Sunday, November 29, 2015

WHAT DON'T YOU WANT?

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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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Some farmers were sitting around a stove in a country store. 

Having solved most of the problems in the world, they got down to more mundane things.

 One of the men just happened to mention that in a very short time he was goin’ to have a heap of yippin’ puppies all over his place and what fine bird dogs they were goin’ to be. 

Another farmer broke in and said, “I want to get my name in early.  I don’t want one.”

Well now, what don’t you want?  Or do you hold to the theory that if a little will make you happy more will make you even happier? 

Admittedly without wants the whole economic system would go boom in the night.  If we never wanted anything, or bought anything or sold our value on the open market for a fair price, we’d be vegetables and the world would be a mess.

 But, I still have to get back to the question, in the midst of all your wanting…what don’t you want?

Do you need to clean out your garage?  And, pertinent to what I am talking about today, do you need to also clean up your want list as you clear up your thinking?

No one really knows what heaven will be like, but somehow I just can’t believe it will be a place of clutter.  Somehow I think that part of its being heaven will be the gift of simplicity.

Clutter comes in all kinds of shapes, sizes and descriptions, but consider the 23rd Psalm.  It doesn’t read cluttered “green pastures” and cluttered “still waters.”  That doesn’t seem to go together.  And cluttered “straight thinking” doesn’t paint an efficient joyous picture.

I’m not saying that having a nice place to live, filled with nice things is bad.  My wife has a way of adding beauty to our home by thoughtful and creative buys. 

Certainly taking care of the outer person is not a sin.  But many people clutter their minds with worry about getting things, and then worry themselves to death for fear of losing what they’ve gotten.

Thoreau suggested that a man be judged by what he can live without.

So what is clutter?  It is when the inconsequential becomes a necessity. It is when and if we reach a point we don’t think we can live without all the things we should certainly be able to live without.

A question. 

If you chase happiness only in a Cadillac or a new van and rest after such labors on a Beautyrest, is it then guaranteed you will be happy? 

If you wear success like a golden crown with all its attributes, is it now a guarantee that you will be happy?  If so, then why is the suicide rate higher among the haves than the have-nots?

Of course, we all don’t agree on what is clutter.  Some would say church clutters up a perfectly good weekend.  Others would argue that honesty can clutter up an otherwise profitable business deal.       And too many would argue that God’s commandments clutter up life with guilt.

One man’s blessing is another man’s clutter.   So perhaps as a way of finding out what you don’t want, I should ask what do you want?

   Peace of mind?  I think we can agree that just about everyone wants that, yet too few manage to have it.  Peace of mind is one of those things you cannot buy or barter for.  You can learn about it, but that doesn’t mean you will find it.  Fifty years ago, millions of people bought a book entitled “Peace of Mind.” 

   But millions didn’t instantly obtain it because peace of mind just can’t be captured inside the cover of a bestseller… that is, unless you mean the Bible.

    The book of Galatians spells out how to get it and keep it,  “The fruit of the spirit is peace.” (Galatians 5:22)   Which means you can’t have apples, or pears or peaches or even pomegranates without a tree. 

   And God is our tree and the fruit from that tree is peace of mind.  But if you don’t fertilize your Tree of Peace with prayer and Godly thoughts it will never really grow too well.

   A man cannot have peace of mind until he has peace with God.  He can read books, build mountain retreats, putter in his garden, swat at a fuzzy round tennis ball, pound a tiny dimpled ball to death on a golf course, luxuriate over a cold drink.  But apart from God, it is all sound and fury signifying nothing.  Least of all peace.

   It is a rather basic truth - forget God for lesser things and one day you will wake up to find your soul registering empty because what seemed like a feast was really a famine.  In Isaiah 29:8 one can read, “as when a hungry man dreams that he is eating, but he awakens, and his hunger remains; as when a thirsty man dreams that he is drinking, but he awakens faint, with his thirst unquenched…”

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QUOTES ON DESIRES

   The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what you want most for what you want now.  Zig Zigler

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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. 

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      (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

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       QUOTES ABOUT THIS WONDERFUL INSPIRING INFORMATIVE book

       STILL RECEIVING RAVE REVIEWS 8 YEARS AFTER IT'S PUBLICATION.

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