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3992 Living connection.... right prayer....

March 5, 1947: Book 49

The living connection with Me is established through heartfelt prayer. But in order to be able to pray correctly, i.e. in heartfelt love for Me, the human being must believe in Me as his father of eternity Who, because He is love Himself, draws close to every one of His living creations if they call upon Him. Furthermore, he must also believe in My might or he would not turn to Me for help in the adversity of body and soul. Faith in My love and My omnipotence makes the human being trusting and confident, and he seeks mental contact with Me, his heart opens up to Me because it wants to receive Me, and thus I come alive in his heart, i.e. he is aware of My presence if he prays to Me in spirit and in truth.... childlike and humble and yet confidently hoping for help. Heartfelt prayer always establishes the connection with Me, and the praying earthly child will always receive earthly or spiritual good, as I deem it beneficial for it. The more consciously this connection with Me is cultivated the more powerfully the human being will be able to work on earth, and then he will no longer feel weak, for My nearness will teach him otherwise, My nearness will give him the awareness of strength and grace which originates from Me. The human being must never imagine that God is to be sought in the distance and that He as spirit does not unite with people on earth. I always enter into this connection because I have set the unification with Me as the final aim for every creature and therefore immediately seize what tries to approach Me of its own free will. And free will expresses itself in prayer, for the human being is never forced into prayer, the prayer which comes from the heart is always a voluntary union with Me which is based on faith in Me and My love. And the certain success of a right prayer is an influx of strength for the soul, for the connection with Me must reveal an effect, because My nearness always results in an increased degree of maturity, and this will not always be felt by the body but certainly by the soul, and it will reach the aim. The living connection with Me is the surest means to become perfect, for anyone who receives My strength also progresses upwards, I draw him because he strives towards Me.... And what I once grasp I will not let go of eternally. Anyone who prays in such a way that he speaks to Me in his heart will also be able to hear Me, for I will answer all His words and thoughts as soon as he only lets Me speak, i.e. listens to what I want to say to him. Anyone who intimately unites with Me also listens to My voice, he asks for clarification and I give it to My child because it asks the father for it, I provide for it physically and spiritually, that is, I listen to its earthly plea and don't disappoint it by denying Myself, just as I also take its spiritual state into account and provide the child with what it lacks.... spiritual good that will benefit his soul.... for I love My children and consider all who unite in deep faith in Me....

Amen

Translated by Doris Boekers