Spiritual power is the
power to do good. It's the power to pray, to talk to God, to listen to him, to
follow his instructions. We don't have to do it; it's up to us.
Matthew
King Lakota
Sought
through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him,
praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
Big
Book pg. 59
So
we of A.A. do obey spiritual principals, first because we must, and ultimately
because we love the kind of life such obedience brings.
Twelve
Steps & Twelve Traditions pg. 174
We
are neither cocky nor are we afraid. That is our experience. That is how we
react so long as we keep in fit spiritual condition.
Big
Book pg. 85
Great
Spirit teach us to follow your ways.