Trusting god Quotes by Ray A

“The truth is that we were so spiritually and morally bankrupt that we could not even see some of those lines: we stepped over…

— Ray A

“To know that we are not God, to know that there is a God, and to know that God, these are the Steps in…

— Ray A

“We arrive in the rooms tangled up in a web of complexity and confusion. Our lives are unmanageable because our minds are unmanageable.” – p. 134”

— Ray A

“The essence of humility in Step 3 is acknowledging and accepting our dependence on God. The essence of faith is trusting God. – p. 167”

— Ray A

“Yet, Step 2 and AA spirituality is about nothing if it isn’t about faith in God. Many good reasons exist why AA makes a…

— Ray A

“Adam and Eve had first-hand empirical evidence of God’s existence. He walked in the Garden with them. Their problem was that God told them…

— Ray A

“Religion became an end, rather than a means, a substitute for God. Until alcoholism intervened and forced the issue: God, or religion? – p. 125”

— Ray A

“When we look back from the vantage point of sobriety, many of us realize that when drinking we often felt like a fake, a…

— Ray A

“Saying that 'I am a grateful alcoholic' will then reflect the truth about who we have become in our person, having understood deeply and…

— Ray A

“AA is a spiritual program and Step 3 is a quintessentially spiritual Step. It is the ultimate anti-self Step. Thus, in a very real…

— Ray A

“In AA we don’t come to God through theology but through experience, mostly of the humbling and humiliating variety, often reluctantly, and sometimes even…

— Ray A

“Gratitude becomes spiritual, a spiritual virtue and a spiritual emotion, when we are moved in our response by a God-centered view of the three:…

— Ray A