Tuesday, July 10, 2012

BE STILL AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD

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These things I command you,
that ye love one another.


~ John 15:17

      It is not how much you do, but how much Love you
put into the doing that matters.

~ Mother Teresa

       "Be still and know that I am God."  And it is the voice of God struggling to get through to some folk whose spiritual defenses are alive and well.

       And a too universal reply comes surging forward.

       And the folk of whom I speak briefly reply for they must get on with more important things.

       "I don't want to be still. I can't be still.  I must be up and doing and making more power and success and wealth...for the more I have the happier I will be.  The HAVES are HAPPY.  The HAVE NOTS are not.

       And history steps forward and beings to speak of a man named Saul.

       Saul of Tarsus.  Member of a RICH family with the wealth of power that followed along.  Knew the right people...knew the right strings to pull.

       An Saul, leader Saul was a leader of the persecution of Christians.

       So, of course, Saul was happy?

       But he wasn't.  An emptiness that he couldn't explain  overwhelmed.

       And then came the experience on the road to Damascus.  And this meeting with Jesus after a blinding light changed his life.

       The persecutor of Christians became the persecuted as a Christian.

       He who had everything was reduced to wandering the world never sure where his next mile was coming from.

       What had happened? George Matheson gives the answer in the title of hymn he wrote "O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go."

       Henry Van Dyke describes this journey of so many...

       With eager heart and will on fire,

I sought to win my great desire,

"Peace shall be mine," I said, but life

Grew bitter in the endless strife.



       My soul was weary, and my pride

was wounded deep.  To heaven I cried

"God give me peace, or I must die."

The dumb stars glittered no reply.



       Broken at last I bowed my head

Forgetting all myself and said;

"Whatever comes, His will be done,"

And in that moment peace was won.

       What are you living for?  It is an ageless question with an ageless answer...it must be if sense is to made of it all...GOD.

       Christ put it as simply as it could be put, "Love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and all thy mind, and all thy soul...and thy neighbor as thyself."

       And Paul realizing that a definition of love was important and then some...and in the 13th chapter of Corinthians he wrote...

       Love is very patient, very kind;

Love knows no jealousy;

Loves makes no parade,

Gives itself no airs, is never rude,

Never selfish, never irritated,

Never resentful;

Love is never glad when others go wrong,

Love is never gladdened by goodness, always slow to expose,

Always eager to believe the best,

Always hopeful, always patient."

(Moffett Translation)

       It is not what you have but who you are.

              Having things is not bad...it is only bad when THINGS have you.

Ah now...Love of God and fellowman with Christian depth and extension ...until the love is touched with a touch of the divine...therein lies what we should seek and allow ourselves to be sought by.

       And then we shall be like Dwight L Moody's Sunday school in Chicago was.

       Who was Dwight L. Moody...a great evangelist who practiced what he preached.

       ...Once a little lad, one of 1500 ragged little urchins who came from all over Chicago to Rev. Moody's Sunday school was asked why he traveled so far when he was passing many Sunday schools along the way...he responded..."Because they love me over there."

       Do people seek you out because it is so obvious that you love people and your God?

       It is something they can't put their hand on...but they find in you that which is divinely special...or if not ...do you seek out someone on a regular basis because they have something special that seems divinely special.

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       1 John 3:18 Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.

                Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for a second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire.
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

        We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end.
Benjamin Disraeli

        Love does not dominate; it cultivates.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

        Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.
Zora Neale Hurston

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Just remember that “the pain of discipline will cost you pennies, whereas the pain of regret will cost you millions.”

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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.

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

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        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.”

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        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 do that.”

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        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 anything. None of us are perfect.

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          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

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      Some of the sermon titles posted recently


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Before you decide to purchase or not purchase his book THE SPIRITUAL ABRAHAM LINCOLN.... view his Award Winning One Man Dramatization of Lincoln (since he wrote the script for this drama it will give you an insight into what you will find in the book itself)

Available on Amazon.com in printed form and on Amazon Kindle Books. and at many other sites

TO VIEW THE LINCOLN One Man DRAMA and 3 other dramas; Ben Franklin, Martin Luther & Charles Wesley

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http://www.speakerneil.com/

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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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      Click on the URL below to WATCH NEIL IN HIS WORLD FAMOUS ONE MAN DRAMATIZATIONS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, BEN FRANKLIN, CHARLES WESLEY AND MARTIN LUTHER


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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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