ADORATION

          O Lord, our Lord,

          How majestic is Your name in all the earth!

          You have set Your glory above the heavens! (Psalm 8:1)

          Great and marvellous are Your works,

          Lord God Almighty!

          Righteous and true are Your ways,

          King of the nations!

          Who will not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name?

          For You alone are holy.

          All nations will come and worship before You,

          For Your righteous acts have been revealed. (Revelation

          15:3-4)

          Pause to express your thoughts of praise and worship.
          CONFESSION

          You, Lord, are in Your holy temple;

          You are on Your heavenly throne.

          You observe all people;

          Your eyes examine them. (Psalm 11:4)

          Ask the Spirit to search your heart and reveal any areas of

          unconfessed sin.  Acknowledge these to the Lord and thank

          Him for His forgiveness.
          RENEWAL

          O Lord my God, may I fear You, walk in all Your ways, love

          You, and serve You with all my heart and with all my soul.

          (Deuteronomy 10:12)

          Christ Jesus, I have not been made perfect, but I press on

          to lay hold of that for which You laid hold of me.  I do not

          consider myself yet to have attained it, but one thing I do:

          forgetting what is behind and stretching forward to what is

          ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize of the

          upward call of God in You. (Philippians 3:12-14)
          Pause to add your own prayers for personal renewal.
          PETITION

          My body is a temple of Your Holy Spirit, who is in me and

          whom I have received from You, Lord God. I am not my own,

          for I was bought at a price; therefore may I glorify You in

          my body. (1 Corinthians 6:19-20)
          Pause here to petition God for growth in your desire to know

          and please Jesus Christ.  Pray for a greater love and

          commitment to Him, for the grace to practice His presence and

          for the grace to glorify Him in your life.  Offer prayers

          regarding your activities for this day and any special

          concerns you may have.
          INTERCESSION

          We must take heed to ourselves and to all the flock of which

          Your Holy Spirit has made us overseers to shepherd Your

          church, which You, Jesus, purchased with Your own blood.

          (Acts 20:28)
          Take a few moments to intercede on behalf of your local

          church, other churches, evangelism and discipleship

          ministries, educational ministries and any other special

          concerns you may have.
          AFFIRMATION

          Your love, O Christ, compels me, because I am convinced that

          You are the One who died for all, and therefore all died.

          And You died for all, that those who live should no longer

          live for themselves but for the One who died for them and

          was raised again. (2 Corinthians 5:14-15)

          You redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a

          curse for us, for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who

          hangs on a tree.” (Galatians 3:13)
          Pause to reflect on these Biblical affirmations.
          THANKSGIVING

          In Your unfailing love You have led the people You have

          redeemed.

          In Your strength You have guided them to Your holy dwelling.

          You have brought them in and planted them on the mountain of

          Your inheritance-

          The place, O Lord, You made for Your dwelling;

          The sanctuary, O Lord, Your hands have established. (Exodus

          15:13, 17)

          You are the Lord our God, who brought Your people out of

          Egypt so that they would no longer be slaves; You broke the

          bars of their yoke and enabled them to walk with heads held

          high. (Leviticus 26:13)
          Pause to offer your own expressions of thanksgiving.
          CLOSING PRAYER

          Whom have I in heaven but You?

          And there is nothing on earth I desire besides You.

          My flesh and my heart may fail,

          But You are the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

          Those who are far from You will perish;

          You have cut off all who are unfaithful to You.

          But as for me, it is good to be near You.

          I have made You, Lord God, my refuge,

          That I may tell of all Your works. (Psalm 73:25-28)
          FACE TO FACE: PRAYING THE SCRIPTURES FOR INTIMATE WORSHIP by

          Dr. Kenneth Boa ($6.99 / ISBN 0-310-92550-9  / Softcover /

          350 pp. / 1997 / Zondervan).