Prayer Thoughts for the Heart


John 3:16 is the best known, quoted, and memorized verses in all The Bible. It is the heart of the Gospel, the Good News of the Scriptures.

Below is a collection of other 3:16 verses. Let them speak to your heart.

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16).

“I baptize you with water. But one more powerful than I will come, the thongs of whose sandals I am not worth to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire” (Luke 3:16).

“As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting on him” (Matthew 3:16).

“Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you” (1 Corinthians 3:16).

“I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being” (Ephesians 3:16).

“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your heart to God” (Colossians 3:16).

“Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you” (2 Thessalonians 3:16).

“Beyond all question, the mystery of godliness is great: He appeared in a body, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was preached among the nations, was believed on in the world, was taken up in glory” (1 Timothy 3:16).