Fasting, Sex And Love Making.

Ephesians_5-25: Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it

I just got this text!
Dear Emeka,
Please I want to ask you this, is it good to fast after having sex with your spouse?
Thank You!

My Reply!
Sex or love making is energy sapping; one needs to recover from such intimacy before embarking on such spiritual exercise as fasting.

You must have a mutual agreement with your husband or wife, concerning the fast.

Fasting is not only abstaining from food and drink for a while. It also includes abstaining from every pleasure like sex for the given period.

First discuss with your spouse, if you just had sex, start the next day.
Also read 1 Corinthians 7:1-5, most especially verse 5.

1 Corinthians 7:1-5 King James Version (KJV)

1 Now concerning the things whereof…