Hi everybody, it's Francie. Welcome back. I'm so glad to be sharing this time with you this summer.

We are talking about intentional ways to grow intimacy in our marriage. These are 10 quick conversations

that are just like drops to get your mind going, get your body going, get your conversations going so that your marriage

can benefit from just little purposeful steps, seeds sewn into the ground of your marriage

that I believe will create fruitfulness, will create connection and joy because that is the

gift of intimacy in marriage is that it adds to it's not something that takes away

it's not meant to be a drain or a drag or a duty it's meant to be like a breath of fresh air it's

meant to be a reset it's meant to be a space of connection and union that produces fruitfulness

relationally spiritually energetically in your body in your in your lightheartedness, and your creativity,

like intimacy is so fruitful.

And that's by God's design as well as obviously children.

But there's so many facets to pleasure and health and our bodies.

And I give all the credit and glory to God who created us and was so wise in that design.

So today we're going to talk a little bit about the wise design of God as it relates to breath.

This is a huge topic that's very popular right now.

It's been a big part of our family's journey through trauma, through hard, through stress,

through chronic illness.

But it also is a part of my sexual growth journey as well.

And I wanted to share that with you.

So before we go back any further, I just want to take a minute and actually prayerfully

breathe with you.

So if you feel so inclined, close your eyes, take a deep breath in, put your one hand

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