WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.599 Did you ever feel that you wanted to just talk 00:00:07.599 --> 00:00:13.179 to members of your own family? You know, just 00:00:13.179 --> 00:00:20.079 take your shoes off and sit on the floor. Maybe 00:00:20.079 --> 00:00:25.179 you don't sit on the floor. I do. I can always 00:00:25.179 --> 00:00:29.530 remember this little girl. Oh, if Mama told me 00:00:29.530 --> 00:00:35.590 once, Mama told me thousands of times. Catherine, 00:00:35.890 --> 00:00:42.909 can't you be a lady? Oh, goodness, a light. I 00:00:42.909 --> 00:00:49.090 can hear it now. Catherine, sit up straight on 00:00:49.090 --> 00:00:54.869 that chair. Don't hang on the chair. Don't hang 00:00:54.869 --> 00:01:02.479 on the table. Sit up straight. Be a lady. To 00:01:02.479 --> 00:01:06.879 this day, yet I have a hard time being a lady. 00:01:07.640 --> 00:01:12.659 I like to take my shoes off and sit on the floor. 00:01:13.280 --> 00:01:18.180 And sometimes I think I still hang on chairs. 00:01:19.019 --> 00:01:22.459 It's the hardest thing in the world for me to 00:01:22.459 --> 00:01:27.890 sit up straight. And not... cross my legs when 00:01:27.890 --> 00:01:34.090 I sit down. I guess I'll never be the real lady 00:01:34.090 --> 00:01:39.790 like Mama want me to be. Well, anyway, I'm going 00:01:39.790 --> 00:01:42.930 to take off my shoes. I'm going to sit on the 00:01:42.930 --> 00:01:47.890 floor. And you and I are going to just talk things 00:01:47.890 --> 00:01:53.010 over as members of the same family. You would 00:01:53.010 --> 00:01:56.689 be amazed how many people especially those who 00:01:56.689 --> 00:02:00.569 know me best and know the tremendous responsibility 00:02:00.569 --> 00:02:08.169 that is mine, really realize the hours that I 00:02:08.169 --> 00:02:15.830 work and the amount of work that I get into these 00:02:15.830 --> 00:02:22.949 hours. Few men work as hard as I work, but then 00:02:22.949 --> 00:02:25.379 sometimes I think that... women had the ability 00:02:25.379 --> 00:02:29.879 to work longer hours and harder than men and 00:02:29.879 --> 00:02:33.580 be able to stand the pressure. I believe that. 00:02:34.860 --> 00:02:38.379 I mean that, and it's just like that. And the 00:02:38.379 --> 00:02:41.199 question is asked me so very often, how do you 00:02:41.199 --> 00:02:45.199 do it? Do you worry, Ms. Kuhlman? If you worried, 00:02:45.360 --> 00:02:52.500 you couldn't possibly do what you're doing. Now. 00:02:52.969 --> 00:02:56.729 for the next few minutes, I'm going to tell you 00:02:56.729 --> 00:03:05.409 exactly how I live. And I hope that somehow you 00:03:05.409 --> 00:03:11.349 will learn just a little from my own experience. 00:03:12.409 --> 00:03:16.310 But remember, you can't give to anyone else any 00:03:16.310 --> 00:03:21.629 more than you have experienced. I know that it 00:03:21.629 --> 00:03:29.069 works. Because I live like this. Do you want 00:03:29.069 --> 00:03:34.550 to know something? Life is a very restless, a 00:03:34.550 --> 00:03:39.250 very disrupted thing. Until we give ourselves 00:03:39.250 --> 00:03:45.349 to something beyond ourselves. Until we obey 00:03:45.349 --> 00:03:51.409 something that's ultimate. And obey it supremely. 00:03:51.979 --> 00:03:55.219 Pay it with every atom of our being. We've got 00:03:55.219 --> 00:04:00.340 to do it. A doctor once said, three quarters 00:04:00.340 --> 00:04:07.860 of my patients need to find God. And if they 00:04:07.860 --> 00:04:11.340 would find God, if they would give themselves 00:04:11.340 --> 00:04:15.199 completely and entirely to him, they wouldn't 00:04:15.199 --> 00:04:19.420 be in the condition that they're in. A psychiatrist. 00:04:20.360 --> 00:04:25.540 who is paid handsomely by his patience, said 00:04:25.540 --> 00:04:29.259 to a friend, You want to know something? Most 00:04:29.259 --> 00:04:34.519 of my patients do not need me. They need God. 00:04:35.139 --> 00:04:41.740 They need a mourner's bench. They need to give 00:04:41.740 --> 00:04:46.839 themselves over to a supreme being, to a power 00:04:46.839 --> 00:04:51.860 that is greater than themselves. They're frustrated 00:04:51.860 --> 00:04:57.660 because they have not learned how to live. And 00:04:57.660 --> 00:05:04.660 it's just like that. Mm -hmm. Paul says these 00:05:04.660 --> 00:05:11.399 words, in him we live and move and have our being. 00:05:12.600 --> 00:05:17.980 We do live. Every human being lives and moves 00:05:17.980 --> 00:05:24.990 in... God, for God is inescapable. The very beat 00:05:24.990 --> 00:05:29.850 of your heart is made possible because of God. 00:05:30.490 --> 00:05:34.410 You live because of His mercy. You live by His 00:05:34.410 --> 00:05:41.230 mercy. You move because of His tender mercy. 00:05:44.029 --> 00:05:52.730 But how many Do not have their very being in 00:05:52.730 --> 00:05:57.910 him. And there's a secret. We live on surface 00:05:57.910 --> 00:06:02.870 roots. The tap root has not gone down deep into 00:06:02.870 --> 00:06:09.930 God. We do not have our very being in him. And 00:06:09.930 --> 00:06:13.970 when you learn that glorious secret of having 00:06:13.970 --> 00:06:21.269 your very being, in Him, then you've learned 00:06:21.269 --> 00:06:26.410 the secret of how to live. It's just like this 00:06:26.410 --> 00:06:31.310 thing of praying without ceasing. And you'd be 00:06:31.310 --> 00:06:34.750 amazed how many people stumble over that portion 00:06:34.750 --> 00:06:41.110 of the Word of God. Pray without ceasing. It 00:06:41.110 --> 00:06:46.689 does not mean that you're to spend your days 00:06:46.689 --> 00:06:49.970 on your knees. Some people get the idea that 00:06:49.970 --> 00:06:53.470 they can't pray unless they are in a certain 00:06:53.470 --> 00:06:57.790 position. They cannot pray unless they're on 00:06:57.790 --> 00:07:02.069 their knees. That is impossible to pray unless 00:07:02.069 --> 00:07:05.689 they are in a place of worship or kneeling at 00:07:05.689 --> 00:07:12.829 an altar. My friend, when you learn that secret, 00:07:13.689 --> 00:07:20.730 A praying without ceasing. It'll be the greatest 00:07:20.730 --> 00:07:26.389 secret that you have ever learned. There is literally 00:07:26.389 --> 00:07:35.329 a place in Christ Jesus where you are in constant 00:07:35.329 --> 00:07:40.970 prayer. It's no effort. Absolutely no effort 00:07:40.970 --> 00:07:48.959 whatsoever. When somebody says, I am in prayer 00:07:48.959 --> 00:07:56.600 two hours every day of my life. Somebody else 00:07:56.600 --> 00:08:03.639 says, I spend one hour in prayer every day of 00:08:03.639 --> 00:08:10.019 my life. And then, you know, I look at the person. 00:08:10.939 --> 00:08:19.149 I analyze their life. And say, help me. I don't 00:08:19.149 --> 00:08:28.649 see the result of all that praying. Alone, on 00:08:28.649 --> 00:08:33.789 their knees. Don't misconstrue what I'm saying. 00:08:35.309 --> 00:08:39.570 It isn't a matter of going through the form of 00:08:39.570 --> 00:08:44.370 the thing. It isn't a matter of staying on your 00:08:44.370 --> 00:08:54.149 knees. It is a matter of constantly being in 00:08:54.149 --> 00:09:00.590 prayer. There is a constant communication. There 00:09:00.590 --> 00:09:08.009 is a constant fellowship. 24 hours of the day, 00:09:08.090 --> 00:09:15.049 constantly. It is so constant. It is so definite. 00:09:15.950 --> 00:09:20.929 that you do not make one single move but what 00:09:20.929 --> 00:09:25.549 you're conscious of his presence. You find yourself 00:09:25.549 --> 00:09:30.769 getting advice from him. You may not be uttering 00:09:30.769 --> 00:09:35.809 an audible word. I can walk down the street and 00:09:35.809 --> 00:09:41.029 have as great a communion with my Lord as I can 00:09:41.029 --> 00:09:48.070 behind closed doors. It's like that. We've gotten 00:09:48.070 --> 00:09:49.169 to the place where the whole thing has become 00:09:49.169 --> 00:09:55.129 so much form and ceremony that we've lost the 00:09:55.129 --> 00:10:01.570 real power of communion. There is a definite 00:10:01.570 --> 00:10:07.129 communication that is constant. It's never shut 00:10:07.129 --> 00:10:11.289 off. You don't shut it off like you would turn 00:10:11.289 --> 00:10:15.299 off a faucet. and then go to your kitchen sink 00:10:15.299 --> 00:10:19.919 and turn the spigot on again when you want water. 00:10:20.379 --> 00:10:24.220 It isn't like going to the telephone and you 00:10:24.220 --> 00:10:27.000 want some communication with the Lord. And you 00:10:27.000 --> 00:10:30.820 go to the telephone and you dial him and say, 00:10:30.919 --> 00:10:34.279 Dear Heavenly Father, this is me and I'm desperate. 00:10:34.659 --> 00:10:37.580 It isn't something like that. And then when you 00:10:37.580 --> 00:10:39.840 get through talking to him again, you hang up 00:10:39.840 --> 00:10:42.320 just like you would if you were calling a friend 00:10:42.320 --> 00:10:47.639 or a neighbor or a relative. Some people, not 00:10:47.639 --> 00:10:50.039 just pause a minute, analyze your own prayer 00:10:50.039 --> 00:10:53.639 life. And it's been kind of like that with you. 00:10:55.019 --> 00:11:01.350 There is a secret where we not only move, We 00:11:01.350 --> 00:11:08.690 not only live, but we have our very being in 00:11:08.690 --> 00:11:15.950 him. He's consulted about everything. We wait 00:11:15.950 --> 00:11:19.629 for his lady. We get our instructions from him. 00:11:20.269 --> 00:11:23.850 And when you have your being in him, those little 00:11:23.850 --> 00:11:27.440 checks are there. and you know whether it's right, 00:11:27.500 --> 00:11:30.639 you know whether it's wrong. He tells you what 00:11:30.639 --> 00:11:35.879 to do. Watch again. When I say he tells you what 00:11:35.879 --> 00:11:38.440 to do, I'm not talking about some audible voice. 00:11:39.480 --> 00:11:46.820 No, ma 'am. I'm talking about the fact that the 00:11:46.820 --> 00:11:53.600 footsteps of a good man are ordered of the Lord. 00:11:54.700 --> 00:11:59.840 I am talking about guidance. I am talking about 00:11:59.840 --> 00:12:05.240 divine wisdom. I'm talking about being a very 00:12:05.240 --> 00:12:13.580 part of Him, and He is a part of you. Do you 00:12:13.580 --> 00:12:19.120 understand? I pray the Holy Spirit somehow will 00:12:19.120 --> 00:12:25.600 let you see this wonderful secret. And it's a 00:12:25.600 --> 00:12:32.080 day -by -day proposition. Are you worried? Fear 00:12:32.080 --> 00:12:34.840 and worry are the two greatest evils you can 00:12:34.840 --> 00:12:39.139 take into your life. And I am of the opinion 00:12:39.139 --> 00:12:43.879 that we're living in the day and the hour when 00:12:43.879 --> 00:12:50.659 most folk are either scared stiff, they're worried 00:12:50.659 --> 00:12:54.190 to death, And there never was a generation that 00:12:54.190 --> 00:12:59.950 was more insecure than this generation. You know, 00:12:59.990 --> 00:13:03.730 there's a verse in the Bible. It's in 2 Kings, 00:13:04.009 --> 00:13:08.769 the 25th chapter. And I think it's the last verse. 00:13:09.330 --> 00:13:17.289 And this is great. And his allowance was a continual 00:13:17.289 --> 00:13:21.389 allowance given him of the king. A daily rate 00:13:21.389 --> 00:13:28.590 for every day. All the days of his life. Now 00:13:28.590 --> 00:13:37.649 what more would you want? His allowance was a 00:13:37.649 --> 00:13:42.090 continual allowance. It was never to be cut off. 00:13:45.370 --> 00:13:51.379 Absolute security. Look at this provision. A 00:13:51.379 --> 00:13:55.580 daily rate for every day. It made no difference 00:13:55.580 --> 00:14:03.179 whether he lived to be 35, 65, or 105. Every 00:14:03.179 --> 00:14:12.220 day, all the days of his life. Now, when one 00:14:12.220 --> 00:14:17.299 has that security, that assurance, and you know 00:14:17.299 --> 00:14:21.740 that behind that promise are all the riches of 00:14:21.740 --> 00:14:25.879 heaven, all the riches of glory, behind that 00:14:25.879 --> 00:14:33.279 promise is the person of God himself, then why 00:14:33.279 --> 00:14:40.519 in the world would you have cause to worry? Mm 00:14:40.519 --> 00:14:44.879 -hmm. There it is. Do you believe his word or 00:14:44.879 --> 00:14:50.080 don't you? Do you really believe his word? There's 00:14:50.080 --> 00:14:55.139 assurance. If he clothes the grass of the field, 00:14:55.320 --> 00:14:58.960 which today is and tomorrow is cast into the 00:14:58.960 --> 00:15:05.379 oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye 00:15:05.379 --> 00:15:11.179 of little faith? If he feeds the birds, if he 00:15:11.179 --> 00:15:15.259 paints the lilies, will he not care for you? 00:15:17.289 --> 00:15:24.750 So he bids us, by his own solidly care, not to 00:15:24.750 --> 00:15:31.389 worse. But God's plan for his own is a day -by 00:15:31.389 --> 00:15:40.809 -day proposition, one day at a time. Today I 00:15:40.809 --> 00:15:46.120 am in constant communion with him. Today I have 00:15:46.120 --> 00:15:50.379 my being in Him. The first thing when I awaken 00:15:50.379 --> 00:15:54.620 in the morning, I place myself all over again 00:15:54.620 --> 00:16:02.039 in His care and His keeping. I cry unto Him daily 00:16:02.039 --> 00:16:07.519 and no successful Christian life is without this 00:16:07.519 --> 00:16:14.860 daily communication, this daily communion. in 00:16:14.860 --> 00:16:20.159 him where he's children. There's daily food. 00:16:21.240 --> 00:16:28.679 As surely as the physical body needs good food 00:16:28.679 --> 00:16:34.960 to keep it strong and healthy, the minute you 00:16:34.960 --> 00:16:40.039 cut down on your daily food, the minute that 00:16:40.039 --> 00:16:47.580 you live on all starches, are the minute you 00:16:47.580 --> 00:16:53.139 do without food for the body. Three days, four 00:16:53.139 --> 00:16:57.679 days, you become emaciated. Something happens 00:16:57.679 --> 00:17:01.639 to the physical. You're no longer the same vibrant 00:17:01.639 --> 00:17:05.700 person that you were before. What is true of 00:17:05.700 --> 00:17:09.099 the physical body is also true of the spiritual 00:17:09.099 --> 00:17:14.660 man. As surely as the physical body needs a good 00:17:14.660 --> 00:17:20.839 diet and needs daily food, good food to keep 00:17:20.839 --> 00:17:23.839 it well and strong. So should it as a spiritual 00:17:23.839 --> 00:17:29.720 man needs spiritual food. Oh, we're so inconsistent 00:17:29.720 --> 00:17:35.319 about this thing. Somebody said, oh, I'll tell 00:17:35.319 --> 00:17:37.940 you, I had a wonderful spiritual experience 10 00:17:37.940 --> 00:17:43.700 years ago. What's happened since? You're still 00:17:43.700 --> 00:17:46.059 trying to live on that spiritual experience, 00:17:46.339 --> 00:17:49.220 that spiritual food that you had back there ten 00:17:49.220 --> 00:17:52.680 years ago. If you'll stop and analyze yourself, 00:17:53.059 --> 00:17:59.480 you're as dried up... spiritually today as last 00:17:59.480 --> 00:18:03.579 year's corn shocks. You're dead spiritually because 00:18:03.579 --> 00:18:08.799 you cannot have a strong spiritual life without 00:18:08.799 --> 00:18:15.940 a daily intake of spiritual food. And the greatest 00:18:15.940 --> 00:18:20.900 spiritual food in the world is the Word of God. 00:18:21.339 --> 00:18:25.819 Feed on it daily. Then there's daily gratitude. 00:18:28.430 --> 00:18:31.450 Blessed be the Lord who daily loatheth us with 00:18:31.450 --> 00:18:36.670 benefits. If his benefits are daily, then our 00:18:36.670 --> 00:18:42.190 gratitude should be daily. Don't you ever, whatever 00:18:42.190 --> 00:18:49.569 you do, go to sleep at night without thanking 00:18:49.569 --> 00:18:57.190 him for his daily blessings. It's so easy for 00:18:57.190 --> 00:19:01.839 us. to ask of him, to partake from his giving 00:19:01.839 --> 00:19:06.380 hand, and how few of us are quick to thank him 00:19:06.380 --> 00:19:11.200 for his blessings. As thy day, the scripture 00:19:11.200 --> 00:19:15.680 says, so shall thy strength be, not as thy weeks, 00:19:15.700 --> 00:19:23.660 or months, or years, but as thy day. I don't 00:19:23.660 --> 00:19:27.779 care what tomorrow holds for you. He'll be your 00:19:28.059 --> 00:19:36.240 glorious bring the nerve. Somebody asked Dwight 00:19:36.240 --> 00:19:40.079 Lyman Moody if he had dying grace and he replied, 00:19:40.420 --> 00:19:48.160 no, no. But when I come to die, I shall have 00:19:48.160 --> 00:19:54.700 dying grace. God bless you.