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Episode Summary. How would you summarize these statements made by women as to why they were divorcing their husbands?

• My husband is no longer my friend.
• The only time he pays attention to me is when he wants sex.
• He is never there for me, emotionally, when I need him most.
• I hurt all the time because I feel alone and abandoned.
• We’re like ships passing in the night—he goes his way and I go mine.
• My husband has become a stranger to me. I don’t even know who he is anymore.

What these wives were starving for was emotional intimacy—being connected to their husbands at the level of the heart. Scripture makes it clear in addressing husbands that this is a primary need of a wife. No wonder these marriages failed. This episode examines the need of the heart of a wife to feel connected to her best friend and lover. 

 For Further Prayerful Thought:

1.  How would you explain to a husband that for his wife emotional intimacy is so important that if she isn’t feeling emotionally connected to his heart if would be like you never getting to have sex?
2. Describe what emotional intimacy is to a wife?
3. What are the most practical things you learned about building emotional intimacy into your relationship with your wife?

 Resources Used for This Episode:

•  To Understand Each Other, Paul Tournier
• The Five Love Languages of Men and Women, Gary and Barbara Rosberg
• Intimacy, Douglas Weiss

 Feedback to the Host: Pease feel free to contact me at gyagel@forgingbonds.org with push back, questions about resources, other resources or additional ideas about how to help Christ’s men better be equipped for their mission.

 This Week’s Past Series Highlight: 

RULING OVER OUR SEXUALITY FOR GOD’S GLORY

• Understanding Our Sex Drive Helps Us Fight for Purity S1 E #12 1/26/20
• Sharpening Our Understanding of Sin’s Corruption of Sex S1 E#13 2/2/20
• Directing Our Heart Passions to Defeat Lust S1 E #14 2/9/20
• Protecting Our Heart From the Enticement of Sexual Sin S1 E#15 2/16/20

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