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When God brought Adam and Eve together, he said in Genesis chapter two that a

husband and wife will become one flesh and certainly sex is a part of God's

beautiful design for marriage. I'm John Fuller in the studio with Aaron and Greg

Smolley. They lead our marriage department here at Focus on the Family and

Aaron, let's address the genders. How does sex affect I guess positively a wife

and a husband differently? It's so interesting John because years back I wrote

an article on this exact thing like what are the benefits of sex and I was

amazed at the benefits of sex and you know generally sex makes you

happier, less stressed, you sleep better, you have it reduces pain, it boosts your

immune system, it burns calories. So those are I mean just a few but then the

differences between men and women and the benefits of sex for women it creates a

youthful glow and I'm like gosh you didn't even have to go buy some new

moisturizers. It impacts you know the menstrual cycle makes the periods lighter

and for men it lowers blood pressure, lowers the chance of prostate cancer and

so there are benefits and I smile because only God could have put that tied

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