Welcome to the AA Beginners Group 'Maintenance of Our Spiritual Condition' Period of Prayer & Meditation 'Upon awakening...' Monday thru Sunday 9:15 PM EST Maintenance Steps 10 & 11 When We Retire At Night... Zoom ID: 87577128870 Password: alcoholic Monday thru Sunday 6:00 AM EST Maintenance Steps 10 & 11 Upon Awakening... Zoom ID: 87577128870 Password: alcoholic I am pasting this Assembly Agenda http://www.aabeginners.com/grouper/awaken.html into the chat box right now. My name is __________. If circumstances warrant, we ask our wives or friends to join us in morning meditation. Prayer on Awakening God, Direct our thinking, especially that it be divorced from self-pity, dishonest or self-seeking motives. Amen. Under these conditions we can employ our mental faculties with assurance, for after all God gave us brains to use. Our thought-life will be placed on a much higher plane when our thinking is cleared of wrong motives. [TELL THE PARTICIPANTS]: Let us think about the twenty-four hours ahead. We consider our plans for the day. In thinking about our day we may face indecision. God, We may not be able to determine which course to take. We ask for inspiration, an intuitive thought or a decision. Amen You may want to write down any thoughts or right answers you received. [WE RELAX AND TAKE IT EASY.] [WE DON'T STRUGGLE] [TAKE SOME QUIET TIME (few minutes) TO LISTEN TO GOD] Is there anything you want to share from your quiet time with God? [IN CLOSING, WE SAY THIS PRAYER]: Heavenly Father, Show us all through the day what our next step is to be. Show us the way of patience, tolerance, kindliness and love. (AA p.83) We ask that we be given whatever we need to take care of our problems. We ask especially for freedom from self-will. Let Your will be done. If our requests help others, only then we ask for ourselves as well. As we go through the day we pause, when agitated or doubtful, help us to ask You for the right thought or action. Thy will be done Amen We are then in much less danger of excitement, fear, anger, worry, self-pity, or foolish decisions. We become much more efficient. We do not tire so easily, for we are not burning up energy foolishly as we did when we were trying to arrange life to suit ourselves. We let God discipline us in the simple way we have just outlined. If we belong to a religious denomination which requires a definite morning devotion, we attend to that also. If not members of religious bodies, we sometimes select and memorize a few set prayers which emphasize the principles we have been discussing. There are many helpful books also. Suggestions about these may be obtained from one's priest, minister, or rabbi. Be quick to see where religious people are right. Make use of what they offer.