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Acknowledge the Privilege of Drawing Near to God in Prayer

Adoration 1.14 | NIV

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

You have commanded me to pray on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests, with thanksgiving, and to be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints; Ephesians 6:18(NIV) to continue in prayer, and in everything, by prayer and petition, to present my requests to God. Philippians 4:6(NIV)

You have directed me to ask and seek and knock; and have promised that it will be given to me, I will find, and the door will be opened to me. Matthew 7:7(NIV)

You have appointed for me a great High Priest, in whose name I may approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that I may receive mercy and find grace to help me in my time of need. Hebrews 4:16(NIV)

You have assured me that while you detest the sacrifice of the wicked, the prayer of the upright pleases you; Proverbs 15:8(NIV) and that he who sacrifices thank offerings honors you; Psalm 50:23(NIV) and the sacrifice of thanksgiving will please the LORD more than that of an ox or a bull with its horns and hoofs. Psalm 69:30-31(NIV)

You are he who hears prayer, and therefore to you all men will come. Psalm 65:2(NIV)

You say, “Seek my face!” And my heart answers, “Your face, LORD, I will seek.” Psalm 27:8(NIV) For, should not a person inquire of his God? Isaiah 8:19(NIV) To whom shall I go but to you? You have the words of eternal life. John 6:68(NIV)

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Own your Relation to God

Adoration 1.13 | NIV

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

I said to the LORD, “You are my God; apart from you I have no good thing; Psalm 16:2(NIV) even if I am righteous, what do I give to you?” Job 35:7(NIV)

You are my King and my God: Psalm 44:4(NIV) Other lords besides you have ruled over me, but from henceforth your name alone do I honor. Isaiah 26:13(NIV)

I declare this day that the LORD is my God and that I will walk in his ways, that I will keep his decrees, commands, and laws, and that I will obey him and give myself to him, to be of his people, of his treasured possession as he has promised, that I may be of a people holy to the LORD my God; Deuteronomy 26:17-19(NIV) and may be to him for his renown and praise and honor. Jeremiah 13:11(NIV)

O LORD, truly I am your servant; I am your servant, born in your house, and you have freed me from my chains: Psalm 116:16(NIV) I have been bought at a price, and therefore I am not my own; 1 Corinthians 6:19-20(NIV) and so I submit to the Lord, 2 Chronicles 30:8(NIV) and bind myself to him in an everlasting covenant that will not be forgotten. Jeremiah 50:5(NIV)

Save me, for I am yours; I have sought out your precepts; Psalm 119:94(NIV) it is your own, Lord, that I give you, and that which comes from your hand. 1 Chronicles 29:16(NIV)

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Acknowledge your Dependence on God and your Obligations to Him

Adoration 1.12 | NIV

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

You, O God, made me, and not I myself, and therefore I am not my own but yours: 1 Corinthians 6:19(NIV) I am of your people and of the sheep of your pasture; Psalm 100:3(NIV) let me therefore worship and fall down and kneel before the Lord my Maker. Psalm 95:6(NIV)

You, Lord, are the former of my body, and it is fearfully and wonderfully made and curiously wrought. Your eyes saw my unformed body, and all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. Psalm 139:14-16(NIV)

You have clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews; you have given me life and showed me kindness, and in your providence have watched over my spirit. Job 10:11-12(NIV)

You are the Father of my spirit, Hebrews 12:9(NIV) for you form the spirit of man within him, Zechariah 12:1(NIV) and give me breath. Jeremiah 38:16(NIV) The Spirit of God has made me; the breath of the Almighty gives me life. Job 33:4(NIV) You endow the heart with wisdom and give understanding to the mind. Job 38:36(NIV)

You are God my Maker, who teaches more to me than to the beasts of the earth and makes me wiser than the birds of the air. Job 35:10-11(NIV)

I am the clay, you are the potter; I am the work of your hand. Isaiah 64:8(NIV)

You brought me out of the womb and made me trust in you even at my mother’s breast; from birth I have been cast upon you and have relied on you. Psalm 22:9-10(NIV) You are my God from my mother’s womb, and therefore I will ever praise you. Psalm 71:6(NIV)

In you, O God, I live and move and have my being, for I am your offspring. Acts 17:28(NIV)

In your hand you hold my life and all my ways, Daniel 5:23(NIV) for a man’s life is not his own; it is not for man to direct his steps, Jeremiah 10:23(NIV) but my times are in your hands. Psalm 31:15(NIV)

You are the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day and has delivered me from all harm. Genesis 48:15-16(NIV)

It is because of your great love that I am not consumed, for your compassions never fail: they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23(NIV)

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

Who can speak and have it happen if you have not decreed it? From your mouth, O Most High, both calamities and good things come. Lamentations 3:37-38(NIV)