 Love as distinct from "being in love" is not merely a feeling. It is a deep unity, maintained by the will and deliberately strengthened by habit; reinforced by the grace which both partners ask, and receive from God. They can have this love for each other even at those moments when they do not like each other; as you love yourself even when you do not like yourself. Author: C.S. Lewis
Source: Mere Christianity, p. 99. |
| When I have learnt to love God better than my earthly dearest, I shall love my earthly dearest better than I do now. Author: C.S. Lewis |
| The man who sanctifies his wife understands that this is his divinely ordained responsibility... Is my wife more like Christ because she is married to me? Or is she like Christ in spite of me? Has she shrunk from His likeness because of me? Do I sanctify her or hold her back? Is she a better woman because she is married to me? Author: R. Kent Hughes
Source: Disciplines of a Godly Man, p. 37-38. |
| While standing in line at the grocery story I made the mistake of scanning the covers of several rather tawdry tabloids. The heading on one of them virtually shouted at unwary customers: "The Greatest Sex You've Ever Had!" No, I resisted the urge to read the article. Because I have read the book! The Bible! God, yes God, has a prescription for great sex for His people. Author: Sam Storms
Source: Pleasures Evermore, p. 230 |
| In serious situations an oath is permissible to give greater motivation to tell the truth or to keep a pledge (i.e. marriage). Author: John MacArthur
Source: Matthew 1-7, p. 322. |
| Marriage itself is consummated with the literal bodily union of husband and wife. From that point on, the husband should regard the wife as his own flesh. If she hurts, he ought to feel the pain. If she has needs, he should embrace those needs as his own. He should seek to feel what she feels, desire what she desires, and in effect, give her the same care and consideration he gives his own body Author: John MacArthur
Source: The Fulfilled Family |
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| Older women should teach younger women the skills and disciplines needed to have a successful home and marriage. Experienced wives and mothers will find their greatest avenue of ministry in teaching younger wives what they need to know to be effective wives, mothers, and homemakers. Author: John MacArthur
Source: The Fulfilled Family |
| Sexual expression within a marriage is not an option or an extra. It is certainly not, as it has sometimes been considered, a necessary evil in which spiritual Christians engage only to procreate children. It is far more than a physical act. God created it to be the expression an experience of love on the deepest human level and to be a beautiful and powerful bond between husband and wife. Author: John MacArthur
Source: 1 Corinthians, p. 157. |
| Unless it is by mutual consent, for a specific prayer need and for a brief period of time, sexual abstinence can become a tool of Satan. It is never to be used as pretense for spiritual superiority or as a means of intimidating or manipulating one's spouse. Physical love is to be a normal and regular experience shared by both marriage partners alike, as a gift from God. Author: John MacArthur
Source: 1 Corinthians, p. 158. |
| What higher motive could there be for the husband to love his wife? By loving her as Christ loved the church, he honors Christ in the most direct and graphic way. He becomes the embodiment of Christ's love to his own wife, a living example to the rest of his family, a channel of blessing to his entire household, and a powerful testimony to a watching world. Author: John MacArthur
Source: The Fulfilled Family |
| Jesus' teaching in general [implies] that happy and fulfilling sexual relations in marriage depend on each partner aiming to give satisfaction to the other. If it is the joy of each to make the other happy, a hundred problems will be solved before they happen. Author: John Piper
Source: This Momentary Marriage - A Parable of Permanence, 2008, p. 134 |
| In Ephesians 5 husbands are compared to Christ; wives are compared to the church. Husbands are compared to the head; wives are compared to the body. Husbands are commanded to love as Christ loves; wives are commanded to submit as the church is to submit to Christ. Author: John Piper
Source: This Momentary Marriage - A Parable of Permanence, p. 77 |
