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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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removing aadoration from prayer would be a disconnection from God and it would serve as pride and hindrance to prayer
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Removing adoration from prayer would be to demission the person of GOD. We would lose sight of who we are talking to, who we are approaching and the value of that prayer (conversation/ meeting).
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Adoration… Acknowledging the goodness of God, His presence and faithfulness, sets is up to be in the right frame of mind to speak lovingly with God. Confession humbles us, cleanses us. Thanksgiving…I appreciate all the good you do for me every day, it does not go unnoticed. I appreciate Your love and kindness. Otherwise, I am just making demands without mutual love, like an ungrateful child who is entitled and never satisfied. Supplication… At this point, I can make my requests. Without the previous attention to God and His presence in my life, the requests will fall on deaf or lukewarm ears, as though a child
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All of these work together to create a complete and productive prayer. Taking one away would prevent a proper prayer. If you pray without confessing your sins you aren’t taking accountability, if you pray without thanking God you are just complaining to Him.
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Each of these things adds to how we worship and develop our relationship with God. Removing one of these things would part of what God is receiving from us or what we are receiving from Him. If you take out Adoration, that will remove part of how we worship God with how we tell him how much we love Him. In order for any relationship to work. appreciation must be there.