Method of Prayer - A.C.T.S.

S
A – Adoration
C – Confession
T – Thanksgiving
S – Sharing
S – Supplication

Questions
Can you describe God’s voice?
Has God ever spoken to you?
How? (I need examples here.)

Meaningful Listening
1. Focus Outside of Yourself
2. Cannot Talk and Listen at the Same Time
3. You Can Listen to Only One Voice at a Time

Prayer of Confession
Most merciful God,
We confess that we have sinned against you
in thought, word, and deed, (pause)

By what we have done,

And by what we have left undone. (pause)

We have not loved you with our whole heart; (pause)

We have not loved our neighbors as ourselves. (pause)

We are truly sorry and we humbly repent. (pause)

For the sake of your Son Jesus Christ,

Have mercy on us and forgive us; (pause)

That we may delight in your will,

And walk in your ways,
to the glory of your name. Amen.

Words of Pardon and Assurance:

If we confess our sins,
God is faithful and just,
And will forgive us our sins
And cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (1 John 1:9)

ALL: Thanks be to God.

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1 Kings 19:11-13
Psalms 46:10