August 12
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BETTER TO STAY SINGLE
A poem by ILMA
Yes, it is good to abstain from sexual relations with someone
But because there’s much immorality, each man must have a wife
Likewise, each woman should have her own husband as well
The husband should fulfill his wife’s sexual needs regularly
The wife should satisfy her husband’s needs as much as possible
The wife gives to her husband authority over her own body
And the husband gives authority over his body only to his wife
Do not deprive each other of sexual relations or you will be tempted.
Unless you both agree to refrain from sexual intimacy for a limited time
Do it for the purpose of giving yourselves more completely to prayer
Afterward, you should come together again so that Satan won’t succeed
I say this as a concession, not as a command, but I wish everyone were single
Yet each person has a special gift from God, of one kind or another
So, I say to those unmarried and widows—it’s better to stay unmarried
But if they can’t control themselves, they should go ahead and marry
It’s better to marry than to burn with lust if you can’t control yourself.
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MEMORY VERSE
So, I say to those who aren’t married and to widows—it’s better to stay unmarried, just as I am. 9 But if they can’t control themselves, they should go ahead and marry. It’s better to marry than to burn with lust. – 1 Corinthians 7:8-9
Read: 1 Corinthians 7:1-9
The world dictates us to be married. Many who are single long to be married so that someone will complete them. This is a very worldly reason to be committed for life. As believers, we are expected to make God our first. When we are married, are focus is divided to our spouse and our Maker.
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REFLECTION
• For those married, do you think that your spouse can distract you from time with God? For the single, do you have more time for God when you are solo?