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7752 Faith struggle and last decision....

November 22, 1960: Book 81

Only I can grant you sufficient protection in the last days before the end, when the battle of faith will erupt and all of you who belong to Me will be in great spiritual distress.... If you join Me intimately, no anxiety will seize your heart, you will calmly let everything come to you with My help, and I will truly not disappoint you either.... For the bond with Me ensures My help, the bond with Me fills you with strength and confidence and then you will also be able to persevere until the end. But the living connection with Me must be established, you must pray to Me in spirit and in truth.... I cannot listen to the prayers of formal christians, which are only spoken by the mouth and therefore do not reach My ear. You must speak to Me as a child speaks to its father and then you will also feel My presence and a sense of security will come over you, you will be able to resist your oppressors, you will beat them with speeches because I Myself will put the words into your mouth.... and they will not be able to refute you, although you will not win them over for yourselves because My adversary still has them firmly in his grip.... Yet I Myself am with you, I fight by your side, and My adversary cannot withstand My light and will therefore turn away from you again.... But again and again he tries to incite your fellow human beings against you, and that is why you can only counter them with My strength.... Just hold on to Me and ask Me beforehand for the supply of strength which My love will truly not deny you. Yet it will be difficult for those who do not yet have living faith, who therefore have not yet penetrated the truth and who will now be confronted by a serious decision and find it difficult to make this decision because they have no inner bond with Me. They will not close their minds to the arguments My adversary will oppose them with, they will abandon their faith because they have no true faith and therefore no firm confidence that I Myself will support them in the battle of faith.... They fear earthly power and therefore give in to its desire to completely deny Me and My act of salvation.... And thus they do not pass the last test of faith on this earth.... And I still want to help all people, I still want to bring all people to a living faith, I want to prove Myself to them as a loving father so that they can take refuge in Me in every adversity. For people will still be affected by many adversities, because this is indispensable if they are still to attain a living faith. For as soon as they call upon Me in spirit and in truth I will also make Myself known to them as a loving God and father, and then they could also be able to believe.... But I cannot force their will, I must leave them free to decide if this is demanded of them. But I call out to all people: Firmly attach yourselves to Me, associate with Me as a child associates with its father and constantly appeal to Me for strength.... And you will truly overcome the time you still have to get through.... You will prevail in the last battle on this earth, you will emerge victorious and now also be able to reap the fruits of your strong faith.... For blessed are you if you persevere until the end...._>Amen

Translated by Doris Boekers