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ONE LINERS FOR YOUR SOUL"
Take these two seeds of thought
below and turn it into a wisdom tree.
GOD IS!.”
God
is! And you are. And inside of each of us are the gifts of
God, but also inside of each of us is our own will. Our own stubborn, selfish, self-centered will
which fights for bad habits and old sins.
Why would anyone fight the gifts of
God? Because these gifts change lives
and sometimes we simply do not want to be changed.
BELOW IS...YOUR
'ONE A DAY' for Today
JUST HOP RIGHT IN
These thoughts are added to each day. Scroll down and read previous One A Days.)
(Use in your personal or church newsletters) (365 stories a year)
Serialization of Neil’s Internationally Distributed Novel (Rust On My Soul) (Published by Bridge Press(1985)
To view this blog CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL
The great evangelist, Billy Sunday, used to say when he got up-and-got-going against sin, “I’m against sin. And as long as I have a foot, I’ll kick it. As long as I have a fist, I’ll fight it. As long as I have a head, I’ll butt it. As long as I have a tooth, I’ll bite it. Then one day when I’m old and fistless and toothless, I’ll gum it, till I go home to Glory and it goes home to perdition.”
In Bill Clinton’s autobiography he comments on what he did with Monica Lewis and then he makes a striking admission, “I did it because I could.”
That is what sin is all about. We sin because we can. We sin because God gave us that freedom. God will not force us into repentance and redemption.
It was fairly early in the morning and a woman hadn’t been out of bed very long.
Her hair was still aiming itself in several different directions. And she had just begun to put cleansing cream on her face when she heard a noise outside.
It was the garbage truck. “What is he doing here this early,” she shouted as she made a mad dash to get the garbage out before he pulled away.
She looked a mess and the old pair of slippers she flopped to the street in looked as if they might not last long enough to complete the journey. As she rushed forward the final few feet she cried out, “Am I too late for the garbage?”
The garbage man may then have flunked diplomacy but his reply was priceless, “No ma’am, not at all, just hop right in.”
Sin enough and long enough with no desire to change and you don’t have to hop right in, you’re already there.
Read Luke 6:45 (NIV) and you will find the following more than interesting commentary, “The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks.”
Have you considered sharing this site with family or friends?
Just have them go to Google Search and type in “Neil Spiritual Vitamins”.
(Use in your personal or church newsletters) (365 stories a year)
Serialization of Neil’s Internationally Distributed Novel (Rust On My Soul) (Published by Bridge Press(1985)
To view this blog CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL
The great evangelist, Billy Sunday, used to say when he got up-and-got-going against sin, “I’m against sin. And as long as I have a foot, I’ll kick it. As long as I have a fist, I’ll fight it. As long as I have a head, I’ll butt it. As long as I have a tooth, I’ll bite it. Then one day when I’m old and fistless and toothless, I’ll gum it, till I go home to Glory and it goes home to perdition.”
In Bill Clinton’s autobiography he comments on what he did with Monica Lewis and then he makes a striking admission, “I did it because I could.”
That is what sin is all about. We sin because we can. We sin because God gave us that freedom. God will not force us into repentance and redemption.
It was fairly early in the morning and a woman hadn’t been out of bed very long.
Her hair was still aiming itself in several different directions. And she had just begun to put cleansing cream on her face when she heard a noise outside.
It was the garbage truck. “What is he doing here this early,” she shouted as she made a mad dash to get the garbage out before he pulled away.
She looked a mess and the old pair of slippers she flopped to the street in looked as if they might not last long enough to complete the journey. As she rushed forward the final few feet she cried out, “Am I too late for the garbage?”
The garbage man may then have flunked diplomacy but his reply was priceless, “No ma’am, not at all, just hop right in.”
Sin enough and long enough with no desire to change and you don’t have to hop right in, you’re already there.
Read Luke 6:45 (NIV) and you will find the following more than interesting commentary, “The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks.”
Have you considered sharing this site with family or friends?
Just have them go to Google Search and type in “Neil Spiritual Vitamins”.
OR CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL
And, yes, maybe they will back track a few weeks to read other of my musings.
DO YOU HAVE A BLOG OR FACEBOOK? IF YOU ENJOY THESE WRITINGS COULD YOU CALL ATTENTION TO THIS BLOG? IF YOU DO, THANKS IN ADVANCE.
Have
you considered sharing this site with family or friends? Just have them go to
Google Search and type in “Neil Spiritual Vitamins”.
And, yes, maybe they will back track a few weeks to read other of my musings.
DO YOU HAVE A BLOG OR FACEBOOK? IF YOU ENJOY THESE WRITINGS COULD YOU CALL ATTENTION TO THIS BLOG? IF YOU DO, THANKS IN ADVANCE.
And, yes, maybe they will back track a few weeks to read other of my musings.
DO YOU HAVE A BLOG OR FACEBOOK? IF YOU ENJOY THESE WRITINGS COULD YOU CALL ATTENTION TO THIS BLOG? IF YOU DO, THANKS IN ADVANCE.
click on the FOLLOWING URL
to go to Rev. Wyrick's other blog Wyrick's Writings
Check out Neil's 2 still available books
on amazon.com.
THERE ARE OTHER USED COPIES OF HIS 7
OTHER USED BOOKS AT MANY SITES
THE SPIRITUAL
ABRAHAM LINCOLN (AVAILLABLE
ON KINDLE) &
BEN FRANKLIN'S ALMANACK FOR THE 20TH CENTURY
TO VIEW REV. WYRICK'S AWARD WINNING ONE
MAN DRAMAS Click on the following http://www.speakerneil.com/
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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 Lincolnshould 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 fullmeasure 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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