WEBVTT 00:00:00.400 --> 00:00:02.600 I want to share with you a letter that I received 00:00:02.600 --> 00:00:07.299 from Northridge, California. Dear Miss Kuhlman, 00:00:07.419 --> 00:00:11.759 for the first time last night, I accidentally 00:00:11.759 --> 00:00:15.660 turned on your program and I was so emotionally 00:00:15.660 --> 00:00:19.000 glued to every word you said that I have just 00:00:19.000 --> 00:00:23.780 thought and thought about it all day. I had heard 00:00:23.780 --> 00:00:29.239 of you several years ago, a friend. had purchased 00:00:29.239 --> 00:00:33.659 your book, I Believe in Miracles. Since that 00:00:33.659 --> 00:00:37.579 time, I had forgotten your name. But last night, 00:00:37.619 --> 00:00:40.679 it was quite an experience for me to listen to 00:00:40.679 --> 00:00:44.320 your program. I was so deeply touched by the 00:00:44.320 --> 00:00:47.060 lady who went through such turmoil with her little 00:00:47.060 --> 00:00:53.079 son who had the club foot. In fact, as I just 00:00:53.079 --> 00:00:59.140 stated, I thought about it all day long. It seems 00:00:59.140 --> 00:01:01.939 I've had just one thing after another in my own 00:01:01.939 --> 00:01:07.840 life, illness and then financial troubles. I 00:01:07.840 --> 00:01:11.040 feel I must tell you first of all that I am a 00:01:11.040 --> 00:01:15.540 Catholic. I not only go to church every Sunday, 00:01:15.659 --> 00:01:22.140 I go to Mass every day. Yes, I'm a firm believer 00:01:22.140 --> 00:01:27.640 in prayer, but I have prayed so long. I have 00:01:27.640 --> 00:01:32.819 prayed so hard for many things that seem to never 00:01:32.819 --> 00:01:38.219 come true. And I so often wonder if God hears 00:01:38.219 --> 00:01:43.900 me. I'm writing to you, Miss Kuhlman, to explain 00:01:43.900 --> 00:01:48.939 to me just what you meant Sunday night by praying 00:01:48.939 --> 00:01:53.620 to God. She realized that she had been praying 00:01:53.620 --> 00:01:57.159 wrong. This is the part... I didn't understand. 00:01:57.799 --> 00:02:00.939 She went on to say that the day her son walked, 00:02:01.099 --> 00:02:04.980 she was talking to God and didn't realize that 00:02:04.980 --> 00:02:10.659 her son had walked across the floor. Now I'm 00:02:10.659 --> 00:02:16.560 wondering if I am praying wrong. Would you please, 00:02:16.699 --> 00:02:22.360 Miss Kuhlman, just take a moment and tell me 00:02:22.360 --> 00:02:26.909 how to pray. Thank you so much for a most inspirational 00:02:26.909 --> 00:02:32.509 hour. I look forward to it sincerely. And the 00:02:32.509 --> 00:02:37.310 woman signs her full name, gives her full address. 00:02:39.110 --> 00:02:42.909 Perhaps the other day you were listening to one 00:02:42.909 --> 00:02:47.090 of our radio broadcasts and you will remember 00:02:47.090 --> 00:02:52.199 a man and his wife were talking. Oh, his wife 00:02:52.199 --> 00:02:55.539 had received this wonderful healing. And it was, 00:02:55.740 --> 00:02:59.159 it was a real miracle. The gentleman himself 00:02:59.159 --> 00:03:03.479 was telling of a healing that he had received, 00:03:03.740 --> 00:03:11.139 a physical healing. And then he turned, and I 00:03:11.139 --> 00:03:16.620 shall never forget his face. His eyes brimming 00:03:16.620 --> 00:03:20.229 with tears when he said, but the... greatest 00:03:20.229 --> 00:03:25.009 thing of it all was the fact that you taught 00:03:25.009 --> 00:03:30.250 me how to pray. I shall never forget that man's 00:03:30.250 --> 00:03:35.050 words as long as I live. Never. I shall never 00:03:35.050 --> 00:03:40.629 forget the look on his face. I shall never forget. 00:03:43.169 --> 00:03:47.909 But in that moment, what he was saying affected 00:03:47.909 --> 00:03:55.710 me. But the greatest thing of all, you taught 00:03:55.710 --> 00:04:04.629 me how to pray. Consider something. Prayer is 00:04:04.629 --> 00:04:08.509 the greatest power that God has given to you, 00:04:08.550 --> 00:04:11.990 that God has given to me. There is no greater 00:04:11.990 --> 00:04:16.029 power that God has given to human beings than 00:04:16.029 --> 00:04:23.339 the power of prayer. But there can be no real 00:04:23.339 --> 00:04:28.899 praying, and you cannot know how to pray until, 00:04:29.000 --> 00:04:33.360 first of all, you realize that wonderful relationship 00:04:33.360 --> 00:04:38.899 that you have with God the Father, Jesus Christ 00:04:38.899 --> 00:04:42.920 the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Oh, prayer is much 00:04:42.920 --> 00:04:49.069 more than saying prayers. You'd be amazed how 00:04:49.069 --> 00:04:52.670 many people would write to me and say, would 00:04:52.670 --> 00:04:55.410 you please send me that prayer that you prayed? 00:04:56.610 --> 00:05:02.170 You'd be amazed. And in a very simple way, I'm 00:05:02.170 --> 00:05:06.370 just sitting here talking to you and I close 00:05:06.370 --> 00:05:10.110 my eyes and how often I even pray with my eyes 00:05:10.110 --> 00:05:12.990 open. It's something that comes from away deep 00:05:12.990 --> 00:05:15.269 on the inside of me. Nothing has been written 00:05:15.269 --> 00:05:21.920 out. Nothing has been memorized. It's not saying 00:05:21.920 --> 00:05:27.240 prayers. It's not giving audible expression to 00:05:27.240 --> 00:05:34.000 something that I have memorized. That's not praying. 00:05:35.180 --> 00:05:39.079 Saying something you have memorized or saying 00:05:39.079 --> 00:05:44.079 something that someone else has written is not... 00:05:45.620 --> 00:05:52.639 really praying. These things can help you to 00:05:52.639 --> 00:05:57.800 become God conscious. They can create an attitude. 00:05:59.579 --> 00:06:08.740 But they're not really praying. Pause just a 00:06:08.740 --> 00:06:10.160 minute. I'm going to make this just as simple 00:06:10.160 --> 00:06:14.300 as I possibly can. You must realize that there 00:06:14.300 --> 00:06:20.009 is is a relationship that you have with God. 00:06:21.829 --> 00:06:25.569 One thing that all human beings have in common 00:06:25.569 --> 00:06:29.850 when it comes to God, and that is the fact that 00:06:29.850 --> 00:06:37.670 He is our Creator. But not everyone has that 00:06:37.670 --> 00:06:41.610 gross relationship with Him as a Heavenly Father. 00:06:43.529 --> 00:06:48.069 This relationship must begin in accepting Jesus 00:06:48.069 --> 00:06:55.709 Christ, the divine Son of God, as your personal 00:06:55.709 --> 00:06:59.509 Savior. Not everyone can come into His presence 00:06:59.509 --> 00:07:05.470 and say, Father, my Heavenly Father, because 00:07:05.470 --> 00:07:09.209 He does not become one's Heavenly Father. There 00:07:09.209 --> 00:07:13.779 cannot be that relationship. Accept there be 00:07:13.779 --> 00:07:17.379 that spiritual experience first of being born 00:07:17.379 --> 00:07:22.639 again. Accepting Jesus Christ as your Savior, 00:07:22.660 --> 00:07:27.360 we call that experience that new birth experience. 00:07:29.399 --> 00:07:32.560 And when you have that spiritual experience, 00:07:32.779 --> 00:07:37.759 in accepting Jesus Christ and what Jesus did 00:07:37.759 --> 00:07:42.079 for you on the cross, It's all bought and paid 00:07:42.079 --> 00:07:45.000 for. All on earth that you have to do is by faith 00:07:45.000 --> 00:07:50.519 reach out and accept it. It's yours. This very 00:07:50.519 --> 00:07:52.259 moment, all that you have to do is just look 00:07:52.259 --> 00:07:58.879 up and say, Wonderful Jesus, I accept for myself 00:07:58.879 --> 00:08:05.279 that which you did for me on the cross. Him that 00:08:05.279 --> 00:08:10.399 cometh unto me, I will in no wise cast out. But 00:08:10.399 --> 00:08:13.160 perhaps there has never been that personal transaction. 00:08:13.959 --> 00:08:20.779 You have never personally reached out and accepted 00:08:20.779 --> 00:08:29.920 what Jesus did for you personally. And then when 00:08:29.920 --> 00:08:36.220 that transaction takes place, God the Creator 00:08:36.220 --> 00:08:42.850 becomes your heavenly friend. Father. Then you 00:08:42.850 --> 00:08:49.230 can say, Father. And that's the very first thing 00:08:49.230 --> 00:08:55.490 that Jesus taught when he taught us how to pray. 00:08:55.909 --> 00:09:00.070 In the sixth chapter of Matthew, we call it the 00:09:00.070 --> 00:09:03.389 Lord's Prayer, but it isn't really the Lord's 00:09:03.389 --> 00:09:08.139 Prayer. It is the prayer that Jesus taught. you 00:09:08.139 --> 00:09:13.639 and taught me to pray. And this is what he said. 00:09:13.759 --> 00:09:20.399 After this manner, therefore, pray ye. And then 00:09:20.399 --> 00:09:30.759 he begins, Our Father, which art in heaven. That 00:09:30.759 --> 00:09:35.379 relationship. When we pray, it's so easy to pray. 00:09:36.059 --> 00:09:39.039 If you find it hard to pray, it's because you 00:09:39.039 --> 00:09:42.600 have never really recognized this wonderful relationship. 00:09:43.580 --> 00:09:48.259 Do you say that it's the most difficult thing 00:09:48.259 --> 00:09:50.360 in the world for you to come into the presence 00:09:50.360 --> 00:09:56.960 of your earthly parent and converse with him? 00:09:59.279 --> 00:10:01.220 Maybe this thing is so real to me because of 00:10:01.220 --> 00:10:06.299 my relationship with Papa. If you know me very 00:10:06.299 --> 00:10:11.200 well, you know that of all human beings that 00:10:11.200 --> 00:10:16.440 I have known and that have entered into my life, 00:10:16.600 --> 00:10:24.659 my relationship with Papa was the greatest. Oh, 00:10:24.759 --> 00:10:33.139 I would hang on him. I would love him. Mama would 00:10:33.139 --> 00:10:37.600 say to me, stop it. Hanging on top. Dear me, 00:10:37.679 --> 00:10:39.559 he was carrying me when my legs were so long 00:10:39.559 --> 00:10:46.240 that they would drag on this pavement. And he 00:10:46.240 --> 00:10:49.299 was still carrying me, you know. It just kind 00:10:49.299 --> 00:10:52.419 of like that. He would no sooner than hang up 00:10:52.419 --> 00:10:56.000 his coat when he'd get home. Before he would 00:10:56.000 --> 00:10:59.960 even have a chance to wash his hands and comb 00:10:59.960 --> 00:11:04.440 his hair. I was still hanging on him. He'd sit. 00:11:04.669 --> 00:11:09.769 down, oh poor Papa. He would sit down to rest 00:11:09.769 --> 00:11:15.009 a minute and I was all over him, my arms around 00:11:15.009 --> 00:11:19.909 his neck, yacking, chatting, never shutting my 00:11:19.909 --> 00:11:26.049 mouth. My words were coming so fast and Mama 00:11:26.049 --> 00:11:29.990 would say, can't you just be quiet, Papa's tired. 00:11:30.710 --> 00:11:36.110 Just sit down and be quiet. Well, there was so 00:11:36.110 --> 00:11:37.850 much to talk about, so much had happened. I had 00:11:37.850 --> 00:11:41.210 to tell Papa everything. Papa had to know. I 00:11:41.210 --> 00:11:44.429 knew that Papa wanted to know. There wasn't a 00:11:44.429 --> 00:11:46.669 thing that happened that day, but what I was 00:11:46.669 --> 00:11:49.830 telling Papa was coming rolling out of my mouth. 00:11:50.149 --> 00:11:52.250 There never was a person that was easier for 00:11:52.250 --> 00:11:54.750 me to converse with than it was Papa. It was 00:11:54.750 --> 00:11:59.710 so natural. When something would happen, just 00:11:59.710 --> 00:12:03.309 instinctively, I would think, I must tell Papa. 00:12:04.240 --> 00:12:07.179 To this day, yet, there are things, and Papa's 00:12:07.179 --> 00:12:10.220 been gone a long time, that I wish I could run 00:12:10.220 --> 00:12:15.639 and tell Papa. That's why this relationship with 00:12:15.639 --> 00:12:18.799 our Heavenly Father is just as real and just 00:12:18.799 --> 00:12:26.059 as personal. Why I never memorized anything to 00:12:26.059 --> 00:12:31.980 tell Papa. It came so spontaneous. It was... 00:12:32.809 --> 00:12:36.210 And that's the way it is with our Heavenly Father, 00:12:36.570 --> 00:12:43.389 our Father which art in Heaven. And then you'll 00:12:43.389 --> 00:12:46.769 remember the experience that Jesus had, the same 00:12:46.769 --> 00:12:51.830 wonderful experience when He prayed. And as you 00:12:51.830 --> 00:12:56.190 well know, His prayer, the real Lord's prayer, 00:12:56.389 --> 00:13:02.909 is in the 17th chapter of John. These words spake 00:13:02.909 --> 00:13:07.570 Jesus and lifted up his eyes to heaven and said, 00:13:07.710 --> 00:13:13.110 Father. He's talking to the heavenly father too. 00:13:13.210 --> 00:13:18.470 And he begins with, Father, the hour is come. 00:13:19.129 --> 00:13:24.289 Glorify thy son that thy son also may glorify 00:13:24.289 --> 00:13:30.779 thee. There must be the knowledge of that relationship 00:13:30.779 --> 00:13:37.559 between yourself and your Heavenly Father. And 00:13:37.559 --> 00:13:40.360 when you talk to Him, you must be conscious of 00:13:40.360 --> 00:13:45.179 His power. He's all -powerful. Not only that, 00:13:45.340 --> 00:13:48.799 He's concerned about every detail in that life 00:13:48.799 --> 00:13:52.759 of yours. I wish somehow I had the vocabulary. 00:13:52.779 --> 00:13:58.990 I wish I had the... in this little heart -to 00:13:58.990 --> 00:14:02.710 -heart talk to get you to understand once and 00:14:02.710 --> 00:14:08.649 for all that he is interested in you as an individual. 00:14:09.230 --> 00:14:14.929 Your needs, your troubles, your heartbreak. When 00:14:14.929 --> 00:14:20.409 those tears roll down your cheeks, he sees those 00:14:20.409 --> 00:14:25.129 falling tears. And he's interested. He's concerned. 00:14:26.669 --> 00:14:29.070 I want you to know that. In the midnight hour 00:14:29.070 --> 00:14:31.529 when you feel there isn't a soul who cares, the 00:14:31.529 --> 00:14:35.850 rest of the family are asleep. And you feel so 00:14:35.850 --> 00:14:39.330 all alone. You can hear the breathing of the 00:14:39.330 --> 00:14:43.289 one next to you. Or you can hear the restlessness 00:14:43.289 --> 00:14:49.250 of the child in the next room. And yet you are 00:14:49.250 --> 00:14:55.820 the only one who may be awake. He's there, closer 00:14:55.820 --> 00:14:59.940 to you than the next beat of your heart. You 00:14:59.940 --> 00:15:03.259 may be a mother and you have a son in service 00:15:03.259 --> 00:15:09.519 away out there, thousands of miles away. And 00:15:09.519 --> 00:15:11.960 in your home and in that midnight hour, you're 00:15:11.960 --> 00:15:17.379 praying that prayer for his protection. He'll 00:15:17.379 --> 00:15:20.340 not only hear that prayer that you're praying. 00:15:21.450 --> 00:15:25.470 But he's concerned about that boy of yours, that 00:15:25.470 --> 00:15:31.950 son of yours. He'll put that wall of fire around 00:15:31.950 --> 00:15:36.730 about that son. He'll give his angels charge 00:15:36.730 --> 00:15:42.549 over that boy of yours. He'll not mock the desire 00:15:42.549 --> 00:15:45.269 of your heart. He'll not turn a deafened ear 00:15:45.269 --> 00:15:52.389 to the cry of your heart. I promise you. He loves 00:15:52.389 --> 00:15:56.450 you. He's concerned about you and your need. 00:15:59.210 --> 00:16:04.289 That man who's so steeped in sin. You've tried 00:16:04.289 --> 00:16:08.110 everything under God's heaven. And you want deliverance. 00:16:08.850 --> 00:16:11.990 There's a heavenly father who's concerned in 00:16:11.990 --> 00:16:15.110 all that he wants you to do. He's waiting for 00:16:15.110 --> 00:16:18.990 you to come into his presence. And through... 00:16:19.230 --> 00:16:24.350 Jesus Christ, his only begotten son. Pray that 00:16:24.350 --> 00:16:28.490 prayer of confession and he'll set you free if 00:16:28.490 --> 00:16:32.409 you really want to be set free and you really 00:16:32.409 --> 00:16:41.269 want deliverance. When we come before the Father's 00:16:41.269 --> 00:16:48.200 throne, we have a great mediator. We have a great 00:16:48.200 --> 00:16:59.220 high priest, Jesus Christ. And we come before 00:16:59.220 --> 00:17:04.099 the Father's throne in the name of Jesus. Before 00:17:04.099 --> 00:17:07.839 Jesus went back to heaven, that's one thing he 00:17:07.839 --> 00:17:12.240 made very clear, that he was leaving us his name 00:17:12.240 --> 00:17:22.569 to use. How often? Someone gave me a card and 00:17:22.569 --> 00:17:25.049 said, Now, Miss Kuman, when you get to such and 00:17:25.049 --> 00:17:29.410 such a place, and I shall never forget, a precious 00:17:29.410 --> 00:17:33.890 Chinese lady, when I went to Hong Kong the last 00:17:33.890 --> 00:17:38.349 time, gave me the card of her brother, a very 00:17:38.349 --> 00:17:42.029 prominent businessman in Hong Kong, and said, 00:17:42.089 --> 00:17:44.319 You know, Catherine Kuman, All on earth that 00:17:44.319 --> 00:17:50.799 you have to do is to take this card and present 00:17:50.799 --> 00:17:53.619 it to my brother, and he'll do anything in the 00:17:53.619 --> 00:17:57.819 world for you. And that's all that I had to do. 00:18:00.700 --> 00:18:05.420 Jesus left us his name to use. All that we have 00:18:05.420 --> 00:18:11.180 to do is to present his name before the throne 00:18:11.180 --> 00:18:16.660 of God. And we have a hearing. And God sees you 00:18:16.660 --> 00:18:19.180 and he sees me perfect and righteous and holy. 00:18:19.299 --> 00:18:24.240 And he hears our prayer when we come in the name 00:18:24.240 --> 00:18:29.279 of Jesus. Any man, any woman who will come for 00:18:29.279 --> 00:18:31.279 the throne of God in the presence of Almighty 00:18:31.279 --> 00:18:36.380 God, through the person of God's only begotten 00:18:36.380 --> 00:18:39.539 Son, through the person of Jesus, will have a 00:18:39.539 --> 00:18:47.559 hearing. Father, in Jesus' name. And then there's 00:18:47.559 --> 00:18:52.200 the mighty Holy Spirit, the mighty power of the 00:18:52.200 --> 00:18:57.279 Trinity, the Holy Spirit who is here on this 00:18:57.279 --> 00:19:04.599 earth. And in that moment, when we come in the 00:19:04.599 --> 00:19:12.240 name of Jesus before the throne of God, God hears 00:19:12.240 --> 00:19:20.160 us, and then he gives the nod, and the Holy Spirit 00:19:20.160 --> 00:19:29.259 will answer that prayer. It's that simple. It's 00:19:29.259 --> 00:19:46.400 that easy. taught you the simplicity of coming 00:19:46.400 --> 00:19:51.619 before the throne in the name of Jesus and teaching 00:19:51.619 --> 00:19:54.700 you how to pray.