Can I have sex with my husband during fasting?

mjudith

Beginner Member
Hi sisters and brothers in Christ,

I just wanted to ask something that's been on my heart. My husband and I have been growing in our faith together, and lately we’ve been setting aside days for fasting and prayer. It's been such a blessing to seek God more intentionally, but something came up that I wasn’t quite sure about.

During our fast, we still feel close and affectionate, and I was wondering if it's okay to be intimate with my husband while fasting. I want to honor God in every part of my life, including our marriage, and I just don’t want to do anything that would go against His will.

Have any of you navigated this before or found wisdom in Scripture about it? I’d really appreciate any thoughts or experiences you’re willing to share.
 
No, you cannot have sex with your husband during fasting. To be clear, you can but you will not be fasting. To fast, is to deny oneself. If you have sex with your husband while you are fasting, you have cancelled your fast. You have not committed any sin but you are no longer fasting. This is because fasting imply self-denial. See I Corinthians 7: 5. The ideal thing is to abstain from sex for the duration of the fast. This is also why the Holy Spirit inspire the Apostle Paul to counsel against excessive fasting. Fasting should never lead your spouse to temptation of adultery. Avoid excessive fasting. But when you fast, abstain from sex, deny your flesh. I hope this help
 
Fasting equally involves abstinence from sex between couple. However, there must be consent between such couple in respect to bearable time for such fasting to take place without sex. Such fasting should not take long to avoid Satan's temptation because of lack of self control about sexual satisfaction.

1 Corinthians 7:5 say, "Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency."

Couple who have agreed to fast for a certain time and consequently abstained from sex should exercise self-denial regarding sexual satisfaction. The fasting ends when expected denial is not feasible to attain. However, no sin is committed when sexual intimacy occurs between the couple but no fasting takes place by so doing.
 
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