The Ongoing Consequences of Pre-Marital Sex

Slide #1: Many married couples fight and argue today because of what happened before
they married.

Slide #2: There are at least 12 consequences to pre-marital sexual behavior (John Regier,
Caring for the Heart Ministries)

Slide #3: Pre-marital sex produces guilt, then blame, then conflict, then rejection.

Slide #4: It then leads to a lack of sympathy, then lack of respect, then loss of communication.

Slide #5: To stop the fighting the sin needs to be confessed to each other and then to God.

Slide #6: Once this is cleaned up the couple can start their relationship over.

Slide #7: Emotional intimacy will lead to spiritual intimacy and ultimately physical intimacy.

Slide #8: "I, even I, an He who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake, and remembers your sins no more." Isaiah 43:25