LOVEBIRDS' DEVOTIONAL

Enriching Matrimonies

THE POWER OF RIGHT ATTITUDE IN THE MARRIAGE BEDROOM (PT. 2)

Scripture:
‘LET THE HUSBAND RENDER UNTO THE WIFE DUE BENEVOLENCE: AND THE WIFE ALSO TO THE HUSBAND’
(1 Corinthians 7: 3)

IN YESTERDAY’S DEVOTIONAL PIECE, we looked at four RIGHT ATTITUDES that would help Spouses become astute sexual lovers to their Mate in marriage.
Today, we shall be concluding by looking at three more.

(5) MAKE LOVE HEARTILY, SKILLFULLY AND WITH THE TOUCH OF EXCELLENCE.

(a) “AND WHATSOEVER YE DO, DO IT HEARTILY, AS TO THE LORD, AND NOT UNTO MEN” (Colossians 3: 23)

(b) “WHATSOEVER THY HAND FINDETH TO DO, DO IT WITH THY MIGHT” (Ecclesiastes 9: 10A)

In the first of the two verses of scripture above, God instructs you to DO WHATSOEVER YOU DO HEARTILY AS UNTO HIM AND NOT TO MEN. In the second, He commands you to DO WHATSOEVER YOU DO WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT!

These two scriptures show you that God doesn’t for one moment believe in mediocrity in any area of life. It also shows that He desires to see the display of excellence in the delivery of every duty in life.

Brought into the realm of the marriage bedroom, it means that Spouses should not be passive, half-hearted, lukewarm or lackadaisical during sexual intimacy. No!
Don’t put up a wishy-washy or cut and nail performance because you’re in a hurry to sleep and prepare for a musical concert tomorrow evening. If you put up a wishy-washy or cut and nail performance at the concert will you get an applause? Will the audience be blessed?

As a Believer in Christ and a child of God, the Lord demands that you carry out every duty faithfully, PUTTING IN ALL YOUR BEST. And this includes very much your performance of your sexual duties to your husband or wife.

It might surprise you to know that one of the reasons why some married persons still go into extramarital affairs is poor sexual performance by their Mate. Sex workers are patronized more by married men who have wives at home than Bachelors.

Please, upgrade your sexual delivery. Improve your bedroom skills. And the easiest way to achieve these is by coming together more often because practice makes perfect. As you do, you’ll experience growth in your performance capabilities; and your desire for each other and your closeness to one another will increase.

(6) BE A DUTIFUL AND FAITHFUL STEWARD OF GOD’S GIFT OF SEXUAL INTIMACY IN YOUR MARRIAGE!

“27 WITHHOLD NOT GOOD FROM THEM TO WHOM IT IS DUE, WHEN IT IS IN THE POWER OF THINE HAND TO DO IT”.(Proverbs 3:27-28)

Just this week, I read about a woman whose old Mother asked in the night to fry her some eggs to eat and she told the Mother to leave it till the next morning. After a while, the Mum still called her and repeated her request and again her daughter turned down her desire: telling her to wait till the next morning. Well, the old woman let her be.

When the daughter came to greet her in the morning, she found her Mum dead and then regrets filled her heart like a mighty flood.

Listen, dear Spouses. Proverbs 3: 27 above commands you not to withhold, hold back, refuse, or keep back whatever God has entrusted into your hands for the good or welfare of others. One of those things is your body!

There are thousands of women/men in your city or town; some of them more attractive than you; but your Spouse is strictly forbidden by the Eternal God to touch any of them. You are the only one God has given them the licence and freedom to touch sexually. And then when they come to you you begin to create false excuses to keep them back from their rights. Don’t you know that such is wrong and unrighteous? Don’t you know those lies you tell about non existent headaches are SINS? Please, read:

“But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, AND ALL LIARS, SHALL HAVE THEIR PART IN THE LAKE WHICH BURNETH WITH FIRE AND BRIMSTONE: WHICH IS THE SECOND DEATH.” (Revelation 21: 8)

Through Marriage, you have become GOD’S STEWARD of sexual ministry to your Spouse and God demands that you be dutiful, committed and faithful in your responsibility of giving sexual services to your husband or wife. Hear what the Scripture says to Stewards:

“MOREOVER IT IS REQUIRED IN STEWARDS, THAT A MAN BE FOUND FAITHFUL.”(1 Corinthians 4:2)

As a Steward of God in the area of sexual services IN YOUR MARRIAGE, God demands that you be up and doing and never lazy, languid and languorous.

Neither be like the woman who postponed frying eggs for her mother but instead offered to do it to the next day. How much energy does it take to fry the number of eggs that would satisfy an old woman? Who knows if eating fried eggs would have extended her life? She expressed her tender longing to her own child expecting loving obedience but her wishes were dashed. That’s emotionally devastating.

A part of one of our spiritual Songs of Faith expresses very succinctly the attitude of a faithful Steward. It says:

“WHERE DUTY CALLS OR DANGER,
BE NEVER WANTING THERE.”

When God needs you for Missions be faithfully available. When He needs you in Prison visitation be joyfully ready. So also when He needs you to minister sexual love to your husband or wife be faithful and committed and be at your marital duty post. Enough of making excuses and postponing your bedroom duties.

A young Pastor’s wife was caught in adultery not too long ago. It was shameful and aweful. But the cause became known after a while: the Pastor was so engrossed in ministry work and moving from one conference to another and for 8 long months, he didn’t see the need to touch his wife!!! He wasn’t ill neither was he in police detention. Yet he was negligent of his marital responsibilities to his wife and the enemy, as usual, cashed in on the situation and drove his hapless young wife into Sin.

(7) MAKE LIBERAL RATHER THAN CEREMONIAL USE OF SEX

“Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.” (Proverbs 5:15)

GOD created Men and Women and such that just as they experience the thirst for water recurrently, so also do they have recurrent desire or urge for sexual intimacy. Nobody designed themselves this way. It’s God’s making and it’s marvelous.

For this reason the Word of God calls sexual intimacy WATER in the verse immediately above. And in that verse, God tells couples to drink the water of sexual intimacy.

If you’re expecting God to one day announce to you and your husband or wife HOW FREQUENTLY OR HOW OFTEN you should make love per week, you’ll wait till the end of your life and not hear a thing from Him on that because He expects you to use your common sense.

Does God ever tell you before you drink water from your refrigerator or earthenware pot? No! Who tells you that it’s time to drink water? YOUR THIRST of course!
Similarly, the sexual desire of either you or your Spouse announces that it’s time for you to hop into bed and drink the water of sexual love.

Once your Mate is “sex thirsty” it’s an indication that your marriage needs the armour of defense that sex alone can provide. Get together as soon as it’s convenience and possible and attend to each other.

When you live this way, you’re both protected from infidelity and it’s many dangerous and destructive consequences.

πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯ FAITH DECREE:
πŸ”₯LET THE GRACE TO OBEY THE TEACHINGS OF THIS DEVOTIONAL PIECE BE ABUNDANTLY BESTOWED ON EVERY READER IN JESUS’ MIGHTY NAME!!!⚑

πŸ·πŸ— TAKE-HOME LESSON: GOD DOES NOT BELIEVE IN MEDIOCRITY IN ANY SPHERE OF LIFE INCLUDING THE MARRIAGE BEDROOM.
THEREFORE BE A FAITHFUL, COMMITTED AND EXCELLENCE-DRIVEN STEWARD OF GOD’S SEXUAL GIFTS TO YOUR SPOUSE AND VICE VERSA!

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