The author’s premise in The Prayer of Love is that WE often are the ones who make life difficult for ourselves. We complicate life and we complicate the simplicity found in God. When in fact, the answers to life’s most difficult problems are usually simple. That simplicity is found in Jesus’s words when he summed up the secret to life in a very uncomplicated profound statement: Love God and love your neighbor as yourself. Jesus said doing this fulfilled ALL of God’s requirements of us.

That's where The Prayer of Love comes in.Whether you know how to love, or you feel love has eluded you, this prayer, the author says, will change your life. This is because love is not meant to be an occasional feeling but a daily experience that brings peace and joy continually.

The Prayer of Love (Philippians 1:9) is a little known yet powerful prayer prayed by the Apostle Paul over the church he founded in Philippi in what is now Greece. This book, The Prayer of Love, follows the outline of this 59 word prayer and is broken down into seven parts: Love Knowledge Discernment Excellence Sincerity Harboring no offense Walking in righteousness These seven parts form benchmarks for understanding and maturing in love. By discussing the seven benchmarks contained in the prayer, the reader not only receives information about love, but is also given an ability to measure and grow in love. The author shows readers what these seven concepts mean and how to live them out so we can love God and love others. Throughout the book, teaching on the Prayer of Love is intertwined with episodes from Mark Hanby’s life and the experiences of others. These demonstrate the method and the reality of growing in love through developing spiritual maturit