Communion Moment:
Scripture:
But as for me, I will sing about your power. Each morning I will sing with joy about your unfailing love. For you have been my refuge, a place of safety when I am in distress. —Psalm 59:16 NLT
Prompt:
In the quiet of this moment, thank God for His unfailing love and for how He has been a refuge for you.
Jesus replied. “But at the beginning of creation God ‘made them male and female. For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.” —Mark 10:6-10 NIV
Now regarding the questions you asked in your letter. Yes, it is good to abstain from sexual relations. But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman should have her own husband. The husband should fulfill his wife’s sexual needs, and the wife should fulfill her husband’s needs. The wife gives authority over her body to her husband, and the husband gives authority over his body to his wife. —1 Corinthians 7:1-4 NLT
Sex is a
in marriage.
The husband should fulfill his wife’s sexual needs, and the wife should fulfill her husband’s needs. —1 Corinthians 7:3 NLT
What comes to mind when you hear “sex starts in the kitchen”?
Husband, focus on the
needs.
Wife, focus on the
needs.
Women’s Needs
• Show interest in her
• Show interest in the family
• Compliment her
• Help her
• Emotional connection drives physical connection
Men’s Needs:
• Show respect to him
• Show desire for him
• Focus on him
• Accept, don’t reject
• Physical connection drives emotional connection
Do not deprive each other of sexual relations, unless you both agree to refrain from sexual intimacy for a limited time so you can give yourselves more completely to prayer. Afterward, you should come together again so that Satan won’t be able to tempt you because of your lack of self-control. —1 Corinthians 7:5-6 NLT
The wife gives authority over her body to her husband, and the husband gives authority over his body to his wife. —1 Corinthians 7:4 NLT
Communication without
.
Married: I WILL ask my spouse what they need sexually.