Quotes about Intimacy
God already knows the naked truth about us, of course. Why not acknowledge it?
— Philip Yancey
When one heart opens to another heart, it usually results in love.
— Robin Jones Gunn
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is more delightful than wine.
— Song of Solomon 1:2
The Christian who is truly intimate with Jesus will never draw attention to himself but will only show the evidence of a life where Jesus is completely in control. This
— Oswald Chambers
The monstrosity of sexual intercourse outside marriage is that those who indulge in it are trying to isolate one kind of union the sexual from all the other kinds of union which were intended to go along with it and make up the total union.
— CS Lewis
I'd go home to a wife whom I was not sexually enjoying.
— Mark Driscoll
But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
— 1 Corinthians 7:9
It is possible to know all about doctrine and yet not know Jesus. The soul is in danger when knowledge of doctrine outsteps intimate touch with Jesus. ....Have I a personal history with Jesus Christ? The one sign of discipleship is intimate connection with Him, a knowledge of Jesus Christ nothing can shake.
— Oswald Chambers
The only thing that truly satisfies the longing within is to know God more intimately today than we did yesterday.
— Joyce Meyer
O You Whom I Often and Silently Come O you whom I often and silently come where you are that I may be with you, As I walk by your side or sit near, or remain in the same room with you, Little you know the subtle electric fire that for your sake is playing within me.
— Walt Whitman
Our conversation with God should be utterly free and familiar, because God is the only person who will never, ever misunderstand us and never, ever reject us (hate us, ignore us, or be indifferent to us). These are the tow reasons we hid from other people, even our friends, even our parents, and the tow reasons we should never hide from God.
— Peter Kreeft
I can't say how every time I ever put my arms around you I felt that I was home.
— Ernest Hemingway