Change Me Prayers: The Hidden Power of Spiritual Surrender
God. I am willing to surrender my fears and to place my will and my life in your care one day at a time. Grant me the wisdom to know the difference between the things I can and cannot change. Help me to remember that I can ask for help. I am not alone. Amen.
ACA WSO INC. • ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS/DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILIES: Big Red Book
Take These Words to Prayer I abandon myself entirely to you; enlighten me, lead me, uphold me, take possession of me. —Abandonment to Divine Providence
Gary Jansen • Station to Station: An Ignatian Journey through the Stations of the Cross
We ask not to change God but to change ourselves. We pray to form a living relationship, not to get things done. Prayer is a symbiotic relationship with life and with God, a synergy which creates a result larger than the exchange itself.
Richard Rohr • Breathing Under Water : Spirituality and the Twelve Steps
the same ones every time: “Divine Father, Holy Mother, use me,” “God, please take this out of my hands and place it in yours,” and “Thank you.” All three make my life very simple because they allow me to be open and receptive to Divine direction, and they offer up my appreciation for my gifts.