In the beginning, God had a garden dream. He had such a profound love to share with the world he made

that he imprinted his beautiful nature on the body of a man and a woman. He called them good,

then commissioned them to become one flesh, to live meaningful,

powerful, purposeful lives together from a place of loving oneness. While things have gotten pretty

off course in the world since then, Jesus came to reconnect us back to God's divine design of intimacy, to reform our hearts,

relationships, and loves, to bring heaven to earth, starting right in our homes and right in our

bedrooms. I'm Francie Winslow. Welcome to the Heaven in Your Home podcast.

As a wife and mom of six, I long to dive deep, theologically and practically, into what

this possibly could mean for our hearts, our marriages, our bedrooms, and beyond, starting in the

most intimate places, flowing to the most public spaces.

We are asking God to renew our vision of his plan for sex, marriage, and heaven coming through it all.

And I have to tell you, friends, it's more beautiful, more meaningful, and more powerful than we may have ever been told it's good news i'm so glad you're here with me

hello sweet friends thank you for coming back for another chat. We are in the throes of a conversation

on the power of words in our marriage and specifically revolving around intimacy and sex.

We started the conversation a couple weeks ago. If you haven't heard it, go back and listen

about the biblical

model, knowing that our words are powerful, that as image bearers of God, we have the capacity

to use our words in powerful ways. And we also talked about why we might stumble a little bit

in understanding each other, how men and women need to hear

different things from each other and knowing how to ask that question, what do you need to hear

from me and being able to really offer the words that build up your spouse in the season

that you're in. And it might be surprising what they need to hear, but honoring that fact that

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