Supplication

The last part of the ACTS structure of prayer is supplication. After giving adoration, confession, and thanksgiving, one can finish one's praying with supplication.

We do need to remember that it is a privilege for us to approach God in prayer. We who are sinful beings are allowed to call up to a holy and righteous God.

We pray because we do have concerns for which we feel we need divine help. It might be in dealing with an illness or perhaps finding a job. We feel that our initiative alone will not carry the day. We feel that we need a stronger power at work in our lives in order to get results.

We might also come to God because we need guidance in life. We have reached a fork in the road and cannot properly discern which way to go. Here we are leaning on God's direction, which might come to us internally, through conversation with other people, or with a door that opens up for us.

We are approaching God only because we know that we have a gracious God. We have a God who will look favorably upon us despite our own shortcomings and sin. Supplication gives us the opportunity to place our faith in God above everything else.