RESTRAINING PREMARITAL SEX
WRITTEN BY DR. HESPEY
INTRODUCTION:
Myself As A Counsellor, I Have Gone Through So Persecution All In The Name Preaching And Teaching About Sexual Abstinence. I Could Remember A Statement That Came From A Friend Back Then During My First Year In The University, He Said "HESPEY, ARE YOU SURE YOU AREN'T A CASTRATED BEING?"
From Merriam Webster Dictionary, To Be Castrated Means To Be Rendered Impotent Or Deprive Of Vitality Especially By Psychological Means. But The Truth Is, I Am Not Castrated.
As Mammals, I Know We All Have Similar Carnal Desires. But, As Humans Created Of God, We Have The Ability To Choose Whether To Pursue Our Urges Or Decline Them. When We Succumb To Temptation It’s Because Our Desire To Indulge Is Greater Than Our Desire To Resist. We Choose What We Do.
We Are Biologically Driven To Pair And Bond For Life. But, I Don’t Believe Monogamy Is Such A Genetic Gift. Monogamy Is A Vow You Make With Your Partner And God. The Biological Urge To Reproduce Has Brought Us To This Point Regarding Population And Promiscuity. That Drive Is So Strong It Has Undermined Some Of The Most Successful People That Walked This Planet. So Here Today, We Bring You Ways By Which You Can Be A Good Decision Maker Regards Sexual Abstinence.
WAYS IN RESTRAINING PREMARITAL SEX:
Commitment Is A Discipline A Good Man Possesses. Here Is Guidance To Assist Anyone Who May Have An Urge They Would Rather Not Entertain Because Of Fidelity, Love, And Vows.
- DISCIPLINE:
To Some, This Looks Harmful? But Let Me Tell You It's Not. This Is A Part Of The Fruit Of The Spirit As Mentioned In The Book Of Galatians 5:23 Known As Temperance Or Self Control.
Discipline Is Not Harmful. It Is Not The Same As Repression, Because It Doesn't Involve Force. Repression Harms People Because It Means Forcing Or Pushing Feelings Firmly Into The Subconscious, Then Living As Though The Feelings Do Not Exist. This Pretense Is Just For A While. These Feelings Will Spring Out Again, But In A Disguised Form. Clearly Repression Is Unhealthy.
Our Major Way Of Battling Premarital Sex Is By Being Disciplined Or Being Able To Control One's Urges. Discipline Never Involves Sweeping Feelings Into A Dark Corner. Discipline Is Seen When The Understanding Adults Listens To The Complaints Of Each Other, Interprets Them Accurately And Meets The Real Rather Than The Expressed Needs. In Other Words, When You And Your Partner Discipline Yourselves, You Listen To Your Own Feelings With Sensitivity But You Do Not Give In To Every Desire.
This Discipline Need Not To Be Mournful. It Can Be Exciting, For Instance, Deciding Not To Peep Inside Parcels Until Christmas Day.
This Discipline Is Healthy, Joyful, Balanced. It Adds Dignity To Yourself, Your Partner And Your Sexuality And Most Importantly, It Brings You Closer To God. And This Literarily Means You Are No Longer Enslaved By Sexual Desire. You Control It.
CONCLUSION:
God Does Not Ask You To Control It Alone. He Gives The Holy Spirit To Strengthen Our Moral Fibre When Resolve Is Weak. I Think This Is What Paul Implies In 1 Thessalonians 4:8. It Is Only The Indwelling Spirit Of Jesus Who Enables Us To Walk Unscathed Through The Heat Of Passionate Desire. He Is The One Who Cultivates The Patience We Need To Receive God's Gifts In God's Time, Including The Gift Of Sexual Fulfillment In Marriage.
He Is The One Who Produces The Self-control Which Dogged Determination On Its Own Fails To Produce. And He Is The One Who Causes The Fruit Of Gentleness, Kindness And Responsible Love To Grow Within Us; Those Qualities Which Refuse Us Permission To Abuse Our Own Body Or The Body Of Another.
When The Strength Of Sexual Desire Renders Us Helpless, It Casts Us Back On God's Unfailing Help. Then In Our Weakness We Become Strong. For Discipline Shot Through By The Grace Of God Results In Joyful Obedience, In Sexual Battles Won.
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