When the word "intimacy" is used, people normally think of something sexual. Why? Because media sells "sex." As Christ followers, we must begin to think of "intimacy" in spiritual terms and not in sexual terms.
A former colleague & mentor of mine writes this inspiring note about prayerful intimacy:
My desire for intimacy with God is a common desire. Augustine said, “Our hearts are restless until we find rest in thee” (Confessions 1.1). We hunger to live intimately with God. Prayer enables us to know more of God and to know that we are known by God. Prayer enables us to walk with, talk to, and listen to God. With revolutionary equality, prayer is available to everyone, everywhere, any time because God loves us equally and desires for each of us to know his love.
Since we are a diverse people with sixteen personality types who live in diverse circumstances, we need various ways to commune with God. Consequently there are more than a hundred ways to pray. We can pray with or without words, early in the morning or late at night, and whether we are happy or sad, glad or mad, tired or rested. We can pray with eyes open or closed, kneeling or standing, with hands folded or lifted high. We can pray when confused or clear, with prepared words or spontaneous expression. We just need to pray humbly and through the Spirit of Christ.
J. Lee Grady says, "Spiritual Intimacy with God will inspire you and prod you to leave the realm of spiritual mediocrity so that you can experience a dynamic, face-to-face relationship with Jesus, who truly is the Lover of our souls."
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