I put my hand in yours,and together we can do what we could never do alone. No longer is there a sense of hopelessness,no longer must we each depend uponour own unsteady willpower. We are all together now,reaching out our handsfor power and strengthgreater than ours,and as we join hands,we find love and understandingbeyond our […]
12 Step 23rd Psalm The Lord is my Shepherd, In my addiction and in my life I badly need someone or something outside of myself, my higher power Christ my good Shepherd. (In my addiction and in my life I badly need someone or something outside of myself.) I shall not want. Trusting God quietens
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The prayer surrounds your loved ones with heavenly protection. There exist many night prayers in the vast treasury of prayers. One very brief but beautiful prayer is commonly attributed to St Augustine, from the 5th century. What is unique about this prayer is that it not only prays for the person about to fall asleep,
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Step 1 prayer Dear Higher Power,I admit that I am powerless over my addiction.I admit that my life is unmanageable when I try to control it.Help me this day to understandThe true meaning of powerlessness.Remove from me all denial of my addiction. Step 2 prayer God,I know in my heart that only you can restore
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Higher Power: We ask for your guidance in carrying out this work in service to the SLAA fellowship. Relieve us of the burdens of our egos and perfectionism. Grant us the grace of humility. Remind us to place principles before personalities. Help us to focus only on the greater good of the fellowship. Let us
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My Creator, I am now willing that you should have all of me, good and bad. I pray that you now remove from me every single defect of character which stands in the way of my usefulness to you and my fellows. Grant me strength, as I go out from here, to do your bidding.
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To the GOD of my understanding: God, I offer myself to you,to build with meand to do with meas you will. Relieve me of the bondage of self,that I may better do your will. Take away my difficulties,that victory over themmay bear witness to thoseI would helpof your power, your love,and your way of life.May
God grant me the serenity To accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference. Serenity Prayer (perhaps original) God grant me the serenity To accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference. Living one
Look to this day, For it is life, The very life of life. In its brief course lies all The realities and verities of existence, The bliss of growth, The splendour of action, The glory of Power — For yesterday is but a dream And tomorrow is only a vision. But today, well lived, Makes
Surround me with Your love and guidance, O God;I am not safe without You. I am constantly exposed to this stressful world.I am in danger sometimes of losing the battle to the very shortcomings of my own nature. I can only surrender myself to Youand believe that You will fulfill Your purpose in me. I
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