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We all need the light of God's reality, the nourishment of His strength, and the atmosphere of His grace.
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If that degree of humility
could enable us to find the
grace by which such a deadly obsession could be banished, then there must be hope of the same result respecting any other problem we could possibly
have.
3.
We ask simply that throughout the day God place in us the best understanding of His
will that we can have for that day, and that we be given the grace by which we may carry it out.
4.
That is the spiritual climate in which A.A. was born, and by God's grace has nevertheless flourished.
5.
Finally, he saw that I wasn't
attempting to change his
religious views, that I wanted him to find the grace in his own religion that would aid his recovery.
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As an insurance against
"big-shot-ism" we can often check ourselves by remembering that we are today sober only by the grace of God and that any success we may be having is
far more His success than ours.
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As they are humbled by the terrific beating administered by alcohol,
the grace of God can enter them and expel their obsession.
12.
The fact was we really hadn't
cleaned house so that the
grace of God could enter us and expel the obsession.
13.
These very deviations created a vast process of trial and error which, under the grace of God, has brought us to where we stand today.
14.
Without unity, the heart of A.A. would cease to beat; our world arteries would no longer carry the life-giving grace of God; His gift to us would be spent aimlessly.
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Well, we surely have a chance if we switch from "two-stepping" to "twelve-stepping," if we are
willing to receive that
grace of God which can sustain and strengthen us
in any catastrophe.
17.
It seems plain that the grace of God will not enter to expel our destructive obsessions until we are willing to try this.
18.
As though lying upon a sunlit beach, let us relax and breathe deeply of the spiritual atmosphere with which the grace of this prayer surrounds us.
19.
As we have seen, self-searching is the means by
which we bring new vision, action, and grace to bear upon the dark and negative side of our natures.
20.
Then he asked for the grace to
bring love, forgiveness, harmony, truth, faith, hope, light, and joy to every human being he could.
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Therefore we remained
self-deceived, and so incapable of receiving enough grace to restore us to sanity.
23.
Our basic troubles are the
same as everyone else's, but when an honest effort is made "to practice these principles
in all our affairs," well-grounded A.A.'s seem to have the ability, by God's grace, to take these troubles in stride and turn them into demonstrations of faith.
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But its object is always the same: to improve our conscious contact with God, with His grace, wisdom, and love.
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