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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 must admit, I really struggle with acrostics. Yes they are helpful, and yes they all need to be in my prayers, but giving me a simple 4 step prayer process is shooting me in the foot. It removes the natural adoration, confession, thanksgiving and supplication and turns it into box checking for me. I think it would be good for me to go back through from time to time in my prayer journals though to identify those four are there.
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If adoration is removed – we lower God to our level.
If confession is removed – we open up the risk of pride in ourselves.
If we remove thanksgiving – we forget the good things we have.
If we remove supplication – we remove the opportunity for God to work in or direct our lives. -
If adoration was removed I think all else would crumble. Because without seeing God for who he is, all else is meaningless.
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We would be missing out on truly developing a rounded relationship with the Father. Each part of ACTS is vital to developing and strengthening our walk with Him.
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We miss the entire relationship. It is just not a part missing. Just like in Making a cake, if you leave out sugar, you do not have a cake.