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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.ContentsDesire - You're the one I wantShow me your faceJesus is not my boyfriend, but...Is the Song of Songs really about me and Jesus?InsecurityDelightSpringtimeBelongingDistanceChrist finds us beautifulChrist gets crazy for loveFinally, consummationDistant againSpiritual intimacy betrayed and lost through pornPorn-spoiled lives restoredReconciledStill beautiful to himSpirals of longing and loveConclusion: the power of spiritual marriage in the stormsThis portrayal of the living dynamics of a believer's relationship with Christ cannot fail to transform our devotional life profoundly.
Julian Hardyman is Senior Pastor at Eden Chapel, Cambridge, UK, and a speaker at national Christian events. He is the author of Glory Days / Maximum Life, and Idols with IVP. He enjoys running, walking his dog, listening to Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen, and painting in acrylics. He is married to Debbie, a dentist, and they have three grown-up children.
A delightful, heart-warming and inspiring guide to deeper spiritual intimacy with God. It reorients our desires – whether met, half-met or unmet – to their true and ultimate fulfillment. But it’s so much more than an call to pursue Christ; it’s an invitation to feel his desire for us. The result is a real tonic for the soul.