The Power Of Touch In Marriage

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About This Episode Physical touch is such a powerful and amazing gift from God. He designed us for it, we need it, and it is physically, spiritually, and emotionally damaging when we avoid it or do not get enough of it. In this episode, Aaron and Jennifer Smith discuss why touch is so important and give practical tips on how to touch and be touched more. Embracing each other says, I trust you and need you in my life. A comforting hug says, I'm here for you. A kiss says, you are mine and I love you. Holding hands lets your spouse know you like them and like spending time with them. Make the time to send those messages of love to your spouse through touch.

About Aaron & Jennifer Smith Aaron and Jennifer Smith are the founders of Marriage After God and authors of Husband After God, Wife After God, and Marriage After God. Married since 2007 and raising six children in Bend, Oregon, they started Husband Revolution and Unveiled Wife to share what God was teaching them, not from a place of having it figured out, but as fellow travelers pointing couples back to Jesus.

In This Episode A hug that changed the morning — why Aaron broke his routine to simply hold Jennifer Touch as interruption — pausing the day to say I love you without words Unity in conflict — reaching for each other when touch is the last thing you want Jesus and touch — washing His disciples' feet and touching lepers and the unclean Foot washing at home — Jennifer washing Aaron's feet after Brazil Do not deprive one another — what 1 Corinthians 7:3-5 says to married couples The science of touch — oxytocin, bonding, stress relief, and touch-deprived orphanages Keep initiating — reaching out to your spouse even when you feel rejected

Scripture Referenced John 13 1 Corinthians 7:3-5

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