Kevin led a sweet prayer time at elders meeting last week using James 1 and a well-known rubric.

In the ESV version, James 1 is nicely divided into eight specific paragraphs, each consisting of two or three sentences.  Kevin would read a paragraph while participants followed along in their Bibles.

After each reading, the elders would voice, as led by the Lord, prayers of Rejoicing / Praise, Confession/Repentence, and Requests/Supplication.  The paragraphs in James 1 have abundant depth and variety, leading to rich prayers.

Many Bible passages, especially the epistles, can be partitioned by paragraphs.  And other rubrics are possible – for example ACTS – Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication.