Rethinking Godly Sexuality in Your Marriage (Part 1) - Dr. Juli Slattery

Far too many Christian married couples live with a secret shame and frustration — their sexual relationship is not meeting their perceived needs or expectations. Unfortunately, they more focused on the mechanics of their sexual activity and have no vision for God’s greater design of their intimacy with each other or with Him. Few couples have ever prayed about their sexual relationship and may feel like God and their sexuality are disconnected. Dr. Juli Slattery recognizes that many couples a poor foundation for understanding God’s design for intimacy — that our sexual relationship is a metaphor for the intimacy God longs to have with each one of us. Therefore, God is very interested in our sexuality and, in fact, designed sex for our pleasure. Juli encourages married couples to have “convanent love” rather than contractual love. Just as God created an everlasting covenant with us, husbands and wives are supposed to pursue covenant love with each other. Juli described 4 “pillars” of this love — (1) faithfulness, (2) intimate knowing, (3) sacrificial love, and (4) celebration. Throughout the interview Juli shared stories from her marriage to Mike, describing how they struggled to experience true a meaningful intimacy in their marriage for 15 years. Get Juli's book, God, Sex, and Your Marriage: https://bit.ly/3uP38Eh For more resources on this topic: https://bit.ly/3yDkEMI --- Check out Focus on the Family on social media! Facebook:   / focusonthefamily   Twitter:   / focusfamily   Instagram:   / focusonthefamily   Pinterest:   / focusonthefamily   --- #FocusBroadcast #DrJuliSlattery #GodSexandYourMarriage #RethinkingGodlySexualityinYourMarriage #FOTFBroadcast #FocusontheFamily