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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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We will loss balance and only focus on us and what our agenda is, what we want
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Helps us have a balanced approach to communicating with the Lord. Without each piece, it would be incomplete. Adoration specifically is something that we should shower the Lord with, specifically calling on and remembering his character.
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Without Adoration it would be much easier to forget how awesome our God is.
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I think it would be like withholding your true feelings about someone and not letting them know how much you care for them.
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I believe that if any of these were removed then our prayer life would become out of balance. Take away Adoration and we become unappreciative of all the things that God has done for us. Remove the Confession and we would never grow in our walk with Christ. Although we might still be saved, we would be plagued by our daily sins, which hinder our walk and impede the ability to grow closer to God. We would be apt to repeat past sins and fall back into old fruitless habits. Without Thanksgiving we would not give God what is due Him for what He will do and does do for us daily. We would be essentially taking advantage of His mercy and grace via a lack of gratefulness. Also, if you were not to make Supplication to God, you would be cheating yourself and God. God longs to grant us the desires of our heart (if they line up with His Word) as well as meet all of our needs and to bless us because we are his children as our good father. Doing this delights Him as does regularly communicating with Him. He is not a “genie” to grant all of our wishes but rather a faithful friend and caring guide. Our prayer life is a privilege that we should not take for granted but be eternally grateful for having this opportunity.