Ephesians 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, 26 that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, 27 so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. 28 In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, 30 because we...

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If we get married with these false ideals we follow one of three paths. We manipulate our spouses to try to get them to give us what we want. Or we allow our spouses to manipulate us because we are afraid we couldn't live without them. Or we turn bitter against our spouse and look for love elsewhere. All of these roads lead to destruction, because the world's understanding of relationships is fundamentally selfish. Looking for love means looking for someone to make you happy. If someone wants to breakup with us, we cry out but I love you, I...

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1 Corinthians 6:13 The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. 14 And God raised the Lord and will also raise us up by his power. 15 Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never! 16 Or do you not know that he who is joined to a prostitute becomes one body with her? For, as it is written, "The two will become one flesh." 17 But he who is joined to the Lord becomes...

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Job 31:1 "I have made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I gaze at a virgin? 2 What would be my portion from God above and my heritage from the Almighty on high? 3 Is not calamity for the unrighteous, and disaster for the workers of iniquity? 4 Does not he see my ways and number all my steps?  Our sins don't stop with what we do with our bodies. The world continually entices us to cast our eyes on pornographic and sexual images to lust after them. I want you to recognize the ugliness of these sins. Those images degrade love...

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What does it mean to be content? What do you base your contentment upon? Are you content when all your needs are met, or are you content because you trust the one providing for you? Pray over these texts as you read today's devotional:Psalm 84:10 For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness. 11 For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor. No good thing does he withhold from those who...

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