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The word intimacy means inner closeness, that's what it means.

It means close on the inside.

In fact, let me just read you a definition here.

It means depth of a relationship, complete mutual awareness

and unhindered access to another person.

It means I know you. I know who you are. I have access to your thoughts. I have

access to your emotions. I have access to your body. I have access to you. And so intimacy

means closeness on the inside, not just on the outside.

Now in Genesis chapter 2, when God created marriage, he created man and woman and marriage. This is what God said for this cause a man will leave his father and mother and will cleave unto his wife and they too will become one flesh and then verse 24 says the first 25 says the man and his wife were both naked and unashamed

now in marriage on the rock I talk about the four foundational laws of marriage okay in this message I'm gonna talk about the four foundational laws of marriage.

In this message I'm going to talk about the four essential elements of intimacy.

If you're going to have closeness on the inside, if you're going to be able to know each other and have unhindered access, no fear, nothing to hinder your intimacy at all,

four things have to be present. The first is value. For this cause a man will leave his mother and his

father. Marriage has to marriage causes us to reprioritize our lives. The Bible says

for this cause a man will leave the most

important thing in his life. Before you get married the most important

relationship you have is with your mother and your father. Okay and it says for this

cause you have to leave and the word leave there doesn't mean

abuse, forsake, anything like that. It means let go. It's the word I zob. It just means reprioritize.

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