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3463 Power of the divine word....

March 26, 1945: Book 45

Let the strength of My word have an effect on you.... Take every opportunity to immerse yourselves in it and believe that you will mature your soul as a result. For I Myself am the word, and if you thus make contact with Me your spirit will leave the earthly shell and strive upwards, and spiritual progress is assured for you. My nearness will always encourage you, and in My word I am so close to you that you will be able to tangibly feel My strength. Yet you must also have a strong will to enter into closest contact with Me through My word, otherwise you will only read or hear it purely externally and the strength of My word cannot take effect in you. In times of adversity you fear and tremble and your heart is restless, you are weak and in need of strengthening. And then My word will refresh and strengthen you wonderfully if you desire to be close to Me from the bottom of your heart, if you call upon Me and thereby make contact with Me from within. And therefore you must be convinced of the strength of My word, of My love which expresses itself in the word and which brings itself close to you in the word.... Then your spirit will be touched by the emanation of My love, it will be set into action and fill your soul, and you will never be weak and despondent, for I Myself am now with you and give you spiritual comfort and spiritual nourishment which not only lifts up the soul but also the body so that it is able to achieve what is also earthly demanded of it. For where all help fails, where no way out seems possible, there My power is not to end.... And so that you recognize this power, so that the strength becomes effective in you, you should seriously seek contact with Me and always open your heart to My lovingly imparted word....

Amen

Translated by Doris Boekers