How to read and how to pray
Aids for Social and Private Prayer
Blackwood’s Comprehensive Aids to the Study of the Bible · Vol. I, p. 60
Begins on Vol. I, p. 60
§Adoration
| Text | Expressions for Social and Private Prayer |
|---|---|
| Jer. x. 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? |
| Ps. cxlv. 10 | 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. |
| Ps. xviii. 1, 2 | I love thee, O Lord, my strength. 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. |
| Ps. lxii. 1 2 |
Truly my soul waiteth upon God; from him cometh my salvation. He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence, I shall not be greatly moved. |
| Ps. lvii. 11 | Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth. |
§Confession
| Text | Expressions for Social and Private Prayer |
|---|---|
| Dan. ix. 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. |
| 1 John i. 8 | If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. |
| Isa. lxiv. 6 | We are all as an unclean thing. |
| Ps. li. 3 | I acknowledge my transgression, and my sin is ever before me. |
| Rom. vii. 18 24 |
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. O wretched man that I am, who shall deliver me from the body of this death? |
| Job xi. 4 | Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth. |
§Supplication
| Text | Expressions for Social and Private Prayer |
|---|---|
| Ps. lxvii. 1 | God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us. |
| Ps. lxxxv. 7 8 |
Wilt thou not revive us again, that thy people may rejoice in thee? Show us thy mercy, O Lord, and grant us thy salvation. |
| Luke xviii. 13. | God be merciful to me, a sinner. |
| Ps. li. 1 9 10 |
Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy loving-kindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies, blot out my transgressions. Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. |
| Ps. cxxxix.23. 24. |
Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my thoughts. And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. |
| Ps. xxv. 4, 5 7 11 12 15 |
Show me thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy paths. Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day. Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions; according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O Lord. Cast me not away from thy presence: and take not thy holy spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall show forth thy praise. |
| Ps. cxix. 18 149 175 |
Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. Hear my voice according unto thy loving-kindness: O Lord, quicken me according to thy judgment. Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me. |
| Prov. xxx. 8 9 |
Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me. 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. |
| Ps. xxxix. 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
| Text | Expressions for Social and Private Prayer |
|---|---|
| Ps. lxvii. 3 | Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee. |
| Ps. vii. 9 | Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just. |
| Eph. vi. 24 | Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. |
| Ps. cxxv. 4 | Do good, O Lord, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts. |
| Isa. lxiv. 1 | O that thou wouldst rend the heavens, that thou wouldst come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence. |
| Ps. xliii. 3 | O send out thy light and thy truth. |
§Thanksgiving
| Text | Expressions for Social and Private Prayer |
|---|---|
| Ps. cvii. 15 | Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! |
| Ps. cxiii. 2 3 5 6 |
Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time forth and for evermore. From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same, the Lord's name is to be praised. Who is like unto the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high, who humbled himself to behold the things that are in heaven and in the earth? |
| 1 Pet. i. 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. |
| Eph. i. 3 | Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in Christ. |
| Ps. lxxii. 18 19 |
Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things. And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen and Amen. |
| Ps. xl. 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. |
| Ps.cxxxix.17. 18. |
How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! If I should count them they are more in number than the sand: when I awake I am still with thee. |
| Ps. ciii. 1 2 3 4 |
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. Who forgiveth all thine iniquities, who healeth all thy diseases. Who redeemeth thy life from destruction: who redeemeth thee with loving-kindness and tender mercies. |
| Ps. cxvi. 12 13 |
What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits toward me? I will take the cup of salvation and call upon the name of the Lord. |
| Ps. cxlv. 10 | All thy works shall praise thee, O Lord, and thy saints shall bless thee. |
§Dedication
| Text | Expressions for Social and Private Prayer |
|---|---|
| Isa. xxvi. 13. | O Lord our God, other lords besides thee have had dominion over us; but by thee only will we make mention of thy name. |
| Isa. lxiii. 19 | We are thine. |
| Ps.cxvi. 9, 16. | I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living. O Lord, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds. |
§Doxology
| Text | Expressions for Social and Private Prayer |
|---|---|
| Phil. iv. 20 | Now unto God and our Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen. |
| Rev. vii. 10 12 |
Salvation to our God which sitteth on the throne, and unto the Lamb. Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen. |
| 1 Tim. i. 17 | Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen. |
| Rom. xvi. 27. | To God, only wise, be glory, through Jesus Christ, for ever. Amen. |