LORD'S PRAYER
This prayer contains fundamentals of our program.
The unity of AA is well expressed where we all acknowledge a common Father.
The concept of His power is indicated when we place Him in heaven, well above our mortal effort. Our goal of being restored to sanity is in the words "Thy kingdom come" because the mess we once made of our lives was surely not to His liking.
We express the Third Step in almost the same words when we say "Thy will be
done on earth as it is in Heaven." And asking for our daily bread-not food for a whole lifetime, not for next year nor next month, but for our daily bread--couldn't be closer to the 24 hour program. Then we can hardly ask forgiveness for trespasses we don't acknowledge as wrongs, so the mortal inventory is implied there.
Finally, the Eleventh Step is certainly close to our petition that we not be led into temptation but delivered from evil, because we know His will for us could not be that of continued wrongdoing.
In one way or another, a tremendous part of our program is contained in the
Lord's Prayer.
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