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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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226. Be About It

Matthew 5:1-12

Drama

Robert F. Crowley

... to the complaint department. The complaint concerns the person's church. The churchgoer thinks the beatitudes are rules and she doesn't feel she could live up to them. It is explained to her that they are things you can do and that will please ... be these things, but I can do them and if I do them I'm "blessed" if I do. MERLE: That must be it. GEORGINA: Well, I do feel better now. MERLE: Good. GEORGINA: It's like getting a load off my back. MERLE: Do you want this? GEORGINA: The Bible? MERLE: I just found it ...

227. Adam And Eve And God

Genesis 1:1-2:3, Genesis 2:4-25, Genesis 3:1-24

Drama

Jerry Eckert

... asks. "Just fine. Couldn't have things any better." Adam is not as convincing as he means to be. Who wants to hurt God's feelings!? But God, being new at relating to a human being, isn't quite sure what to do. This man needs something more. So God calls ... want us to have any?" "Because He didn't want us to be wise like Him," she said. "He was jealous enough as it was." "I'm feeling sleepy," Adam says. "We still have a little time on our break. Why don't we, uh, snuggle down here for a few minutes?" They curl ...

228. Those Who Mourn

Sermon

John A. Terry

... pain was gone, and he knew then that his feet were doomed. The pain diminished as they froze. How deadly, how horrible to be unable to feel the pain of our loss and the losses of others. And how pathetic not to be able to grieve the things we have done wrong ... something like this: "Blessed are those who are particularly sensitive to the sin in themselves and in society, and who feel deeply all the distress caused by the ambition, greed, selfishness, hatred, and violence of the world." This is a beatitude ...

229. Those Who Mourn

Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon

John A. Terry

230. An Untouchable God?

1 Samuel 6:1-7:1

Sermon

Robert Noblett

... in one marriage, we are going to go (or at least should go) more slowly into the next one. Should the declaration of our feelings meet with rebuff from some quarter of our lives, then at least in that quarter we will disclose more slowly the next time. But ... be dance. I don’t mean that folks ought to get out of their pews and start to dance about at will whenever they feel so moved, although intentional liturgical dance can be a beautiful expression of faith. But I do mean that there ought to be a dance ...

231. Proper 12

John 6:16-24, John 6:1-15, 2 Samuel 11:1-27, Ephesians 3:14-21

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... his Spirit fill us with his love and grace. Gospel: John 6:1-21 Sermon Title: A Feast With An Attitude. Sermon Angle: The picnic which Jesus celebrated with the multitude was a simple meal yet a feast, because everyone had plenty to eat and there was a feeling of wonder and community. This was a feast with an attitude: the attitude of gratitude. Jesus had the people sit down in groups, then he took the loaves and gave thanks to God (v. 11). It was truly a Eucharist. Whenever we assemble to give thanks to ...

232. God's Stepladder

1 Thessalonians 5:11

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... .) People always want to tell us when we do bad or act bad, but not very many people tell us when we do something good. St. Paul told his Christian friends that they should tell each other how wonderful they are and how much they appreciate one another. When we feel good about ourselves we can do a lot of things that we did not think that we could do. I brought along with me something that you have seen your mom or dad use a lot of times. Maybe you have even used it. What do we call something like ...

233. Welcome!

Romans 15:7

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... what they would do with the wreath of flowers? [Let them answer.] That's right, they would take the lei and put it over your head and let it circle your neck. It means welcome, you are among friends. That's a wonderful way to greet people and make them feel at home. I have one for each of you this morning, and I hope that you will always remember how welcome you are in Christ's Church. Jesus came to earth to make sure that everyone understood the promise of God was true and that everyone who believed was ...

234. Our Christian I.D.

Luke 4:1-13

Sermon

John M. Braaten

... we compare others to that "ideal." Or we compare ourselves, and it causes us to doubt and ask, "Am I a real Christian?" The word "wilderness" in our text was often used by the Jewish people as a symbol for being lost - to be spiritually lost. Sometimes we don't feel like children of God. Sometimes we sure don't act like it. So it seems as though we are in a wilderness, not knowing who we are, not knowing where we are, experiencing the fear of being lost, of being cut adrift in life. What do we do then? Well ...

235. A Road Map to the Kingdom

Mark 10:13-16

Sermon

Thomas Peterson

... longer have a perspective for gaining our advantage. We missed the main chance. We make desperate short range decisions until at last we are all tied up in short-range programs, working on a short leash. When we use road map number three, the belief-and-feeling-right map, we find it easy to convince ourselves that what we have already done is what we had always intended to do. “I really wanted to have a small church. People there are friendlier.” “I really wanted to work for someone else. I didn’t ...

236. Are You Born Again?

John 3:1-15

Sermon

Mark Ellingsen

... to what is important in the Christian faith. Since baptism comes at the beginning of life for most of us, then that means that we are born again at the very beginning of our Christian lives. Consequently being born again does not depend on our having any special feelings, special visions, or anything like that. To be born again, according to the Bible and the teachings of our church, is simply to focus on what God has done for us, not what we have done for God. At first this line of thinking may sound a bit ...

237. Love Without Demand

Ruth 1:1-22

Sermon

Sims Robert

... breathe. If you breathe in and hold your breath, if you never give it back, it will suffocate you. At this point someone might say, “I give my love away every day. Why then am I not experiencing a deep sense of fulfillment as a person? Why do I still feel empty?” The answer is that most of us give love away in order to receive it. We don’t give it freely. We give with strings attached. Many of our expressions of love are designed to reap a reward and to gain a payoff. We touch because we need to ...

238. Washed By Water: The Jordan

Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon

Steve Swanson

... dust that stuck to our sweaty arms and faces on that ninety-five degree afternoon. We would have made a perfect before-and-after picture of the washing of baptism on that day: two absolutely dirty people washed clean. Sometimes, though, we wash and we still don't feel clean. Maybe that's the difference between dirty and filthy. Even on that ninety-five degree day, caked with grime, Martin and I sat and ate our lunch without even washing our hands. We thought nothing of it. It's not so bad to eat with dirty ...

239. The Women

John 20:1-9

Drama

William Grimbol

... Don't worship worldly things. Is that his miraculous message? PATTI: I know it has been heard that he preaches a very basic Still, I feel it is the Truth. KAREN: So do I. I don't care how many times we hear about caring for those who are without, those ... cut away, and I wanted to hug the whole world. SHIRLEE: Unbelievable (Said with great doubt). PATTI: Yes, unbelievable. Go yourselves. I can't make you feel it. All I am telling you is that he made me want it. He made me want to live it. He made me want to ...

240. When Life Closes In

Matthew 26:17-30, Matthew 26:36-46

Sermon

Robert Allen

... begin plotting how to dispose of Jesus. The teachings and attitude of Jesus made him dangerous to the religious leaders. There is nothing that is as cold and intolerant of the opinions of others as the mindset of fanatical religious leaders who feel they must protect their faith from the heresy of a different opinion. In this modern era, we have the equivalent of the narrow minded, fanatical Pharisees. They are prevalent in every religion and they can clearly be seen in the current controversy surrounding ...

241. Prayers for Year A

Bulletin Aid

William S. Carter

... with you and the Holy Spirit, one God within our world today. Amen. THE DAY OF PENTECOST · John 20:19-23 Come, Holy Spirit, may we feel your breath upon us now. We need your presence, we need to be sent, or else we sit. Send us into the world, and open ... the Holy Spirit, one God, within our world today. Amen. FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST · Matthew 10:26-33 Dear Lord, even when we don't quite feel it, you tell us how loved we are; you let us know that we have worth. Help us to care for one another even as ...

242. Is It Well With Your Family? (Mother's Day)

2 Kings 4:8-26

Sermon

Brett Blair

... the cradle is the hand that rules the world.” In other words kingdoms are not built by the man upon the throne but by the mother from the crib. Children will live out the life they see reflected in their mother’s eyes; they will live out the life they feel given in the touch of their mother’s hand; they will live out the life they hear described in the words of their mother’s lips. Look at this woman in 2 Kings. She is a well-to-do woman. She obviously has a nurturing disposition. You can see it ...

243. Loosed from the Pangs of Death

Acts 2:14-41

Sermon

... turn loose and accept what has happened. I am convinced, however, that that is a gift from God. God helps us not to have to absorb the full reality of what has happened all in one moment; we absorb it gradually. When you think about it, some of the feelings we have at the time of death are really no different from those we have at other passages and journeys in our lives. Whenever we know that we may never see or hear again from someone we care about, there is loneliness and sadness. In the first few days ...

244. He Lights Up My Life!

Exodus 33:12-23

Sermon

... human relationships. If we fail to fulfill that need, our health is in peril. We must love one another or die." All loneliness is sad and traumatic, but no suffering is as severe or tragic as the loneliness which comes from being estranged from God and his presence, of feeling bereft of him. "I'll Go, I Will Do as you Ask" (Exodus 33:17) The prayer of Moses prevails, and God relents, saying, "I will do just as you have asked." In other words, "All right, I'll go with you!" When our daughter, Jodi, was very ...

245. Communion Is Response to an Invitation

John 6:25-59

Sermon

... of Lords and King of Kings has invited you to a banquet in his honor today. Have you canceled other important plans in order to attend today? Do you value the Lord's invitation as highly as one from the President? How does his invitation make you feel? Excited? Nervous? Happy? Let me mention just two reactions we should have to Christ's invitation to dine with him at his table of grace. First, we should be overwhelmed with joy! Just think about it for a moment, won't you? Among all the millions of people ...

246. The Master Has Come - And Is Moved With Compassion

Matthew 8:1-4, Mark 1:40-45

Sermon

... appreciation for what he had done. But, the next day he looked out and there was the dog again - and this time he had with him another dog with a hurt leg. That is what we are called to do - bring someone else, share with someone what we have received, feel the pain of love in our hearts. But, even as we do this there is the danger that our compassion takes on the form of mere pity. There is a story of the Dutch Governor General of Java. He was complaining because the people wanted the Dutch to leave. He ...

247. The Doubting Sum

Matthew 28:16-20

Sermon

... with real faith. It takes time, patience, and hard work to develop real faith. It does not come as a quick fix, or mushy feeling. Jesus wants to give us a total overhaul, not a patchup job. He wants to eliminate the problem and open us the grace of ... if we are insecure, only a remaking will allow us to be full. We want love not criticism. We want action, not sermons. We want help. We feel empty and we want to be full so we try to stick some "thing" inside. I have heard people who don’t smoke say: Why don’ ...

248. Christmas 1

Matthew 2:13-18

Sermon Aid

... We love things and use people, instead of loving people and using things. Forgive us, Lord; make us aware of your healing love amidst the company of our friends and enemies. Amen (author unknown) Following the prayer, he said, "It's easier to remember things that make us feel guilty than forgiven. Remember that the past, not only is over and done, it is forgiven; and all the guilt in the world will not change it one iota. We have a choice - to keep recycling our guilt, or to trust in God's grace. Which will ...

249. What Do You See?

Isaiah 52:13--53:12

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... all they see. A hair-dresser told me recently, "I don’t like the sadness of Lent. Songs and portrayals of the cross depress me. I prefer the joy and celebration of Easter! Why can’t we just by-pass all the bad stuff?" Still others ... See Sin and Feel Hatred and Guilt That Caused the Suffering We read, "He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord ...

250. "It’s Time to Send Christmas Cards"

2 Samuel 7:1-17

Sermon

Peter Rudowski

... heaven and read the message: "Rudowski, this is what I want you to do." I couldn’t miss that message. How would you feel if your name were written in the stars right across the Heavens? Frightened? Yes! But God doesn’t act that way. God works ... . I would ask that you go home and look at your Christmas cards today. As you do that, sit down and ask yourself, "How do I feel about that?" As you think about those cards, also ask yourself the question, "How does God come to me and where do I look for God?" ...

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