"God, I offer myself to Thee — to build with me and to do with me as Thou 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!"
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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. Amen."
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If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are half way through. We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness.We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it.We will comprehend the
word serenity and we will know peace. No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others. That feeling of uselessness and self-pity will disappear. We will lose interest in selfish things and gain interest in our fellows. Self-seeking will slip away. Our whole attitude and outlook upon life will change. Fear of people and of economic insecurity will leave us. We will intuitively know how to handle situations which used to baffle us. We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves.
Are these extravagant promises? We think not. They are being fulfilled among us — sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly. They will always materialize if we work for them.
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Easy Does it..Keep It Simple..Let Go and Let God..
these are the prayers that i keep with me every day and have helped me achieve sobriety.
they keep me grounde and remind me of the bigger picture.
i have been able to go through things that i thought would kill me and made me stronger playing thoes prayers and promises over and over in my mind when i had no idea what to do.
they are my backbone for sobriety. they have become part of me...thank god
One thing my sponsor told me was that every line in the big book that starts with "we ask..." is a prayer...we ask God to direct our thinking, we ask God to help us show them the tolerance, pity and patience, etc...
I spent my first year hunting and highlighting all the prayers...
