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to read selected Sermons from
over 50 years of Rev. Wyrick's ministry. 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
Below
the thoughts below read a quote from Rev. Wyrick's applauded 9th book THE
SPIRITUAL ARAHAM LINCOLN
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Do people describe
you as enthusiastic or down in the
dumps? Are you guilty of letting your
mind go to mould?
Do you seek new ideas with vigor and
apply your findings; mental, spiritual emotional to making life better for you
and those around you?
Do you give in to fear or seek
courage? Sometimes pushing the envelope or
crawling inside as you try to hide from life?
What experiences have you missed because you have worshipped at the
altar of the timid?
You can't really remember when you were
that enthusiastic baby...poking away at that tinkling red ball hanging above
your head..or enthusiastically crawling around finding one new thing after the
other. But you can gain some of that
enthusiasm back if you choose to.
Yes you can do that... all your life...
as long as you don't chose to do otherwise...new friends made...new books
read...new TV show sought out...new hobbies acquired...not throwing away the
old but not refusing the new either.
Would you be happier? Then carry the attitude of a child into old
age.
How to accomplish this? Develop it. Work at it. Don't just dream about it. When
an opportunity comes grab it and hold on.
When I was 44
years old I (along with my dear wife) led a 500 mile plus youth bicycle tour across
Luxembourg, Germany, Holland and Belgium.
We certainly could have come up with a host of reasons why not. First...we were the oldest on the
tour...other leaders were in their early 20's.
"Would you like to learn how to
fly?" ask my church member.
"Of course," I answered and a whole new world opened up for
me.
"How would you like to go to Florida
to start a new church?" (I had a great church experience going with an established church parish in Virginia.) I went. to
Florida to start that new church!
What are you enthusiastic about? My wife have I an ongoing enthusiasm about
clouds. Big clouds, skinny clouds, dark
clouds, clouds that filter the sunlight and send tiny beams rushing toward
earth. Think of how clouds give the sun
such a great reputation.
Norman Vincent
Peale wrote "Years wrinkle the skin, but lack of enthusiasm wrinkles the
soul." Henry David Thoreau mused "None are so old as those whom have
outlived enthusiasm."
Mark
12:30 "And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with ALL thy heart, and with ALL
thy soul, and with ALL thy mind, and with ALL thy strength: this [is] the first
commandment."
Romans
12:11 "NOT slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;..."
Colossians 3:23 "And whatsoever ye do, do [it]HEARTILY, as to the Lord, and not unto men;..."
Colossians 3:23 "And whatsoever ye do, do [it]HEARTILY, as to the Lord, and not unto men;..."
Phil.
4:4—Rejoice in the Lord ALWAYS, and again I say, rejoice.
A young psychology student serving in the
Army decided to test a theory.
Drawing kitchen duty, he was given the
job of passing out apricots at the end of the chow line. He asked the first few
soldiers that came by, "You don’t want any apricots, do you?"
Ninety percent said "No."
Then he tried the positive approach:
"You do want apricots, don’t you?"
About half answered, "Uh, yeah. I’ll
take some."
Then he tried a third test, based on the
fundamental either/or selling technique.
This time he asked, "One dish of
apricots or two?"
And in spite of the fact that soldiers
don’t like Army apricots, 40 percent took two dishes and 50 percent took one!
[means 90% took some!]
Expectation creates Enthusiasm WHICH CREATES POSITIVE RESULTS.
Expectation creates Enthusiasm WHICH CREATES POSITIVE RESULTS.
You know...it's funny about bumps in the road. Some trip over them...others use them as
stepping stones.
Are you a
thermometer or a thermostat?
That's right...a thermometer registers
the temperature...a thermostat sets it.
QUOTES ABOUT
ENTHUSIASM'
Set a man a
fire and he'll be warm for a night. Set a man ON fire and he'll be warm for the
rest of his life! Anonymous
Genius is nothing more than inflamed
enthusiasm. Anonymous
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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)
To be
a black after the war was to wed frustration and constant peril.
An
ex-slave could be arrested and fined for the crime of not having a job.
Then
to help pay off the fine they would be hired at ridiculously low wages.
Buy
land?
Even
if somehow enough money could be saved, the laws prevented a former slave from
purchasing property.
They were called black codes and they
were as dark as their name.
No work or travel without a permit. Separate legal systems.
It
was 1865, and Jim Crow laws were already in place. Every single public building had separate
facilities.
William Lloyd Garrison, in a burst of
optimism and perhaps also fatigue called for disorganizing the Anti-Slavery
Society.
Black activist, 47-year-old Frederick
Douglas, pointed out such action was premature.
“Slavery is not abolished until the black man has the ballot.”
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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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