WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.960 Now abideth faith, hope, and love. These three, 00:00:07.040 --> 00:00:12.660 but the greatest of these is love. And if love 00:00:12.660 --> 00:00:17.100 is the greatest of these, then the second greatest 00:00:17.100 --> 00:00:22.899 is hope. And this is my second heart -to -heart 00:00:22.899 --> 00:00:27.219 talk with you regarding this wonderful thing 00:00:27.219 --> 00:00:33.579 of hope. Someone has so ably said, it's worth 00:00:33.579 --> 00:00:38.560 a thousand pounds a year to have the habit of 00:00:38.560 --> 00:00:42.939 looking on the bright side of things. And that's 00:00:42.939 --> 00:00:48.280 what hope is. Hope is a feeling that what is 00:00:48.280 --> 00:00:55.700 wanted will happen. It's a desire, a mental desire 00:00:55.700 --> 00:01:00.700 accompanied by anticipation or expectation. Hope 00:01:00.700 --> 00:01:05.420 is like the sun, which as we journey toward it, 00:01:05.519 --> 00:01:11.299 casts the shadow of our burden behind it. And 00:01:11.299 --> 00:01:18.680 in all things, it is better to hope than to despair. 00:01:19.920 --> 00:01:24.200 Hope is like the cork to the net, which keeps 00:01:24.200 --> 00:01:30.780 the soul from sinking in despair and fear. like 00:01:30.780 --> 00:01:34.480 the lead to the net which keeps it from floating 00:01:34.480 --> 00:01:43.260 in presumption. Before you give up hope, turn 00:01:43.260 --> 00:01:47.900 back and read the attacks that were made upon 00:01:47.900 --> 00:01:54.140 Abraham Lincoln. Oh, this wonderful thing of 00:01:54.140 --> 00:01:58.420 hope. And may I remind you again that hope is 00:01:58.420 --> 00:02:03.049 something that is mental. And if ever there was 00:02:03.049 --> 00:02:09.370 a day when hopelessness filled the hearts of 00:02:09.370 --> 00:02:13.409 literally tens of thousands of people in the 00:02:13.409 --> 00:02:18.169 world today, it's this present moment. I mean 00:02:18.169 --> 00:02:22.590 that. As I told you in our last heart -to -heart 00:02:22.590 --> 00:02:27.659 talk, this goes something that is hope. This 00:02:27.659 --> 00:02:35.159 something that is mental. Put stars in the darkest 00:02:35.159 --> 00:02:42.560 sky. There may not be a star in your sky. Not 00:02:42.560 --> 00:02:47.740 the smallest sign of a star. And yet, hope will 00:02:47.740 --> 00:02:52.860 put stars in that sky. Hope will literally put 00:02:52.860 --> 00:02:57.879 windows in your blank wall. I mean that. And 00:02:57.879 --> 00:03:00.819 the Bible even teaches us that hope will put 00:03:00.819 --> 00:03:05.919 a smile on the face. That's right. And hope hangs 00:03:05.919 --> 00:03:13.060 on even after the boat has sunk. There's something 00:03:13.060 --> 00:03:19.439 about hope it absolutely refuses to take no for 00:03:19.439 --> 00:03:26.340 an answer. Even when there's nothing left. Remember. 00:03:27.789 --> 00:03:31.889 When I came to you with my little heart -to -heart 00:03:31.889 --> 00:03:37.250 talk the last time, I told you something that 00:03:37.250 --> 00:03:46.270 is very definite. If your mind is filled with 00:03:46.270 --> 00:03:51.310 hope, if you will completely immerse your mind 00:03:51.310 --> 00:03:57.530 with hope, you'll cast off destructive factors. 00:03:57.710 --> 00:04:02.270 You'll be healthier. I'll guarantee you you'll 00:04:02.270 --> 00:04:07.310 be happier. I will go further. I will guarantee 00:04:07.310 --> 00:04:11.409 you that you will be a more efficient person. 00:04:12.629 --> 00:04:16.449 I don't care whether you are a housewife, whether 00:04:16.449 --> 00:04:19.829 you are an office worker. I don't care what your 00:04:19.829 --> 00:04:23.310 position is. I don't care where you live, what 00:04:23.310 --> 00:04:28.370 your circumstances may be. I'll guarantee you 00:04:28.370 --> 00:04:33.350 that if you permit your mind to be completely 00:04:33.350 --> 00:04:41.089 immersed with hope, you will be a more efficient 00:04:41.089 --> 00:04:47.410 person. You'll be happier yourself. And in being 00:04:47.410 --> 00:04:51.329 happier, you will radiate happiness to others. 00:04:53.769 --> 00:04:56.230 It's the greatest weapon that I know anything 00:04:56.230 --> 00:05:00.269 about against mental depression. I mean that. 00:05:01.209 --> 00:05:07.670 I agree with you that it's dark out there. God 00:05:07.670 --> 00:05:15.350 only knows you have troubles. So do I. But watch 00:05:15.350 --> 00:05:22.470 something. Don't saturate your mind with your... 00:05:22.810 --> 00:05:27.449 troubles. Don't get your eyes on your troubles. 00:05:30.290 --> 00:05:35.829 Admit them, recognize them, but as quickly as 00:05:35.829 --> 00:05:44.350 you do. I pray that you will instantly defeat 00:05:44.350 --> 00:05:50.389 your depression with hope. Oh, that's great. 00:05:52.050 --> 00:05:58.529 Yeah. You'll never be defeated. Never. You will 00:05:58.529 --> 00:06:04.870 not go down in defeat. You will never have a 00:06:04.870 --> 00:06:12.449 nervous breakdown. As long as you can immerse 00:06:12.449 --> 00:06:16.490 your mind with hope. And it's just like that. 00:06:17.930 --> 00:06:30.689 Mm -hmm. Depression is a sickness. Many of you 00:06:30.689 --> 00:06:35.129 are a victim of depression. You are a victim 00:06:35.129 --> 00:06:44.889 of discouragement, a victim of futility. Now, 00:06:45.009 --> 00:06:48.310 sit there for just a few minutes. I'm going to 00:06:48.310 --> 00:06:51.360 ask you to do something. I want to try some of 00:06:51.360 --> 00:06:56.959 my vitamins. Oh, you say, Miss Kuhlman, are you 00:06:56.959 --> 00:07:03.680 a doctor? Well, not in that sense of the word, 00:07:03.759 --> 00:07:08.160 not really. No, of course not. But I've got some 00:07:08.160 --> 00:07:13.220 mighty good vitamin pills. I've got some wonderful 00:07:13.220 --> 00:07:16.459 pep pills, and you can't buy them at the drugstore. 00:07:17.560 --> 00:07:25.569 No. My vitamins you can't buy. The kind of shots 00:07:25.569 --> 00:07:29.389 I give, you don't go to your doctor for them. 00:07:30.250 --> 00:07:35.509 But I'll guarantee you that I have a sure remedy. 00:07:35.990 --> 00:07:39.269 I've got the greatest remedy in the world for 00:07:39.269 --> 00:07:43.230 depression. I've got the greatest remedy in the 00:07:43.230 --> 00:07:47.759 whole world for discouragement. So I'm going 00:07:47.759 --> 00:07:50.519 to ask you to do. Try using some of my vitamins. 00:07:50.800 --> 00:07:56.079 Try some of my tip pills. Get a shot of what 00:07:56.079 --> 00:08:02.980 I have an awful lot of. This is the first time 00:08:02.980 --> 00:08:04.680 that some of you have stopped sweeping long enough 00:08:04.680 --> 00:08:08.500 to listen to what I'm trying to say. This is 00:08:08.500 --> 00:08:10.540 the first time you've taken your hands out of 00:08:10.540 --> 00:08:15.300 the dishwater. You want to hear what I have to 00:08:15.300 --> 00:08:18.639 say? All right, here it comes. What's your vitamin, 00:08:18.819 --> 00:08:21.860 Miss Grooman? What's that wonderful pet pill 00:08:21.860 --> 00:08:26.540 that you're talking about? Here it is. Hold thou 00:08:26.540 --> 00:08:36.220 in God, for I shall yet praise him. Who is the 00:08:36.220 --> 00:08:46.970 health of my countenance and my Learn to look 00:08:46.970 --> 00:08:54.509 forward with hope instead of backward with discouragement. 00:08:57.450 --> 00:09:03.909 I repeat it. Learn to look forward with hope 00:09:03.909 --> 00:09:07.789 and you'll have physical vigor. You'll have mental 00:09:07.789 --> 00:09:13.700 clarity. You'll have spiritual health. you will 00:09:13.700 --> 00:09:19.080 have an anchor that is sure and steadfast. My 00:09:19.080 --> 00:09:25.440 hope is mid -man. Oh, listen. I couldn't guarantee 00:09:25.440 --> 00:09:29.440 you victory. I couldn't guarantee you that my 00:09:29.440 --> 00:09:34.600 vitamins would work. I couldn't put a guarantee 00:09:34.600 --> 00:09:41.320 on my pep pills. If I recommended that you put 00:09:41.320 --> 00:09:47.720 your hope, In man, no man. There is only one 00:09:47.720 --> 00:09:55.740 who is absolutely steadfast, a sure anchor, and 00:09:55.740 --> 00:10:02.559 that's our God. That is what this generation 00:10:02.559 --> 00:10:05.539 needs more than anything else in the world. I 00:10:05.539 --> 00:10:12.480 need it. You need it. Everybody needs it. In 00:10:12.480 --> 00:10:19.179 Hebrews, the sixth chapter, the 19th verse, which 00:10:19.179 --> 00:10:26.940 hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure 00:10:26.940 --> 00:10:34.879 and steadfast. But how do you go about looking 00:10:34.879 --> 00:10:40.419 forward with hope? It's very simple. All you 00:10:40.419 --> 00:10:45.620 need to do is start thinking hope. Hope is mental. 00:10:47.940 --> 00:10:53.320 Acting hope. If a person's mind is filled with 00:10:53.320 --> 00:10:58.919 apprehension and fear, he'll generate apprehension 00:10:58.919 --> 00:11:04.559 and fear. You are what you think. Fear begets 00:11:04.559 --> 00:11:09.029 that which we fear. If you fear a disease long 00:11:09.029 --> 00:11:13.710 enough, you'll get it because you create conditions 00:11:13.710 --> 00:11:21.710 favorable to it. If you fear failure over a period 00:11:21.710 --> 00:11:25.450 of time, you're likely to get it because you 00:11:25.450 --> 00:11:30.750 have created a failure atmosphere. A woman said 00:11:30.750 --> 00:11:34.129 to me not very long ago, and I knew she was a 00:11:34.129 --> 00:11:42.070 very capable woman. I knew her employer was completely 00:11:42.070 --> 00:11:47.110 satisfied with her as an employee because he 00:11:47.110 --> 00:11:50.309 told me so. But she came to me and she said, 00:11:50.370 --> 00:11:53.649 Miss Kuhlman, I'm afraid I'm going to lose my 00:11:53.649 --> 00:12:02.210 job. Three weeks later, she did. I was so amazed 00:12:02.210 --> 00:12:06.600 I went to her employer. I said, what in the world? 00:12:06.620 --> 00:12:10.220 You told me six months ago. What a wonderful 00:12:10.220 --> 00:12:17.139 employee she was. And now you fired her. You 00:12:17.139 --> 00:12:21.580 let her go. Why? He said, that's what I'd like 00:12:21.580 --> 00:12:25.600 to know. Why? What was the reason? He said she 00:12:25.600 --> 00:12:30.679 was wonderful. Until about six weeks ago, she 00:12:30.679 --> 00:12:40.870 changed completely. What had happened? Fear had 00:12:40.870 --> 00:12:49.490 entered her mind. Fear begets that which we fear. 00:12:50.809 --> 00:12:53.789 Suddenly, she feared that she might lose her 00:12:53.789 --> 00:12:56.769 job. Perhaps she heard that somebody else had 00:12:56.769 --> 00:13:00.649 lost their job. Perhaps she was having a conversation 00:13:00.649 --> 00:13:04.110 with someone else who had lost their job. Immediately, 00:13:05.799 --> 00:13:11.299 That fear became the master of her mind. And 00:13:11.299 --> 00:13:14.340 she thought it and thought it and thought it 00:13:14.340 --> 00:13:16.919 over and over again. I'm going to lose my job. 00:13:17.039 --> 00:13:18.720 There's a possibility that I'm going to lose 00:13:18.720 --> 00:13:29.759 my job. And she did. Watch. The real secret of 00:13:29.759 --> 00:13:33.840 looking forward with hope is to put your faith 00:13:33.840 --> 00:13:41.049 in the past. power of Almighty God. And you'll 00:13:41.049 --> 00:13:43.889 never be defeated.