DAY 28

DAY 28

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A Word to Singles

EVENING ______________

This week we are focusing on the marriage relationship, so take what you can from it,

Read the passages from Song of Solomon in this

weeks notes.

even write down your thoughts as to how you want your marriage to be. The exciting part

Are sexual relations an anticipated delight for your wife? If not, why not?

for you is that you can go into marriage and not have to make some of the mistakes

Write down your thoughts.

that normally occur due to lack of knowledge.

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What then is the purpose of sex? God intends, as the story of Eves creation from Adam
shows, that the one flesh experience should be an expression and a heightening
of a partners sense that, being given to each other, they now belong together,
each needing the other for completion and wholeness. Children are born from their
relationship, but this is secondary; what is basic is the enriching of their relationship itself

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through the repeated knowing of each other as persons who belong to each other

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exclusively and without reserve.

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J. I. Packer, QV.10239
Packer outlines the ideal outcome from a sexual relationship in marriage. Write your
thoughts about the similarities and differences in your own marriage relationship.
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The woman was formed out of man not out of his head so as to rule over him; not out
of his feet so as to be trampled upon by him; but out of his side to be his equal, from
beneath his arm to be protected, and from near his heart to be loved.
Matthew Henry, QV.11982

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Being totally honest with yourself, how does it make you feel to know that the
responsibility for a sexually fulfilling marriage for both your wife and you, begins with you?