WEBVTT 00:00:00.360 --> 00:00:06.580 And who can take away all of life's fears? Like 00:00:06.580 --> 00:00:12.439 our Heavenly Father. The fourth verse of the 00:00:12.439 --> 00:00:18.300 34th Psalm is this. I sought the Lord, and He 00:00:18.300 --> 00:00:24.320 heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. 00:00:25.789 --> 00:00:27.690 Somebody said, Catherine Kuhlman, that's just 00:00:27.690 --> 00:00:30.769 exactly what I wanted you to talk about one of 00:00:30.769 --> 00:00:32.850 these days in our little heart -to -heart talks. 00:00:32.929 --> 00:00:40.409 That's it. Fears. Fears. I sought the Lord, and 00:00:40.409 --> 00:00:44.490 He heard me, the psalmist said, and delivered 00:00:44.490 --> 00:00:48.770 me from all my fears. And there's only one who 00:00:48.770 --> 00:00:52.210 can deliver you from all of your fears, and that 00:00:52.210 --> 00:00:56.140 one is the Lord Jesus Christ. Do you want to 00:00:56.140 --> 00:00:59.060 know something? Fears are the most disruptive 00:00:59.060 --> 00:01:03.460 thing that we can have. And all of life bears 00:01:03.460 --> 00:01:10.739 this out. I knew a lady who is in a mortal, absolutely 00:01:10.739 --> 00:01:16.879 immortal dread of germs. Oh, she has a phobia 00:01:16.879 --> 00:01:20.439 when it comes to germs. She stays inside of her 00:01:20.439 --> 00:01:25.780 house. The prisoner of her own fear. She should 00:01:25.780 --> 00:01:31.239 meet someone. She wouldn't shake the hand of 00:01:31.239 --> 00:01:35.900 a friend or a neighbor or anyone unless she has 00:01:35.900 --> 00:01:43.519 gloves on. She's so afraid of germs. She doesn't 00:01:43.519 --> 00:01:49.939 realize that the fear itself is ten times more 00:01:49.939 --> 00:01:57.120 deadly than the germ. I mean that. Besides, if 00:01:57.120 --> 00:02:00.140 she had a confident attitude toward life, germs 00:02:00.140 --> 00:02:03.019 would probably not get a foothold in her life. 00:02:03.200 --> 00:02:08.439 Her very confidence and faith would act as an 00:02:08.439 --> 00:02:15.020 antiseptic. It's that simple. Have you ever seen 00:02:15.020 --> 00:02:19.379 people who were so afraid of sickness that they 00:02:19.379 --> 00:02:24.439 were sick all the time? Have you seen folk who 00:02:24.439 --> 00:02:29.379 were so afraid of catching cold? Oh, my goodness, 00:02:29.460 --> 00:02:33.939 you know. I've seen in a restaurant. So afraid 00:02:33.939 --> 00:02:38.379 of catching cold that there's quite a scene with 00:02:38.379 --> 00:02:41.800 the waiter before they're seated because they 00:02:41.800 --> 00:02:44.500 are afraid they might sit in a draft or they 00:02:44.500 --> 00:02:50.199 might catch cold. And they do. They're never 00:02:50.199 --> 00:02:53.469 disappointed. They're usually the folk who have 00:02:53.469 --> 00:02:59.030 a cold all the time because they are afraid of 00:02:59.030 --> 00:03:05.909 getting it, and so they do, you know. It's like 00:03:05.909 --> 00:03:10.990 that. And a woman with her germs, her fears become 00:03:10.990 --> 00:03:14.830 a culture ground for the germs that she fears. 00:03:16.750 --> 00:03:19.490 The thing which I greatly feared has come upon 00:03:19.490 --> 00:03:23.930 me, Job said. And that was not chance, but cause 00:03:23.930 --> 00:03:28.849 and effect. A teacher had a basic fear that brought 00:03:28.849 --> 00:03:31.710 on a stomach ulcer. And when she got rid of the 00:03:31.710 --> 00:03:37.050 fear, she got rid of her ulcers. It's true. What 00:03:37.050 --> 00:03:38.729 I am saying is the most practical thing that 00:03:38.729 --> 00:03:41.569 I could bring to you today. When you talk about 00:03:41.569 --> 00:03:44.770 ulcers, every time somebody says, I have a terrific 00:03:44.770 --> 00:03:48.150 case of ulcers. Just stop and say, well, now, 00:03:48.229 --> 00:03:52.770 what is that thing that is really gnawing at 00:03:52.770 --> 00:03:55.770 your mind? Well, what is it? What is it you're 00:03:55.770 --> 00:03:59.389 afraid of? When you get rid of that thing, you'll 00:03:59.389 --> 00:04:07.009 get rid of your ulcers. I'm tense. I'm worried. 00:04:08.629 --> 00:04:14.120 All the troubles in the world, you say. And I'll 00:04:14.120 --> 00:04:16.339 promise you, stomach ulcers before too long. 00:04:18.860 --> 00:04:23.680 That man will never be well until he relaxes 00:04:23.680 --> 00:04:28.079 and surrenders all those strained worries to 00:04:28.079 --> 00:04:34.519 God. You'll find that most people's ulcers, especially 00:04:34.519 --> 00:04:38.139 businessmen, go up and down with the stock market. 00:04:40.399 --> 00:04:44.649 Investigation has shown that When the Dow Jones 00:04:44.649 --> 00:04:48.910 averages on the stock market skidded down, most 00:04:48.910 --> 00:04:54.110 businessmen have upset stomachs. Their ulcers 00:04:54.110 --> 00:04:58.850 are at their worst. And then when Dow Jones goes 00:04:58.850 --> 00:05:03.089 up, well, I'll tell you something, their ulcers 00:05:03.089 --> 00:05:07.649 are not quite so bad. And even more than that, 00:05:07.689 --> 00:05:10.769 they're in bitter humor. There's not that strain 00:05:10.769 --> 00:05:16.709 there. Worry and fear is the greatest enemy that 00:05:16.709 --> 00:05:22.329 you can bring into your life. Men of old saw 00:05:22.329 --> 00:05:26.189 the connection between worry and disease. The 00:05:26.189 --> 00:05:29.949 Word of God says, banish all worries from your 00:05:29.949 --> 00:05:36.290 mind and keep your body free from pain. I know 00:05:36.290 --> 00:05:41.139 a woman who had a fear of having cancer. How 00:05:41.139 --> 00:05:45.180 often she's told me. Every time there was the 00:05:45.180 --> 00:05:49.839 slightest pain in that body. She was dead sure 00:05:49.839 --> 00:05:54.420 it was the beginning of cancer. Her mother had 00:05:54.420 --> 00:05:59.500 cancer. Died of cancer. And she kept saying to 00:05:59.500 --> 00:06:03.079 me, I'm just the image of my mother. I'm so like 00:06:03.079 --> 00:06:05.579 her that I'm going to get a cancer just as she 00:06:05.579 --> 00:06:10.519 did. And as a result of this... constant brooding, 00:06:10.639 --> 00:06:14.759 this constant fear, she was afflicted with constipation. 00:06:15.740 --> 00:06:18.579 There was this difference between her and her 00:06:18.579 --> 00:06:22.759 mother. The mother had ten children. She had 00:06:22.759 --> 00:06:27.220 none. And the doctor told her she would never 00:06:27.220 --> 00:06:29.740 get rid of that constipation until she gets rid 00:06:29.740 --> 00:06:36.060 of her useless fears. Her useless fears had tied 00:06:36.060 --> 00:06:40.339 her up, not merely physically, but mentally and 00:06:40.339 --> 00:06:44.300 spiritually as well. She was a tied -up personality. 00:06:46.120 --> 00:06:51.100 And I'll promise you, she'll never die of cancer. 00:06:51.720 --> 00:06:56.860 She'll die of something else. As a result of 00:06:56.860 --> 00:07:02.199 her fears and her worries. Fear over something 00:07:02.199 --> 00:07:07.620 that she'll never have. A useless fear. A useless 00:07:07.620 --> 00:07:12.639 worry. A young minister began to complain of 00:07:12.639 --> 00:07:16.600 tightness of the chest and developed a hacking 00:07:16.600 --> 00:07:21.160 cough. The doctors found no real physical reason. 00:07:22.019 --> 00:07:24.579 Then he began to complain of severe pain in the 00:07:24.579 --> 00:07:29.139 lower bowels, saying, I think I have cancer there. 00:07:30.740 --> 00:07:32.699 Examinations by several doctors found nothing 00:07:32.699 --> 00:07:35.620 physically wrong, absolutely nothing. But he 00:07:35.620 --> 00:07:39.100 was so possessed by this fear that he actually 00:07:39.100 --> 00:07:43.060 resigned his ministry. He was no good to himself 00:07:43.060 --> 00:07:48.379 or anyone else. And he just sits around moping 00:07:48.379 --> 00:07:55.680 and complaining all the time. It's fear that's 00:07:55.680 --> 00:08:01.139 upsetting him. The fear itself is the disease. 00:08:03.199 --> 00:08:08.709 Fear. is sand in the machinery of life. I want 00:08:08.709 --> 00:08:12.970 you to know something. Fear is costly. Fear is 00:08:12.970 --> 00:08:15.410 the most costly thing that you can bring into 00:08:15.410 --> 00:08:18.529 your life and into your body and into your mind. 00:08:18.990 --> 00:08:21.149 I give any in the world in these next few minutes, 00:08:21.209 --> 00:08:28.209 I could do something to rebuke that fear in that 00:08:28.209 --> 00:08:35.100 mind of yours. It's costly. It's the most costly 00:08:35.100 --> 00:08:42.200 thing that you can take into your life. If you 00:08:42.200 --> 00:08:45.759 just sit down a very few minutes, analyze yourself. 00:08:47.919 --> 00:08:53.259 Just look yourself directly in the face. It's 00:08:53.259 --> 00:08:55.820 so hard for people to be honest with themselves. 00:09:01.769 --> 00:09:08.809 All of your troubles really stem from fear. Fear 00:09:08.809 --> 00:09:13.789 of what? Nine times out of ten, fear of something 00:09:13.789 --> 00:09:21.610 that never will happen to you. Just like that. 00:09:23.269 --> 00:09:30.929 Now, we have to realize something. We have to 00:09:30.929 --> 00:09:34.490 distinguish between normal fear and abnormal 00:09:34.490 --> 00:09:37.629 fear. There's a certain kind of fear that is 00:09:37.629 --> 00:09:42.009 healthful. If you did not have that kind of fear, 00:09:42.169 --> 00:09:47.190 you might walk out across a busy street or across 00:09:47.190 --> 00:09:52.549 a freeway, heedless of the traffic, and be killed. 00:09:54.570 --> 00:09:58.350 Now, that fear is a good fear when it comes to 00:09:58.350 --> 00:10:01.840 driving. an automobile. I've seen people who'll 00:10:01.840 --> 00:10:04.340 get behind a steering wheel and boast of the 00:10:04.340 --> 00:10:08.539 fact that they have no fear whatsoever. They 00:10:08.539 --> 00:10:11.879 drive like it and sooner or later will either 00:10:11.879 --> 00:10:17.000 kill themselves or someone else. Now when you 00:10:17.000 --> 00:10:23.559 get behind a steering wheel You need to know 00:10:23.559 --> 00:10:26.600 the danger. You need to recognize the responsibility 00:10:26.600 --> 00:10:30.820 that you have. You need to have good, normal, 00:10:31.019 --> 00:10:37.500 healthy fear and drive carefully lest you have 00:10:37.500 --> 00:10:42.480 an accident or bring disaster to someone else. 00:10:43.799 --> 00:10:48.629 Normal fear. gives you that caution that you 00:10:48.629 --> 00:10:53.970 must have to survive on Earth at all. We need 00:10:53.970 --> 00:11:00.269 good, normal, healthy fear to survive. Abnormal 00:11:00.269 --> 00:11:03.990 fear, on the other hand, is a dim and a shadowy 00:11:03.990 --> 00:11:09.549 area peopled by imaginations, obsessions, ghosts, 00:11:09.909 --> 00:11:16.600 confusion, apprehensions. of our inheritance 00:11:16.600 --> 00:11:19.320 from the early days of the human race when men 00:11:19.320 --> 00:11:21.559 were superstitious and afraid. You know, we have 00:11:21.559 --> 00:11:26.500 an awful lot of superstition among us. Superstition 00:11:26.500 --> 00:11:32.320 is a ghastly thing. I am shocked at sensible 00:11:32.320 --> 00:11:37.379 people who are literally controlled by superstition. 00:11:37.480 --> 00:11:39.940 And if you're being controlled by superstition, 00:11:40.039 --> 00:11:48.730 you'll be controlled by fear. Abnormal. And you're 00:11:48.730 --> 00:11:55.690 being ruled over by imaginations, by obsessions, 00:11:55.870 --> 00:12:05.149 apprehensions. We're only 5 ,000 years old in 00:12:05.149 --> 00:12:09.769 civilization, maybe not even that much. And yet 00:12:09.769 --> 00:12:16.190 the primitive fears of... ancient men are still 00:12:16.190 --> 00:12:25.269 ruling our unconscious minds. Fear of what? Let 00:12:25.269 --> 00:12:30.450 me just ask you that. Let me say something else. 00:12:33.029 --> 00:12:38.450 In addition, we've had fears projected upon us 00:12:38.450 --> 00:12:42.019 as children by... who would not knowingly have 00:12:42.019 --> 00:12:46.200 heard us for the world, but who had their fears. 00:12:47.620 --> 00:12:50.179 And we were so close to them in our childhood 00:12:50.179 --> 00:12:53.320 that we picked up those fears. And though the 00:12:53.320 --> 00:12:58.759 time that they were imparted to us has gone by 00:12:58.759 --> 00:13:03.659 a long time ago, they still continue in our lives 00:13:03.659 --> 00:13:08.970 because they made such a deep impression. Life 00:13:08.970 --> 00:13:11.710 is difficult. I wouldn't sit here and tell you 00:13:11.710 --> 00:13:15.490 that life is easy. Life is difficult. It's full 00:13:15.490 --> 00:13:17.950 of pain. It's full of sorrow. It's full of suffering. 00:13:19.110 --> 00:13:23.289 And finally, the ordeal of death. And so we become 00:13:23.289 --> 00:13:27.309 afraid of the future, afraid of the economic 00:13:27.309 --> 00:13:31.970 conditions, afraid of ill health, afraid of other 00:13:31.970 --> 00:13:37.350 people, afraid of old age. We're also afraid 00:13:37.350 --> 00:13:45.649 of ourselves. We're afraid of tomorrow. Fear, 00:13:45.789 --> 00:13:51.929 fear, fear. And we must deal with these fears. 00:13:54.470 --> 00:13:59.330 If today you have a mind full of fears, then 00:13:59.330 --> 00:14:04.909 you do not have a mind that's full of God. It 00:14:04.909 --> 00:14:08.190 is a fact, isn't it, that we are going to be 00:14:08.190 --> 00:14:12.370 what our minds contain. If you have a mind that's 00:14:12.370 --> 00:14:14.889 full of hate, you're going to live in a world 00:14:14.889 --> 00:14:18.610 of hate. Let's just be practical about this thing. 00:14:19.309 --> 00:14:21.909 If you have a mind that is full of lust, you're 00:14:21.909 --> 00:14:27.269 going to live in a world of lust. It cannot be 00:14:27.269 --> 00:14:32.340 otherwise. If you have a mind that's full of 00:14:32.340 --> 00:14:34.440 love, you're going to live in a world of love. 00:14:37.860 --> 00:14:42.759 You become what you think. And if you have a 00:14:42.759 --> 00:14:47.059 mind full of fear, then you live in a world of 00:14:47.059 --> 00:14:52.779 fear. And I am amazed at the thousands and thousands 00:14:52.779 --> 00:14:56.320 of people who this very hour are living in a 00:14:56.320 --> 00:15:00.950 world of fear. Fear because their mind is full 00:15:00.950 --> 00:15:06.450 of fear. There are two supremely powerful forces 00:15:06.450 --> 00:15:10.570 in the world. Just two. They're not related to 00:15:10.570 --> 00:15:16.129 atomic energy. There are greater forces than 00:15:16.129 --> 00:15:23.470 that. Of these two forces, one is fear. And it 00:15:23.470 --> 00:15:28.350 has literally killed its tens of millions. The 00:15:28.350 --> 00:15:33.309 other great force is faith. And whenever fear 00:15:33.309 --> 00:15:38.529 and faith come to grips, faith will win because 00:15:38.529 --> 00:15:43.210 faith is the more powerful. Nothing is more powerful 00:15:43.210 --> 00:15:50.909 than God. And faith is God. If you have been 00:15:50.909 --> 00:15:53.990 entertaining fear thoughts for years, do you 00:15:53.990 --> 00:15:57.950 know what you've done to yourself? Fear thoughts, 00:15:58.149 --> 00:16:02.889 over a long period of years, form a channel through 00:16:02.889 --> 00:16:09.950 the mind until fear becomes your primary thought. 00:16:10.029 --> 00:16:14.169 It governs you. It governs your mind. It governs 00:16:14.169 --> 00:16:19.529 your body. It'll govern your day. It cuts a great 00:16:19.529 --> 00:16:23.409 channel and every thought that you think is drained 00:16:23.409 --> 00:16:32.289 into this basic thought. channel appear. And 00:16:32.289 --> 00:16:36.570 it soon becomes the governing factor of you. 00:16:38.690 --> 00:16:44.590 You. Now, it's one thing to talk about these 00:16:44.590 --> 00:16:50.690 things. But another thing to give the answer, 00:16:50.789 --> 00:16:55.340 how do you correct this condition? you correct 00:16:55.340 --> 00:16:59.919 it by beginning to practice the very presence 00:16:59.919 --> 00:17:05.259 of God. How can you be afraid when you know that 00:17:05.259 --> 00:17:10.839 God is with you? God is your Heavenly Father. 00:17:11.099 --> 00:17:16.119 You do not have to be afraid of today. You begin 00:17:16.119 --> 00:17:21.019 this day with God. If God is with you, You have 00:17:21.019 --> 00:17:23.920 nothing to fear. He's never lost a battle. Never. 00:17:24.200 --> 00:17:28.200 Do you realize that God has never known defeat? 00:17:30.160 --> 00:17:33.180 And you begin the day by saying, God is with 00:17:33.180 --> 00:17:37.160 me. No matter what I have to face today, I go 00:17:37.160 --> 00:17:43.099 forth unafraid. He is with me. In the midnight 00:17:43.099 --> 00:17:45.900 hour when you awaken and you think about tomorrow 00:17:45.900 --> 00:17:50.200 and you lie there in bed, Cold perspiration just 00:17:50.200 --> 00:17:53.440 breaking out over your entire body. I know I've 00:17:53.440 --> 00:17:56.319 done it too. There's a reason I can describe 00:17:56.319 --> 00:18:02.079 it so well. But then you say, God will be with 00:18:02.079 --> 00:18:10.500 me. I cannot fail. Whatever the problem, whatever 00:18:10.500 --> 00:18:15.279 the temptation, I sought the Lord, and He heard 00:18:15.279 --> 00:18:25.079 me and delivered me from... All my fears. Dear 00:18:25.079 --> 00:18:28.579 old lady said to me, I am so afraid I'm going 00:18:28.579 --> 00:18:31.740 to die in the poorhouse. And I said, well, that's 00:18:31.740 --> 00:18:34.519 all right, honey. God will be with you there, 00:18:34.599 --> 00:18:40.619 too. You know, afraid of old age? Oh, no, honey. 00:18:41.279 --> 00:18:50.799 Not if you know the Lord. to the Lord. And He 00:18:50.799 --> 00:18:57.880 heard me and delivered me from all my fears. 00:18:58.160 --> 00:19:01.400 He'll give you that deliverance if you want it.