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I am not a religious person but these days and for a long time now I have come to believe in the power of prayer and it has helped me through my recovery along with AA meetings and a beautiful 12 step program for living.
Prayer is a personal thing so I may be the only one posting on this topic but if you would like to share a prayer or just share your views please post.
The Lords Prayer was the only prayer I knew before coming into recovery except for the ones I used when in trouble.
God if you get me out of this one I will never drink again. Liar. Or the alcoholics prayer. O God never again. Normally said the morning after a big night out sometimes said over the porcelain alter (Toilet Bowl).
But my prayers have change and the first one I came in contact with is the Serenity Prayer.
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.
It lets me know that I cannot change 99.9% of things outside of me. People ,Places, etc. That I can change 99.9% of things inside of me. Especially my thinking and the way I see things. And the wisdom to know the difference between the two.
This is only one of many helpful prayers that are available if you want to use them..
God Bless
Lionel
Prayer is a personal thing so I may be the only one posting on this topic but if you would like to share a prayer or just share your views please post.
The Lords Prayer was the only prayer I knew before coming into recovery except for the ones I used when in trouble.
God if you get me out of this one I will never drink again. Liar. Or the alcoholics prayer. O God never again. Normally said the morning after a big night out sometimes said over the porcelain alter (Toilet Bowl).
But my prayers have change and the first one I came in contact with is the Serenity Prayer.
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.
It lets me know that I cannot change 99.9% of things outside of me. People ,Places, etc. That I can change 99.9% of things inside of me. Especially my thinking and the way I see things. And the wisdom to know the difference between the two.
This is only one of many helpful prayers that are available if you want to use them..
God Bless
Lionel
God,
Please help me set aside
Everything I think I know
About myself, my disease,
These steps, and especially You,
For an open mind
And a new experience
With myself, my disease,
These steps and especially You.
Amen
Oswald Chambers
"Prayer is the mother and daughter of all tears. It is an expiation of sin, a bridge across temtation, a bulwark againstaffliction. It wipes out conflict, is the work of angels, and is the nourishment of everything spiritual."
Saint John Climacus
I hope you all have a sober 24.
God Bless
Lionel
I SAID A PRAYER For You Today
I said a prayer for you today
And know God must have heard
I felt the answer in my heart
Although He spoke no word
I didnt ask for wealth or fame
I knew you wouldnt mind
I ask Him to send treasures
Of a far more lasting kind
I ask that He would be near to you
At the start of each new day
To grant you health and blessings
And friends to share the way
I asked Him happiness for you
In all things great and small
But it was for His loving care
I prayed for most of all
May I be well.
May I be peaceful and at ease.
May I be happy.
Tibetan Buddhist - meditation
You have MISINTERPRETED a BEAUTIFUL thread here !
Why do you feel the need to do this?
Here is the line from the ORIGINAL POST >>>
"now I have come to believe in the power of prayer and it has helped me through my recovery >>along with>
THERE IS NOT ONE NEGATIVE POST ON THIS THREAD UNTIL YOUR POST !!!
Why do u feel the need to "add your two cents worth"?
Maybe take a good hard look at steps 6 and 7..
And then take an even deeper look at your resistance to anyone sharing their POSITIVE EXPERIENCES with the Power of prayer and their OWN relationship with their OWN Higher Power...
Also, you have brought much negative forces to express your resistance to a Higher Power of "our own understanding" and to prayer work...And yet, you offer NOTHING of what "power" you have in your own life.
If you are as sober as you try to tell us,, what page in the Big Book of ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS is the following from :
"We could wish to be moral, we could wish to be philosophically comforted, in fact, we could will these things with all our might, but the needed power wasn't there. Our human resources, as marshalled by the will, were not sufficient; they failed utterly.
Lack of Power, that was our dilemma.
We had to find a power by which we could live, and it had to be a Power greater than ourselves. Obviously. But where and how were we to find this Power?
>>> Well, that's exactly what this book is about.
Its main object is to enable you to find a Power greater than yourself which will solve your problem."
If you feel the need to REACT to my post above,,, please come to me in PRIVATE as i will NOT repsond to you(or anyone else that wants to ruin this thread) on this thread.
My PRAYER is to keep this BEAUTIFUL THREAD ALIVE AND WELL AS LONG AS POSSIBLE on this board.
God Bless all who have kept this string so POSITIVE.
Sincerely,
Botbotcoco
London Primary Purpose Group
www.londonppbbs.com
give it a rest...
Thank you for giving this board a thread in the spirit of love and lightenss for the still suffering alcoholics.
Thank you for all the new prayers I have not seen before..
Thank you for the newcomers on this thread and their "gut prayers" for sobriety today.
Thank you for Lionels gentle hand and beautiful heart.
God bless
botbotcoco