Quotes about Intimacy

Fullness in a person cannot permit love because there are no openings, no handles, no give-and-take, and no deep hunger.

By the feminine principle I mean everything vulnerable, interior, powerless, subtle, personal, intimate, and relational. By the masculine principle I mean everything clear, rational, linear, ordered, in control, bounded, provable, and hard. Both the feminine and masculine are good, but they must balance each other.

Pretentiousness repels but authenticity attracts, and vulnerability is the pathway to intimacy.

You are as close to God as you choose to be.

This is what God wants most from you: a relationship!

POINT TO PONDER: I'm as close to God as I choose to be.

It's encouraging to know that all of God's closest friends — Moses, David, Abraham, Job, and others — had bouts with doubt. But instead of masking their misgivings with pious clichés, they candidly voiced them openly and publicly. Expressing doubt is sometimes the first step toward the next level of intimacy with God.

Dear Jesus, more than anything else, I want to get to know you intimately.

The essence of love is not what we think or do or provide for others, but how much we give of ourselves. Men, in particular, often don't understand this. Many have said to me, "I don't understand my wife and kids. I provide everything they need. What more could they want?" They want you! Your eyes, your ears, your time, your attention, your presence, your focus

This is a God who is not identified with the help of a dictionary but through a relationship.

A ministry of power must be the fruit of a holy, peaceful, loving intimacy with the Lord.

A man who is intimate with God will never be intimidated by men.