Adoration
Monday, August 23rd, 2010I recently took part in a rather creative 24-hour prayer chain organized by a local church. To help easily distracted people like me, participants were guided through four different theme rooms based on the acrostic ACTS:
A = Adoration
C = Confession
T = Thanksgiving
S = Supplication
Focusing on those four areas is a great way to jump-start your prayer life. That’s excactly what we’ll do this week.
Today’s focus: ADORATION. It’s a great place to start.
When was the last time you truly adored God?
Francis Chan urges us to stop everything we do as Christians and “take a long, hard look” at God before we pray another word. R.C. Sproul says: “Men are never duly touched and impressed with a conviction of their insignificance, until they have contrasted themselves with the majesty of God.”
Pray through these verses with an attitude of adoration . . .
Praise the Lord, O my soul;
all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
(Psalm 103:1)
When I consider your heavens,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which you have set in place,
what is man that you are mindful of him,
the son of man that you care for him?
(Psalm 8:3-4)
I praise you because
I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
(Psalm 139:14)
I will exalt you, my God the King;
I will praise your name for ever and ever.
(Psalm 145:1)
Through Jesus, therefore,
let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise –
the fruit of lips that confess his name.
(Hebrews 13:15a)
Want more? Watch this video by Francis Chan, entitled The Awe Factor of God. (Note: If you have trouble viewing this from your iPhone, etc., visit getupwithgod.com directly and click on the link there.) O come let us adore Him!
