1. Chapter 11: X3Pure Couples Series

2. Sex

3. Sex
• God’s view of sex

4. Sex
• God’s view of sex
- He invented sex

5. Sex
• God’s view of sex
- He invented sex
- It is beautiful

6. Sex
• God’s view of sex
- He invented sex
- It is beautiful
- Sex is a gift

7. Sex

8. Sex
• 1 Corinthians 7:3-4 “The husband should fulfill
his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife
to her husband. 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.”

9. Sex

10. Sex
• At the wedding chapel you exchange rings

11. Sex
• At the wedding chapel you exchange rings
• Marriage is an exchange of lives

12. Sex
• At the wedding chapel you exchange rings
• Marriage is an exchange of lives
• v.5 “Do not deprive each other except by
mutual consent and for a time, so that you
may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come
together again so that Satan will not tempt
you because of your lack of self-control.”

13. Sex
• At the wedding chapel you exchange rings
• Marriage is an exchange of lives
• v.5 “Do not deprive each other except by
mutual consent and for a time, so that you
may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come
together again so that Satan will not tempt
you because of your lack of self-control.”
• Sexuality provides the spark in the marriage
relationship

14. Sex

15. Sex
• One of the tools Satan uses to tempt us is
pornography

16. Sex
• One of the tools Satan uses to tempt us is
pornography
• God’s desire and plan were never to find
sexual satisfaction outside the marital
relationship

17. Sex
• One of the tools Satan uses to tempt us is
pornography
• God’s desire and plan were never to find
sexual satisfaction outside the marital
relationship
• Don’t shortchange your marriage and sexual
experience by settling for a counterfeit that
will never satisfy

18. Sex

19. Sex
• It is hard work.

20. Sex
• It is hard work.
• Pay the price, make it happen. Expect it to
take a while.

21. Sex

22. Sex
• Sex is tied to man’s respect

23. Sex
• Sex is tied to man’s respect
- When a wife deprives her husband of sex, for whatever reason, he
feels unwanted and not respected.

24. Sex
• Sex is tied to man’s respect
- When a wife deprives her husband of sex, for whatever reason, he
feels unwanted and not respected.
- Men want to be wanted by their wives.

25. Differences in the Sexes

26. Differences in the Sexes
• Men are more compartmentalized

27. Differences in the Sexes
• Men are more compartmentalized
• Women are more global or relational

28. Demonstration

29. Demonstration
• Men, consider asking your wives: “What is
the heaviest burden you are carrying right
now?”

30. Sex

31. Sex
• Love and Respect by Emerson Eggerichs

32. Sex
• Love and Respect by Emerson Eggerichs
- “For a man to get to a woman’s body he first must minister to her
emotional needs.”

33. Sex
• Love and Respect by Emerson Eggerichs
- “For a man to get to a woman’s body he first must minister to her
emotional needs.”
- “For a woman to get to a man’s heart she must first minister to his
body.”

34. Sex

35. Sex
• God invented sex and through it reveals who
He is

36. Sex
• God invented sex and through it reveals who
He is
• Sex as a union of the soul

37. Sex
• God invented sex and through it reveals who
He is
• Sex as a union of the soul
• Sex gets better over the years

38. Homework Assignment

39. Homework Assignment
• Discuss the differences of your views on
sex.