ACTS prayer method

The ACTS prayer method, guided

ACTS is a simple pattern for balanced prayer: Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, then Supplication. PrayerMap guides every prayer session through the four phases, each with a reflection prompt and a rotating scripture in your Bible translation, and then opens your prayer list for the supplication.

It is on by default, and one tap in your profile turns it off if you would rather go straight to your list.

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The PrayerMap Today page where each guided prayer session begins: the greeting, the date, the accountability card and the suggested evening session

The Today page on a phone, where the prayer session starts

The four phases

Adoration, confession, thanksgiving, supplication

The ACTS prayer method in PrayerMap
Phase	What you do
Adoration	Begin with praise, not for what God has done but for who He is: His holiness, faithfulness and love.
Confession	Invite the Holy Spirit to search your heart, bring anything unconfessed into the light, and receive His forgiveness.
Thanksgiving	Name specific things God has done: answered prayers, daily provision, the grace you have seen this week.
Supplication	Bring your requests. Your PrayerMap prayer list is waiting, organized so nothing is forgotten.

Each phase in a PrayerMap session shows a short reflection prompt and a scripture verse that rotates from session to session, in the translation you chose. Guided prayer like this keeps a prayer time from becoming only a list of requests.

Balanced prayer

Guided prayer that stays balanced over time

The Reports page includes an ACTS breakdown, so you can see how your prayer time has been shared across adoration, confession, thanksgiving and supplication over the weeks. It is a mirror, not a score.

Thanksgiving and supplication connect to the rest of PrayerMap: answered prayers from your journal give you specific things to thank God for, and the supplication phase is your scheduled prayer list for the day, where you can also pray like Paul over any person.

How it works

How a guided ACTS prayer session works

Open today's session

At your prayer time, open PrayerMap. The session starts with Adoration.

Move through the phases

Read the prompt and the verse for each phase, pray, and continue to the next: Confession, then Thanksgiving.

Pray your list

Supplication opens the prayer items scheduled for this session. Check them off as you pray.

“Enter His gates with thanksgiving And His courts with praise. Give thanks to Him, bless His name.”
Psalm 100:4 (NASB95)

Questions

Questions about ACTS prayer in PrayerMap

What does ACTS stand for in prayer?

ACTS stands for Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving and Supplication: praise God for who He is, confess sin, thank Him for what He has done, then bring your requests. It is a long-standing Christian pattern for balanced prayer.

Is there an app that guides ACTS prayer?

Yes. PrayerMap guides every prayer session through the four ACTS phases with a reflection prompt and a rotating scripture for each, then moves into your own prayer list for supplication.

Which Bible translation are the ACTS verses in?

The one you choose in your PrayerMap profile: AMP, CJB, ESV, KJV, MSG, NASB, NASB95, NET, NIV, NIV84, NKJV, NLT or RSV.

Can I skip the ACTS phases and go straight to my list?

Yes. ACTS guidance is on by default, and you can turn it off in your profile in one tap.