When it comes to marriage, we want it to be deep, open, vulnerable, affirming and

fulfilling. That's what we want. That's what God wants. But why do so few marriages experience that kind of closeness?

There are real barriers to intimacy in your marriage that if you don't know what they are and how to remove them, it is impossible.

Today, I'm going to talk about barrier number one.

You're not going to want to miss it.

Welcome to this edition of Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram.

The mission of these daily programs is to intentionally disciple Christians

through the Bible teaching of Chip Ingram.

And you know that idea of closeness is such a tender part of marriage. of

Chipping. And you know that idea of closeness is such a tender part of marriage.

We often don't fully appreciate it or even know what to do with it.

So today, Chipp will help us discover and build deeper intimacy with our spouse as he continues his series

experiencing God's dream for your marriage. But there's a lot of helpful

inside to get to so if you have a Bible, go to Genesis chapter 3

as we join Chip with his message,

what went wrong, barriers to intimacy?

My wedding was six weeks away, and Trice and I it is a confession. We really do love a good cup of

coffee and often decaf of course later in the day but we were planning our wedding and we were so excited.

And I'd like you if you could in your mind's eye to just put it in reverse.

For some of you, you know, it's like 40 years ago you were doing that and for others

it was 40 days ago but can you go back and think about all the excitement and you know

once you got through the hassles of planning the wedding and it was getting

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