A.C.T.S Prayer

Prayer involves many aspects. Over the next couple days I want to help you with a tool that was shown to me me many years ago that I still use from time to time. When used it can be very helpful to make your prayer well rounded instead of just a request list. So let’s get to it. 

When praying it is best to start of with Adoration of God and that is what the A in A.C.T.S stands for....Adoration. Adoration is praise and worship of God for who He is. This is what Jesus did when He taught the disciples to pray and started by saying this:

Matthew 6:9 Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.

Hallowed means regarded as holy; venerated; sacred:

Do you take time in your prayers to praise and worship God because He is Holy, perfect, loving, merciful, provider, caring, pure, truth, life giving, eternal, salvation giver, and the list goes on and on! 

We are even told in His Word to praise Him:

Psalm 150:6 Let everything that has breath praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!

We are also told to worship Him:

Psalm 100:2 Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs.

Psalm 96:9 Worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness; tremble before him, all the earth.

When we start our prayers with adoration it takes your focus off yourself and places it on God where it truly belongs. So if this has not been a part of your prayer life it needs to be incorporated into it!

Give God praise and worship in your prayers for He alone is Worthy!

Tom