Wisdom comes with experience and the serenity prayer helps you ask God to attain this wisdom so you do not waste efforts trying to change things you cannot - such as other people, or macro-level issues that truly are out of reach. This prayer aims to ask God for help to help you identify what small steps you can take to start making positive change.
GOD GRANT ME THE SERENITY FULL
In addition, the serenity prayer, despite its length, is full of core Christian values that are important reminders to any follower of Christ.įor example, you may have some bad habits that you want to change but know it is incredibly difficult to reverse bad habits. The intent of the prayer is to help you recognize what you can and cannot control and find wisdom to discern what you can change in your life versus some things that you cannot. Maybe you are suffering from addiction and trying to recover, or maybe you are subconsciously choosing to care about many different things that are making life tough. The Serenity Prayer appeared in a sermon of Niebuhr's as part of the 1944 A Book of Prayers and Services for the Armed Forces, while Niebuhr himself first published it in 1951 in a magazine column. The prayer spread rapidly, often without attribution to Niebuhr, through church groups in the 1930s and 1940s and was adopted and popularized by Alcoholics Anonymous and other twelve-step programs. Niebuhr used various versions of the prayer widely in sermons as early as 1934.
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