In “Grandma Teach Me to Pray,” the first book in the series, the A.C.T.S. format serves as a robust model for prayer. A.C.T.S. stands for adoration, confession, thanksgiving, and supplication (or supply needs), offering a comprehensive framework for a meaningful prayer life.
- Adoration
Praising God for who he is and what he has done.
Psalm 63: 3-4–Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you. So, I will bless you as long as I live; in your name I will lift up my hands.
- Confession
Saying sorry for the hurt we’ve caused God and others.
Psalm 51:10-13– Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from your presence and take not Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation and uphold me with a willing spirit.
- Thanksgiving
Thanking God for all he has done for us.
Psalm 100:4-5- Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name! For the LORD is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.
- Supplication
Asking God to grant us what we need.
Philippians 4:6– Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
