Hey everyone, welcome to Pastor Rick Warren's Daily Hope.

Now we're going to continue our series today called Building My Life on Values That Last.

And Rick will press on and show us how we benefit when we apply the biblical principles of trust,

self-control, balance, respect, forgiveness, moral purity, fairness, honesty, and love to our lives.

And now let's go right to Rick with the final part of a message called Maintaining

Moral purity.

Yesterday I was reading this magazine, Marriage Partnership.

It's a Christian magazine.

I highly recommend that you subscribe to this magazine.

Terrific magazine, Marriage Partnership.

And then if there was an article called It Doesn't Just

Happen a Lifetime Prescription for Sisling Sex.

Does do you remember the anticipation of going on a date with your future spouse and how desperately you desired one

another and how the sexual tension seemed to mount as you move toward marriage?

Today you may be wondering where is our energy and desire for sex now?

After 20 years as counselors, we're convinced that good sex in marriage doesn't, quote,

just happen.

Couples who keep the sexual spark glowing through the changing stages of marriage are those who deliberately

set about their sexual relationship.

And it talks about in different stages.

It says, you know, during the marriage's middle years, you may feel as

though you're merely surviving sexually. The demand of life uses up your energy and your

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