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Antonyms: bad feeling, acrimony, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, bitterness, detestation, disgust, dislike, disrelish, enmity, friction, grievances, grudges, hatred, hostility, loathing, malevolence, malice

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1. Your Undivided Attention, Please

Deuteronomy 6:1-25

Sermon

Alton F. Wedel

... , speak of it at night as we retire for the day and in the morning when we rise to face another opportunity. We shall keep it between the eyes and wear it on our arms and post it on our doors. But we respond, "My business, sir, is to solicit alms. I do not run errands." "My job description, sir, is to receive your blessings, not to do a blessed thing beyond that." The Word today imposes that impossible demand: "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and soul and mind and strength, and you ...

2. What Do You Do When Life Ain't Fair?

Genesis 29:15-30

Sermon

Steve Burt

... Cares. She had been working as a restaurant hostess since finishing college, and only six months earlier had helped organize a free holiday dinner for the city's hungry and lonely at Thanksgiving. To feed those 400 people Wendy had had to learn to solicit donations, develop a plan of action, and recruit, train and coordinate 75 volunteers. Her idea for raising Vermont Cares from the ashes was to put on an auction outside City Hall. So she applied her newly-developed planning and promotion skills to the task ...

3. BEGGAR

Psalm 37:25

Illustration

Stephen Stewart

... !" So, today as then, beggars are often the street preachers of the East. I confess to being somewhat at a loss as to how I might compare the ancient beggar with his modern counterpart. The obvious association is with the charitable organizations which solicit funds and other types of assistance for those less fortunate than ourselves. But I don’t wish to imply that begging, in the ancient sense, is involved here. Modern charity is highly organized, and regimented, and rightly so, for the sake of those ...

4. “In God I Trust and Am Not Afraid. What Can Mere Mortals Do to Me?”

Psalm 56:1-13

Teach the Text

C. Hassell Bullock

... turn back. . . . By this I will know that God is for me.The significance of God’s careful accounting of sorrow will have the effect of turning back the psalmist’s enemies when he calls on God, and the result is help that is roused by God’s solicitous care. The preposition “by” is not in the text, and the statement may simply be an affirmation of God’s careful concern, meaning, “This I know: God is for me.” This affirmation is only a step away from “God is with us” (cf. Isa. 7:14). 56:11 ...

5. Whose Son is the Christ?

Mark 12:35-40

Understanding Series

Larry W. Hurtado

... people who felt an obligation to support a scribe as a representative of God’s law. Both then and now there are examples of Jewish and Christian religious leaders who unscrupulously solicit support from simple, vulnerable people who are led to believe that they are supporting the very work of God but can ill afford to give as heavily as they are solicited to do. These criticisms of the scribes appear at various points in the Gospels (cf. Matt. 23:1–36; Luke 20:45–47; 11:42–52) and in varying forms ...

6. A New Kingdom Coming

Luke 9:57-62

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Maurice A. Fetty

... to do with jelly-fish day dreams, idle thought or vain imagination. The kingdom coming has to do with reality -- reality in all its dimensions, physical and spiritual. One time a leading citizen of the community was selling season symphony tickets to his business friends, soliciting their support. One friend said, "Thanks a lot, John. I love music, and I think it's a grand idea for our community to have a fine orchestra. But no thanks on the tickets. However, we'll be with you in spirit." However, John was ...

7. Extreme Measures

1 Kings 21:1-29

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... the cauldrons of decadence and despair. What made their measures so diabolically extreme? The first extreme measure was bringing false charges against Naboth. Because of his refusal to sell the land to King Ahab, Jezebel sat down and wrote a letter which would solicit the support of co-conspirators in her plot. They would falsely accuse Naboth of cursing God and king and would drum up support for his execution. By besmirching his character, the stage would be set for his murder. Law required that at least ...

8. What Money Can't Buy

2 Kings 5:1-27

Sermon

Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... physician, but money can't buy good health. Money can buy medical expertise, but money can't buy a cure for disease. Money can buy a house, but money can't buy a home. Money can buy information, but money can't buy knowledge. Money can solicit loyalties, but money cannot buy obedience. Money can buy good works, but money can't buy faith. All the characters of this story had something that money cannot buy. The servant girl had compassion. The wife of Naaman had loyalty. The prophet had knowledge. The River ...

9. Proper 12

Psalm 85:1-13, Colossians 2:6-23, Hosea 1:1-2:1, Luke 11:1-13

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William E. Keeney

... action of the Holy Spirit. 4. Modeling Prayer. Jesus is, of course, the supreme model of the person who knew how to pray. According to the records we have, he engaged in prayer before every important decision and crisis in his ministry. His disciples solicited his help in their prayer lives. We can learn much from studying his prayers and prayer life. Reading the collected prayers of other outstanding Christians whose lives have demonstrated the power of prayer can also help in learning how to pray. It is ...

10. All Mine To Give!

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... tithers? I have. Sometimes I get so overwhelmed by those computer generated appeal letters that come into my office, three or four a day, from ministries in urgent need. Then a man raising his support calls and wants to drop by for an hour to solicit financial backing. After him follows a brother in dire straits who wants an extra 500 dollars for unexpected ministry expenses. Driving across town one sees a billboard with a toll-free number appealing for money to be used in famine relief in Africa. A young ...

11. Broadway

Matthew 7:13-14

Sermon

Robert Beringer

... far from the Living God as his dissolute brother! How easy it is for us who live in comparative abundance to feel superior to the rest of the world. How easy it is to look at the homeless man in the doorway, or the prostitute on the street corner soliciting, and say smugly to ourselves, "They are only getting what they deserve." How easy it is to judge people in the midst of divorce, or people with AIDS, or people born in another land, with a mean and jealous spirit. This older brother who sits with us in ...

12. Reach Out And Touch Someone

Mark 5:21-43

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Brett Blair

... happened the important matter of course is that in the midst of the crowd, Christ felt the touch of a single person. Don't ever say that in the enormity of the cosmos God cannot care about my concerns and me. Not only does God care, he actually solicits our concerns "Come unto me all ye who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you peace." Daughter, said Jesus (and I might add parenthetically at this point that that is the only recorded time in scripture that Jesus used that term) daughter, your faith ...

13. Plan Your Leisure - Jesus Did His!

Mark 6:30-44

Sermon

Charles R. Leary

... busy. And when you are surrounded by colleagues and superiors and clients, you feel a certain pressure to keep busy. Then, think of all that competes for your time and energy after you leave your work place: telephone solicitations, television advertisers, door-to-door drives; sorting invitations to exhibits, lectures, travel opportunities, dinners, meetings, books, plays, movies, concerts; letters to read and to write, newspapers. Where does it end? You serve on community boards YMCA/YWCA, Education, the ...

14. Proper 18

Mark 7:24-30, Mark 7:31-37, Proverbs 22:1-16, James 2:1-13

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Russell F. Anderson

... dog or pup which characteristically yaps and jumps at the feet of its master in order to win attention and treats. James warns the Church against such behavior when it comes to seeking favors from the wealthy. The Church should not surround the rich with solicitous yelping, nor should we roll over on our backs so they can stroke our vanities. The world is quick to curry favor with the rich and powerful but the Bible warns against the dangers of such behavior. Rather, treat the poor with equal dignity; they ...

15. Proper 28

Mk 13:1-32 · Heb 10:11-25 · 1 Sam 1:4-20 · Ps 16

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... own (vv. 26-27). Live in anticipation of the great gathering into the community of God's grace. Illustration: As I was completing this chapter, the mail woman deposited our mail. One of the letters was from Bill Bright, of Campus Crusade For Christ. He was soliciting funds for the teams going throughout the world showing the Jesus film. The purpose of the film is to present Jesus in such a compelling way that those seeing it will want to confess Jesus as Savior and Lord. He was particularly lifting up their ...

16. Proper 20

Luke 16:1-15, Psalm 113:1-9, Psalm 130:1-8, Amos 8:1-14, Hosea 11:1-11, 1 Timothy 2:1-15

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George Bass

... response to God for his blessings in the world and in eternity through Jesus Christ. Just recently, the alumni newspaper from the college that my wife and I attended carried a story about the current financial drive for $25 million. Several million dollar-plus gifts were solicited in advance of the main drive, plus a number of gifts and pledges from $100,000 to $500,000. The names of two former students husband and wife - who were in college when we were there appeared on the latter list; they gave $100,000 ...

17. Behind My Back

Drama

Timothy W. Ayers

... that our kids are in. I heard him at a political function. He stressed how important his faith was and how important the kids were. I thought since he was such a pillar in the community, a good Christian man and a solid businessman, that I might be able to solicit some help - actually some funds. All of sudden I get this story about how bad business is. He wished he could help but it was a bad time. Now how could a guy driving around in a brand-new, very, very expensive car be having such a bad year? He ...

18. Our Living Hope

Luke 20:27-40

Sermon

Theodore F. Schneider

Not every question requires an answer. Sometimes the hope is that there will be no answer. Questioning can be "posturing," that is, taking a position rather than soliciting information. By the questions raised, information is given as well as asked. Often playing to the audience of listeners or bystanders, questions are intended to manipulate others while vindicating the posture of the speaker. One needs only to listen to a congressional hearing or a political debate to watch masters ...

19. Parable of the Tire

Ephesians 5:22-33

Illustration

... on him proved a major detriment to his marriage. It was impossible for his wife to please him and he ran home frequently to be pampered and consoled by his mother. Our children are not equipped to face life when parents are over solicitous. We need to grow in our own faith, develop individual courage, gain justifiable self-confidence and meet the challenges of life with sound judgment. Experience is a good teacher along with helpful guidance. Our momentary defeats may be turned into long-term achievements ...

20. The Trifocal Festival

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

... the unique person she was; I miss our relationship, so late in becoming satisfactory to us both; I miss my children’s grandmother, my grandmother’s daughter, my wife’s mother-in-law and especially my father’s wife and companion. I miss the solicitousness, the thoughtfulness, the sensitivity and the care not to meddle. All of which is to say I miss precisely and irreplaceably her. By chance - or perhaps by providence (I can never tell them apart) - I picked up a copy of Henri Nouwen’s little book ...

21. No Sooner Said Than Done!

Isaiah 55:1-13

Sermon

John R. Brokhoff

... God to speak to us except through and in his Word. To hear a voice beyond the Scriptures is dangerous. For instance, John Brown claimed that God told him to kill people as a solution to the slavery question. Oral Roberts claimed that God told him to solicit funds to build a hospital which both city and state claimed was not needed, and God would give him the cure for cancer. Throughout the history of the church, the orthodox position was that God spoke exclusively in his Word, and the supposed voice of God ...

22. A Person Approved by Christ

John 1:43-51

Sermon

George Bass

... project, and his assistant, Carl Alsing. "Shall we hire kids?" said West (to Alsing). Kidder remarks: "To make it work they’d have to hire the very best new engineers they could find ..." They set out to do just that by advertising and "soliciting applications" from prospective engineers. "When they liked the looks of an application, they invited the young man - it usually was a young man - to Westborough, Massachusetts, and the elders would interview him one by one. If he was a potential Micro-kid, the ...

23. The Bible, Your Mirror? by Dr. Lawrence L. Lacour

Acts 17:16-34

Sermon

Leonard Mann

... you eat of it your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." (Genesis 3:4, 5) What did Eve do? She ate. In doing so, she misused her freedom and disobeyed God. Furthermore, she did what all Eves do - she solicited support for her position, persuading Adam to eat also. What happened to Adam and Eve? Feeling guilty and ashamed, they hid themselves. When the time came for their usual tryst with God in the garden, God called, "Adam, where are you?" The guilt-ridden couple did not ...

24. Getting Under Your Neighbor's Skin

Matthew 5:1-12

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Bill Bouknight

... of the matter has to do with neighbors who get under each other's skins." If I were to ask you to tell me about people who get under your skin, the list would be endless. Some of you would cite people who engage in telephone solicitation. Others would point to TV preachers who constantly beg for money. Someone would nominate the folks who write negative political ads. Others get riled by drivers who make a left turn by first swinging wide right as if they were driving 18-wheelers. I would nominate football ...

25. Adultery, Cure and Prevention

Proverbs 7:1-27, John 8:1-11

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... because of the thoughtful articles, but, watch out, they will lie about other things too. The mind is a magnificent computer, but it is no better than the material we feed it. Temptations will come our way regardless, but there is no sense in soliciting more. I doubt the wisdom of going to cocktail parties where husband and wife are expected to separate at the door and mingle all evening. I doubt the wisdom of office parties where too much alcohol and affection are dispensed rather carelessly. When out ...

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