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.