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1566 Claiming and imploring divine grace....

August 14, 1940: Book 25

Call upon divine grace and invoke God's blessing upon yourselves, and your whole course of life will correspond to God's will. You will be able to accomplish everything you want, because you will then do everything with divine support. And if you now devoutly entrust yourselves to the Father in heaven, He will lead you by His hand and you can rest assured that you will safely reach your goal. Divine grace is the outflow of His love. He knows about your adversity and weakness of will, He knows about your task, and if you are now willing to fulfil your task He will not let you struggle alone, but He will help you by strengthening your will and giving you strength. And therefore you should never neglect to implore divine grace, for God wants to be called to every beginning. Yet without making use of divine grace your path cannot lead upwards, for whatever you do will only fulfil your earthly desire but will not result in any spiritual success. But your earthly life is only given to you so that you seek the connection with God. If you ask for His grace then you trustingly hand yourselves over to Him, and thus you seek the connection with Him. And then your path must inevitably lead upwards, then the infinitely long path on earth will not have been in vain, for it will have brought the being close to God again. And the more intimately it requests His help the closer it is to God, for the heartfelt prayer presupposes an intimate relationship.... the right relationship of a child to its father. The separation between the being and God is now overcome when the child stretches out its hands pleading for help, and asks the Father for His grace and love. Everything will now seem easy to him and nothing impossible, for God Himself takes care of the endeavour, and gives the earthly child the strength to accomplish it. Therefore, you should not begin anything without asking for God's blessing, so that your endeavours will not be in vain. It is something precious to be allowed to stand in the divine sun of grace, for then life will seem exceedingly easy to you, since God is always and constantly with you and guides you.... towards Himself. Constantly ask for His grace, and thereby prove to Him your desire for Him.... and you will be able to walk your path through life without worry, for God Himself will guide you and help you to manage....

Amen

Translated by Sven Immecke