Sex in Marriage
Unfortunately, it’s normal to face significant barriers in your sex life. What God created to bring unity and pleasure can quickly become a source of great conflict and pain. Look here for a wealth of information and practical resources to help you navigate the most common challenges and questions related to sexual intimacy in marriage.
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All Sex In Marriage Resources
![¿Cómo reconstruyo la confianza después de una traición?](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Female-Headshot-1080x675.jpeg)
¿Cómo reconstruyo la confianza después de una traición?
![#117: How Your Sex Life is Connected to Your Spiritual Life](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/59e427ba812147999f766aec0db2d69d-davids-kokainis-2r6helclb34-unsplash-1080x675.jpg)
#117: How Your Sex Life is Connected to Your Spiritual Life
![What Submission Isn’t](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/97861aef0ed44a01a5b8cc913f78106b-one-zone-studio-gtzs6yr8m-unsplash-1080x675.jpg)
What Submission Isn’t
![JWJ Listening Guide: Taking Back the Bedroom](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/taking-back-bedroom-JP-1080x675.jpg)
JWJ Listening Guide: Taking Back the Bedroom
![#321: Taking Your Marriage Back From Porn](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/f42e3729ab414c3fbcbff420ee907c9d-sarah-cervantes-bobmnkvry0q-unsplash-1080x675.jpg)
#321: Taking Your Marriage Back From Porn
![#319: Is Good Sex a “Right” in Marriage?](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ca5e15675fcc4440b6fb6a29755fdb9c-david-mao-m0l5j8lqnzo-unsplash-1080x675.jpg)
#319: Is Good Sex a “Right” in Marriage?
![Predictability and Passion Can Improve a Boring Sex Life](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/08469cd4776d4751ac939908b5fa991b-becca-tapert-f0zihwliggm-unsplash-1080x675.jpg)
Predictability and Passion Can Improve a Boring Sex Life
![Spice Up Your Sex Life](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/d0ab323388764e5e959252c78e5e7622-jonathan-borba-jdbcteh5x9y-unsplash-1080x675.jpg)
Spice Up Your Sex Life
![#22: Intimacy, Sex & Aging](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/128c60ac064140619d6f1f8079d4a59a-sven-mieke-zla7c39dffk-unsplash-1080x675.jpg)
#22: Intimacy, Sex & Aging
![Webinar: How to Talk to Your Spouse About Sex](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/How-to-Talk-to-Your-Spouse-About-Sex-1080x675.jpg)
Webinar: How to Talk to Your Spouse About Sex
![#294: When You Want Sex, But Your Spouse Doesn’t](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/d75afb510e8b4677a562ea5711a995ef-eric-ward-7kqe8meex8-unsplash-1080x675.jpg)
#294: When You Want Sex, But Your Spouse Doesn’t
![Webinar: Does Your Sex Life Have Shades of Gray?](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Does-Your-Sex-Life-Have-Shades-of-Gray-1080x675.jpg)
Webinar: Does Your Sex Life Have Shades of Gray?
![#286: How to Make Time to Make Love](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/be555d34abe54686a75f6bc49547a86c-1-how-to-make-time-1080x675.jpg)
#286: How to Make Time to Make Love
![Why Does Sex Matter in Marriage? Pt. 2](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/d8a358088c5d457aa96dc555a63a7c15-untitled-design-4-800x675.jpg)
Why Does Sex Matter in Marriage? Pt. 2
![Why Does Sex Matter in Marriage? Pt. 1](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/3e3450f0acf84bb7badfb85238b95b41-toa-heftiba-9vnftkm-pus-unsplash-1080x675.jpg)
Why Does Sex Matter in Marriage? Pt. 1
![#276: Parenthood, Exhaustion & Avoiding Sex](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/02416fe6e1774f06871c4b60119d454c-tired-mama-2-1080x675.jpg)
#276: Parenthood, Exhaustion & Avoiding Sex
![#268: BONUS! When God “Wakes Up” Your Love Life](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/6f39fafc22d6431aa8fee9b27c44a4b2-alex-blajan-flubz-2s014-unsplash-1080x675.jpg)
#268: BONUS! When God “Wakes Up” Your Love Life
![#267: Are You Having Sex or Building Intimacy?](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/853a6dde6a854b9f968a44e1d0992320-annie-spratt-89768-unsplash-1080x675.jpg)
#267: Are You Having Sex or Building Intimacy?
![Beyond a Happy Marriage](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/10637fdc98ca453080c99cb1b1923bfc-nathan-dumlao-480726-unsplash-1080x675.jpg)
Beyond a Happy Marriage
![Sex is the Icing on the Cake](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/0dee8ed79c114da28e5fb775c88046bc-icing-on-the-cake2-1080x675.jpg)
Sex is the Icing on the Cake
![#259: Our Marriage Survived Painful Sex](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/870e04b340ad4c968e26dfc016f46cf5-smithfamily-92-768x512-1.jpg)
#259: Our Marriage Survived Painful Sex
![Webinar: Overcoming Barriers in the Bedroom](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Overcoming-Barriers-in-the-Bedroom-1080x675.jpg)
Webinar: Overcoming Barriers in the Bedroom
![A Secret for the Guys](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/eeefe69bb0c64de7a47992fee8978c41-kelly-sikkema-189003-unsplash-1080x675.jpg)
A Secret for the Guys
![Your Sexual Differences Can Make You Better Lovers](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/afecdc45dc9547338bb5f57535269248-joshua-ness-225844-unsplash-1080x675.jpg)
Your Sexual Differences Can Make You Better Lovers
![#246: Lies You Believe About Sex](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/950a388a48e04363924fa77aa3daf15c-bekah-russom-232003-1080x675.jpg)
#246: Lies You Believe About Sex
![#245: The Link Between Your Bedroom & Your Bank Account](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/4f82f2c0d9f044d99529a0c1c9c1a4a3-tanja-heffner-259382-1080x675.jpg)
#245: The Link Between Your Bedroom & Your Bank Account
![#237: BONUS! Reconstructing Intimacy After Breast Cancer](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/6936d4a6bc464ebd95b73224d13bc4e8-tamara-bellis-218828-unsplash-1080x675.jpg)
#237: BONUS! Reconstructing Intimacy After Breast Cancer
![#234: We Can Do THAT in the Bedroom?](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/13136fefe71c4fd083cb5dd670c4d0dc-christopher-jolly-616571-unsplash-1080x675.jpg)
#234: We Can Do THAT in the Bedroom?
![#233: Understanding Your Man](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2ccde0ece1874e6fbef6bf0279f2f7d1-andrew-neel-227873-unsplash-1080x675.jpg)
#233: Understanding Your Man
![#230: Juli & Linda Answer Your Questions About Marriage](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/8c2203232f89457b9933e46834bb80ee-rawpixel-593602-unsplash-1080x675.jpg)
#230: Juli & Linda Answer Your Questions About Marriage
![#227: Couples Therapy For Intimacy Issues](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/b53ab7bc142a42f2aa0f936646120151-alvin-mahmudov-244470-unsplash-1080x675.jpg)
#227: Couples Therapy For Intimacy Issues
![Webinar: Sex Talk in Your Marriage: Conversations Every Couple Should Be Having](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Sex-Talk-in-Your-Marriage_-Conversations-Every-Couple-Should-Be-Having-1080x675.jpg)
Webinar: Sex Talk in Your Marriage: Conversations Every Couple Should Be Having
![Sexual Pleasure Isn’t Shameful](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/90e79a911a9040e68441c0dc53d2d36b-pleasure-1080x675.jpg)
Sexual Pleasure Isn’t Shameful
![#219: Rethinking Sexuality in Your Marriage](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/d821a4152bad437690fcb888c97792ca-gregory-hayes-l6drskourhu-unsplash-1080x675.jpg)
#219: Rethinking Sexuality in Your Marriage
![#217: Finding Hope After Betrayal](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/c037a47b77b9400daa2b03b6de09fb0b-brooke-cagle-65598-1080x675.jpg)
#217: Finding Hope After Betrayal
![#210: Enjoying Intimacy in Your Golden Years](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/81a2470c636f4f918e474a05b9cd79e5-great-sex-in-golden-years-1080x675.jpg)
#210: Enjoying Intimacy in Your Golden Years
![Does Your Husband Need Sex?](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/1e68e19996ab4969aecac8d7f93fbf4a-need-sex-1080x675.jpg)
Does Your Husband Need Sex?
![#205: My Husband’s Addiction Saved My Life](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/a946a26c3e7a439c9c8a4161fdf69d4b-max-sandelin-268571-unsplash-1080x675.jpg)
#205: My Husband’s Addiction Saved My Life
![The Great Danger: He Can Have My Body, But…](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ea91b0a6b808428ebf23e49ec430d072-body-1080x675.jpg)
The Great Danger: He Can Have My Body, But…
![#197: A Pornography Addiction in our Marriage](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/95b81185b89d49438e794786562434fe-sergey-zolkin-192937-unsplash-1080x675.jpg)
#197: A Pornography Addiction in our Marriage
![Webinar: Spicing Up Your Sex Life](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Spicing-Up-Your-Sex-Life-1080x675.jpg)
Webinar: Spicing Up Your Sex Life
![#186: What Can Passion Pursuit Do for You?](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/283098302b6f44dcbc8d7d3455598015-passion-pursuit-1080x675.jpg)
#186: What Can Passion Pursuit Do for You?
![What If I Hate Sex?](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/7071004fd1c4494ab805606d1238bd28-marcelo-matarazzo-eoll6jvrem0-unsplash-1080x675.jpg)
What If I Hate Sex?
![What If I Want Sex More Than My Husband Does?](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/5c71a06051ee4700a2146d21ba27314d-empty-bed.jpg)
What If I Want Sex More Than My Husband Does?
![How Do I Rebuild Trust After Betrayal?](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2a1917db7a294de2b68c064d82f7d342-omar-lopez-8dyesx5x4hy-unsplash-1080x675.jpg)
How Do I Rebuild Trust After Betrayal?
![Webinar: Fighting Porn in Your Marriage](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Fighting-Porn-in-Your-Marriage-1080x675.jpg)
Webinar: Fighting Porn in Your Marriage
![#179: When Sex Is Not Good](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/a95cb558e4984d22a6bb384319a95566-when-sex-is-not-good1.jpg)
#179: When Sex Is Not Good
![Making Time for Making Love](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/4060c10556af4b5f9855b3c4426226c6-kaitlyn-baker-255373-1080x675.jpg)
Making Time for Making Love
![#88: When Sex Is Too Painful](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/3f5f33183d7648d2b28734ffa26d3513-when-sex-is-too-painful.jpg)
#88: When Sex Is Too Painful
![#158: Q&A with Juli and Linda](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/QA-with-Linda-Juli-Hannah-1080x675.jpg)
#158: Q&A with Juli and Linda
![Stop “Hooking up” in Your Marriage](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/3239629ed1e3427e85fb7954b2baaa2f-gili-benita-37425-1080x675.jpg)
Stop “Hooking up” in Your Marriage
![#18: When You Don’t Like Your Body](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/73c82af6719e45c4855a53ae43ab54a8-copy-of-copy-of-copy-of-watch-our.jpg)
#18: When You Don’t Like Your Body
![#151: The Naked Truth About Sex in Marriage](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Naked-Truth-About-Sex-in-Marriage-1080x675.jpg)
#151: The Naked Truth About Sex in Marriage
![#148: Is There a Man in the House?](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/92a7ec5f16d84c6888314fbbcee37106-watch-our-2.jpg)
#148: Is There a Man in the House?
![What’s OK in the Bedroom?](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/f5f200b3d4844c28904e539393d7a7eb-photo-1429117237875-aa29229d99f0-1080x675.jpg)
What’s OK in the Bedroom?
![#134: Why Intentionality Is One of the Most Romantic Things in Marriage](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/660b9c881afe41df84a8996501162af9-why-intentionality-is-one-of-the-most-romantic-thi.jpg)
#134: Why Intentionality Is One of the Most Romantic Things in Marriage
![#132: Honest Answers to Your Questions About Sex](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/709c44baeb764a0fbe03c51527f1ac79-the-good-news-about-50-shades-darker.jpg)
#132: Honest Answers to Your Questions About Sex
![A Challenge from the Song of Solomon](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/9ab9454e39c0471fbfed5f0c4378bfae-a-challenge-from-the-song-of-solomon.jpg)
A Challenge from the Song of Solomon
![Webinar: Making Fireworks in the Bedroom](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Making-Fireworks-in-the-Bedroom-1080x675.jpg)
Webinar: Making Fireworks in the Bedroom
![#108: With This Ring](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/a1f5912bb028486da7cf41f0947370ce-with-this-ring.jpg)
#108: With This Ring
![#106: Aging Men and Sex](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/8ce7fad8d32b414d9042eeedb6f635e9-aging-men-and-sex-1.jpg)
#106: Aging Men and Sex
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#91: When The Man You Love Was Abused
![#71: Body Image & The Bedroom](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/d1b337786a61412b87f9e19217cd3841-body-image-and-the-bedroom.jpg)
#71: Body Image & The Bedroom
![#56: When Men Don’t Want Sex](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/bea2b8671daf4d72b72eb611d9bf197a-when-men-dont-want-sex.jpg)
#56: When Men Don’t Want Sex
![#126: What Your Husband Wishes You Knew About Sex](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/574d3893dfb84b56aa4daf35cd955f8e-what-your-husband-wishes-you-knew-about-sex.jpg)
#126: What Your Husband Wishes You Knew About Sex
![Being Sexy Has Nothing To Do With Your Body](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/c2b5062a17304ec5bc99274aabf93053-being-sexy-has-nothing-to-do-with-your-body-blog.jpg)
Being Sexy Has Nothing To Do With Your Body
![#123: How Sexual Differences in Marriage Can Make You a Better Lover](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/9e179832b2c94b02951a47ba7441f687-how-sexual-differences-in-marriage-can-make-you-a.jpg)
#123: How Sexual Differences in Marriage Can Make You a Better Lover
![#5: God Has an Opinion About Sex](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/d61ae1764a1247c284ae88ebfdcbfe1f-god-has-an-opinion-about-sex.jpg)
#5: God Has an Opinion About Sex
![Help! My Husband Is The One With The Headache](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/a97e97c9e8364b318688adc252c91875-husband-headache.jpg)
Help! My Husband Is The One With The Headache
![Is Sexual Intimacy A “Sacrament”?](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Coulpe-Holding-Hands.jpeg)
Is Sexual Intimacy A “Sacrament”?
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How to say “Yes, Yes, Yes!” after “No, No, No!”
![What Should You Do If Your Husband Looks at Porn?](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/husband-looks-at-porn-1080x675.jpg)
What Should You Do If Your Husband Looks at Porn?
![Don’t Be Spontaneous In Marriage](https://www.authenticintimacy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Rings-On-A-Rope.jpeg)