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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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1026. The Sweet Fragrance of Brokenness

Luke 7:36-50

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... King Saul anointed king 1 Kings 1:38-50: King Solomon anointed king Hebrews 1: The Son of God anointed 2 Corinthians 2:12-17: The Fragrance of Christ Matthew’s Witness to Jesus’ anointing at Bethany just before his betrayal (26:6-16) Mark’s Witness to Jesus ... who anointed Jesus as the Mashiach (Messiah)? Or were her sins of another nature, such as idolatry, or heresy? In the act of anointing Jesus, did she come to faith? Was she anointing her “bridegroom”? Or simply prostrating herself to a great ...

1027. Trust in Me

Matthew 1:18-25, Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... Save Psalm 138: The Lord’s Purpose Psalm 139: You Know Me Lord The Emmanuel Prophesied by Isaiah (7:10-25) Peter’s Dream (Acts 10) Matthew’s Witness to Joseph’s Visitation Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place in this way. When his mother Mary ... whatever is hidden is meant to be disclosed, and whatever is concealed is meant to be brought into the open.” (Luke 8:17) The word Yeshua means, “the Lord saves.” Miryam as young Israel (the pure lamb bride of God) is protected by Joseph (who ...

1028. The Healer

Matthew 4:23-25, Luke 4:14-30

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... Those Who Would Foil Him (Judges 13-16) The Spirit of God Comes Upon David and He Prevails Over Goliath Despite His Critics (1 Samuel 16-17) Saul Tries to Kill David but is Unable Due to God’s Spirit (1 Samuel 19) David’s Pride and Persecution of Uriah the Hittite ( ... His Chosen One (Isaiah 42) The Healing of the Nations Jew and Gentile (Ezekiel 47) The Conversion of Gentiles (Acts 15) [Optional Scriptures: Elijah Helps the Widow of Zarephath; Elisha heals Naaman the Syrian] Matthew’s Witness to the ...

1029. Born of the Spirit

John 3:1-21

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... step out and step up in order to help the injured and bring evil into the light. And in that light, in our act of stepping into the light, into truth, into relationship with Jesus, following His heart, we are cleansed and redeemed. And our actions will ... Story Lectionary Major Text Nicodemus’ Visit with Jesus (John 3) Minor Text Lord of Womb and Water, Birth and Rebirth (Exodus 15 and 17) Moses and the Healing Snake (Numbers 21) Psalm 90: The Lord of Birth and Rebirth Psalm 104: Lord of Water and Creation ...

1030. Slow Burn

Matthew 5:13-16, Matthew 6:19-24

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... the True God. Listen –the men in this story had salt. And that salt –their passion and faith in God that was immovable and inconsumable—acted as a protector within that furnace. The men were not consumed but protected by the fiery presence of God’s True Light. Today, I ... above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.” (James 1:17). *See the Cultural Dictionary of the Bible. For more on salt pits see the Jewish Encyclopedia. The Mishna makes a ...

1031. The Samaritan

Luke 10:25-37

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... (Genesis 48) The Assyrians Lay Siege to Samaria and Deport the Jewish Citizens Bringing in Foreigners (2 Kings 17) The Prophet Oded Convinces the Samarians to Return Prisoners to Israel, Clothing and Feeding Them (2 Chronicles 28) Hezekiah ... Lord Will Restore All of Israel, Including Ephraim and Manasseh (Jeremiah 31) The Apostles Preach and Convert Followers to Jesus in Samaria (Acts 8) Jesus’ Parable of a Good-Hearted Samaritan On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” ...

1032. The Balm of Gilead

Mark 8:1-13, Mark 8:14-21

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... of Joseph (Zechariah) The Lord Will Heal Those Who Have Defiled in Gilead and in Judah (Hosea 6) Jesus Asks Peter to “Feed My Sheep” (John 21:15-17) Jesus Heals Many and Feeds 4000 in the Decapolis, the Former Gilead and Then Warns of the Teaching of the Pharisees (Matthew 15:29-39 and 16: ... wholeness, the number of completedness and healing, the number for restoration and God’s completion of the creative act in Genesis, as well as his completion of his salvific plan. Some scholars also identify 6 as the ...

1033. The Apothecary

Isaiah 40:1-31, Isaiah 61:1-11

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... :28; through 8:23) This Week’s Passage Emphasizes Jesus’ Healing of Peter’s Mother in Law (Matthew 8:14-17) Jesus Begins His Ministry in Capernaum Teaching in Synagogues and Rebuking Unclean Spirits. He Heals Peter’s Mother in Law ... the Synagogues in Judea (Luke 4:31-44) Jesus Begins His Ministry in Capernaum (John 2:12) Peter Heals and Proclaims Restoration (Acts 3) Isaiah’ Prophecy of God’s Promise of Healing and Restoration Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem ...

1034. Crossing Over

Luke 10:25-37, Genesis 48:1-22

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... 37 and 39) The Assyrians Lay Siege to Samaria and Deport the Jewish Citizens Bringing in Foreigners (2 Kings 17) The Prophet Oded Convinces the Samarians to Return Prisoners to Israel, Clothing and Feeding Them (2 Chronicles 28) Hezekiah ... Will Restore All of Israel, Including Ephraim and Manasseh (Jeremiah 31) The Apostles Preach and Convert Followers to Jesus in Samaria (Acts 8) Israel (Jacob) Blesses Ephraim and Manasseh After this, Joseph was told, “Behold, your father is ill.” So, he took with ...

1035. Via Maris

Luke 4:14-30, Matthew 4:12-17, Matthew 4:18-22, Matthew 4:23-25

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... Jesus Begins His Ministry in Galilee (Luke 4:14-30) Simon (called Peter) and Andrew, James and John (Matthew 4:12-25) Minor Text The Story of Jacob’s Ladder (Genesis 28:10-17) Psalm 66: Let the Sound of His Praise Be Heard Psalm 34: Let Us Exalt His Name Together The People Walking in Darkness Have Seen a Great Light (Isaiah 9) Jesus Begins His ... The Apostles Teach About Jesus, and Many Come to Christ; They are Spared Death by the Appeal of Gamaliel (of the School of Hillel) (Acts of the Apostles 5:12-42)

1036. The Pardoning of Jezebel

Mark 7:24-30, 1 Kings 9:10-28

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... the Syro-Phoenician woman. And a group to be disciples. Huddle together and give them roles and explain what they need to act out.] Jesus begins the encounter by responding in the way he knows his disciples would expect him to as a good “Jew.” ... Down of Manna (Exodus 16 and Numbers 11) Elijah’s Healing / Raising of a Phoenician Woman’s Son and a Gift of Bread (2 Kings 17) Elisha’s Healing / Raising of a Shuunamite Woman’s Son (2 Kings 4) The Story of Ruth: A Story of Faith from the Heart Psalm 19 ...

1037. Dark Waters

Exodus 13:17--14:31, Joshua 3:1-4:24

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... river, the water stopped flowing. “No sooner had they set their feet on the dry ground than the waters of the Jordan returned to their place and ran at flood stage as before.” (Joshua 4:17-18). We as people of God, as the Israelites before us, fear the unknown, the tumult, especially the dark. And yet, Jesus promises us to be our Light. Although Jesus stilled the storm for his ... on Water (Matthew 14:22-33 and John 6:16-21) Jesus Stills a Storm (Mark 4:35-41; Luke 8:22-25) Paul’s Shipwreck (Acts 27)

1038. Worship, Doubt, and the Trinity

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

R. Kevin Mohr

... saying goodbye to his disciples before ascending into heaven? When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. — Matthew 28:17 This doubt mixed in there with worship and the Trinity offends our sensibilities because we want things to be sure and certain ... that we are “a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people, in order that [we] may proclaim the mighty acts of him who called [us] out of darkness into his marvelous light” (1 Peter 2:9). This is all the work of the ...

1039. Are You Troubled by Demons?

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

King Duncan

... troubled people who were more trouble to themselves than they were to anyone else. Take the man known as the Gerasene demoniac (Mark 5:1-17). He was living in a cemetery and, evidently, he was no danger to anyone but himself. He was quite disturbed, however. “Night and day ... Scriptures. It refers to people who are suffering from mental, emotional or even physical problems that cause them to act differently from the so-called normal majority. Does this mean that we should forget these stories and consign ...

1040. Where Is He?

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... children aren’t merely afraid of disappointing a kind and loving parent, but are physically and emotionally terrified of a caregiver, who may or will act violently, whether or not the child has done anything at all wrong. That kind of hiding is not a child in contrition but a child ... to death by communist revolutionaries in a basement in Yekaterinburg. At the time, the children were only 22, 21, 19, 17, and 13 years old and unable to be saved. But later, in World War II, heroes, such as Nicholas Winton, ...

1041. Rising to New Life

1 Corinthians 15:1-11

Sermon

Richard Gribble

... meant. From the perspective of Christ and his followers Paul was dead until Jesus came to him on the road to Damascus (Acts 9:1-19). Because Paul understood what it meant to move from death to life in Christ Jesus, he exhorts the Corinthians ... without the resurrection our faith in Christ is hollow, even useless. He writes later in this same chapter 15 of 1 Corinthians (15:17), “If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins.” Fortunately, Christ did rise from the ...

1042. Can You Deny Yourself?

Mark 8:27-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... Group, 2008), p. 318. 4. “The 'Fake Wealth' Industry Making Influencers Look Rich” by Nana Baah, Vice.com. December 17, 2020, Vice.com, https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7a7mw/the-fake-wealth-industry-making-influencers-look-rich. 5. ... Paton, Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful (Scribner, 1996), pp. 66-67. Cited by Davis, Barry L. 52 Sermons From the Book of Acts (Pulpit Outlines 4) p. 137. GodSpeed Publishing. Kindle Edition. 9. “Eulogy for The Rev. Mychal Judge by The Rev. Michael Duffy” cited in “9 ...

1043. The Secret Man

Mark 8:27-38

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... the Washington Post, began to cover what was described by one person as “a third rate burglary.” On June 17, 1972, five men were arrested for breaking into the Watergate Hotel, where the Democratic National Committee had its headquarters. ... they were above the law, and could control any investigation by the FBI. Felt did not so much reveal information about the criminal acts he’d discovered as he invited Woodward to tell him what the two reporters were discovering, so he could confirm or deny their ...

1044. Listen!

Luke 9:28-36, (37-43a)

Sermon

King Duncan

... t want to listen either, do we? Listening to God is not like listening to a friend or a colleague. Listening to God is an act of submission. When we listen to God, we are laying aside our own agenda and priorities and needs and opening ourselves to the mind ... their undercover van looked like. Therefore, they couldn’t get the public’s help in tracking down the stolen van. In Matthew 17, Jesus tells Peter, John and James to keep this moment on the mountain a secret until after Jesus has been raised from ...

1045. The Baptism of the Lord

Luke 3:15-17, 21-22

Sermon

Derl G. Keefer

... find some common ground with me in our search for greater understanding of our faith. Baptism is a sign that my sins are forgiven (Acts 2:38). Charles Spurgeon wrote, “Let us go to Calvary to learn how we may be forgiven. And then let us linger there to ... . For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him” (John 3:16-17 NIV). What’s the benefit? God living in my heart without condemning me! This also provides a future life that begins now and continues ...

1046. The Teacher

Mark 1:21-28

Sermon

Will Willimon

... interesting that the first miraculous work which Mark reports, the very first action which Jesus performs in Mark's gospel, is the act of teaching? Our first glimpse of Jesus is as a teacher with authority. Students always say, ''Don't take the course, ... the dead (5:35), fed a thousand people with just a few loaves (6:34), and cured a man of epilepsy with just a touch (9:17). He can still the tempest in your world, he can feed your hunger. Come, be taught by Him and be healed. ENCOUNTERING THE TEXT: Today's ...

1047. Selling the Cross

Luke 9:51-62

Sermon

King Duncan

... he was fulfilling God’s purpose by giving his life in our behalf. When Steve Jobs, the late founder of Apple Inc., was 17 years old, he read a quote that changed his life. It was worded like this: “If you live each day as if it ... finally, if we are going to join our path with Jesus, then Jesus calls us to walk the path of sacrifice. Sacrifice is simply “an act of giving up something valued for the sake of something else regarded as more important or worthy.” (9) Jesus considered our life more valuable ...

1048. I'm Going Fishing

John 21:1-19 · Acts 9:1-20

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... light to others. No turning back. Today, think about who and whose you are, and where your life is going. For you are chosen. Not for perks. Not for honors. Not for status. Not for power. But for humility, love, and mission to the world that Jesus loves. [1] Gen 17:7, Exodus 6:7, Ezekiel 34:24, Ezekiel 36:28, Jeremiah 7:23, Jeremiah 30:22, Jeremiah 31:33. [2] See Isaiah 42:6, Isaiah 49:6, Isaiah 51:4, Isaiah 60:3 ...

1049. Partners with the Divine

John 17:20-26

Sermon

Schuyler Rhodes

... followers but also for unity (or partnership) with God. “As you, Father are in me, and I am in you, may they also be in us…”(John 17:21). Here is the outline for a partnership with the divine. It is not about one party or the other, so much as it is about ... so that John’s language makes sense. Partnership with the divine goes beyond our religiosity. It is deeper than our play-acting at church and it is more powerful than our own private agendas. Like all good partnerships, this one comes to fruition ...

1050. More Than a Popularity Contest

Luke 12:49-53, Luke 12:54-59

Sermon

King Duncan

... in LA. That’s the full celebrity experience. Their website claims that they hire “top notch professional talent with significant acting experience for our crowds.” (2) In the beginning of Luke 12, we read that Jesus’ popularity has become so ... until we can make that same decision too. 1. “A Brief History of Buying Laughter,” Quartz.com, Quartz Obsession, May 17, 2019. 2. “Los Angeles company provides fake paparazzi and crowds for celebrity wannabes” by Wendy Lee, January 7, 2013, https:// ...

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