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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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If one were removed, we would be relying on our own strength and not His.
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If you removed each one of these from your prayers Jesus would not get His rightfully praise from the person saying their prayer.
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If adoration is removed from our prayers, then we are just going to God with a to do list.
If confession is removed from our prayers, then we are not in right standing with God and/or man and God is not obligated to answer any prayer.
If we remove thanksgiving from our prayers, then we are praying entitlement prayers. Phil. 4 says to make our requests known unto God with thanksgiving and the peace of God will guard our hearts and minds. Without thanksgiving we forfeit that peace.
If we remove supplication, then we are treating God like a mind reader. We are to come boldly to the throne of grace to find mercy and help in our time of need. If we don’t ask, we don’t receive. -
Adoration is the act of coming before a Holy infinite all powerful, all knowing fully present God. Adoration humbles us , teaches to seek Him and not ourselves, it is only then that we can truly confess, thank and ask.
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By removing any of these, you would be denying the Lord of His rightful praise.
