Some prayers are simple cries for help. We spell out our needs
and desires to God, and ask Him to come to our aid.
The Complete Serenity Prayer is a cry for help. And much more!
It combines meditation and intercession. Its wisdom nurtures
us as we say the words. Pray it slowly and thoughtfully. Pin
it or hang it up in the kitchen, the bedroom, wherever, so that
you can read and ponder it often. In this way its message may
seep into your subconscious mind and may form you for happy living.
For the light of truth expressed in this prayer is both profound
and comprehensive. And to pray it with faith must surely win
God's favour.
The Complete Serenity Prayer
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.
Living one day at a time,
Enjoying one moment at a time,
Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace.
Taking, as Jesus did,
This sinful world as it is,
Not as I would have it,
And trusting that You
Will make all things right,
If I surrender to Your will.
So that I may be reasonably happy in this life,
And supremely happy with You forever in the next,
Having faith in Jesus, my Saviour.
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