“Jesus, You my Shepherd, Master of life, see how once again I come staggering along in darkness and weakness. The rushing and roaring of the world frightens me, for once again I have moved too far away from Your heart. All life is Yours, Jesus, and once again I have pushed this aside. Now I return to You in the stillness of my heart, and I receive Your light of love in Your open arms stretched out toward me. And I begin to weep. Father, once again You receive me, comfort me, and give me new strength.
And once again I want only this one thing: to remain with You in endless love, joy, and gratitude, and within this the world can do me no harm, even if it should steal this body from me—Jesus Christ, the love of my heart is Yours and remains Yours forever, and in this will I now live.
And You, almighty Father, take hold of me and lead me according to Your will; in You I place all my trust. Father, once again You pour Your light of grace over me, and once again You strengthen me in love, so that I also wish to pray for my brothers and sisters:
Father, grant all of us this light of grace and this joy, so that our hearts rejoice in quiet, abiding love for You. Father, pour out Your blessing over all of us, so that in the warmth of our hearts we turn completely toward You and, in this love, toward one another. Amen, Father, for this I ask: pour out Your luminous blessing over us, Amen.”
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“Dear Father, when we turn our hearts toward You in stillness, humility, and love, may You—if it is Your holy will—give us answers to our questions that are important on our path toward You; questions whose answers may also strengthen us in everyday life, just as You answered such questions in Jakob Lorber’s circle of acquaintances and gave explanations that are of the greatest importance for us today as well, as we find them in Your Himmelsgaben.
My heart longs for this quiet, holy turning toward You in the circle of our dear brothers and sisters. Father, I humbly lay this wish at Your feet in the stillness of my mind, in the peace of my heart: strengthen our strength, our courage, and our will, gracious Father, to grant You during our gathering the place within us that belongs to You alone, by kindling far from everything worldly the light of love in our hearts and offering it to You with the words: Father, enter in; see, our hearts are wide open and turned toward You alone, so enter now, heavenly Father, and give each of us what he or she needs on the path wholly into Your fatherly heart and thus on the path of Your great grace toward our spiritual rebirth. Yet Your holy will be done in this request also, as at all times. Amen, dear Father, Amen. Please be with all of us, Amen.”
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“Gracious Father, You know that our prayers have not fallen silent. So even now we thank You for the abundance of revelations and words from Your holy mouth that You place in the hearts of our dear brothers and sisters in these days. Your words are seeds in our hearts, and these must germinate, grow, and blossom so that they bring forth healthy fruit. Thus we cleanse our heart, the soil for Your seed, from the weeds that the wind of our worldly desires and cravings has blown into it, tear down the barriers of our unbelief, and then behold the purity, truthfulness, and beauty of what is now growing within us through Your teaching.
This experience increases in strength and vitality from day to day, so that all doubt concerning the promise of Your return to all of us has disappeared. And Your holy words, Jesus Christ, dear Father, strengthen our love for You and our trust in You, so that all fears of the coming storms are destroyed within it as well; yes, we may recognize that every fear had arisen from a lack of love and trust in You, and thus we now experience a quiet blessedness in the deep joy and gratitude of our heart.
In this strengthening, Holy Father, it is easy for us to bless the darkness. The darkness within us fades as we let Your words sink deep into our heart and cause the light of truth to germinate from them. In this light Your Word grows alive within us: “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.”
Bless them, Father, those who scatter evil over our world. Give them a light, Your sign, so that they recognize their conduct and from it the course of their soul. May the masses of brothers and sisters who go to these “money changers, merchants, and dove sellers” in this desecrated temple, our Earth, the schoolhouse of Your children, be blessed as well: brothers and sisters, now recognize the One whose body indeed sleeps in our little boat on the roaring sea, but whose Spirit safely guides this little boat into the harbor of peace, eternal joy, and gratitude. Lay at HIS feet your cravings, your worldly striving, and your longing.
Father, with these words we turn toward the whole globe: grant us Your light of humility and neighborly love, so that from it there may grow a new, wholly pure fruit of this our Earth, rooted in You, our Savior, Shepherd, and divine Father. May you be blessed at all times in the light of grace of our Father!
In heartfelt joy, Johannes
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