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> Date: July 12, 2011 10:06:52 AM EDT
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> Subj: Today, Tuesday, July 12, 2011
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> July 12–“The more we become willing to depend upon a Higher Power, the more independent we actually are.”–this is “healthy” dependence. Not all dependence is bad!!!
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> This is July, the 7th month of the year;
> • The 7th Tradition: Every A.A. group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.
> • The 7th Step: Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
> • The 7th Promise: We will lose interest in selfish things and gain interest in our fellows.
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> A.A. Thought for the Day
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> Today is ours. Let us live today as we believe God wants us to live. Each day will have a new pattern which we cannot foresee. But we can open each day with a quiet period in which we say a little prayer, asking God to help us through the day. Personal contact with God, as we understand Him, will from day to day bring us nearer to an understanding of His will for us. At the close of the day, we offer Him thanks for another day of sobriety. A full, constructive day has been lived and we are grateful. Am I asking God each day for strength and thanking Him each night?
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> Meditation for the Day
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> If you believe that God's grace has saved you, then you must believe that He is meaning to save you yet more and to keep you in the way that you should go. Even human rescuers would not save you from drowning only to place you in other deep and dangerous waters. Rather, they would place you on dry land, there to restore you. God, who is your rescuer, would certainly do this and even more. God will complete the task He sets out to do. He will not throw you overboard, if you are depending on Him.
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> Prayer for the Day
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> I pray that I may trust God to keep me in the way. I pray that I may rely on Him not to let me go.
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> Source: Twenty-Four Hours a Day, Richmond Walker, Copyright © 1975, Hazeldon Foundation, printed in the USA. Editor’s note: This book was compiled by Richmond Walker (1892–1965) of the Group at Daytona Beach, Florida.
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> The following is Excerpt No. 26 from As Bill Sees It : “True Independence of the Spirit”
> The more we become willing to depend upon a Higher Power, the more independent we actually are. Therefore, dependence as A.A. practices it is really a means of gaining true independence of the spirit.
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> At the level of everyday living, it is startling to discover how dependent we really are, & how unconscious of that dependence. Every modern house has electric wiring carrying power & light to its interior. By accepting with delight our dependence upon this marvel of science, we find ourselves personally more independent, more comfortable & secure. Power flows just where it is needed. Silently & surely, electricity, that strange energy so few people understand, meets our simplest daily needs.
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> Though we readily accept this principle of healthy dependence in many of our temporal affairs, we often fiercely resist the identical principle when asked to apply it as means of growth in the life of the spirit. Clearly, we shall never know freedom under God until we try to seek His will for us. The choice is ours.
> Twelve & Twelve p-36
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> As Bill Sees It (formerly The A.A. Way of Life); copyright © 1967 by Alcoholics Anonymous ® World Services, Inc., 475 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10115
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