3:16 Prayer Initiative
Praying for others is one of the most powerful and loving things we can do; it can lead to total life transformation as we pray consistently and persistently for them.
At City Church we ask each person who considers the church their home to pray for three people in their circle of influence who are not yet Christians - this is our 3:16 initiative, named as such after the famous Bible verse in John 3:16 which declares God’s awesome love for humankind. We believe that the gift of new life in Jesus is the greatest of all and we want to pray that everyone we know will enjoy this.
3:16 is simple. Choose three people you would regularly like to pray for and write their names down onto a list. Then commit to praying for them regularly - maybe even set your alarm clock at 3:16pm (or am!) each day to say a short prayer. At the appropriate time too, do act on those prayers, e.g. share your testimony, invite them to a church service or event, etc. As we do our part, God will do His!
Listen to this sermon for teaching about the powerful link between prayer and evangelism and ideas about how to pray for people to come into relationship with Christ.