Praying Not Just in Faith but in Love

We’ll be reflecting on healing this week and the dual reality that sometimes God breaks into our situations dramatically… and often times, God does not do that.

Not once has anyone complained when we prayed for their healing, even when it did not come. A friend of mine, who recently died of cancer, told me in the last days of her illness, ‘Even if your prayers don’t work, Ken, this experience has been more than worth it. For the first time I have experienced God’s love. If I die, I will die alive.’” Ken Blue, Authority to Heal

So our focus this week will be to love well in the midst of taking risks to pray in new ways, and to love well in the midst of connecting to our sadness and disappointment.

Our verse for the week: God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them (1 John 4:16). While this may sound like something from Oprah, this is straight out of the scriptures. God is love. Wow, just sit with that. And then sit with the really good news that anyone who loves well is living in God… and God in them.

That reality should encourage us in all aspects of our lives, reminding us just to love well. Im particular it can help us as we think about healing: will we pray not just in faith, but especially in love? What might that look look like for you today, as you pray for healing for yourself or someone else?