Hey there, Bella Rose here. Thank you for joining. If you've been with me for a while, you know that we are taking the summer off, or I am. It's a one-man show here. I'm taking the summer off. I felt like that's what God wanted me to do, to focus on some other areas of my life that I felt like he really wanted me to be focused on this summer. And I loved you, I am,

and I plan to really continue the work that has blessed me and so many others around the world.

And I believe that God wants me to continue it. But taking the time off, I think, is also

his purpose for me at this time. With that said, I'm continuing to read you

pre-recorded. This is pre-recordings that you get to enjoy throughout the summer, but excerpts from

my book. So I'm going to go ahead and dive in. This section is called God's Purposes for sex. God made Adam and had complete access to him.

They walked together in the cool of the day. I can only imagine the friendship they shared.

I look forward to heaven to experience such incredible friendship with God. But as God looked upon Adam, he said, it is not good for man to be

alone. God made Eve because he wanted Adam not to be alone. As the master, creator of everything and

every part of our bodies, he told them, be fruitful and multiply. Genesis 1.28. God provided the only way for us to do this

is sex. Here we can see both pieces of God's plan playing out in our lives. The relational piece,

often more represented in our, of The relational piece, often more represented in our of females' needs,

is captured in God's mention, it is not good for man to be alone. Adam needs companionship and love.

He needs someone to support him, to stretch him, to complement his strengths, and to walk alongside

him through life.

And the sexual piece, often more represented in the needs of males, is captured in God's

command to be fruitful and multiply. Have sex and have babies. God made the process of making

children incredibly pleasurable.

Interestingly, it wasn't until the fall that the curse made it challenging to actually birth children.

Many well-meaning Christians throughout church history have believed that sex is only for procreation.

They believe that God intended people to have sex

if and only if they are trying to have a baby. But if that's true, why isn't sex under the curse of pain

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