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> Date: July 11, 2011 11:23:20 AM EDT
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> Subj: Today, Monday, July 11, 2011
> July 11–“It works - it really does”
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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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> We in Alcoholics Anonymous do not try to chart the path for the human soul or try to lay out a blueprint of the working of faith, as one might plan a charity drive. We do tell the newcomer that we have renewed our faith in a Higher Power. In the telling, our faith is further renewed. We believe that faith is always close at hand, waiting for those who will listen to the heartbeat of the spirit. We believe there is a force for good in the universe and that if we link up with this force, we are carried onward to a new life. Am I in this stream of goodness?
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> Meditation for the Day
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> God will protect you from the forces of evil, if you will rely on Him. You can face all things through the power of God which strengthens you. Once God has set on you His stamp and seal of ownership, all His strength will serve and protect you. Remember that you are a child of the Father. Realize that the Father's help is always ready and available to all His children, so that they can face anything. God will do all that is necessary for your spiritual well-being, if you will let Him live His way.
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> Prayer for the Day
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> I pray that I may rely on God as I go through this day. I pray that I may feel deeply secure, no matter what happens to me.
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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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> Morning Meditation (Big Book; pages 86-88–formatted differently than appears in BB–from a prayer card I picked up at a Matt Talbot gathering):
> On awakening
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> Let us think about the twenty-four hours ahead.
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> We consider our plans for the day.
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> Before we begin, we ask God to direct our thinking,
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> Especially asking that it be divorced from self-pity,
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> Dishonest or self-seeking motives.
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> Under these conditions we can employ our mental faculties
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> With assurance, for after all God gave us brains to use.
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> Our thought- life will be placed on a much higher plane
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> When our thinking is cleared of wrong motives.
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> In thinking about our day we may face indecision.
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> We may not be able to determine which course to take.
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> Here we ask God for inspiration, an intuitive thought or a decision.
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> We relax and take it easy.
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> We don't struggle.
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> We are often surprised how
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> The right answers come
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> After we have tried this for a while.
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> What used to be the hunch or the occasional inspiration
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> Gradually becomes a working part of the mind.
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> Being still inexperienced
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> And having just made conscious contact with God,
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> It is not probable that we are going to be inspired
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> At all times.
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> We might pay for this presumption
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> In all sorts of absurd actions and ideas.
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> Nevertheless,
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> We find that our thinking will, as time passes,
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> Be more and more on the plane of inspiration.
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> We come to rely upon it.
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> We usually conclude the period of meditation
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> With a prayer that we be shown all through the day
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> What our next step is to be,
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> That we be given whatever we need
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> To take care of such problems.
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> We ask especially for freedom from self-will,
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> And are careful to make no request for ourselves only.
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> We may ask for ourselves, however,
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> If others will be helped.
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> We are careful never to pray for our own selfish ends.
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> Many of us have wasted a lot of time doing that
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> And it doesn't work. You can easily see why.
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> If circumstances warrant,
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> We ask our [spouses] or friends
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> To join us in morning meditation.
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> If we belong to a religious denomination
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> Which requires a definite morning devotion,
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> We attend to that also.
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> If not members of religious bodies,
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> We sometimes select and memorize a few set prayers
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> Which emphasize the principles we have been discussing.
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> There are many helpful books also.
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> Suggestions about these may be obtained
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> From one's priest, minister, or rabbi.
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> Be quick to see where religious people are right.
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> Make use of what they offer.
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> As we go through the day we pause,
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> When agitated or doubtful,
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> And ask for the right thought or action.
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> We constantly remind ourselves
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> We are no longer running the show, humbly saying to ourselves many times each day
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> "Thy will be done."
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> We are then in much less danger
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> Of excitement, fear, anger, worry, self-pity,
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> Or foolish decisions.
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> We become much more efficient.
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> We do not tire so easily,
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> For we are not burning up energy foolishly
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> As we did when we were trying to arrange life
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> To suit ourselves.
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> It works - it really does.
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