1 Corinthians 7: 1 - 16

Now concerning the things of which you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. ² Nevertheless, because of sexual immorality, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband. ³ Let the husband render to his wife the affection due her, and likewise also the wife to her husband. ⁴ 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. ⁵ 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. ⁶ But I say this as a concession, not as a commandment. ⁷ For I wish that all men were even as I myself. But each one has his own gift from God, one in this manner and another in that. ⁸ But I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It is good for them if they remain even as I am; ⁹ but if they cannot exercise self-control, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion. ¹⁰ Now to the married I command, yet not I but the Lord: A wife is not to depart from her husband. ¹¹ But even if she does depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband. And a husband is not to divorce his wife. ¹² But to the rest I, not the Lord, say: If any brother has a wife who does not believe, and she is willing to live with him, let him not divorce her. ¹³ And a woman who has a husband who does not believe, if he is willing to live with her, let her not divorce him. ¹⁴ For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband; otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy. ¹⁵ But if the unbeliever departs, let him depart; a brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases. But God has called us to peace. ¹⁶ For how do you know, O wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, O husband, whether you will save your wife?

The Bible is such an amazing book that it covers a wide range of areas that concern us as ladies. Sexual immorality is a real issue that Satan uses a lot to tempt all, both men and women, So, our verses of scripture today show us that God has made marriage available to us as means of combatting sexual immorality. So, if you are married the Bible says you and I should show due affection to our husbands. We must not deprive them of sexual intimacy. This is a gift that God has given in marriage to be used to satisfy each other.  Ladies if you married and there is an issue in this area, seek help. There is nothing to be ashamed of.  I have been there before and I sought help. Get medical and pastoral help. Pray till there is a breakthrough with your sexual intimacy. Don’t allow the enemy to use your silence, shame or pride to destroy your marriage because of lack of sexual intimacy.

Psalm 41: 1 – 3

Blessed is he who considers the poor; The Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. ² The Lord will preserve him and keep him alive, And he will be blessed on the earth; You will not deliver him to the will of his enemies. ³ The Lord will strengthen him on his bed of illness; You will sustain him on his sickbed.

This week ladies God is speaking to us about how we should relate to the poor. You see, the poor are very close to God’s heart and so He wants them to be close to our hearts too. When God talks about considering the poor, he is talking about paying attention to them - those who are materially and financially poor. He is talking about you and I doing something to help them and alleviate their situation.

2 Samuel 6: 16 - 23 (NKJV)

⁶ Now as the ark of the Lord came into the City of David, Michal, Saul’s daughter, looked through a window and saw King David leaping and whirling before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart. ¹⁷ So they brought the ark of the Lord, and set it in its place in the midst of the tabernacle that David had erected for it. Then David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord. ¹⁸ And when David had finished offering burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord of hosts. ¹⁹ Then he distributed among all the people, among the whole multitude of Israel, both the women and the men, to everyone a loaf of bread, a piece of meat, and a cake of raisins. So all the people departed, everyone to his house. ²⁰ Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, “How glorious was the king of Israel today, uncovering himself today in the eyes of the maids of his servants, as one of the base fellows shamelessly uncovers himself!” ²¹ So David said to Michal, “It was before the Lord, who chose me instead of your father and all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the Lord, over Israel. Therefore I will play music before the Lord. ²² And I will be even more undignified than this, and will be humble in my own sight. But as for the maidservants of whom you have spoken, by them I will be held in honor.” ²³ Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no children to the day of her death.

In this account of the Bible, we see Michal, King David’s wife and her reaction to her husband. She despised him and looked down on him because of his whirling and leaping before the Lord. She was disgusted with Him. She obviously did not realise that He was doing this as unto the Lord. She felt that He had disgraced himself before his subjects. He had brought himself low. Her perception was wrong.