How We Talked About Intimacy In Our Small Group: Being Open With Friends Who Share Our Faith

We talked about physical intimacy recently in our marriage small group. I already shared three reasons why I felt it was important to have the conversation. The emphasis was on not isolating physical intimacy to the bedroom, but knowing that the entirety of our relationship contributes to the intimate relations we have as husbands and wives. Here are the prompts we used, and each individual had to share one they thought they were doing well in and one they thought they could improve on:Love each other intimately by living in a healthy relationship of leadership/submission/complimenting/communicating.Love each other intimately by emotional AND physical connection.Love each other intimately by serving each other, giving more, denying yourself and not being selfish.Love each other intimately by loving exclusively (either time w other women or other things like work or tv or home or hobbies).I thank God for friends who share our faith and are open to sharing all aspects of their lives with us.These points were adapted from The Redeemed Man, edited by Joel R. Beeke, Richard D. Phillips, and Paul M. Smalley. Pick up your copy at Reformation Heritage Books, and use code DIVEINDIGDEEP for 10% off.https://diveindigdeep.substack.com/p/how-we-talked-about-our-sex-lives