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5225 Power of the divine word in times of need....

October 3, 1951: Book 58

Strengthen yourselves again and again with My word.... You receive unusual strength through it, you use a grace of such great effect if you move My word in your heart, if you therefore immerse yourselves in it and let Me Myself speak to you.... It is a gift from the spiritual kingdom which therefore also only has spiritual influence, i.e. it is only felt by the soul as a gift of grace. And yet you will feel its strength as an increased willingness to love, as spiritual progress, as increased striving for perfection.... My word comes from the spiritual kingdom and also guides you back into the spiritual kingdom from which you once took your origin. And therefore you can only gain if you listen to Me, as soon as you accept My word with your heart and make an effort to put what you hear into practice. Then your soul will spiritualize itself, it will, as it were, be raptured from earth and enter into contact with the kingdom, which alone is real and everlasting and whose inhabitants are beings of highest spiritual maturity who are constantly willing to give and distribute what makes them happy themselves.... Light and strength.... My word, which they receive from Me themselves and which they want to pass on out of love. As often as you immerse yourselves in My word the source of strength opens up and flows over to you, and therefore you can constantly draw from it, and the source will never run dry, My word will never lose its effectiveness. And if you are in distress My word is the surest help, for you establish contact with Me as soon as you read or hear My word, and in contact with Me you receive the strength from Me which lets your faith come alive, and you will be helped through strong faith. You will always be able to draw strength from My word, yet you test it far too little and make use of My gift of grace, you let My word take effect on you far too little because your faith is still weak. Therefore I can only keep pointing you to My flow of love which constantly flows to you. Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, I will refresh you.... let all of you be strengthened and invigorated by Me, accept what My love offers you, then you will be free from all suffering and hardship.... always abide by My word and your soul will be strengthened by its power....

Amen

Translated by Doris Boekers