All Our Needs

And my God shall supply every need of yours according to His riches in glory…
–Phil. 4:19

This verse has helped me many times. It has helped me when I have wondered where my next friend bit of wisdom, insight, or meal was coming from.

Everything I need today shall be supplied to me.

People, jobs, what we have to our immediate disposal, are not our source.

We have tapped into a Greater Source, a source of infinite and immediate supply: God and His Universe.

Our task is to allow ourselves to come into harmony with our Source. Our task is to believe in, and look to, our true Source. Our task is to release fear; negative thinking, limitations, and short supply thinking.

Everything we need shall be provided to us. Let it become a natural response to all situations, and all situations of need.

Reject fear. Reject short supply and limited thinking notions. Be open to abundance.

Cherish need because it is part of our relationship to God and His Universe. God has planned to meet our every need, has created the need within us, so God can supply.

No need is too small or too great. If we care and value our need, God will too.

Our part is taking responsibility for owning the need. Our part is giving the need to the Universe. Our part is letting go, in faith. Our part is giving God permission to meet our needs by believing we deserve to have our needs – and wants – met.

Our part is healthy giving, not out of caretaking, guilt, obligation, and codependency, but out of a healthy relationship with ourselves, God, and all of God’s creations.

Our part is simply to be who we are, and love being that.

Today, I will practice the belief that all my needs today shall be met. I will step into harmony with God and His Universe, knowing that I count.

Meditation and Prayer

The Eleventh Step asks us to meditate as a route to improving our conscious
contact with God.

Meditation is different than obsessing or worrying. Obsession and worrying
are fear connections. Meditation means opening our mind and our spiritual
energy to the God connection.

To connect with God, we need to relax as best we can and open our conscious
and subconscious mind to a Higher Consciousness – one that is available to
each of us.

In the busyness of our day and life, it may seem like a waste of time to
slow down, to stop what we’re doing, and take this kind of break. It is no
more a waste of time than stopping to put gas in our car when the tank is
almost empty. It is necessary, it is beneficial, and it saves time. In fact,
meditation can create more time and energy than the moments we take to do
it.

Meditation and prayer are powerful recovery behaviors that work. We need to
be patient. It is not reasonable to expect immediate answers, insight, or
inspiration.

But solutions are coming. They are already on the way, if we have done our
part – meditate and pray – and then let the rest go.

Whether we pray and meditate first thing in the morning, during a coffee
break, or in the evening is our choice.

When our conscious contact with God improves, our subconscious contact will
too. We will find ourselves increasingly tuned in to God’s harmony and will
for us. We will find and maintain that soul connection, the God connection.

Today, I will take a moment for meditation and prayer. I will decide when
and how long to do it. I am a child and creation of God – a Higher Power who
loves to listen and talk to me. God, help me let go of my fears about
whether or not You hear and care. Help me know that You are there and that I
am able to tap into the spiritual consciousness.

building a prayer life

Dear God (or Higher Power);

 

I thank You for the privilege of prayer.

 

I am aware that prayer is my direct line of communication to you.

 

I acknowledge that I can do more through prayer than I can do with my limited power.

 

I am so grateful that in my darkest hour, or my weakest moment, I can come to you in prayer.

 

I am so grateful that when the hopelessness of despair threaten to overtake me, I can come to you in prayer.

 

I thank you for the privilege of prayer.

 

I am so grateful that when my abilities and knowledge are inadequate to meet the challenges of my life, I can come to you in prayer.

 

I am so grateful that when I feel weak and helpless, I can come to you in prayer.

 

I am so grateful that when my family and friends turn their backs in my time of need, or are not there to encourage and support me, I can come to you in prayer.

 

I thank you for the privilege of prayer.

 

I am so grateful that when I “can’t”, you can and you do when I come to you in prayer.

 

I am so grateful that when I don’t know, you know, and you shower me with understanding and direction when I come to you in prayer.

 

I am so grateful that when I don’t know what to say or what to do, you provide me with divine direction and the power to speak the truth without hesitation, if I simply come to you in prayer.

 

I thank you for the privilege of prayer.

 

I am so grateful that you are my mediator in the face of strife and that you protect me from inner and outer adversaries when I come to you in prayer.

 

I am so grateful that you are my supporter, my cheerleader, my strongest advocate.

 

You inspire me, motivate me and help me to take the most appropriate steps when I come to you in prayer.

 

I thank you for the privilege of prayer.

 

I am so grateful that no matter what the situation may be, no matter how I am feeling or what I am doing, I can come to you at any time, under all circumstances, in prayer.

 

I am so grateful that there is nothing that you and I can’t do together when I bring you any concern or request in prayer.

 

I thank you for the privilege of prayer, for your swift response to every prayer I offer.

 

Thank you, God, for hearing my prayer.

 

Thank you for receiving my prayer.

 

Thank you, God, for the awesome power and privilege of prayer.

 

For all I have received and all that is yet to come, i humbly offer my prayer of gratitude.

 

And so it is!!

God carries us through

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you.Isaiah 43:2

There are times in the recovery process when it feels like we will drown in sorrow. The losses, the betrayals, the failures threaten to overwhelm us. The intensity of the emotional pain frightens us in times like this.
We feel ourselves loosing ground as life swirls around us.

This text states with great clarity two central truths which are critical to our survival in times like this. First, God has made a very specific promise to us. God says “I will be with you.” This may not always be what we want. We may want God to take the floods of life away. We may want God to build dams upstream in life so that the danger of flood is diminished.

But, God’s promise is clear. I will be with you.

Secondly, this text says very clearly “When you pass through the waters, they will not sweep over you.” God will protect us and see us through. There are times in recovery when there just doesn’t seem to be any way to make it. Nothing is more painful in these times than to have someone who stands at a distance express optimism about our recovery in a way that minimizes the struggle. ["Oh, you're going to be fine. Stop worrying about it."]

Conversely, nothing is more valuable in these times than to have someone with us who sees the danger clearly but who is able to be hopeful for us and protect us and see us through.

For your promise to be with me in the floods of life, God,
I give you thanks.
Help me to sense your presence.
For your hopefulness about my recovery,
I give you thanks.
Help me to share in your hope.
You are Life-Preserver to me, God.
Thank you.
Amen.

prayer

Let all things be healthy

Let all things be peaceful,

Be sure to count your blessings at least once a day.

 

 

Forgive those who have hurt you,

And those who have offended you,

 

 

But forgive yourself for what you have done,

And let go of what you have failed to do.

 

 

That which is done there’s no need to speak of,

That which is past there’s no need to blame.

 

 

Have self-control, self-knowledge, self-respect,

The courage to dare,

Be tranquil, the light of intelligence will shine.

 

 

Strive to make the spot where you stand beautiful.

Then beauty and harmony will follow you

In all your ways and through all your days