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Java with Juli - Making Sense of God and Sex

#33: What's It Like to Be Married to Me?

Java with Juli - Making Sense of God and Sex

Authentic Intimacy®

Relationships, Society & Culture, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.91.7K Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2018

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever asked yourself, What's it like to be married to me? What's it like to make love with me? Why do I want to stay mad?  Today Juli and her guests stop talking about the kind of marriage they want to have and start focusing on the kind of wives they want to be. Do you have the courage to take a good look in the mirror? If so, grab your java and join us!

Guests: Linda Dillow & Hannah Nitz

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0:00.0

Thanks so much for joining me for coffee every week on Job with Julie.

0:03.5

It's such a privilege to walk with you, to learn with you, as we discover God's design for sexuality.

0:09.4

I started this ministry because God laid such a burden on my heart, particularly for women,

0:14.2

for the sexual brokenness I was seeing all around me.

0:17.4

As he led me to begin speaking on sexuality, I was approached by woman after woman who had

0:22.1

wounds and questions that just weren't being addressed by the church. Questions like,

0:27.0

my husband has struggled with pornography and our entire marriage. Or sex is painful. My daughter

0:32.5

is struggling with same-sex attraction. What do I do with my sexual desires as a single person? The list goes on

0:39.1

and on. These women had questions and nowhere to go for answers. The church has a long history

0:45.3

of silence about sexuality. And with God's help, we're part of changing that. Listen in with me.

0:52.5

I'm not sure how I thought that the Bible was silent when it came to sexuality, but after

0:57.6

Passion Pursuit and rethinking, I was like, I feel like God is using a foolborn to address

1:02.2

our sexuality and he uses it throughout the entire Bible.

1:05.4

It's made a tremendous impact in our marriage.

1:07.4

I can flesh out all the distortions that the world has created and pursue

1:12.4

wholeness, which might sound kind of boring.

1:14.7

It's actually really fun and exciting.

1:16.9

Tons of shame and guilt around that because I was exposed to pornography when I was five.

1:22.8

Like I knew my parents were very affectionate, but I never understood the purpose of sex outside of it being dirty.

1:31.1

Yeah, God was nowhere involved in any of that.

1:34.8

I mean, I'm a married heterosexual Christian, and I'm supposed to have this figured out, right?

1:41.3

But I don't.

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