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…FOR GOD GAVE US A SPIRIT NOT OF FEAR BUT OF
POWER AND LOVE AND SELF-CONTROL. – 2 TIMOTHY 1:7

BIBLICAL INTIMACY: CLOSENESS IN PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP
(PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, SPIRITUAL)

“I’ve been hurt” – your pain is real! (Job 19:19)

IMPACT OF BEING HURT (FEAR)

I BECOME DISTANT
(GENESIS 3:9-10)

How do we hide?

I BECOME DEFENSIVE
(GENESIS 3:12-13)

I don’t want to be vulnerable.

HOW DO I OVERCOME THE FEAR OF INTIMACY?

KNOW WHO I AM AND WHERE MY VALUE COMES FROM

Security, Acceptance, and Intimacy With Christ
(Mathew 22:37-39, Romans 15:7)

TAKE A PRAYERFUL, RELATIONAL RISK (1 PETER 1:22)

THE RISK IS WORTH IT! (1 CORINTHIANS 13:7)

KEY: YOU CAN NEVER HAVE INTIMACY WITHOUT RISK!