A rough sketch of the ‘amida:
Through systematically developing a concept of the Creator and making that concept real through the act of dialogic address to the Creator, we bring about the redemption.
First, we establish the grounds for the encounter – praise: the ancestral relationship, the omnipotence, the transcendance.
Then, with those principles in mind, we address the Creator as the provider of, and beseech the Creator to bless us with, the following, in this specific order:
Awareness/Knowledge
Rethinking
Forgiveness
Liberation
Health
Prosperity
Ingathering
Lawful leadership
Punishment of the unjust
Reward of the just
Establishment of the perfected city
Emergence of the messianic archetype
…the whole ‘amida is a step by step process of actualization, each step is made possible by and builds upon the previous, culminating in:
Answered prayer
And then, we are ready for the ‘aboda of gratitude, concluding with the blessing of peace.