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    Ceremony Before Sex: Keeping Premarital Relationships Pure Before a Holy God
    Ceremony Before Sex: Keeping Premarital Relationships Pure Before a Holy God
    Ceremony Before Sex: Keeping Premarital Relationships Pure Before a Holy God
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    Ceremony Before Sex: Keeping Premarital Relationships Pure Before a Holy God

    By Darian A. Williams

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    What is the meaning of it all? Why does God want His people to be sanctified, or set apart from the norm? Psalm 23:3 says that God leads us in the paths of righteousness for His names sake.

    He does this because His name is excellent and worthy only of exaltation. So anyone associated with Him should always strive to have the highest moral characteristics so that individuals who dont know Him dont associate Him with our moral failures. According to 2 Corinthians 5:18, everything that we do from now on is of God, so yes even our premarital girlfriend/boyfriend relationships. Ceremony Before Sex is a book that helps to push this campaign of sanctification and holiness all for the name of Jesus. My prayer is, after reading this book you will be more equipped to be able to handle situations that could become contrary to the behaviors of biblical living in your premarital relationships. Remember, in everything we do, let us always aim to put God first.

    Sex and dating isnt talked about as much as it should be in todays church. As born-again believers, we are often confused as to how we should carry on dating relationships before the ceremony. Burdened with our natural desires for each other, as we grow closer it can be difficult to keep those desires under control, not to mention the earthly pressures to be sexually active. What am I to do? How can I be intimate with my partner and respect my heavenly Father at the same time?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWestBow Press
    Release dateMay 15, 2014
    ISBN9781490827452
    Ceremony Before Sex: Keeping Premarital Relationships Pure Before a Holy God
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    Darian A. Williams

    Darian Williams, currently an accountant in the health care industry, resides in Augusta, Georgia, with his wife. A born-again believer in the gospel of Jesus Christ, his deepest desire is to fully demonstrate his commitment to the Lord with his life. To him the Bible is like a mirror. In order to look and feel better, he always refers to it, and if something is wrong the mirror will show it, so that he can try to make it better.

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      Ceremony Before Sex - Darian A. Williams

      Copyright © 2014 Darian A. Williams.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

      Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright 1979, 1980, 1982 by Thomas Nelson, inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

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      ISBN: 978-1-4908-2744-5 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4908-2745-2 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2014903490

      WestBow Press rev. date: 5/8/2014

      Contents

      Disclaimer

      Preface

      Chapter 1:   The Mind

      Chapter 2:   Sinful Fellowship

      Chapter 3:   Sin Destroys Relationships

      Chapter 4:   Fear of the Lord

      Chapter 5:   Holiness

      Chapter 6:   The Marriage Misconception

      Chapter 7:   Fornication

      Chapter 8:   But What Does Man Say?

      Chapter 9:   Dead to Sin

      Interlude: Quinton’s Quest

      10:   Practical Ways to Overcome

      Afterword

      Testimonies: The Death and Birth of Olivia and James

      References

      To the world,

      with inspiration from the Holy Spirit and love.

      Special thanks to my friend Dorell, who helped me

      to realize the wisdom and gift inside—

      with much love to him, my wife, and the rest of my

      friends who made this book possible.

      Disclaimer

      From the first couple created until now, God has made man and woman to fit perfectly together like pieces of a puzzle when it comes to sex. A perfect illustration of sex would be that of a key and a lock. It is a union of man and woman that over the years has regressed from being a private union of honor and respect to one of lewdness and disgrace; hence pornographic films, porn magazines, and even regular television shows. And despite the famous Scripture Romans 12:1, Be not conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, it seems that we as the body of Christ have somewhat accepted and adopted the new worldview of sex over God’s view. In an article in Ebony magazine, a woman was quoted as saying, Just because I have a Bible on my nightstand and condoms in the drawer doesn’t mean I love God any less or that He doesn’t love me (Harris 2012). But on the contrary, according to 1 John 2:4, He who says I know Him, and does not keep His commandments is a liar and the truth is not in him. Now, if you fall a couple of times and realize that pre-marital sex is a struggle for you, but you approach God with a sincere heart, this Scripture does not apply to you. If you continue to seek help and confess your shortcomings to your accountability partners because you know it is wrong, this Scripture does not apply to you either. If you try to do extreme things that require you to spend less private time with your significant other, does it apply? What if you have a broken heart and a conviction for righteous living: Does it apply? The answer to these questions is no. But if you name the name of Christ and practice iniquity by giving in to your desires with little or no conviction, well, 1 John 2:4 might just apply to you.

      This book is for people who desire a husband or wife. This includes single individuals who are looking for mates as well as single individuals who are already in relationships (because my definition of single is someone who isn’t married, even though he or she may be in a relationship). This book is for the couple who intend to get married and have that strong desire to please God with the activities of their relationship. Anyone who has been here before knows that this is easier said than done. I write to the ones with a teachable spirit, open to exposing themselves to God and man while walking in the light. I write to Holy Spirit–filled believers who fear the Lord and don’t want their sins to hinder their relationship with God and man. This book is not for individuals who have accepted defeat and given up the fight against sin and unrighteousness. This is not for the people who believe that God’s words are not to be taken so literally and seriously. This is probably something that would cause this type of person to shrug, but in spite of that, I welcome them to read this book also.

      The main purpose of this book is to try to preserve the sanctity of sex and premarital relationships and to help give clarity to one of the biggest epidemics of the world. As the hair-replacement commercials would say, "I’m not only the president; I am also

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