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- "Many people have dark realities in their past, because of the imperfect world
in which we live. . . . Negative thoughts and experiences often are shut out, locked
away or ignored. . . . It takes courage, time and effort to overcome negative and
unproductive beliefs and emotions through awareness, acceptance, and attention."
- "Thoughts and feelings are so closely linked in the body and mind that
inhibitions can simply be toxic. Negative thoughts are allowed to roam
free—wreaking emotional havoc wherever they go."
- "Reprogramming negative thoughts with positive thoughts helps neutralize them
and prevents them from recurring. It’s like deleting old, ineffective programs on
your computer’s hard drive, and installing new programs to replace the old."
- "Stretching yourself to open up verbally with your sexual thoughts and feelings
can cause the sensual surrender that is needed for complete sexual fulfillment. It
may be new and awkward to be so open and vulnerable, either asking for your husband’s
verbal expressions or outwardly sharing your own, but it can be worth the effort."
- "Within marriage, sexual intimacy is approved and ordained of God. The
marriage bed is a haven of privacy. . . . The sexual learning and experience
of a husband and wife are meant to occur within an atmosphere of love, respect,
trust and growth, without fear, anxiousness, guilt or shame."
- "Whatever weakens your reason, impairs the tenderness of your conscience, obscures
your sense of God, or takes off your relish for spiritual things, whatever increases
the authority of the body over the mind, that thing is sin to you, however innocent
it may seem in itself" (Susannah Wesley).
- "Imagine the Pandora's box that would be opened if the Church commented on specific
sexual behaviors! This would set a precedent of needing a 'letter from the Brethren' on
every imaginable sexual question. Where would it end?"
- "Distinguishing between sexual inhibitions caused by negative conditioning,
and inhibitions prompted by the Spirit of God, is no easy task. Couples must
consider the possibility of negative sexual conditioning as well as how spiritually
in tune they are when determining what's okay and what isn't."
- "Appropriate solutions to sexual concerns are most likely to be found as husband and
wife counsel together, then allow the Lord to guide them in truth and light."
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Created Apr 6, 2003; Updated Apr 26, 2008
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