23501 A.C.T.S. of Prayer

A.C.T.S. is an acrostic of a popular model for prayer . It contains four key elements of prayer:

Adoration

Praise your Heavenly Father who is also the Almighty Creator and Sovereign Ruler of the universe.

How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!

(1 John 3:1)

You alone are the LORD. You made the heavens, even the highest heavens, and all their starry host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to everything, and the multitudes of heaven worship you.

(Nehemiah 9:6, NIV)

Yours, O 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, O 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 all.

(1 Chronicles 29:11-15, NIV)

Confession

Confess wrongdoing and right standing to God.

Confess your sins to God and ask the Holy Spirit to help you change.

Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

(Psalm 139:23-24, NIV)

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

(1 John 1:9, NIV)

Confess the truth about who you now are in Christ and ask the Holy Spirit to fill you with transforming power.

So then, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; what is old has passed away—look, what is new has come.

(2 Corinthians 5:17)

You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.

(Romans 6:18, NIV)

For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

(Ephesians 2:10, NIV)

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”

(Jeremiah 29:11, NIV)

Thanksgiving

Thank God for his forgiveness, guidance, provision, and protection.

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death.

(Romans 8:1-2, NIV)

But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth.

(John 16:13, NIV)

The eyes of all look to you,
and you give them their food at the proper time.
You open your hand
and satisfy the desires of every living thing.

(Psalm 145:15-16, NIV)

“Sacrifice thank offerings to God,
fulfill your vows to the Most High,
and call on me in the day of trouble;
I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”

(Psalm 50:15, NIV)

Supplication

Request God’s help for the needs you have and intercede for others.

And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.

(Ephesians 6:18, NIV)

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