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Romantic attention – Sexual satisfaction – Love unfailing

Jesus came to restore all of life, which includes romance, sex, and love.

Intimate Good Sex – Physical Emotional Mental Spiritual

False Pictures – Unfair Expectations – Flawed Priorities

Fleeting desires (short term) – Strong Desires (satisfaction) – Deep Desires (significant)

False Pictures – sexual pleasure is the pinnacle of living. Sex is always euphoric and amazing. Happy marriages and great sex lives just happen with the right person.

Unfair Expectations- I’m entitled to gratification and the pursuit of pleasure is over-prioritized. Romance magically fixes the real world chaos and exhaustion we all face. Love doesn’t require effort, intention and sacrifice. 

Flawed Priorities: Pleasure over Purpose – Novelty over Meaning – Entertainment over Significance

Seeing romance, sex and love through a warped lens will lead us to choose the wrong priorities, and cause us to miss out.

…’Father, give me my share of the estate’… Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living. Luke 15:11-14

‘Yet when this son of yours comes back after squandering your money on prostitutes, you celebrate by killing the fattened calf!’ Luke 15:30

Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word; but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful. Mark 4:18-19

Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again. It becomes a fresh, bubbling spring within them, giving them eternal life. John 4:13-14

Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body. 1 Corinthians 6: 18-20

You do not belong to yourself, for God bought you with a high price. So you must honor God with your body. 1 Corinthians 6:18-20

Jesus teaches: Prioritizing pleasure over God always leads to disappointment and pain.

Unfair Expectations: I’m entitled to gratification and the pursuit of pleasure is over-prioritized. Romance magically fixes the real world chaos and exhaustion we all face. Love doesn’t require effort, intention and sacrifice.

Romance, sex and love are important parts of our lives, but a fulfilling and significant life is more than the number of orgasms we have.