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True Life in God
Notebook 95
from dross I have turned you into
silver, and from silver into the most
exquisite of jewels; My child, let your
eyes be fixed ahead; be like a graceful
garland for My Head and fill My Heart
with joy by enduring the hardships in
silence for My sake;
men will often attack you, but they
will never overcome you; your labours
for My sake will never go in vain, but will
yield fields of instruction, prospering
generations;
May my tongue recite
your Love Hymn,
May my lips proclaim
Your Righteousness
and Your great deeds of Love;
My favour is upon you and you have My
blessings;
ah, My child, words of hate fly all
around Me, though I give no cause for
hostility;
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in return for My faithfulness
they denounce Me;
But who withstood the might of Your Arm?
no one... no one withstood the might of
My Arm; have I not shown My strength
when people abused Me? I am known to
confound the haughty by My absolute
power; pray for the one
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who breathed
out fire on his soul ...
may this nation
3
I so loved prosper in
righteousness; remain in My Love and
keep My Commandments; I am the Way,
1
I understood that Jesus meant that His words in me
can create hostility towards the hardened hearts.
2
In Rhodos, Greece, the Orthodox Vicar after finding
out that a young Jewish man after reading “True Life
in God” had asked to be baptised and join the Greek
Orthodox Church, refused to give him the
permission. We sent a lawyer friend of ours to plead
with the Vicar, but the Vicar's heart hardened even
more, and said: “I shall not give the permission for
baptism even if this matter causes me to go to hell.”
This is why Jesus asks us to pray for the Vicar’s soul
which he threw away in his folly.
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Israel, but also all those Jews who discover the
Truth and get baptised, and there are many.
the Truth and the Life; listen Israel, He
who scattered you is gathering you and I
will be guarding you Israel
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like the pupil
of My Eye;
so dear a son to Me, Israel, you have
indeed accepted Me by the power of My
Holy Spirit, may you prosper in My
Divinity and in My Love; love Me as I
love you; I tell you: I shall draw all
people to Myself for in Me are Eternal
Life and Glory; be one in My Name and
follow Me in My Blood-stained
footprints; ic;
Vassula, I, Jesus, am with you; your
Maker and Redeemer who formed you is
with you and on your side; allow Me to
engrave on you the rest of My Love
Hymn; rest in Me and I will rest in you
so loved one;
I, Jesus, bless you; ic;
October 15, 1998
Lord, give words to my ear
and apply my heart to know them;
yes, because Your Word,
Lord of Compassion,
is my delight, my joy,
the knowledge of the sages;
have Your Word always ready on my lips;
fill my mouth with nothing else
than this Celestial Manna;
ah Vassula, have I not written for you
hundreds of pages of instruction and
knowledge for you to be able to expound
the Truth and with sound words to
answer those who question you? I am
righteous in all that My Hand
undertakes; concentrate now upon Me
for My glory, and do not let your mind
dictate to you; let nothing come between
you and Me;
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have I not, in My divine
munificence adorned your soul wherein
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For the newly baptised ones into Christianity.
5
A mere dark thought transgressed my mind: “What
if I was wrong?” I wanted to be reassured.
© Vassula Rydén