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Drink water from your own well--share your love only with your wife. Proverbs 5:15 NLT
In a world where sexual inhibitions are rapidly disappearing, does it seem like people are happier? Or have increasing sexual freedoms been accompanied by a tidal wave of anger, confusion, and depression?
Christian men are not immune to the overwhelming messages of culture: Give in to your desires. Do whatever feels good. Follow your heart.
But any honest reading of God’s Word yields a singular rule: sex is to be experienced between one man and one woman, in a faithful, lifelong marriage.
Is that limiting? Yes. And no.
By keeping sex within God’s marital framework, all other partners and forms of expression are out. (So too are the disappointments, fears, embarrassments, and even physical diseases that go with unbridled sexual activity.)
According to the Proverbs, the gain of following God’s rules is the satisfaction of a truly committed marriage relationship—drinking in the joys of your own loving wife. Your marriage becomes a place not only of physical pleasure but of emotional safety and support.
In a world gone crazy, take heart and guard your heart. Whether you’re married now or hope to be someday, God has the better way.
Prayer: Lord, help me to understand Your wise way for sex. Keep me pure and true in Your care.
In a world where sexual inhibitions are rapidly disappearing, does it seem like people are happier? Or have increasing sexual freedoms been accompanied by a tidal wave of anger, confusion, and depression?
Christian men are not immune to the overwhelming messages of culture: Give in to your desires. Do whatever feels good. Follow your heart.
But any honest reading of God’s Word yields a singular rule: sex is to be experienced between one man and one woman, in a faithful, lifelong marriage.
Is that limiting? Yes. And no.
By keeping sex within God’s marital framework, all other partners and forms of expression are out. (So too are the disappointments, fears, embarrassments, and even physical diseases that go with unbridled sexual activity.)
According to the Proverbs, the gain of following God’s rules is the satisfaction of a truly committed marriage relationship—drinking in the joys of your own loving wife. Your marriage becomes a place not only of physical pleasure but of emotional safety and support.
In a world gone crazy, take heart and guard your heart. Whether you’re married now or hope to be someday, God has the better way.
Prayer: Lord, help me to understand Your wise way for sex. Keep me pure and true in Your care.
