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Third Purpose: Love & Affection


God established this institution to meet our God given needs. We have a need for attention and affection. Those to be met in this wonderful union. We must make sure we are giving due affection to each other. God intended this union to be the place for such things to
 be taken care of.

  “Nevertheless, because of sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband. Let the husband render to his wife the affection due her, and likewise also the wife to her husband. The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. And likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. Do not deprive one another except with consent for a time, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again so that Satan does not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.” 1 Corinthians 7:2-5 NKJV

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