Growing together in Christ.
Theme: True intimacy combines emotional closeness and shared faith.
Chapter (5) Love and Romantic Relationships
Bible Verses:
- Ecclesiastes 4:9–12
9 Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. 10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. 11 Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone? 12 And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
- Colossians 2:6–7
6 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: 7 Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
- Song of Solomon 2:16
My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.
- 1 Corinthians 7:3–5
3 Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. 4 The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife. 5 Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
- Philippians 2:2
Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
- Romans 12:10
Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
- 1 John 4:12
No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
- Proverbs 3:3–4
3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: 4 So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
- Hebrews 10:24–25
24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: 25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
- James 1:5
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
Confessions & Declarations:
- “I nurture emotional and spiritual intimacy in all my relationships.”
- “Christ is the center of my connections and my love flows from Him.”
Reflection / Meditation:
Reflect on shared faith and emotional honesty. Pray for growth, unity, and mutual encouragement.