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When you hear the word \u201cIntimacy<\/strong>\u201d what is your first instinct? For me, intimacy is to share a deep bond with someone. In actual fact, being intimate with someone is to have a personal relationship with the person that your major life decisions revolves around the person and that person reciprocates it back to you.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s look at the dictionary and biblical definition of intimacy. The English Dictionary Defines intimacy as “being in close familiarity or friendship with someone<\/em>.” In social relationships, intimacy is important because it forms the basis for connection and communication. The same holds for our relationship with God. Intimacy with God is to hunger and thirst for him, to know him more, to be in his presence. Unfortunately, the fact that we don\u2019t see God has often pushed this ideology of intimacy with God aside for many people but its importance cannot be overlooked as it forms the base of our existence.<\/p>\n

Remember that before we were born, we were already with God. Meaning we were already in an intimate relation with God before we came to earth because He made us in his image and He alone knew from way back the plans He has for us before sending us into the world as humans. The moment we decide to get serious with God (be born again), we just get back to that relationship we had with God before we were born.\u00a0 No wonder God refers to us as “his first love”<\/em>\u00a0and beckons us to return to Him. (Revelations 2:1-7). That intimate\u00a0relationship is the reason He sent us into the families we belong, the career or business we pursue because He wants us to represent Him and reconcile others back to Him as well.<\/p>\n

For the next few weeks, we\u2019ll be looking at the topic \u201cINTIMACY<\/strong>\u201d. We\u2019ll try to establish the reasons for broken intimate relationships with God and how to mend it again. We hope that through our articles and other content on our pages on this series, everyone will desire to get back to that place of Intimacy (our first love) as it is the foundation for a glorious life.<\/p>\n

As we delve deeper into this topic in the next article, please consider the following definition of intimacy to trigger our minds on the subject matter.<\/p>\n

INTIMACY IS:<\/em><\/strong><\/h5>\n
I <\/em><\/strong>= Intentionality. (Psalms 63:1-8).<\/em><\/h5>\n
N<\/strong>= Never letting a day go without talking with God (Psalms 145:18)<\/em><\/h5>\n
T<\/strong> = Time spent in His presence is never wasted. (Psalms 84:10, Hebrews 11:6).<\/em><\/h5>\n
I<\/strong> = Igniting the move of the Holy Spirit. (Acts 2:1-4)<\/em><\/h5>\n
M<\/strong> = Meditating constantly on the word of God. (Joshua 1:8, Psalms 119:11-16)<\/em><\/h5>\n
A<\/strong> = Acknowledging that your life revolves around Him. (Acts 17:28)<\/em><\/h5>\n
C<\/strong>= Cultivating the mindset of being part of His Body. (Romans 12:1-2)<\/em><\/h5>\n
Y<\/strong>= Yielding always to His voice and the demands of the Spirit. (Galatians 2:20).<\/em><\/h5>\n

See you in the next Article.<\/p>\n

Remain Blessed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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