This Thursday, November 5th, is the First Thursday of the month. Prayer will take place at noon in Carrollton at City Hall, and in Dallas at HOBI International. On Sunday, November 1st, prayer will take place at 7PM at Rockwall Bible Church. This is an important week in the history of our nation with the national election taking place on Tuesday, November 3rd.
This weekend my wife and I had the chance to visit the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte, North Carolina. If you ever are in the area, be sure to check it out. The exhibits are very interesting to learn about the greatest evangelist of our time. They also provided some materials, one of which is particularly relevant to this group a guide on how to pray for our leaders.
Recently a friend referred me to a book on prayer called Praying the Bible by Don Whitney. After reading the book, I found a five part video series on YouTube as well as a summary video. The book at these videos lead me to write a six part BLOG on a website I am working on with a friend of mine. I encourage you to check out that post Semikkah7. Do you ever find yourself “praying the same old things about the same old things?” Well, in that case this book is for you. It’s a quick read with the audio book coming in around two hours. The six videos are less than 25 minutes.
Even when using the A.C.T.S. (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) model of prayer it can be easy to fall into the habit of praying the “same old things about the same old things” if we simply go to pray about each item in the list. But, if we were to pray the scripture, or even expand the scripture listed to the whole chapter we would have so much more to pray.
With all of that in mind here are some suggested verses for the A.C.T.S. model of prayer for this month!
| Adoration |
| Sing to the Lord, all the earth! Tell of his salvation from day to day. Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples! For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, and he is to be feared above all gods. (1 Chronicles 16:23-25) |
| Confession |
| “Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool. If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land; but if you refuse and rebel, you shall be eaten by the sword; for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.” (Isaiah 1:18-20) |
| Thanksgiving |
| Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name! (Psalm 100:4) |
| Supplication |
| Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. (Matthew 6:9-13) |
