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Prayer Acronyms List – 30+ creative ideas for approaching God in prayer

Prayer

19 Feb
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Prayer acronyms are useful for many reasons. They provide prompts if you struggle with what to say when it’s time to pray. 

These acronyms also give you a structure to follow if your prayers are jumbled, confusing and you often get distracted and lose your train of thought. 

Sometimes we can find ourselves praying the very same prayers over and over. Using different prayer acronyms can add variety to your prayers. 

They help to ensure you cover more topics and not just focus on yourself and what you need. 

Finally, if you have always repeated structured prayers like The Lord’s Prayer, using acronyms gives you a good way of creating your own prayers from your heart to talk to God for yourself.

Here are a few prayer acronyms to try.

Acronyms for structured prayer

These provide you with a general framework on what to include in your prayer based on the important elements of prayer.

PRAY stands for Pray, Repent, Ask, Yield.

ACTS stands for Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication.

ASK stands for Ask, Seek, Knock

PATH stands for Praise, Admit, Thanksgiving, Help. 

FACTS stands for Faith, Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication. 

PAST stands for Praise, Acknowledge, Supplication, Thanksgiving 

STOP stands for Surrender, Temptation, Obedience, Purity

3P’s represents Praise, Petition, Provision 

ALTAR stands for Adoration, Listen, Thanksgiving, Ask, Remember 

PRAISE stands for Praise, Repent, Ask, Intercede, Speak the Word, Enjoy His Presence 

WORSHIP stands for Welcome, Openness, Reflection, Surrender, Humility, Intercession, Praise 

PRAYER stands for Praise, Repent, Ask, Yield, Express, Renewal

ARROW stands for Ask, Reflect, Repent, Openly, Worship, Silence

PARTS acronyms for prayer 

PARTS stands for Praise, Ask, Repent, Thank, Share

PART stands for Praise, Admit, Request and Thank

HEART acronyms for prayer

HEART stands for Honor God, Examine your life, Ask for help, Request for others, Thank God

HEART stands for Honesty, Exaltation, Asking, Repentance, Thanksgiving 

Prayer acronyms to pray for others and yourself

BLESS stands for Body, Love or Labor, Emotions, Social, Spiritual 

HEART stands for Hurting, Exhausted, Angry, Resentful, and Tense. 

MYSELF stands for Mind what matters, Yield to God’s will, Serve others, Encourage others, Love others, Forgive others. This was designed to help you pray for yourself with a structure.

PASTOR stands for Protection, Anointing, Strength, Teachable, Opportunities, Revival

JOY stands for Jesus, Others, Yourself 

PEACE stands for Passion for Jesus, Enlightenment with biblical wisdom and Revelation 

PEACE stands for Praise, Examination, Ask for peace, Communion, Express gratitude

WISDOM stands for When, If, Sensitive, Do, Order, Method

TRIP for travelers stands for Time, Rest, Insight, Protection 

TRUST acronyms 

TRUST stands for Thanksgiving, Remember God’s faithful, Unburden your heart, Surrender to God’s answers, Trust in God. 

TRUST stands for Thanksgiving, Repent, Uplift request, Sit still, Take hold of God

Prayer acronym for Bible study prayers

IOUS stands for Incline my heart, Open my eyes, Unite my heart, Satisfy me. It was developed by John Piper to guide prayer before Bible study. 

TRIP stands for Thanks, Regret, Intercession, Purpose 

Prayer acronym for kids and youth

PARTY prayer model for students stands for Praise, Admit, Request, Thank, Yield

CHAT for Kids stands for Confession, Honor, Ask, Thank

TACOS(S) stands for Thanksgiving, Adoration, Confession, Others, Self (Silence)

Final thoughts on prayer acronyms

God wants nothing more than to hear from you. He also has a great deal to say to you. Use these acronyms to get into conversation with God. Start a prayer journal [link]. Writing out your prayers using these frameworks is a great place to start. Which acronym will you start with?

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