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> From: NewParadigmFund@aol.com
> Date: February 28, 2011 10:20:47 AM EST
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> Subject: Fwd: Today, Monday, February 28, 2011
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> Subj: Today, Monday, February 28, 2011
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> February 28: “.....if we haven’t [turned our alcohol addiction over to God] honestly and fully, the chances are that it will become our problem again.” No work is of value without preparation. Every spiritual work must have behind it much spiritual preparation. Cut short times of prayer and times of spiritual preparation and many hours of work may be profitless.
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> This is February, the 2nd month of the year;
> • The 2nd Tradition: For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority—a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern.
> • The 2nd Step: Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
> • The 2nd Promise: We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness.
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> A.A. Thought for the Day
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> We should be free from alcohol for good. It’s out of our hands and in the hands of God, so we don’t need to worry about it or even think about it any more. But if we haven’t done this honestly and fully, the chances are that it will become our problem again. Since we don’t trust God to take care of the problem for us, we reach out and take the problem back to ourselves. Then it’s our problem again and we’re in the same old mess we were in before. We’re helpless again and we drink. Do I trust God to take care of the problem for me?
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> Meditation for the Day
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> No work is of value without preparation. Every spiritual work must have behind it much spiritual preparation. Cut short times of prayer and times of spiritual preparation and many hours of work may be profitless. From the point of view of God, one poor tool working all the time, but doing bad work because of lack of preparation is of small value compared with the sharp, keen, perfect instrument working for only a short time, but that turns out perfect work because of hours of spiritual preparation.
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> Prayer for the Day
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> I pray that I may spend more time alone with God. I pray that I may get more strength and joy from such times, so that they will add much to my 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. 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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> The following is Excerpt No. 33 from As Bill Sees It : “Foundation for Life”
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> We discover that we receive guidance for our lives to just about the extent that we stop making demands upon God to give it to us on order & on our terms.
> Twelve & Twelve p-104
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> In praying, we ask simply that throughout the day God place in us the best understanding of His will that we can have for that day, & that we be given the grace by which we may carry it out.
> Twelve & Twelve p-102
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> There is a direct linkage among self-examination meditation, & prayer. Taken separately, these practices can bring much relief & benefit. But when they are logically related & interwoven, the result is an unshakable foundation for life.
> Twelve & Twelve p-98
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> As Bill Sees It (formerly The A.A. Way of Life); copyright © 1967 by Alcoholics Anonymous ®
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