Love is the greatest of all the gifts of the Spirit of God. In truth, love is more than a gift; it is God, for “God is love” (1 John 4:8,16). God’s love for us makes possible our love for God in response, as well as our love for humanity. The words of the Apostle John make this quite clear:
“Beloved, let us love one another; for love is of God, and he who loves is born of God and knows God. He who does not love does not know God; for God is love . . . So we know and believe the love God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. In this is love perfected with us, that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is, so are we in this world. There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and he who fears is not perfected in love. We love, because he first loved us” (1 John 4:7-8, 17-19).
The question is, how best should you approach God in prayer? The answer is as simple as it is profound. When I was completing my 2022 book, Pray This Way to Connect with God, I woke up one morning and was addressed immediately by a seemingly awaiting sentence from above: “Approach God, as you approach love itself.” Like a mystical key, that sentence opened up what would become the final section of the book.
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