2. HOW COME SILENCE IS SO DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH? IT'S ALMOST LIKE WE “NEED” NOISE TO BE COMFORTABLE. DO YOU HAVE A CELL-PHONE? A TELEVISION SET? DO YOU HAVE MUSIC ON EVERY TIME YOU RIDE IN YOUR CAR? AT HOME? MAYBE AN IPOD WHILE YOU'RE JOGGING? DO YOU THINK GOD DOESN'T SPEAK TO YOU AS OFTEN AS YOU WOULD LIKE? DOES HE EVER? WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR HIS VOICE BETTER? CAN I MAKE A SUGGESTION?

3. LUKE 5:16 (THE MESSAGE) “AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE JESUS WITHDREW TO OUT-OF-THE-WAY PLACES FOR PRAYER” WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU WERE IN AN OUT-OF-THE-WAY PLACE AND SPOKE TO THE LORD? JUST YOU AND HIM? DO YOU THINK THAT YOUR DAILY SCHEDULE ALLOWS YOU TIME FOR SILENCE? TIME TO HEAR FROM GOD? MAYBE THE HEALING, GUIDANCE, SOLUTION YOU HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR ARE NOT GOING TO COME OUT OF ANOTHER APPOINTMENT WITH THE DOCTOR, THE COUNSELLOR, THE ACCOUNTANT OR MESSAGE OR BOOK OR CONFERENCE. MAYBE GOD IS NOT TRYING TO TALK TO YOU OUT OF THE WIND. NOR THE EARTHQUAKE. NOR THE FIRE. MAYBE GOD IS TRYING TO SPEAK TO YOU OUT OF THE Blank SILENCE.

4. INTIMACY