This is post 2 for today, head back to post 1: Returning to Intimacy After Betrayal
8 Steps For Intimacy After Infidelity
1) Choose to focus on the good in your spouse and the love that runs so deeply in your veins. It’s easy to forget the reasons you fell in love. Write, speak and say positive things, and watch the bountiful harvest of your kind words grow and bloom in your marriage as you fall in love all over again.
2) Never forget your battle is NOT against flesh and blood, aka your spouse. Imagine Satan standing beside your bed, tossing seeds of doubt, negativity and heartache, just hoping they will take root and ruin your love-making. He hates you and he hates your marriage, which means he reallyreally hates sex and the unity that comes after. There is no better way to stick it to the devil, who tried to destroy your marriage, then to make love to your spouse! It is an act of Worship to your Heavenly Father.
3) Remember the power of Forgiveness. My spouse, broken before Christ, had asked the Lord and Savior to wash away his sins. He was white as snow again. It was ME, who was bringing along the filthy rags right into our intimate time. Forgiveness means letting your heart love again during Love Making and letting go of the past for good.
4) Love with all your heart. To fully connect to your spouse, your heart needs to be into it. Be ALL there with your spouse and enjoy every moment together. I know its scary, but be present as your heart and bodies, join as one. Talk to your spouse about your fears, so they can help you know by their sweet and assuring words, that you are their one and only love.
5) Break Old Ties. Out loud, bind those connections in the name of Jesus and break them off. There is a reason the Lord talks about 2 becoming 1 flesh, in the Spirit World, it happens. Cutting those ties will help you move into a closer intimacy with your spouse and get satan out of the picture!
6) Guard your mind from the devil’s attacks. It blessed me so much when Dale would lead us in prayer before being intimate, asking the Lord to bless our union, and binding satan in the name of Jesus. He HAS to flee when he hears that precious name of our Lord, he HATES it. This helped me to stay there with Dale and not let my mind go to the past.
7) Let your love-making be a healing balm for your wounded soul. I found comfort and healing in Dale’s arms, his tears and mine. Don’t let satan lie to you and tell you making love will make things worse. He only wants to cause you further pain.
8) Remember that Sex is a gift from God. You can hurt your Heavenly Fathers just as much by failing to use a beautiful gift He gave you, as MISusing it all together.
God bless you on your road to healing. Satan’s attacks WILL come, so be alert, be unified; body, soul and spirit, as you fight him for your marriage.
And don’t EVER forget, that Victory is yours, bought and paid for by the blood of Jesus.
Take that, satan.
~T
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