A. Morning Prayers.

1. When waking up I say: “I arise, O God, to do Thy will,” taken from Reflections (daily AA reader), and get up.

2. Good morning, Daddy. Good morning, Jesus. Good morning, Holy Spirit. Good morning, God.

3. Prayers to all three persons of the Trinity (say all of a, b, and c twice—on first time thru say only c (1), on the second time through say only c (2)).

a. To the Father.

(1) Father, please help me accept your gift of the continuing desire to stay sober.

(2) Father, please help me accept your gift of the continuing desire to protect my serenity.

(3) Father, please help me accept your gift of the continuing desire to be humble.

(4) Father, in Jesus name I ask you to please help me know that you are here, that you are everywhere, that you are in control of everything, that there is nothing to worry about, that you love me very, very much and that you want the very best for me.

(5) Father, please help me accept your gift of the continuing desire to love and trust you, feel your love for me, and to do your will for me.

b. To the Son.

(1) Jesus, please help me stay sober today.

(2) Jesus, please help me protect my serenity today.

(3) Jesus, please help me to work on my humility today.

(4) Jesus, please help me know that Daddy is here, that He is everywhere, that He is in control of everything, that there is nothing to worry about, that He loves me very, very much and that He wants the very best for me.

(5) Jesus, please help me to love and trust Daddy, feel His love for me, and do His will for me today.

c. To the Holy Spirit.

(1) Holy Spirit, please help me accept your gifts of faith, wisdom, power, fortitude, joy, humility, gratitude, serenity, and love.

(2) Holy Spirit, please help me improve my conscious contact with Daddy, Jesus, and yourself and improve doing Daddy’s will for me, which includes being happy, joyous, and free.

4. Say the Lord’s Prayer.

5. Finish off the morning prayers by going somewhere to look outside east and saying:

a. Father, please help me continue to grow in loving and trusting You, feeling Your love for me, and doing Your will for me.

b. Father, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things that I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

c. Father, I ask all these prayers in Jesus’ Name, amen.

B. Daily Prayers.

1. Repeated prayers to Jesus taken from the Bible (say each set two times).

a. Jesus, my humility, I can do all things through You who strengthen me.

b. Jesus, my sobriety…

c. Jesus, my serenity…

d. Jesus, my strength…

e. Jesus, my salvation…

f. Jesus, my humility, if You be for us, who can be against us?

g. Jesus, my sobriety…

h. Jesus, my serenity…

i. Jesus, my strength…

j. Jesus, my salvation…

k. Jesus, my humility, please help me accept your gift of expecting good and great gifts from the Father both in the here and the hereafter.

l. Jesus, my sobriety...

m. Jesus, my serenity...

n. Jesus, my strength...

o. Jesus, my salvation…

p. Jesus, my humility, Thou will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on Thee.

q. Jesus, my sobriety….

r. Jesus, my serenity…

s. Jesus, my strength…

t. Jesus, my salvation…

2. Prayers to Jesus to have the Holy Spirit give me spiritual gifts and the Serenity Prayer to the Holy Spirit.

a. Jesus, please have your Holy Spirit give me the gifts of faith, wisdom, power, fortitude, joy, humility, gratitude, serenity, trust and love to ignore people who are annoying me, either intentionally or unintentionally.

b. Jesus, please have your Holy Spirit give me the gifts of faith, wisdom, power, fortitude, joy, humility, gratitude, serenity, trust and love to expel people from my mind, my heart, and my soul, who are sinning against me, either intentionally or unintentionally.

c. Jesus, please have your Holy Spirit give me the gifts of faith, wisdom, power, fortitude, joy, humility, gratitude, serenity, trust and love to turn them over to the Father.

d. Jesus, please have your Holy Spirit give me the gift of love (For those who believe in praying in tongues—five minutes).

e. Holy Spirit of the Father, Holy Spirit of Jesus, Holy Spirit of God, God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

3. Pray for friends, enemies, doctors, and pastors, by name.

4. Pray for neighbors and business associates by name.

5. Pray for people in AA by name.

6. Pray for all our children.

7. Pray for me, Chris, and Chrissy to do the Father’s will for us today.

8. Pray to love and respect ourselves: “Jesus, please help me keep proud, fearful, angry words, and ideas off of me—help me be a good friend to me.”

9. Pray to the Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit, individually for the following:

a. For us to love and trust Him.

b. For us to feel His love for us.

c. For Him to increase our faith.

d. For Him to help us to do the Father’s will for us, which includes being happy, joyful, and free.

C. Night Prayers.

1. Before reading the Bible for the night say: Bless my mind, my mouth, and my heart.

a. For New Testament: Listening to Jesus in the New Testament. Holy Spirit, please give us wisdom through your word and help us to apply it to our everyday life.

b. For Old Testament: Looking for Jesus in the Old Testament. Holy Spirit, please give us wisdom through your word and help us to apply it to our everyday life.

2. Thank you, Father for helping me to accept your gift of the continuing desire to stay sober today.

3. Thank you, Father for helping me to accept your gift of the continuing desire to protect my serenity today.

4. Thank you, Father for helping me to accept your gift of the continuing desire to work on my humility today.

5. Thank you, Father for helping me to love and trust you today.

6. Thank you, Jesus for helping me to stay sober today.

7. Thank you, Jesus for helping me to protect my serenity today.

8. Thank you, Jesus for helping me love and trust the Father, feel His love for me, and do His will for me.

9. Thank Jesus for helping Chris to overcome serious problems with driving, spending, and being accident prone.

10. Ask Jesus to help me, Chris, and Chrissy to improve our personal walk and talk with Him and practice His presence.

11. Pray for enemies. After praying for enemies say the following prayer. Thank you, Father, for helping us grow in loving you with our whole heart, our whole soul, our whole mind, and to love our neighbor as ourselves.

12. The Lord’s Prayer.

D. Troubled nightly prayers (when waking up in the middle of the night).

1. Tenth Step Axiom Prayer: “Father, I ask you in Jesus’ name please help me know in my heart that you are here, that you are in charge of all things, that you love me very, very much, and that there is nothing to worry about. Please help me love and trust you. Please help me feel your love for me. Please increase my faith.”

2. Yahweh Prayer: “Jesus, you are the son of God, you are one with God. You are God. You are Yahweh, the Author of Life. Through you all things were made. That includes me, Chris, and Chrissy. That includes our guardian angels (Elisha, Simon, and Samuel). That includes the angels that turned their back on you and became evil spirits, demons and devils.” The prayer goes on, “Please help our guardian angels drive all evil spirits, demons and devils out of me, out of Chris, out of Chrissy, out of us. Please drive all evil spirits, demons and devils out of LT, out of the house, off of the property, out of the neighborhood.”

3. Mind Emptying Prayer (from The Power of Positive thinking, Norman Vincent Peale): “Jesus, please help me empty my mind of all fear, all anxiety, all insecurity.” I picture Jesus and myself pushing a pushcart (like push carts seen in mines), which is loaded with a murky, wet filth, filled with large indescribably, ugly objects. As Jesus lifts our end up to dump the cart, I am praying, “Please, Jesus, help me empty my mind of all fear, all anxiety, and all insecurity.” As Jesus is rinsing the inside of the cart with a pressurized hose, I am saying, “Please, Jesus, help me empty my mind of all fear, all anxiety, all insecurity.” I then picture Jesus filling the cart with a beautiful clear blue liquid and I pray, “Jesus is now filling my mind with tranquility, serenity, peace of mind, and calm assurance.” Again I picture Jesus filling the cart with the beautiful clear blue liquid at a higher level, and I pray, “Jesus is now filling my mind with tranquility, serenity, peace of mind, and calm assurance.” I usually fall asleep by this time.