ACTS

As I was doing my devotion this morning, it talked about how Mary loved God for who he was. She talked about God being her Lord and Savior and praised Him for that. She accepted God for who is was and the incredible trust that she had in God.

So many people don't take God for who God really is. They look at God and wonder what has He done for me lately. People are always wanting things from God. Wondering how God is going to benefit them in their lives. This reminded me of something I did when I was a camp counselor, I would journal every day but I had different sections in my notebook. This way I just didn't request things from God that would be only for me, but I also did for God. It reminded me to praise and thank God for everything that God has done for me. It spelled out ACTS -

A - Acknowledge - Acknowledge God as Lord and Savior. Recognizing that God is a part of your life. Just like Mary did. She praised him for who God was.

C - Concerns - Talk to God about the concerns that you have your life and others. Expressing everything that is worrying you.

T - Thanksgiving - Thanking God for the blessing that God has bestowed on you. This was also a time when I went back into my journal and read some of my concerns and thanked God on the different ways that God had answered my prayers.

S - Supplication - Supplication is asking God to help others and praying for them.

This will help you, not look at God and ask for things but remind you of all the things that we need to do while we pray to God. God wants to hear all of it. You will be amazed how God answers our prayers.