Adoration

To praise God. Listen to worship tapes or CD’s.  Read the Psalms. Think of all the descriptive words about God, and then pray: “God, you are_______” and complete the sentence with the words you thought of.

• Exodus 15:1-15
• Psalm 63:1-8
• Daniel 2:19-23 and Daniel 4:34-35
• Matthew 11:25-26
• Luke 4:8
• Ephesians 3:21-22

Confession

To confess our sins to God. Think of the things you did over the past twenty-four hours or seven days that you know God would not approve. Describe those things to God and ask God for forgiveness. Then pray “God please forgive me for ________”

• Psalm 32: 1-19; Psalm 51:1-19; Psalm 66:18, Psalm139:23-24
• Proverbs 28:13
• Luke 15:17-21; Luke 18:9-14
• 1 John 1:8-10

Thanksgiving

To thank God.  Think of all the ways you could see God at work today, such as in the sunrise, in a friend’s encouragement, in a special Bible verse, and so on.  Then complete this sentence as you pray:  “God, I thank you for____.”

• Daniel 6:10
• Psalm 105:1
• Luke 17:11-19
• Romans 1:21
• Ephesians 1:15-16
• Philippians 4:6
• Colossians 2:7
• 1 Thessalonians 5:18

Supplication

To pray for others and myself. Think of the small and large concerns in your life, that of your friends, relatives and neighbors, and the world.  Then go to God with these concerns.

• Genesis 18:23-32
• 1 Chronicles 4:10
• 2 Chronicles 14:11
• Psalm 34:15; 143:8-10
• Proverbs 30:7-9
• Luke 11:5-13; 18:1-8
• John 16:24
• Ephesians 6:18-19
• Philippians 1:9-11; 4:6-7
• James 4:2-3
• 1 John 5:14-15
• 1 Timothy 2:1-3