleep knows the Bible better than any preacher down here on Earth it's not knowing the Bible and so being the word of God the New Testament obey the word of God in the New Testament if you love the Lord you will keep his Commandments and his Commandments are not Grievous I bring life it's when we keep our eye world's Commandments in the wickedness thereof that we have no peace he that commits sin is the servant of sin for whom you serve that is your lord through Jesus Christ we can do all things who strengthens us we can get free and we can stay free by the grace of God

  • @karenhansen-zachow4032
    @karenhansen-zachow4032 8 месяцев назад

    Love this Beautiful song 🎵 it always makes me cry 😢and I'm so thankful for my Lord Jesus Christ 🙏🏻 ❤ As I have children and grandchildren but spend most of my time alone and don't see or talk to them very often. ❤❤💔💔😢😢

  • @sarahpoole811
    @sarahpoole811 8 лет назад +2

    Such a beautiful song. It blesses me everytime I hear it. I can't judge anyone...only GOD has that power.

  • @bmccleaf2311
    @bmccleaf2311 8 лет назад +48

    many will say to Me in that day, Lord, Lord, didn't I write and sing wonderful songs of praise and worship, in your name? And then I will declare to them, " I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.

    • @sandrahusley7157
      @sandrahusley7157 8 лет назад +9

      +Sonny Magoo Amen!!!

    • @albertamccrary1497
      @albertamccrary1497 8 лет назад +11

      that is true, I hope he repents before it is too late, eternity is eternity and we shouldn't be taking chances with it.

    • @samadams1988
      @samadams1988 4 года назад

      You have a fundamental misunderstanding of the point of that parable.

    • @bmccleaf2311
      @bmccleaf2311 4 года назад

      @@samadams1988 really?
      What is it then?

    • @truthFacts1469
      @truthFacts1469 3 года назад

      Yes, so be careful about putting yourself on the judgement seat.

  • @judithw5160
    @judithw5160 Год назад +4

    Ray I am praying for you ❤

  • @juliolourenco4485
    @juliolourenco4485 Год назад +2

    Love Ray’s songs, I believe God used him for such beautiful songs.

  • @jjk9lover
    @jjk9lover Год назад +1

    Thank you God for Ray for being so bold

  • @jamesprince1609
    @jamesprince1609 9 лет назад +46

    I listened to what you said, and I have a comment. You "tried" for 30 years, but you gave up. What about a single heterosexual who has attraction to women, but is not married. They must resist the temptation to commit fornication, too. The truth is, as long as they keep trying, even if they stumble, they have to get up, brush themselves off, and keep on living holy lives. I am not a legalist, but when we start to say that our struggles define the truth, and God's Word doesn't really mean what it says, we enter a slippery slope. We begin to think our wisdom, our belief, our viewpoint even trumps the scripture. Then we find ourselves believing a lie! I am praying for you that you will see the truth once more. I know you struggled, but you fought the good fight. I heard the anointing, felt it on your songs. I know you were serving God, and I know you still want to. But, you can only do that on His terms. God bless you, Ray Boltz, with new wisdom, the wisdom of God. I know HE is able. Be well!

    • @naglecook3631
      @naglecook3631 6 лет назад +12

      James, I read this reply and am really in awe of how you put it. I read no condemnation in your words at all either. And you are absolutely right! Further, the same holds true for anything, whether it be a liar who struggles with telling the truth, a thief who can't keep his hands off other peoples belongings, a drunk who can't stay away from his alcohol, and of course the list goes on and on. I remember several years ago I was battling a situation in my own life, doing something that I absolutely knew was wrong, but since I didn't have it within myself to stop sinning, I basically told the Lord that if he wanted me to stop it then he needed to take the desire from me because I couldn't help myself. Nevertheless, it didn't have a good outcome, and once my sin was found out, my world came crashing down around me. I nearly lost everything. Thankfully, God forgave me, and although I caused a lot of pain to my family and loved ones, healing has been coming......albeit slowly (over ten years). God never left me, and through everything it has brought me closer to the Lord, and even some others have drawn closer because of what happened. Anyway, I realized my actions were the same as if a parent would tell a child to stay out of the cookies, and the child telling the parent "if you don't want me to eat them, you shouldn't put them out there." It doesn't work that way, and if we don't bring out flesh under subjection, then we will get corrected.

    • @maxinemcbean7030
      @maxinemcbean7030 3 года назад

      Praise to the Lord the Almighty the King of Creation!

  • @jeffreymarsh4966
    @jeffreymarsh4966 4 года назад +4

    God's love is Unconditional. Jesus taught/teaches "Love Thy Neighbor" That's it. No more~No less. God loves Ray Boltz. God loves you. God loves me. God loves us. No more~No Less.

    • @barbaramanning8856
      @barbaramanning8856 4 года назад +2

      yes it is but he hates sin and none who sin will go to heaven

    • @y2j360
      @y2j360 4 года назад

      @@barbaramanning8856 Well then Barbara, I guess ur not going to heaven...YOU said it, not me. Yes God hates sin, but hello, isn't that why his son came and died on the cross for our sins??? Doesn't he say he remembers them NO MORE??? As long as we are in this flesh, we will continue to sin until we receive our glorified bodies, period! I got news for ya, you aren't perfect and Ray boltz's sin is no worse than yours...It is by GRACE are ye saved through FAITH; and that not of yourselves: it is the GIFT OF GOD: NOT of works, lest any man should boast...Eph 2v8,9 Christ didn't come and die on the cross to have sinners stop sinning-NO-he came to make dead people alive again!!! If Ray has received the gospel of GRACE which is 1Cor 15v1-4 then he is SAVED FOR EVER MORE........GRACE ISN'T FAIR SELF RIGHTOUS PEOPLE AND YE ALL NEED TO GET OVER YOURSELVES AND TAKE THAT THAT BONY FINGER OF CONDEMNATION AND PUT IT WHERE THE SUN DON'T SHINE

  • @patd3504
    @patd3504 5 лет назад

    God loves you Ray. Call out to him and let go. Trust and have faith.

  • @joeytang4000
    @joeytang4000 Год назад

    God bless you my brother.I love this song.thank you for loving God Jesus Christ and the holy spirit.this song touch es my heart ever time I here it.thank you my Jesus Christ for all did for me.I love you Jesus Christ with all my heart and soul