Couples 11

Chapter 11: X3Pure Couples Series

Sex

• God’s view of sex

Sex

• God’s view of sex

Sex

- He invented sex

• God’s view of sex

Sex

- He invented sex

- It is beautiful

• God’s view of sex

Sex

- He invented sex

- It is beautiful

- Sex is a gift

Sex

Sex

• 1 Corinthians 7:3-4 “The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. The wife’s body does not belong to her alone but also to her husband. In the same way, the husband’s body does not belong to him alone but also to his wife.”

Sex

Sex

• At the wedding chapel you exchange rings

Sex

• At the wedding chapel you exchange rings

• Marriage is an exchange of lives

Sex

• At the wedding chapel you exchange rings

• Marriage is an exchange of lives

• v.5 “Do not deprive each other except by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.”

Sex

• At the wedding chapel you exchange rings

• Marriage is an exchange of lives

• Sexuality provides the spark in the marriage relationship

• v.5 “Do not deprive each other except by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.”

Sex

Sex

• One of the tools Satan uses to tempt us is pornography

Sex

• One of the tools Satan uses to tempt us is pornography

• God’s desire and plan were never to find sexual satisfaction outside the marital relationship

Sex

• One of the tools Satan uses to tempt us is pornography

• God’s desire and plan were never to find sexual satisfaction outside the marital relationship

• Don’t shortchange your marriage and sexual experience by settling for a counterfeit that will never satisfy

Sex

Sex

• It is hard work.

Sex

• It is hard work.

• Pay the price, make it happen. Expect it to take a while.

Sex

Sex

• Sex is tied to man’s respect

Sex

• Sex is tied to man’s respect

- When a wife deprives her husband of sex, for whatever reason, he feels unwanted and not respected.

Sex

• Sex is tied to man’s respect

- When a wife deprives her husband of sex, for whatever reason, he feels unwanted and not respected.

- Men want to be wanted by their wives.

Differences in the Sexes

Differences in the Sexes

• Men are more compartmentalized

Differences in the Sexes

• Men are more compartmentalized

• Women are more global or relational

Demonstration

Demonstration

• Men, consider asking your wives: “What is the heaviest burden you are carrying right now?”

Sex

Sex

• Love and Respect by Emerson Eggerichs

Sex

• Love and Respect by Emerson Eggerichs

- “For a man to get to a woman’s body he first must minister to her emotional needs.”

Sex

• Love and Respect by Emerson Eggerichs

- “For a man to get to a woman’s body he first must minister to her emotional needs.”

- “For a woman to get to a man’s heart she must first minister to his body.”

Sex

Sex

• God invented sex and through it reveals who He is

Sex

• God invented sex and through it reveals who He is

• Sex as a union of the soul

Sex

• God invented sex and through it reveals who He is

• Sex as a union of the soul

• Sex gets better over the years

Homework Assignment

Homework Assignment

• Discuss the differences of your views on sex.