The biggest problem facing humanity is a lack of intimacy – the relational intimacy we were created to need and enjoy in the very beginning. This intimacy can be best understood as an experience of oneness with our Creator God, with ourselves, with others, and with God’s creation.Life is often unhappy and frustrating because we lack this true intimacy in one (or more) of these 4 key contexts, and then go searching for it in wrong relationships and places where it was not meant to be found. Among many other things, our culture’s religious consumerism, identity politics, porn addiction and mental health crisis can be traced back to the intimacy deficit we are all experiencing in different ways today.Wired for Intimacy1 The intimacy deficit2 Intimacy definedWith God3 Intimacy with God4 Through biblical meditation5 Through biblical prayerWith ourselves6 Intimacy with ourselves7 Through rejoicing8 Through repentanceWith others9 Intimacy with others10 Through spiritual friendship11 Through spiritual parentingWith creation12 Intimacy with creation13 Through work14 Through playLiving with intimacy15 The intimacy quadrantAppendix 1 The intimacy quadrant and pornographyAppendix 2 The intimacy quadrant and anxiety

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