“Alcohol & drugs were not my problem; they had been my solution for my lack of power, uncertainties, and missing parts in my life.”

“As we go through the day we pause, when agitated or doubtful, and ask for the right thought or action. We constantly remind ourselves we are no longer running the show, humbly saying to ourselves many times each day "Thy will be done." We are then in much less danger of excitement, fear, anger, worry, self-pity, or foolish decisions.”

“I do not have to react. It is useless. There are much better things to do. And to react is to become implicated—to become a prisoner of the same nonsense that I am compelled to condemn. Do not be compelled.”

Many people seek material things first & think they can grow into knowledge of spiritual things. You cannot serve God & Mammon at the same time. The first requisites of an abundant life are the spiritual things: honesty, purity, unselfishness, and love. Until you have these qualities, quantities of material things are of little real use to you. Prayer for the Day I pray that I may put much effort into acquiring spiritual things. I pray that I may not expect good things until I am right spiritually.