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Below
this blog read a quote from Rev. Wyrick's applauded 9th book THE SPIRITUAL
ARAHAM LINCOLN
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LIFE
IS BUSY...SO what are you filling it with? Nature
abhors a vacuum. Therefore our minds and
our hearts and our souls cry out to be filled with something...but with what?
Let's put it this way. Are you a hummingbird or a vulture? Vultures look for dead meat. Hummingbirds seek blossoms and in the process
extend life.
About 350 years ago
a shipload of travelers landed on the northeast coast of America. The first
year they established a town site. The next year they elected a town
government. The third year the town government planned to build a road five
miles westward into the wilderness.
In the fourth year the people tried to impeach their town government because they thought it was a waste of public funds to build a road five miles westward into a wilderness.
In the fourth year the people tried to impeach their town government because they thought it was a waste of public funds to build a road five miles westward into a wilderness.
Who needed to go there anyway?
Here were people who had the vision to see three thousand miles across an ocean and overcome great hardships to get there. But in just a few years they were not able to see even five miles out of town.
Here were people who had the vision to see three thousand miles across an ocean and overcome great hardships to get there. But in just a few years they were not able to see even five miles out of town.
They had lost their pioneering vision.
With a clear vision of what we can become
in Christ, no ocean of difficulty is too great. Without it, we rarely move
beyond our current boundaries. (Lynn Anderson)
Let's put it
this way again. Are you a hummingbird or
a vulture? Vultures look for dead
meat. Hummingbirds seek blossoms and in
the process extend life.
Do you have
goals, a vision for making you a better person and thereby making a better
tomorrow. Would your attitudes be
marketable or would they be what no one would be willing to buy...in fact not
even interested in if they were free.
Helen Keller was once
asked "What would be worse than being born blind?” to which she replied
“Having sight without a vision.”
Born deaf, dumb and blind her
sight was nonexistent but her insight was tremendous.
" Where there is no vision, the
people perish: (Proverbs 29:18)
When I came to Miami to start
a new church I knew I needed more than just new members. I needed new members with a vision. The kind of people who could see a plot of
land with a church building sitting on it...when all they actually see was the
idea and the dream.
That
took a lot of vision for both this old preacher and those first eight people
who showed up on a Sunday morn, in a large school auditorium those 58 years
ago. (1955 September)
But
they had it...and those who followed after had it...and one day not quite four
years later we all walked into a new sanctuary (1959 June)
Philippians 4:13 "I can do all things
through Christ which strengtheneth me."
I've preached on that text a ton of times because I believe
it...I've seen it prove it itself...miracles happen.
David was small (physically).
Goliath was large (physically)
But David had a belief system that made Goliath a midget in his eyes.
Sometimes a problem
is big but if you go after it with a king sized belief system...a vision with
teeth in it. Then mountains move and the
impossible becomes possible and even failure coughs up some little success.
I presented Christopher Columbus as a One Man Drama for years and in
preparation to portray this courageous figure of yesterday I reminded myself
more than once the words he wrote in his diary day after day after day,
"This day we sailed on."
When vision marries persistence and victory grows muscles...you
can hear the sound of glory.
I've succeeded a lot and I've failed a lot but because I've
always had a vision each failure was just a stumble.
And I've prayed...oh how I have prayed to
never fall victim to the disease called "indifference."
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QUOTES ON HAVING A VISION
The whole world steps aside for the man who knows where he is
going (aNONYMOUS)
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new quote (posted nov 12) below from Rev. Wyrick's 9th book THE SPIRITUAL ABRAHAM
LINCOLN (read the rave reviews
below the quote)
Was Lincoln Union ?
It
is more likely that he quoted once again words of one of his favorite poets, William
Knox, “Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud?”
As he walked the streets of Richmond , Virginia
When
an elderly Negro had run toward him shouting praise, Lincoln
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"Positive,
powerful utterances...skillfully enhancing our understanding and appreciation
of Lincoln
Lt.
Colonel C.A. Olsen (Ret.) Asbury
College
"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 Lincoln Lincoln
Dr.
Donald W. Shriver
Emeritus professor at Union Theological Seminary in New York
"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 Lincoln Lincoln United States Lincoln America
Daniel Allen Butler, author
of "Unsinkable"; The Full Story of the RMS Titanic, The Lusitania
,
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.
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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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