New Revelation recieved by Bertha Dudde

Proclamations No. 0586 - 0636

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Between 1937 and 1965 Bertha Dudde was permitted to receive and record 9030 individual proclamations on a daily basis.

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Autobiography of Bertha Dudde

At the request of many friends Bertha Dudde wrote the following biography in 1953:

I have been writing messages received through the inner Word since June 15, 1937. In answer to the many requests of my friends I will give you a picture of my earthly life, a short explanation of what I received spiritually, and my own feelings about all this.

I was born April 1, 1891, the second oldest daughter of an artist of Liegnitz in Silesia, today's Poland. I had a normally peaceful childhood, with six sisters in our parent’s home. I learned the cares of life at an early age. The desire to make money to help my parents made me learn the trade of a seamstress. As the financial needs of my parents continued, so did the burden, and in this way I made myself useful.

My parents belonged to different denominations. Father was a Protestant - Mother a Catholic. We children were brought up in the Catholic faith but never experienced pressure or force to follow the practices of the church so that each child in later years was able to pursue their own chosen course.

I myself was religious but could not accept the doctrine of the Catholic system although I respected the church. I could not represent something on the outside that my inner conscience had not accepted. So I did not continue to attend church, heard little preaching and had no knowledge of the Bible. I did not read any religious books or scientific literature and did not join any other group or religious sect.

Anyone knowing the Catholic teaching knows what a conscious struggle one finds himself in when he wants to release himself from it. I was not spared from this either. But the question as to what is the Truth and where it is to be found, remained.

Often when I prayed the Lord's Prayer I would beseech the Lord to allow me to find His kingdom. This prayer was answered in June 15, 1937, as I prayed quietly and waited for the inner voice. In this attitude I persisted often, for a wonderful peace came over me and thoughts which came to my heart, not my head, gave me comfort and strength.

Still I did not know that these thoughts were given to me until, in a strange dream I experienced something which later proved to be the Truth and caused me to write down these thoughts.

So on a certain day as I listened inwardly a stream of words came to me, which I wrote down. This was the first message I wrote which started like this: "In the beginning was the Word, 'a Te-Deum' to the Creator of Heaven and Earth."

Then came doubt, …. did you write this by yourself? In short, I have wrestled, prayed and gone through many struggles, but again and again the words came to me like a stream, a wisdom, which made me tremble. Then God Himself took away my doubts. He answered me and I acknowledged Him as our Father, in His Word. My faith grew, doubt diminished, and I received and wrote daily.

The contents of the writings were beyond my understanding. Phrases, which I had never heard of or read about, strange and scientific expressions and references continually came to me. Then came unheard of expressions of the Heavenly Father's Love giving refuge and providing enlightenment to all the questions of life.

The Words came to me in the following manner: After sincere prayer and a short period of composure I listened inwardly. Thoughts then followed coming to my mind, clearly, distinctly, and the words flowed smoothly always three or four, one after another, like writing a radio announcement or a weather report, slowly so that I could easily keep pace, writing line after line.

Now I write the words in shorthand as a dictation without having any constructive or intellectual part in it. I am in no way in a 'trance', nor do I even form the sentences, but it comes to me one word at a time, neither do I understand the context while I am writing the words down.

After days, sometimes weeks, I transcribe the shorthand writings into longhand without changing or correcting a syllable. Each dictation takes about half an hour. I must stress that this could not happen forcibly or in a state of ecstasy. It all takes place simply and consciously, without any excitement or influence of my own will. I can interrupt myself at any time and finish the sentence after hours or days without reading the previous writing the dictated words continue again.

My will is under no compulsion, all that I desire is to serve God and do what His will wants me to do.

I can truthfully say that I was led into this Truth, and these concepts were, in every respect, foreign to me. It was only after years that I found confirmation of what I received when I came to know the writings of Jacob Lorber. No one can imagine my joy when I discovered the literature of Jacob Lorber; ‘The Great Gospel of John’ and ‘The Youth of Christ’. Then I understood that other people were also given the Word of the Lord, that God had spoken to His children at all times and that God will continue to do this in His endless love and mercy.

I found in Lorber's writings the same as was given to me. I often could not understand the Word that came to me, but in His love the Heavenly Father gave me the explanation. How wonderful are the innumerable manifestations in which the Father displays His exceedingly great goodness.

It became clear to me that my limited education due to lack of money, and my lack of time to read good books or visit performances, became my advantage. I was now able to concentrate on my work from early morning to late at night, and each day I received that precious spiritual Word without knowing for whom I received it.

It is because of my ignorance of the Bible and the Catholic doctrine that I accepted the Word from above without resistance. In my experience, an earnest Catholic or Protestant whose knowledge is rooted in dogmatic theories is too much bound to dogma to accept and embrace divine revelations without resistance.

Still, there are scientists at several faculties who earnestly discuss these divine teachings with increasing interest. Their interest not only concerns the irrefutable explanation of the origin of matter and the possibility of its dissolution, but also the principle of the wrong teachings of different religions, systems and confessions. In the messages I received, these errors are recorded and everyone is urged to give instructions concerning these doctrinal errors whenever there is an opportunity. But everyone is free to take the Lord's Word to heart or not. But whoever understands the spirit in the Father's Word and does not act accordingly increases the distance between himself and the Father even more. When he does not follow the warning Words of love he puts himself inevitably under the law. He will also, in the same measure, lack in grace by disregarding God's commandment of love.

In God's grace people are led anew to the Gospel, which emphatically points out the purpose of man's being. For the merciful love of God seeks to save all who still can be saved before the turning point comes. And it will come. The end-time which seers and prophets have proclaimed is now here. According to the revelations given to me, the Lord does not differentiate between His children. ‘Come ye all to Me’ sounds His call and blessed is he who hears His call and follows Him. God loves His children. He wants to make them all happy, even when they do not want to know Him.

Recorded November 22, 1953

Bertha Dudde

Bertha Dudde was permitted to leave her earthly shell on September 18, 1965 to return to the Father’s heavenly house.

Table of Contents

0597 - The great of the world.... Security for life.... Struggle for the soul.... Prayer....

0598 - Response to Catholic clergy.... Poem....

0599 - Depression.... Spiritual and physical apathy....

0600 - Faith...

0601 - Words from Father.... God’s teaching.... God’s children....

0602 - Earthly dispositions.... God's destiny.... Distress and calamity....

0603 - Cause and effect from spiritual experience....

0604 - Intelligences....

0605 - Work of love towards enemies....

0606 - Function of unbound entities.... Life-awakening activity....

0607 - The Lord's co-workers.... Precondition.... Chosen people....

0608 - True disciples and their lot.... Sandy Desert.... The fountain and the birth of Life....

0609 - Activity of the beings.... Reminder.... Love....

0610 - Incorrigible.... Curse of Mammon.... Love....

0611 - Earth Destination.... Spiritual experience.... Prayer and Will....

0612 - Fight against Christianity.... Submission questions to God Himself.... Responsibility of the soul....

0613 - Heavenly locks.... Adversity.... Father's Words....

0614 - Spiritual bridge.... Inner vision.... Loving Father-Words....

0615 - Intellectual property.... The impact of thoughts....

0616 - The Word of God - Flesh and blood

0617 - Heavenly bliss.... Transience of earthly goods....

0618 - Rejecting and accepting the spiritual truth....

0619 - Free Will.... Recognize.... Submission to God's will....

0620 - Struggles of life necessary for the maturation of the soul.... Souls that want to embody....

0621 - Arrogance.... Thoughts of a deceased.... Their pleas....

0622 - God’s Spirit....

0623 - Prayer in the name of Jesus.... Sight in dreams.... Love and wisdom....

0624 - “Time and space....”

0625 - Form faith.... False worship....

0626 - Emotional life of people.... Trust in God....

0627 - Prayer.... Call upon Me in time of need....

0632 - Arrogance…. Those who raise themselves into lordliness, will be made humble.... Feeling oneself superior to others

The great of the world .... Security for life .... Struggle for the soul .... Prayer ....

B.D. 0597 from September 26th 1938, taken from Book No. 13

And the great ones of the world will realize that they are small and powerless and cannot do anything on their own that could improve their situation. And if they do not reflect on their origin out of God, they will not find a way out of their misery ..... Only the one who is aware of this has the means in his hand, because he will trustingly turn to the One who created him and present his plight to him .... and also find there the help he hopes for. The others, however, wander restlessly through hardship and danger and find no way out, because they close themselves in false pride.

The condition will be especially agonizing for all those to whom the world has offered a lot so far. Their only concern is to find an adequate security for the later life, and they do not consider that this life can already be finished another day .... they do not consider how much more valuable it is to provide for the peace of the soul than for the security of the body. For in the former, they can leave life every day with the guarantee of exchanging it for a better hereafter ..... The security of earthly life, however, never guarantees the same in the hereafter.

And so such a soul will always leave earth in need and find an empty place over there, wherever it wants to take up residence ..... In the struggle for existence on earth, it is always advisable to consider the soul first and to lead the struggle primarily for the soul, then the body need never fear to be considered disadvantageously on earth, because then all sufferings are unnecessary for such an earthly child, which without these, already finds it's way to the Father and has recognized the advancement of it's soul as important.

Therefore, earthly knowledge, earthly power and reputation will not bring any advantage to the soul, but every human child must strive for this equally eagerly, whether high or low, whether poor or rich. No-one can easily or carelessly gain entrance into eternal bliss ..... All face the same work, which only free will can overcome and accomplish. And every human being can only be helped to fulfill his earthly task by heartfelt prayer .... Whoever thinks himself too exalted to ask God for help, will certainly be great on earth, but one of the last in eternity ....

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Response to Catholic clergy .... Poem ....

B.D. 0598 from September 28th 1938, taken from Book No. 13

As you are instructed, so you shall walk your way on earth. You may face many dangers, but these are permitted from above for the purpose of strengthening the will, and so only move all your worries in your heart before God, and leave yourself to His protection, and all these dangers will prove to be small and will be victoriously overcome by you. And now lend your ear to the Divine voice and hear:

The same way will be shown to all those who are prejudiced against Him today, and therefore know that the will of the Lord directed you and you only carried out His order, which should also bring a light to those who have the will to always do and teach what is right. And how often will the Spirit of God therefore still descend on the people .... The truth will be desired and searched for, and people everywhere will not be spared inner soul struggles, and this is what the eternal Deity aims at .... that man lifts his thoughts to God and asks for the light of truth from Him. If you only teach each other in the doctrine adopted from your fathers and do not consider that the Lord alone guarantees you pure truth, you will only always remain in error .... For the Lord has placed all power in His Word, which came forth from Himself, but has not extended the same power to subsequently changed teaching under His name.

How manifoldly the Lord reveals Himself and His will, and how little these revelations are accepted. The will of man opposes His teachings, and the call from on high goes unheard ..... And the few, who follow him, find no faith with the people. And so the Divinity will now express itself even more visibly, and the willingness of His, will support Him with full will ..... It will therefore by no means be an act of complete expression of will, but only a complete subordination to the Divine will of one's own accord. Every experience of the individual should be an indication of the incessant activity and work of the Godhead ..... Thus, God must also distribute His power and grace where purely spiritual and Divine problems are to be clarified.

And everyone should consider this and make full use of the Divine grace for himself, which always happens through heartfelt prayer. If the Lord has given you prayer, you can also be without worry ..... He keeps His promises and promises strength to those who ask Him for it .... Seek and ye shall find .... Knock and it shall be opened unto you .... Where would the Deity be, who would let a child call for help in vain ....? This God is only in the sense of those who have not recognized Him correctly. But the Father, Whom the child calls, bends Himself lovingly towards him at all times and does not let his prayer go unheard. And if you do not trust, you cannot be helped, in faith in Him lies the power and the fulfillment of prayer.

Have God before your eyes and in your heart .... These words contain everything .... Take insight into His creation, and you will receive Him faithfully into your heart .... And if you can embrace Him with your heart, He will also embrace you with all power and will no longer let you out. And then you will understand everything that the world cannot understand .... His goodness, His long-suffering, His mercy .... you recognize your weakness and become strong in it .... from now on you are safe at the Father's heart ....

He protects you so that you do not stumble, and abides in you with His grace. And therefore you shall not fear, for you are incredibly strong in the Spirit of the Lord. He helps Himself to your mouth, if you willingly give Him your heart, and whoever serves Him with his whole soul is His instrument here on earth. He directs your steps according to His will, He lets you speak according to His will and also grants you His power to confirm His word. And this is His love, which expresses itself through eternal times .... which asks for you and will never stop until all eternity ....

(If your heart has quietly turned to Me .... Then My will leads you to the promised land .... For your days on earth it shall be your light .... So that you will not lack the strength to follow Me .... I will guide you on the way to eternal life .... And help you that your striving is eternal .... Only the transfiguration of Jesus .... as the Son of God .... Whom all angels serve at His throne .... That you now and forever .... Only Him you are ready to serve .... Who will reveal all glory to you .... Who then fulfills all your longings .... That you may behold His face .... That you may be with Me in the light ....)

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Depression .... Spiritual and physical apathy ....

B.D. 0599 from September 30th 1938, taken from Book No. 13

Pay attention to every depression affecting you and always regard it as the means used by the Lord in order to submit the soul to His will. Behold, you humans would yield to a certain amount of spiritual sluggishness without a second thought were you not subjected to moods which affect your thinking. To discover the reason for depression in order to resolve it can only ever be spiritually beneficial, for the human being's task is to be constantly active so as not to diminish in his vigour, and this applies both to the body as well as to the person's spirit. Once the state of diminished vigour has occurred, spiritual as well as physical activity is likely to wane and this would always signify a decline, which divine wisdom seeks to prevent, providing the earthly child willingly complies with every encouragement and prevention. The danger of such a decline is too great to be overlooked; on the contrary, it must be fought by using all available means, which therefore very wisely happens by subjecting a person to depressions which, in turn, give cause for reflection and exert an invigorating effect on body and spirit. Someone who always regards and understands such depressions as a revival for spirit and body will derive utmost benefit from them .... He will monitor from which side he is at risk and protect himself even before the state of inertia occurs .... This is how the Lord protects His Own from weariness and at the same time combines it with an educational purpose .... of increased vigorous activity .... with thoughtful introspection as to how small and inadequate the earthly being actually is, and in so doing the human being regains his inner humility when he is at risk of losing it. Divine wisdom must frequently intervene if the soul's improvement is to progress steadily. You humans are so weak and without perseverance .... Were it left up to you alone, without the support of divine grace, any progress would be hard. Nothing in the world lasts forever .... eternal alternation and alteration keep everything continually active. The spirit must therefore also be constantly stimulated and God deals with this in a manifold and frequently changing way. Yet always bearing the benefit of the children on earth in mind and taking care of them according to their need, often in painful but also in uplifting ways .... However, the only decisive factor is the effect the events or feelings exert on the human being's spirit. A person rarely succeeds in overcoming all hurdles in life with the same ease .... Many a time his strength will leave him and then visible help must come from above, but it frequently expresses itself such that it is not gladly welcomed .... that is, in the shape of emotional depressions which so burden the earthly child that it will try to master them and thereby liberate itself from the impending danger of inertia. Then it will try twice as hard to fulfil God's will .... it will aim to attain a state of inner peace again and can only achieve this through increased activity. Consequently, every depression, if it seems to burden the earthly child, also includes a certain blessing providing it is recognised as such ....

Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna

Faith...

B.D. 0600 from October 1st 1938, taken from Book No. 13

Behold, My child, you must have complete trust in Me if I am to perform the miracle on you and train you to be a teacher of My Word, for the power of My Word can only fill you if you accept it in deepest faith. See, what reveals itself to you is always only my spirit. But how can I take residence in a heart before it opens itself to Me in deepest faith. My Spirit should be felt by you as completely true to life .... every little word should tell you of My love, only then will the essence of the Divinity reveal Itself to you, and only then will the power of God work in you.

All awakening of the spiritual powers in you is only an expression of the Spirit of God; where man cannot completely devote himself to faith, a stagnation will occur until faith is strengthened. Now your will is exceedingly strong and always helps where faith becomes weak, but if you accept My Word as unbroken truth, you will grow beyond yourself and be a blessed disciple of My name. Behold, My child, first observe the conduct of a faithless man ..... Does he not have every reason to despair of life, if nothing teaches him the connection with the hereafter? And how deficient is his trust in help .... how empty his life, if faith does not sustain him?

But a true child of God accepts everything from the hand of the Father with surrender, he believes and trusts and is therefore never without help. And so faith and trust is the first thing that has to be won by man, only then he can build up all spiritual knowledge on it. That My will directs you, is likewise only to be understood through faith .... How else would you like to prove this? You must be pointed to My love and My care for you by faith .... again you have no proofs for it, only the firm faith ..... Faith is the first and the last, the beginning and the end. Because without faith, you don't recognize your end and also don't live for eternity .... but you only see life in it's real condition, which only makes you highly dissatisfied during your earthly existence.

But through faith even the deepest sorrow is soothed, the greatest suffering is alleviated and hopelessness is transformed into confidence. That is why you will only learn to love Me in all fervor when you believe with all your heart. What else is faith than recognising Me ....? If you believe that I am, then you are in the middle of knowledge .... and then everything else will be easy for you .... you will show Me respect and honor by striving to do My will and keeping My commandments .... you will show Me love, and your most fervent desire will be to be united with Me .... But you will achieve all this only through My Word .... accept My Word .... let nothing else work in you but this My Word ....

Then you must believe and therefore also love, and then you will be My children forever. For if an earthly child sees the Father in Me, it's faith is not easy to shake .... every word, which comes to it, it accepts without doubt, because the Father considers his child truthfully. He will not lead it on the wrong path or let it go the wrong way .... Therefore, My child, let your will be followed by action, immerse yourself in My Word and believe that I protect every one of My children from all danger of body and soul when this child is filled with desire for its Father .... and always pay attention to the inner voice which sounds sweetly to those who love Me, because My love reveals to them how they reach Me and remain Mine until all eternity.

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Words from Father .... God’s teaching .... God’s children ....

B.D. 0601 from October 2nd 1938, taken from Book No. 13

So you, My children, see everything on earth summarized in a doctrine which is not very convincing to you and you are not able to make it your own, because in listening to this doctrine alone, wisdom can never be imparted to you, but first you must try to get rid of all earthly thoughts which are completely apart from My doctrine and which also can never be brought into harmony with it. Everything that is from God also presupposes a Divine attitude ..... But what is of the world, will always only condition worldly thinking, and thus all Divine gifts are without deep effect on the human heart as long as it is not received with spiritual striving.

The more insightful his thoughts turn to the pure teaching of God, the sooner man is also able to live according to this teaching, and as soon as My word is also followed by action, it has truly come alive and is of such power that you also recognize it as the pure Word of God ..... That you can never resist this teaching and accept it in your heart without reservation, that you serve Me with all love and are thus spiritually reborn to My infinite joy. For who has found to Me, is received by Me with joy, and his share is light from the eternal Light.

As children of God, you remain eternally close to Me and work with Me and through Me continuously according to My will ..... And so I guarantee you fullest entry into My glory, if you only accept My teaching and never turn away from it, whatever may threaten you from outside. You dear little ones do not consider the great danger you are in if you separate yourselves from Me ..... My love will always and forever seek you and point you to the only way of faith in Me, your Lord and Saviour.

Oh hear My voice .... Do not let yourselves be beguiled by the world, which only robs you of your time, which should be dedicated to the work on your soul .... The hand of God guides you all and again to where you hear My voice .... Give in to the urge of your heart and stay where I call you .... because I will touch your heart that you also feel My nearness, and when a quiet thought arises in you that you are protected in My care .... when you feel that your heart wants to lean towards Me, then know that I speak to you and offer you My love .... know that now the Father desires you and wants to receive you as His children into His kingdom.

And turn away from all earthly desires .... let all your thoughts and aspirations be for the return to the Father's house .... turn your prayer to Me, and I will refresh you with My word and refresh you with My grace .... I want to give you all My love and draw you to Me, and your whole earthly life will be easy if you only use it to fulfill My will, to keep My commandments and to come close to Me ..... My love will take hold of you with all power, and you will be blessed in this love already on earth and one day in eternity.

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Earthly dispositions .... God's destiny .... Distress and calamity ....

B.D. 0602 from October 2nd 1938, taken from Book No. 13

Everything goes the course of it's destiny according to God's wisdom, and if the world believes to be able to act on it's own authority, it will indeed do so as far as it is authorized to do so by free will, but this action will always have an effect on the individual according to God's will. Therefore decrees can still be made and yet ..... These will only ever affect the human being if such is permitted by God, and thus he who closely unites himself with the Father need never fear, for his protection will protect the earth child from every evil.

Only those people fall victim to the earthly orders who rebel against the Divine Lord, because these have to ask for help against it from above by pressure and hardness on the part of man, and therefore those are also admitted although they do not find the approval of the Divine Lord in themselves. The more the hustle and bustle of the world turns to earthly interests, the more shallow will people's thinking be .... and the less will God oppose His will to the hustle and bustle of the world, which through compulsion and hardship, plunges mankind into distress and misery. As long as the spirit of love does not rule on earth, no improvement can be achieved, and tribulation and hardship will be the only means to bring people to their senses and to direct them to faith in a true God of love.

People try in every possible way to put themselves in possession of goods, because they regard these goods as the epitome of their striving on earth. And the more they drive the soul into the danger of losing itself completely. With all the distress of the soul, only one means is to be used, to come into the state of complete helplessness through great bodily distress, so that a glow of bright light may then shine on man in the darkest night, he may pursue it and, with good will, be completely enlightened. And so the Divinity cannot protect you completely from physical misery and disaster until you reflect on yourselves, on your earthly task and on your relationship with the heavenly Father.

Remember these words in times of trouble and call to the Father ..... In His mercy, He will at all times hear the call from the depths and save you from all harm, if you are concerned not only about your physical well-being, but first about your spiritual well-being. For this alone the Father lets all suffering come upon you .... but will also take it away from you when the soul has recognized and the earthly life is not of value to man, whereas he fears for his soul's salvation .... Then the Father will intervene and let you come out of all hardship without harm, and you will bless the suffering that brought about your salvation from eternal death, and there will be no end to praise and thanksgiving to God ....

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Cause and effect from spiritual experience ....

B.D. 0603 from October 3rd 1938, taken from Book No. 13

All spiritual experience is cause and effect at the same time. The attentive man can observe at any time that the spiritual experience must be preceded by some event, according to which his thought-direction has just taken the way to the height ..... From this thinking then a spiritual immersion in questions arose, concerning the eternal Godhead .... such questions forced the human being to believe in a power, which so to speak expresses itself in every human being .... Faith ignited in the human heart the God-spark of love, and by the love, the spirit was again animated. Only a few realize how blessed is the path that an earthly child walks in the beginning of recognition ....

To have entered the bridge which reaches over into the eternal kingdom is of incalculable advantage for the earthly child, for it is spared the unspeakable struggle in the hereafter, and on entering the hereafter it can also soon pass over into regions of light and leave behind all suffering on earth. But now the question forces itself on humans, which fate is given to those, which separated themselves always willingly from the matter, which demanded nothing from the world and it's joys, but stood also just as indifferently opposite to the spiritual world ..... These were both spiritually and physically sluggish and found their satisfaction in the state of complete inertia, their body was indeed little captivated by earthly desire, but also their spiritual well-being was not particularly close to their hearts .... but they were content with the most meager life on this earth.

Such people must have extraordinarily strong inner experiences which shake them out of this lethargy of body and soul, so that then the actual activity begins and they now devote themselves fully to their task. Once the spirit has revealed itself to them, then the person also attentively takes in everything that follows .... He observes now attentively all events around him, begins to think and draws now from each experience his use for the soul.

And then the state sets in where the spiritual experience works itself out in diligent activity on himself .... on his soul, and then man will not make a one-sided judgment in every situation of life, but he will always be mindful of the fact that all threads go out from God, that therefore nothing is sent or permitted by God which does not serve spiritual maturity .... thus every earthly event should also simultaneously set the spirit in activity to finally be guided by it into all wisdom and to be able to completely fulfill the task already on earth. For what man already achieves on earth, is immensely beneficial for the soul and will be felt extremely beneficially when leaving the earthly shell, so that the soul may enter the eternal kingdom without any obstacles .... the kingdom of peace .....

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Intelligences ....

B.D. 0604 from October 5th 1938, taken from Book No. 13

Through the universe, incessantly spiritually impressed material intelligences buzz, which possess an immensely quick comprehension and perceive every spiritual current and use it for their own best interest. These intelligences are also endowed with a power which is expressed in the formation of new beings ..... It is like a secret mission, which grips all these entities, that they must be active in the new formation of beings, in order to establish so-called bonds between spiritual power and material embodiment. All these intelligences have one thing in common - they join every form without resistance - in order to penetrate it completely little by little and thus to form spiritually animated bodies, whose sense and purpose is to produce continuously out of themselves the tiniest living beings and thus to animate the universe with innumerable creatures.

If now the people oppose this process with doubts, then also every further explanation will appear unacceptable to them because in the end nothing in the universe is so simple in it's origin that the human with his capacity could understand this, and nevertheless creation has so many inexplicable phenomena to show, that man as such is too small to form for himself a truthfully clear picture of it, and all effort would be in vain if the spirit in him did not unveil such miracles. What remains now to the human being but to believe or to have to stretch out the arms ....

If he resists faith, then only one solution remains - to set the limits of earthly knowledge there, where seeing and hearing has an end. Only then he will also have no urge to prepare himself, i.e. his soul .... for a higher goal; He remains with his thoughts on earth and fathoms only that what is comprehensible for him, but remains completely far away from a spiritual experience. And nevertheless man is carrier of innumerable intelligences and is occupied by them far more than is apparent.

For even if man refuses to acknowledge spiritual power, even if he rejects with full consciousness a supernatural activity .... he will not be able to prevent that also his own thoughts digress into infinity, because the very intelligences hidden in him drive him to it .... because the actual life in him are effects of those very intelligences. It is from this fact that so many people find satisfaction only when their thinking becomes spiritualized.

What nothing in the earthly life brings about .... to give man an inner peace .... those beings can bring about to a great extent, as well as they can determine man to give his thoughts the direction upwards .... The power of these intelligences sometimes goes so far that the surroundings of man are also permeated by them, especially when all resistance in man is broken and he willingly yields to the strong urge. Then there is eternally no decline to fear, because everything spiritual strives towards the Spirit of God .... it finds the soul back to the eternal Light .... to the eternal Divinity ....

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Work of love towards enemies ....

B.D. 0605 from October 6th 1938, taken from Book No. 13

Let it be your concern to do good also to your enemies, and take heed that every work of love, no matter how small, is blessed threefold .... It helps you to remove the sting of enmity .... it helps you to grace yourselves, and it reawakens counter-love in those to whom you do good. And you thereby make a sacrifice of self-conquest. You have time and leisure enough to prepare yourselves for such an act of love for your neighbor, wherever you are in enmity with him. It may be difficult for you at first, but gradually the inner voice will make it easier for you. It will speak to you well and will not be silent until you have carried out the work of love .....

And the only danger then is that you do not realize what an unspeakably beneficial effect such a work of love has, if the adversary does not want to admit that your love benefits him .... then you are easily discouraged and inclined to refrain from further works of love .... and do not believe how erroneous this view is. You do not recognize the spiritual blessing so clearly, but for the soul it is of unnameable value, and any lukewarmness of which you are guilty, you will one day bitterly regret. In the spiritual world, work is constantly being done to shape people into peace-loving beings, to bridge enmity and to transform hatred and unkindness towards each other into love and kindness.

As valuable as the work for each other is, it is unspeakably damaging when people stand opposed to each other in hatred and enmity. This destroys all spiritual fellowship between people, and souls who turn away from each other always in an effort to harm each other get so deeply entangled in the nets of the adversary that it becomes more and more difficult for them to free themselves from them and this is only possible through mutually performed works of love. Striving upward with enmity in the heart is not easily possible, first it must be eradicated .... man must try to remove all hatred and resentment from the heart and then establish a good relationship in the same measure.

Then all assistance will be granted to them, and for the time of their earthly life, they are ensured of the help of the good spiritual forces, which protect them from renewed hostilities and thus also the soul from setbacks in it's work on itself. Therefore, always observe this commandment to love your enemies and do good to them, so you will gain immeasurably in spiritual treasures for eternity ....

Amen

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Function of unbound entities .... Life-awakening activity ....

B.D. 0606 from October 7th 1938, taken from Book No. 13

The further life will be shaped in such a way that you will not lack the will to do what is the order of the Most High. And so you will certainly let your will speak, but in full agreement with the will of God. Therefore, no misgivings will hold you back from your spiritual activity, no doubts will worry you, but you will completely submit to the will of God and thus also find the strength necessary for all your actions. All work will then be carried out in the manner as it is in the sense of the heavenly Father, therefore only always keep full of trust in all words that come to you, and remain fully assured that the Lord guides you wisely and does not let you go astray.

But now begin: Where in the atmosphere a permanent life expresses itself, this life is promoted incessantly by forces which are subject to the will of God. These are mostly unformed .... i.e. unbound beings, to which the task falls to work animatedly. The natural instinct, which is inherent in the smallest creatures, is a function of these unbound entities, and thus here again a spiritual power comes to light, which is difficult to make understandable to you humans. Only this much you know - that all creatures carry out an always constant busy activity, but all in different kind. You watch the activity of the smallest living beings .... you must recognize a regularity of their activity assigned to them by the Creator and yet you cannot explain to yourselves the immediate cause of this activity.

This is only understandable if you accept the explanation that for the awakening of the smallest life-spirits, the direct influence of the Spirit of God is conditional .... that everything what lives in this world is seized by the Spirit of God .... and the innumerable most minute entities out of God must fulfill their task in the whole of creation ..... And each of them eagerly fulfills this task. The term "life" always includes a further development .... but never a persistence in it. What lives, must change continuously, both in it's external form and in it's spiritual nature. Thus also the smallest creature must go it's course of development from the moment of emergence, up to the end of the life ....

It goes the way of it's prescribed development, and has reached the highest degree in this embodiment, then the life as such is finished, and another form waits for the already more mature spiritual substance to be revived by it. And innumerable such soul substances again unite into larger living beings, and always the atmosphere is filled with such souls looking forward to embodiment .... and therefore also the atmosphere surrounding you humans filled with life, because the life-giving power is in everything always surrounding you .... in the air, in the water, in the rain, in the wind, you take in this power with every breath and become physically fresh and strengthened by it, because it provides you with the substances you need to live ....

All the well-being which you feel when you abandon yourselves in the open air to the good effect of such influxes from outside, is a proof of the life-awakening activity of all these entities, which, in a bound state, drive innumerable living beings to their activity willed by the Creator .... yet exert a favorable influence on all large and small living beings in an unbound state, securing for them the supply of all vital elements which they need for their existence.

There is not one of such beings without activity, the omnipotence of God drives each one to carry out the will of God, and this consists in the continuous animation of all creative activity. The Lord, Who gave life to every being, unceasingly ensures that this is also preserved, even if in an ever different form, and this uninterrupted activity is also at the same time a perpetual ascent .... who rightly recognizes this, will then look at himself in the same sense, and his attention will be directed to the miracle of life, which reveals itself in every individual .... And he will sing honor and praise to his Creator, Whom he now recognizes in all greatness ....

Amen

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The Lord's co-workers .... Precondition .... Chosen people ....

B.D. 0607 from October 8th 1938, taken from Book No. 13

Whoever thirsts for the truth, the Savior gives him words of eternal life. A pure heart and a receptive mind are the prerequisites for hearing these words. Likewise, all senses must be directed to God, then the thinking of the earthly child will be spiritualized in such a way that the Spirit of God can now make Itself known and from this connection of the Spirit of God with the soul life of man, an undreamt-of advantage arises. It is always only a question of time whether man wants to take the deepest wisdom from these proclamations or is content with less ..... Working on oneself, also increases receptivity. The firm will and deep faith are also necessary to be able to penetrate into the depths of Divine wisdom.

And so the whole being of man must undergo a slow transformation, if he wants to be active as a co-worker of the Lord on earth, to be instructed by Him and to be guided into all wisdom. Thus, only the right perseverance is needed to achieve the greatest success, because every work is worth it's reward. But the blessing that pours over the earthly child from such work, is unspeakably great. Few will be able to fulfill such an office, because the things that cannot be grasped with one's hands, make them falter again and again and therefore they do not devote themselves to this work full of confidence. Then, of course, it cannot be expected that the first attempts will bring high results to light, but man must practice diligent work, patience and perseverance, if he wants to be a faithful co-worker of the Lord and receive heaven's reward. There have certainly been people on earth at all times who stood in the most intimate relationship to God, and these had been made recognizable by God at all times through extraordinary work, so that His grace was visibly expressed.

Those people, however, were mostly standing outside the church, i.e. outside of what mankind had built up in false knowledge. They had found the way to God in their innermost hearts and in the deepest attachment to the Divine Savior, had placed their lives completely in the will of God, and to these the Lord revealed Himself and gave them the crown of life already on earth. These were in most cases confessors of the pure word of God, but abhorring all externals, all pomp and self-love, and so in the midst of falsehood and lies, they found the right way to God and were therefore also strengthened by extraordinary proofs of grace at all times ....

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True disciples and their lot .... Sandy Desert .... The fountain and the birth of Life ....

B.D. 0608 from October 8th 1938, taken from Book No. 13

But at any time also these My true disciples were opposed by the people denying Me, wanting to destroy My teaching. Many a false presentation of My teaching caused mankind's mind to turn away from it and My true disciples were not listened to, who could truly offer them gold instead of stones. Where the presumption of people went so far that even My name was used as a cover for false teachings, there no pure teaching could be preserved, because the foundation had become dilapidated and what was built by human hands could never claim My blessing. Quietly and eagerly, believingly and with a loving heart, however, My true disciples preached Christianity .... and whoever accepted this teaching, entered My kingdom ....

The work, which now arises under your hand, is again based on My will to make the source of life accessible to mankind. The wrong ways, which lead you away from the right way, will lead you into the sandiest desert, where burning thirst, weariness and agonizing death is your lot ..... But you may refresh yourselves at My spring ..... You will then continue the right way without effort until you enter the gate of eternal life. Therefore pay attention to the signs .... pay attention to those who show you the way to the birth of life and do not remain in the sandy desert where then the fountain .... the pure Word of God .... is so close to you. It is announced to you humans again and again that you are God's creatures .... so recognize Me as your Father, so that I can consider you to also become and remain My true disciples until all eternity ....

Amen

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Activity of the beings .... Reminder .... Love ....

B.D. 0609 from October 9th 1938, taken from Book No. 13

To remain in always the same environment, would let the innumerable beings become inactive, therefore again and again another place of stay is determined for them, in which again new tasks wait for them and they can develop higher in another direction. Therefore these beings do not always remain in the same activity, but only as long as a certain spiritual stage is reached, which then allows a transition into another sphere. Thus, even the smallest living being, apart from the task of enlivening God's work of creation, has to fulfill the far greater task of perfecting itself. It is forced to fulfill it's task, it cannot fight against God's will and has to go the way of higher development.

The soul is also deprived of any recollection when it takes residence in the human flesh-body as the last embodiment. For the consciousness of it's previous long walk would put it, so to speak, into a state of compulsion, in which man would then fulfill the will of God out of fear and dread of having to go this way again and thus, as an unfree being, could never reach the degree of sonship with God ..... and therefore also not to become similar to God, what however should be the first and last striving of every man. So you now also understand how wise the orders of the Divine Creator are, that all knowledge about the before and the after is veiled to you ....

A complete knowledge of it excludes a free, uninfluenced way of acting of the human being. Man will always try to get the greatest benefit from everything he does. But his walk on earth should be guided by love, which does not seek any earthly advantage ..... What is done for the sake of a reward, is not valuable before God - but what man accomplishes out of love, is blessed and will also bring it's reward. The simplest event in human life can, because it is permeated with love, outweigh years of work of earthly value, and likewise, no man can avoid working on his soul .... He must, if he wants to reach the goal, be continuously active ....

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Incorrigible .... Curse of Mammon .... Love ....

B.D. 0610 from October 9th 1938, taken from Book No. 13

It is My most holy will that from now on, only one name rules the world empire .... no power of the world shall be able to boast to have power over the earth and it's inhabitants because My love will stand by all. Only where the urge downwards is so strong that My love is rejected, there the darkness shall hold it's harvest, because these are not worth mercy, since they spurn My hand, which wants to save them from the abyss of hell. All resistance would have to break through My love all-power, and only beings of truly devilish mind, spurn this love. What is incorrigible, must bear the consequences of the rigid mind and remain banished from Me forever.

Behold Mammon and it's danger .... It contaminates mankind, and it gives itself into the hands of evil, and nothing can save it from this but love. As soon as a loving heart approaches such a lost soul and dedicates itself to it, the power of evil is diminished, and deep love wrests this soul from darkness. And therefore only love can be the true helper in such trouble, only love is the overwhelming power which wrests the souls from the adversary and leads them to the light ..... And this power is so strong that it will triumph over all power of evil.

Wherever your weapon is love, you are victorious against the enemy, and where My love calls you as fighters, an army will arise, so strong and powerful that the enemy will tremble, that in his ranks, confidence is shaken and the power is broken. For even if hatred is strong, love is far more powerful .... Where hate destroys, love rebuilds .... Where hate wounds, love is healing power .... and where the kingdom of God is to be destroyed by the hatred of the enemy, there love will build it up and fortify it, teach God's Word and spread it .... Love will sacrifice where hatred consumes, it will know no other goal than to serve God. And so love will overcome everything because it is the power out of God. The more intimately you love Me, the stronger I will penetrate you ....

I will draw everything to Me so that the world with it's efforts will be put to shame and the enemy of light, pushed into the utmost darkness, will not be able to harm those who have not yet completely fallen prey to him. For I want to meet them with My love, and if they recognize Me, they will willingly follow Me and escape the snares of the adversary ..... For no-one resists the power of My love .... and this love lasts forever and does not let any of My beings perish, which only hold the smallest spark of God's Spirit in them ..... My love grasps these and draws them to Me .... And from the power of evil I want to redeem all souls, because My love does not want that what once was light from the eternal light, would be lost forever ....

Amen

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Earth Destination .... Spiritual experience .... Prayer and Will ....

B.D. 0611 from October 10th 1938, taken from Book No. 13

Man has only one destiny on earth, but this is so important that man must not become careless and should only live what corresponds to this destiny. Nothing in the area of the spiritual is unimportant, because only through the spiritual experience he can achieve what he is on earth for. The placing in earthly things, completely separated from the spiritual, must first let him seek, and the Spirit out of God, which dwells in him, will also always urge him to be spiritually active, but man must give his consent by virtue of his free will, only then can the spirit detach itself from it's cover and pursue it's ultimate goal, the union with God.

And this is the real earthly work of man, that he, although bound to matter, voluntarily loosens the connection and instead seeks the closest connection with the Spirit of God .... As the spirit formerly detached itself from it's Creator in the desire to rule and usurp all power, so now the same way is to be gone back in all humility and love to the Father of the universe .... The soul should find it's way home to the Father's house, and that is why life on earth was given to it. In order to be able to fulfill such a task, however, the power of man is too small, because that which surrounds the soul and holds it captive, is also a power which opposes the Divine power.

So now the Divine power must be called upon as assistance, so that it gives strength in the fight against the hostile power. And this goes thereupon in inexhaustible measure to the earthly child. Therefore, prayer to the heavenly Father is the first and most important thing, without which you can never find the way up. It is the weapon in the fight, your power and your strength. And if you use prayer diligently, then you can also never be defeated, because now also all other aids are offered to you .... you are made attentive, how you can easily and quickly free yourselves from the power which still holds you in bonds. You only need to always pray and want, and the assistance will be granted to you so obviously by pointing out your task and the way how you can reach the eternal home.

Only pay attention to the spiritual in you and distance yourself with full will from matter, the pleasures and temptations of the world, then man pursues his true destiny on earth and can achieve infinitely great and valuable things .... the reunion with the Spirit of God, from Whom he separated in false knowledge. Let this serve as a reminder to you that you should never forget to pray, but turn to your Father daily and hourly in the spirit, so that He may provide you with strength and grace to fulfill your destiny on earth .....

Amen

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Fight against Christianity .... Submission questions to God Himself .... Responsibility of the soul ....

B.D. 0612 from October 10th 1938, taken from Book No. 13

The Lord has decided to take the greatest possible retribution when His will is no longer acknowledged and His name is mocked ..... For among mankind, all reverence for the eternal Godhead has been extinguished, and only earthly power, wealth and rank still rule. One applies force to the true confessor of His name and believes to be deprived of any justification towards Him .... Certain circles even try to shake the foundations of Christianity by denying the Author of it and questioning His existence altogether. At present, they have countless followers who find such an explanation pleasant and comfortable and therefore do not hesitate to adopt this view and likewise reject everything that is connected with Jesus Christ as the Redeemer of mankind.

These people give themselves such a great indictment of poverty, they do not give themselves an account, because their inner voice would guide them in the right direction .... In return, they let something be taken from them that everyone should first submit to their own judgment. Only if the human being connects a serious striving with the will to fathom the truth, he can get clarity about what is the doctrine of God and what is the doctrine of man ..... Who lets this great question resound in the human heart .... who seriously strives to acknowledge the Divinity, if He proves Himself as such to the earthly child, he will not be left without answer for a long time, because the heavenly Father sends help to such searching souls very soon ..... He also lets them find the way where they will get clarity about such and similar questions.

Whoever earnestly desires to be enlightened about the nature of Christ, will soon receive such a clear and comprehensible picture of the Savior, that his doubts will vanish and he will surrender to the teachings of Christ with full conviction. And so only people should present this question to the heavenly Father Himself, so they would not get into the danger to turn away completely from the Saviour of mankind. Everything breathes God's goodness and love .... where man asks in error or ignorance, there he is lovingly led to the way of truth .... but to reject out of one's own intellectual wisdom, will lead to ever greater error ....

But what the human being believes to recognize as an individual, is left to him .... who however wants to talk up his own opinion full of conviction also to the fellow human being, is a great sinner before God and the people. The lot of his own soul is unspeakably sad if he is on the wrong path; But to have been responsible for the fate of fellow human beings is irresponsible, and God's judgment will be sent to them while they are still on earth, so that they will realize that the Lord does not allow His name to be mocked and does not tolerate the salvation of countless fellow human beings to be endangered.

For if you take earthly goods from man, this is not right before God .... But how will you answer for yourselves, you who take the eternal kingdom from your fellow man .... He who is weak listens to his fellow man and thoughtlessly accepts what brings him the greatest harm for his soul .... Therefore beware to persuade these weak in spirit of your opinion, if you do not want to be punished in the most sensitive way still in the earthly life .... because the Lord has the power over everything in heaven and on earth .... He will also know how to protect His Word, and this will not pass away until all eternity and will bear witness to Jesus Christ as the Son of God and Redeemer of mankind ....

Amen

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Heavenly locks .... Adversity .... Father's Words ....

B.D. 0613 from October 11th 1938, taken from Book No. 13

Leave all your worries and only trustingly devote yourself to this work. See, whoever is active for Me, I already direct him according to My will, and where resistance arises purely outwardly, I am near you with My care and love. These heavy thoughts come to you only to spur you on to ever more intensive activity, for lukewarmness and carelessness do not promote this work, but only willing absorption at all times can ensure progress. Leave all your worries to Me, I want to take them from you, but they are sometimes necessary to cheer up the spirit. So also today a proclamation goes to you, in wise foresight of what is coming, destined to give you comfort and strength:

The floodgates of heaven will open anew, and whole regions will be in trouble and distress. The Father's mercy only sends this distress upon the earthly people in order to save for eternity those of good will. In this time, all otherwise active forces in My order .... will freeze, all confidence in the rule of nature will dwindle, people will be at the mercy of the powers from above, so that hearts must turn to God if they want help from their misery. The thought of death in the middle of life is so terrible to them that they will certainly ask for the preservation of life, and those who takes their refuge in Me, will also be saved, because just for these I let all adversity come over the earth, so that through this, they would come into living contact with their Creator, because what is still slumbering in them now, shall be awakened to active life .....

The apparent worship which they believe to perform for Me today is only a vain habit, neither animated by right thinking nor by deep, undoubted faith ..... The intimate relationship with the Father will only be established in greatest distress, even if people want to rebel beforehand and doubt the rule of a Deity ..... When they are no longer able to do anything on their own, they will go into themselves and recognize the true Father. And in such an hour your faith must be firm and unshakeable .... You must not then waver or become despondent, for I am always near and await every call. Therefore, remember, My child, do not let doubts take over in you ....

It is such an incomparable blessing to maintain this connection that you can cover your days of life in the fullest confidence and will always feel the helping hand of your Saviour even in earthly worries. I want to see you, My children, strong in faith and trusting in Me ..... And every anxiety shall leave your heart. That is also why the tests for your soul are allowed, but which you can easily pass if you immerse yourself in My Word and remain in believing, intimate prayer. Never neglect to commend yourself and your actions to your heavenly Father and ask Him for His blessing, then you can face every day without worry. To defeat yourself is the most beautiful victory .... but to fight for your Lord and Savior, nothing must seem too difficult to you, so that My love may always take care of you ....

Amen

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Spiritual bridge .... Inner vision .... Loving Father-Words ....

B.D. 0614 from October 11th 1938, taken from Book No. 13

The heavens praise the Eternal Glory .... and from now on the song of praise shall resound in infinity .... He who gave you life also heard your call to Him, He sent His angels to escort you into His kingdom. Now follow us, the messengers of God, and bend your will under that of the Most High, for you have found favor in the sight of the Lord, and His eye rests favorably upon you. And His goodness and love constantly sends you teachings, because dark night makes it difficult for people to find the way to the Father .... What you now receive is a Divine gift full of wisdom. Human intellectual acuity is not to be measured by the content of these teachings sent to you from above, for who among the people would want to fathom through their own strength what God has conveyed through His messengers to those who love Him ....

Where would be the bridge that leads from earthly knowledge to spiritual truths .... It is tangibly not there, but spiritually there is no unbridgeable gap, because this bridge has been built from the beyond through the angels and servant spirit-beings to earth, accessible to everyone, but used only by the fewest. If the world knew how easily and simply the spirit can swing up into spheres physically inaccessible to you .... what measure of bliss would be accessible to you, if you would only follow the will of the Lord, which is a precondition for entering this bridge.

In order to gain insight into the realms of the hereafter, the Lord wants to open up the inner vision to you, and your spiritual eye will behold incomparable beauty, and you will find your way in this magnificent environment, because your task shall be to teach people on earth the belief in a hereafter, in a retribution, and therefore an infinitely important task on earth. And you will be able to teach everything from fullest conviction, therefore the Lord lets you see things that are beyond the earthly life.

Hear what the Lord says to you: My child, flee the world, then you will see Me .... defend yourself when temptation approaches you, and begin everything in My name .... If you love Me, then My Word will be everything to you .... the morning and evening prayer .... the food of the day, the light of the night, the word of love .... it is My Word, I Myself to you .... Take Me into your heart, and with Me satisfy your hunger and thirst .... then I will dwell in you immediately, work in you and speak through you, and all who hear you will hear Me, and so I dwell on this earth again, where love prepares a dwelling for Me, and I am with My Spirit among My Own .... and those who seek Me will find Me .... those who want to hear Me, to them I will reveal Myself ....

Those who desire to see Me, will have My image placed in their hearts so that they will be blessed already on earth. This is also intended for you, My child ..... You will see all glory and, remembering My words, you will be a zealous proclaimer of My teaching and a true disciple of My name on earth. You will praise God's power and glory, you will proclaim His love and mercy, and you will sing praise and thanks to Him for all eternity ....

Amen

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Intellectual property .... The impact of thoughts ....

B.D. 0615 from October 12th 1938, taken from Book No. 13

Try to absorb spiritual goods today, which is to be imparted to you in all simplicity and purity. On earth as well as in the hereafter, those forces remain unused for the progress of the soul, which are too much active in worldly things, or in the hereafter, are not yet able to detach themselves from matter. All power, which is wasted in such a way, turns again to matter and strengthens it in it's existence. In order to make this comprehensible to you, you must know that all power is nevertheless spirit ..... Spiritual power therefore turns again towards that which is to be diminished .... Matter is to be defeated, but in this way the human being contributes to it that spiritual powers are again given to matter and thus gains strength and durability.

This is the saddest process in all worldly desire and fulfillment. Imagine how everything spiritual had to be available according to God's will, in order to gradually shape itself in such a way that it was finally allowed to be embodied in man and that this power is now released again, but to the opposite effect .... that it helps to increase the power of evil instead of fighting against it. When you humans thus look at your life and consider how much you strive to keep earthly goods together, and how you fear every earthly loss .... how you, on the other hand, care so little for the spiritual, the true wealth of the soul, so little cared for and indifferent to great losses .... when you consider that this lost property is condemned to travel the same road again, and it is in your power to prevent this ....

It is difficult to make clear to you the concept of "spiritual good" as long as you still languish in worldly bonds. Only the immersion in spiritual things awakens in you the understanding for how spiritual forces express themselves and how valuable for eternity, for the redemption from deep night, the working of these spiritual forces can be and how therefore all attention should be directed to the correct use of this most precious good. Every thought of man is spiritual power, and so it is already to be understood from this, that every thought would have to turn upward, if this power is to be applied in the sense of God, but that all thinking of the earthly and especially the desire for it also requires this spiritual power, which, however, is not applied according to it's true purpose.

Without distinction, people would find support from above with good will, because the spiritual power itself attracts this support .... but just always according to the will of man .... because likewise also the counterforce is anxious to grasp the spiritual turned towards it, to strengthen itself. And every effort of this power is unsuccessful if man himself is addicted to worldly desires and strives too much for earthly good, which excludes an absorption in the spiritual. So also in this respect, man's thoughts are extraordinarily responsible, and it has an effect already on earth favorably or unfavorably whether spiritual power is increased or reduced ..... He who has his will upwards, his spiritual good will be increased .... but he who strives for the goods of the earth, will lose ....

Amen

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The Word of God - Flesh and blood

B.D. 0616 from October 12th 1938, taken from Book No. 13

Receive everything that is offered to you in your heart, then it will truly enter into you, strengthen your faith and destroy all doubts. For it corresponds to the will of the Lord that spiritual food is received in all humility, but with the greatest zeal and fullest devotion and thus finds entrance into the heart of man. Thus also all strength will communicate itself to this .... the spiritual food becomes good, strengthening food, by which the earthly child becomes suitable for the life in eternity. It promotes physical health, who always supplies the body with food and drink in the right measure ....

But only the Word of God is healthy and beneficial food for the soul .... it is food and drink at the same time .... it is the flesh and blood of the Lord Jesus Christ Himself .... "He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood, has eternal life ...." If you are strengthened by the Word of God, you can never fall into the death of the soul, but you will live forever. And if the Lord has promised you this, you need not fear bodily death, because the soul, which took it's nourishment from the Word of God, only leaves it's physical shell to enter eternal peace. So do not shrink back from the death of the body, for this is only the entrance into eternal bliss for you.

When the Word of God is offered to you in an unadulterated form, the Lord Himself gives you the right food that your soul needs, and so it is only up to you that the gift of heaven is received by you in the fullest sense as the flesh and blood of the Lord Jesus Christ ..... that you not only desire to hear the Word of God, but obey it and live by it .... so all power and blessing will flow from it, and you will truly eat His flesh and drink His blood, and thus have eternal life ....

Amen

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Heavenly bliss .... Transience of earthly goods ....

B.D. 0617 from October 13th 1938, taken from Book No. 13

Go with God to the daily work and try to make the closest contact with everything spiritual, by always only adapting every way of acting to the divine commandments. In this way, the Lord's teaching will be put into practice, and every day can only bring blessings for the soul. Bear all adversity in patience, and give love everywhere, because only through love, man redeems himself. Now follow My words: What does the world know of heavenly bliss .... it would strive with all it's senses for the joys of heaven, were these only obviously apparent to it .... But so their senses are directed only to that what seems to them tangible and possible to gain.

Therefore the effort of the spiritual world goes first to make clear to the people the transitoriness of the earthly goods .... they should recognize from it that they chase after dead things with such a life as they lead it. They should realize that every substance decays, that it can dissolve like air under their hands, if it pleases the Lord of Creation. They should learn to despise and reject everything that is visible to them, to fight against it and to strive for what they cannot see, but can grasp in their hearts and keep forever. The Divine Creator knows every current of the heart ..... Everything is apparent to Him, the longing and the desire .... whether worldly or spiritual, and therefore considers the people according to this longing. He has prepared the most glorious things for His creatures, but those who enjoy such bliss, must also be God-like.

And again they must be offered to overcome all temptations of life, in order to test themselves and to be able to form themselves into beings similar to God .... to detach themselves from the pseudo-goods and to make themselves worthy of the Kingdom of God, which has infinitely more glory to offer than the earthly valley .... And even if you humans grumble and complain about it .... you cannot be spared the suffering .... You must willingly separate yourselves from all earthly things - only then can you enter eternal glory. Only suffering can bring about this willing separation, only through suffering can you be shown the way upward, and only through suffering will you share in the glory of God ....

Amen

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Rejecting and accepting the spiritual truth ....

B.D. 0618 from October 13th 1938, taken from Book No. 13

All power is in vain if the free will resists to accept My gift, but in the immediate vicinity of the resisting is often spiritual help, which stirs up the desire for truth in man and does not let him come to rest. The motives for refusal are not always relative. Such opportunities can also often be missed out of fear of falling victim to a false teaching. There the person then stands in opposition to himself ....

Then he only needs to give in to the inner urge of the heart, which is the influence of the good spiritual beings who want to promote man in every way. But the intellect always has a say, and it is much more likely to be listened to than the voice of the heart. Let people examine, that they may be able to discern good from evil, but how can he judge who does not examine, but immediately rejects .... And many will be in the position of immediately accepting the teachings of man and rejecting the words that the Lord sends from above ....

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Free Will .... Recognize .... Submission to God's will ....

B.D. 0619 from October 14th 1938, taken from Book No. 13

My dear child, visualize My nearness, so you remain indissolubly connected with Me. See, what is destined by Me to animate the earth, also goes the way on earth according to My will until own will is given to the living being, then My will is only active as far as I guide man so that he himself can draw the greatest possible benefit for his soul. Only then man recognizes this My providence when he has neglected to use it right .... Then he also knows how strongly his will worked against Mine and how he has used his free will to the detriment of his soul ....

And yet this realization is advantageous for him if he henceforth endeavors to subordinate himself to the Divine will; the inner voice often shows him the right way, and if he then gratefully accepts every situation in life from the hand of the Creator, then he will still derive great benefit from it, for I give all earthly children the opportunities which are most conducive to their development. The difficult situations in life are not disadvantageous for the soul; on the other hand, the favorable circumstances can often have a negative effect, but only if the free will switches off the connection with the eternal Godhead.

Now man is spiritually enlivened through the influence of higher spirit-beings ..... The concern for the erring people lets them be incessantly active, and so the train of thought of man is again and again influenced from this side, and with not completely hardened earthly children, the spirit-beings mostly succeed in reviving the thought of the Divinity, and it is now the further activity of these spirit-beings and also of success in most cases. For man - when he recognizes the Divinity - is far happier in this consciousness and then no longer drops this realization. He endeavors to make the concept of God his own in such a way that soon all thinking is spiritualized, that he now seeks God of his own free will and also surely finds Him, because God can be found by everyone who only seeks Him ..... Even the most unbelieving recognizes a higher power, but does not know how to form a proper concept of it ....

The commandment of charity is the ladder on whose rungs knowledge is to be sought. Only rise in the observance of this commandment, and it will fall from your eyes like scales .... you, who still have it difficult to recognize. Suddenly you will understand that God is only in love .... and that He is close to you, if you only love your neighbor as yourself and thus God above all. And if you have recognized, then the Spirit drives you further upward and your will follows without resistance ..... You have now subordinated your own will to the will of God and are thus guided into all wisdom. What was unclear to you until then, you begin to understand the deeper and more powerful love works in you. Thus My will has guided you, but by virtue of your free will, you took up contact with Me and gave Me this free will and thus made it entirely your own, and this alone is the right path you should take in order to reach eternal life ....

Amen

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Struggles of life necessary for the maturation of the soul .... Souls that want to embody ....

B.D. 0620 from October 15th 1938, taken from Book No. 13

As soon as you pray, you will be fulfilled, for your spirit is willing .... And everything you start on earth for the Lord will be blessed many times over, for the Lord is with all who are for Him. And so today the proofs of His grace go to you anew, as we carry out His order and instruct you.

The souls waiting for embodiment dwell in the immediate vicinity of humans. They are unfinished, and their desire to be able to pursue the career on earth is understandable, because they hope for the release from matter through this embodiment the liberation. They believe that the form as a human being is not so oppressive, and they estimate their strength high enough to be able to overcome all resistances on earth, although they know that they have to struggle with difficulties in earthly life, both spiritually and physically. But they take up this fight with full will, because it is important to exhaust the last possibility for eternity.

If the human being would be spared the struggles of earthly life, the embodiment would be completely pointless, because the soul would remain in the same condition as when it entered the body, since an earthly existence without struggle does not bring about an inner maturation. The soul has to strengthen at the resistances, but an indifferent letting go would only let the soul become weak and be exposed to the influence of lower powers. Only the constant fight can lead to the height, and therefore the danger is too great, which lies in the earthly quiet life ..... Every soul also has the need to remedy the state of suffering it does not like as quickly as possible and will therefore also be restlessly active.

If, however, it devotes this energy only to earthly purposes, i.e., if it seeks to reduce only the unpleasant things in the body, it will remain in darkness of the spirit ..... But if it attaches the greatest importance to the reduction of spiritual obstacles, if it works continuously on the salvation of it's soul and if all it's striving on earth is directed only to this goal, then it will soon become bright light ..... It's condition will be freer and freer, the strength for it's work will increase, and it will now also be able to master the earthly life, but without the use of special strength, because the Father in heaven assures His earthly child the care for the earthly welfare, so that it's endeavor is solely the promotion of his soul.

Indescribably valuable is therefore the diligent work on oneself .... Whoever fights against his desires, whoever practices meekness and patience, whoever gives love to his neighbor and always strives to fulfill the will of God in everything, remains uninterruptedly in the grace of God .... and to live in the grace of God means to be able to surrender to Him without worry, to always be taken care of by Him, the Divine Father, and to be able to face each day without fear or worry, to be protected in all dangers of the body and soul, and to be strengthened again and again for His destined activity on earth, which is for both the body and the soul.

If such a measure of grace is accessible to man, then he can go through earthly life without worry, only always remembering that he should not forfeit this devotion of Divine Love but always prove himself worthy of it .... that he should not neglect the work on his soul by turning to worldly interests, and that he should never forget prayer, which again and again grants him protection against the temptations of the world. Thus, man only needs to consider that he is a child of the Creator, then he will trust in Him as his Father and ask fervently .... and his prayer will be heard ....

Amen

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Arrogance .... Thoughts of a deceased .... Their pleas ....

B.D. 0621 from October 15th 1938, taken from Book No. 13

The biggest enemy of all truth is the arrogance of man. Thus, people will always close themselves to the truth, who cannot oppose their own opinion and only ever hide behind empty, high-sounding words to cover their lack of own knowledge. Likewise also humans, who do not want to tolerate a neighbour as standing above them .... Even modesty and humility are so far from them that they will not look for them in their neighbors .....

But they can only be countered with love, otherwise success is impossible, and even then such people will hardly convert to another view, because their own opinion is considered unsurpassable, and they do not depart from it, or they believe to be able to hide the lack of knowledge behind melodious speeches. Serving also means patiently accepting offenses, and so always be equally patient in such a struggle, and resist all temptation through prayer.

And now let your soul fade away in the memory of your loved ones. In loving harmony and in loving care for you, they are always concerned to promote your progress and to keep you on the path you have taken. It will always be easier for you, and you will still be delighted with the wonderful gifts; But in every way your striving has a favorable effect, and the benefit which is shown to the souls in the hereafter is alone worth the effort and work ..... In the kingdom of the eternal, the souls count the hours and minutes that still separate them from your respective spiritual work. Every spiritual thought is a stimulus for their activity, they remain in perpetual connection with you and always seek their stay where they hear spiritual claims or feel thoughts.

And for these souls, your spiritual work is unspeakably beneficial. The slightest spiritual stimulation is enough to spur them on, and so they also feel all love which a thought turned towards them produces. Their weakness is so great, their situation often so pitiful, that you humans would be seized with pity if you could see the misery of such souls. And a dear thought is an unexpected benefit for them .... you do not know how grateful they are to you when you remember them in love or send a prayer for them to the Father .... They only ever want love .... Love lessens their suffering .... Love gives them hope and strength to strive .... Love also brings them final redemption ....

And such souls woo your love, they seek to penetrate your thoughts, and when they have succeeded in this, they wait for the help which is already granted to them by the fact that they are not unwillingly rejected, but that man willingly surrenders himself for a short time to the thoughts of such deceased, who bring themselves to their memory. It is so unspeakably beneficial and soothing for the struggling soul in the beyond, that it draws new strength again for it's work of liberation. Therefore, do not let the souls ask in vain .... pay attention to every admonition and comply with it willingly by sending a short prayer in love to the Father, who hears such requests and sends spiritual help to the souls so that their struggle will become easier and they will be led to the light .....

Amen

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God’s Spirit ....

B.D. 0622 from October 16th 1938, taken from Book No. 13

The Spirit of God is the direct radiation of the Divine power .... it is the concept of all creation .... it is life in itself .... it is past, present and future at the same time. The Spirit of God is the natural consequence of everything that has gone out from God, the original power of all existence. Nothing in the universe remains untouched by it, everything is seized by this power and animated, and everything must obey the will of Him, Who is the Carrier of this power since eternity. The emanations of the Divine elementary power are nowhere to be denied.

All development phenomena in nature, in, on and above the earth, find their explanation in this expression of power, which certainly also no man will deny, only the Source of the power is recognized differently according to the perceptive faculty. As long as the power of God works obviously, a source of power cannot be denied, but where this power of God is only weakly recognizable, there man is inclined to deny any spiritual power ..... He does not know which power is inherent in himself, which rests unused and unawakened in him and therefore cannot express itself until it is released by the will of man and then also appears visibly.

Such a visible proof of the existence of the Divine Spirit in man, is the reception of spiritual material from higher regions every time. Spiritual forces from there get in touch with the Spirit of God hidden in man, and since nothing is alien to the Spirit from God and it can penetrate into the secrets of all creation, also all these wisdoms can be taught to man exhaustively by the Spirit of God self-acting in him. So this is the most understandable explanation, which can also be received with the same doubts or the same defense. But it is only misunderstood because man did not give the Spirit in himself the freedom yet and therefore judges only purely physically and intellectually something what can be explained only purely spiritually.

But people often need a very long time to reach the inner maturity, and just as long also the spirit is not free in them and therefore also cannot express itself effectively ..... On the other hand, spiritual powers will be available to a man in an unprecedented short time, if he only enters into connection with them, and then man can accomplish things on earth, which lie outside the natural talent of man, and thus not man, but the Spirit in him works, which has gone out from God and remains indissolubly connected with him, if it is only his will .....

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Prayer in the name of Jesus .... Sight in dreams .... Love and wisdom ....

B.D. 0623 from October 16th 1938, taken from Book No. 13

What you ask in My name, will be given to you .... Thus I have given you the assurance that you will receive what you need on earth, and every prayer will be heard if it is for the salvation of your soul ..... Therefore also My love will be eternally with you, who implore this My love. And if you now believe that you secure every help for yourselves by calling on My name, why do you still fear?

Behold, My dear child .... if you believe in Me, then every help is certain for you, because I do not leave Mine and do not want that they are helpless in fear and worries. And how much more will I listen to the plea which is meant for the salvation of the soul of an earthly child. You have prepared a dwelling place for Me in your hearts, and where I dwell, suffering and distress is banished. Only let Me always take care of you, only keep your heart pure and trust Me, then all suffering will turn into joy, and you will always come closer to Me on earth already and one day in the hereafter. And now listen to what your Savior announces to you:

Your spirit shall walk on sunlit paths in the night when your soul detaches itself from it's bodily cover, and the sufferings of the earthly time will be forgotten in the sight of the unimagined glory in the hereafter. Thus the spiritual sphere will become familiar to you for the purpose of the maturing of your soul, so that you can carry out the activity on earth fully and completely in deepest conviction, because My workers must be extremely strong in faith, if they want to defy the resistances .... they must be absorbed in love for Me, because this love will give them strength in the fight for My name.

Wisdom alone without love, would be dead words - but you shall stand in love and wisdom, and countless will receive and adhere to the teaching of God through you. Living faith will follow this love, because he who loves Me with all his heart, also believes in Me, and he who has faith, stands in My grace, and so he who walks in My grace recognizes the Spirit of God, because he no longer clings to the world, but lives in Me and with Me, and I accompany him on all ways.

Strange to such an earthly child is the sight of the heavenly glory .... he sees and yet does not grasp it .... his eye beholds light and does not think it can bear it, and his lips form only a prayer of thanksgiving, and full of love and gentleness, the gaze of the Savior is directed toward this earthly child, and the longing in his heart grows immeasurably .... But it must return to earth and leave the dreamland again, because the earthly task is not yet completely fulfilled .... but the strength is increased, faith is strengthened and love flares up to highest embers .... The will to serve is the most holy resolution of the earthly child .... it gives itself completely to the Divine Saviour, because My love has seized it with all force .... In blissful absorption you will then fulfill your task and be a faithful servant and proclaimer of My Word .... And My love will bless you ....

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

“Time and space ....”

B.D. 0624 from October 17th 1938, taken from Book No. 13

Receive the gift that is offered to you with a believing heart, and see in it the constant love of the Lord. In the union of the work of all natural forces, man sees a regulated activity of all spiritual beings, respectively of the spiritual forces expressing themselves in nature. All these carry out the one will that commands them, and they act partly guided in an imperfect state, partly self-willed, but wanting the same, if their spiritual state already corresponds to perfection. Thus, the respective activity of the spiritual beings will now also adapt to their state of maturity. There is so much in God's work of creation that requires the activity of the spiritual beings, from the animation of the smallest creatures to the spiritual advancement of the human soul.

Nothing exists that can do without this spiritual power, because all existence is inevitably connected with it. Thus also the terms "endless" and "innumerable" are to some extent comprehensible, if one considers everything in nature and connects it with the working of such spiritual forces. Then it becomes clear to the human being that also never and never the term "time" and "space" can find application in the work of creation of God, that everything is from eternity and can never pass .... that nothing can be limited and is therefore endless .... and that the creative power manifests itself in innumerable formations which are in constant, not-to-be-destroyed life.

This is so tremendous that all human intellect cannot grasp the greatness and significance of the creation ..... But God is eternal Spirit .... All things are subject to Him .... He knows about everything and sees everything .... His will and His love comprehend everything, and His power is so mighty that it can animate and sustain everything for all eternity .... Everything is likewise subject to the spirit out of God, provided that he has brought about the unification with the eternal Godhead. Then all power is given to it and it only always works according to the will of God.

But the will and the power of God extends also to the spiritual world, which is still separated from Him, and also there assigns it's activity to every spiritual power, the fulfillment of which, although subject to the will of God, nevertheless means ascent for this being. The entire work of creation is therefore as it were the working place of innumerable spiritual beings .... it is the school of the spirit which, guided by God Himself, is to form beings to God-likeness .... because the power out of God is infinite, and his love never stops, and this love is constantly meant for His creatures which He wants to endow with His power .... So the goal of all spiritual beings is only the God-likeness ....

Amen

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Form faith .... False worship ....

B.D. 0625 from October 17th 1938, taken from Book No. 13

Pay attention to the words which are sent to you today .... Your thoughts so often move heavenward and therefore lead you much more surely upward than an earthly child, however willing, who makes a point of listening to Christ's teaching, but afterwards gives no thought whatsoever to what he has heard. People do not know that they stand in immeasurable riches, if they hear the word of God and live according to it ..... They are familiar with the teachings, but they do not grasp the deep meaning, because only the ear hears them, but the heart does not try to understand them. And so the faith is outwardly not to be touched, but inwardly the man is empty and hollow, and the Word of God finds no echo in the human heart.

And to such people it is not given to speak a judgment ..... They believe to be deeply initiated, and yet do not harbor the slightest wisdom in their hearts, from where alone all understanding of the doctrine of God can come. If a person wants to devote himself to the Word of God, the first condition is that everything around him is silenced so that the heart can absorb .... , i.e., that no temptations from outside are a reason for the person to divert his thoughts from the Word of God. Only where man is immersed in the Divine teaching, the heart will be considered, and only there is also full understanding for the gifts from above to be presupposed.

Nothing is more unwholesome to man than the external affirmation of faith. It lets man become sluggish, because he is so conscious of his value and his fulfillment of duty, that striving is out of the question, and so man remains eternally on the same level, because the Word of God goes unheard by the heart, and therefore such an earthly child cannot feel the blessings of a deep, living faith in himself ..... Knowledge will be so far from him .... and .... since he does not strive of his own accord to come close to Divine truth .... he will have no spiritual progress to record .... And yet, what is the worst, living in faith, completely fulfilling his duty.

Therefore, an unbelieving person is even more likely to be guided on the right way than a person who satisfies all ecclesiastical forms, because he is on the wrong way, but remains on this way mostly in wrong or lacking knowledge ..... He thinks himself to be on the right track .... he believes to serve God, but his worship is superficial .... it lacks any depth and is therefore only a form-faith which does not contain the Divine blessings .... And My words will not seem acceptable to them, because they demand greater self-denial and a strong heart willing to sacrifice ..... And all wisdom will therefore remain hidden from them until their own will drives them to internalize ....

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Emotional life of people .... Trust in God ....

B.D. 0626 from October 18th 1938, taken from Book No. 13

In the depth of the human emotions, so many things are hidden, and you cannot understand the miraculous work of "human" out of yourself. And yet you again lack the firm confidence in God .... If you apply the standard to the daily events alone, then you will soon have to recognize that the emotional lives of people are very different. What presses one beyond all measure, is easily bearable for the other and what one overcomes in a short time, can torment the other for a very long time. All people are created equal, but their emotional lives are different ....

The soul is, as it were, endowed with various types of resistance to purely external things, depending on how the stations of embodiment have previously increased this resistance. Nevertheless, the lack of resistance can very easily be acquired in earthly life through trust in God, and therefore all suffering on earth can also be reduced where there is a strong trust in God .... All sufferings can then only help to refine the inner life, so that all spiritual feeling comes to the fore and not so much attention is paid to physical suffering, because hope in God's help is consolation in difficult hours.

The Father's unceasing concern is the ennoblement of the soul, and His means are often such that they appear outwardly hard and unloving, but are true balm for the soul .... that they influence the inner life of man in a beneficent way and thus suffering can also be a blessing. If man, in times of distress, realizes that God has given him the strength to overcome all suffering up to now, he will also now again take suffering upon himself and only ask for Divine help in the firm belief that he will be heard. For the love of the Father is great, He heals all wounds at the right time. And so His orders are according to the highest wisdom never to any harm of man, but the soul will know thanks to it's Creator for eternity .....

Amen

Translation handled by Alida Pretorius

Prayer .... Call upon Me in time of need ....

B.D. 0627 from October 18th 1938, taken from Book No. 13

Trusting in the Father's help will make everything in life easy for you to bear, for all suffering is sent to you by the Lord and Savior, so that you may find your way to Him .... If, however, you go out of the suffering only hardened and embittered, then you deprive yourselves of all help from above. You may take refuge in prayer at any time and thus have the greatest confidence that you will be heard, because whatever you are destined to do .... there is nothing so bad that the heavenly Father could not turn it into a blessing. Every child has the right to turn to the Father in supplication. Those who turn to the heavenly Father in humility, will never make a wrong request ....

But you all use the power of prayer too little .... You must first find yourselves in great need before you approach the Lord for help. And yet every day, every hour should bring you blessings .... you should not undertake anything without having implored God's blessing .... you should turn upwards in sorrow and joy .... you should use the power of prayer at all times, because your soul constantly needs help so that it already reaches the goal in earthly life. And also in other respects you lack strength .... alone, without prayer you can do only little, but since you are entitled to the grace of prayer, use it as far as possible, beg for help in need, for purity of heart, ask for grace, for firmness of faith, for energy in charity .... ask with all your heart that the Lord may give you His love and take care of you with His care forever.

You can ask without ceasing .... if you pray for your soul's salvation, you will find an answer, because if you recognize what you lack, every requested support will be granted to you. "Ask and it will be given to you ...." , says the Lord. He invites you to turn to Him in your need .... , so heed this call and lift up the treasures the Lord promises you .... . Only do not fall prey to the mere form .... , for the Father never hears those who only appeal to Him for help with their lips .... and whose hearts are far away. And if your prayer is not answered, then inquire what you have not done right .... whether the prayer was sent up from the depth of the heart or only came from the lips and therefore did not reach the Father's ear .... inquire whether you have asked for earthly things which the Father withholds from you out of Fatherly insight and wisdom ....

And always be careful to submit your will to the will of the Lord in every prayer .... For the Father knows what is good for you and necessary for your salvation .... He will consider you in a right way, but never will He grant you something out of false fatherly love, which is only to the detriment of the soul. Therefore submit yourselves to His will and believe that He always only thinks of you in such a way as is helpful and beneficial to the soul .... And if you faithfully call upon Him in earthly trouble, His help will not fail to come .... So that His word may be fulfilled: Call on Me in times of need and I will hear you ....

Amen

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Arrogance…. Those who raise themselves into lordliness, will be made humble .... Feeling oneself superior to others

B.D. 0632 from October 21st 1938, taken from Book No. 13

Depending on how strong your will is, you will receive grace to a measure that can put you into some kind of inner peace, for your calling the Lord in agony and emergency will not die unheard. The weakness of your ghost and your inner discontent results from lacking of love. And thus, increased love alone will rebuild your old relation to your heavenly Father. And it will always be your own will to come to Him that will increase your love activities…. And so your soul will be cured from sickness and illness that has brought you into inner emergency…. So, be full of attention now, devote yourself to our influence and begin:

Those who raise themselves into lordliness, will be humiliated. And those who strive to shine before the world will once, in saddest loneliness, think back to their own lives on earth. It will be extremely important for you to go your own earthen way in modesty and to fully recognizing your own weakness, for that will be the only way to be led to heights. It is just that fighting against lordliness that will bring fruit for your life in eternity. For that pride and lordliness has been the reason for having fallen from God and for the fact that life on earth has been and will be the greatest danger for your soul. Whenever a human will hold his own personal “I” in such a high esteem, his fundamental base for a higher development will be lacking. And so, as to make a human child recognize how little it can fullbring out of itself and how empty and vain it is without God’s help, it will have to endure many events which are immeasurably painful.

All arrogance and lordliness will dwindle and vanish, as soon as a human faces it’s own death. Then, however, a human cannot take enough benefit out of that recognition anymore. For, the time that it was given by God’s grace will have passed away. And it will not have succeeded in gaining any fruit for it’s soul. human should always have thorough thoughts as to what any glamour and wealth, all terrestrial honour and secular prestige will be of worth to it, if you are suddenly forced to leave your earthly vale…. It is not before recognising it’s own weakness that it will surpass yourself and receive the grace of the Lord…. What will a human be able to fullbring out of the power of its own…. Raising lordliness more and more, he will see his soul fall more and more into darkness. And so, then, darkness will destine his soul’s distinction increasingly…. The first will be the last… that is what the Lord says. And those who will follow these words in their belief in God, will certainly think of a good one on earth….

Every talent is a gift of the Lord…. What the human is and what it has – it only owes that to God solely and must be thankful to God therefore. And thus, it cannot to the least claim that talent as it’s own merit. It cannot give itself any honour therefore, either. And all sense of superiority will be a sign of a blind soul. As a consequence, the Light will not come to them, before they recognised how vain and invalid their earthen treasures are and before they give up striving for imperishable wealth. Giving up grabbing and demanding for everything. Keeping distance from glory and honour. Devoting itself deeply to the wonders of God’s creation. It will not before then a man’s inner eye will be opened; and only then will he recognise God’s greatness and his own unworthiness…. He will ask for, and he will receive…. and, following this way, he will return to his Father to whom he once turned his back .... Amen

Translation handled by Heidi Hanna