You must remember that the greatest power on earth, in heaven, or in hell is the power of love; but love is not an emotion, and love is not a word. Love can never be expressed in words. Love is an act. As a matter of fact, the very words, “I love you,” can be covering up the opposite. A spoken word of love has no more relationship to love than speaking the word God has any relationship to God. No one is ever going to know God by saying, “God,” and no one is ever going to love by saying, “Love.”
Love is an act, and it is not only an act, it is a series of acts. It must be love in action, which means care, thoughtfulness, forgiveness, consideration, cooperation, and benevolence. It was expressed by Paul in that same way when he said that of all the things that are important, the greatest is love. Yes, the greatest is love; but not the word “love,” the act of love.
How do we know this from scripture? The Master said very little about love, except to admonish us to love the Lord with all our heart and to love our neighbor as ourselves; but he said a great deal about love in action when he spoke of forgiveness, when he taught the importance of feeding the hungry, healing the sick, visiting the prisoner in prison, consoling the mourner. None of this had anything to do with speech: this all had to do with action.

“For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.” Matthew 25:35, 36

If we look at the life of Jesus, we will see that when the woman sinned, he forgave her; when the multitudes were hungry, he fed them; when Lazarus was dead, he raised him up; and all this had nothing to do with words. It all had to do with acts.
Metaphysicians have foolishly believed that when they think, declare, or read prayers, affirmations, or treatments, there will be an answer from God. But there is no answer from God except in the fulfillment of the laws of God. It is not enough to sit back and desire that we be healed. It is not sufficient that we sit back and desire that the Lord God come down out of His holy temple and provide for us. It is not going to happen that way.
As we open ourselves to the vision and the realization of God, we have to act as if we were children of God and put into operation the laws of God. “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind…. Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.” These words are not prayers: they are commands, and when those commands are obeyed, fulfillment takes place. Prayer is an activity: it is the activity of the soul, the mind, and the body. All three have to work together in fulfilling the commandments.

J. S. Goldsmith: Living By The Word. Chapter Seven: Scripture as a Way of Life; Love as an Act; Kindle: page 139-141