Contents

1. Acknowledgments
2. Foreword: Word Pictures for a New Generation
3. Version 2.0: A New Update for a Timeless Tool
4. What Is a Word Picture?
   1. Chapter 1: Don’t Just Say More of the Same
   2. Chapter 2: Mending Broken Hearts —and Penetrating Hardened Hearts
5. Is There Really That Much Power in a Word Picture?
   1. Chapter 3: Five Ways Word Pictures Ignite the Power of Your Words
   2. Chapter 4: Unlocking the Gateway to Intimacy
6. How Do I Create a Word Picture?
   1. Chapter 5: Creating an Effective Emotional Word Picture
   2. Chapter 6: Communicating an Effective Emotional Word Picture
7. Five Search Fields and Seven Times You’ll Need a Word Picture
   1. Chapter 7: Search Everywhere in Nature
   2. Chapter 8: Search the Everyday Objects Around You
   3. Chapter 9: Search for Stories You Create
   4. Chapter 10: Search Shared History Moments —“Remember When . . .”
   5. Chapter 11: Search for Things You Love to Do
   6. Chapter 12: Seven Situations Where You Will Need a Word Picture
8. Using Word Pictures to Enrich Your Most Important Relationships
   1. Chapter 13: How Millennials Can Protect Friendships and Relationships with Word Pictures
   2. Chapter 14: Build a Closer Marriage in the Good Times
   3. Chapter 15: Use Word Pictures Even More in the Tough Times
   4. Chapter 16: Parents Wise Enough to Use Word Pictures —Part 1
   5. Chapter 17: Parents Wise Enough to Use Word Pictures —Part 2
   6. Chapter 18: Grandparents Can Leave a Legacy of Love with Word Pictures
9. Word Pictures and Your Spiritual Life
   1. Chapter 19: What If You Could Really “See” How Much Jesus Loves You?