Making personal prayers through scriptures

Do you have a prayer for some one but do not know which scripture you could draw upon to bless this person? It happens to me quite often!

I was reading the past issue of "Discipleship Journal" (Issue 120 Nov/Dec 2000) and stumbled upon an article "Making Scripture Personal", contributed by a reader, Sue Skalicky. Instead of ruminating on scriptures , Sue's advise was to find a scripture and apply a personal touch to it in our prayer for the person we wish to pray for. This could be done by inserting blanks where we could write the person's name into the appropriate place in the verse. She gave Jeremiah 29:11-13 as an example:

"Father, You know the plans You have for ___________. Your perfect plan is to give ________ hope and a future. If _________ will call upon You and come and pray, You promise to listen and hear. I pray God that ____________ will seek You. For You will be found when ___________ seeks You with all his/her heart."

Thanks, Sue for the wonderful tip.