4 WAYS THE ENEMY WANTS TO TEAR DOWN YOUR MARRIAGE.
1. Satan wants us to make a pattern of
obeying our desires instead of God's
direction.
If our enemy can get us to pursue our own selfish
pleasures before marriage, he knows he can set up a
pattern in our lives. Marriage won’t suddenly cure us from
that pursuit. Instead, if we gave into our urges before the
wedding, we’ll likely do so after as well. “This, however, is
deadly since service and sacrifice are essential to a
healthy, Christ-honoring marriage.”
2. Satan wants us to underestimate how
susceptible we are to temptation.
Satan’s goal is to get you to ask the age-old question, “Is
that really too far?” As soon as our minds go down that
road, our pride will convince us that we’re a superman
when it comes to temptation. In reality, we’re all weaker
than we think, and our posture should be to honor God,
not push the limits.
3. Satan wants couples to weaken their trust
in one another.
Sadly, some Christian men will push the women they’re
dating farther than they want to go. Satan uses this to
weaken trust between the couple through shame and
regret. But we can defeat his attempt: “Every time we say
‘no’ to sexual sin and turn to prayer, telling one another
we value them and their walk with the Lord too much to
go one step further, he uses that faithfulness to strengthen
trust.”
4. Satan wants to deceive you with the
forbidden fruit of lust.
Unmarried couples who build sexual intimacy on the lust
and passion of this “forbidden fruit” will very likely be
confused and let down that sex after marriage has its
foundation in trust and devotion. “Satan wants couples to
get used to running on the caffeine and sugar of lust rather
obeying our desires instead of God's
direction.
If our enemy can get us to pursue our own selfish
pleasures before marriage, he knows he can set up a
pattern in our lives. Marriage won’t suddenly cure us from
that pursuit. Instead, if we gave into our urges before the
wedding, we’ll likely do so after as well. “This, however, is
deadly since service and sacrifice are essential to a
healthy, Christ-honoring marriage.”
2. Satan wants us to underestimate how
susceptible we are to temptation.
Satan’s goal is to get you to ask the age-old question, “Is
that really too far?” As soon as our minds go down that
road, our pride will convince us that we’re a superman
when it comes to temptation. In reality, we’re all weaker
than we think, and our posture should be to honor God,
not push the limits.
3. Satan wants couples to weaken their trust
in one another.
Sadly, some Christian men will push the women they’re
dating farther than they want to go. Satan uses this to
weaken trust between the couple through shame and
regret. But we can defeat his attempt: “Every time we say
‘no’ to sexual sin and turn to prayer, telling one another
we value them and their walk with the Lord too much to
go one step further, he uses that faithfulness to strengthen
trust.”
4. Satan wants to deceive you with the
forbidden fruit of lust.
Unmarried couples who build sexual intimacy on the lust
and passion of this “forbidden fruit” will very likely be
confused and let down that sex after marriage has its
foundation in trust and devotion. “Satan wants couples to
get used to running on the caffeine and sugar of lust rather
than mature love of service and sacrifice.”
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