Revive Your Marriage Week 5

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The challenge is:

My thoughts:

 A sex life is needed for a healthy marriage. Being a christian and growing up in church many pastors and leaders only talk about the rules before marriage and nothing about sex after marriage. Until recently I heard a preacher and his wife on TBN openly discussing sex. The speaker said comprise and communication is a necessity amd more is better. I believe there's is fear in the unknown. The unknown can also lead to your own interpretations when I learned we should really be looking to God to find an answer. Intimacy for your partner is so important. Knowing that many men need sex to fulfill something physical and to women it's emotional. While this is true we should look deeper at the situation and see what the Bible says about it.

A.The world believes that a your spouse/partner should only participate in sex as long as your both on the same page. I've heard many people say "He doesn't understand my emotional needs therefore, I will withhold sex."
B. However  it's important to recall what the Bible says. 

1 Corinthians 7:4 "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."

 For me this has really helped my marriage to think of sex from this point of view.  I believe that this is apart of being submissive. The world we live in today is all about putting us first. God shows us that we need to put Him first. In that same sense we should put our husbands needs on the top of priorities. I do not believe our own needs as a woman should be neglected. I do however believe that we should not let our own selfish ego get in the way of our godly marriage.