Not your own

1 Corinthians 7:4 AMP
For the wife does not have exclusive authority and control over her own body, but the husband has his rights; likewise also the husband does not have exclusive authority and control over his body, but the wife has her rights.

In a day and age where sex sells and its more common to see divorce than marriage, we need to look at some basic principals of marriage. When we get married we make a contract between us and God. If we read our Bible it tells us the terms of the agreement.

One of the terms is that we become 1 with our mate. Another term is that our body no longer belongs to us. We share our body with the other person. Now if we take a look at the second principal which is defined in 1 Corinthians 7:4 we could prevent a lot of conflict between married couples. Sexual desire for your spouse is God given. He wants us to share this with each other when we are married. If we pay more attention to our spouse and out their wants and needs above our own things would be better off.

There does have to be a balance. You don't have the right to make our mate a slave. However, you do have the right to have your needs met by your mate.

Think less about me and more about them. That's the bottom line!