II Corinthians 12:20-21
Rephrased, Personalized:
For I realize that when you came home to me, I did not find you as I would want you to be, and you did not find me as you wanted me to be. Instead, we found quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, factions, slander, gossip, arrogance and disorder. I realize that when you came, my God humbled me before you, and I am grieved over how you have sinned earlier and have not repented of the impurity, sexual sin and debauchery in which you are still indulging.
O my Father, please take hold of this loved one of mine; whatever it will take, convince them of Your holiness, Your purity, and Your love for them that You sent Your only Son to take their place in death so they could have eternal life. And help me to be Christ to them, not my flesh, that they may be drawn to You.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus!
