Many of us crave for the intimacy that marriage offers – the, trust, commitment, the love and companionship. Our wedding services remind us of the ultimate purpose of marriage to be a picture of the intimate union of Christ and his church. How do we grow intimacy in our marriages? And how to do we grow intimacy in our relationship with Christ?

Introduction: Growing intimacy?

Context

1. Intimacy grows from exclusive union (6:4-12)

2. Intimacy grows through sexual union (6:13-7:13)

3. Intimacy grows from a refusal to compromise (8:1-4)

4. Intimacy grows out of testing & time

5. Growing intimacy

a. In our relationship with Christ

b. In our relationship with our spouse

This sermon was preached at St Mary's Anglican Cathedral on 18th November 2018.

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