Prayer from The Twelve Steps and the Sacraments
Lord,
I begin this process seeking an open heart and an open mind.
Please help me shed my personal ambitions
for the sake of finding a new experience with you.
Please enable me to set aside everything I think I know
for an open mind and a new experience.
Remove any denial that may get in the way
of seeing my condition exactly as it is.
Help me to see the truth about addiction
and the parts of my life that shut out the sunlight of the Spirit.
Offer me the opportunity to see the true meaning
of powerlessness over people, places, and things.
Just as your own baptism identified you with the broken
and made you one with sinners,
I look to the waters of baptism to acknowledge my broken ways
and clothe myself in your redeeming grace.
Thank you for providing me this path
to co-creating my life with you, my blessed Lord.
Amen.