Saturday, December 1, 2012

HAVE YOU FOUND YOURSELF?

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              Click on http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com to read selected Sermons from over 50 years of Rev. Wyrick's ministry. (STARTING NOV 1 "HOW MUCH DOES A PRAYER WEIGH)  Below...other recent Sermon Titles


       To view Rev. Wyrick in 4 of his highly acclaimed One Man Dramas  ABRAHAM LINCOLN, BEN FRANKLIN CHARLES WESLEY, MARTIN LUTHER (NBC Special) click on the link below

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        Below the thoughts below read a quote from Rev. Wyrick's applauded 9th book THE SPIRITUAL ARAHAM LINCOLN

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       There is a story told about a young man who was extremely absentminded.

       In fact he became so forgetful that one night before he went to sleep...he sat down and wrote himself a note, "Your clothes are on the chair.  Your wallet is on the desk.  Your shoes are under the bed and you are in bed."

       The next morning he got up and found his clothes, his wallet and his shoes but when he looked on the bed he could not find himself."

       Have you found yourself?  Do you know where you are and what you are and who you are?  And God willing...you do care.

       I do not really know whether it is still true but airline pilots used to refer to their passengers not as people but as souls.

       Such as, "We have 120 souls on board tonight."

       And that afterall is what and who we are.  More than bodies sometimes broken, sometimes bruised sometimes hobbled by accident or disease.

       We are immortal souls.

       And that is no small distinction and that is why against the backdrop of eternity we had better be cocerned with who we are and where we are in more ways than one.

       Can we pause for an imaginary conversation.  Imagine that I come up to you and say, "I understand you have been attending church on a regular basis. 

       May I suggest you cease and desist and instead take a walk in the park.  You will find the fresh air and ambience much more helpful than some outdated message from an old book called the Bible.

       And what is this 10 Commandments I hear you spouting about from time to time.  Haven't you learned that moral judgments based on some mountain delivered manuscript are no longer in vogue?

       If it feels good it is alright?  Didn't you know that?"

       And suppose I continued on in that vein?  Would you think this old preacher had lost his mind?

       But then this purposeless purpose is held by a host of folk and it does make a difference and Sodom and Gomorrah comes to mind.

       And I believe those cities were destroyed.

       Think about it.  Is one who steals wearing arey flanneled suit any better because of his clothing than a punk in cutoffs.

       And is the effect any different.  Does not hope and trust die under the influence of both these deeds.

       And immorality of any cloak or kind...does it not create a moral climate change that cannot by the wildest  stretch of magination be approved?

       And your children or grandchildren...what are they seeing...is it good and of God...then blessings to your days.

       In the 23rd Psalm are the words, "He restoreth my soul" which is a promise to any wandering prodigal to kneel down and pray up.

       AND HAVE THE SOUL REPAIRED.

       REPENT AND BE REDEEMED.

       "He leadeth me in the paths of righteous for His names sake."  Life?  Life is about movement in the right direction or the wrong direction. 

       St Francis of Assisi, founder of the Franciscan Order until he was 30 years of age would not admit to the presence of his soul.

       He was a professor of Elocution by day and a playboy by night.

       Then one day beneath a cloudless he heard a voice say"Tole lege.  Tole lege" which translated means "Take and read.  Take and read."

       So taking the book his mother had given him many years before he read in the Epistle of Paul, " "Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy."

       And he gathered these holy truth to himself and who he was became something else...something else indeed.

       It is is highly doubtful you or I will ever have the word Saint placed before our name...but do we really want to wear heavily the sinners tag.

       Is there not a best and better way of living to which we all are called.?

       There is a journey America would be prospered by.  More folk journeying back to a working relationship with God.

       The 10 Commandments condemned enough so that it is against (by order of the Supreme Court) to display then in public places.

       And our children get the message and some ignore but others, now grown to adulthood, have embraced it.

       I walked some mean streets in New York one time and oh how much more comfortable I would have felt if from time to time I heard a Bible quote or seen a Bible in hand...for yes where folk ask for guidance they find it.

       Nothing bad happened but that is not the point I have just tried to make.

       In one of his inaugural addresses he said, "No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the invisible hand which conducts the affairs of men more than the people of the United States. Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency." In plain English he said, it is God Who got us this far, and we had better not forget it!

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        QUOTES ON MORALITY

        “Two things awe me most, the starry sky above me and the moral law within me.” Immanuel Kant

        "In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."  Martin Luther King Jr.

        "Integrity has no need of rules."  Albert Camus

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                                                                   A 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, before he died, overly proud that he had so much to do with the preserving of the 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 in an unannounced visit after that city had fallen to the North, it was said that he was the man of the people among the people. 

       When an elderly Negro had run toward him shouting praise, Lincoln lifted his hat and bowed, and wiped away a tear or two.

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       "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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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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