Profound 11 CREATES 2-WAY PRAYER SCENE

Al-Anon's "Paths To Recovery" asks this question under "Working Step Eleven":
What do I need to have the power to carry out God's Will for me? Have I asked God for that power?

ANSWER ALWAYS BEGINS, I BELIEVE, WITH PRAYER:
"Lord how can I do this thing?"

THEN WRITE WRITE WRITE ANY ALL THOUGHTS AND QUESTION GOD
"Lord I asked You how to do this and all I can think of is the loud sound of birds singing in my yard, what does this mean?"

THEN WRITE WRITE WRITE AND QUESTION
"Lord now I am envisioning my mom many years ago singing by the fireplace. Does mom have something to do with the answer to the power I need to do this?"

And so on and so on!

Trying this honestly and without pressures or coercion always leads to answers. If we can get a co-walker (prayerful 12 stepper hungry for God's Spiritual answers to problems) and exchange the favour of praying for his/her issue and writing out her/his thoughts as they are received, we find that the Power is more profound and answers often come to one or both participants. Seems too simple huh? Well scripture repeatedly calls us to be as little children. The complexities were never a route God recommended. We are the great designers of those!

The original 12 steppers of AA seemed to say if you are ready let's go. Meet, pray and reach out, meet, pray and reach out. Nothing selfish whatever! Let's do what works and God will do the rest as we are obedient to this simple philosophy. This is the Spiritual art of taking care of ourselves. Let it Begin With Me was certainly aimed at the hand out to lift another wouldn't you think?

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