2. Letters can reveal our hearts

3. Friday, 28 th January 2016 Dear Friend, I have some bad news for you...

4. Assyria

6. 2 Kings 19: 9-37

7. What do you do with bad news? Friday, 28 th January 2016 Dear Friend, I have some bad news for you...

8. Reasons we don’t ask God  Not a habit  Rely on ourselves  Don’t know how  Disillusioned  Too busy  Fear or guilt  Problem too small  Problem too big

10. When Hezekiah prayed... 1. Prophetic encouragement 2. Deliverance

11. Matthew 7: 7-11

12. Reasons people aren’t healed  Lack of faith  Redemptive suffering  False value attached to suffering  Sin  Not praying specifically  Faulty diagnosis  Refusal to see medicine as one way God heals  Not using natural means of preserving health  Now is not the time  A different person is to be the instrument of healing  Social environment prevents healing

13. James 4: 2-3

14. Philippians 4: 6-7

15. Letters to God

16. Ask And Appreciate!

17. Luke 17: 11-19

18. Jesus gave them something to do. Faith has to act!

19. One returned... praising God, thanking Jesus!

20. Blame Culture

21. A Radical Revolution in Appreciation! or just saying a lot more “thank yous”!

22. Ask And Appreciate! A person who feels appreciated will always do more than what is expected. Thank you! We get beaten up by fault-finding but built up by appreciation

23. Why do we find saying “thank you” difficult?  We’re truly ungrateful people!  Don’t think about it.  Too busy / forget  Think it’s unnecessary  Blindspot / relational problem  Leave it to others  Don’t rate someone / their work  It might seem manipulative – “What are you after?”

24. A Radical Revolution in Appreciation! or just saying a lot more “thank yous”!

25. Ask And Appreciate!

27. Communication Process 1. Senses 4. Speech/Writing5. Conversation 2. Feelings 3. Thoughts Relationship PRAYER?

28. REVELATION 21.1,3 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth... God’s dwelling place is now among the people and He will dwell with them. REVELATION 22.4 They will see his face... GENESIS 1:1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. GENESIS 3:8 The man & his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day. BEGINNINGS HUMAN HISTORY NEW BEGINNINGS FATHER GOD YOU, ME & MANKIND JESUS God and People Together in the Garden God and People Together in the City P R A Y E R