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> Date: December 29, 2011 12:15:25 PM EST
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> Subject: December 29
>

> December 29–Faith without works is dead
>
> This is December, the 12th month of the year;
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> • The 12th Tradition reads: Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our Traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.
> • The 12th Step: Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
> • The 12th Promise: We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves.
> _________
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> A.A. Thought for the Day
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> Participating in the privileges of the movement, I shall share in the responsibilities, taking it upon myself to carry my fair share of the load, not grudgingly but joyfully. I am deeply grateful for the privileges I enjoy because of my membership in this great movement. They put an obligation upon me which I will not shirk. I will gladly carry my fair share of the burdens. Because of the joy of doing them, they will no longer be burdens, but opportunities. Will I accept every opportunity gladly?
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> Meditation for the Day
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> Work and prayer are the two forces that are gradually making a better world. We must work for the betterment of ourselves and other people. Faith without works is dead. But all work with people should be based on prayer. If we say a little prayer before we speak or try to help, it win make us more effective. Prayer is the force behind the work. Prayer is based on faith that God is working with us and through us. We can believe that nothing is impossible in human relationships, if we depend on the help of God.
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> Prayer for the Day
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> I pray that my life may be balanced between prayer and work. I pray that I may not work without prayer or pray without work.
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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. 131 from As Bill Sees It : “Obstacles in Our Path”
>
> We live in a world riddled with envy. To a greater or lesser degree, everybody is
> infected with it.
> From this defect we must surely get a warped yet definite satisfaction. Else why
> would we consume so much time wishing for what we have not, rather than working for
> it, or angrily looking for attributes we shall never have, instead of adjusting to the fact
> & accepting it?
> Twelve & Twelve p-67
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> Each of us would like to live at peace with himself & with his fellow. We would
> like to be assured that the grace of God can do for us what we cannot do for ourselves.
> We have seen that character defects based upon shortsighted or unworthy desires
> are the obstacles that block our path toward these objectives. We now clearly see that
> we have been making unreasonable demands upon ourselves, upon others, & upon
> God.
> Twelve & Twelve p-76
>
>
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