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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. Sharing The Warmth

1 John 4:21

Children's Sermon

Teresa L. Major

... the wall with water running through them. The water inside gets hot and heats up the outside of the radiator. The hot radiator spreads its warmth over the whole room so things feel toasty and comfortable. Christian people are like radiators. Inside we are filled with a special warmth and a special love because of Jesus. Because we love the Lord, we can't help but let some of the love and warmth come out. When we meet people who don't know about Jesus and how much he loves them, we should be like a radiator ...

2. Warmth, Warmth, More Warmth

John 4:5-42

Illustration

John Claypool

... the death-bed scene, he allegedly read out loud to his wife what I have just described. Then he closed the book and said very thoughtfully, "You know for all his brilliance, Goethe was mistaken. Instead of crying for light, light, more light, what he should have asked for was warmth, warmth, more warmth, for human beings do not die of the darkness; they die of the cold."

3. Inner Warmth

1 John 4:7-21

Children's Sermon

Kenneth Mortonson

... overflowing. Then let that fullness be seen. Possible Times To Use This Illustration In The Home: When there is a lack of expression of love between members of the family. If we truly accept the love others have for us, then by the very nature of love, its warmth will be shared with others. When an older child wants to stop attending church school. If we are to maintain the spirit of love within us, then we need to keep that warm flame burning. The study of God's word is one of the major ways of remembering ...

4. Winter Warmth

1 Thessalonians 3:6-13

Bulletin Aid

Dallas A. Brauninger

Call To Worship Leader: The power of God’s love is so strong it melts winter from our hearts. People: We come to prepare for Christ’s coming. Leader: The strength of God’s love restores our capacity to love each other. People: We come to prepare for strengthening our world through the power of love. Collect We approach you, O God, with grateful and waiting hearts for the care you show us by sending your son. We offer you our gratitude by not hoarding your love but sharing it throughout all aspects of our ...

5. Lighting A Fire In A Cold Room

Isaiah 6:1-13

Sermon

Harold Warlick

... of the religious ambiance of the Christmas season. We light the candle for the candle's sake. Yet God never lights a candle, in human hearts or elsewhere, for the candle's sake alone. God lights fires in cold rooms, cold hearts, and cold societies for illumination and warmth. No soul is truly saved until it becomes, in a direct sense, a savior to other souls. The fatal blow to any faith is when it is regarded as an end in itself. Earl Grey wrote of his father, a former Governor-General of Canada, "He lit so ...

6. A Winter Experiment

1 Corinthians 13:8

Children's Sermon

Kenneth Mortonson

... long time before we see the effects of true love. But even though the process is slow, we must believe, with Paul, that love never ends. (cf. 1 Corinthians 13:8) Love, constantly applied, like the compression of the wire on the ice, will produce a wonderful warmth in life. Possible Times To Use This Illustration In The Home: The best time to conduct this experiment is in the winter when the ice will not melt too quickly. A good time to use it, as the beginning of a conversation in the home, would be during ...

7. The Two Fires

Luke 12:49-53

Sermon

Wallace H. Kirby

... Christ. In some ways, there is hardly any distinction between the Holy Spirit and the Spirit of Christ. They are simply the same experience, and only later theological refinements saw fit to distinguish between them. Both are affirmation that God can create a new warmth and glow within us through the fire of Christ’s spirit. C. S. Lewis once said that the gospel was concerned to create "new people" not just "nice people." The human need is an inner transformation that makes us into new creatures. It is ...

8. Live in the Light

John 14:15-31

Illustration

Edward F. Markquart

I love Martin Luther's statement: "Can a rock that has been in the sun light all day not fail to give off warmth and heat at night?" Can a rock that has been in the warmth and heat of the sun light all day not fail to give off warmth and heat at night? Can a Christian who has lived in the sunlight of God's love not fail to give off warmth and love? No. That is why you have to have first things first. You don't say to others, "Start loving each other. Be nice. Be nice. Be nice." No, no ...

9. Poem: In Memoriam

Eulogy

Alfred Lord Tennyson

... , Or eagle’s wing, or insect’s eye; Nor thro’ the questions men may try, The petty cobwebs we have spun: If e’er when faith had fall’n asleep, I heard a voice `believe no more’ And heard an ever-breaking shore That tumbled in the Godless deep; A warmth within the breast would melt The freezing reason’s colder part, And like a man in wrath the heart Stood up and answer’d `I have felt.’ No, like a child in doubt and fear: But that blind clamour made me wise; Then was I as a child that cries ...

10. Return To God

Joel 2:1-11

Sermon

Douglas J. Deuel

... of mercy. It calls us to change our ways before that day of judgment occurs. Our greatest need for change is in the realm of relationships. We jump at every chance to express bitterness and resentment while so many good opportunities to reach out in love and warmth are ignored. Our return to God will never be complete until we turn to one another. Hear these words of Joel one more time: " 'Yet even now,' says the Lord, 'return to me with all your heart.' ... Return to the Lord, your God, for he is gracious ...

11. Let the Son Shine In

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... the night, fearing the vast void of darkness beyond the circle of light. You might take a few minutes sometime and try to imagine what it would have been like on a cold winter night in the year 30 A.D. For us today, such a night might include light, warmth, a fireside, a good book, music from the stereo or a television show. But for them, all but the most wealthy homes were unprotected from the wind and cold. In ancient times, and in many parts of the world even today, the poor had no fire, no light, except ...

12. Advent 1

Isaiah 63:7--64:12, 1 Corinthians 1:1-9, Psalm 80:1-19, Mark 13:32-37, Mark 13:1-31

Sermon Aid

William E. Keeney

... through mulch to see if anything was there. Some others appeared to be only dead sticks. All leaves and branches were gone. With the warmth of sun and spring rains suddenly leaves sprouted on what appeared to be dead sticks. Branches shot up from the midst of the mulch. ... emerge. A person will be aroused by the work of the Spirit. In a situation of seeming hopelessness a person will meet the warmth of God's mercy and the sun of righteousness and a life will turn around and bloom again. 2. Signs of God in ...

13. Proper 15

Luke 12:54-59, Hebrews 12:1-13, Luke 12:49-53, Isaiah 5:1-7, Hebrews 11:1-40

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... look to him in his glory seated in power at God's right hand. PREACHING POSSIBILITIES Gospel: Luke 12:49-56 1. Danger: flammable Christians! 12:49 Need: Some churches have no fire. Visitors find the church cold, often with icicles on the chandeliers. The warmth of fellowship is lacking. Except for official greeters and the pastor's greeting at the door after the service, strangers would not be greeted. Among the members there is a spirit of apathy and indifference. It is next to impossible to enlist leaders ...

14. The Story Of The Scandalized Neighbors

Luke 15:11-32

Sermon

John M. Braaten

... not a long speech, easily rehearsed and remembered as he stumbled his way back to the community and family he had so blithely renounced. I'm sure he knew it would be effective. He must have smiled and thought, "Tonight I will eat and find rest in the warmth and comfort of the servants' quarters." You know what happened next. That fool father was out there looking for him, as was his custom every day. Only this day was different. This day he saw against the horizon the stooped form of a man hobbling down the ...

15. Chosen For Good News

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... Christian lives ought to reflect that joy -- Jesus likened us not to a funeral procession but to a wedding reception. Let the liturgy lift us up.Let the hymns make a happy, easy melody. Let the preacher smile and be enthusiastic.Let the congregation radiate the warmth of it all. Joy is what we are chosen for and joy is what we offer to all who come. The earliest Christians were joyous people. The note of that first Christianity is joy. They caught the infection of that happiness from their Master. With his ...

16. Recollections of Mary -- Dramatic Monologue

Luke 2:1-7, Luke 2:8-20

Drama

Robert A. Morgan

... willing to be helpful, but I don't know of anything that we can do!" And it was Mother, your grandmother, who said, "Couldn't we let them stay out in the stable? At least there would be shelter there against the wind, and the animals do give some warmth." Father said to Mother, "You mean that you would want our Mary to sleep in a stable?" But before Mother could even answer, the man Joseph, who'd been listening to the conversation, said, "Oh, if you would let us use the stable, we would be so grateful! How ...

17. A House Or A Home?

Joshua 24:1-27

Sermon

R. E. Lybrand

... it. So it is with children. Seventy-five percent of what they learn is gained before they are five years old and that is the time the home has the greatest influence. Parents and grandparents, does your home transmit values to your children? Does its warmth and quietness speak of the love and security that it offers? Are you showing your children the value of loving their grandparents by your regular family visits with them and by loving ways you speak about them? (The way your children see you treat their ...

18. God's Passion

Acts 2:42-47

Sermon

... toward a God for whom he's about to sacrifice a son. Rather, this love is the exuberance of a David, dancing as he brings God's altar into Jerusalem. This love is the joy of Jesus, laughing at the wedding in Cana. More than anything else, the warmth and happiness of the church after Easter is like the awe of a teen-ager awakening the day after his/her first serious date. For the first time in their life, they know they are loved. Theologian Robert Capon explores this early church joy which we so readily ...

19. Proper 15

Lk 12:49-56 · Jer 20:7-13; 23:23-29; 38:4-10

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... of this, we will be more careful to strive for holiness. PREACHING POSSIBILITIES Gospel: Luke 12:49-56. 1. Danger: Flammable Christians! 12:49. Need: Some churches have no fire. Visitors find the church cold, often with icicles on the chandeliers. The warmth of fellowship is lacking. Except for official greeters and the pastor's greeting at the door after the service, strangers would not be greeted. Among the members there is a spirit of apathy and indifference. It is next to impossible to enlist leaders ...

20. Proper 28

Lk 21:5-19 · 2 Thes 3:6-13 · Mal 3:19-20, 4:1-6

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... those who have been faithless, it will be a consuming fire, destroying them. To those who have been faithful, it will be a healing warmth from a friendly sun. 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13 Paul commands those waiting for the Parousia not to be idle but to work. This ... be unwelcome if we have not welcomed him in life. B. It will be welcome if we know and love him. 1. Fire can bring healing and warmth. 2. God comes to his faithful as one who brings both love and joy. Lesson 2: 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13 1. If You Had One ...

21. Christmas Vision

Isaiah 9:1-7

Sermon

... a vision? Another dark night when a few stars pierce the black, like tiny bulbs blinking atop a tall pole. Rough countryside whose stillness is broken by the baa's of sheep. Cold, dirty sheep milling together for warmth and comfort. Tired, stinking men huddled around a fire for warmth and comfort. A blinding, flashing light. They glimpse a vision. Angels singing, directing them to go and see what has happened in a small stable in Bethlehem. There animals and family hover over a feed trough. These shepherds ...

22. Proper 10 & Pentecost 8

Isaiah 55:1-13, Psalm 65:1-13, Romans 8:1-17, Romans 8:18-27, Exodus 2:11-25, Matthew 13:1-23

Sermon Aid

... with the seed, but because there was not enough rain to nurture the various plants and allow them to grow to maturity. Some people may think that Jesus omitted an important element in the parable of the Sower; he not only omitted rain but also sun and warmth. Others, who comprehend that the passage is talking about a plentiful harvest in the good soil where the seed was sown might think only of what might, or should have been, a bumper crop of wheat, or corn, or soybeans. Still others may make no connection ...

23. The Yestermorrow Eclipse

John 10:1-21

Sermon

... light you can grant." The word itself in Greek means abandonment, and it was as though the gods had gone away and deserted man, leaving him alone. To coin the song phrase, man felt "lost out here in the stars," with no one to light his way or give him warmth. But that’s all past now. Science has introduced us to saros, corona, chromosphere, and a host of other terms; and we know quite a bit about the solar eclipse and when it will occur. It’s all figured out down to the minute of the day. All that’s ...

24. The Kingdom of God Is a Party

Matthew 22:1-14

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... a day for maintenance, and twelve hugs per day for growth. But did you know that some people do not receive a single hug all week except when they come to church. Here within the church we should have the radiance of Christ's love on our faces and warmth in our handshakes and hugs. We are part of the best party on earth! Something else about the Kingdom party is special: Everyone Is Invited! In the parable Jesus told, there were guests invited to the wedding but they would not come. In fact, they abused the ...

25. Resurrection: From Brokenness to Wholeness

Matthew 15:29-39

Sermon

Leonard H. Budd

... Jesus’ wisdom was not the scroll-learning that was so often voiced in the synagogue. Jesus’ wisdom came from somewhere else. He certainly knew the sacred scrolls. He could recall the history of God’s people as surely as the rabbi, but there was a warmth, a personalness to his teaching. Almost, it seemed, as if he had always known the answers, had always been shaped by the ancient teachings. Almost as if he were the teaching! This particular day, seated in the cool grass of the field, and feeling more ...

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