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> Date: April 21, 2011 2:00:57 PM EDT
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> Subject: Fwd: Today, Thursday, April 21, 2011
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> Subj: Today, Thursday, April 21, 2011
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> April 21:–beginning with humility, we must act today.
> This is April, the 4th month of the year;
> • The 4th Tradition: Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or A.A. as a whole.
> • The 4th Step: Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
> • The 4th Promise: We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace.
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> A.A. Thought for the Day
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> After we have been in A.A. for a while, we find out that if we're going to stay sober, we have to be humble people. The men and women in A.A. who have achieved sobriety are all humble people. When I stop to think that but for the grace of God I might be drunk right now, I can't help feeling humble. Gratitude to God for His grace makes me humble. When I think of the kind of person I was, not so long ago. When I think of the person I left behind me, I have nothing to be proud of. Am I grateful and humble?
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> Meditation for the Day
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> I must arise from the death of sin and selfishness and put on a new life of integrity. All the old sins and temptations must be laid in the grave and a new existence rise from the ashes. Yesterday is gone. All my sins are forgiven if I am honestly trying to do God's will today. Today is here, the time of resurrection and renewal. I must start now, today, to build a new life of complete faith and trust in God and a determination to do His will in all things.
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> Prayer for the Day
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> I pray that I may share in making the world a better place to live in. I pray that I may do what I can to bring goodness a little nearer to the earth.
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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. I get the text from the following website: http://www.anonymityone.com/h24/0403EN.htm Note 4 numbers after “h24/”: the first two are the day of the month and the second two are the month. Example: To get daily reading for December 21st, you would change the URL to http://www.anonymityone.com/h24/2112EN.htm
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> April 21
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> The churches in their quarrels over purely sectarian issues have done much to divert attention from the primary purpose of religion, which is spirituality.
> Some pastors take a more critical attitude toward the neglect of church duties than they do toward moral transgressions.
> AA should be kept free of all controversial questions. We have but one purpose and that is to help the suffering alcoholic. Ours is a way of life; not a way of worship.
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> From: Eye Opener, Hazelden Foundation, Center City, MN 55012; printed in the USA. Publishers acknowledge generosity of T.W.R.
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> As Stan B. would often quote:
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> God has no religion -Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869-1948