Straight Talk About Strengthening Marriage Intimately
 
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  Chapter 6: Sexual Stewardship—Finding Sexual Fulfillment in Marriage
 
  • "Does the Lord care about the sexual relationship in your marriage? You bet He does!"

  • "What is important to you, you make time for. Priority time and energy is needed to expand knowledge, learn about each other, and have fulfilling sexual encounters."

  • "With complete, correct and reverent sex education being rarely provided within families, many come into marriage with little or no understanding of how to create a satisfying sexual relationship. . . . Sexual ignorance is not bliss."

  • "Partners who freely discuss finances, discipline, recreational activities, and so forth, often feel uncomfortable discussing this intimate subject" (Dr. Brent Barlow)..

  • "If sex or sexual parts of the body are incorrectly believed to be bad or evil, the Good Girl may not have any idea how her body works or what arouses her sexually."

  • "After our phone call I knelt down and told Heavenly Father I really wanted to fix this. I wanted my husband to feel loved, and I wanted to feel sexual desire again. I read everything you gave me, then we talked about it that night. I shared everything I was feeling about sex. Just opening up that floodgate so we could talk about sex has made all the difference."

  • "One of the best ways to talk about sex is to read and discuss helpful books together, allowing the conversation to flow casually."

  • "A little playfulness and creativity in appropriate ways can add vitality to your sexual relationship. Don’t let lovemaking become predictable or routine—predictability can squelch sensuality."

  • "When husbands and wives don’t find sexual fulfillment in marriage, they will find themselves increasingly susceptible to sexual sin. To avoid that temptation, they have the duty before God to sexually fulfill their mates."