Sunday, September 30, 2012

BECAUSE CHRIST WAS BORN

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   There are those in this world who not only cannot, but will not, journey to the manger scene or walk with Jesus or finally stand at the foot of the cross..  They cannot even bring themselves to knock on the door to the inn for this is a beginning and they fear the end which is comittment. 

   They believe Christ can change lives, and that is why they fear to knock.  They don’t want to be changed.  Ask them then how they live, and if they will be honest they will say, “I run with the pack, drift with the tide, believe in nothing even enough to make up my own mind.”  Ask them what they stand for, and if they are honest they will say, “I stand for nothing, therefore, I never have to stand up for anything.”

   “If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation, the old has passed away, behold, the new has come.”

   One day in eastern Colorado, a man watched a little girl pull a small yellow wagon to the corner of a fence that paralleled the highway and the railroad.  She climbed upon the wagon and anxiously scanned the horizon.  “What are you doing?” asked the man.  “My little brother has infantile paralysis and he can’t stand without my help.  And he loves trains…oh, how he loves trains.”  Just then, the hoarse, deep whistle of the streamliner, The City of Denver, could be heard in the distance.  The little girl went into action. 

   Raising her little brother to a standing position against the solid fence in front of him she placed her head against the small of his back and held him there, his little head protruding just above the fence so he could see the approaching train.  When the train had passed, she gently lowered him back down into the wagon.

   “Honey,” the man exclaimed, “You didn’t get to see the train at all.”  She looked at him with that look reserved for someone who just doesn’t understand, and said, “I saw it before he got sick.”

   Because Christ was born little girls think of little brothers before themselves.  And compassion is seen as a strength and not a weakness.  And love is made more important than hate.

   I talked with a man the other day who said he had been a member of his church for 28 years, but last year was the first time he had ever taken Christ home with him.  He had invited the minister for dinner, had church officers meet in his living room, served the Young People on his patio, but never Christ…. never Christ. 

   Because Christ was born life down through the ages has become one series of miracles after the other.  Discouraged folks have cheered up, sour folks have sweetened up, closed folks have opened up, gossipers have shut up, conflicted folks have made up, lukewarm folks have fired up and pew potatoes have stood up. (Rick Kirchoff, Memphis Methodist Annual Conference)

   Once upon a time there was a birth in Bethlehem, and his name was Jesus and his timeless gift to man was an eternal guarantee of love and forgiveness.  “Be of good cheer.  I have overcome the world.”

   The church was not our idea or any of our ancestors idea.  It was God’s idea.  “Upon this rock I will build my church.”  Jesus said this of the faith of Peter, and He says it to you and me.  
(TO BE CONTINUED NEXT SUNDAY)
  
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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)
       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
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Poor Richard's Almanack for the 20th Century
Sixty Plus and Not Holding
Boundaries Unlimited
I Am
The ABC"s of Parenting and Grandparenting
Letters to America
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Thursday, September 27, 2012

THE INCOMPROHENSIBLE LOVE OF GOD (Continuation)

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There was a man named Rollen Stewart who developed a novel idea to constantly receive what Andy Warhol called his fifteen minutes of fame.  He would attend major sporting events and then at the right time jump in front of a TV camera wearing an oversized, rainbow-colored wig. 

       This was his goal in life, to shine the spotlight of public attention on himself.  To try to make his name, Rollen Stewart, a household name.

And then one day he was converted.  His personality did not change.  He did not sell his oversized, rainbow-colored wig.  He just added something.  Now he appeared at not just sporting events but anywhere and everywhere, even appearing in the crowd during the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Di, where he duly leaped in front of a TV camera wearing his oversized, rainbow-colored wig…along with holding a sign that read “John 3:16.”

He got himself thrown out of any number of events.  He was arrested, and while in jail his followers continued his placard-raising ministry.  Not everyone understood.  At one football game a man looked very perplexed as he was being surround by signs that read “John 3:16”  “What is this John 3:16 thing?” he asked.  And that the shame of the matter. 

       He had no idea.  He had no idea, but he may well have gone looking for an answer and that is the point of Mr. Stewart’s rather bizarre actions.  The Lord works in strange and wonderful ways to make Himself known to his wandering children.

I’m obviously not suggesting that you wear outlandish wigs and jump in front of TV cameras but that isn’t the point, is it?  The point is that when Rollen Stewart learned about the love of God he was overwhelmed.  And he couldn’t keep quiet about it.  And overwhelming the world with placards that read “John 3:16” made perfect sense to him.

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

That’s strong spiritual meat.  What it is really, is the offer of a spiritual pilot’s license.  An invitation from God to come fly with me.  Trust me.  I did that a long, long time ago with God.  And I did that a long time ago with a friend who was a very good pilot, at a time when I had not yet earned my wings.  In fact, I had never even been in a small plane before but there we were speeding toward electric wires that seemed to be getting terribly close. 

Was I scared?  Not really. I had no doubt we would clear them.  I trusted my friend’s flying ability.  So it is with God.  “Come fly with me” He says.  “I love you, so trust me,” He says.  So here I am, day-by-day, lining up on the runway of life for another 24 hour trip.  And because I love Him and am loved by Him, I watch us every day gain speed and become airborne and there it is, life, all around me…I am no longer just earthbound, though to everyone else it seems I am.  Oh no.  I have said, “Fly with you, my loving God?  How could I do otherwise unless I want to be grounded.  Unless I do not want to have the wings of an eagle and soar in the midst of this adventure called living.”

Have you ever popped the top off a bottle of Pepsi or some other drink that advertised, if you have the right number you may win something or other and then read, “You are not a winner.”  And it kind of disappointed you but not really, because you didn’t really expect to win.

Well, give yourself to this loving God and expect to be a winner, because He guarantees it.  All you have to do is look for the right numbers.  And what are the right numbers?  Well, you already know, “John 3:16.  For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son.

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·         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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        "Positive, powerful utterances...skillfully enhancing our understaning and appreciation of Lincoln...(Lt. Colonel C.A.Olsen (Ret.) Asbury College (Professor Ret.)

        "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)

        "THE SPIRITUAL ABRAHAM LINCOLN is an extremely well written book...it is both scholarly and very readable.  I came away impressed at Mr. Wyrick's portrayal of that President with an altered and enlarged vision of the man. (William Hoffman, Award winning fiction writer, author of Blood and Guile, and Wild Thorn.)                                             

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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

A LEFT OVER GOD/Reaction or Response

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A threefold life?  Of course! 

There is that first stage of your life, only nine months long or there about.  A short but highly creative process in your mother’s womb. 

Your second stage, an unknown period of time with the earth beneath your feet.  A learning time.  A doing time.  A decision time.  A  time to dignify the process by what you become and what you give yourself to.  Dignify by not playing games with your soul.  Dignify with an honest gratitude that drives you to your knees before the throne of grace.

Your third stage, eternity.  And if you have truly believed the ultimate truth, “He who is the way, the truth and the light” then heaven, your final, eternal destination is the pay off.  “Yes, I do,” you said and meant it.  “Here I am,” replied the Lord, “living and dying for you.”  And He meant it. 

Three men were building a cathedral and each when asked what he was doing gave a different answer.

The first man said, “I am cutting stone.”

The second man said, “I am making a living.”

The third man said, “I am building a cathedral to the glory of God.”

Whatever you do in this life, whatever you say, whoever you are…let it not be a monument to the mundane, rather let it be to the glory of God.  Otherwise you may well mold your life with a left-over faith and you will then have what you deserve…a left-over God.

A businessman was in serious financial trouble.  His business had more cracks in it than Humpty Dumpty did after his great big fall.  His list of debts was long.  His list of assets had shrunken almost to the point of nonexistence. 

       As a last resort he knocked on his pastor’s door and once inside began to relate his sorrowful tale.  When he had finished, his pastor said, “This is what I want you to do.  I want you to go to your car, open up the back, put in a beach chair and your Bible.  Then drive to the beach.  Once you get there carry your beach chair and your Bible to the waters edge, sit there and wait for the wind to rifle the pages.  When finally your open Bible comes to rest on a page, look down at the page and read the first thing you see.  That will be your answer.  That will tell you what to do.”

A year later, for the man was not, to say the least, a regular church attendee, he returned to visit his minister and this time brought his wife and children with him.  He was decked out in a new, custom-tailored suit, his wife a luxurious mink coat and the children equally as prosperous in their dress.

“Ah,” said the pastor, “You did as I suggested?”

“I did, indeed,” came back the reply, “I went to the beach, put my beach chair down at the water’s edge, opened my Bible and waited for the wind to rifle its pages.”

“And?” pressed the pastor.

“Then I looked down and the first words I saw were ‘Chapter 11’.”

The attitude we bring to the Bible, to the God it describes, to His commandments and teachings, makes all the difference in the world.  And most appropriate to the just told tale, if we bring the wrong attitude we can indeed declare a spiritual Chapter 11.

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·         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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       "Positive, powerful utterances...skillfully enhancing our understaning and appreciation of Lincoln...(Lt. Colonel C.A.Olsen (Ret.) Asbury College (Professor Ret.)

       "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)

       "THE SPIRITUAL ABRAHAM LINCOLN is an extremely well written book...it is both scholarly and very readable.  I came away impressed at Mr. Wyrick's portrayal of that President with an altered and enlarged vision of the man. (William Hoffman, Award winning fiction writer, author of Blood and Guile, and Wild Thorn.)  

                          

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Sunday, September 23, 2012

BECAUSE CHRIST WAS BORN (Continuation)

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During the most productive period of his life John Weslet  traveled on horseback 5,000 miles a years, preached fifteen sermons a week and looked every hostile and petty man square in the face  and did not flinch. 
 
In his wide journeying, he carried a Bible, a change of linen, and the implements of his simple diet.  So deep was his devotion, so complete his dedication and consecration, that it has been movingly said of him, “When at length he came to die, he left only a knife, a fork, two spoons… and the Methodist Church.”

   William James put it well, “Give yourself to something that will outlast you.”  And a Christian looked at me the other day and said, “I’ve stopped passing the buck and started bucking the line.”

   When people hear you speak, or watch your actions, let there be no doubt in their minds that you believe in the brotherhood of man and the fatherhood of God.  Let there be no doubt for all who observe your life that you believe that happiness is not a thing of matter, but of mind; not a hillside full of gold, but a heart full of God.
       Know this, if we do not bow down before God our maker, we will bow down before gods of our own making.
 
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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)

       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


        DO YOU HAVE A HISTORY BUFF IN YOUR FAMILY?...Why not give THIS HIGHLY ACCLAIMED  BOOK

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http://www.magnuspress.com/

OR GO TO AMAZON.COM

 

       AVAILABLE ON AMAZON.COM and amazon.com Kindle

OTHER BOOKS BY REV. WYRICK

Poor Richard's Almanack for the 20th Century

Sixty Plus and Not Holding

Boundaries Unlimited

I Am

The ABC"s of Parenting and Grandparenting

Letters to America


       25% off all books, buy 4 get 1 free and free shipping

       Phone Orders:  800-463-7818

 

 

Thursday, September 20, 2012

THE INCOMPREHENSIBLE LOVE OF GOD (Continuation)

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Ernest Hemingway is one of my favorite authors and in one of his stories he tells of a father who had a rebellious son named Paco.  Ultimately, Paco became a modern-day prodigal son and ran away from home.  Overwhelmed with grief and concern, the father finally, in one last desperate attempt to find his son, put an ad in the local newspaper.  It read:

“Dear Paco, meet me in front of the newspaper office at noon.  All is forgiven.  I love you.”  The next day 800 Pacos showed up.  They all were responding to the fact their father loved them and forgave them. 

And God says, Dear John, Jane, James, Nancy meet me in the front of your soul any time during your life.  All is forgiven.  I love you.” 

I like the way God’s love is described in 1 John 3:1 “How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!”

It’s all there, everyday in every way…the love of God.   It’s there in the excited cry of a child at close of day.  It’s there in the kneeling response of a man or woman in prayer.  It’s there every time we reach up and God reaches down.  What is it the marines are always saying, “We’re looking for a few good men.”  Well, God is certainly looking for good men and women but also realizing that even good men and women can sometimes be ungodly and not so good, not always worthy of forgiveness but forgiving them anyway.  And do you want to know something?  “There is nothing you can do to make God love you more.  There is nothing you can do to make Him love you less.”  (Anonymous)

Yes, His unbending love is beyond our complete comprehension but not beyond our complete acceptance.   Wise and well-choosing folk do it all the time.  It is called faith.  It’s called how could anyone in their right mind turn down an offer with an eternal guarantee.  

Pure and simple, to allow yourself to buy into the love of God for all that it offers is a lesson in humility and passing this lesson in humility can keep you from a lesson in futility.  It is no small thing where you are sending your love and where you are receiving love back from.  Because you see, you cannot accept the love of God and ignore what is good and right and precious.  You cannot accept the love of God and not work hard at giving the same to others.  You cannot accept the love of God without examining the goals you have set for life and whether they are worthy.

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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)

 

GO TO ONE A DAY YOUR SPIRUTAL VITAMINS...Neil's other blog...over 900 stories and comments...

click on the URL below

                        http://oneadayyourspiritualvitamins.blogspot.com/

 

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        "Positive, powerful utterances...skillfully enhancing our understaning and appreciation of Lincoln...(Lt. Colonel C.A.Olsen (Ret.) Asbury College (Professor Ret.)

        "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)

        "THE SPIRITUAL ABRAHAM LINCOLN is an extremely well written book...it is both scholarly and very readable.  I came away impressed at Mr. Wyrick's portrayal of that President with an altered and enlarged vision of the man. (William Hoffman, Award winning fiction writer, author of Blood and Guile, and Wild Thorn.)                                             

GO TO SPEAKER.NEIL TO SEE NEIL'S ONE MAN AWARD WINNING DRAMATIZATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN

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WHICH IS BETTER TO BE?  A WINDOW OR A DOOR” ” “BE A RAINBOW SEARCHER AND FINDER” “IS YOUR SENSE OF HUMOR STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION?

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 WATCH NEIL WYRICK IN HIS ONE MAN DRAMAS (Presented to millions all around the world) (Ben Franiklin, Martin Luther, Charles Wesley and Abraham Lincoln (this Lincoln film takes 11 seconds to download but is worth the wait)

 

CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING


          V. Neil Wyrick’s ninth book THE SPIRITUAL ABRAHAM LINCOLN and is available at

MAGNUS PRESS

          AVAILABLE ON AMAZON.COM’S Kindle


25% Phone Orders:  800-463-7818