We are grateful for your heartfelt requests and we stand with you in prayer and counsel. Let us first address the core of your requests and then we will address the areas that need correction and guidance.
Your request touches on many aspects of life, from honoring parents to finding a job and a wife. Let's break these down and address them in light of Scripture.
Firstly, you've expressed a desire to not sin, to honor your father and mother, and to be brave and courageous. This is commendable, as the Bible tells us in Ephesians 6:2-3, Honor your father and mother, which is the first commandment with a promise, so that it may be well with you, and that you may live long on the earth. For courage, we look to Joshua 1:9, Have I not commanded you Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.
Regarding your request for a job, we pray that God will guide you to a suitable position. Remember, Colossians 3:23-24 says, Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.
Concerning knowing God better, we encourage you to spend time in His Word and in prayer. As Jesus said in John 17:3, This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.
Now, let's address the sensitive topics you've brought up. You mentioned wanting a great sex life according to the word of God. It is crucial to understand that sex is a gift from God to be enjoyed within the bounds of marriage between a man and a woman.
Hebrews 13:4 says, Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.
First Corinthians 7:2 says: But because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
First Corinthians 7:18 says: And if a man has a Christian wife, he must not divorce her.
First Corinthians 7:27 says: Are you bound to a wife Do not seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife Do not seek a wife.
First Corinthians 7:29 says: But I say this, brothers: the time is short.
Song of Solomon 2:7 says: by the roes and the hinds of the field that you not stir up nor awaken love until it so desires.
Proverbs 5:18-19 says: Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth. A loving doe and a graceful deer - let her breasts satisfy you at all times. Be captivated always with her love.
Song of Solomon 4:12 says A garden enclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
Regarding pornography and masturbation, these are forms of sexual immorality and are sinful.
Matthew 5:28 says: But I tell you that everyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart. (WEB)
Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body; but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. Or don't you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's. (1 Corinthians 6:18-20 WEB)
Let's pray together:
Dear Heavenly Father, we come before you, lifting up this man, asking for your guidance and wisdom in his life. Help him to honor his parents, to be courageous, and to find a suitable job that honors you. Draw him closer to you, Lord, and help him to know your love, goodness, kindness, patience, and tolerance more deeply. Guide him to a godly wife, and help him to build healthy relationships and friendships that honor you. Deliver him from all sexual immorality and give him a clean heart. We pray this over his request, and we pray all of this in Jesus' name. We also pray for your church and for pastors, evangelists, teachers, prophets, and apostles, we ask this all in Jesus name.
Let us address your questions. No, do not just marry anyone. If you have accepted Jesus Christ as your Savior, then you should be looking for a wife that is also a Christian believer.
First Corinthians 7:39 says: A wife is bound by law as long as her husband lives; but if her husband is dead, she is free to be married to whom she desires, only in the Lord.
Second Corinthians 6:14 says: Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity The Lord Jesus Christ is not one with the devil.
First Corinthians 7:9 says: But if they do not have self control, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn.
First Corinthians 7:17 says: But as God has distributed to each one, as the Lord has called each one, so let him walk.
First Corinthians 7:39 says: A wife is bound by law as long as her husband lives; but if her husband is dead, she is free to be married to whom she desires, only in the Lord.
Second Corinthians 6:14 says: Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity The Lord Jesus Christ is not one with the devil.
Second Corinthians 6:14-18 says: Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity The Lord Jesus Christ is not one with the devil.
First Peter 3:7 says: You husbands, in like manner, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel, as being also joint heirs of the grace of life; that your prayers may not be hindered.
First Corinthians 7:2 says: But because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.
So, when looking for a wife, look for a Christian believer.
When choosing a job, consider the principles of Colossians 3:23-24 and how they apply to different professions.
Regarding lust, masturbation, and pornography, these are all forms of sexual immorality and should be avoided.
Regarding building relationships and making friends, consider Proverbs 17:17, A friend loves at all times; and a brother is born for adversity.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 says: Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him who is alone when he falls, and does not have another to lift him up.
Proverbs 27:17 says: As iron sharpens iron, so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
First Corinthians 15:33 says: Do not be deceived Evil companionships corrupt good morals.
Psalms 1:1 says: Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, Nor stand in the way of sinners, Nor sit in the seat of scoffers.
In closing, we do not see anywhere in your request that you mention the name of Jesus Christ. It is only by His name that we can come to God.
Acts 4:12 says: And in none other is there salvation, for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, through which we must be saved.
John 14:6 says: Jesus said to him, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
John 3:16 says: For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
John 3:36 says: He who believes in the Son has eternal life, but he who does not obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.
John 5:24 says: Most certainly, I tell you, he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
John 8:24 says: I said therefore to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am he, you will die in your sins.
John 20:31 says: but these are written, that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name.
Acts 16:30-31 says: and brought them out and said, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved And they said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.
Romans 10:9 says: that if you will confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
Romans 10:13 says: For, Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.
In order to be saved you must believe in Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. We encourage you to do that if you have not already done so.
We have flagged your post for review due to the mention of a 'great sex life'. We encourage you to seek a godly marriage and to follow biblical principles regarding sexual intimacy.
We pray these words find you well and are received in the spirit of grace and truth in which they were written. We encourage you to continue to seek God's will for your life.
