How to Rekindle Intimacy & Guarding your Marriage from Emotional Affairs Ep. 698

What do you do when intimacy and connection in your marriage start to fade? How can you rekindle the spark, or better yet, keep it burning strong? In this episode, we talk about practical and biblical ways to nurture intimacy in all its forms. When you intentionally protect and prioritize closeness with your spouse, you not only build a marriage you truly enjoy, but you also guard your relationship against the dangers of emotional affairs.

 

Episode Highlights:

Identify the different types of intimacy shared within marriage.

The wholeness of your marriage matters.

All forms of intimacy must be invested in.

Boundaries keep your marriage protected. 

 

Quotes from this episode:

Your sex life is a thermometer, not a thermostat—it reflects the health of your relationship, but it can't set it.

 

When couples neglect emotional and spiritual intimacy, their physical relationship becomes hollow—a beautiful house with no foundation. Sooner or later, the cracks will show.

 

Without emotional intimacy, sex loses its power to truly bond you together. Without spiritual intimacy, you miss God's vision for marriage—a reflection of Christ and the Church.

 

If you wouldn't say, do, or share it with your spouse present, don't do it. That's your boundary—protect it fiercely.

 

If you have nothing to hide, living transparently should be easy—openness is the glue of trust in marriage.

 

Couple’s Conversation Guide:

1. When you think about intimacy in your marriage, which type (physical, emotional, spiritual, or relational closeness) feels the strongest right now? Which could use more attention?
   
   
2. How do you personally feel most connected to me—through words, actions, time together, or something else?
   
3. What boundaries do we need to set (personally and as a couple) to guard our marriage against the threat of emotional affairs?
   
   
4. What’s one thing you’d love for us to do together that would bring more joy, fun, or connection into our marriage?

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