The following statements form the foundation of another simple prayer style. The power of the prayer rests on the belief that we give to these statements, most of which are found in Scripture, especially in the writings of John.

• God is love.
• We are created in the image of God.
• We are the only creatures who can love; we are blessed with intelligence, will, memory, and imagination to help us love.
• To be created in the image of Love Itself means that our loving is a sharing in God's own life.
• Our loving, then, can give us our best understanding of what God is like.
• Reflecting on our loving can give us a deeply prayerful experience of God's closeness.
• "As long as we love one another, God will live in us." (I John 4:12)
• "God is love, and whoever loves lives in God and God lives in them." (1John 4:16)
• Our God is as intimate with us as much a part of us, as our loving.
• "You are to love one another the way I have loved you." (John 15:12)

Michael Morwood, God Is Near: Trusting Our Faith