How often should we be having sex?
Fierce Marriage
Ryan and Selena Frederick
4.9 • 4.3K Ratings
🗓️ 8 September 2020
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
If you've ever felt discontent with your sex life, you're not alone. in this episode, we answered the oft-asked question, How often should we be having sex? As you'd imagine, we looked at various passages of Scripture and contrasted the biblical view with that of the world. We then ended with three very practical questions for you to ask yourself and your spouse about your sex life together. Enjoy!
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| 0:00.0 | If you've ever felt discontent with your sex life, you're not alone. I would say that we've felt |
| 0:05.4 | that a few times in our marriage, more than a few times. |
| 0:09.9 | That's like what? In our 17 years of marriage. Yeah. So you're not alone. And one of the |
| 0:15.8 | reasons people feel discontent is they feel like they're not having as much meaningful intimacy |
| 0:20.4 | as much intimacy as they feel like they should be having at whatever stage in marriage they're in. Whether |
| 0:25.5 | you're newlyweds or you've been married for 20 years, this thing will still come up. And so today |
| 0:32.6 | we hope to answer that question or to help you rather answer this question of how often should a married |
| 0:38.4 | couple, or how often should you as a married couple, be having sex? And sex is a beautiful |
| 0:44.4 | thing. It's something God created for our good, for his glory. And it's also a thing that has |
| 0:50.0 | been kind of contorted and twisted by culture and we can if we're not careful adopt the |
| 0:55.9 | world's view of sex and therefore a wrong understanding a wrong application of sex. |
| 1:01.0 | So stay tuned and we'll see you on the other side. |
| 1:03.6 | Welcome to the fierce marriage podcast where we believe that marriage takes a fierce tenacity |
| 1:07.5 | that never gives up and refuses to give in. |
| 1:09.8 | Here we'll share openly and honestly about all things marriage. |
| 1:12.9 | Sex, communication, finances, priorities, purpose, and everything in between. |
| 1:17.7 | Laugh, ponder, and join in on candid, gospel-centered conversations. |
| 1:25.2 | This is fierce marriage. |
| 1:34.5 | Music This is Fierce Marriage. Okay, so the inspiration for this podcast episode came from an article that I found, and it asked simply this question, how often to married couples have sex? |
| 1:46.5 | And here's what the research tells us. |
| 1:48.3 | And so it's more of a presentation of the data in this article, which I found really interesting. |
| 1:55.3 | Because specifically, he talked about how frequency changes as a couple ages. |
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