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Synonyms: take action, take steps, take measures, take the initiative, move, make a move, react, do something, proceed, go ahead, behave, function, perform, operate, work, take effect, serve, be efficacious, play, play a part, take part, be an actor, be an actress, be one of the cast, appear, pretend, play-act, sham, fake, feign, put it on, bluff, pose, posture, masquerade, dissemble, dissimulate, deed, action, gesture, feat, exploit, performance, undertaking, maneuver, stunt, operation, venture, effort, enterprise, achievement, accomplishment, law, decree, statute, bill, Act of Parliament, edict, fiat, dictum, dictate, enactment, resolution, ruling, rule, judgement, canon, ordinance, proclamation, command, commandment, mandate, measure, stipulation, direction, requirement, division, section, subsection, portion, part, segment, component, bit, turn, routine, number, item, piece, sketch, skit, playlet, dance, song, pretense, false display, show, front, facade, charade, guise, affectation, appearance

Antonyms: do nothing

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276. Lazarus Laughed

John 11:17-37

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... bye, or at the end of time, or after death. Eternal Life has its beginnings in the here and now. We recall Jesus’ words in John 17:3, “... this is (present tense) eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.” So Jesus ... the death of His friend; compassion for Mary and Martha, of course, but underneath it all was the full realization that the act he was about to perform would seal His own fate. The road upon which He was embarking would ultimately lead to ...

277. An Eye-Opening Experience

Luke 24:13-35

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Eric Ritz

... . THE FIRST THING THAT I WANT TO SHARE TODAY IS THE GENTLE WAY THAT JESUS CHRIST ENTERS THE PAIN AND DISAPPOINTMENTS OF HIS PEOPLE. Notice that even though Jesus knows the story and the external act that the disciples are wrestling with better than they know it he simply listens to their painful conversation. In verse 17 it states, "And he said to them, 'What is this conversation which you are holding with each other as you walk?'' And they stood still, looking sad. Then one of them, named Cleopas, answered ...

278. Tasks For The Living God

Acts 16:11-15

Sermon

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... all sorts of human constructions to advance his kingdom. If you are an alert reader or listener, you have noticed that at 16:11-17, the story is told using "we" (also in 20:5-15; 21:1-18; 27:1--28:16). That sounds as if a ... Timothy or Silas, is writing the account of their journey. Perhaps they are, although the style is no different than that found in the rest of Acts. But the "we" accounts certainly give us the impression that these are real stories of actual happenings in the first century A.D. And you can ...

279. Power For Christian Living: Am I On My Own?

Romans 3:3-5

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Maxie Dunnam

... by the Holy Spirit to live as “new creatures” – “everything old has passed away…everything has become new” (II Cor. 5:17). We are not on our own. After expressing the truth that we are justified by faith and have peace with God through ... hanging there now. God raised Him from the dead! But there is more: this Jesus ascended, and the curtain went up on a new act in the drama. Pentecost happened. The Spirit of the Ascended One was poured out on His followers and the church was born. At Pentecost, ...

280. Staying Alive All Your Ministry Life: Will You Finish Well?

Exodus 32:1-33:6

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Maxie Dunnam

... At the same hour of the night he took them and washed their wounds; then he and his entire family were baptized without delay. (Acts 16:25-33) The conversion of a Gentile businesswoman and a jailer, along with the healing of a demon-possessed slave girl – all ... I do not nullify the grace of God; for if justification comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing. (Gal 2:17-21) Holiness requires the full surrender of our independent self-will in order that God can eradicate our self-orientation. I have ...

281. The Privilege and the Price

Matthew 5:13-16

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Phil Thrailkill

... , “What an amazing grasp you have of the obvious. Only human. Did you think that I thought you were a worm or a slug! You acted like one, but that is not what you are.” We want to stay away from the habit of arguing for our sins, because if we ... little candle burns low. I am praying for fresh salt and more wax! Your job is to make my job easy, not harder. Hebrews 13:17 should be memorized by every Duncan member: “Obey your leaders and submit to them; for they are keeping watch over your souls, as men who ...

282. Going Hard against the Grain

Matthew 5:33-37

Sermon

Phil Thrailkill

... you strike me on the right cheek, it means that you did it with the back of our hand, which in that culture was an extreme insult and act of humiliation, likely done in public for maximum effect. I am attacking your character, possibly for being a follower of Jesus. And if you are higher than me ... -42. 8. The Canadian Mennonite, September 4, 2000, 11. 9. Exodus 22:25-27, DT. 24:10-13, 17 10. Charles Talbert, Reading the Sermon on the Mount (Columbia, SC: USC Press, 2004), 88-93. 11. For a critique of GroupThink ...

283. The Holy Spirit Came Upon Them

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

Elizabeth Achtemeier

... Pentecost, all the various people understand one another. Their language is no more confused. They hear as one company the mighty acts of God. And it is the gift of the Holy Spirit that makes that understanding possible. Is that not the ... relationships. Third, in his sermon explaining what is happening to the gathered company at Pentecost, Peter quotes the words of the prophet Joel, verses 17-21 (Joel 2:28-32). Back in the fifth century B.C., Joel had declared what would happen "in the last days," that is, ...

284. Life in the Living Stone Age

1 Peter 2:4-12

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Leonard Sweet

... we are to be a part of. There is no building permit backlog forcing us to wait around. We can act today. We must act today. We must act everyday. There is no time to waste in indecision, or second-guessing. Can we turn over the limestone that reminds ... Demons' 3% 'Atlas Shrugged' 3% Which of the top 10 most popular books do you like least? The Bible 22% 'The Da Vinci Code' 17% 'Atlas Shrugged' 14% 'Harry Potter' 10% 'Catcher in the Rye' 9% 'The Stand' 8% 'Lord of the Rings' 7% 'Angels and Demons' 5% 'Gone ...

285. How to Rub People the Right Way

Acts 4:36-37

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James Merritt

... going on. Well Barnabas encouraged these men and women to grow in the faith, and to share the Lord. Because of that we read in Acts 11:24, "a great many people were added to the Lord." Now Barnabas could have become in effect the Evangelist-in-Chief, and he ... was a boy whose dad died when he was five years old. This boy dropped out of school after the sixth grade. By the time he was 17 he had lost job after job after job. He married at 18, had a baby at 19, and was separated from his wife at 20. He became ...

286. A Promise Fulfilled: A Gift Given

Luke 2:1-14 (15-20)

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... to be a very holy person and a devoted follower of Christ, was elected as the new bishop with little or no opposition. Nicholas' first act as bishop was to give away all his wealth, for he was a very rich man. He started giving all of his possessions and money away ... consume and the air that we breathe, but somehow it often does not hold such priority in our lives. Saint Paul (1 Thessalonians 5:17) tells us that we must "pray without ceasing." Too often we make excuses why we don't pray: "I'm too busy," "It' ...

287. Name Dropping

Exodus 20:7

Sermon

James Merritt

... you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father." (Colossians 3:17, NASB) That means what it says. Everything you do, from the time you receive Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, you are to do ... Christ." (I Corinthians 6:11, ESV) You are a 24/7 advertisement for His name. Acts 11:26 tells us that the disciples, "Were first called Christians at Antioch." (Acts 11:26, NASB). Do you know what the word "Christian" means? It literally means, "little ...

288. God's Call for All

Acts 9:35-43

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... talked about how much they were going to miss her cinnamon rolls. Paul might have recognized this woman, when he wrote 1 Timothy 6:17-19: "As for those who in the present age are rich, command them not to be haughty, or to set their hopes on the ... the life that really is life." Tabitha was a very similar sort of person, one known to be "devoted to good works and acts of charity" (Acts 9:36). When Tabitha died, her friends sent for the Apostle Peter. When he arrived, people were quick to show him the same ...

289. Easter: Seeing Is Believing

John 20:1-18

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... , and I will take him away." [16] Jesus said to her, "Mary!" She turned and said to him in Hebrew, "Rabbouni!" (which means Teacher). [17] Jesus said to her, "Do not hold on to me, because I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and ... the Good News of Jesus Christ. This is the day we realize we have a couple of Hallelujahs waiting to get out. So, accept this act of grace for you. Let Christ complete God's forgiveness in your life. And remember so you can live the life Christ has called us ...

290. The Character Of Christmas; Herod: The Not So Great

Matthew 2:13-22

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Billy D. Strayhorn

... in and around Bethlehem who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had learned from the wise men. [17] Then was fulfilled what had been spoken through the prophet Jeremiah: [18] "A voice was heard in Ramah, wailing and loud lamentation, ... younger in Bethlehem and the area around Bethlehem. That's really what Herod The Not So Great is remembered for. So, in that one act, Herod reminds us why Jesus came. II. Herod Also Reminds Us That Sin Blinds Us A. In one of his books Marcus Bach tells ...

291. We Serve a Risen [and Rising] Savior

Luke 24:1-12

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... example, was “Start Working on a Fabulous Title.” Step 9 was “Enlist the Services of a Fabulous Literary Agent.” Step 17 - “Celebrate your Publication Date” . . . Another step is to choose the photo you want of yourself on the back flap. But ... story, just as there were two parts to the earlier resurrection story of Jesus’ best friend Lazarus. There is God’s wondrous act of raising Jesus Christ from the bonds of death. But there is also a human contribution to the resurrection event. In the ...

292. More Than We Are

1 John 2:28--3:10

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... love poured out for us in Jesus on the Cross. So, Paul in Romans (8:14-17), (I Cor. 1:9), and (Gal. 3:26-27; 4:6-7) uses the image of adoption, ‘.y a deliberate act of love on the part of God, we are adopted into God’s family. What incredible ... not only will you receive the power to overcome timidity as you boldly seek to witness you will be given words to say, acts to perform, relationships to cultivate, and fruit for your labor that will amaze and inspire you. You can make the decision to tithe, ...

293. Political Pardon

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... the bargaining block or it becomes something other than its essential character. Forgiveness is not fair. It is mercy offered, and that act alone sets aside certain demands of justice. It does not negate justice, but it says that a higher power will be entered ... clear by placing the parable in the middle section of his gospel. Those events leading up to the Transfiguration in chapter 17 show Jesus focusing most of his attention on the crowds who gather around, and emphasizing the character of the kingdom of ...

294. Responsible Living

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you shall eat of it you shall die.” (Gen. 2:17) Unfortunately they failed the test of responsibility. Adam and Eve had two sons Cain and Abel. Cain slew Abel in a jealous rage. When confronted ... being is to be responsible. That of course can be a problem. Are there any of us who want to have someone tell us to “act responsibly.” Do you teenagers want to hear it from your parents? Do any of us want to hear it from our spouse, or even from ...

295. Don’t Be Childish, Do Be Child-like

Romans 8:1-17

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... who has already fathered 30 kids by 11 women – and he’s only 33. If as children we act like an adult, as adults we spend a lot of time acting like children, or at least doing things we call “being childish.” This is the secret of the Disney ... to kinship with God. We are well and truly “adopted” children — “heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ” (v.17). This is not some “childish” relationship, but a “child-like” attachment and devotion to God. The “child-like” devotion we are ...

296. So Send I You

John 20:19-23

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... of his disciples. Immediately Jesus proclaims that all this newfound “peace” and “joy” have a purpose beyond themselves. Echoing John 17:18, the risen Jesus gives a commission to his disciples: “As the Father has sent me, so I send you” ( ... ’s gospel, the disciples were “sprinkled” with the Spirit, but not saturated with that holy presence until the Pentecost described in Acts 2. Rather than focus on what the Fourth Gospel does NOT offer, or suggest Jesus gave some watered down spit-spray of ...

297. Fire from Heaven

Acts 2:1-13

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Leonard Sweet

... the description of the Holy Spirit’s first arrival is seen as the undoing of Babel (Genesis 11:1-9). The first act of this Spirit is to reach out across the language barriers that divide human beings. Pentecost “is like” Babel, but in reverse ... — by the prophecy uttered by Joel that “In the last days . . . I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh” (Joel 2:17). That promise, prophesied by Joel centuries before, made alive by Jesus at his ascension ten days before this Pentecost event, has now been ...

298. Changing Times

Mark 1:1-8

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Wayne Brouwer

... northern kingdom rebelled openly against Yahweh and lost both its place in the land and its identity (see 2 Kings 17). Now the southern kingdom was following the same path. This is the reason for all of the judgments expressed ... God’s time, there is only one place to go — back to the Father. Mark 1:1-8 Mark grew up in the city of Jerusalem (see Acts 12). His father may well have been a priest. That could be why his family was counted in the wealthy, upper class of society. Early Christian traditions ...

299. Being a True Disciple

John 8:31-36

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David G. Rogne

... disappear, but the man and woman were taking positive actions in their lives. The truth of what they were told was proved by acting on what they learned. The final thing Jesus says in this passage about true discipleship is that it makes us free. Noting ... lose our way. Professor Harold de Wolf, in his book The Religious Revolt Against Reason (New York: Harper and Brothers, 1949, pp. 17-18), tells of an experience that describes the panic of people who lose their point of reference. He went swimming one night ...

300. Cloak of Power

Psalm 5:1-12

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Lori Wagner

... ’t have much actual value. You earn a degree so that you can do something with it. The very degree compels one to act upon those credentials and to pursue a new course, a new career. In that same way, when we are baptized by the Spirit ... salvation on His head; And He put on garments of vengeance for clothing And wrapped Himself with zeal as a mantle. (Isaiah 59:17) The cloak, otherwise known as the mantle, the robe, or in Hebrew, the tallit, is steeped in metaphor and meaning throughout the Hebrew ...

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