💛🤎🩵Our anchor scripture is very plain. It makes it clear that all things were created by Christ and for Him. Among those things “created by Him and for Him” is human sexuality. Therefore, our sexuality was created by Christ for Himself.
Our sexuality is given to us in trust and is meant to be used for the purposes for which He created it. What are these purposes? They fall under 3 Ps: Procreation, Pleasure , and Purity.
💛🤎🩵THE SEXUAL BODIES OF SPOUSES
The bodies of husbands and wives must be used in marriage to fulfill each of these three divine purposes. Attention must not be given only to Procreation while Pleasure and Purity are marginalized or left out completely. Sadly, this is exactly what has been happening in most marriages for thousands of years. When this occurs, such couples walk in grave error, and their marriage invariably suffers, as does their spiritual life.
💛🤎🩵PROCREATION
Procreation is important to God. Even though He began the human race with a husband and wife, His grand purpose is that the earth be greatly populated so that there would be nations, tribes, and kindreds. God is a King, and the earth is an extension of His kingdom, reign, and dominion.
A king’s power and dominion are beautified by a multitude of subjects, and that is why the Scripture says:
“In a multitude of people is the honor of the king, but the lack of people is the destruction of the prince” (Proverbs 14:28).
So, sexual intimacy is God’s means of populating the earth so that His purpose of having billions of people on the planet may be fulfilled.
Furthermore, it is under “Sex for Procreation” that spouses’ desire for the fruit of the womb is fulfilled. No couple wants to live childless. There is no sermon you can preach to a couple to make them “calm down” and stop caring about children. It is in the nature of spouses to desire offspring. Thus, sexual intimacy is the means by which this natural desire is satisfied.
However, there are many couples whose understanding of the purpose of sexual intimacy does not go beyond this point—Sex for Procreation. Such couples need to be educated and taught the lesson of this devotional, because incomplete knowledge of the purpose of intimacy is dangerous. It is the mother of the deadly epidemic called extramarital affairs, through which many spouses have met untimely death and other forms of ruin.
💛🤎🩵PLEASURE
God purposely created sex to be exceedingly pleasurable. It is no accident. He gave it to man as part of His image in man. How? Here is how.
God loves pleasure, and this might surprise you. The entire creation was made by Him for His pleasure (Revelation 4:11). God does not merely love pleasure; He lives with it. Let us look at the Scripture:
“In thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Psalm 16:11b).
At His right hand are pleasures, and they are there forevermore!
To accord man this glorious attribute of His life, God gave mankind the pleasures of sex to be enjoyed in marriage. Just as God has pleasure available at His right hand forevermore, so He has given sexual intimacy to couples always. Whether poor or rich, the pleasures of sexual intimacy are equally available to all spouses. No matter what betides them, it remains available in their marriage. It is for pleasure, entertainment, comfort, and consolation.
The pleasure of sex cushions the couple and the marriage against the pressures of life. It is given to serve as a shock absorber. It is a means of solace, relief, cheer, and succour. It is the wine of married life. It is a mood enhancer and a pain reliever. Therefore, use it to minister these blessings to each other.
💛🤎🩵PURITY
Please pay close attention.
Sex does not make spouses pure. However, it protects them from being defiled bodily and mentally by providing a legitimate means of being sexually satisfied and satiated. Once satisfied, the enemy’s temptations and offers of infidelity are weakened.
That is why the Bible commands spouses to give attention to sexual intimacy as a protection against falling into sexual sin.
Our attention to sexual intimacy must not be irregular or occasional. It must be constant and consistent so that the enemy does not gain an advantage over us.
💛🤎🩵CONCLUSION
Sex is for Procreation, Pleasure, and Purity. None of these three purposes is higher than the other.
When a couple understands this teaching and gives humble and faithful obedience to it, they will practice a balanced bedroom life that honours and glorifies God.💛
💕❤️ Tonight’s Bedroom Assignment:
Reread this devotional together just before bedtime and discuss it with an open and sincere heart.
📚📖✒️ Quotes For Reflection:
“So don’t just be satisfied with being married. Go far beyond that. Purpose deeply in your heart to be an exceptionally enjoyable husband or wife to your spouse.”(Anselm Ahman. Lovebirds’ Devotional, May 22, 2026)
✝️ Altar Call:
Jesus Christ is calling you! Come to Him today and be saved!
🌡️⚗️ Scientific Info To Boost Your Marriage:
“Science shows that couples who regularly bathe or shower together experience lower cortisol (stress) levels and higher relationship satisfaction.”
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