A.C.T.S.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, I just come to you with a humble heart. Lord you are Holy and you are the rock
of my salvation. I give you praise honor and glory. I love you. I trust you and you are my
shepherd and king. I know that you are all loving and all caring. You are my salvation. You are
glorious in Your Being and yet still approachable. Your great love and mercy, Your tender and
compassionate heart toward all You have made, shines out of Your eyes. I sit here quietly in this
place where I choose to worship you -- and I am in awe at the privilege. I look up at Your Face
and the radiance of Your Presence is beyond description. You are real and You are in this place
accepting my worship.

Almighty Father; we enter your presence confessing the things we try to conceal from you and
the things we try to conceal from others. We confess the heartbreak, worry, and sorrow we have
caused, that make it difficult for others to forgive us, the times we have made it easy for others to
do wrong, the harm we have done that makes it hard for us to forgive ourselves. I have betrayed
you by following my own way. I have denied you by fearing to follow yours. And I have mocked
you by not taking your death seriously. Lord, I am lost. Let your forgiveness find me. Hold me in
your strong arms and give me your new life.

Thank you for your mercy; thank you for your grace; thank you for forgiveness; thank you for
the salvation, which you so freely give through Jesus Christ. Thank you, Lord, for all that you do
for me. Thank you for dying on the cross to save me from my sins. Thank you for my family
and my friends. I thank You for the people in my life who are easy to love.  I thank You for
my family and friends who understand my actions, who support me in my decisions,  and whose
presence can lift the burden of a thorny day.  Thank you for the chance to learn and to get a good
education. Thank you for giving me clothes to wear and food to eat. Thank you for everything.

Right now I just ask that you watch over me and my family, continue to direct our paths, keep us
out of harm. Help us to know your will. Send forth your Holy Spirit to comfort us and to give us
discernment and wisdom. Father I pray for our country, our leaders and my community. Please,
Lord, help me to be a better person. Help me to be more loving and caring. Live in me and with
me day by day, that together we may make a world that is new. Please keep a watch over us and
be our advocate in the times of trouble. In Jesus name I pray amen.