Day 28
by Aaron & Jennifer Smith
Intimacy in Marriage
We are made for relationships.
Marriage is a representation of the intimate relationship between Jesus and His church.
Intimacy is the most important part of your marriage.
Intimacy is much more than sex.
It is where you grow and get to know each other more. It is the experience of being one.
Three essential ways to experience intimacy.
Physical
Emotional
Spiritual
Cultivating intimacy requires vulnerability and effort.
Here are a few tips and ways to increase intimacy in your relationship.
Have honest and transparent conversations
Initiate physical intimacy
Confess sins
Pray together
Date night
Pursue her passionately
Discuss goals and dreams
Serve her
Bless her
Let love motivate you and fuel your heart to persevere.
Scriptures
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19 Husbands, love your wives and never treat them harshly.
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24 This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.
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7 Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God. 8 But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
