I can not begin to tell you how much it saddens me when I hear about young women and even some girls that are having intercourse way to early. There are so many pressures from mass media and from peers that say sex is alright at any age. Right now in the news there is a couple that just had a baby, the father is 13 and the mother is 10 or 11 years old. When the father was asked how he intends on taking care of his family financially, he didn't even know what financially meant.
In 1Corinthians 7;1 says, "Now concerning the matters about which you wrote: "It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman. But because of the temptation to sexual immortality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband." Just as you are to have a license to drive you are to have a license to have sexual intercourse. There is nothing more precious to a woman than her virginity.
If a woman gives herself to a man prior to marriage then there is no incentive for the man to show himself as being worthy to marry. Matthew 5:28 says, " But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustfull intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart." There are countless scriptures in the Bible that speak against both fornication and adultery.
So you say that you lost your virginity years ago and why does it make a difference at this point? When you become born again and baptized with the Holy Spirit you become covered with the blood of Jesus and a new creature in Christ. When this happens you become a "virgin" again. Once you have married then the two of you have the license for sexual intercourse.
In 1 Corinthians 7:4 says, " For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does." Once married, sexual intercourse should be a main ingredient within your marriage. Do not use sexual intercourse as a weapon or lack thereof as punishment.
Men and women have very different reactions to sexual intercourse. Husbands thrive on it to know that the are honored and respected by their wives. On the other hand, women attach emotion to sex and to know that her husband loves her. Keep the sex plentiful and you will be well on your way to a great marriage.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Be Professional Students of Marriage
A professional student is someone that continually is learning. We should be professional students of God, meaning that we sould always be striving to further develop our relationship with God. We are given a text book known as the Bible to teach us how marriage is supposed to be done according to God.
God created marriage, so as married couples we should always be finding ways to strengthen our marriage. We are to use the Bible as our main source. However it is also vitally important to not only do marital Bible study together as one but to bring in other resources as well.
Make sure that if you bring in other resources, they are extracted from the Bible. They can be retreats, videos, books, websites etc. They can jump start your love for each other by bringing it closer to today. Always be willing to communicate, express, and discus your marriage in a open and honest manner, keeping God at the forefront.
Todays marriage is under constant attack. When marriages fail, it has a direct affect on every other institution from education to financial to also fail. It is not a coincedence that when the divorce rate increased the quality of the educational system also failed and the world went into financial ruin.
There is no where in the Bible that says marriage is easy. In order for marriages to be successful, they must be worked on all of the time. Take the time to make sure that your marriage is healthy. Until people start working on their marriage none of the other institutions in the world will be successful. Give our children a chance to have something when they become adults. At the rate we are going now, we are not leaving our children with much.
In Isaiah 43:18-20, "Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing now it springs forth, do you no know it. I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert." If you are having troubles in your marriage, listen to God and let Him do a new thing and make a way in your wilderness.
If God can raise Jesus from the dead, then he can raise your marriage from the dead. Stay focused on God and he can and will bring life back to your marriage.
God created marriage, so as married couples we should always be finding ways to strengthen our marriage. We are to use the Bible as our main source. However it is also vitally important to not only do marital Bible study together as one but to bring in other resources as well.
Make sure that if you bring in other resources, they are extracted from the Bible. They can be retreats, videos, books, websites etc. They can jump start your love for each other by bringing it closer to today. Always be willing to communicate, express, and discus your marriage in a open and honest manner, keeping God at the forefront.
Todays marriage is under constant attack. When marriages fail, it has a direct affect on every other institution from education to financial to also fail. It is not a coincedence that when the divorce rate increased the quality of the educational system also failed and the world went into financial ruin.
There is no where in the Bible that says marriage is easy. In order for marriages to be successful, they must be worked on all of the time. Take the time to make sure that your marriage is healthy. Until people start working on their marriage none of the other institutions in the world will be successful. Give our children a chance to have something when they become adults. At the rate we are going now, we are not leaving our children with much.
In Isaiah 43:18-20, "Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing now it springs forth, do you no know it. I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert." If you are having troubles in your marriage, listen to God and let Him do a new thing and make a way in your wilderness.
If God can raise Jesus from the dead, then he can raise your marriage from the dead. Stay focused on God and he can and will bring life back to your marriage.
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