Cultivating Spiritual Intimacy
Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast
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🗓️ 23 February 2026
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
It’s hard to believe there are couples who’ve been married for thirty, forty, or even fifty years. So, what’s their secret? Chip emphasizes the importance of couples cultivating spiritual intimacy, which is the first of four biblical skills he'll share in this teaching. You won't wanna miss it!
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 | This is the Chip Ingram Sermon podcast, brought to you by Living on the Edge. |
| 0:06.8 | In this podcast, you'll hear Chip's teaching unedited and from beginning to end. |
| 0:12.9 | Well, here's Chip Ingram with today's message, cultivating spiritual intimacy. |
| 0:17.6 | You'll notice on your notes, it says sometimes it's harder to keep love alive than others. |
| 0:27.1 | Sometimes you cope in a crisis. I don't know about you. I mean, I have been married 42 years. |
| 0:31.8 | This was one of the hardest years of my marriage. You know, we had a number of things planned. |
| 0:37.4 | They all got canceled. |
| 0:39.0 | We had certain rhythms where we went and did certain things. |
| 0:42.1 | They were all canceled. |
| 0:43.5 | But there's all kind of times, times when you have a health issue. |
| 0:48.0 | Sometimes when you're separated or relocate. |
| 0:52.1 | Sometimes financial stresses put a lot of pressure on you, |
| 0:55.7 | where you have a family crisis, |
| 0:57.5 | or one of your parents is dying, |
| 1:00.6 | or going through a hard time, |
| 1:03.3 | or one of your kids is either making you crazy |
| 1:06.5 | or you don't know what to do with them, |
| 1:08.8 | or there's a moral failure. |
| 1:11.5 | And all I want to say is going through really challenging times |
| 1:17.9 | doesn't mean there's something wrong with you or your marriage. |
| 1:22.3 | In fact, after 42 years, I can tell you, |
| 1:25.1 | not that I have liked it, |
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