Prayer - the most common prayer

“Lord, Have Mercy”

In Distress

Ps 4:1 “Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved me in my distress; Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.”

In Sanctification

Ps 25:7 “Do not remember the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions; According to Your mercy remember me, For Your goodness’ sake, O Lord.”

For Healing

Ps 6:2 “Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am weak; O Lord, heal me, for my bones are troubled.”

For Salvation

Ps 41:4 “I said, “Lord, be merciful to me; Heal my soul, for I have sinned against You.””

For Others

Ge 43:14 “And may God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release your other brother and Benjamin. If I am bereaved, I am bereaved!””

Mercy - “Not getting with I deserve” not reaping what I have sown - the consequences of sin

Grace - “Getting what I do not deserve” Reaping the benefit of what Jesus has done - not of works lest anyone should boast

In Distress

Ps 57:1 “Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me! For my soul trusts in You; And in the shadow of Your wings I will make my refuge, Until these calamities have passed by.”

Ps 66:20 “Blessed be God, Who has not turned away my prayer, Nor His mercy from me!”

Ps 109:21 “But You, O God the Lord, Deal with me for Your name’s sake; Because Your mercy is good, deliver me.”

For Help in Sanctification

Understanding Scripture

Ps 119:58 “I entreated Your favor with my whole heart; Be merciful to me according to Your word.”

Ps 119:76 “Let, I pray, Your merciful kindness be for my comfort, According to Your word to Your servant.”

Ps 119:156 “Great are Your tender mercies, O Lord; Revive me according to Your judgments.”

Ps 23:6 “Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me All the days of my life; And I will dwell in the house of the Lord Forever.”

Groanings (a Holy Spirit Prayer)

Ro 8:23 “Not only that, but we also who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body.”

Ro 8:26 “Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.”

Eph 6:18 “praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints—”

For Salvation

Ps 51:1 “Have mercy upon me, O God, According to Your lovingkindness; According to the multitude of Your tender mercies, Blot out my transgressions.”

Ps 103:12 “As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us.”

Mic 7:19 “He will again have compassion on us, And will subdue our iniquities. You will cast all our sins Into the depths of the sea.”

Cornelius Acts 10

Even the unbeliever has a prayer life and God hears it!

For Others

Pp 2:27 “For indeed he was sick almost unto death; but God had mercy on him, and not only on him but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.”

2Ti 1:2 “To Timothy, a beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.”

2Ti 1:16 “The Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain;”

2Ti 1:18 “The Lord grant to him that he may find mercy from the Lord in that Day—and you know very well how many ways he ministered to me at Ephesus.”

Jude 2 “Mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.”

In Recognition of the Finished Work

Ps 25:7 “Do not remember the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions; According to Your mercy remember me, For Your goodness’ sake, O Lord.”

Ps 22:31 “They will come and declare His righteousness to a people who will be born, That He has done this.”

Ps 22:31 His generation yet to be born will glorify him. And they will all declare, “It is finished!” The Passion Translation

Ps 52:8-9 “But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the mercy of God forever and ever. I will praise You forever, Because You have done it; And in the presence of Your saints I will wait on Your name, for it is good.”