40 Days Without Sex

[Hans Deventer]

Last week, our Evangelical Broadcasting Company (EO) has started a program titled "40 Days Without Sex". The idea is to challenge youth to go without sex for 40 days, and hopefully discover that love and faithfulness are meant to be the framework in which sex has a place.

The first program in a series of 7 was last week and Hannie and I watched it. It was quite amazing. The guy who had signed up, called Niels, was a real hunter, chasing one night stands in a row. It turned out he once had had a serious relationship with a girl but was dropped after a while and since then, really only went for the sex. Out of insecurity even! Which, to our astonishment, wasn't hard to get at all!

Anyway, in the program, Niels talked with the guy who presented it about all of this and he challenged him to go and look again for a true kind of relationship. Which, in the program, Niels indeed started to develop with a girl he really liked.

So at the end of the 40 days, his view on girls and relationships had changed significantly. For the better, I may add.

Quite a daring program, but good, in my view.

[Jeremy D. Scott]

Reminds me somewhat of a Seinfeld episode.

[Scott Hilton]

Is it just me or does the title of this thread just beg of a marriage joke?

O.K., in all seriousness. That sounds like a wonderful program to be brought out. Hans, was the gentleman in this story a believer?

Blessings
Scott

[David Pettigrew]

I thought it was Han's lenten commitment.

I think this may be a better approach than the "True Love Waits" campaign. I wish, rather, that I had spent my time as a youth pastor teaching that true love serves.

[Hans Deventer]

Is it just me or does the title of this thread just beg of a marriage joke?

I think it's you. If it is true, it's certainly not funny! :basic03

O.K., in all seriousness. That sounds like a wonderful program to be brought out. Hans, was the gentleman in this story a believer?

No, as far as I can see, none of the participants are. Thankfully! I certainly hope Christian youth don't behave that way.

[Hans Deventer]

I thought it was Hans's lenten commitment.

You're not expecting a serious answer, are you? :laughing

But if you are, I know the people of Israel had to abstain for 3 days to meet God. Who would you expect to meet who would require 40 days? ;)

[Gina Stevenson]

... this was re a Lenten thing, Hans! But the program does sound like it was a good one; there's such a saturation of sex in culture today, with even a program entitled, "Sex & the City." Couldn't believe it when such a TV program came about. Anyway, that's probably aired over there, too, right(?), since I'm sure it's not just the US with this problem.

My second tho't---after first thinking what David did re a Lenten commitment---was, "Forty days? Whaddaya think re ten years plus!?" [well, only b/c Danny died ... nothing I'd recommend when married! :cool:]

[Hans Deventer]

"Sex & the City." Couldn't believe it when such a TV program came about. Anyway, that's probably aired over there, too, right(?)

Yes it is.

[Greg Farra]

Please delete this thread. My wife may see it and get ideas. :basic03

[Gina Stevenson]

You mean for Lent, maybe? Hey, didn't I hear that whatever one gives up during Lent, it's only Monday through Saturday, and doesn't include Sundays? :basic05

Please delete this thread. My wife may see it and get ideas. :basic03

[Mike Wooldridge]

You mean for Lent, maybe? Hey, didn't I hear that whatever one gives up during Lent, it's only Monday through Saturday, and doesn't include Sundays? :basic05
Reminds me of the 80s ABC "soaps" promo "Love in the afternoon (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lAaUxApWfw&feature=related)" ;)

[Mark Metcalfe]

1 Corinthians 7:3-6 (Can I hear an Amen?)

For married couples, this has to be by mutual consent, and for devotion to prayer. This might be easier for older married couples than for young married couples, especially if 40 days is observed. Then again, a Lenten observance permit celebration on the Lord's Day. (Lent is 46 days if you count the Sunday; Catholics suspend their fast on Sundays.)

For others is a good idea for True Love Waits, and a step towards regaining abstinence - some look at it as being "pure from this day on" until they become married. It is probably applicable to the church as well as the world, since our rates of such things like divorce are about the same.

Mark