Thursday, September 30, 2004

I pray for the tolerance and wisdom to avoid reacting to what other people say and do.  (One Day At a Time in Al-Anon, 15 Sep)

I'll stay in the right, relaxed and hopeful frame of mind.  (Three Minutes A Day, Vol. 38, 27 July)

Lord, I do know what to do.  Help me do it!

Tuesday, September 28, 2004

Thanks to You, O God, for all the blessings I have so readily accepted.  (Three Minutes a Day, Vol. 9, 25 Sep)

Thank You, Lord, for helping me focus on blessings instead of troubles.  (Larry W. Wilson, Daily Fellowship with God, 25 Sep)

I ask that you remove my character defects according to Your will.  (Food for Thought, 26 Sep)

 

Thursday, September 23, 2004

Help me to see my priorities clearly today so that I may achieve balance in my life.  Guide me in the practice of these principles.  (This New Day, 19 Dec)

Wednesday, September 22, 2004

Today God, help me let go of my need to control outcomes by influencing the belief's of others.  (Melody Beattie, The Language of Letting Go, 19 July)

O Lord, give me the courage to choose the good and to resist temptation.  May my conduct never be a source of temptation to others.  (Minute Meditations from the Popes, 22 Sep)

Thank You, Lord, for the power to control my thoughts and make decisions.  (Larry W. Wilson, Daily Fellowship with God, 21 Sep)

Tuesday, September 21, 2004

O Lord, teach me how to pray.  Enable me to lift up to You the ordinary events of my day, so that what I say and do may be filled with Your love.  (Minute Meditations from the Popes, 20 Sep)

I commit myself today, O Lord, to kaing this a better world, a place where all prejudice and all hatred disappear and Your love reigns.  (Minute Meditations from the Popes, 19 Sep)

 

Monday, September 20, 2004

Today I am devoted to acknowledging my responsibility for every aspect of my life!  (Iyanla Vanzant, Until Today!, 28 June)

Loving God, help me focus on my true priorities.  (Three Minutes a Day, Vol. 38, 27 July)

Lord, help me to avoid unnecessary crisis and trauma in my life.  (Melody Beattie, The Language of Letting Go, 18 Sep, adapted)

Sunday, September 19, 2004

Show me God, what it is I am learning.  Guide my growth and me.  (Melody Beattie, Codependent's Guide to the Twelve Steps, p. 169)

Help me to be all I ought to be as a parent, teaching by example as well as precept.

Deliver me from the power of  Satan and wicked people.