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  • SEPTEMBER 2 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Tell God what to do?"

    SEPTEMBER 2 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Tell God what to do?"
    Sep 2 2024
    When I wake up. I'll think quietly about the twenty-four hours ahead, I'll ask God to direct my thinking especially asking that it be free from self-pity and from dishonest or self seeking motives. If I have to determine which of several courses to take, I'll ask God for inspiration, for an intuitive thought, or a decision. Then I'll relax and take it easy, confident that all will be well. Can I believe that, when I give up my "rights" of expectations, I'll know freedom? Today I Pray … I praise God for being able to praise God, to choose the times when I will seek Him, to find my own words when I talk to Him, to address Him in the way that seems most right to me. May I expect that He in turn must be free of my expectations, to affect my life as He sees fit. Today I Will Remember … Who am I to try to tell God what to do? A Day at a Time ⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3EOjuiH⁠⁠⁠ G.A. A New Beginning ⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3E9YgPC⁠⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jamesh-acm/support
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  • SEPTEMBER 1 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "I thank God for my understanding"

    SEPTEMBER 1 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "I thank God for my understanding"
    Sep 1 2024
    The Gamblers Anonymous Red Book, in explaining Step Eleven, says "A conscious contact seems to start with daily prayer. What is prayer? To some it is a personal chat with their Higher Power. So each of us can pray as we see fit." If at first prayer seems difficult, you can "fake it until you make it." "In time you will grow to eagerly accept prayer and know the rewards it will give you... Prayer enlarges the ability to cope." Have I accepted prayer and meditation as a part of my life? Today I Pray … I praise my Higher Power for my freedom to find my own understanding of God. May my life be God's, whether I think of Him as a Father whose hand and spirit I can touch with an upward reach of my own, or as a universal Spirit that I can merge with as the hard outlines of my "self" begin to melt, or as a core of Divine and absolute goodness inside myself. May I know Him well, whether I find Him within me, without me, or in all things everywhere. Today I Will Remember … I thank God, as I understand Him, for my understanding of Him. A Day at a Time ⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3EOjuiH⁠⁠⁠ G.A. A New Beginning ⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3E9YgPC⁠⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jamesh-acm/support
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  • AUGUST 31 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Trust in the will of God"

    AUGUST 31 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Trust in the will of God"
    Aug 31 2024
    From time to time, I begin to think I know what God's will is for other people. I say to myself, "This person ought to be cured of his illness," or "That one ought to be freed from the abuse she's going through," and I begin to pray for those specific things. My heart is in the right place when I pray in such fashion, but those prayers are based on the supposition that I know God's will for the person for whom I pray. The Gamblers Anonymous Program teaches me, instead, that I ought to pray that God's will-whatever it is-be done for others as well as for myself. Will I remember that God is ready to befriend me, but only to the degree that I trust Him? Today I Pray … I praise God for the chance to help others. I thank God also for making me want to help others, for taking me out of my tower of self so that I can meet and share with and care about people. Teach me to pray that "Thy will be done" in the spirit of love, which God inspires in me. Today I Will Remember … I will put my trust in the will of God. A Day at a Time ⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3EOjuiH⁠⁠⁠ G.A. A New Beginning ⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3E9YgPC⁠⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jamesh-acm/support
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  • AUGUST 30 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "All-day prayer"

    AUGUST 30 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "All-day prayer"
    Aug 30 2024
    I'll begin today with prayer - prayer in my heart, prayer in my mind, and words of prayer on my lips. Through prayer, I'll stay tuned to God today, reaching forward to become that to which I aspire. Prayer will redirect my mind, helping me rise in consciousness to the point where I realize that there's no separation between God and me. As I let the power of God flow through me, all limitations will fall away. Do I know that nothing can overcome the power of God in my life? Today I Pray … Today may I offer to my Higher Power a constant prayer, not just a "once-in-the morning-does-it" kind. May I think of my Higher Power at dawn, coffee breaks, lunch, at dusk, or during a quiet evening and at all times in between. May my consciousness expand and erase the lines of separation, so that the Power is a part of me and I am a part of the Power. Today I Will Remember … To live an all-day prayer. A Day at a Time ⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3EOjuiH⁠⁠⁠ G.A. A New Beginning ⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3E9YgPC⁠⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jamesh-acm/support
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  • AUGUST 29 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Identity through prayer"

    AUGUST 29 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Identity through prayer"
    Aug 29 2024
    Prayer can have many rewards. One of the greatest rewards is the sense of belonging it brings to me. No longer do I live as a stranger in a strange land, alien in a completely hostile world. No longer am I lost, frightened, and purposeless. I belong. We find, in Gamblers Anonymous, that the moment we catch a glimpse of God's will-the moment we begin to see truth, justice, and love as the real and eternal things in life-we're no longer so deeply upset by all the seeming evidence to the contrary sur rounding us in purely human affairs. Do I believe that God lovingly watches over me? Today I Pray … May I be grateful for the comfort and peace of belonging to God the ultimately wise "parent" and to His family on earth. May I no longer need bumper stickers or boisterous groups to give me my identity. Through prayer, I am God's. Today I Will Remember … I find my identity through prayer. A Day at a Time ⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3EOjuiH⁠⁠⁠ G.A. A New Beginning ⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3E9YgPC⁠⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jamesh-acm/support
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  • AUGUST 28 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Prayer nourishes the soul"

    AUGUST 28 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Prayer nourishes the soul"
    Aug 28 2024
    "Prayer does not change God," wrote Soren Kierkegaard, "but it changes him who prays." Those of us in the Gamblers Anonymous Program who've learned to make regular use of prayer would no more do without it than we'd turn down sunshine, fresh air, or food-and for the same reason. Just as the body can wither and fail for lack of nourishment, so can the soul. We all need the light of God's reality, the nourishment of His strength, and the atmosphere of His grace. Do I thank the God of my understanding for all that He has given me, for all that He has taken away from me, and for all that He has left me? Today I Pray … Dear Higher Power: I want to thank you for spreading calm over my confusion, for making the jangled chords of my human relationships harmonize again, for putting together the shattered pieces of my Humpty Dumpty self, for giving me as an abstinence present a whole great expand ed world of marvels and opportunities. May I remain truly Yours. Yours truly. Today I Will Remember … Prayer, however simple, nourishes the soul. A Day at a Time ⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3EOjuiH⁠⁠⁠ G.A. A New Beginning ⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3E9YgPC⁠⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jamesh-acm/support
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  • AUGUST 27 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "The offspring of delusion"

    AUGUST 27 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "The offspring of delusion"
    Aug 27 2024
    Taking a long hard look at those defects I'm unwilling or reluctant to give up, I ought to rub out the rigid lines I've drawn. Perhaps, in some cases, I'll then be able to say, "Well, this one I can't give up yet…" The one thing I shouldn't say: "This one I'll never give up." The minute we say, "No, never,'' our minds close against the grace of God. Such rebelliousness, as we have seen in the experiences of others, may turn out to be fatal. Instead, we should abandon limited objectives and begin to move toward God's will for us. Am I learning never to say never? Today I Pray … May God remove any blocks of rebellion that make me balk at changing my undesirable qualities. Out of my delusion that I am "unique" and "special" and somehow safe from consequences, I confess to God that I have defied the natural laws of health and sanity, along with Divine laws of human kindness. May God drain away the defiance that is such a protected symptom of my addiction, ni yling of Today I Will Remember … Defiance is an offspring of delusion. A Day at a Time ⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3EOjuiH⁠⁠⁠ G.A. A New Beginning ⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3E9YgPC⁠⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jamesh-acm/support
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  • AUGUST 26 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Sharing makes my faults less glaring"

    AUGUST 26 REFLECTION FOR THE DAY "Sharing makes my faults less glaring"
    Aug 26 2024
    What causes compulsive gambling? Did we gamble because of some inner flaw or shortcoming or life situation? Gamblers Anonymous: A New Beginning says: "We don't know and... we cannot afford to care. Those who come to us need help immediately... The benefits of introspection and speculation are paltry when compared to the rewards of helping others regain their lives." Although we all want to be rid of our character flaws, by just sharing honestly with others in the Program, some of our shortcomings will come to light. We've found that often, through the grace of God and helping our fellow members, such shortcomings as self-centeredness and insensitivity are lifted from us. Do I find that sharing with others in the Program helps me see myself? Today I Pray … May I, in looking inward, not become so preoccupied with my own shortcomings that I am unable to reach out to others in Gamblers Anonymous. May my faults, which had become magnified in my action days as a compulsive gambler, be revealed to me gently in time as I continue to work the Program with conviction and sincerity. Today I Will Remember … Sharing makes my faults less glaring. A Day at a Time ⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3EOjuiH⁠⁠⁠ G.A. A New Beginning ⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3E9YgPC⁠⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jamesh-acm/support
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