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The acrostic ACTS stands for Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, and Supplication. What would happen if each were removed from devotions? (For example, what would happen if adoration were removed from your prayers?)
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I believe that if “adoration” were removed from prayer life it would negate that Christ works in our lives and that God has given us all we need in Him. If we removed “confession” we would be coming to Christ thinking that who we are and what we have done (our works) is enough; however, we know that all our works “are like filthy rags” to the Lord and that we are “all sinners” and “none are good not one.” We are only forgiven because of Jesus’s death on the Cross. We are all sinners and need to come to the Lord in confession and
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I believe that if “adoration” were removed from prayer life it would negate that Christ works in our lives and that God has given us all we need in Him. If we removed “confession” we would be coming to Christ thinking that who we are and what we have done (our works) is enough; however, we know that all our works “are like filthy rags” to the Lord and that we are “all sinners” and “none are good not one.” We are only forgiven because of Jesus’s death on the Cross. We are all sinners and need to come to the Lord in confession and humble spirit.
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We would be missing a major opportunity to praise Him as well as an opportunity to remind ourselves how worthy He is of our praise.
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By adoration to God, we are praising Him and being aware of His greatness and Holiness, therefore strengthening our trust in Him. Confession draws us closer to God because of our need for a clean and contrite spirit in our hearts before Him. All four are purposeful for an intimate prayer alone time with our Heavenly Father
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If you take away Adoration then your not building that relationship with god your just praying to something you know nothing about.