APTAT

Admit

your utter need for God’s Provision

John 15:5 ESV

5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

Pray

focus your mind on the giver of the solution/strength/etc.

Psalm 50:15 ESV

15 and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.”

Trust

in the promises found in God’s Word

2 Chronicles 20:20 ESV

20 And they rose early in the morning and went out into the wilderness of Tekoa. And when they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Hear me, Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in the Lord your God, and you will be established; believe his prophets, and you will succeed.”

Act

upon what you know to be true, not what you see in front of you

Philippians 2:12–13 ESV

12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, 13 for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.

Thank

give thanks in everything.

Dig for gold nuggets

Psalm 106:1 ESV

1 Praise the Lord! Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!