Chapter 19: Myth—Sexuality Doesn’t Matter

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The process is the same if you want spiritual ecstasy. I’ve been to

both of these places many times. Verily I say unto you, these are the two places I have found myself in God’s presence. Yes, when I was physically coupled with my wife in a state of sexual ecstasy, I found myself close to God. Yes, when I offered myself spiritually to God and was slain in the

spirit falling onto the floor, I found myself in God’s presence. Yet in both cases, I was in a state of being beyond reason and self-control. That is what it means to be in a state of ecstasy.

Ecstasy 70 1: a state of being beyond reason and self-control

2: a state of overwhelming emotion; especially [a] Rapturous delight. 3: TRANCE, especially: a mystic or prophetic trance.

Therefore, God has given us two methods of entering a state of ecstasy or “rapturous delight.” One is in the physical act of making love in the context of moral sex and the marriage bed. One man, one woman, His design and with sex is both the physical and the spiritual realm. The second

takes place in the act of intense worship. One human heart to God, giving up all pretense of any physical control and entering into only His control as you diminish yourself and your thoughts and allow Him to engulf you with His control and His thoughts. Both are states of ecstasy on earth. Try them.

The headline read, “Asia lags behind Europe in sex, reveals Durex Survey 71.” The article states, “People around the world slip between the sheets on an average of 103 times per year, compared to 127 times in the

previous year’s poll, according to figures published by condom manufacturer Durex. Asians are the least sexually active, the survey says. Japanese have just 46 rolls in the hay per year, followed by Hong Kong, and Singaporeans with 79, Taiwanese with 80, Indians with 82 and 90 for

Chinese, the survey said. By contrast, the top 11 nationalities in the sex stakes were European, with the French topping the charts with 137 sexual encounters per year, followed closely by Greece, Serbia-Montenegro and Hungary.” Well, how do you feel about your own sexual frequency now?

Depressed? How low can sexual frequency go in marriage? Marriages can become sexless, that is how low it can go.