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The Serenity Prayer
God, grant me the Serenity Serenity Prayer to accept the things I cannot change...
Courage to change the things I can,
and Wisdom to know the difference.
posted by bpresent | 29.9.04 | 4 comments...
Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi
The Prayer of St.Francis of Assisi is affectionately known as The Eleventh Step Prayer as it appears in the book "12 Steps and 12 Traditions" in the reading for the eleventh step.
According to this website dedicated to St.Francis, this prayer was almost certainly not written by him. It apparently dates from the early part of the 20th century, and its author is unknown. It was found in Normandy in 1915, written on the back of a holy card of St. Francis. The version that follows is from the "12 and 12" and differs from the original.
Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace!
That where there is hatred,
I may bring love.
That where there is wrong,
I may bring the spirit of forgiveness.
That where there is discord,
I may bring harmony.
That where there is error,
I may bring truth.
That where there is doubt,
I may bring faith.
That where there is despair,
I may bring hope.
That where there are shadows,
I may bring light.
That where there is sadness,
I may bring joy.
Lord, grant that I may seek rather to comfort,
than to be comforted.
To understand,
than to be understood.
To love,
than to be loved.
For it is by self-forgetting that one finds.
It is by forgiving that one is forgiven.
posted by bpresent | 29.9.04 | 3 comments...
7th Step Prayer
...Are we now ready to let God remove from us all the things which we have admitted are objectionable? Can He now take them all, everyone? If we still cling to something we will not let go, we ask God to help us be willing.
When ready, we say something like this: "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." We have then completed Step Seven.
Now we need more action, without which we find that "Faith without works is dead."
[Found on page 76 of the Big Book.]
posted by bpresent | 29.9.04 | 0 comments...
Third Step Prayer (alternate)
Following is a less St.James biblical version of the third step prayer
 
I offer myself to you,
To build with me
and to do with me
as you will.
Relieve me of the bondage of self,
that I may better do your will.
Take away my difficulties,
so that victory over them
may bear witness to those I would help
of your power, your love, and your way of life.
May I do your will always.
posted by bpresent | 24.9.04 | 0 comments...
3rd Step Prayer
We were now at Step Three. Many of us said to our Maker, as we understood Him: "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!" We thought well before taking this step making sure we were ready; that we could at last abandon ourselves utterly to Him.
We found it very desirable to take this spiritual step with an understanding person, such as our wife, best friend or spiritual adviser. But it is better to meet God alone than with one who might misunderstand. The wording was, of course, quite optional so long as we expressed the idea, voicing it without reservation. This was only a beginning, though if honestly and humbly made, an effect, sometimes a very great one, was felt at once.
[Found on page 63 of the Big Book.]
posted by bpresent | 23.9.04 | 1 comments...
 
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11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge for His will for us and the power to carry that out.

3rd Step Prayer     7th Step Prayer     11th Step Prayer

Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi     Serenity Prayer

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