CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD IS TODAY THE MOST
IMPORTANT FACT OF THEIR LIVES, THEY PRESENT A POWERFUL
REASON WHY ONE SHOULD HAVE FAITH. WHEN WE SEE OTHERS
SOLVE THEIR PROBLEMS BY SIMPLE RELIANCE UPON SOME SPIRIT IN
THE UNIVERSE, WE HAVE TO STOP DOUBTING THE POWER OF GOD.
OUR IDEAS DID NOT WORK, BUT THE GOD-IDEA DOES. DEEP DOWN
IN EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD IS THE FUNDAMENTAL IDEA OF
GOD. FAITH IN A POWER GREATER THAN OURSELVES AND
MIRACULOUS DEMONSTRATIONS OF THAT POWER IN OUR LIVES, ARE
FACTS AS OLD AS THE HUMAN RACE.
God please grant me the serenity, to
accept the things I cannot change,
The courage to change the things I
can,
And the wisdom to know the
difference.
And suddenly my Lord was speaking...
"My Name Is...I Am."
He paused. I waited.
He continued.
"When You Live in the Past With Its Mistakes and Regrets,
It Is Hard.
I Am Not There. My Name Is Not...I Was.
When You Live in the Future, With Its Problems and Fears,
It Is Hard.
I Am Not There. My Name Is Not...I Will Be.
When You Live In This Moment,
It Is Not Hard.
I Am Here.
My Name Is...I Am."
Helen Mallicoat
Prayer For Peace
Lord, make me an instrument of Your
Peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
Where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master, grant that I may seek not
so much to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love;
for it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal
Life.
Amen.
Eleventh Step Prayer
ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really
know myself, and the fact that I think I am following your will does not
mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please
you does in fact please you. And I hope I have that desire in all that I am
doing. I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire. And I
know that if I do this, you will lead me by the right road, though I may
know nothing about it. Therefore I will trust you always though I may
seem to be lost and in the shadow of death. I will not fear, for you are
ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.
Thomas Merton
wilt. Relieve me of the bondage of self, that I may better do Thy will. Take
away my difficulties, that victory over them may bear witness to those I
would help of Thy Power, Thy Love, and Thy Way of Life. May I do Thy will
always.
Third Step Prayer, The Big Book, Page Sixty-Three
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. Amen.
Seventh Step Prayer, The Big Book, Page Seventy-Six
the world today.
As believers, scripture teaches us to put our trust in God, who alone can
put an end to all wars, atrocities and persecutions, restoring peace to all
mankind.
Mindful of this, I prayerfully request that you join me in asking our
Higher Power to resolve the many crises threatening mankind today.
Let Us Pray
Heavenly Father, we thank you for your Precious Gift of Peace.
We acknowledge your sovereignty over all of Life.
In the name of your Son Jesus Christ, we invoke you to resolve the
crises in our world.
In confidence we entrust the outcome to you with complete abandon.
WE PRAISE YOU O LORD. HOW GREAT THOU ART.
