This acrostic does not come from the Endorsed Prayers. In other words, they are not necessarily prayers that scripture admonishes us to pray by instruction or example. But they are prayers based on scriptures which elicit praise. It is a powerful acrostic called KINGS.
Prayers in the Acrostic K.I.N.G.S.K: You are King of Kings! You establish kings! You remove kings!
I: In Christ we have every spiritual blessing, to inherit a kingdom!
N: I am called by your name!
G: Both Father and Son have given us their glory!
S: We saints will reign forever, with you!
Now you know four prayer acrostics. If you can remember the sentence, Kings follow Christ, the way & power, you can pray twenty-eight prayers from scripture. Now you know what to talk about when you talk to God!The scriptures for each prayer in K.I.N.G.S. are provided below. Click the prayer in gold text to open a commentary on that prayer:Prayers in the Acrostic K.I.N.G.S.K: You are King of Kings! You establish kings! You remove kings!
- "He (Jesus) has on his garment and on his thigh a name written, "KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS" (Revelation 19:16).
- "He changes the times and the seasons. He removes kings and sets up kings" (Daniel 2:21). In the context, "He" is God.
I: In Christ we have every spiritual blessing, to inherit a kingdom!
- "3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ... 14 We were also assigned an inheritance in him" (Ephesians 1:3,14).
- "Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth" (Matthew 5:5).
- "The kingdom and the dominion, and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole sky, will be given to the people of the saints of the Most High. His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions will serve and obey him" (Daniel 7:27).
N: I am called by your name!
- "that the rest of men may seek after the Lord; all the Gentiles who are called by my name, says the Lord, who does all these things" (Acts 15:17).
G: Both Father and Son have given us their glory!
- "The glory which you have given me (Jesus), I have given to them; that they may be one, even as we are one" (John 17:22).
S: We saints will reign forever, with you!
- "There will be no curse any more. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants (doulos) will serve him. 4 They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. 5 There will be no night, and they need no lamp light or sun light; for the Lord God will illuminate them. They will reign forever and ever" (Revelation 22:3-5).
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