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The Truth About Intimacy in Marriage | Dave & Ashley Willis #nakedmarriage #podcast

Name: The Truth About Intimacy in Marriage | Dave & Ashley Willis #nakedmarriage #podcast
Uploaded: 2026-02-25T10:00:00+00:00
Duration: 1 min 52 s
Channel: Dave Willis
Description: In this podcast episode, Dave and Ashley Willis discuss the true meaning of infidelity, arguing that it is fundamentally a breach of trust rather than…

25 Feb 2026 · 2 min

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In this podcast episode, Dave and Ashley Willis discuss the true meaning of infidelity, arguing that it is fundamentally a breach of trust rather than solely a sexual affair. They assert that any communication with a third party—texts, calls, social media—constitutes infidelity because it prioritizes the other person over the marriage. To heal, they stress a strict, total cutoff from the offending party, describing any lingering contact as giving "the enemy" an inch. Successful restoration hinges on the unfaithful spouse’s genuine repentance and a wholehearted turn toward God and the marriage partner. The conversation frames these steps as essential for rebuilding trust and intimacy.

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Infidelity doesn't just mean sexual affair. Like the word infidelity literally means broken fidelity, broken trust. So anything that you do to break your spouse's trust is by definition an act of infidelity. Now that word has come to mean in our vocabulary most of the time just, just an affair, a sexual affair. But there are many ways to break your spouse's trust. The sexual affair, of course, being probably the most egregious and intimate betrayal. But him just communicating with this woman is an act of infidelity. And he needs to see it that way. He needs to recognize that by choosing to have any communication with her, he's by default choosing her instead of the marriage. And that that has to be a no fly zone. Like that's if that's going to continue, then he is choosing to end the marriage. It's that serious.
It is. Because you're not going to be able to heal while she's still in the picture. It has to be a complete and total cutoff. Can't have any kind of access, not texting, not online, in social media, not calling each other. I mean, there can be absolutely no communication. And you know, sadly, in the work that we do, we've walked through the aftermath of affair with many couples, and the ones who make it are the ones where the spouse who had the affair feels completely repentant and wants to do whatever they can to win back their spouse's heart and their spouse's trust, and they completely repent, they turn the other way and cut off all communication. The ones that don't make it, there's still that little bit, that little bit of like, you know, well, maybe, you know, maybe that could be there. It just doesn't. It does not work. If there's any inch that you're giving to the enemy, really, because it's the enemy who is at work here when there's infidelity. And so you've got to completely turn your heart towards God number one, but turn your heart towards your spouse and cut this off.