ACTS Prayer Model

 

ACTS is an acronym that stands for adoration, confession, thanksgiving, and supplication. 

 

Adoration: Praising God for who He is and what He has done.

 

Confession: Repenting for the hurt we have caused God and others.

 

Thanksgiving: Thanking God for all He has done for us.

 

Supplication: Asking God to grant us what we need.

 

The ACTS Prayer Model can serve as a helpful tool to help us remain focused during our prayer time and balance emphasis between expressing our own needs and giving God, our creator, the acknowledgment and deference He deserves. Although God invites us to boldly approach His throne of grace to ask for what we need (Hebrews 4:16), would it be appropriate to approach a highly respected authority figure or an honored guest without properly acknowleding them before making our requests? The origin of this prayer model is unknown, but it has been used since ancient times and it's use is evident in many prayers from the Bible, including the Lord's Prayer.