A Seeking Prayer

“Seek the LORD and His strength; seek His face evermore.”

Psalm 105:4; Isaiah 55:6

A Prayer for Wisdom

“For the LORD give wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.”

Proverbs 2:6

A Prayer for Our Senior Pastor

“Now give me wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people, for who can judge this great people of Yours.”

2 Chronicles 1:10

A Prayer for Revelation

“Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe…”

Ephesians 1:15–19

A Prayer for Humility

“Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility for ‘God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble.’ Therefore, humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time.”

1 Peter 5:5, 6

A Prayer of Return

“Yet even now,’ says the LORD, ‘return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping and with mourning; and rend your hearts and not your garments.’ Return to the LORD, your God, for He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, and repents of evil.”

Joel 2:12–13

A Prayer of Repentance

“So I said, ‘Woe is me, for I am undone! Because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.’ Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a live coal which he had taken with the tongs from the altar. And he touched my mouth with it and said: ‘Behold, this has touched your lips; Your iniquity is taken away and your sin purged.”

Isaiah 6:5–7

A Prayer of Cleansing

“Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.”

Psalm 51:10

A Prayer of Commitment

“And I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: ‘Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?’ Then I said, ‘Here am I! Send me.”

Isaiah 6:8

A Prayer Of Praise For Our Triune God

“Praise be to You, LORD, the God of our father Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Yours, LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is yours. Yours, LORD, is the kingdom; You are exalted as head over all. Wealth and honor come from You; You are the ruler of all things. In Your hands are strength and power to exalt and give strength to God. Now, our God, we give You thanks, and praise Your glorious name.”

1 Chronicles 29:10b–13

A Prayer Of Exaltation For Christ Our King

“He (Christ) is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him all things exist. And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.”

Colossians 1:15–18

A Prayer Of Praise For The Holy Spirit

“But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.” “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

John 14:26 and Acts 1:8

A Prayer Of Praise For The Bible

“All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.”

2 Timothy 3:16–17

A Prayer For The Church

“Simon Peter answered and said, ‘You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.’ Jesus answered and said to him, ‘Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.’”

Matthew 16:16–19

A Prayer Of Baptism Remembrance

“Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.” “There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.”

Romans 6:4 and Ephesians 4:4–6

A Prayer Of Eucharist

“And He took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, ‘This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.’”

Luke 22:19

A Prayer For An Undivided Heart

“Teach me Your ways, O Lord, and I will walk in Your truth, give me an undivided heart that I may fear Your name.”

Psalm 86:11

A Prayer For Presence

“Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep. Be of the same mind toward one another. Do not set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own opinion.”

Romans 12:15–16

A Prayer For A Generous Hospitality

“Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.”

Hebrews 13:2

A Prayer For Holy Love

“For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.”

Galatians 5:6

A Prayer For Works Of Mercy

“Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirst and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in.’”

Matthew 25:34-35

A Prayer For Authentic Community

"They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. All the believers were together and had everything in common."

Acts 2:42-44

A Prayer Of Assurance

"The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God."

Romans 8:16

A Prayer Of Gratitude

"Pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ for you. Do not quench the Spirit."

1 Thessalonians 5:17-19