🩷🤎🤍Oral Roberts is a man I respect. He is the founder of the renowned Oral Roberts University.
🩷🤎🤍LEARNING SEXUAL LIBERTY FROM A GIANT
When a spiritual giant like Oral Roberts shares his sex life in a book, it shows that sexual intimacy in marriage is never, in any way, comical or naughty, as the world is trying so hard to make it seem. Rather, it is a staff of life that you must highly esteem and hold firmly with both hands if you are married, particularly if you are a pilgrim traveling the narrow way to the Celestial City.
🩷🤎🤍INTERWOVEN WITH THE SPIRITUAL LIFE
In his great book titled, WHEN YOU SEE THE INVISIBLE, YOU CAN DO THE IMPOSSIBLE”(2002), the Servant of God said:
“We found that practicing a good sex life was connected far more closely to our spiritual development than we realized.”
The great healing evangelist and his wife came to understand, after some years of marriage, that sexual intimacy is more than just physical. It is a factor in the success equation of the spiritual life in Christ — for the married, of course.
If it was not good for Adam, who was a sinless man, to live a sexless life but needed sex, how much more does the present-day believer, who lives in a world overflowing with wild and screaming sexual temptations, need it?
🩷🤎🤍THE PITFALLS OF OVER-RIGHTEOUSNESS
The man of God also wrote: “The spiritual life is always foremost, but the sexual is closely interwoven with the spiritual aspects of one’s life.” When I read the truths penned by this internationally respected clergyman, my jaw dropped.
The Bible says: “He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.”(Proverbs 13:20)
Giving heed to these truths concerning the correlation between sexual intimacy in marriage and the spiritual life is nothing but wisdom.
A few years ago, a young servant of God, in his childish zeal, gave all his time and attention to ministry activities. Perhaps he called it consecration. For eight months, he did not touch his young, red-blooded, and energetic wife. Well, one day he arrived home to meet the unexpected. Another man — who turned out to be his own younger brother — was on top of his wife, doing what he had “forgotten” to do for eight months, or 243 days.
Now, what do we call that? The devil’s work? No. It was foolish negligence and a lack of balance. The Scripture says: “Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?” (Ecclesiastes 7:16).
🩷🤎🤍DON’T SHIPWRECK YOUR MARRIAGE OR FAITH AND BLAME GOD
The founder of the great ORU also wrote: “A loving and consistent sex life that goes beyond childbearing is what I believe to be one of life’s greatest fulfillments. Careful and consistent prayer and consideration must be given to it. I’ve known of too many otherwise promising marriages shipwrecked because of an unfulfilled sex life.”
Let’s be candid: there are not many preachers of Oral Roberts’ stature who would be this open. But I believe he spoke so plainly to help Christians in general, and the younger generation especially.
🩷🤎🤍BEYOND PROCREATION!
He has simply made it clear that the purpose of sexual intimacy is not only bearing children. It is also meant to be used freely by spouses to give each other fulfillment. One of life’s basic needs is the sense of fulfillment, and this is one of the things an abundant sex life in marriage provides.
🩷🤎🤍THE CHURCH’S DEAFENING SILENCE!
He went on to say: “The lack of the Church’s teaching on this all-important subject and function was very hurtful. So I studied the Bible for myself and worked out with my wife God’s ordained way for us to be ‘fruitful’ and ‘multiply.’”
Now, this shows that he and his wife encountered the lies, myths, and superstitions the devil throws in the paths of married couples to hinder their sexual liberty. But he refused to give up. Instead, he personally undertook a study of God’s Word on the subject of sex, and he discovered what it truly means to be “fruitful and multiply.” It means using sexual intimacy not only for procreation but also for giving one another fulfillment.
If Oral Roberts and his wife, with all their crusades and the demands of Oral Roberts University, ensured that they had a robust sex life, what are you waiting for?
🩷🤎🤍CONCLUSION
Finally, let us consider one more statement from him: “Sex is for more than procreation to continue the human race. Sex is also for continual enjoyment of life and physical release.”
This is plain, isn’t it? Sex is for the continual enjoyment of life and physical release. So stop all the excuses. Optimally use God’s gift of sexual intimacy to bless one another!
💕❤️ Tonight’s Bedroom Assignment:
Reread this devotional together just before bedtime and discuss it with an open and sincere heart.
📚📖✒️ Quotes For Reflection:
“When you understand that success in the first institution, marriage, is the most basic success, then you’ll want to join the “radical romantics”.”(Anselm Ahman. Lovebirds’ Devotional, April 19, 2026)
✝️ Altar Call:
Jesus Christ is calling you! Come to Him today and be saved!
🌡️⚗️ Scientific Info To Boost Your Marriage:
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