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Read John 3:16.
God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.
- John 3:16 (NRSV)
List several people you love and those you have difficulty loving. Read the verse slowly for each person on your list, personalizing this verse as an expression of God's love for him or her: "For God so loved (name) that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life." Include yourself. Pause to add your prayer for each person and to pray for what you need in order to love that person. Notice any changes in you as you affirm God's love for the person. Decide how you are going to express God's love and your love to the people on your list. Record your experience.
Adapted from Companions in Christ: Deepening Our Prayer / Participant's Book Vol. 3 by Adele J. González. Copyright © 2006 Upper Room Books. All Rights Reserved. Used with permission.
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