Is sex really that critical to a healthy marriage? My husband tells me that sex is a sacrament and a holy mystery — that it needs to be central to our relationship. But I don't agree. After all, there's a lot more to marriage than just sex. And sometimes sex seems like a chore.

Sexual union places their relationship in a category apart from any other human relationship. And the apostle Paul says that husbands and wives need to learn how to put their spouses' needs and interests ahead of their own:

A husband should satisfy his wife's needs. And a wife should satisfy her husband's needs. The wife's body does not belong only to her. It also belongs to her husband. In the same way, the husband's body does not belong only to him. It also belongs to his wife. You shouldn't stop giving yourselves to each other. You might possibly do this when you both agree to it. And you should only agree to it to give yourselves time to pray. Then you should come together again. In that way, Satan will not tempt you when you can't control yourselves.

How should you as a husband handle it when your wife directly refuses to have sex without a valid reason? Is there anything a Christian husband can do about this? Find out!

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