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Spiritual power.... bread of heaven.... hunger....

The spiritual food must be taken in by a hungry heart or it will remain ineffective. God offers nourishment to the soul, but just as the body craves earthly food, the soul must also crave heavenly food, and the degree of craving also determines the degree of effect. A hungry soul is the right receptacle for spiritual food, it will process the food from the heavens and also feel what strength and power flows towards it with the heavenly food. It will not need to starve if it only asks for it; it will also not need to restrict itself because the soul will never be surfeited with spiritual food if it fully opens itself to take spiritual food and drink. But then the body no longer seeks earthly pleasures, its desire for them diminishes the more the soul strengthens itself at the source of eternal life. For now earthly life no longer means so much to the human being that he constantly wants to provide the body with earthly pleasures. His thoughts and aspirations are the spiritual realm, spiritual nourishment and strengthening of the soul. And such a desiring person will be well provided for spiritually and also physically, for he will want for nothing because he puts the salvation of his soul before the well-being of the body and does not allow himself to be satisfied with earthly nourishment, which the body certainly needs but which contributes very little to the maturing of the soul. But if the human being desires spiritual nourishment, the physical nourishment will not be without influence on the soul's development, for then it will draw spiritual substances from everything the body consumes, which will join it and increase its spiritual strength.... Spiritual food is offered to people by God Himself directly or through His heavenly servants who are in full possession of spiritual strength and continuously distribute food and drink to those who are in need and joyfully receive their gift. Anyone who hungers and thirsts will not reject the bread of heaven either, he desires it with all his senses, for he believes that he will pine away if he is not fed, and therefore he will not indifferently receive the delicious gift which is offered to him from above.... He will ask and give thanks for every gift and never ever pass by the lord's table, for he is offered a supper which seems more delicious to him than all the goods and pleasures of the world. And he is always invited to partake, the bread of heaven is always offered to him through divine love if he has a desire for it. And anyone who has once tasted the heavenly food will not want to miss it again, for it is exceedingly delicious and places the soul into a state of maturity, for it makes it capable of working for the spiritual kingdom.... Heavenly food gives strength and endurance, courage and determination.... The human being will become strong in faith, diligent in loving activity, fearless in confessing his faith before the world and therefore active for the kingdom of God.... For all weakness will fall away from him if he accepts spiritual food which God Himself prepares for him and offers him in His love.... the bread of heaven which touches the human soul extremely effectively.... His word, which is supplied as spiritual nourishment to those who desire it and accept it with a longing heart from His hand, which is always willing to give....

Amen

DUHOVNA SNAGA.... NEBESKI KRUH.... GLAD....

Duhovna hrana mora biti prihvaćena od gladnih srca, inače ostaje neučinkovita. Bog nudi duši hranu, ali kao što tijelo žudi zemaljsku hranu, tako i duša treba nositi žudnju za nebeskom hranom, a stupanj žudnje određuje i stupanj učinka. Gladna duša je prava primajuća posuda za duhovnu hranu, ona će jelo s neba probaviti, a također i osjetiti koja sila i snaga joj pritječe sa nebeskim jelom. Ona neće trebati gladovati, ako ona samo traži; ona se neće trebati ograničavati, jer duša nikada nije prezasićena duhovne hrane, ako se ona u potpunosti otvara da u sebe prima duhovnu hranu i piće. Ali, onda tijelo više ne traži zemaljske užitke, njegova žudnja za ovima opada, što više se duša osnažuje na Izvoru vječnog života. Jer, sada čovjeku zemaljski život više ne znači tako mnogo da on tijelu želi stalno pribavljati zemaljske užitke. Njegova namjera i nastojanje je duhovno kraljevstvo, duhovna ishrana i osnaživanje duše. A, čovjek koji tako žudi bit će dobro opskrbljen duhovno, i također fizički, jer njemu neće ništa nedostajati, budući on spasenje svoje duše pretpostavlja dobrobiti tijela, i ne zadovoljava se zemaljskom hranom, koju tijelo zaista treba, ali koja vrlo malo doprinosi sazrijevanju duše. No, ako čovjek žudi duhovnu hranu, onda ni tjelesna hrana neće biti bez utjecaja na razvoj duše, jer onda ona crpi iz svega što tijelo u sebe uzima, iz duhovnih supstanci koje joj se pridružuju i povećavaju njenu duhovnu snagu.... Duhovna hrana je od Boga Osobno ponuđena čovjeku neposredno ili kroz Njegove nebeske sluge, koji su u punom posjedu duhovne snage i nastavljaju razdjeljivati hranu i piće onima koji su potrebiti, i koji radosno prihvaćaju njihov dar. Tko gladuje i žeđa, neće odbiti Kruh s neba, on ga žudi svim osjetilima, jer vjeruje da će morati skapavati ako ne bude nahranjen, te stoga on neće ravnodušno primiti dragocjeni dar, koji mu je ponuđen odozgor.... On će moliti i zahvaljivati za svaki dar i više neće mimoilaziti Gospodnji stol, budući mu je ponuđena Večera, koja mu izgleda ukusnija (dragocjenija) od svih dobara i radosti svijeta. A, on je uvijek pozvan sudjelovati, uvijek mu je kroz Božansku Ljubav ponuđen Kruh s neba, ako on za njim žudi. A, tko je jednom okusio nebesku hranu, on ju više nikada neće željeti propustiti, budući je ona iznimno ukusna (dragocjena), i dušu postavlja u jedno stanje zrelosti; budući ju čini sposobnom da radi za duhovno kraljevstvo... Nebeska hrana daje snagu i izdržljivost, hrabrost i odlučnost... Čovjek će postati snažan u vjeri, neumoran (marljiv) u Ljubavnom djelovanju, odvažan u ispovijedanju svoje vjere pred svijetom, i stoga aktivan za Božje kraljevstvo.... Jer svaka slabost otpada od njega, ako on prima duhovnu hranu, koju je Bog Osobno njemu pripremio i koju mu nudi u Svojoj Ljubavi.... nebeski Kruh, koji posve učinkovito dotiče ljudsku dušu....Svoju Riječ, koja je kao duhovna hrana ponuđena onima koji čeznu za njom, i prihvaćaju ju žudnim srcem iz Njegove ruke, koja je uvijek spremna dati.

AMEN