DAY 30

DAY 30

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He can pressure, complain, criticize, belittle, bargain, threaten, manipulate, and

The Gift
Before the Earth was formed
Before the land and sea
As part of Gods perfect plan
He designed her for me
The Gift that he designed
Was perfect in every way
But as she lived out life on Earth
She got bumped, bruised and broken
Along lifes rocky road way
Our Father above
Conspired and planned and schemed
To bring our paths to cross
To begin our marriage team
Two broken and tattered people
Came together on that wedding day
Determined to live a life
That was good in every way

EVENING ______________

Face to face
We meet
His gift to us is Life
His gift to me my wife
As she conforms to him
The original perfect design
I thank the Lord daily
That he has made her mine.
Copyright 2004 Steve Beattie

occasionally get what he wants. When a woman is treated like this by her husband
so that his sexual needs are met, she begins to live self-defensively and sex becomes
a burden.
From this weeks notes
During the Man to Man session about sexuality, I became aware that for all of my
married life I had been making unreasonable sexual demands of my wife. I became
convicted that I had in fact been sexually abusing her. This came about because
my perception of sex had been distorted by my exposure, from a young age, to
pornography. I went to her and asked forgiveness for all the years that I had treated her
like an object that was available for my sexual gratification.

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After many tears and long talks she forgave me, and ever since then the intimacy in our

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marriage has been increasing, so much so that it is now at a level that I once would

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have thought impossible. Now we both look forward to lovemaking.

Testimony from a Lifekeys Man to Man participant:

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The pressure of a mans sexuality often motivates him to treat his wife in this way. Write
about the tactics you have used to get sex.

Our own strength and wisdom

Were insufficient for us
Stumbling, struggling, falling
We needed Jesus

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How do you think this makes her feel?

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He came into our lives

And bought Hope and Joy and Light
Beginning to restore our souls
And make everything alright

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His healing power is at work in us

The healing still incomplete
For we will not be perfected
Until it is Jesus

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