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acclaimed One Man Dramas ABRAHAM
LINCOLN, BEN FRANKLIN CHARLES WESLEY, MARTIN LUTHER (NBC Special) click on the link
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Below
the thoughts below read a quote from Rev. Wyrick's applauded 9th book THE
SPIRITUAL ARAHAM LINCOLN...AVAILABLE ON AMAZON.COM AND ON KINDLE
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In the hundreds of counseling sessions I have conducted
there are certain ways and means that seem to apply equally well to a host of
different burdens.
I now share
them with you for like all of us your life is certainly not free of bumps and
bruises along the highway of life.
To begin to
solve a problem requires that you not Act like a problem
doesn't exist. People do
that. "If I ignore it, it will go
away" is the approach of far too many folk.
No, quite often, whatever it is.. it won't just go away.
What then
to do? Identify
the problem. Give it a
name. Describe it in as much detail as
possible. Is the solution physical, mental or spiritual? Or all of these?
After carefully evaluating the solutions (and think outside
the box) consider the consequences.
There may be more than one solution so just jumping forward with an
action after your first idea comes leaping at you ia not a good idea.
I have a
rule I wish I could say I always follow.
If a problem doesn't really have to be solved IMMEDIATELY...don't!!!
It's amazing how much trouble can be avoided by thinking
and praying about a so called found solution for 24 hours.
File away a list of solutions that will grow larger with the
passage of time. Then when you
have a problem pull out the list. You
will be amazed as you read about times you successfully avoided disaster can be
applied to a more recent problem (it may not be the
same problem but quite often you can apply the lesson that was learned.)
What
you will be doing without realizing it is the same thing a business does. You
will be setting policies...whichever after all is just saying...it worked
before...the odds therefore are... it has a good or better chance of being a
right choice this time.
And yes...it helps to have policies that
say "Don't make the same mistake again."
Check over the results of your decisions with a calendar in
hand. Was it a decision that proved
better and better with the passage of time or was it unable to stand the test
of time?
And oh yes...that mind you are relying on...feed it some spiritual vitamins...show
up at the health store of the Lord...surround your thinking with prayer.
The story
is told of two hunters who came across a bear so big that they dropped their
rifles and ran for cover.
One man climbed a tree while the other hid in a nearby
cave. The bear sat down between the tree and the cave.
Suddenly,
the hunter in the cave came rushing out, almost ran into the waiting bear,
hesitated, and dashed back in.
The
same thing happened a second time. When he emerged the third time, his friend
frantically called out, "Woody, are you crazy? Stay in the cave till he
leaves!"
"Can’t,"
panted Woody.
"There’s
another bear in there."
Problems do sometimes come in bunches so
be prepared.
Have these ideas close at hand where you
can pull them out and apply them...
The
stage coach stopped. The stage coach
driver stepped down to the ground and opened the stage coach door.
He then reached in and snatched the baby from the
mothers arms, placed it on the stage coach floor and dragged the mother out and
then drove away with her running behind crying out "My baby, my baby."
Was what the
stagecoach driver did good or bad...right or wrong?
Well, you
see he had stopped the stage coach because the temperature was well below zero
and he wanted to see how the mother was.
He found
she was freezing to death.
...and so
let her keep running until she warmed herself back up...he then stopped the
stagecoach and helped the mother back in and placed the baby in her arms... God has a time table and it sometimes does
not match man's time table.
And as for
myself I'll take the mind and influence of God any day.
So whatever is your prayer in the midst of your problem
be sure you are praying for patience.
QUOTES ON PROBLEMS
Every problem contains within itself the seeds of
its own solution.--Stanley Arnold
When I dig another out of
trouble, the hole from which I lift him is the place where I bury my own. Norman
Vincent Peale
A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit
from them, and strong enough to correct them.
John C. Maxwell
A man who has committed
a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake. Confucius
I cannot give you the formula
for success, but I can give you the formula for failure, which is: try to
please everybody Herbert Bayard Swope
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Below is a quote from Rev. Wyrick's 9th book
THE SPIRITUAL ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
It is little wonder that once the war was over,
wretched memories fed anger loud and long.
Neither side could be proud of some things that happened during the war
or at their many prison camps. The
meanness in some men had multiplied.
They felt their uniforms allowed it.
Andersonville, or Camp
Sumter as it was officially known, in
southwest Georgia
is remembered as one of the worst.
By the end of the war, it had held 50,000
prisoners on a piece of land no larger than twenty-six acres.
Some men had called pits in the ground
their home. During its short
fourteen-month existence, 13,000 soldiers who had survived in battle died in
captivity under the most terrible conditions.
When the war was over the superintendent
was hanged.
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WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT THE BOOK
"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
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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)
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Some of the sermon titles
posted recently on Wyrick's Writings
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BELOW ARE MORE QUOTES FROM NEIL'S RECENTLY POSTED SERMONS
on Wyrick's Writings
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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!
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HIS WORLD FAMOUS ONE MAN DRAMATIZATIONS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, BEN FRANKLIN, CHARLES WESLEY AND MARTIN LUTHER
To
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SPIRITUAL ABRAHAM LINCOLN
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REVIEWS 8 YEARS AFTER IT'S PUBLICATION.
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