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Scripture: 1 CORINTHIANS 7:1-9

Now for the matters you wrote about: "It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman."
2 But since sexual immorality is occurring, each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, and each woman with her own husband.
3 The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband.
4 The wife does not have authority over her own body but yields it to her husband. In the same way, the husband does not have authority over his own body but yields it to his wife.
5 Do not deprive each other except perhaps 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.
6 I say this as a concession, not as a command.
7 I wish that all of you were as I am. But each of you has your own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.
8 Now to the unmarried and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I do.
9 But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

TOPIC:

****MUTUALITY IS NECESSARY****
The state of the family is central to the success of our walk on the way of the cross. Our bodies belong to God when we become Christians because Jesus Christ bought them with a price. In marriage, our bodies belong to our spouses because two have become one (Genesis 2:24). This is a mystery that only those who walk on the way of the cross understand and appreciate. A lot of the crises in families today is because people’s relationship with God is not right and that affects their relationship with their spouses. The Bible commands mutuality that expresses love and sacrifice between husbands and wives. Neither the man nor the woman should seek dominance or autonomy in this matter. Husbands and wives must submit to one another out of reverence for Christ (Ephesians 5:21).

REFLECTION:

****Be committed to the success of your marriage****.

PRAYER:

****Lord, help me to love my spouse unconditionally. Amen****.](https://steemit.com/minnowsupport/@izge/daily-walk-with-christ-e0a14d6065c55)

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exercise Love,

Give to the needy,

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