A 3 PART SERIES ON ANXIETY BEGAN NOV 1st. I THANK THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN SHARING IT
WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
The
difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong
will, and the other from a strong won't. ~Henry Ward Beecher
These
One A Days are added to daily. There are over 1100 stories and commentaries
on this blog. It is added to
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Click on http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com
to read selected Sermons from
over 50 years of Rev. Wyrick's ministry.
To view Rev. Wyrick in 4 of his highly
acclaimed One Man Dramas click on the below
Below
this blog read a quote from Rev. Wyrick's highly accalimed 9th book THE
SPIRITUAL ARAHAM LINCOLN
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Determination
in life can produce so many rainbows from the storms of discouragements...they
really can.
It isn’t always easy because Murphy’s law
is alive and well and sometimes it
seems to be a law that multiplies.
Things keep going from bad to worse.
We lose an article and don’t find it until
we have replaced it.
We become accident prone.
And that is when we need keep on keeping
on …yes, I just said it again…and maybe we won’t fly …and maybe we’ll not rid ourselves of whatever burdens seem to
be weighing us down…but we can be stronger in spirit…determined to give
our all…and count our blessings.
And one thing is sure…if we give into despair…it will only get worse.
I’m not talking about spinning our wheels…I’m talking about figuring what we can still do with a
problem and aiming in the direction of at least some solving of it.
Start off by making jokes about your
problem. It works such as the
title for an article I wrote on how to handle hip surgery, “Hip Hip Hooray.”
Or the classic…”It’s
always the darkest just before it goes pitch black.”
The last thing
you want to do is fall in love with your limitations.
No not that. Pray to find another way to reach your dream or figure a new
dream that you can reach.
Face
it…there will always be disappointments but
doesn’t mean you will be helped by wallowing in self pity.
Believe this…many
times in our lives…God is at work even though we can’t see his footsteps.
You know…that old
cliché’ one door closed…another door opened…we’ve all had it happen.
Once a little boy was leading his sister
up a mountain path he had found and
she complained, “Why this isn’t a path at all. It’s all rocky and bumpy.”
“Sure,” he answered, “but the bumps are what you climb on.”
Some people use the bumps in life to
climb on while others just trip over them.
Some come out of suffering stronger.
Some come
out weaker.
Some learn from pain and mistakes. Others
wouldn’t learn if they had an eternity.
Thomas Edison, fired from his job
on the railroad went on to become one of our greatest scientists.
Abraham Lincoln, at 46
considered himself a failure. He certainly
built up a history of failure, failed storekeeper, failed in attempts to be
elected to political office, etc. He went on to become President of these
United States.
Dr.
A. J.
Cronin began his work as a doctor, broke his health and retired to write. He became one of the world’s greatest and most
beloved writers.
Whistler the artist wanted to be a
soldier, but failed in a
chemical examination. He often laughed and said, “If silicon had been a gas, I would have been a major general.”
The medical missionary David Livingstone, after 16 years in Africa, spoke the following. on a visit to Glasgow University.
“Shall I tell you what sustained me amidst the toil and hardship of
my exiled life? It was Jesus promise,
‘Lo, I am with you always even unto the end.” He was older than his age. As he spoke
his arm hung limply at his side. And this man who never thought of giving
anything less than his all gave forth an unworldly calm.
His dedication to a cause was greater than ANY
discouragement that could come to call. He judged life not by minor moments when
things would seem to fall apart but by a total picture…he
saw life as a destiny not as a piecemeal of ups and downs.
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QUOTES ON DETERMINATION
Consider
the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing
till it gets there. ~Josh Billings
Stubbornly persist, and you will find that the limits of
your stubbornness go well beyond the stubbornness of your limits. ~Robert
Brault,
The race is
not always to the swift, but to those who keep on running. ~Author unknown, in
reference to Ecclesiastes 9:11, "I returned, and saw under the sun,
that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet
bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to
men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all."
The great majority of men are bundles of
beginnings. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
I may not
be there yet, but I'm closer than I was yesterday. ~Author Unknown
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well,
neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily. ~Zig Ziglar
Keep on
going, and the chances are that you will stumble on something, perhaps when you
are least expecting it. I never heard of anyone ever stumbling on something
sitting down. ~Charles F. Kettering
Most
people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a
second. ~William James
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A
new quote 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
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 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.
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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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