{"id":43157,"date":"2013-01-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/preaching\/sermon-illustrations\/pray-to-get-lost-in-gods-love\/"},"modified":"2013-01-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T00:00:00","slug":"pray-to-get-lost-in-gods-love","status":"publish","type":"sermon-illustrations","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/preaching\/sermon-illustrations\/pray-to-get-lost-in-gods-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Pray to Get Lost in God&#8217;s Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the fall of 2000, doctors diagnosed Pastor Ed Dobson with ALS (Lou Gehrig&#39;s disease), an incurable and fatal disease. The doctors gave him two to five years to live and predicted that he would spend most of that time in a disabled condition.<\/p>\n\n<p>Shortly after he was diagnosed, Ed wanted someone to anoint him with oil and pray for healing. And he wanted someone to pray who really believed in healing. 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