I first heard of this style of prayer when I was a teenager. I don't remember the source but this has always stuck with me. ACTS stands for Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, and Supplication. This has always made a lot of sense to me. It keeps prayer from being a litany of self-serving requests or a long list of bless this person and that person. It keeps me focused when I don't know what to pray.
Why now?
I'm at a point of remaking my life. With the support of my amazing husband, I recently quit my job to become a full-time wife, mother, and homemaker. I have suffered from depression for a long time and really needed to take a break from the daily grind of 9 to 5. I need to reconnect with my heavenly father. I'm sorely lacking in self-discipline and feel that I need to focus on this skill in order to make my time at home a blessing. I'm going to start with praying every morning and I'm going to put it on this blog.
I'm keeping this fairly anonymous for the time being. I want to be able to post my prayers without worrying over who is reading them.
If you are reading this, I hope you'll join me in prayer. Post a comment or send me an e-mail at ACTSofPrayer (at) gmail (dot) com.
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