From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
GRANT occurs
6 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... grant a
sick friend.
BB p.67,
How It Works
We
asked God to
help us
show them the same
tolerance,
pity, and
patience that we would
cheerfully grant a
sick friend.
2.
... "Grant me
my wishes" instead of "Thy ...
12&12 p.32,
Step Two
We had always said, "
Grant me my
wishes" instead of "
Thy will be
done."
3.
Grant me
strength, as I go out ...
BB p.76,
Into Action
Grant me
strength, as I go
out from here, to do your
bidding.
4.
... grant me
the serenity to accept the ...
12&12 p.41,
Step Three
In all
times of
emotional disturbance
or
indecision, we can
pause,
ask for
quiet, and in the
stillness
simply say: "
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.
5.
... grant that
I may seek rather to ...
12&12 p.99,
Step Eleven
Lord,
grant that I may
seek rather to
comfort than to
be
comforted -- to
understand, than to be
understood -- to
love, than
to be
loved.
6.
... grant us
the serenity to accept the ...
12&12 p.125,
Step Twelve
God grant us the
serenity to
accept the
things we cannot
change,
Courage to
change the things
we can, And
wisdom to
know
the
difference.
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