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ONE LINERS FOR YOUR SOUL" & ONE A DAY
Take these seeds of thought below
and turn THEM into a wisdom tree.
We
all know we should spend quality time with our kids, but we should also spend
quality talk. When was the last time you actually talked to your children? I
don't mean yelled at them for some mistake they made or said something like,
"How was school today?" I mean actually carried on a two-way
conversation?
...BELOW is YOUR 'ONE A DAY' for Today
NO LONGER IN LOVE WITH NOTHINGNESS
These thoughts are added to each day.
(Use in your personal or church newsletters) (365 stories a year)
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His name was C. S. Lewis. He died in 1963 at the age of 62.
In 1927 he was a brilliant young atheist at Oxford University. During these student days he used a sharp and nimble brain to constantly throw barbed darts at Christians and Christianity.
He was a leader of the sophisticated, emancipated from the foolishness of faith, happy as a cynic, an agnostic with a song on his lips.
But then one night in Magdalen College something happened…the vacuum of nothingness became too much…you name it…he says, “I threw myself down on my knees, the most struggling convert that ever came before the throne of God, and I cried out in the night. “’Oh, God, if there is a God, let me know and let me let others know.”
From that moment when he no longer rebelled against the face and force of God, C.S. Lewis became one of the outstanding defenders of Christianity in the British Isles.
Not as a minister but a professional writer…this man who had laughed in the face of God…simply one day changed…and he who had believed in nothing…now completely, wholeheartedly, gave himself to someone.
Psalms 40:1-3
“I waited patiently for God to help me; then He listened and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the pit of despair, out from the bog and the mire, and set my feet on a hard, firm path and steadied me as I walked along. He has given me a new song to sing, of praises to our God. Now many will hear of the glorious things He did for me, and stand in awe before the Lord, and put their trust in Him.”
(Use in your personal or church newsletters) (365 stories a year)
To view Neil's other blog "Wyrick's Writings" CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING URL
http://wyrickswritings.blogspot.com/
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His name was C. S. Lewis. He died in 1963 at the age of 62.
In 1927 he was a brilliant young atheist at Oxford University. During these student days he used a sharp and nimble brain to constantly throw barbed darts at Christians and Christianity.
He was a leader of the sophisticated, emancipated from the foolishness of faith, happy as a cynic, an agnostic with a song on his lips.
But then one night in Magdalen College something happened…the vacuum of nothingness became too much…you name it…he says, “I threw myself down on my knees, the most struggling convert that ever came before the throne of God, and I cried out in the night. “’Oh, God, if there is a God, let me know and let me let others know.”
From that moment when he no longer rebelled against the face and force of God, C.S. Lewis became one of the outstanding defenders of Christianity in the British Isles.
Not as a minister but a professional writer…this man who had laughed in the face of God…simply one day changed…and he who had believed in nothing…now completely, wholeheartedly, gave himself to someone.
Psalms 40:1-3
“I waited patiently for God to help me; then He listened and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the pit of despair, out from the bog and the mire, and set my feet on a hard, firm path and steadied me as I walked along. He has given me a new song to sing, of praises to our God. Now many will hear of the glorious things He did for me, and stand in awe before the Lord, and put their trust in Him.”
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THE SPIRITUAL
ABRAHAM LINCOLN (AVAILLABLE ON KINDLE) & BEN FRANKLIN'S ALMANACK FOR THE
20TH CENTURY
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BELOW ARE SOME OF THE RAVE REVIEWS ABOUT
"THE SPIRITUAL ABRAHAM LINCOLN."
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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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