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Why do you bow down and in so
doing feel so lifted up?
Do
you do so to celebrate your own goodness or to humble yourself by the weight of
your own sins? Do you seek and find the forgiveness promised on the cross?
“Don’t let life affect your worship; let your worship effect life”—LaMar Boschman
“Don’t let life affect your worship; let your worship effect life”—LaMar Boschman
Doubt
is a terrible enemy to our souls and worship feeds our faith...perhaps that is
the beginning of an answer.
Sometimes people have worshiped
themselves, "I am the master of my
fate. I am the captain of my soul."
“Worship is like breathing: you’re created to do it all the time. It’s a lifestyle”—Joseph L. Garlington
As
always, the Bible, is ahead of the game when it comes to identifying what can
be a real problem. Take those immortal
words of Exodus 20
"You shall have no other gods before
me." And wealth or power or any of like kin and kind too often raise their ugly heads and ask to receive too much regard.
Do
you worship because with you it is a habit?
And is that bad? I think not for yes there are good habits and bad
habits...and worship is a habit devoutly to be sought after and kept.
“ Worship is a verb”—Robert Webber
“ Worship is a verb”—Robert Webber
One reason you worship is the influence of what is happening around
you. A dream comes true...your worship
then a prayer of thanks. You find yourself
on the front line of a war...your worship then a prayer that you will
survive.
So in worship is always fear and faith and joy and grief and the myriad of emotions that fill our days.
So in worship is always fear and faith and joy and grief and the myriad of emotions that fill our days.
And each time we learn all over again...we
cannot be complete...if the center of our worship is not God we die a little in
the center of our soul.
Is God blessed by our worship?
Is there contentment in the Lord when we sing "What a friend we
have in Jesus?" Is friendship and
all the accompanying emotions a two way street.
It is in the process of being worshipped that God communicates His presence to men.
C.S. Lewis
It is in the process of being worshipped that God communicates His presence to men.
C.S. Lewis
Do you have a sense of awe when you
worship? The same sense of awe that led
to the building of the magnificent churches in Europe and some here in
America as well?
And some will argue for simplicity in the
building of a church and others otherwise.
But again...are you overwhelmed with awe
when you worship?
Holiness is the word that fits God...fits like a spiritual glove...awesome
is a word that fits side by side with the word awe...the reality of eternity
should make you tingle every time you say "Our father who art in
heaven..."
Do not let Sunday be taken from you If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan.
Albert Schweitzer
Do not let Sunday be taken from you If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan.
Albert Schweitzer
Enter to worship, depart to serve.” The
phrase or something like is found a thousand times a thousand times in
bulletins across the land...because it is a given truth...that worship is not
just a static thing.
""Worship is the thank you that can't be silenced"- Max Lucado In His Service, Jr
""Worship is the thank you that can't be silenced"- Max Lucado In His Service, Jr
Is worship the favorite thing you do?
Now there is a question is it not? And if so...why? And if not...why not?
“To
worship is to quicken the conscience by the holiness of God, to feed
the mind with the truth of God, to purge the imagination by the beauty
of God, to open the heart to the love of God, to devote the will to the
purpose of God.” ― William Temple, Nature, Man and God
To worship...is to feed a need nothing else can...we were created to
worship...it is innate within us... we are empty when or if we let it die...
"When I worship, I would rather my heart be without words than my words be without
heart."
Lamar Boschman
"When I worship, I would rather my heart be without words than my words be without
heart."
Lamar Boschman
What is worship? Allow me to close with quotes about it from a
host of sources that are related by this common ground when otherwise there
seems no relationship at all.
"The
most valuable thing the Psalms do for me is to express the same delight in
God which made David dance."
C.S. Lewis
God which made David dance."
C.S. Lewis
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"Wyrick's
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Below is a quote from Neil's other blog
Wyrick's Writings...
Entitled BELIEVE
YOUR BELIEFS, GIVE THEM SPIRTUAL MUSCLES
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.
Below is a quote from Neil's other blog
Wyrick's Writings...
SERMON TITLE...HOW TO
LESSEN ANXIETY
Anxiety out of proportion makes us become like a centipede trying to
put his best foot forward.
Below is a quote from Neil's other blog
Wyrick's Writings...
SERMON TITLE...HOW TO
LESSEN ANXIETY
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.”
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 to that.”
Below
is a quote from Neil's other blog Wyrick's Writings...
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 None of us are perfect.
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
Below
is a quote from Neil's other blog Wyrick's Writings...
One writer put it this way: “If we could see
ourselves as God sees us, we would rise up and never be the same again.”
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A QUOTE FROM THOUGHTS POSTED ON MY
OTHER BLOG WYRICK'S WRITINGS ENTITLED
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 ENTITLED
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 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 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 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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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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