I’ve been studying the book of John lately. Tonight I was reading chapter three, and the Lord really spoke to me.
The study I have raises some really great questions and makes me think past simple answers, causing me to learn and understand.
In this chapter of the study, one of the questions- more of a command actually- was to take John 3:16-17 and replace the word “world” with the name of someone you’re praying for- a lost person. So I did, and this is what I got.
16 “For God so loved Ben that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son to Ben to condemn Ben, but that Ben through Him might be saved.”
I love it. It’s a new way for me to pray for this guy who the Lord has put on my heart.
If you have a non-believer in your life, try using this format to pray for them. I think it is a neat way to use the most well known verse in the Bible to pray for an individual in need of what Christ has to offer.
Thanks Lord!
