Prayer Guide: When I Survey The Wondrous Cross
©Public Domain. Words and music by Isaac Watts, Lowell Mason. CCLI Song Number: 27893
The prayer prompters below are suggestions to choose from in the context of corporate prayer or worship. Usually only one or two would be utilized, but we have provided a variety of ideas to choose from, or to use as inspiration to create your own.
Verse 1
When I survey the wondrous cross
Oh which the Prince of glory died
My richest gain I count but loss
And pour contempt on all my pride
- Jesus, Your cross is wonderful to me because…
- Prince of Glory, thank You for dying for me even though I…
- I praise You Lord that You are more valuable than my richest gain, even…
- I confess my pride, so often revealed when I…
Verse 2
Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast,
Save in the death of Christ my God
All the vain things that charm me most,
I sacrifice them to His blood
- Lord, I confess that I often boast about…
- I boast in Your work on the cross today because…
- Christ, because You are my God, I will…
- I confess that I am too often charmed by ____________. I surrender this afresh sto You.
Verse 3
See from his dead, his hands, his feet,
Sorrow and love flow mingled down!
Did e’er such love and sorrow meet,
Or thorns compose so rich a crown?
- If I had a clearer vision of You on the cross, I know I would…
- I praise You that the love of the cross is greater than…
- Because You sorrowed over sin, help me to sorrow over…
Verse 4
Where the whole realm of nature mine,
That were a present far too small,
Love so amazing, so divine,
Demands my soul, my life, my all.
- Lord, You are worthy of the gift of my…
- Your love is so amazing because…
- Remind me that the surrender of my soul, my life and my all – must include _______. I surrender this to You.