October 9, 2026 - Third Step Prayer

My thought for today is the Third Step Prayer. "God, I offer myself to you, to build with me and do with me as you will. Relieve me of the bondage of self so that I may better do your will. Take away my difficulties, so that victory over them will bear witness to Your power, Your love and Your way of life. May I do Your will always. Amen." When I took the third step, which was in the form of a prayer, I made a decision that I would do what I thought God as I understood Him wanted me to do. I asked to be freed from the bondage of self, from the prison that selfishness and self-centeredness had placed me in, where it had kept me locked away from the sunlight of His spirit and i asked for freedom from that so I would be able to do better what I thought was His will. I also asked for God as I understood God to take away my difficulties, my selfishness, my dishonesty, my anger, my fear and vowed that if He could do that, then I would be a living testament to His power, His love, and His way of life. He has kept His word, now it is my turn to do as I said I would do. can I get a Amen.