Faith works through love. That is why it is so vitally important to know that you are loved and accepted by God and that he wants to answer your prayers.
When people fall in love it is difficult to think of anything but the object of their love. Prayer involves this type of love for God. Hope Macdonald explains, "I like to think of prayer as a conversation between two friends who love and understand each other."
My husband and I had just returned from 15 years working as missionaries in Ethiopia. As I lay in bed one night desiring to experience more of God's love and power an overwhelming presence of the Holy Spirit came upon me and I was filled with his love.
Shortly after, I felt he wanted us as a family to own our own home. With $500.00 dollars in hand, the bank advised my husband and I how much we would need for a deposit and ...