Cultivating Spiritual Intimacy, Part 2
Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast
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🗓️ 24 February 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
It’s safe to say we all want a great marriage. We all desire a relationship with a deep emotional, mental, and physical connection with our mate. But how do we experience that? Don’t miss the practical ways you can build a lasting relationship with your spouse.
How do you develop spiritual intimacy?
I. Spiritual intimacy with Christ is cultivated by actively believing two things:
- Whose you are: Chosen -Colossians 1:13-22
- Who you’ve become: Holy and loved -Colossians 2:9-15
II. Spiritual intimacy with your mate is cultivated by recognizing the supremacy Christ’s role and relationship in your marriage. -Colossians 1:15-18
III. The benefits of spiritual intimacy*
- Allows you to CONNECT at the deepest level.
- Links you with God’s PURPOSES and PLANS for you.
- Allows you to BLESS each other with God’s love.
- Brings your deepest values and desires into agreement.
- Opens the door to the deepest levels of COMMUNICATION.
- Empowers your marriage to SURVIVE.
- Connects you to a SUPPORTIVE body of fellow believers.
*Divorce Proof Your Marriage by Gary and Barbara Rosberg, pgs. 254-256.
IV. How to develop your personal spiritual intimacy**
- ASK God for it. -Col. 1:1-9
- BEWARE of counterfeits. -Col. 2:8-10
- GUARD your thought life. -Col. 3:1-4
- KILL spiritual competitors. -Col. 3:5-7
- SATURATE your life in God’s Word. -Col. 3:16
**Marriage that Works by Chip Ingram, specific help and practical steps for men and women; chapter 9 for men and chapter 11 for women.
V. Removing barriers and building bridges for spiritual intimacy
- There is no one right way to develop spiritual intimacy
- Pray together
- Worship together
- Share what you’re learning
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Additional Resource Mentions
- I Choose Love Book
- "Divorce Proof Your Marriage" Book by Gary and Barbara Rosberg
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| 0:00.0 | Today on Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram. |
| 0:14.2 | I think it's safe to say that we all want a great marriage, I mean deep, intimate connection, |
| 0:20.8 | emotionally, physically, mentally. But you know |
| 0:24.2 | something? It's hard. How do we experience that kind of marriage? That's today. Stay with me. |
| 0:31.5 | Why do couples fight about money, schedules, and intimacy? Well, because they're two separate people |
| 0:37.0 | living in the same |
| 0:37.7 | house, both wanting their own way. The deepest connection isn't emotional or physical, |
| 0:43.2 | it's spiritual. Yet developing spiritual intimacy can feel awkward and threatening. Today, |
| 0:49.1 | on Living on the Edge, Chippingram gets intensely practical. He knows this isn't easy, especially for men, but the payoff is worth it. |
| 0:57.9 | When you connect spiritually, everything else in your marriage gets stronger. |
| 1:02.2 | Chip will show you simple, doable steps to begin building this foundation. |
| 1:06.5 | No pressure, no performance, just practical ways to start. |
| 1:10.6 | Well, here's Chip Ingram continuing |
| 1:12.0 | his message, cultivating spiritual intimacy. Let's jump into how to get really, really practical. |
| 1:20.7 | Why build a marriage God's way? First, because he commanded it, and second, because it's for for your benefit and let me give you some very |
| 1:31.0 | specific benefits of of marriage doing it god's way these are these are so um so helpful i listed them |
| 1:40.5 | and you'll notice there's a little asterisk and at the bottom divorce proof your marriage by Gary and Barbara Rosberg and spiritual intimacy allows you to connect at the deepest |
| 1:53.1 | level. I mean we connect emotionally, we connect spiritually. But I will tell you, the deepest possible connection will be a connection |
| 2:04.5 | of your spirits in the presence of God that will build a bond that it like puts the emotions |
| 2:13.1 | on steroids and the physical on steroids. |
| 2:22.9 | Second is spiritual intimacy links you with God's purposes and plans for your life. |
| 2:28.6 | Third, spiritual intimacy allows you to bless each other with God's love. |
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