Bible Aids for Social and Private Prayer

Contents:

1. Expressions for Social Prayer
2. Expressions for Private Prayer

Expressions for Social Prayer:

Adoration

Jer 10:6,7 Forasmuch as [there is] none like unto thee, O LORD; thou [art] great, and thy name [is] great in might.

Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise [men] of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, [there is] none like unto thee.

Psa 145:10,11 All thy works shall praise thee, O LORD; and thy saints shall bless thee.

They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power.

Psa 65:2 O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.

Confession

Dan 9:5 We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:

1Jo 1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

Isa 64:6 But we are all as an unclean [thing], and all our righteousnesses [are] as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

Supplication

Psa 67:1 [[To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm [or] Song.]] God be merciful unto us, and bless us; [and] cause his face to shine upon us; Selah.

Psa 85:6 Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?

Psa 85:7 Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation.

Intercession

Psa 67:3 Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.

Psa 7:9 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.

Thanksgiving

Psa 107:15 Oh that [men] would praise the LORD [for] his goodness, and [for] his wonderful works to the children of men!

Psa 108:4 For thy mercy [is] great above the heavens: and thy truth [reacheth] unto the clouds.

Psa 113:2 Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and for evermore.

Psa 113:3 From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORD'S name [is] to be praised.

Psa 113:5,6 Who [is] like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high,

Who humbleth [himself] to behold [the things that are] in heaven, and in the earth!

2Cr 9:15 Thanks [be] unto God for his unspeakable gift.

Eph 1:7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

1 Pet 1:3,4 Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,

Eph 1:3 Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly [places] in Christ:

Dedication

Isa 26:13 O LORD our God, [other] lords beside thee have had dominion over us: [but] by thee only will we make mention of thy name.

Isa 63:19 We are [thine]: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by thy name.

Doxology

Phl 4:20 Now unto God and our Father [be] glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Rev 7:10 And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.

Rev 7:12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, [be] unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.

Expressions for Private Prayer

Adoration

Psa 18:1 [[To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day [that] the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said,]] I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.

Psa 18:2 The LORD [is] my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, [and] my high tower.

Psa 62:1 [[To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.]] Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him [cometh] my salvation.

Psa 62:2 He only [is] my rock and my salvation; [he is] my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.

Confession

Psa 51:3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin [is] ever before me.

Rom 7:18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but [how] to perform that which is good I find not.

Rom 7:24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?

Job 11:4 For thou hast said, My doctrine [is] pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.

Supplication

Luke 18:13 And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as [his] eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.

Psa 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

Psa 51:1 [[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.]] Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

Psa 25:11 For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it [is] great.

Psa 25:7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O LORD.

Psa 51:11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.

Psa 51:12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me [with thy] free spirit.

Psa 51:15 O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.

Psa 17:5 Hold up my goings in thy paths, [that] my footsteps slip not.

Psa 119:149 Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD, quicken me according to thy judgment.

Psa 119:175 Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.

Psa 119:176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.

Psa 139:23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:

Psa 139:24 And see if [there be any] wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

Psa 25:4 Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.

Psa 25:5 Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou [art] the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.

Psa 119:18 Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.

1Ch 4:10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep [me] from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.

Psa 51:9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.

Gen 32:26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.

Prov 30:8 Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:

Prov 30:9 Lest I be full, and deny [thee], and say, Who [is] the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God [in vain].

Job 16:22 When a few years are come, then I shall go the way [whence] I shall not return.

Psa 39:4 LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it [is; that] I may know how frail I [am].

Intercession

Eph 6:24 Grace [be] with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen.

Psa 125:4 Do good, O LORD, unto [those that be] good, and [to them that are] upright in their hearts.

Isa 64:1 Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,

Psa 43:3 O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.

Psa 57:11 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: [let] thy glory [be] above all the earth.

Psa 72:18 Blessed [be] the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things.

Psa 72:19 And blessed [be] his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled [with] his glory; Amen, and Amen.

Thanksgiving

Psa 40:1 [[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.]] I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

Psa 40:5 Many, O LORD my God, [are] thy wonderful works [which] thou hast done, and thy thoughts [which are] to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: [if] I would declare and speak [of them], they are more than can be numbered.

Psa 139:17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!

Psa 139:18 [If] I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.

Psa 103:1 [[[A Psalm] of David.]] Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, [bless] his holy name.

Psa 103:2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:

Psa 103:3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;

Psa 103:4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;

Psa 116:12 What shall I render unto the LORD [for] all his benefits toward me?

Psa 116:13 I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD.

Psa 145:10 All thy works shall praise thee, O LORD; and thy saints shall bless thee.

Psa 149:4 For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.

Dedication

Psa 116:16 O LORD, truly I [am] thy servant; I [am] thy servant, [and] the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.

Psa 116:9 I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.

Doxology

1Ti 1:17 Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, [be] honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Rom 16:27 To God only wise, [be] glory through Jesus Christ for ever. Amen.