COMMUNICATION ACTS STYLE

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COMMUNICATIONACTSSTYLE
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ACTS

• Adoration to highly regard or esteem
• Confession to admit, to own up to
• Thanksgiving grateful acknowledgement
• Supplication humble and earnest request

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ACTS

• Adoration I esteem you
• Confession I fess-up to you
• Thanksgiving I thank you
• Supplication I need you

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AdorationI esteem you Ps 63

• 1 God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you my
  soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you, in a
  dry and weary land where there is no water.
• 2 I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld
  your power and your glory. 3 Because your love is
  better than life, my lips will glorify you. 4 I
  will praise you as long as I live, and in your
  name I will lift up my hands. 5 My soul will be
  satisfied as with the richest of foods with
  singing lips my mouth will praise you.

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AdorationI esteem you Ps 63

• 6 On my bed I remember you I think of you
  through the watches of the night. 7 Because you
  are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.
  8 My soul clings to you your right hand upholds
  me.
• 9 They who seek my life will be destroyed they
  will go down to the depths of the earth. 10 They
  will be given over to the sword and become food
  for jackals.
• 11 But the king will rejoice in God all who
  swear by God's name will praise him, while the
  mouths of liars will be silenced.

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ConfessionI fess-up to you Ps 32

• 1 Blessed is he whose transgressions are
  forgiven, whose sins are covered.
• 2 Blessed is the man whose sin the LORD does
  not count against him and in whose spirit is no
  deceit.

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ConfessionI fess-up to you Ps 32

• 3 When I kept silent, my bones wasted away
  through my groaning all day long.
• 4 For day and night your hand was heavy upon me
  my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer.
  Selah

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Confession - I fess-up to you Ps 325

• Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not
  cover up my iniquity.
• I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the
  LORD" and you forgave the guilt of my sin.

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ThanksgivingI thank you Eph 5

• 18 Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to
  debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
• 19 Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and
  spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your
  heart to the Lord,
• 20 always giving thanks to God the Father for
  everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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ThanksgivingI thank you Phil 4

• 4 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it
  again Rejoice!
• 5 Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord
  is near.
• 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in
  everything, by prayer and petition, with
  thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
• 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all
  understanding, will guard your hearts and your
  minds in Christ Jesus.

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Supplication, Intercession I need you Rom 1

• 8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for
  all of you, because your faith is being reported
  all over the world.
• 9 God, whom I serve with my whole heart in
  preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness
  how constantly I remember you
• 10 in my prayers at all times and I pray that
  now at last by God's will the way may be opened
  for me to come to you.

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Supplication, Intercession I need you Rom 827

• Rom 827 And he who searches our hearts knows the
  mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes
  for the saints in accordance with God's will.
• Rom 101 Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer
  to God for the Israelites is that they may be
  saved.

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Supplication, Intercession I need you 1 Tim 2

• 1 I urge, then, first of all, that requests,
  prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made
  for everyone-
• 2 for kings and all those in authority, that we
  may live peaceful and quiet lives in all
  godliness and holiness.
• 3 This is good, and pleases God our Savior,
• 4 who wants all men to be saved and to come to a
  knowledge of the truth.

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Supplication, Personal I need you 1 Pet 57

• Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares
  for you.

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Supplication, Personal I need you Ps 32

• 6 Therefore let everyone who is godly pray to you
  while you may be found surely when the mighty
  waters rise, they will not reach him.
• 7 You are my hiding place you will protect me
  from trouble and surround me with songs of
  deliverance. Selah

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Supplication, Personal I need you Ps 32

• 8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way
  you should go I will counsel you and watch over
  you.
• 9 Do not be like the horse or the mule, which
  have no understanding, but must be controlled by
  bit and bridle or they will not come to you.
• 10 Many are the woes of the wicked, but the
  LORD's unfailing love surrounds the man who
  trusts in him.