Day 29: Why Sex Is So Important To Your Marriage
Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth, a lovely deer, a graceful doe. Let her breasts fill you at all times with delight; be intoxicated always in her love.— Proverbs 5:18-19
A thriving sex life has long been linked to health benefits, from lowering the risk of cardiovascular disease to certain types of cancers. Several reports also suggest having sex twice a week or more may just increase your life span.
But maybe that’s not what makes you tumble into the bedroom.
There’s a different kind of “cancer prevention,” too. In 1 Corinthians 7:5, Paul wrote that, as a married couple, we are not to “deprive one another … so that Satan may not tempt you.” Paul knew sex protects us from the “heart diseases” of lust and unfaithfulness that mutate in our core.
Sex is an outward expression of what’s already happening between you emotionally, spiritually, and in every other aspect. Even if you only have 15 minutes to spare, look one another in the eye, and share what’s going on in your lives. Flirt. Appreciate each other.
And keep your marriage strong by coming together often as husband and wife, restating your unity all over again.
Praying together for our marriage
He prays: Thank God for the glorious creation of physical intimacy between husband and wife. Ask God to keep you faithful to each other in actions, affections, and thoughts.
She prays: Ask God to help you guard your hearts from any evil influences that would harm your intimacy. Tell God that you want to glorify Him through your romantic life by loving and serving each other.
Going Deeper
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