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Pornography Is Not Love (part 1)
- June 11, 2005
The marriage bed is a blessed and beautiful place which God deems sacred. While such intimate expressions between husband and wife are good and godly, the misuse of sex and sexual desire is wrongful and harmful.
Pornographic displays, whether they be viewed on television, DVD, magazine or Internet, do not depict love-making or even love. What such things do reveal is mere hedonistic copulation and lust. Lust then provokes lust, and the viewer then begins to develop a taste and hunger for similar examples of lust and sensual pleasure.
As I am sure you have heard within your own social circle, such harmful desires often end up being a detriment to their own marriage and personal relationships, as well as having a damaging effect on one's emotional and spiritual well-being.
My dear friends, the human body was awesomely formed by the hand of God. Just as He calls us to goodness and purity, so too does this apply to our regard of the marriage bed and the opposite sex.
Perhaps you recall the familiar saying, "You are what you eat." The sentiment of this phrase proclaims that what you expose your mind and senses to is reflected in your words, actions, thought-process, spirit and heart. Fill a cup with dirty water and what happens when you drink it? You get sick! However, fill it with good and pure water, and it is a refreshing and healthy beverage!
My friends, God and His word are also our refreshment. Fill your soul with His living Word today, and be quenched!
Contributed by Melanie Schurr (Copyright (c)2005 Melanie Schurr) Melanie Schurr is author of "Ecstatic Living Ecstatic Loving: A Christian marriage manual and Life-guide," "Son Salutations" and "Daily Contemplations," which are a collection of read-one-a-day modern inspirations. For more information, visit www.MelanieSchurr.com
- June 11, 2005
The marriage bed is a blessed and beautiful place which God deems sacred. While such intimate expressions between husband and wife are good and godly, the misuse of sex and sexual desire is wrongful and harmful.
Pornographic displays, whether they be viewed on television, DVD, magazine or Internet, do not depict love-making or even love. What such things do reveal is mere hedonistic copulation and lust. Lust then provokes lust, and the viewer then begins to develop a taste and hunger for similar examples of lust and sensual pleasure.
As I am sure you have heard within your own social circle, such harmful desires often end up being a detriment to their own marriage and personal relationships, as well as having a damaging effect on one's emotional and spiritual well-being.
My dear friends, the human body was awesomely formed by the hand of God. Just as He calls us to goodness and purity, so too does this apply to our regard of the marriage bed and the opposite sex.
Perhaps you recall the familiar saying, "You are what you eat." The sentiment of this phrase proclaims that what you expose your mind and senses to is reflected in your words, actions, thought-process, spirit and heart. Fill a cup with dirty water and what happens when you drink it? You get sick! However, fill it with good and pure water, and it is a refreshing and healthy beverage!
My friends, God and His word are also our refreshment. Fill your soul with His living Word today, and be quenched!
Contributed by Melanie Schurr (Copyright (c)2005 Melanie Schurr) Melanie Schurr is author of "Ecstatic Living Ecstatic Loving: A Christian marriage manual and Life-guide," "Son Salutations" and "Daily Contemplations," which are a collection of read-one-a-day modern inspirations. For more information, visit www.MelanieSchurr.com