Quotes about Intimacy

Though I've been saved for a long time, I want to recapture the essence of this "no other" reality.

We must spend time with God, letting His truths become part of who we are and how we live.

When we give relational access to us, it should never lead to "less safety, less sanity, or less strengthening for the individuals in the relationship.

Proximity and activity don't always equal connectivity.

Look for Me. Long for Me. Experience unbroken companionship with Me.

God can't be reduced to a checklist.

Isn't it interesting that Jesus seemed to speak most intimately to people who were lonely?

Yes, God, there are some who seek You today! I understand it is possible to experience You; therefore, I want that more than anything else. I will seek to see You, hear You, know You, and follow hard after You in every part of my day.

And the ties that truly bind me to Him and the truth of who I am in Him are given to me in those quiet moments where I say, "I'm Yours, God.

That's how God created us -- with a longing to be filled. It's a longing God instilled to draw us into deep intimacy with Him.

I have allowed myself to believe that to be stripped of all the props and pretensions and accolades and approvals is to be stripped of the best parts of me. When in reality what's best about me comes to the forefront when I'm closest to the way God created me, naked and unashamed. To stand naked and unashamed is the way of the garden life.

If we aren't walking in wisdom, intimacy, and understanding with our Lord, we are walking in folly. And folly's ways lead to death.