Jesus speaks: “I have gathered and united you, have drawn you around Me, in order to radiate from My heart into your hearts with light and love. In this fellowship in which we find ourselves here today, great mercy rests. Heavenly love has spread out, uniting you not only with one another but with the powers of heaven, and so this day shows you how wonderful it is in heaven and what love reigns among the inhabitants of heaven.
“You are united in Me for this time, and beyond it this unity in love is indeed to remain for eternity, a unity that cannot be conceived and cannot be expressed, but only experienced and lived. It is the inner content of the word; the inner content of My word is always love, and I Myself am indeed the Word and love. And when you enter into My word by believing it, by taking it into your hearts and digesting it in your hearts, in order then to apply it in your everyday earthly existence, you become love.
“My children, it does little good if you look at the bread of heaven and rejoice in it but do not eat it. You are not merely to hear My word and be edified by it; you must make it alive within yourselves through deed, otherwise it is of no use to you and you remain prisoners of death. If you know the way to a city but do not walk it, you will never reach the destination. If you only look at a meal but do not eat it, you will starve. So it is also with the nourishment from the heavens: if you merely delight in the word and do not act according to it, it does you no good, and you wonder why My Spirit does not produce divine vitality within you.
“And so the important thing is to put My word into practice. That alone is what matters: to make it alive within you, in the place where I have put you. For every one of My children who has entrusted itself to Me, I prepare the place; there where it stands, I envelop it in My perfection. Then everything serves it so that it may become perfect in My love.
“In order to recognize and see this, you need My light. For this you must learn to see with My eyes, in order to recognize Me in your fellow human beings in one way or another: either in practicing patience and showing mercy toward the faults and evil deeds of your neighbors, or, when love is given to you, in receiving it from My hand. And so every moment and every situation of your life is placed within My perfection when you have accepted Me as your heavenly Father. For then I regard you as My children and treat you accordingly. Then you are true children of God.
“These, then, are the first words for you, intended to touch you in the depth of your hearts and direct you so that you may receive everything further on this day which I give you at this Christmas, which I give you because I am a Giver. Everything I have, everything I am, I want to pass on. That is My bliss as God: to make My children happy in eternity. For this I live as God. Be mindful of this in the toil of this earthly life, as you walk through this valley of death.
“You have come here in order to walk this path. For the most part you knew what awaited you, and you said: `My Father, my God, I want to offer You my life on this Earth. Guide me so that I may find You again.´ And see, I have kept My word. I keep My promises. And so keep yours as well, yet not under a certain compulsion that you must do so; love alone can and should guide and lead you through this. Only love makes you free, not law and not compulsion, not the must, but this: `My child, you are permitted to love Me, your God and Father.´ So let it be thus for now. Amen.”
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“My children, a battle is presently taking place upon this Earth: the good, the power of love and the gentleness of love are fighting the powers of evil. This last battle, which is now taking place upon this Earth, is the time of preparation for My Kingdom, which I will soon establish on this planet called Earth.
“In some countries great distress has already begun and has come upon many people—in war, in illness and famine, in persecution. But here in this country and around this country I am still keeping the great distress away. I am still giving you time to prepare for what will soon come. And I say it clearly and plainly: whoever does not have firm footing in Me at the right time will fall. Today I once again lay this urgency upon your hearts—not only upon you, for this writing will go out to many brothers and sisters.
“Only with Me is there protection. Only with Me do you have the support to endure the coming time, so that you can withstand the storm of the world that will also break over these lands in which you find yourselves. Yet this storm is to bring you still nearer to Me, so that in this distress a birth into the Spirit may take place.
“Thus this last tribulation brings great distress to the people of this world and at the same time is great mercy for My children, for then the last bonds you still have to the world will be severed and you will become free of the burdens that still weigh you down at times. Yes, then you will flee the world and no longer want anything to do with it at all, for this tribulation will draw you entirely to Me—if you take My words seriously and allow yourselves to be prepared by Me. For only then will the final act become redemption for you; otherwise you will fall with the world.
“There is only an either-or. Either a person walks his path consistently and completely with Me and fights his battle at My side and thereby becomes, with Me and in Me, a victor over sin and thus divinely alive; or he walks his path halfheartedly or superficially or not at all with Me, and then sin remains his companion and guide, and he is and remains its victim and is therefore subject to death. There is only one salvation and there is only one death—and I am the salvation.
“Thus a complete decision for Me must be made, not a halfhearted one. You know the saying from Scripture: `One cannot serve two masters,´ and this will prove true more and more. Therefore I once again lay this urgency upon your hearts: let go of the things that burden you. Yes, live in this world, practice your profession, bear responsibility for your families; you are not to deny any of that, but your love is to belong to Me, My children, wholly and not only halfway.
“So look at yourselves in My light and see which earthly points of attachment still hold your love fast. I show them to you, yet always in free will. No compulsion is to take place; some things need their time and it is often a process to become free, for for a long time one has served death in one way or another.
“But now the time has come, My beloved, to withdraw from these things, for suddenly events will follow one upon another, and then everything that still gives you pleasure, that still fills your soul, will be gone—whether television, earthly music, your recreational activities, or whatever else it may be. Suddenly it will all be over, and then it is good if you are already in this freedom of your souls in My love. Only in this way can I protect you and use you as workers in My vineyard. Only in this way can you serve Me in the freedom of the Spirit and of love from Me. You came to this Earth in order to serve Me at the right time, and not to be servants of the world.
“These are serious words from My heart, and yet, My children, you know that in love for Me everything is possible. And therefore I now say to you: Come to Me, all you who labor and are burdened; I will make you free. I give you My life if you give Me yours. It is that simple. For this I work by guiding and leading and protecting you, by sending out My angels who are around you at all times. You cannot see them, but they have accompanied and protected you since birth and give you impulses and thoughts of love. They rejoice when you are mindful of them as well. You are never alone, My children, for not only am I, your God, with you. Often hosts of angels surround you, full of joy that you have found the way to Me. Thus this word too is a bread of life which I offer you from My heart. Amen.”
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Samuel: It is of great concern to Jesus that His children not walk through the world weighed down and unable to feel joy or afraid of the future. Yes, Jesus must warn us about the future, but He strengthens, protects, and preserves His own.
It is not He who brings distress; rather, people themselves cause their destiny. One sees it clearly in some countries where evil rules, how much cruelty and death and misery there is everywhere. Thus it is not that a judgment of God, as it is called, comes from Him; rather, it is a permission. For a long time He lets people do, by virtue of their free will, what they want to do, until their evil actions overtake them as calamity. That is then His `Stop! This far and no farther!´ for the danger of self-destruction threatens, and His own too could no longer endure.
Yes, humanity does not know how far it has moved away from its divine nature. The abyss between what it should be like and what it is like is so deep, and this span has become almost surmountable. People cannot at all measure the danger in which they find themselves. Even we Christians still cannot comprehend how important it is that we walk this path consistently with Jesus and what great danger there is in not being with Jesus in this time.
It is important that we learn to be happy independently of outward circumstances, no matter what happens in our lives. That we make this word—`Jesus, my life belongs to You´—alive within us and live in this trust in life and death. `Jesus, my life belongs to You; do with my life what You consider right. You alone know what is good for me; I firmly believe that.´ If I say this with my whole heart, without holding anything back for myself, then He has access to do it.
If we have hidden doubts or if we do not truly mean what we say in this way, then He cannot do it. He needs this room in our soul, this openness that we give Him, so that He can enter our life and shape it according to His plans, according to His will. We must work toward this absolute trust in God with the surrender: `My life belongs to You; You are my Father, I am Your child.´
As parents, we too protect our children and preserve them from dangers. Yes, we raise them with a certain strictness and way of handling things, but the goal is always that our children become sensible adults and lead a meaningful and loving life. And our heavenly Father does the same with us. This is the goal He has set for every one of us: to make us infinitely happy. Through our surrender and through our trust we give Him the possibility to guide and shape us in such a way that this can happen. It is in our own hands, but we must take this step; we ourselves must open this door to divine security.
Full trust contains divine joy in life: if I am no longer afraid of anything because my life belongs to Jesus Christ, what can still burden me? What remains then—even if I lose house and home, if I lose my family, if I lose everything, I still belong to Jesus. Beyond that there is indeed nothing, for there is only this one goal: to give our life to Jesus Christ. He alone is our salvation and our life.
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Jesus speaks: “My children, My love is to arise within you so that you become aware of being children of God, so that you feel alive that you are children of God; not merely thinking this thought in the intellect, but that I become alive within you. My life, My Spirit, I, Jesus Christ, am indeed to arise within you, so that you can say: `Now it is no longer I who live, but Jesus Christ lives in me!´ This merging with My being does not mean that you lose your free will; rather, your will enters into the free will of God—there is no greater freedom than freedom in Me, My children. I alone am freedom, for perfection is absolutely free; there are no boundaries. Spirit.
“But hearing My word is no free pass to heaven, My children. You must make My word alive within you through the deed of love from Me. And if you feel no love for Me and say: `Dear Jesus, I find it difficult to love You,´ then I say: My child, do good to your neighbors, and love will awaken within you. Everywhere I offer you the opportunity to love your neighbors, to help them and stand by them. Sending out thoughts of love is also an act of love. In all this love I am contained; this love is I Myself. Thus if you do good and give love, then you give Me away from your heart, and then you recognize Me in your love and find Me in your heart, and then you can love Me, My child.
“It is simple and not difficult, and yet I say: when you set out to love Me in order to become free of sin, the battle truly begins. For when you take a stand against sin, it begins to rage. And there you need Me, My divine power and strength, though here it is a matter of taking hold of it; that is your task. By turning to Me in every temptation with steadfast eyes and heart, your soul grows strong in My Spirit and overcomes with it.
“Without Me it cannot be done. Only I am free of sin, and only together with Me, first in becoming conformed to My Spirit and finally in entering My Spirit, will you become free of sin. Therefore it is not as though I say: only the one who is free of sin can and may love Me. No, it is not so. I go to sinners; for this I came.
“Now it is so that great darkness envelops this world, whether the thoughts of people from the realms on this side, negative energies from the world beyond, or the radiations that people send out through technology. All this oppresses your senses, and yet I say: I want joyful children who walk over this Earth without burden, for only in freedom from burden can My child serve Me in that love which is necessary in order to be a useful worker in My vineyards. And there we are again in the sphere of surrender and trust: I am able to keep from you everything that harms you, for I have power over everything.
“You know from the Scriptures My words and what I did as the God-Man upon this Earth: I healed all illnesses, I freed the possessed, I raised the dead to life, and so too did My apostles through following Me and through love for Me.
“And so today I have this power as well. I am the same Jesus Christ who dwells here in your midst. I speak the same words as then, openly and freely, so that you know where you stand and what you are to do.
“And so I now also speak quite openly and freely as your heavenly Father: My children, I love you very deeply. My joy in having you around Me is boundless. Not many people on this Earth are ready to say: `My Father, my life belongs to You; I love You, my Father.´ I read these words in your hearts, My children, even when you yourselves do not always see them because you are often still too firmly rooted in the intellect and then do not come into the heart. These words are the reason why I draw and guide you and do not let you go until you reach the goal. Take these words and rejoice in them so that the darkness may yield, so that peace and joy may enter your souls, which you so deeply wish for and long for. I give you My peace. Amen.”
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Samuel on Peace and Joy
Without contentment there is no peace. If one is not content with one’s life, there is again and again a counterforce, a negative energy that prowls around one, and one does not really know why one is not happy, why one can feel so little joy, why everything weighs on one so heavily. This is usually a subliminal discontent because an earthly desire, a material wish, has not been fulfilled or is not being fulfilled—and in this we also recognize what still binds us to the world. Or it is a constant accusation against one’s own life situation or against the fallen world, or an unforgiving attitude toward a fellow human being whom we cannot forgive. If we find these points, the causes of discontent, this barrier that prevents us from rejoicing in life also gives way.
Actually there is only one true joy: it is the joy one feels when one walks with Jesus; it is joy in life and in love, simply that one is permitted to live and love. One can feel this joy only when one is content with one’s life. And this contentment, in turn, is found only when one has no earthly points of reference constantly telling one: this and that does not suit me, or I am not content with this, or I would like to have that but do not get it; or when I am continually holding someone in guilt. When all of that falls away, the soul is free and one is content and happy. Then there is nothing left that oppresses or burdens one.
On closer examination, discontent and unrest are thus always rooted in a mostly subliminal accusation against life, and therefore against God, `who after all is responsible for our life´—yet in truth we ourselves are. Thus when we are at peace with God, His divine peace fills us, and divine joy and love fill us.
On Love of Neighbor, Overcoming, Faithfulness, and Thoughts
My personal experience is that when one overcomes oneself to do good and to love and live love with one’s whole heart, as one has recognized it to be true and good, then Jesus is always there. If, for example, I do not merely press a few euros into the hand of a needy beggar but offer him my hand, sit down briefly with him and speak with him, or if I truly forgive someone who treats me badly or has done evil to me, if I selflessly embrace this person in spirit, then the deed immediately moves from the intellect into the heart. Then Jesus is so present that one can hardly imagine it. That is then the power of His love; that is His presence. Every sadness and every depression disappears there.
And so in deed one can love Jesus more and more. Then one experiences in body and soul that Jesus has become alive within one. Then it speaks almost of itself in the soul: `It is no longer I who live, but Jesus lives in me.´ That is what heals the soul, what drives away all darkness. When one does this more and more often, when one shapes one’s life in this way, then Jesus finally awakens completely within us and never leaves again—and then one can give away still more love.
I also want to speak once more about points of attachment. There are certain ropes that hold us to the ground, preventing us from drawing nearer to Jesus. This is entirely individual for each person. Every child of God has its own particular hurdles that must be overcome. And there one can ask Jesus: `Jesus, show me what still binds me to the world, what prevents me from entering Your Spirit.´ These may be apparently quite trivial or subtle things, though they can also be processes that are then set in motion.
With sexuality it usually does not happen from one day to the next. Then our heavenly Father patiently enters into this process with us and helps you finally to become free. But it is better, if one is for example a smoker, or must watch every sports broadcast, or constantly listens to radio and/or music, or needs sweets, to draw a final line under it; otherwise the addiction is dragged out and the will becomes ever weaker.
Dear brothers and sisters, these rooms of the soul belong to Jesus. He wants to have them as a proof of obedience and faithfulness. And if one has no certainty about what one should do or leave undone, then Jesus shows it to a person and then one knows it too, but one must look and remain with it. This is extremely unpleasant. One does not want to see it, one does not want to hear it, for one loves one’s habits and addictions and actually wants to keep them.
Many ask themselves: `Yes, how should I shape my life? Should I also change my profession? Should I move to another place?´ Jesus says quite clearly and plainly: `You can do anything, regardless of what profession you practice, where you live, what you do in your free time, if it does not bind your love for Me; if you are faithful to Me in love, then I will go everywhere with you.´ And then He guides a person accordingly, sets the switches, perhaps closes this door and opens another there, so that one walks safely upon the path He has prepared. The only important thing is faithfulness in love.
Yet even on the path it not seldom happens that one suddenly and unexpectedly enters situations in which one becomes irritated and complains and does not recognize that it is a test. Therefore it is important to live attentively and to take Jesus everywhere with you.
One thinks all day long; one constantly has thoughts in one’s head, and that takes away attentiveness. Yet one can imagine that Jesus is listening at all times, and thereby think all thoughts together with Jesus. Then thinking has an entirely different quality. Then Jesus thinks together with you, and in this way you can look at and endure every situation together with Him. Thus you bring Jesus into your consciousness again and again.
Beloved heavenly Father, You have listened to all our worries and distresses, have given us impulses, beautiful thoughts, deep thoughts, and so we now stand before You with the request: Dear Father, as Your needy children we need Your help, for we are children to whom sin still clings. Many of us still stand with one foot in the world and cannot get out in order to take the steps that are necessary to come entirely to You, to become one with You. And so we ask You, dear Father, to shine into us with Your power of love, to remove from us everything that hinders us on the path to You, to take away those who accompany us and wish to harm us, to take away illness and death, to fill our souls with Your light of love so that we may receive Your Spirit, so that we may find joy on this path …
Jesus takes over: “… for it is not a path of sadness, My children, but a path of joy. A path of joy it is to be, of cheerfulness and gladness, to be permitted to walk at My side, while countless people on this Earth seek Me and do not find Me because they have strayed onto false paths, and while a countless multitude of beings in this creation cannot and may not recognize Me as their heavenly Father. Consider: you stand within this grace which is granted only to a few.
“Many people in the infinite spaces of this creation have eternities to endure and long paths to walk before they can breathe the atmosphere of heaven. You cannot imagine what eternities some beings are on the way, only then not to reach the goal after all and to have to begin anew in a certain way. But you—you can walk this path in a few years; in the shortest time you can enter My heart, from which I took you aeons ago.
“Yes, many of you likewise have traveled long paths. Some of you have been wanderers among the stars and have already experienced much, gathered a treasure of experiences, all of which are stored in the soul. And some of My children have come directly from the heavens into this time in order to sacrifice their lives to Me, to bring Me into this world, to give Me the possibility of spiritual return.
“Yes, My children, you are My body and you are My blood. Yes, My children, you are My life, for you are My heart. And I exclude no one in this room, and beyond it all are included who offer their hearts to Me in time and eternity.
“So let these words sink deeply into your hearts and preserve them like a treasure; it is the greatest treasure there is, this promise of My love. Everything the world offers you is nothing but death and corruption; everything I give you is life, eternal, divine life at My side. Therefore rejoice; in joy lies the strength and the power for love.
“So I bless you once more, My little children. Everything dark I have now removed from you; the heaviness of your hearts I have lifted into My heart. Love is to be and is to unite you, for only in the unity of love do you form My body. The disunity of My children still makes it impossible for Me to unfold in My whole being upon this Earth.
“Therefore I said at the beginning that I am delaying the time. I give you more time—use it. Now is the most important time of your entire existence, now, here upon this Earth in these hours, days, and years. And one more thing I give you for the way: just as I was nailed to the cross, so you too are nailed to the cross of matter—that is your bodies. And just as once a spear pierced My heart, My side, so you too are exposed to spear thrusts. These are the wounds of the soul that this Earth inflicts upon you. They are the stabs into the heart that make you sad and doubtful and often rob you of love—but I say: this too is discipleship, to bear and endure this, so that your soul may die in the sense that I can be born within you.
“That is the resurrection which follows crucifixion. I have prepared it for you; into this I guide you. Be certain of it, for My words are as true as I am God Almighty. Therefore believe, trust, love; be My children, be truly My children upon this Earth. There are so few; I need you. Follow Me, and everything will be good. Amen.”
Samuel: Jesus now places one hand upon His heart and extends the other toward us. Now He asks us to rise and repeat after Him words of faithfulness:
“Our Father in Jesus Christ, we pledge You faithfulness and truthfulness. We are ready to dedicate our lives to You and to follow You in word and deed. Yours we want to be in eternity; Your love be our life, Jesus, You our One and All.”
After this consecration Jesus speaks: “Now you have given Me the testimony of true children of God. You have borne witness to Me that I am your only goal. For Me this means that I will enter your lives still more. That I will spread My mercy over you to a degree that I do only with those who are ready truly to dedicate their lives to Me.
“You have done this full of joy and surrender, My children, and this gives Me the possibility now to accompany you to a corresponding degree and to fill you ever more with My presence. And soon you will feel that I am with you to an extent unimaginable by human standards. So that you too may speak—and this is indeed your desire, to utter these words: `My Jesus, now You live in me; now I am sheltered forever in Your love.´”
Jesus now speaks softly, full of gentleness and love:
“In the stillness of your hearts, My children, I have built Myself a dwelling. A simple dwelling in which I wait for you daily. In this dwelling I am actually a lonely God, for I have enclosed Myself there for each of you. With the great longing that only a God can have, that My child open this door and enter its heart, I knock softly every day, gently upon this door—hardly audible, certainly not in the noise of the world. Yet in the stillness, especially in the stillness of night, when you go to bed, when everything around you has come to rest, a gentle stirring passes through your soul, a tender touch of your hearts.
“But I do this not only at night and in the evening. Every one of My children also has open spaces in the day, spaces in time which I create, in which it can withdraw. Even if only for a short time, a few minutes, half an hour or more. And when you then become completely still, My child, when you give Me your thoughts and listen quietly and softly into your heart, you will hear My word. Then you will feel the gentle stirring that streams from My heart through your soul. Then, for this moment, that one love for which you so deeply long will awaken within you. This My love, which is your life and which draws you out of the death of this world. And then you will seek these moments more and more often, the times of stillness and rest and withdrawal from the world.
“You will no longer switch on your television so often or read your newspaper, for time will become a precious good to you. The best currency of this world is time, if you take it rightly. And then we will meet more and more often, My child, day and night. And there will be times you firmly set aside for yourselves. Full of anticipation you will then enter this quiet room of your heart, where I await you and we will embrace one another in this unspeakable divine love which dwells within you and only waits to receive you, to transform you, to make you happy.
“And ultimately it will be so that this will be a lasting state and you will no longer have to enter this room, but this room will be your constant home. And that is My presence within you, and that is the filling with My Spirit. Then you are always enveloped in this quiet love and are permitted to walk over this Earth already transformed in this way. Then you no longer need to meet Me, for then you live constantly in My presence.
“Therefore let Me be born within you, My children. This is shown to you by the symbol of Christmas. Thus the little Jesus within you, lying in a poor manger—which is your poor heart—is to be born within you in your night of the world. So that this Jesus may then become ever greater and stronger within you, that the Spirit of Jesus may unfold within you, and that this Jesus may grow up within you, take ever more form within you, so that at last you can say: `Now it is no longer I who live, but my Jesus lives in me.´
“My children, you cannot measure the significance of these words. They entail a complete transformation of your soul and your consciousness. It is a life in My love that cannot be compared with the life which people here on this Earth call life and love. For then everything is love for you. Every thought you think, every person you look upon, you fill with love. Then there is no death for you any longer, but only vitality in Me.
“So walk at My hand, My children, until I also let go of you once in the trials, so that you increasingly learn to stand on your own spiritual feet. In this you prove to Me the faithfulness that is so important—a taking stock of where you stand. You need these trials and these challenges also in order to unfold divine power within you. Your own spiritual-divine life must unfold. You walk at My hand only as long as you cannot yet stand on your own spiritual feet. Not that I then leave you, but then, with My Spirit that belongs to you, you are repeatedly left to yourselves and at times I am invisible to you. All My children must learn to stand on their own feet in order to become spiritually mature. This is necessary.
“And so this is a look ahead. But it is not only a look ahead; for you it is a certainty. It is to be a certainty for you that it can happen this way. And one thing is very important: you yourselves decide how far you walk this path. I am not the One who makes this decision and says: `You can go this far, or you can go only this far.´ You yourselves make the decision. Your trust and your surrender, giving Me your life and serving Me, decide how far I can guide you. To the extent that you put My word into deed and thereby make it alive within you, to that extent I can guide you.
“Only to those children who give Me their whole heart, who turn away from a world that offers only death and corruption, can I give Myself completely. Therefore entrust your life to Me, then I give you My life. I tell you exactly what separates you from Me. I tell you in these quiet hours of withdrawal and encounter with Me.
“So now it is necessary that in the stillness you digest these words for a while, My children, that you contemplate them with the heart so that they become your own, so that they take form within you, and so that you recognize the importance and truthfulness of these words which are to accompany you now on the further path. Amen.”
A time of silence
Beloved heavenly Father, thank You for these words. Everything, everything You speak is always love. And You do not hold back; You speak words of truth. You do not make things sound pretty or beat around the bush; rather, You tell us plainly and clearly what the situation is, what we are to do in order to reach the goal. This clarity of Your words does us so much good, our dear Father, for the world is only lies, and we hear so much falsehood and distortion. With You, dear Father, we always know where we stand. You speak unequivocal and clear words. And these are the light that You give us, the light of love, this pure light that fills us, that illuminates Your word and is always with us, from which we can always draw, this pure light of truth. Thank You, dear Father.
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Jesus speaks: “My children, once again I stand in your midst to give you My word. The word that has carried you through this year. My word upon which you can lean. My word that is your foundation on the path to Me. And there are ever more who are permitted to hear My word; and it is also necessary that you have this companionship.
“For imagine that I did not speak to you through some of My own whom I have prepared. You would not hear these My words throughout the cycle of the year, which give you courage and strength and confidence, which show you what is happening and what is needed. Imagine that I did not speak to you these words which fulfill your longing, this bread of life, this living word which you receive with your hearts in order then to give it vitality within you through true faith in it and through the deed according to it.
“And so this word is now the conclusion of this year. Looking back, My children, it can be seen that you have made progress. You have come a great step nearer to Me. You have gained insights you did not have before. You have penetrated into the depth of certain mysteries of life and made them your own. That is necessary and important; otherwise it does not work.
“And yet I urge you again and again and still more, for there is still a stretch of the path to walk. You must penetrate still more deeply into the word, to the foundation of the word, which is My love, for here I Myself am the Word. From this love I express Myself and place Myself within you. It is divine love-consciousness which I give you, so that you may bring it to resurrection within you, so that you may rise in Me.
“But it is not to be only a look back upon this year. There is also the look ahead, My children, at what approaches you outwardly, for the time of the great tribulation is not yet here in this country.
“The last trumpet has already sounded, but its echo has not yet penetrated into this country. And so I hold back the distress so that My children still have time for preparation, so that you may find still more fulfillment in Me, so that you may stand still more firmly upon the foundation of My presence and My love. This is necessary so that you do not fall in the storm that will rage over this country. For then it will be all the more necessary that you entrust yourselves to Me in life and death.
“For this, areas of the soul which until now you have in part not yet recognized must be opened and healed. This requires challenges and distresses in the realm of the soul; the struggle with the elements of the soul must take place. And the struggle with material circumstances will also come. I do not warn you against these things, but tell you of them so that you are prepared.
“It is not that I do these things; rather, they are permissions. Yes, the evil deeds of human beings will fill up the measure of their sins until the point is reached where I say: `Stop, this far and no farther!´ Then I stretch out My long arm over this Earth, against which many will shatter.
“And so you know what happens and what is needed. Therefore make an effort and leap over your own shadow. Lay aside what is to be laid aside, for I will come like a thief in the night and suddenly everything will be different. And then you must be ready.
“But you are not to look ahead and into the future in worry and fear, but in the joy that I tell you this and that I will then be there for you as a true Father. Thus this is the look ahead given to you from My love, goodness, and mercy.
“You have become those who know and are initiated. You know the foreground and background of all that happens upon this Earth. There are not many people who have this insight, who can see through all the levels of falsehood and corruption. It is a great responsibility for you to know this.
“In the moments when you are to express what you know, I will give you the impulse to speak. You will meet people who are then open in their despair and distress, wandering about in time and not knowing that there is an eternity and a God. Then you are called upon; then you are the apostles whom I send out and have already sent out to serve Me. For this you have come here, My children.
“When once you said: `My Father, I am going to this Earth, but my life is to belong to You. Guide me so that I recognize that I have a task upon this Earth—first of all for You and not for myself.´ You now stand at this point, and I tell you so.”
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Jesus speaks in closing: “My children, you are to be like a family, a large family, this little flock, My little flock—one of My little flocks. Love one another as I love you, stand up for one another, share the word with one another when it is possible for you, meet in My name to pray for the people of this Earth, so that in some places distress may still be averted.
“And know: when you pray together, in a small or large circle, a light arises upon this Earth, a small light which spreads, and from this small light a great flame comes forth, and that is I in your midst. And this flame, this flame of love, spreads from the place where you are together, spreads over this country and finally over the whole Earth. And you do not believe it, My children: this light goes out into infinity and touches every being in this creation.
“A little light burning in your midst thus becomes the flame of redemption for this creation. And so the smallest joins with the greatest, and a unity comes into being: the infinity of the inner and the infinity of this creation find themselves again as a unity of My heart. I bring this about with you; this is My great joy as God, to work and redeem together with My children.
“And so, standing here, I can tell you: I am a happy God. Regardless of what is happening upon this Earth, regardless of what work still lies before us, what work of redemption that will continue for aeons, I stand here as a happy Father with My children because you give Me your love and your hearts.
“And so I go from place to place and knock at the doors of hearts in order to seek such a love, but I hardly find it upon this Earth; only a few are ready to love Me.
“That, My children, is My closing word for today. Remain together and hold together; together we will accomplish great things, together we go into this coming time, and beyond it we remain together in eternity. Amen.”
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“My child, words of love I want to speak to you,
Never break My promise of faithfulness.
Listen for them within your heart,
for there My voice resounds.
At first only gently, a soft and tender sound,
as though thoughts were singing in your heart.
They come and come again and again,
like the song of heavenly hymns.
Take the time, go into stillness,
listen, for this is always My will.
Let yourself be enchanted, touched, made glad,
let Me now press you to My heart in love.
Do not regard yourself as small and unimportant,
be strong, for I go before you.
My wish now, the dear Father’s request:
Follow Me swiftly in My steps.
And you will see, your heart will understand,
we will now walk hand in hand at all times.
What has found its way to Me, I do not let go,
for My love is infinitely great.
Amen”
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