Cultivate a closer and more fulfilling walk with God as you explore spiritual intimacy through the metaphor of Christ as the Lover and what this can mean for us today.
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- Author HARDYMAN, JULIAN
- Pub Date 19/11/2020
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 192
Do you long for a closer, deeper walk with God? Would you like to know more about what the Bible says about spiritual intimacy?
We say we know about God's love in our heads, but has it really percolated through to our hearts?
The Bible employs the metaphor of Christ, the Lover, and believers, his beloved. Yet this rich relationship potential is relatively unexplored in modern popular books, and we are the poorer for it.
Using Song of Songs and other Bible sources, the author explores the dynamics of our relationship. We come to understand more fully what it is for Christ to love us and for us to love him.
Contents
Desire - You're the one I want
Show me your face
Jesus is not my boyfriend, but...
Is the Song of Songs really about me and Jesus?
Insecurity
Delight
Springtime
Belonging
Distance
Christ finds us beautiful
Christ gets crazy for love
Finally, consummation
Distant again
Spiritual intimacy betrayed and lost through porn
Porn-spoiled lives restored
Reconciled
Still beautiful to him
Spirals of longing and love
Conclusion: the power of spiritual marriage in the storms
This portrayal of the living dynamics of a believer's relationship with Christ cannot fail to transform our devotional life profoundly.
