Prayer Manual Page

Prayer Resource Page

ACTS Prayer Model
Many people feel that they don’t pray enough. Others have very little organization or consistency in their prayer life. I have found that when I use an “outline” for my prayers, I am able to concentrate more and I am more likely to pray. The popular outline that I use is ACTS-- Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving and Supplication. Below are a few simple resources that you can print and put in your own prayer guide.

Adoration is praising God for who He is. It's easy to start with adoration, then slip into thanksgiving. However, simply praising God for His attributes is an important and powerful part of prayer. Use this one page guide to focus your prayers of adoration.
Confession is agreeing with God about your sin. This one page guide will help you evaluate your life and allow God to point out areas of disobedience. God loves us and wants the best for us, but sin gets in the way of that. Use this guide each time you pray to let God help you become more like Him.
Thanksgiving is simply thanking God for His provision. This category of prayer is not too hard for most of us. Thank God for all that you have to enjoy and for what he is doing in your life.
Supplication is a fancy word for praying for yourself and others. Often in our prayer we skip straight to this part! The following are several resources you can add to your own prayer guide.

	Praying for your Husband: a sample from For the Family by Sylvia Gunter
	Praying for your Wife: a sample from For the Family by Sylvia Gunter
	Prayers for a Daughter: Nine scripture passages converted into prayers for a daughter
	Prayers for Your Friends: 16 passages that you can pray for your neighbors, small group members and church members.
	Weekly church-wide prayer list (This is a sample from Carmel Baptist Church. You will need to get your church's prayer list.)
	Find your elected officials: National: http://www.erlc.com State: http://www.ncleg.net

View and Print the Complete Prayer Manual
The 50 page Prayer Manual is now available online. Click the link below to view and print the manual in Adobe Acrobat Format.
>>view manual (Adobe Acrobat format) To complete your manual, you will need to go to an office supply store and purchase a three ring binder, a total of 13 tabs dividers, and a hand-held three-hole punch. The first page of the manual explains where to place the dividers.

The Father's Business at http://www.thefathersbusiness.com/
Features Sylvia Gunter's prayer resources. Prayer Portions is a 366 page resources with many prayer ideas and written prayers. Your prayer time will never lack a fresh idea or topic. For the Family is a smaller resources with prayer for spouses and children. See the next two bullet items for two samples from this manual.

Teaching About Prayer

The following lessons are available to help you prepare to teach on prayer:

	ACTS Model for Prayer, Student Notes
	ACTS Model for Prayer, Teacher Notes
	Introducing the Prayer Notebook
	List of the Psalms by prayer topic