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Address God with Reverence and Awe

Adoration 1.1 | NIV

Having thus engaged my heart to approach God. Jeremiah 30:21(NIV)

I must solemnly address myself to that infinitely great and glorious Being with whom I have to do, as one who is possessed with a full belief of his presence and a holy awe and reverence of his Majesty, which may be done in such expressions as these:

Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come! Revelation 4:8(NIV)

O you whose name is the LORD, who alone are the Most High over all the earth! Psalm 83:18(NIV)

O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; Psalm 63:1(NIV) my God, and I will praise you; my father’s God, and I will exalt you. Exodus 15:2(NIV)

O you who are the true God, the living God, the one only living and true God, 1 Thessalonians 1:9(NIV) and the eternal King! Jeremiah 10:10(NIV) With your redeemed people I confess your great name: “The LORD our God, the LORD is one.” Deuteronomy 6:4(NIV)

And may I thus distinguish myself from the worshipers of false gods.

The idols of the nations are silver and gold, they are vanity and a lie, made by the hands of men; Psalm 115:4(NIV) those who make them will be like them, and so will all who trust in them. Psalm 115:8(NIV) But he who is the Portion of Jacob is not like these, for he is the Maker of all things, including Israel, the tribe of his inheritance; the LORD Almighty is his name, Jeremiah 10:16(NIV) God over all, forever praised. Romans 9:5(NIV)

Their rock is not like my Rock, as even your people’s enemies concede; Deuteronomy 32:31(NIV) for he is the Rock of ages, the LORD, the LORD is the Rock eternal: Isaiah 26:4(NIV) His name endures forever, and his renown through all generations, Psalm 135:13(NIV) when the gods, who did not make the heavens and the earth, will perish from the earth and from under the heavens. Jeremiah 10:11(NIV)

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Introduction to Adoration

Adoration 1.0 | NIV

Of the First Part of Prayer, which is Address to God, Adoration of Him, with Suitable Acknowledgements, Professions, and Preparatory Requests.

My spirit being composed into a very reverent and serious frame, my thoughts gathered in, and all that is within me charged in the name of the great God carefully to attend the solemn and awful service that lies before me and to keep close to it, I must, with a fixed attention and an application of mind and an active lively faith, set the Lord before me, see his eye upon me, and set myself in his special presence, offering my body to him as a living sacrifice, which I desire may be holy and pleasing to God and a reasonable act of worship; Romans 12:1(NIV) and then bind this festal sacrifice with ropes and take it up to the horns of the altar, Psalm 118:27(NIV) in such thoughts as these:

Let me now lift up my heart, with my eyes and hands, to God in heaven. Lamentations 3:41(NIV)

Let me strive to lay hold of God, Isaiah 64:7(NIV) to seek his face, Psalm 27:8(NIV) and to ascribe to him the glory due his name. Psalm 29:2(NIV)

To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul. Psalm 25:1(NIV)

Let me now enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way opened for me through the curtain, that is, his body. Hebrews 10:19-20(NIV)

Let me now in undivided devotion attend to the Lord, 1 Corinthians 7:35(NIV) and let not my heart be far from him when I draw near with my mouth and honor him with my lips. Isaiah 29:13(NIV)

Let me now worship God, who is a Spirit, in spirit and in truth, for such are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. John 4:23-24(NIV)

[Scriptures taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide.]

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Sum up your Prayer with the Lord’s Prayer

Conclusion 6.5 | NIV

It is very proper to sum up my prayers in that form of prayer which Christ taught his disciples.

Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one, for yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. Matthew 6:9-13(NIV)