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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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Remove adoration and we remove an important aspect of worshipping God and reminding us of his character! Remove confession and we begin to take sin lightly. There is a priestly aspect of the work of Jesus taking our sin before the Father. Confession is our part of agreeing with Jesus of the seriousness of our sin and laying it before the Father. Remove thanksgiving and we allow pride to creep in. Thanksgiving reminds us how good God is and how He blesses us! Remove supplication and we may try to act in my own strength to get things done. Jesus WANTS us to ask.
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Adoration is places our perspective in the right place for prayer. Adoration reminds us who our God is and that even if we don’t get the answer to our prayer when and how we ask, we can trust that He is God and is good. In adoration we remind ourselves that He alone is enough.
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We’d be missing out on-each piece has it’s benefits and brings us closer to God and if we leave one of those out, we’d be missing out on that benefit to draw closer or to hear from God.
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Each of these 4 sections of prayers is important because God specifically taught us how to pray this way. If we remove one, then we are not praying the way that we ought.
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We would be selling our prayer time and our relationship short. All of these things are necessary for a healthy relationship.
