Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
09-29-2013, 11:12 AM
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September 30
HOW EASY I FORGET
"...They...
September 30
HOW EASY I FORGET
"...They have been saved from a living death." Alcoholics Anonymous, page 150
"Unless the Lord had helped me, I would soon have died." Psalm 94: 17
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
09-28-2013, 12:16 PM
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September 29
KEEP SEARCHING
"We feel we...
September 29
KEEP SEARCHING
"We feel we are on the Broad Highway, walking hand in hand with the Spirit of the Universe." Alcoholics Anonymous, page 75
"Search for the Lord and for his...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
09-27-2013, 11:14 AM
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September 28
CHANGING DIRECTION
A.A.'s...
September 28
CHANGING DIRECTION
A.A.'s Twelve Steps are a group of principles, spiritual in their nature, which, if practiced as a way of life, can expel the obsession to drink and enable the...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
09-26-2013, 10:48 AM
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September 27
ALIKE
"Then one night at...
September 27
ALIKE
"Then one night at an AA meeting a friend said that even though he had been in jail and done lots of stuff, he was no different from me. He felt the same thing. It was then...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
09-25-2013, 09:56 AM
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September 26
SELF-PUNISHMENT
“And...
September 26
SELF-PUNISHMENT
“And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today.” Alcoholics Anonymous, page 417 (449)
“God treats us much better than we deserve, and because...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
09-24-2013, 09:17 AM
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September 25
THE WAY TO PEACE
"In the...
September 25
THE WAY TO PEACE
"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...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
09-23-2013, 10:30 AM
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September 24
HIS MASTERPIECE
“He saw...
September 24
HIS MASTERPIECE
“He saw that he would have to face his problems squarely that God might give him mastery.” Alcoholics Anonymous, page 156
“For we are God's masterpiece.” ...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
09-23-2013, 10:29 AM
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September 23
LIVE TODAY ACCORDINGLY
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September 23
LIVE TODAY ACCORDINGLY
"Perhaps he will give you a reprieve, sending you a blessing instead of this curse." Joel 2:14
"What we really have is a daily reprieve contingent on the...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
09-21-2013, 11:10 AM
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September 22
"WORLDLY CLAMORS"
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September 22
"WORLDLY CLAMORS"
"Practically everything that goes on in the world—wanting your own way, wanting everything for yourself, wanting to appear important—has nothing to do with the...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
09-20-2013, 10:23 AM
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September 21
SACRED SANCTUARY
"Cast all...
September 21
SACRED SANCTUARY
"Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you." 1 Peter 5:6-7
"To those of us who have hitherto known only excitement, depression, or anxiety -- in...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
09-19-2013, 11:49 AM
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September 20
The Daily Reprieve
HOW TRULY...
September 20
The Daily Reprieve
HOW TRULY LOVING
“The power of God goes deep!” Alcoholics Anonymous, page 114
“Great is the Lord and most worthy of praise; his greatness no one can fathom.”...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
09-18-2013, 10:57 AM
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September 19
GROWING UP
“(Recovery) has...
September 19
GROWING UP
“(Recovery) has enabled me to go back and start growing up all over again in all areas of my life.” Alcoholics Anonymous, page 420 (Third Edition)
“But when I...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
09-17-2013, 10:35 AM
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September 18
FRIENDS
“...To watch...
September 18
FRIENDS
“...To watch loneliness vanish...to have a host of friends...” Alcoholics Anonymous, page 89
“No one cares what happens to me.” Psalm 142: 4
For what...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
09-16-2013, 11:29 AM
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September 17
WHAT A DIFFERENCE
"Your...
September 17
WHAT A DIFFERENCE
"Your Heavenly Father will never let you down!" Alcoholics Anonymous, page 181
"The one thing I know - God is for me!" Psalm 56:9
For what it’s...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
09-15-2013, 12:47 PM
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September 16
MERCY
"...We ask God's...
September 16
MERCY
"...We ask God's forgiveness and inquire what corrective measures should be taken." Alcoholics Anonymous, page 86
"Lord, how great is your mercy; in your justice, give...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
09-14-2013, 11:04 AM
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September 15
HIS WILL, NOT MINE
“We...
September 15
HIS WILL, NOT MINE
“We have emphasized willingness as being indispensable.” Alcoholics Anonymous, page 76
“Father, if you are willing, please take this cup of suffering away...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
09-13-2013, 09:13 AM
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September 14
IT WORKS
"Rather than...
September 14
IT WORKS
"Rather than using clever and persuasive speeches, I relied only on the power of the Holy Spirit.
I did this so you would trust not in human wisdom but in the power of...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
09-12-2013, 12:20 PM
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September 13
STILL HARD TO BELIEVE
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September 13
STILL HARD TO BELIEVE
“Some will become quite annoyed if there is talk about immorality, let alone sin.” 12&12 p.48
“For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
09-11-2013, 11:52 AM
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September 12
DOING FOR OTHERS
“Learning...
September 12
DOING FOR OTHERS
“Learning to depend upon a higher power and absorb himself in his work with other alcoholics, he remains sober day by day.” Alcoholics Anonymous, page...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
09-10-2013, 10:40 AM
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Replies: 31
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September 11
SELF-ACCEPTANCE
"Clay...
September 11
SELF-ACCEPTANCE
"Clay doesn't talk back to the fingers that mold it, saying, 'Why did you shape me like this?'" Romans 9:20
"Until I could accept my alcoholism, I could not...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
09-09-2013, 12:26 PM
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Replies: 31
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September 10
GOD'S WORK IN PROGRESS
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September 10
GOD'S WORK IN PROGRESS
"...Now trouble comes to you, and you are discouraged; it strikes you, and you are dismayed." Job 4:4-6 (New International Version)
"Character-building...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
09-08-2013, 10:35 AM
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September 9
TRUST HIS MERCY
"For none...
September 9
TRUST HIS MERCY
"For none of us lives to himself alone and none of us dies to himself alone." Romans 14:7
"To be doomed to an alcoholic death or to live on a spiritual basis are...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
09-07-2013, 01:29 PM
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September 8
ME, ME, ME
“Were we...
September 8
ME, ME, ME
“Were we thinking of ourselves most of the time?” Alcoholics Anonymous, page 86
“Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
09-06-2013, 08:55 AM
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September 7
THE PAY IS GREAT
"Are we...
September 7
THE PAY IS GREAT
"Are we now ready to let God remove from us all the things which we have admitted are objectionable?" Alcoholics Anonymous, page 76
"Because we have these...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
09-05-2013, 09:49 AM
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September 6
THE BEAST
“The spirit is...
September 6
THE BEAST
“The spirit is willing, but the body is weak." Matthew 26:41
“We have empathized willingness as being indispensable.” Alcoholics Anonymous, page 76
For what its...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
09-04-2013, 12:27 PM
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Replies: 31
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September 5
PLACE OF NO RETURN
"We were...
September 5
PLACE OF NO RETURN
"We were in a position where life was becoming impossible, and if we had passed into the region from which there is no return through human aid, we had but two...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
09-03-2013, 11:35 AM
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Replies: 31
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September 4
GOD GIVES HIS POWER
"Here...
September 4
GOD GIVES HIS POWER
"Here was power to live to the end of any given day, power to have the courage to face the next day…" Alcoholics Anonymous page 386 (4th Edition)
"He is...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
09-02-2013, 09:31 AM
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Replies: 31
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September 3
A BLESSING IN DISGUISE
"The...
September 3
A BLESSING IN DISGUISE
"The insidiousness of alcoholism is an appalling thing." Alcoholics Anonymous, page 382, (4th Edition)
"Those who know your name trust in you, for you,...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
09-01-2013, 12:28 PM
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Replies: 31
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September 2
DON'T WORRY. HE'S WITH US.
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September 2
DON'T WORRY. HE'S WITH US.
"For where two or three come together in my name, I am there with them." Matthew18:19-20 (TEV)
"But there exists among us a fellowship, a...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
09-01-2013, 12:25 PM
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Replies: 31
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Daily Reprieve - September
September 1
“AFRESH EACH DAY”
“See to it that your relationship with Him is right...” Alcoholics Anonymous, page 164
“God's mercies begin afresh each day.” Lamentations 3: 23
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