Pray, "Lord, the One You Love,"

“So Mary and Martha sent someone to tell Jesus, ‘Lord, the one you love is sick’” (John 11:3).

Someone was willing to carry the prayer request to Jesus on behalf of Lazarus. Because someone went (someone prayed), Jesus responded.

However, observe the way the request was made. When he spoke to Jesus , he said, “The one you love is sick.” The power of the prayer, in other words, does not depend on the one who makes the prayer but on the one who hears the prayer.

We can and must repeat the above phrase in diverse ways. “The one you love is tired, sad, hungry, lonely, fearful, depressed.” The words of prayer vary, but the response never changes. The Savior hears such prayer.