07/14/2026
Each year ACS picks a word that we feel captures where God is leading us for the coming year. Our word for 2026-2027 is PRAISE. Here is our prayer for the year.
If there is breath in my lungs, let it be filled with praise.
May my days be filled with joyous praise for the things You have done, the prayers You have answered, the mercies You have shown, and the victories You have already secured. May my praise also rise in expectation for the things yet to come, trusting that the God who was faithful yesterday remains faithful forever.
May my nights be filled with the praise of a warrior, armed and ready for battle. When darkness surrounds me, let praise be my weapon. When fear whispers, let worship answer. When the enemy accuses, let thanksgiving silence every lie. Let songs in the night become declarations of Your promises and Your unfailing love.
Teach my heart to offer praise in every season. Let my praise be marked by hands raised in thanksgiving, knees bent in surrender, shouts of joy in victory, and honest cries for help in weakness. Let praise be found on my lips when I understand and when I do not, when I am rejoicing and when I am waiting, when I am celebrating and when I am enduring. For You are worthy not only because of what You do, but because of who You are.
Awaken within me a new song born from living encounters with You. Let spontaneous praise rise from my spirit like a river that cannot be contained. Give me songs for every season and melodies that testify of Your goodness. Let new songs erupt from places where old sorrows once lived. Turn my mourning into dancing, my heaviness into rejoicing, and my lament into thanksgiving. Clothe me with gladness that my soul may sing praise and not be silent.
May praise become my first response and my lasting response. When blessings come, I will praise You. When challenges arise, I will praise You. When answers arrive, I will praise You. When I must wait, I will praise You. Let praise be the language of my faith, the posture of my heart, and the atmosphere of my life.
For You are holy and worthy of praise. Great is Your faithfulness. Great is Your mercy. Great is Your power. Great is Your love. From the rising of the sun to its setting, from my first breath to my last, may my life declare Your goodness.
If there is breath in my lungs, let it be filled with praise.