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Our Heavenly Father. January 7 | Monday | DAY 1. A.C.T.S. A – Adoration C – Confession T – Thanksgiving S – Supplication. ADORATION. Worship and adore GOD as our Faithful Father. Recognize His Kingship and Authority over all things.
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Our Heavenly Father January 7 | Monday | DAY 1
A.C.T.S. A – Adoration C – Confession T – Thanksgiving S – Supplication
ADORATION • Worship and adore GOD as our Faithful Father. • Recognize His Kingship and Authority over all things. • Acknowledge His qualities that relate to being a FATHER: • Faithful, Caring, Mighty, Trustworthy, etc.
CONFESSION 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart;Try me, and know my anxieties;24 And see if there is any wicked way in me,And lead me in the way everlasting. PSALM 139:23-24
CONFESSION • Ask the Lord to reveal any unconfessed sins you have done • Claim His promise of forgiveness in 1 John 1:8-9: “8 If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
THANKSGIVING In everything give thanks, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 THESSALONIANS 5:18
THANKSGIVING • Thank God for all the blessings, trials, and victories in 2018 • Express your gratitude for God’s faithfulness in your life – for calling and accepting you in His fold, for His care and unfailing love for you. • Express gratitude for the new year (2019), embracing the new opportunities He will give unto us to minister and serve
SUPPLICATION 23 … Truly, truly, I say to you, if you ask the Father for anything in My name, He will give it to you. 24 Until now you have asked for nothing in My name; ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be made full. JOHN 16:23-24
Pray for RELATIONSHIPS • FAMILY • Parents • Children • Siblings • Other relatives • FRIENDS • OFFICEMATES • SCHOOLMATES
Pray for FAMILIES • For families to be consistent in having devotions together • For unconditional love, encouragement, respect, and affirmation to abound • An attitude of always being forgiving and affirming one another • To serve God together
Pray for PARENTS • For parents to step up and become disciplers of their home • To model Christ-like behavior and love to the family • To be more intentional in leading the family to JESUS • To pass on a godly legacy
Pray for CHILDREN • To obey parents in the Lord, for this is right • To know Jesus as their Lord and Savior at an early age • That they will continue to stand for Jesus, not conforming to the things of this world but live to make a difference for God’s glory
Pray for OTHER RELATIONSHIPS • For us to learn how to be forgiving to others • For us to be empowered to love unconditionally • For restoration of strained/broken relationships, for GOD’s greater glory • For us to be more intentional in being salt and light and to share the gospel with others
INDIVIDUAL PRAYER TIME • Growth and Intimacy with GOD • Practice spiritual disciplines faithfully • Career, Personal, Business Growth • To overcome strongholds • Other personal concerns