Tuesday, June 5, 2012

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Philippians 4:6-9
6 Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

     Some children decided to play a trick on Grandpa while he was taking a nap.

     They sprayed his mustache with bug spray.

     When he woke up, he began to sniff the air and soon complained, "Something in this house stinks."
     He then went into the kitchen and said, "This kitchen stinks!"

     He went outside and shouted, "THE WHOLE WORLD STINKS!"
     Of course, it wasn’t the world that stunk, it was Grandpa!

     It is impossible to have much peace of mind while daily carrying around a mind, heart and soul full of stinky complaints.

     So yes...what are the first words out of your mouth each morn...said  with a smile or a frown...

     Two women went to a concert. On the way home, one asked the other, "How did you like the concert?" The other woman replied, "Well, the way that first violinist blew his nose after the first selection just ruined the entire evening for me."

     From the opening hour with sunrise in the background till the final hour of each day what are your thoughts and your speakings?

     What don't you like about some people  and do you spend every day focusing on it...complaining out loud about it...repeating yourself on a regular basis...driving yourself and everyone else crazy with the habit.

     Then... "Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation." (Phil. 2:14-15)

        One poet wrote: Is anybody happier because you passed his way?
Does anyone remember that you spoke to him or her today?
Can you say tonight in passing with the days that slipped so fast,
That you helped a single person, or the man that you passed?

        I speak not of living under a dark cloud but rather of being one.

        Ben Franklin said it well, Ben Franklin said, "When you are good to others, you are best to yourself."

        Have you ever had a negative thought that was driving you crazy and then just kept on thinking about it so it could drive you more crazy.

        What would happen if you purposely put the thought of Jesus in your mind and repeated it over and over again so that this thought overrode the negative thought by the sheer volume of this positive thought...this thinking of Jesus...this shouting "Praise" and "Thanksgiving" after time you thought and think his name?

        It was a bumper sticked on the care in front of me "No Jesus, No peace"!
Then underneath
"Know Jesus, Know Peace."

        Put it this way, " Safety consists not in the absence of danger but in the presence of God."

        Duke University did a study on "peace of mind." Factors found to contribute greatly to emotional and mental stability are:

     1) the absence of suspicion and resentment. Nursing a grudge was a major factor in unhappiness.

     2) Not living in the past. An unwholesome preoccupation with old mistakes and failures leads to depression.

     3) Not wasting time and energy fighting conditions you cannot change. Cooperate with life, instead of trying to run away from it.

     4) Force yourself to stay involved with the living world. Resist the temptation to withdraw and become reclusive during periods of emotional stress.

     5) Refuse to indulge in self-pity when life hands you a raw deal. Accept the fact that nobody gets through life without some sorrow and misfortune.

     6) Cultivate the old-fashioned virtues--love, humor, compassion and loyalty.

     7) Do not expect too much of yourself. When there is too wide a gap between self-expectation and your ability to meet the goals you have set, feelings of inadequacy are inevitable.

     8) Find something bigger than yourself to believe in. Self-centered egotistical people score lowest in any test for measuring happiness.



      Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference. (Winston Churchill))
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       "Wyrick's Writings" are selected sermons from those Neil has preached during the last 55 years

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     Below is a quote from Neil's other blog Wyrick's Writings...posted Sunday May 27th  Entitled BELIEVE YOUR BELIEFS, GIVE THEM SPIRTUAL MUSCLES

How can we keep our faith from being a weak and fruitless thing?  How can we not be foolish little men and women groveling in the dark shadows of overeager egos. 


        Well, first we must do more than just pray.  We must believe in our own prayers.

     Below is a quote from Neil's other blog Wyrick's Writings...posted Thursday May 10

SERMON TITLE...HOW TO LESSEN ANXIETY

Anxiety out of proportion makes us become like a centipede trying to put his best foot forward.

     Below is a quote from Neil's other blog Wyrick's Writings...posted Thursday May 3

SERMON TITLE...HOW TO LESSEN ANXIETY

     It's an old joke, I went to the doctor and I said, “Doc, when I do this, it hurts.” And the doctor said, “Then don't do that.”

      How many things have you been anxious about that were things which you knew before you got into them were probably going to create some problems for you?  And if you asked your doctor, or your minister, or common sense and your God, all of them would have said, “Don’t to that.” 

     Below is a quote from Neil's other blog Wyrick's Writings...posted TUESDAY MAY 1

To buy into the community of accountability we have to realize that like bikers we are divided into two categories.  Those who have fallen and those who will fall for None of us are perfect.

       Think on it this way, some philosopher of old wrote it and it endures because there is so much truth in it… every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty

      Below is a quote from Neil's other blog Wyrick's Writings...posted Sunday April 29th....

One writer put it this way: “If we could see ourselves as God sees us, we would rise up and never be the same again.”

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BELOW ARE MORE QUOTES FROM NEIL'S RECENTLY POSTED SERMONS

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A QUOTE FROM THOUGHTS POSTED ON MY OTHER BLOG WYRICK'S WRITINGS ON SUNDAY APRIL 15. ENTITILED



       Two stores faced each other across a very busy street.  Their owners were in constant competition with each other.  One day, the owner of one store put out a sign that read – If you want it, we have it!

Almost immediately the other owner put out a sign –If we don’t have it, you don’t need it!



A QUOTE FROM THOUGHTS POSTED ON MY OTHER BLOG WYRICK'S WRITINGS ON THURSDAY APRIL 13TH. ENTITILED

WHO ARE YOU?

NO…WHOSE ARE YOU?

       Who are you?  Whose are you?

You influence and are influenced according to the answer you give.     

Are you are the flavor of the month because you are determined to be like everyone else no matter what?  If so, consider being more independent in our thinking and actions...because God wants you to grow up.

It may be easier being someone's shadow but wouldn't you really rather be a sun. 



       QUOTE FROM THOUGHTS  POSTED ON WYRICK'S WRITINGS THURSDAY  APRIL 5 FROM THOUGHT ENTITLED "Who Are You?  Whose Are You?"

       This is an old quote, and a romantic one as well but, nevertheless, can anyone say of you, “I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you.

            QUOTE FROM THOUGHT PIECE POSTED ON WYRICK'S WRITINGS TUESDAY APRIL 3 FROM THOUGHT ENTITLED

" WHEN A NATION STRAYS TOO FAR FROM BEING MORAL IT IS WELL ON IT'S WAY TO BECOMING A MESS

        James 4:17

To him therefore who knows to do good, and doesn’t do it, to him it is sin.

        Someone once said: “A belief is what you hold, a conviction is what holds you!”

        So what holds you, constructs you, leads you with a push when needed?

       Quotes POSTED ON WYRICK'S WRITING THURSDAY MARCH 29th THOUGHTS ENTITLED WHO ARE YOU?

NO…WHOSE ARE YOU?

        In a Peanuts cartoon strip Peppermint Patty is shown talking to Charlie Brown.

“Guess what, Chuck? It’s the first day of school and I got sent to the principal’s office.

And it’s your fault!”

Charlie Brown responds, “My fault? How could it be my fault? Why do you say everything is my fault?”

To which she declares, “You’re my friend, aren’t you, Chuck? You should have been a better influence on me.”

In the comics, it’s funny… but in real life it’s much more complicated.

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          Yes, God loves you the way you are but he loves you too much to let you stay that way.

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       QUOTES ABOUT THIS WONDERFUL INSPIRING INFORMATIVE book

       STILL RECEIVING RAVE REVIEWS 8 YEARS AFTER IT'S PUBLICATION.

       "Positive, powerful utterances...skillfully enhancing our understanding and appreciation of Lincoln while revealing the Divine source of his strength."

       Lt. Colonel C.A. Olsen (Ret.) Asbury College (Professor Ret.)

       "The Spiritual Abraham Lincoln is an extremely well written book that investigates what might be termed the spiritual side of President Lincoln. It's both scholarly and very readable. I came away impressed at Mr. Wyrick's portrayal of the President and with an altered and enlarged vision of the man:'

       William Hoffman, Award winning fiction writer; author of Blood and Guile, and Wild Thorn

       "Wyrick has authored a wonderful examination of the spirituality of one of American history's most devoutly religious leaders...a pleasant and readable book that has a rich depth of information."

              Maynard Pittendreigh Presbyterian minister

        "When it comes to invoking religion in support of any of their decisions, politicians need to sit at the feet of Abraham Lincoln. Reinhold Niebuhr once called him 'America's greatest theologian.' Why so great? Because he invariably distinguished between human works and the works of the Almighty. As Wyrick says, 'He wore the mantle of humility easily: because he was more impressed with what God was doing in the world than with what he, president of the United States in the midst of an awful crisis, was doing. That is why in his last major speech he distinguished between both human causes in the Civil War and the Almighty's 'own purposes.' Lincoln would have agreed that it is better to leave God-talk out of politics than to decorate human proposals with divinity. This is a book for our American time. Through his careful study of Lincoln's career, Wyrick compels us to remember that piety belongs in politics only when piety transcends politics."

       Dr. Donald W. Shriver

       Emeritus professor at Union Theological Seminary in New York. Author of An Ethic for Enemies: Forgiveness in Politics

        "V. Neil Wyrick's fine work allows the reader to appreciate Abraham Lincoln's Christian commitment and his prophetic role in American history. Should have a wide readership."

       James H. Smylie Professor of Church History (Ret.) Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Virginia

       "Neil Wyrick's The Spiritual Abraham Lincoln should be read by anyone attempting to understand the man who was probably the most complex person to ever hold the office of president of the United States. Dr. Wyrick is intent on demonstrating that the spirituality so often expressed in Lincoln's writings and speeches was not merely lip service to a Deity, but rather expressions of a profound faith in a real God. It was this faith that provided the wisdom, compassion, insight and sometimes steel that Lincoln would need in full measure as he led the United States through the Civil War. Dr. Wyrick's clear and unpretentious style of presentation is very much in keeping with the character ofhis subject, and in so doing, Wyrick makes his point very well that Lincoln, his beliefs, and the faith that formed them, are as relevant to a troubled America in 2004 as they were in 1863."

       Daniel Allen Butler, author of "Unsinkable"; The Full Story of the RMS Titanic, The Lusitania and The Age o f Cunard

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