Prayers in the Big Book

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"God, I offer myself to Thee—to build with me and to do with me as Thou wilt. Relieve me of the bondage of self, that I may better do Thy will. Take away my difficulties, that victory over them may bear witness to those I would help of Thy Power, Thy Love, and Thy Way of life. May I do Thy will always!"

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We asked God to help us show them the same tolerance, pity, and patience that we would cheerfully grant a sick friend. When a person offended we said to ourselves, "This is a sick man. How can I be helpful to him? God save me from being angry. Thy will be done."

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We ask Him to remove our fear and direct our attention to what He would have us be.

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We asked God to mold our [sex] ideals and help us to live up to them.

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In meditation, we ask God what we should do about each specific matter [regarding sex harms].

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To sum up about sex: We earnestly pray for the right ideal, for guidance in each questionable situation, for sanity, and for the strength to do the right thing.

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We thank God from the bottom of our heart that we know Him better.

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If we still cling to something we will not let go, we ask God to help us be willing.

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"My Creator, I am now willing that you should have all of me, good and bad. I pray that you now remove from me every single defect of character which stands in the way of my usefulness to you and my fellows. Grant me strength, as I go out from here, to do your bidding. Amen." We have then completed Step Seven.

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If we haven’t the will to do this, we ask until it comes.

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Reminding ourselves that we have decided to go to any lengths to find a spiritual experience, we ask that we be given strength and direction to do the right thing, no matter what the personal consequences may be.

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Each might pray about it, having the other one’s happiness uppermost in mind.

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So we clean house with the family, asking each morning in meditation that our Creator show us the way of patience, tolerance, kindliness and love.

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When these [selfishness, dishonesty, resentment, and fear] crop up, we ask God at once to remove them.

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After making our review we ask God’s forgiveness and inquire what corrective measures should be taken.

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Before we begin [our morning meditation], we ask God to direct our thinking, especially asking that it be divorced from self-pity, dishonest or self-seeking motives.

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Here [if faced with indecision while thinking about the day] we ask God for inspiration, an intuitive thought or a decision.

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We usually conclude the period of meditation with a prayer that we be shown all through the day what our next step is to be, that we be given whatever we need to take care of such problems. We ask especially for freedom from self-will, and are careful to make no request for ourselves only. We may ask for ourselves, however, if others will be helped.

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As we go through the day we pause, when agitated or doubtful, and ask for the right thought or action. We constantly remind ourselves we are no longer running the show, humbly saying to ourselves many times each day "Thy will be done."

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Ask Him in your morning meditation what you can do each day for the man who is still sick.