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What is the continuation of this prayer?

God please grant me the ability to accept the things I can not change.....

How does this prayer go? And is it true that this is a "12 Step" program prayer?

Thanks!!

Update:

Thanks Everyone....BTW...I am not in 12 Step....

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  • ?
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago
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    Serenity Prayer

    God grant me

    the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change,

    the Courage to change the things I can,

    and the Wisdom to know the difference;

    Living one day 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:

    Trusting that you will make all things right

    if I surrender to your will;

    that I may be reasonably happy in this life

    and supremely happy with you forever in the next.

    A Brief History of the Serenity Prayer

    There are many theories, but no one really knows who wrote the Serenity Prayer or when it was written. One theory suggests that it was written in 500A.D. by a philosopher named Boethius who became a martyr for the Christians of his time.

    A theologian in the 1930's and 1940's named Dr. Reinhold Niebuhr is often cited as the author, but he read it in an obituary notice and gave credit to an earlier 18th century theologian. It is claimed that Dr. Niebuhr was so impressed by the prayer that he brought it to the attention of Bill W., one of the co-founders of Alcoholics Anonymous. It was so suited for the needs of AA it became a key part of the AA movement and their 12 step program. Alcoholics Anonymous and the other 12 step programs deserve the credit for making the Serenity Prayer so popular in the 20th Century.

    Yes it is. At the beginningof the meeting this prayer is said

    God Bless You

  • Kallan
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    It's called the Serenity Prayer and lots of 12 step programs use it:

    God, grant me the serenity

    to accept the things I cannot change;

    the courage to change the things I can;

    and the wisdom to know the difference.

    It was written by Dr. Reinhold Niebuhr, who was a protestant minister, and was scarfed by Alcoholics Anonymous

  • 1 decade ago

    Serenity Prayer

    God grant me the serenity

    to accept the things I cannot change;

    courage to change the things I can;

    and wisdom to know the difference.

    Living one day at a time;

    Enjoying one moment at a time;

    Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; Taking, as He did, this sinful world

    as it is, not as I would have it;

    Trusting that He will make all things right

    if I surrender to His Will;

    That I may be reasonably happy in this life

    and supremely happy with Him

    Forever in the next.

    Amen.

  • 1 decade ago

    I believe it goes like this, not 100% but worth a shot:

    "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference."

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  • 1 decade ago

    God grant me the serenity

    to accept the things I cannot change;

    courage to change the things I can;

    and wisdom to know the difference.

  • The ability to change the things I cannot accept, and the ability to hide the bodies of the bodies of the people who ticked me off.

  • 1 decade ago

    There is no "12 step" prayer... That's a man-made concept. Pray from your heart not from others.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    The courage to change the things I can

    And the wisdom to know the difference.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Alcoholics Anonymous uses it as its basis.

    It continues: To change the things I can, and to have the wisdom to knnow the difference.

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