I am not a Christian so I don't know, this is an honest question. Do Christians honestly believe that homosexuality is just some sexual desire? I have never, ever, not once, not even a little, not even in my darkest deepest recesses of the depraved parts of my mind, found men or boys sexually attractive. I mean, being tempted by hot women when you're married.. that's when prayer might help. Being tempted by girls who are fully developed but not adults, also a good time to pray for guidance. But I just don't think you can pray away the desire to snooker another man.
Fair question. This is my answer: Biblically Orthodox Christians hold that sexual activity is limited to within the boundaries of marriage as Christ(not the government) defined the institution in Matthew 19:4-6. For those who aren’t in or can’t participate in that institution, the only option is chastity. Whether the desire to engage in homosexual activity(or bestiality or pedophilia or some other deviation from male/female marital activity) disappears in the individual’s lifetime on this earth or not is not really the issue. His or her true reward is in Heaven.
This is a good article by a celibate Christian singer entitled-”Gay Sex is Downright Dangerous and Abstinence Won’t Kill You: I Should Know”
http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/archive//ldn/2009/mar/09031007
I particularly like this quote: “The Church talks about Natural Law and says that if something is true it will prove true in many ways. The Bible says gay sex is a problem, biology doesn’t support it, and health statistics demonstrate its problems. Why not abstain? That’s what I’m doing.”
Why should any type of sexual craving be any harder to resist than any other? Either it is a sanctified relationship in which two people join before God and witnesses to found a family, or it's not and it's illegitimate. So pray to be pleasing to God in all areas of life. Pray to have greater faith in God and to wait for God to finish His work in you (extinguishing this and all other kinds of sin gradually, through faith and patience). Pray to understand God and God's word more deeply every day. Pray for wisdom. Pray for strength in the face of all temptations. There's lots of ways to approach it without testing God to do it like pulling a rabbit from a hat with no pain or strain, or else He's no good. That's as unrealistic as going on a diet and expecting to lose 50 pounds overnight.