Thursday, January 10, 2013

ARE YOU OVERCOMING OR BEING OVERCOMED?


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       We are constantly overcoming or being overcome.  That's life which is why we take a look at this particular phenomena and what we should do about it.

       So what are you working to overcome? Let's put it this way, do you lose your patience so often you need an emotional GPS to be able to find it again.

       To deal with overcoming by your anger may I ask a question?  Which kind of anger are talking about?    

       Are you the victim of a quick temper or short fuse?  Do you go from calm to chaos in a mini-second?

       Proverbs 14:17 gives a warning, "A quick-tempered man does foolish things." or as Will Rogers said, " Whenever you fly into a rage, you seldom make a safe landing."

       Have you heard about the dog named "August" who was always trying to chase a mule named "Conclusion?" One day he jumped at Conclusion & bit him, & Conclusion kicked back at August. And that was the last day of August. Think about that for a moment.

          What was it again that Proverbs 13:17 said?
       "But I can't control my temper?"  Did I just hear you think this?

       Any time recently have you lost your temper quickly and were in the midst of venting your wrath longly and the phone rang...and it was your boss, or a friend or another member of the family and you took the call and calmly answered, "Yes Joe, Jane, etc.  I'm fine.  What can I do for you.

       Are you guilty of stubborn anger?  Are you an anger marathoner who can go on and on and on about something that has upset you.  26 months rather than 26 miles.
       Finally, there is sanctified anger; the kind of anger that should be channeled.  Even moral outrage must still be constrained within the bond of reason.  By way of example, those who have bombed abortion clinics...joining thereby two sins together.
         
       Is your anger sinful?  It is the question I want to close with.  And your answer may well change your attitude toward your anger that you have never had before.

       That's right...I'm not talking about a bad habit or emotional instability.  I'm labeling anger with a tag it does sometimes deserve.

       1.  Is your anger perpetually directed toward another person. Is it almost an eternal vengeance where forgiveness lies shattered in the dust?

       2.  If you are honest is it anger for which there is no real justification? 

       3.  Is it an anger you cherish and nourish with a kind of evil satisfaction?

       An author for Reader's Digest writes how he studied the Amish people in preparation for an article on them.

       In his observation at the school yard, he noted that the children never screamed or yelled.

       This amazed him. He spoke to the schoolmaster. He remarked how he had not once heard an Amish child yell in anger, and asked why the schoolmaster thought that was so. The schoolmaster replied, "Well, have you ever heard an Amish adult yell?"

       Has your child or grandchild ever heard you yell in anger?

       Is it a sin to pass on that kind of anger out of control?

       To make your anger a generational thing with a generation of excuses that keep repeating, "Well, grandpa or dad or grandmother or....always had a bad temper and so do I."

       Do some people have more trouble with anger management than others?  Definitely! Does that mean they should not cannot work hard at improving their self control and those who live with them work at more patience...a kind of two way street of cooperation.

       Doctors from Coral Gables, Fla., compared the efficiency of the heart's pumping action in 18 men with coronary artery disease to nine healthy controls.

       Each of the study participants underwent one physical stress test (riding an exercise bicycle) and three mental stress tests (doing math problems in their heads, recalling a recent incident that had made them very angry, and giving a short speech to defend themselves against a hypothetical charge of shoplifting).

       Using sophisticated X-ray techniques, the doctors took pictures of the subjects' hearts in action during these tests.

       For all the subjects, anger reduced the amount of blood that the heart pumped to body tissues more than the other tests, but this was especially true for those who had heart disease.

       Why anger is so much more potent than fear or mental stress is anybody's guess. But until we see more research on this subject, it couldn't hurt to count to 10 before you blow your stack.

       So then...regard anger for what it is...an alien with an affinity for leading you or me to self destruction...an response that needs prayerful response and prayerful follow through...

       And most of all accepting the knowledge that impatient men and women become less so all the time...and then some impatient men and women become more so....

...   WHICH WILL YOU BE?

QUOTES ON ANGER

       Life is too short to hold a grudge, also too long. ~Robert Brault

       For every minute you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness. ~Author Unknown

       Resentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die. ~Malachy McCourt

       Before you give someone a piece of your mind, make sure you can get by with what is left. ~Author Unknown

       If you get upset when the toast burns, what are you going to do when your house burns down? ~Author Unknown

       I don't have to attend every argument I'm invited to. ~Author Unknown

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Below is a quote from Rev. Wyrick's 9th book THE SPIRITUAL ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

      It is little wonder that once the war was over, wretched memories fed anger loud and long.  Neither side could be proud of some things that happened during the war or at their many prison camps.  The meanness in some men had multiplied.  They felt their uniforms allowed it.

Andersonville, or Camp Sumter as it was officially known, in southwest Georgia is remembered as one of the worst. 

By the end of the war, it had held 50,000 prisoners on a piece of land no larger than twenty-six acres. 

Some men had called pits in the ground their home.  During its short fourteen-month existence, 13,000 soldiers who had survived in battle died in captivity under the most terrible conditions. 

When the war was over the superintendent was hanged.

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      WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT THE BOOK

       "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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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)

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      Some of the sermon titles posted recently on Wyrick's Writings


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BELOW ARE MORE QUOTES FROM NEIL'S RECENTLY POSTED SERMONS on Wyrick's Writings

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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!

 

      

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