Thursday Big Book Step Study

June 11th Writing Assignment

Words: page 45-47 We Agnostics
dilemma
inexplicable
calamity
askance
awe
temperament
prejudice
conception
inclusive
exclusive
forbidding
earnestly
seek

Assignment
1. Make a God box (bag,jar, or can). Write out situations you have no control over and are concerned about. Date them and put them into the God box. Wait a month and open the box and read what you’ve given to God to take care of. Get a notebook and write out the problem and how God took care of it for you.

2. Writing Assignment: Are you willing to lay aside prejudice in a Power Greater than yourself?

2.a. Do you believe that if you do lay aside prejudice you will commence to get results? (your addiction and problems will be solved)

3. Write out all the names Bill uses for God. Add any other names you have for the God of your understanding.

4. Are you earnestly seeking a God of your understanding? Write out how you are seeking your H.P. or God.

Words:
vestiges
prejudice
antipathy

Writing:
1.In twelve step recovery fellowships we must surrender to win (Step 1) What does this mean to you? What has been your experience with surrendering and winning? What has been your experience with not surrendering?

2. Write on: “Why don’t you choose your own conception of God?” What is your conception of God? Do you like having the choice of choosing your own conception?