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With the best of intentions, he tends to force his own will into all sorts of situations and problems
with the comfortable assurance that he is acting
under God's specific direction.
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All this should be very encouraging news for those who recoil from prayer because they don't believe in it, or because
they feel themselves cut off from God's help and direction.
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Upon entering A.A., these attitudes were sharply reversed, often going much too far in the opposite direction.
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But today, in well-matured A.A.'s, these distorted drives have been
restored to something
like their true purpose and direction.
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I was to sit quietly when in
doubt, asking only for direction and strength to meet my problems as He would
have me.
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Only by discussing ourselves, holding back nothing, only by being willing to take advice and accept direction could we set foot on the road to straight thinking, solid honesty, and genuine humility.
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In the face of collapse and
despair, in the face of the
total failure of their human resources, they found that a new power, peace, happiness, and sense of direction flowed into them.
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Much has already been said about receiving strength, inspiration,
and direction from Him who has all knowledge and power.
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When they talked of a God personal to me, who was love,
superhuman strength
and direction, I became irritated and my mind snapped shut against such a theory.
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He is not likely to get far in any direction if he fails to show unselfishness and love under his own roof.
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On the third day the lawyer gave his life to the care and direction of his Creator, and said he was perfectly willing to do anything necessary.
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As soon as we admitted the
possible existence of a
Creative Intelligence, a Spirit of
the Universe underlying the totality
of things, we began to be possessed of a new sense of power and direction, provided we took other simple steps.
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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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We have learned that whatever the human frailties of various faiths may be, those faiths have given purpose and direction to millions.
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Or we may be tipped over in
the other direction when, in rare cases, we get a cool and skeptical reception.
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We threw money about in every direction with the purpose of pleasing ourselves and impressing
other people.
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