Pray As You Go: Acrostic Prayer
Posted on August 6th, 2009 by Sandi Renteria
posted under: Make a Difference
A great way to do a quick review of our lives using the following acrostic on priorities by Mica Campbell, author of “An Untroubled Heart: Finding a Faith that is Stronger than all my Fears”.
After reading the following acrostic... perhaps God can help pull some weeds from your heart, by removing all your fears.
P – Pray. Ask God for wisdom. Ask Him to show you his priorities for this season of your life.
R – Review God’s priorities for your life. Study God’s Word to determine His priorities for you as His child and as a woman.
I – Take Inventory. Examine the activities that consume your time. Keep a time log for a week. Then ask hard questions. What are my true priorities? Are they the right ones?
O – Order your schedule. Ask, “What is important?” Make the hard choices based on God’s priorities for your life.
R – Resist the “tyranny of the urgent.” Don’t let the urgent keep you from focusing on the truly important.
I – Input from others. Seek input, counsel, and accountability from authorities, your husband, godly friends, and mentors.
T – Take advantage of the time God gives you. Don’t waste time. Do all to the glory of God.
I – Identify time robbers. What saps your energy and robs your time? Activities, attitudes, distractions, interruptions?
E – Experience this season fully. Be all there in this season of life. Weep, rejoice, work hard, and celebrate with all your heart. Don’t waste time living in the past or future.
S – Sabbaths. Take regular time-outs to refresh, regain perspective, reflect and evaluate, and reprioritize. Make adjustments accordingly. (An Untroubled Heart, p. 69)
Therefore encourage one another and build each other up. 1 Thess 5:11
As I examined this acrostic on priorities, I started putting my daily actions in priority. This has helped me become more focused on what’s important and has made my daily actions toward reaching my goals attainable.
Let God pull weeds from your Heart – and remove all your Fears.