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Someone asked a man, "What are you
so worried about?" He said, "A few years ago I went home one day and
my wife was whistling "Tea for Two." Shortly thereafter we had twins.
The next year I went home and she was watching a The Three Musketeers on
television. Shortly thereafter we had triplets." They said, "So why
are you worried now?" He said, "Last night I went home and she was
reading the book The Birth of a Nation."
Some folk will worry if they have a
reason and others even if they don't...they'll find one...then they become as
worried as a centipede with athlete’s foot who has also just been asked to put
his best foot forward.
My
advice and the advice of anyone who does not want to run away from a
magnificent eternal truth. Do not be afraid of tomorrow; for God is
already there. ~Author Unknown
Commenting on
our anxiety over anxiety one philosophical humorist wrote "We
experience moments absolutely free from worry. These brief respites are called
panic."
One thing is for sure...no one engages in
a study program on how to worry more than they have presently achieved. Still, our minds unleash their negativity and
we waste so much precious energy in finding reasons to burden ourselves...and
therefore in a self hurt
program we
become our own worst enemy.
So what to do?
Well, perhaps sin less. Really?
Well, yes. For the burden of sin
carries with it many worry stains and strains.
First, we know we are not pleasing God and most likely not
ourselves. This uneasiness with our
hopefully brief encounters with evil (sin will not get nominated for sainthood)
does cause worry.
Will we commit the sin again?
And worry about the fact we committed the sin once again when we had
decided we wouldn't anymore.
And our sense of satisfaction during our sinful times...not too
high.
I'm not really a Mr. Fixit but I have
been known to put together a model airplane or boat and in so doing I learned
what such hobbies will do. They totally immerse
you in planning and follow through. Then
there isn't much brain power left over for worrying or anything else while
working on their completion.
In short, adopt the NO TIME FOR WORRY way of living. Make a list of things to do which does not
include sitting around doing nothing and moping. Join a bowling league, fix the back steps,
paint the garage, start a garden...and yes, then, let me say it again allow NO
TIME FOR WORRY.
May I ask you a question?
Are you one of the "worried wells." It's a term some doctors have for people who
are beat down and torn up by a host of imaginary ills...when in reality they
are quite healthy.
Worry is wearying which is why worry
coincides with increased smoking and drinking and over eating and even drugs which
increases health problems which increases worry problems.
It does say something about self discipline being a good factor
in lessening worry...by creating less things to actually have to worry about.
You know what worry is? It's
like sitting in a rocking chair...a lot of back and forths with no forward
progress.
And selfishness or selflessness.
"Me centered" is another way of putting it. The more you or I are "me centered"
the more we worry about what is happening to us rather than comparing what is
happening to all the millions of others around the world.
The Apostle Paul wrote
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition,
with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.” Philippians 4:6 And there it is...the truth we know...the
truth we pursue...and cannot pursue too much.
I know that for myself I shout my
thanksgiving the loudest when I have the least to be thankful for. For me it works...and it works for others
too..
Priorities. When God is first then things we are worrying
about come in second. They are still
there but against a backdrop of God and His kingdom. Or as Jesus speaks in Matthew 6:33, “But seek first His kingdom
and righteousness..."
In JOHN
10: 10b Jesus said...“I have come that you may have life and
have it to the full.” Read this over
and then read it over again and then once again. Notice something that happens as you read
it...at the moment of reading you are worrying less. The very affirmation of repetition has its
effect.
At the very least...this exercise can
slow the momentum of worry.
That's right...there are stages of
worry...and each stage has to be assaulted and dealt with and learned from and
then you and your worries laid
faithfully before the throne of your loving God.
Do you have a replacement program in
place or at least in progress. Have you
been working decently hard by replacing worry with Prayer? The power of and the practice of replacing
the power and practice of worry.
One seven-year-old daughter was thrilled
when her dad took her to Disney World for the first time. She headed straight
for Space Mountain. The dad worried that the roller coaster would be too scary
for her, but she insisted.
To her delight, they rode it twice.
The next year they returned to the Magic Kingdom, and the daughter, now eight, again dragged the dad to Space Mountain. As they stood in line, though, the dad could see her soberly studying the signs that warn about the ride's speed.
"Dad," she said, "I don't think I want to go."
The dad then asked her why she would be nervous when she had enjoyed herself so much the last time.
She replied, "This year, I can read."
To her delight, they rode it twice.
The next year they returned to the Magic Kingdom, and the daughter, now eight, again dragged the dad to Space Mountain. As they stood in line, though, the dad could see her soberly studying the signs that warn about the ride's speed.
"Dad," she said, "I don't think I want to go."
The dad then asked her why she would be nervous when she had enjoyed herself so much the last time.
She replied, "This year, I can read."
Sometimes we get too smart for our good. We read and read and are over stimulated by
information overload and anxiety grows and grows and the problems of life are
no bigger...only in our minds.
A ninety-five year old
woman at the nursing home received a visit from one of her fellow church
members.
"How are you feeling?" the visitor asked.
"Oh," said the lady, "I'm just worried
sick!"
"What are you worried about, dear?" her friend asked.
"You look rather well and healthy today. Are they taking good care of you
here?"
"Oh, yes, they’re taking very good care of me."
"Are you in any pain?" she asked.
"No, I’m not in any pain at all."
"Well then, what are you worried about?" her friend
asked again.
The
lady leaned back in her rocking chair, sighed a heavy sigh, then slowly
explained her major worry. "Every close friend I ever had has already died
and gone on to heaven. I'm afraid they're all wondering where I went."
Margaret McCordie of the University of
Wisconsin , conducted a survey on WORRYING.
The results of her survey concluded the
following.........
-40% of our worries are over things that never
happened.
-30% of our worries are over things that happened
in the past that we couldn’t change with all the
worrying in the world.
-12% of our worries are over imaginary health
problems.
-10% of our worries are over petty, insignificant
issues.
-This leaves 8% of the things we worry about are
issues we can actually do something about.
So
play this percentage game...it certainly lessens your worries because it
increases a host of things you no longer have to worry about.
MATTHEW 6: 34 "Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow,
for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."
Stop being a futurist. It's exhausting. In other
words prepare for tomorrow (healthy health habits and financial planning
and...) to a certain degree... but then don't keep worrying about your
preparations.
I saw a man walking down the street yesterday and
plastered across his back were the words "What If?" Actually I did see a man walking down the
street yesterday and I know him and he could have has the words "What
if?" plastered across his back...for they would define him...he has never
found a worry that he didn't want to adopt.
And I
pray for him...and I love him as a brother in Christ...for he is a worry wart
and he knows it.
Today is such a special gift of God. So many blessings in it ...starting with the
beauty of the dawn if you took the time go outside and greet and meet it...and
that song bird in the distance or tht snow flake falling...or the voice of that
child or grandchild...and oh how the numbers of blessings fall over
themselves...and what are focusing on...what are you focusing on?
"For
God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes
in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16
It isn't that
you haven't heard it and don't believe it...but it is good to pull it up from
your memory and repeat it to yourself.
With all of
the above...the fact God loves you is the truest best antidote for worry. Held in his hand and heart...believing
it...therein lies the abundance of truth from that place with an abundance of
eternity to back it up.
QUOTES
ON LESSENING ANXIETY
“Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it
with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.” Henry Ward
Beecher
Worry pulls
tomorrow's cloud over today's sunshine.
C. Swindoll,
(MORE
TOMORROW ON HOW TO LESSEN ANXIETY)
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A
new quote (posted OCT 23) below from Rev. Wyrick's 9th book THE SPIRITUAL ABRAHAM
LINCOLN (read the rave reviews
below the quote)
Lincoln had seen a house of cards about to
fall and realized how it could establish a precedent that would truly destroy
what the Founding Fathers had created.
Divided
by two, in short time it might well have become a division of three.
The
northeast, once not sure if it even wanted to be part of the original thirteen
colonies, might then have pulled out.
A
few years down the road, some state in the Confederacy, unhappy with the new
uniting, might have done the same. Bad
habits come easily and are slow to leave.
"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
,
QUOTE BELOW IS FROM WYRICK'S
WRITINGS
There
is no other organization in the world like the church. It is a breed unto itself. It is a congregation of sinners, not a
country club for saints. To become a
member you have to profess your unworthiness.
CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING TO TAKE YOU THERE
(These are selected sermons from over 50 years of ministry and as a worldwide evangelist Rev. Wyrick preached them all the United States and all over the
world)
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CLICK ON www.go60.us
IT WILL TAKE YOU A NEW WEBSITE FOR SENIORS....click on
"Voice" on the home page and then on the list of authors click
on Neil Wyrick
Recent articles Rev. Wyrick has written for this web site are:
REFLECTIONS
·
Here Comes Summer (July 2012)
·
Spring (May 2012)
·
Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow
(April 2012)
·
Wayward and Windy (April 2012)
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
click on the
following URL
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.
Would you like to read the entire thought piece? Then... TO TAKE YOU TO THE WYRICK'S WRITING'S SITE
click on
the following
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
To
Order and Read
Neil's 9th book THE
SPIRITUAL ABRAHAM LINCOLN
GO TO amazon.com
QUOTES ABOUT THIS WONDERFUL INSPIRING INFORMATIVE book
STILL RECEIVING RAVE REVIEWS 8 YEARS AFTER IT'S PUBLICATION.
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