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Acknowledge the Privilege of Drawing Near to God in Prayer

Adoration 1.14 | KJV

I must acknowledge it an unspeakable favour and an inestimable privilege that I am not only admitted, but invited and encouraged, to draw nigh to God in prayer.

Thou hast commanded me to pray always, with all prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, and to watch thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; Ephesians 6:18(KJV) to continue in prayer, and in every thing, with prayer and supplication, to make my requests known to God. Philippians 4:6(KJV)

Thou hast directed me to ask and seek and knock, and hast promised that I shall receive, I shall find, and it shall be opened to me. Matthew 7:7(KJV)

Thou hast appointed to me a great High Priest, in whose name I may come boldly to the throne of grace, that I may find mercy and grace to help in time of need. Hebrews 4:16(KJV)

Thou hast assured me, that while the sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, the prayer of the upright is his delight; Proverbs 15:8(KJV) and that he that offers praise glorifies thee; Psalm 50:23(KJV) and the sacrifice of thanksgiving shall please the Lord better than that of an ox or bullock that has horns and hoofs. Psalm 69:30-31(KJV)

Thou art he that hearest prayer, and therefore unto thee shall all flesh come. Psalm 65:2(KJV)

Thou sayest, Seek ye my face, and my heart answers, Thy face, Lord, will I seek. Psalm 27:8(KJV) For, should not a person seek unto his God? Isaiah 8:19(KJV) Whither shall I go but to thee? Thou hast the words of eternal life. John 6:68(KJV)

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Own your Relation to God

Adoration 1.13 | KJV

I must avouch this God to be my God and own my relation to him, his dominion over me, and propriety in me.

My soul has said unto the Lord, Thou art my God, though my goodness extendeth not unto thee; Psalm 16:2(KJV) neither if I am righteous art thou the better. Job 35:7(KJV)

Thou art my King, O God: Psalm 44:4(KJV) Other lords besides thee have had dominion over me, but from henceforth by thee only will I make mention of thy name. Isaiah 26:13(KJV)

I avouch the Lord this day to be my God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes and commandments and his judgments, and to hearken to his voice and give myself unto him, to be of his peculiar people, as he hath promised, that I may be of a holy people unto the Lord my God; Deuteronomy 26:17-19(KJV) and may be unto him for a name and for a praise and for a glory. Jeremiah 13:11(KJV)

O Lord, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant born in thy house, and thou hast loosed my bonds: Psalm 116:16(KJV) I am bought with a price, and therefore I am not my own, 1 Corinthians 6:19-20(KJV) but yield myself unto the Lord, 2 Chronicles 30:8(KJV) and join myself unto him in an everlasting covenant that shall never be forgotten. Jeremiah 50:5(KJV)

I am thine, save me, for I seek thy precepts; Psalm 119:94(KJV) it is thine own, Lord, that I give thee, and that which cometh of thine hand. 1 Chronicles 29:16(KJV)

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Acknowledge your Dependence on God and your Obligations to Him

Adoration 1.12 | KJV

I must acknowledge my dependence upon God and my obligations to him as my Creator, Preserver, and Benefactor.

Thou, O God, madest me, and not I myself, and therefore I am not my own but thine: 1 Corinthians 6:19(KJV) I am of thy people and of the sheep of thy pasture; Psalm 100:3(KJV) let me therefore worship and fall down and kneel before the Lord my Maker. Psalm 95:6(KJV)

Thou, Lord, art the former of my body, and it is fearfully and wonderfully made and curiously wrought. Thine eyes did see my substance yet being unperfect, and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them. Psalm 139:14-16(KJV)

Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh; thou hast fenced me with bones and sinews; thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation preserves my spirit. Job 10:11-12(KJV)

Thou art the Father of my spirit, Hebrews 12:9(KJV) for thou formedst the spirit of man within him, Zechariah 12:1(KJV) and madest me this soul. Jeremiah 38:16(KJV) The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life. Job 33:4(KJV) Thou puttest wisdom in the inward part and giveth understanding to the heart. Job 38:36(KJV)

Thou art God my Maker, and teachest me more than the beasts of the earth, and makest me wiser than the fowls of heaven. Job 35:10-11(KJV)

I am the clay, and thou my Potter; I am the work of thy hand. Isaiah 64:8(KJV)

Thou art he that tookest me out of the womb and keepest me in safety when I was at my mother’s breasts; I have been cast upon thee from the womb and held up by thee. Psalm 22:9-10(KJV) Thou art my God from my mother’s bowels, and therefore my praise shall be continually of thee. Psalm 71:6(KJV)

In thee, O God, I live and move and have my being, for I am thine offspring. Acts 17:28(KJV)

In thy hand my breath is, and thine are all my ways; Daniel 5:23(KJV) for the way of man is not in himself, neither is it in man that walketh to direct his steps, Jeremiah 10:23(KJV) but my times are in thy hand. Psalm 31:15(KJV)

Thou art the God that hath fed me all my life long unto this day and redeemed me from all evil. Genesis 48:15-16(KJV)

It is of thy mercies that I am not consumed, even because thy compassions fail not: they are new every morning; great is thy faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23(KJV)

If thou take away my breath, I die and return to the dust out of which I was taken. Psalm 104:29(KJV)

Who is he that saith and it cometh to pass, if thou commandest it not? Out of thy mouth, O Most High, both evil and good proceed. Lamentations 3:37-38(KJV)