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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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Eddie Rickenbacker, who once drifted for
21 straight days on a hot and rolling Pacific sea was once asked what the
experience taught him.
His response was immediate, "The
biggest lesson I learned was that if you have all the fresh water you want to
drink and all the food you want to eat, you ought never to complain about
anything."
Which is one way of identifying man's
greatest problem, "Concentrating on what we don't have rather than what we
don't."
The reason why so
many people are so unhappy is because they are poor mathematicians. They've never learned to properly and
positively count their blessings.
In short, joy is a choice as often as it
is by chance.
Charles Schulz in his famous “Peanuts”
cartoon captures the problem of a properly proportioned life In one of his
cartoons.
Lucy is delivering, delivering one of her famous
lectures.
“Charlie Brown,” she begins “life is a
lot like a deck chair. Some place it so that they can see where they are going.
Others place it where they can see where they have been. And some so they can
see where they are at the present.”
Charlie sighs, and says, “I can’t even
get mine unfolded.”
Today's thoughts will do with getting the
deck chair of life properly unfolded.
I love the way Dr.
Wayne Dyer suggests how to improve this unfolding, “When you change the way you
look at things, the things you look at change.”
I
have met some bad people in my life. And
some of them have worked at making my life miserable and succeeded at it for a
time. But I glory in the experience for
it only solidified my resolve to not be like them...
to
follow the angels in life rather than the devils...
to
chose good over evil...
to
praise and adore the good and loving God who sent my heavenly Jesus to spend
some time here on earth.
Let me put the above thought of influence another way...every time
someone has hated me or certainly disliked me they have given me the
opportunity to meet their animosity with forgiveness and love.
And those times when I have achieved this
mini miracle...my unfolded deck chair of life has sat steady and peacefully
serene.
Two shoe salesman were
sent to Africa. One sent a telegram home that said: “Get me home, nobody here
wears shoes.” The other salesman’s telegram said: “Send me all of the shoes you
can, nobody here wears shoes.”
Some folk find opportunity around every
corner. Others see nothing but speed
bumps.
I taught
archery at youth camp for several years. I found it interesting the attitudes I
encountered.
Some looked at the target and said,
"Well, if I miss the bulls eye I can certainly hit the target." Others took one look at the bulls eye and
could not see that every failure to hit the bulls eye was a learning experience
that got them closer to achievement.
Some
see life as a prison and daily rail and rant...others see it as a prism through
which the love of God shines through...some worship at the altar of the
hopeless...others...by their attitude constantly build and increase the size of
their altar of hope.
In the later
1990's Lauren Zalaznick was the unstoppable and high-achieving vice-president
at VH 1, a music video television company here in the United States.
She produced top rating program after
program and had an automatic invitation to any music party or recording in the
country.
She was held in the highest regard.
But then, after about five years, she
felt she was losing her edge and decided to resign.
Lauren carried to this decision extreme anxiety.
Lauren carried to this decision extreme anxiety.
Was she doing the right thing?
Would she regret it?
Would she be able to find another job with
such high points of joy?
The one day her sister gave her some
advice that changed her perspective.
She told Lauren to imagine herself in 50
years time.
At that point in her life this job was
going to be a single sentence which began ’In the early part of my career,’
followed by a few words and a full stop.
And then there would be 14 paragraphs
about what Lauren really did with her life.
Whatever you do or I do...we are best
served if we allow our decisions to be played against a backdrop of eternity.
The pastor
was given an award for humility.
The next week the congregation took it back.
The next week the congregation took it back.
He had hung it on the wall on his office.
When
you are working on a proper perspective in life work on your pride.
It
can kill proper perspective in a minute...it really can.
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QUOTES ON
PROPER PERSPECTIVE
Is the glass half empty, half full, or
twice as large as it needs to be? ~Author Unknown
If the only tool you have is a hammer,
you tend to see every problem as a nail. ~Abraham Maslow
The guy who invented the first wheel was
an idiot. The guy who invented the other three, he was a genius. ~Sid Caesar
Hay is more acceptable to an ass than
gold. ~Latin Proverb
Just because a man lacks the use of his
eyes doesn't mean he lacks vision. ~Stevie Wonder
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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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