Good morning,
Spiritual Preparedness 2023 will be our theme for the next several weeks. The challenge will be to commit to reading the Bible in one year, praying daily, and walking with God through the power of His Spirit.
This week and next we will look at prayer.
PRAYER
Pray without ceasing. (1 Thessalonians 5:17)
Introduction ACTS (adoration, confession, thanksgiving, supplication)
Adoration (Psalm 95:1-6)
O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.3 For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.4 In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is his also.5 The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our maker.
Confession (Psalm 32:1-5)
Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.2 Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.3 When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.5 I acknowledge my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
Prayer is more than asking.
Before we ask, we need to acknowledge whom we are praying. It is the God of creation, love, mercy, and forgiveness. It is the one who sent His Son to die on the cross for our sin. It is the one who provided salvation for us.
Then we need to confess any known sin to God. Repent of it and move on.
Tom Stearns, WASI Chaplain, 907 715-4001 chaplain@alaskaseniors.com
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