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Restored Sexuality

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God’s plan for sex

Written by Joy on 14/06/2016
Series: Weekly Devotional
Tags: Lust, Marriage, Sex, Sin
Carefully determine what pleases the Lord.

Ephesians 5:10
God created sex to be a beautiful gift. In Genesis 2, God says it was not good for man to be alone so God created the perfect partner, a woman, so they could become one flesh. The chapter closes with the statement, “they were both naked and felt no shame.” Sex creates a unique relationship that involves physical, emotional and mental unity and completion.

If sex is blessed by God, what makes it immoral?

Blessings Lost
When we forget God has authority to set limits, blessings are lost. “Yes, they knew God, but they wouldn’t worship him as God or even give him thanks. And they began to think up foolish ideas of what God was like. As a result, their minds became dark and confused.” (Romans 1:28). Your phone works best when you use it the way it was designed. In the same way, God designed sex to work a certain way. Rejecting His design leads to darkness, confusion, secrecy, shame, and judgement.

Blessed Design
God used His infinite wisdom to design sex in the beginning. God does not need to “evolve.” He does not change his mind based on our opinions. Scriptures from Genesis to Revelation give a very clear picture of the kind of sex that pleases God. “This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and bonds with his wife, and they become one flesh.” (Genesis 2:24). God approves of sex when it is between one man and one woman who have made a lifelong commitment to marriage. Jesus confirmed this to be an unchanging truth in Matthew 19.

Are you willing to trust God’s wisdom and love and follow his guidelines?

Blessing Restored
“He has rescued us from the domain of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son He loves. We have redemption, the forgiveness of sins, in Him.” (Colossians 1:13-14). We no longer have to sit in the darkness of shame and confusion. Jesus has made us children of light! (Ephesians 5:8-11)

“You cannot say that our bodies were made for sexual immorality. They were made for the Lord, and the Lord cares about our bodies…If we belong to Christ our body is not our own but a temple of the Holy Spirit and therefore we should honor God with our body.” (1 Corinthians 6:13, 19-20). Obedience to God’s plan for sex is a choice we make when we want to please God, not ourselves (Colossians 3:1-17). God has given every Christian the Holy Spirit to teach us truth and empower us to obey it.

Are you going to find out what pleases the Lord and choose to live by it?

Pray this week:
Show me, Lord, where I am not pleasing you in my attitudes and actions regarding sex.

Alan Zibluk Markethive Founding Member

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Bitcoin Price Analysis: BTCUSD Testing Double Bottom Neckline

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Bitcoin Price Analysis: BTC/USD Testing Double Bottom Neckline

Bitcoin Price Analysis: BTC/USD Testing Double Bottom Neckline

Bitcoin could be due for an uptrend anytime now as the price is already testing the neckline of its double bottom on the 1-hour chart. A break past the $6,650 area could lead to a climb that’s the same height as the chart formation, which spans $6,100 to $6,600.

However, the 100 SMA recently crossed below the longer-term 200 SMA to signal that bearish pressure is present. This could force the neckline resistance to hold and push Bitcoin back down to the bottoms again. Then again, the moving averages just seem to be oscillating to reflect consolidation conditions, so a bullish crossover might be possible again.

RSI is hovering close to the overbought zone to signal bullish exhaustion. Turning lower could confirm that sellers are taking over while buyers take a break. Stochastic has some room to climb before hitting overbought levels, though, so buyers could have a bit more energy left to push for a neckline breakout.

he SEC just issued an order to gather more input from the public to help in its ruling on the proposed rule changes to list the Bitcoin ETF from SolidX/VanEck. Recall that they already pushed the ruling deadline back on this and could still do so again, possibly not making any decision until February next year.

If so, Bitcoin bulls might still be disappointed but could continue to keep hopes up for an approval. A flat-out rejection, on the other hand, could douse any expectations that a strong rebound to the record highs could take place this year. Approval, although seemingly least likely, could usher in strong gains across the board.

The decision is due at the end of the month and analysts are already pointing to the buildup of short positions on Bitcoin, likely the cause for the sharp dip earlier this week.

 

SARA JENN · SEPTEMBER 21, 2018 · 1:00 AM

Alan Zibluk Markethive Founding Member