“One prayer routine that is balanced and easy to remember is found in the word ACTS, an acrostic whose four letters stand for adoration, confession, thanksgiving, and supplication.”
Too Busy Not to Pray (2008, InterVarsity Press)
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Philippians 4: 6-7 (KJV)
Variant translations:
Do not be anxious over anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication along with thanksgiving, let your petitions be made known to God; and the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and your mental powers by means of Christ Jesus.
Epistle to the Philippians

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Part I, Chapter 21, 'Nirbal Ke Bala Rama'
1920s, An Autobiography (1927)

“Now, look, baby, 'Union' is spelled with 5 letters. It is not a four-letter word.”

“I don't want to use four-letter words.”
Reason and Religion; or, The Grounds and Measures of Devotion. Part I, Introduction, Section VIII.

18th October 1968
1960s
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“Step with care and great tact, and remember that Life's a Great Balancing Act.”
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Unclassified