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Tropical_Guy
(Dennis Thompson)
69M
1709 posts
4/3/2006 3:51 pm

Last Read:
4/9/2006 7:08 pm

How often Should a married couple make Love?

In a marriage relationship how often do you think that couple should make Love? This is of coursein acouples lives that are married and not courting or just engaged where I believe it is wrong to do. I recently read this :

In 1 Corinthians 7:5 the apostle Paul says, “Do not deprive each other, except perhaps by mutual consent for a time, to be free for prayer, but then return to one another, so that Satan may not tempt you through your lack of self-control.”

Don't let emotions control your sex drive. This is not "profitable".

Paul instructs married couples to not withhold sex from each other. If your emotions are keeping you from having sex regularly with your spouse, you are setting your spouse up for "a lack of self-control". It is better to find a way to bring your emotions in line with God's will for your marriage than it is to deprive your spouse of sexual fulfillment.

If you don't have emotions of passion for your spouse, pray and ask God to change you. Then don't ignore the resources God has given you to bring your emotions in line with God's will for your marriage. Read some marriage love stories in bed with your spouse to help bring your emotions in line with Paul's instructions on having sex.

God wants married couples to enjoy sex and when they don't, they and their spouse do not feel "emotionally sexually" fulfilled. Not having sex regularly or not making your spouse feel sexually desired, causes your spouse to be tempted to not have self-control.
as often as both want to
once a week
three times a week
often and both need to realize what sets the stage for the other
Making Love isnt that important to me
Our annual "get together" suffices


ProdicalSon1963 62M

4/3/2006 8:19 pm

Tha was a no brainer!


Mom4Jesus 57F

4/3/2006 9:46 pm

God provided us with the most beautiful wedding gift
intimacy
and physical intimacy

that bonding of two people into one new creation

a married couple?
I personally say lots and lots and lots...

be blessed,
Mom4Jesus


ProdicalSon1963 62M

4/4/2006 12:35 am

    Quoting  :

Don't think the rest of us didn't notice either!..lol


reallysaved
(Jean Sanders)
66F

4/4/2006 5:44 am

My motto is never say no or turn away when approached by my husband. We women have a tendency to do that, but that is not the Lord, that is self. If there is a big reason why I cannot make love, like illness or pain, then my husband should know that and be sensitive enough not to ask. If he isn't, then I would have a frying pan sitting beside the bed to give him a clue with. Just kidding! LOL!

Just my thoughts...

Good post, Dennis!


reallysaved
(Jean Sanders)
66F

4/4/2006 5:47 am

    Quoting  :

Not to get graphic here, but what exactly does a half time mean? That you get satisfied but not your wife or the other way around? If it is that your wife gets satisfied and not you, then I am with you on that one, Bro! LOL!


Godsgrayce 54F

4/4/2006 11:12 am

As I'm sitting here reading your comments and since I haven't been married in about two and a half years, I am completely agreeing with the 3 a day crowd. lol. Seriously, I think that sex is something that isn't talked a lot about in church. But, really, what a better place to talk about it?? It is God's desire for a marriage for there to be intimacy - and you're right - only IN marriage. I was wondering too, about the half thing. What's up with that!!


Pleaserespectme
(Sandra )
57F
1015 posts
4/4/2006 3:41 pm

3 times a day! yikes!


reallysaved
(Jean Sanders)
66F

4/4/2006 4:05 pm

    Quoting  :

You have been well trained, my friend! You'll be a keeper for someone one day! LOL!


Stefanni73 51F
5 posts
4/4/2006 4:07 pm

Funny topic! Funny responses!!!


Seranade 59F

4/4/2006 9:33 pm


Good one Dennis, hehe.....


reallysaved
(Jean Sanders)
66F

4/5/2006 3:49 am

    Quoting  :

I think that therapist would be totally wrong! You need to face what you fear, not run from it. Obedience to God's Word brings healing, not himan wisdom.

Also, with men, making love tends to promote love and with women love promotes making love. We are wired backward from each other. So, this calls for understanding and patience from both partners.


CLASSYLADY23834
(Carol )
76F

4/5/2006 8:12 pm

Is this on the actively watched blog list? It certainly should be. Lack of intimacy is a destroyer. If you truly want intimacy such as God made possible, I vote any time, any where, any which way, any number of times x 365 days per year.


reallysaved
(Jean Sanders)
66F

4/6/2006 8:45 am

Dr. James Dobson said a very wise thing once. He said that if the sex in a marriage is good, it is only 10% of a marriage; if it is bad, it is 90%. So, the bottom line seems to be to work it out, come to an agreement on what works in your relationship and your marriage will be able to survive anything else! That makes sense to me!


brillianteyes 70F

4/6/2006 11:29 am

I agree with Tropical Guy, aromamass, biblestudy and others...it belongs in a marriage, but should depend on the couple involved. That is their individual interest, 3 X a day, why not? morning...nice! Anytime that the two agree and become one...God created us to fulfill each other and have human desires. Paul states that it's better to be married than to lust after another or desire...something like that.

I believe that it is healthy and a beautiful thing between a married man and a woman, as important as the spiritual, emotional nature that God instilled in each one of us. I hope one day that I may find my own husband to enjoy the fullness that God intended when He created me! Brillianteyes (Kristina)


ForsakenOne
(Danny Milligan)
58M

4/6/2006 3:33 pm

This is truly a difficult subject to address, because as we age, our desires change...men tend to slow down, women tend to speed up...

Deny it, ladies, I DARE YA!

Personally I think the issue wouldn't be addressed if a husband and wife's hearts were right for each other. If they protected their eyes and thoughts, to where their spouse was the only person in the world for them, I think that it would create an environment where their appetites for each other increased.

I think what damages marital intimacy the most is this foolishness where people allow themselves to fantasize that their mate is someone else. Not only is that a sin, in my opinion (lusting with the eyes), but it damamges your natural desire for your spouse, which will damage your attraction to them, causing your intimate relations to suffer. When those go down the tube, everything else follows, guaranteed.

since I am now alone, and my wife will soon be marrying another, removing any God-approved opportunities for me, I try to keep my thoughts out of this department at all, difficult as that is, because It is like going into a candy store with no money, disappointing and wasteful of time...

-Danny M.


cynamun
(Cynthia Van Leir)
74F
145 posts
4/6/2006 5:34 pm

What a super blog! Thanks for being so forthright!

My answer.....? I also noted that more than once a day was not an option...sheeesh...what gives?

I want a honeymoon on an isolated pristine mountaintop by a peaceful placid lake with the only living soul around to be the pizza delivery dude. I've been waiting a long time for God's blessing! Don't want the neighbors to hear the screams of my groom as I chase him over the hills!!!!!!!!!!


cynamun
(Cynthia Van Leir)
74F
145 posts
4/6/2006 5:36 pm

Forget the boundaries!!!!!


odimma56 68F
188 posts
4/7/2006 11:14 am

One a night and three rounds after an other ,


brillianteyes 70F

4/8/2006 9:59 am

Dear StrGzr...I like the way you expressed yourself on the subject of love within a marriage relationship. I believe that both men and women need to be respected by each other; that there needs to be trust , honesty and then the couple is able (through their faith in Jesus Christ) truly give of themselves to one another. Being best friends first is the beginning to anything long lasting in the future.

May God Bless me to someday fin my spirtual friend and future lover within the context of his sanctioned marriage! Kristina


Pleaserespectme
(Sandra )
57F
1015 posts
4/9/2006 12:35 pm

I don't see how it is possible to have sex every day. Not to be
too graphic(ya all know what I am talking about) but for 1 week
out of the month it would be disgusting to make love to someone
as well as phisically painfull. I think some people are just
bragging.


odimma56 68F
188 posts
4/11/2006 7:47 am

    Quoting odimma56:
    One a night and three rounds after an other ,
I hope people realized, I was joking. maybe in the beginning of the relation ship that will be ideal, but have been married before for 17 yrs and know very well that its not possible with kids and work and other worries. But ones or twice a week would be ok and choice 4, when its propitiate for both, not by force but action out of love.
Intimicy is so much more than act itself.


Pleaserespectme
(Sandra )
57F
1015 posts
4/12/2006 5:33 pm

LostinHim

no one is forcing you to read or take part in this discussion.
Lighten up