Thursday, December 3, 2015

THE WORD IS SUFFER

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         Click on http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com 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

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        Below the thoughts below read a quote from Rev. Wyrick's applauded 9th book THE SPIRITUAL ARBAHAM LINCOLN

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Romans 5:3-4 "... suffering produces perseverance;  perseverance, character; and character, hope." and that is not only Biblical but with proper prayerful attitude quite true.

       From personal experience I do attest that this is fact quite firm.

       Because in my daily living I did not chose my illnesses and accidents and other kinds of testing of my character that have come my way.  But I am the stronger better person because of them...of this I am quite sure.  (And mine have been quite severe and would compare with others quite well)

       The Prophet Isaiah put it this way, "The chastisement of our peace makes us whole."

       "No pain.  No gain."  It's a phrase heard more often at athletic events than from the pulpit...but the message is clear enough. 

       The British church leader Galvin Reid tells about meeting a young man who had fallen down some stairs at the age of one and had shattered his back.

       He had been in and out of hospitals the whole of his whole life — and yet he continued to make made astounding comment that he thought God wss fair.
       Reid asked him, “How old are you?”

       The boy answered, “Seventeen.”
       “How many years have you spent in hospitals?” The boy replied, “Thirteen years.”
        “And you think that is fair?”

       The boy responded: “Well, God has all eternity to make it up to me.”

       And this is what Christians believe.  That time on earth is just a hiccup against a backdrop of eternity.  And that of this loving God it rightly can be said “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him.” (1st Corinthians 2:9)

       From some bad events folk turn better...but yes...some others turn bitter.

       Mothers Against Drunken Driving came out of a mothers own personal tragedy.

       Others would have simply sat and moaned their life away.

       Are you broken by some around you who cannot will not understand you? 

       So was Jesus.

       Are you rejected on a regular basis?

       So was Jesus.

       "If you are going through hell, keep on going."  (Winston Churchill)

       Giving up is really not an option.  Don't waste the pain.  Persevere and learn from the experience.  Pray and push.  Pray and push.  Pray and push.

       Will screaming at the top of your lungs help?

       In Korea there is a seminar called the Coffin Academy.  It begins with folk showing up to write goodbye letters to their families. 

       Then they climb into coffins, place their hands across their chest and lie there as the tops of the coffins are nailed down. 

       They remain like this for 10 minutes.

       Then the coffins are opened and they climb back out.

       The theory behind these seminars is that having experienced a make believe death they will have new insights into life.

       It is an extreme attempt to teach what we as Christians already know...that life is a gift and important... and that it is to be experienced and learned from and given over to God... to such a degree we will never be tempted to climb in and out of coffins...as a way to appreciate it.

       There is such a strengthening when one has lived with pain and survived.  The personal experience of a broken hip, a destroyed left arm in a hang gliding accident and the removal of a right kidney qualify me to make this statement.

       Am I calling suffering a blessing?  Yes, I think in a way I am.  Not to be sought but the benefits mighty and enduring.

       Endure by the force and healing power of the Holy Spirit and proclaim it to be true...and when and if you do...your witness will have infinitely more power than if you did so from a position of health.

       God works in mysterious ways.  His will is wisdom.  It is as simple as that.  It is as complicated as that.

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RELEVANT QUOTES

       Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers. ~Garth Brooks

       Who will tell whether one happy moment of love or the joy of breathing or walking on a bright morning and smelling the fresh air, is not worth all the suffering and effort which life implies. ~Erich Fromm

       I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders. ~Jewish Proverb

       Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them? ~Rose F. Kennedy

       If you want to forget all your other troubles, wear too tight shoes. ~The Houghton Line, November 1965

       Turn your wounds into wisdom. ~Oprah Winfrey

       Bad is never good until worse happens. ~Danish Proverb

       When it is dark enough, you can see the stars. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

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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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