About fasting and almsgiving
Oh , My people , there is a great need of the teaching from heaven on the earth , for the man cannot be a son of the day if he does not know what the day means and what the night means for man . Now it is written for the man a time of fasting from food and the man does not know what the power of fasting is , and he does not know , poor of him , why he has to keep fasting from food . He who fasts from food is wiser and more diligent for his soul , then he sees better and works more beautifully , cleaner , and he cleanses more from the evil things in him , for the abstinence of his stomach reduces the man ’ s worries and lusts which come from the lust of the body and from the lust of the eye , and these take the man back to haughtiness and the man becomes a son of the devil and there is no one to teach the man that he cannot have Me as his God if he works this way . The fasting from food has to be entwined with the work from God over the man , for otherwise the man cannot get away from the work of the devil when he abstains only with his belly from gorging and he does not abstains with his soul from this too . I am gentle and humble in heart , and this is what I have taught the man to learn and to work , and the one who stops from the lust of the body is not counted if he does not have as work from heaven over his soul humility and love that make the man gentle and humble in his heart for the work of his peace in him and around him then , to God ’ s perfection in him , and behold , this is the mystery of the fasting and its good power in man then . Amen .
I remember with endless grief of the man that was built by My hand and then put in paradise and in obedience by Me in that garden . Oh , the man did not listen to God , he did not listen but he rather listened to himself , to the man and to the devil . Behold , if the man does not love and does not listen to God , then he abstains from food in vain , for if he hides in himself with those of his mind and heart , then all his things come back into the darkness , the same as Adam went into disobedience because of his lack of love of God , after he became two of one and was no longer one body before Me , one will , one love for the One Who made him .
Oh , My people I bless you for My work with you by which you should work upon you the power of food abstinence , but do not forget : be gentle and humble in your heart , and learn this from Me , as I urged My disciples from two thousand years ago . Oh , do not learn this work from the man . Learn it from Me , for this is what I said : « Learn from Me , for I am gentle and humble in heart ». I bless you with this good thing , My people , and this is how you are supposed to entwine the work of the abstinence from food , and each son of My people needs to have great care of the spirit of peace and without tension in every work done by the hand and by the spirit , and let your fasting from food be helped by this gentle spirit and by the humility of your hearts , sons , and this is how you have to work for Me , for My victory worked with tears and with great patience and waiting after the man to bring salvation to the man and the redemption , which I paid for him when I was hanged on the cross for him . The man should give Me back My love for the man , and let him listen to Me to be able to protect him , for the devil has always pulled the man out of Me by his disobedience , and behold , the man has to learn how to come back in Me and how to stay in Me , so that the devil may not find him outside of Me . Amen .
Oh , weak man , come back to Me to be saved from your enemy and yours , for he who is your enemy cannot do you any good . He who takes you out of God , that one is your enemy , weak man , and you cannot do anything without Me , nothing of what you say that you do , to have and then to lose , for everything you do , you do only to lose it afterwards , and you do no longer know this if you stay outside of Me and run away from My way ! Oh , come to Me to help you , come , weak man ! Oh , let Me stay in your way and let Me take you in the boat of salvation .
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