Step 11, God, Prayer and Listening
Step 11
11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood God, praying only for knowledge of God’s will for us and the power to carry that out.[1]
My worship time is the most important part of my day. I sit in silent worship for 20 minutes every day. I pray and I listen. Prayer is asking God for things. Meditation is listening. Pray, wait, listen, let go. Every day I sit at my altar and listen for God’s will.
Saint Paul said we should pray without ceasing. I try to do that. I try to have God with me in my consciousness at all times, especially when I’m teaching. I have been known to turn around and pray to God during my teaching. God please help me because I can’t do this alone. I don’t know what to do God, please help me.
I ask only that God’s will be done in situations. Either that, or I might say, “Dear God, if it’s your will I pray,…” then whatever it is. Or I might say, “I pray that such and such be done to the highest good of all involved.” God has a plan and it’s the best plan. I just have to listen and do as he asks. I need him to give me the power to do everything. I am clinging to him as I write this to get me to sit in this chair and spit this out. It is very, very difficult. I have no power at all without God. He is everything to me.
Juliet’s Positive Affirmations that relate to this Step include:
- All good in me comes from God.
- It’s not about what I want, it’s about what God wants.
A related 12-Step slogan is:
- Not my will but Thine be done.[2]
Some 11th Step Juliet Prayers are:
- Here I am Lord.
- I open all before thee.
I just want to do his will.
I want so much for that connection.
Always. It’s all that matters in this life.
[1] Ibid.
[2] Slogans of Codependents Anonymous, Inc., Phoenix, AZ.
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