2208 Spiritual teachings require prayer for God's grace....

January 10, 1942: Book 31

Every spiritual instruction brings the earthly child an unimaginable blessing as soon as it is preceded by earnest prayer for God's grace and thus makes His gift of grace possible. God wants to bestow His grace upon the human being, and it is an incomprehensible grace when He wants to make him knowledgeable and impart His teachings to him. But man is not always ready to receive His grace; he is not always willing to be taught or to accept what is offered to him into his heart. However, divine grace can only become effective in man when he desires it, i.e. requests it through fervent prayer. The teachings which God sends to people are so extraordinarily informative and enlighten the human spirit.... Everything he was previously unable to understand becomes comprehensible to him, his striving to ascend is made considerably easier because he recognizes the meaning and purpose of earthly life.... He realizes his outcome and also his goal.... and he can now complete his earthly life according to his knowledge, i.e. profitably for eternity. This is an undeserved grace, a gift which is based on God's love but which will never be granted to a person who does not respect such a gift of grace, who does not desire it, who therefore does not consciously request it from God through prayer. And therefore so many people come away empty-handed, they cannot be given divine wisdom, they cannot receive His instructions, for they do nothing in order to partake of divine grace; they do not implore Him for such, even though God wants to offer it to them time and again, thus informing them of His greater than great love and mercy through the mouth of a human being. The reference to this should move people to trustingly turn to Him in prayer for the transmission of His grace. They are to come to the father like children and present their weakness and spiritual hardship to Him, and they are to request strength and vigour from Him so that He can now hand out His grace in abundance, so that He can instruct them and impart purest knowledge to them. Then richest blessings will be their reward, they will mature spiritually and increase their knowledge, they will be able to collect and distribute spiritual possessions as long as they walk on earth and one day they will be able to enter eternity with rich treasures. And they will resist every temptation, for if knowledge is imparted to them then strength will also flow to them, for knowledge is light and strength.... And thus they will also be able to offer resistance to every temptation. The more they make use of His divine gift of grace the more fervently they will long for God and the more eagerly they will strive towards Him. What they desire, they will not let lie fallow. They will also want to bless their fellow human beings with what has become dear and valuable to them; they will pass on the teachings they have received in love, and if this work is accompanied by heartfelt prayer, it will be blessed....

Amen

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