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Synonyms: touch, feel, sense of touch, tactile sense, tactility, contact, using one's hands, sensation, sense, suspicion, sneaking suspicion, notion, inkling, hunch, fancy, apprehension, presentiment, premonition, foreboding, love, care, affection, fondness, tenderness, warmth, warmness, emotion, sentiment, emotional state, compassion, sympathy, empathy, fellow feeling, understanding, concern, solicitude, solicitousness, tender-heartedness, brotherly love, sensibilities, sensitivities, self-esteem, ego, pride, opinion, belief, view, impression, intuition, instinct, estimation, guess, theory, hypothesis, thought, way of thinking, point of view, atmosphere, ambience, aura, air, mood, climate, character, overtone, undertone, tenor, spirit, quality, flavour, colour, aptitude, knack, flair, bent, talent, gift, skill, art, trick, faculty, ability, propensity, inclination, sensitive, warm, warm-hearted, tender, tender-hearted, caring, soft-hearted, sympathetic, compassionate, empathetic, responsive, receptive, intuitive, thoughtful

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. Stand Up Straight

Luke 13:10-17

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... of a day? How many do we just "tree"? NOTICE JESUS' ACTIONS IN VERSES 12 AND 13: FIRST, HE ANNOUNCED HER LIBERATION. THEN HE TOUCHED HER. THEN SHE STOOD UP STRAIGHT. Jesus first liberated her from the power of Satan. He is still doing that. Now, on the ... back, bring it to the altar and commit it to God. He wants to liberate you from the power of the Evil One. He wants to touch you with his Holy spirit, so that even your bad back gives him glory. He wants you to leave this place praising him. Listen to a ...

227. Mary - Weeping Woman or Bold Believer

John 20:10-18

Sermon

Carl E. Zahrte

... of the people possessed by demons, and in his wonderful perception he saw my misery. He didn’t laugh at my bizarre condition. Gently he touched me, and drove the evil spirits out of my heart and life, all seven of them! How happy and thankful I was to join ... that time on, I had followed Jesus, and did all that I could to support him and his disciples, wherever he went. Has Jesus touched your life in some special way? He wants to be your special friend even as he became mine. He knows when you hurt inside, ...

228. Christ and Healing

Sermon

Robert G. Tuttle

... Jesus was followed by two blind men, who cried out, ‘Son of David, have pity on us!’ And when he had gone indoors they came to him. Jesus asked, ‘Do you believe that I have the power to do what you want?’ ‘Yes, Sir,’ they said. Then he touched their eyes, and said, ‘As you have believed, so let it be’; and their sight was restored. Jesus said to them sternly, ‘See that no man hears about this.’ But as soon as they had gone out they talked about him all over the countryside. "They were on ...

229. The Flow of Life

Ecclesiastes 3:1-22

Sermon

Gregory J. Johanson

... great. When that happens, we can wind up punishing rather than changing ourselves. But that is not what ideals are for. Our ideals should exist for the purpose of making us responsible, not miserable. If they don’t, we may need to change them so that they are more in touch with reality, and thus more useful to us. The fact is that most of the time most of us just do what we can. We are very human when you get right down to it. Our feelings and our emotions flow, and we’re not always in control of that ...

230. The Deal Of A Lifetime

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... lived. He was also very generous. Perhaps he explained his generosity when he said, "Millionaires seldom smile." We are told, by the way, that Carnegie practically became allergic to money as he grew richer and older. He was offended, he said, just by the sight and touch of money, and never carried any. Because he had no money with him with which to pay the fare, Carnegie was once put off a London tram. Did money solve the problems of Howard Hughes or Aristotle Onassis? They died two of the world's most ...

231. A Shocking Revelation

Revelation 1:9-20

Sermon

Wayne Brouwer

... One! I was dead and behold! I am alive for ever and ever! And what’s more, I hold the keys of death and Hades! (vss. 17-18) Why do we want to see God? Why do we want to feel His presence? Why do we want to know His touch in our lives? Isn’t it because we can’t make it on our own? We don’t always want to admit it, but in our dark nights and in our lonely hours that’s the thing that bothers us. We’re so strong at work. We keep up such ...

232. Singing The Song Of Christmas

Luke 2:1-7

Sermon

King Duncan

... of music you listen to and I will be able to tell a lot about you. Hum me a few bars of your favorite songs, and I will have a window into your soul. Martha Williamson, executive producer of the show, Touched By An Angel, tells of a unique experience when she felt that her life had been touched by heavenly help. Her father had just died, and she visited a therapist in order to work through her grief. She spoke fondly of her father, a musician. His favorite song had been "How Great Thou Art," and the family ...

233. Being A Sheep Is Not So Bad (compared With Being A Goat)

Ezekiel 34:1-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... a few simple magic tricks for Billy. As he stepped back to say goodbye, Jeff asked Billy if there was anything else he could do for him. "Ronald, would you hold me?" asked Billy. Such a simple request. But what ran through Jeff's mind was that if he touched Billy, he could lose his job. So he told Billy he could not do that right now, but he suggested that the two of them could color a picture. Upon completing the picture, Billy again asked McMullen to hold him. By this time McMullen's heart was screaming ...

234. God’s Body Language

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... have said about the Logos: “This Word which created the world, this reason which controls the order of the world, has become a Person, and with our own eyes we have seen Him, with our own ears we have heard Him, and with our own hands we have touched Him!” This is where John parted company with all who had gone before him. This was the entirely new thing which the Fourth gospel brought to the Greek world. A few centuries later St. Augustine said that in his pre-Christian days he read and studied the ...

235. Time Out!

Mark 1:35-39

Sermon

King Duncan

... the One who created this universe and everything that is in it. Why in the world do we not make use of this amazing resource? Anyone who makes a difference in the world needs time for prayer. Hudson Taylor was a missionary to China whose life has touched millions. Traveling in northern China, by cart and wheelbarrow, sleeping in the very poorest of inns at night, it was not easy for him to make time for prayer and Bible study, but he knew that it was vital. Those who traveled with him testify that after ...

236. Called To Finish What Is Finished

Colossians 1:24--2:5, Colossians 1:15-23

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... the whole process of rehabilitation is the fact that when he first came into our fellowship, we reached out and took his hands in our hands and we loved him. I've seen men break down into tears because they finally found something in this world who would touch them." Isn't that a picture of it? -- you and I are to be channels of Christ's love flowing into the empty places of other hearts, that their salvation may be complete. Our neighborhoods, our city, even our church, has scores of people who are lepers ...

237. If I Have Not Love

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... grew, so did our love.And, God, Hank didn't seem to mind if my body thickened and faded a little.He still loved it. And touched it. And we didn't mind if we were no longer beautiful. And the children hugged me a lot.O God, I'm lonely! God, why ... .They drive up in their fine cars;they come to my room to pay their respects.They chatter brightly, and reminisce.But they don't touch me.They call me "Mom" or "Mother"or "Grandma." Never Minnie.My mother called me Minnie.So did my friends.Hank called me Minnie, too. ...

238. Someone Is Trying to Get Through

Acts 10:34-43

Sermon

James L. Killen

... and go on to more pressing things. It is interesting that one part of the call to prayer to which Muslim people respond several times a day says, "Nothing is more important." We all need to remember that nothing is more important than getting in touch and staying in touch with the living God. Pay attention to your experience of God and move it to the center of your life and let your life be very intentionally reorganized around it. That will be a growing experience for you. You will learn more and more ...

239. No More Camping Out

2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16

Sermon

Schuyler Rhodes

... I think about the history of our ancestors in the faith, and what these things mean to us: How is it that these stories touch, and help to form us as a people of faith? And I can't help, as I wonder this close to Christmas time, seeing ... see Israel all those years ago. Of course there are differences, but I would say that there are many similarities that can inform and touch us. Looking at the church of today, I imagine a tribe wandering through the wilderness of Sinai. I see that spaghetti plate map, and ...

240. Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26

Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26

Sweet

Leonard Sweet

... differs somewhat from Mark's and Luke's accounts. Here the woman is clearly healed only after Jesus turns and speaks words of healing to her. The woman is healed as soon as Jesus declares the motive behind her action faithfulness not when she reaches out and touches Jesus. Although Jesus is the one with the healing power, he names the woman's faith as the cause of her healing. In verse 23, Matthew returns to the story of the synagogue leader's daughter who has died. The father has already exhibited a degree ...

241. He Made Me Whole

Mark 1:40-45

Illustration

Keith Wagner

... he once contracted pneumonia and almost died. He spent much of his early years isolated from his peers. Because of his lack of coordination and weak condition he was run over by a horse and wagon, not once but twice. Adler understood the need to be touched. Fortunately for him, his parents were extremely supportive and very social people. With their help, not to mention their faith, Adler was able to rise above his situation and encourage his followers to do the same. Like the man in our story, he too could ...

242. Proper 10

2 Samuel 6:1-23, Ephesians 1:1-14, Mark 6:14-29

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... the people at Mount Sinai. The ark was the visible representative of the presence of Yahweh with his people. When the Israelites marched forward, the ark was carried by Levites to lead the march. Because the ark was identified with Yahweh, it was most holy. To touch it was to touch God, and thus Uzzah died when he grabbed it to keep it from falling. 2. Anger (vv. 7, 8). Here we have two cases of anger, one on the part of Yahweh, and the other, David. Both were justified in being angry. Yahweh was angry over ...

243. The King and I

Isaiah 6:1-9

Sermon

James Merritt

... his lips, and not his heart, is because of what Jesus said in Mt. 12:34, "For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks." Isaiah had a dirty mouth because he had a dirty heart. But these seraphim, which literally means "flame bearers," touch his lips with a hot coal and cleanses him of his sin. God is holy, but God is also merciful. It is so beautiful to see time after time in the Bible that when you confess your sinfulness, God springs into action and activates His forgiveness. "If we confess ...

244. Those Who Doubt

John 20:19-31

Sermon

Donald Charles Lacy

... from our major consideration. Thomas was very specific about his requirements for believing. Don't try to tell me you have seen the Lord, unless you have some real proof. Show me the mark of the nails, so my finger can be placed there. Yes, and my hand must touch his side. There will be no sentimental guessing and wishful thinking. There will be no misleading attempts to prove a point and pass it along to the world at large. The Master was much loved by all of us but we cannot claim too much for him and be ...

245. Braveheart

John 20:24-29

Sermon

Billy D. Strayhorn

... , "Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe." Introduction One of my top ten favorite movies is Braveheart. It is such a 100% guy flick that most women don't like it or get it but it touches everything in men. That sense of adventure, a battle for noble reasons, camaraderie and honor. I think we find all of those, at least in part, in the life and faith of Thomas. A lot of us old timers will remember the old TV show Dragnet? I think you can ...

246. Take Off Your Shoes...You Are Standing on Holy Ground

Acts 7:1-53

Sermon

James W. Moore

... Holy Ground.” Let me ask you something: Have you ever had a moment like that?... a moment that was so powerful, so touching, so wonderful, so sacred… that you wanted to take off your shoes because you knew you were standing on holy ground. That’ ... in our lives. The people in our St. Luke’s family are always so amazingly thoughtful, so generous, so gracious, so loving… and we were touched by the kind words and tender hugs. Toward the end of the line, a woman came and hugged us… and then she told me ...

247. Fulfilling the Vision

Acts 2:14-21

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... he. The people cheered but some of them cried, “We do not quite understand what changed its worth." Quick came the reply: “The touch of the master's hand." And many a man with life out of tune, and battered and scarred with sin, is auctioned cheap ... wants us to do together. I am thrilled at the opportunity to know you and to make this journey with you. I deeply believe God touches people's hearts to make a difference for good in the world. Do it according to your personality, but let the spirit get a hold ...

248. The Power of a Vision

2 Corinthians 5:11-21

Sermon

J. Howard Olds

... the hurting are helped, the lonely find fellowship, and partnerships have been developed in Nashville and around the world — in Mexico, in South Africa, in Russia and other places — where we can hear the cry of the needy. Today I want to re-cast this vision of Touching Hearts and Transforming Lives. I figure I have one last chance to get it right when it comes to leading a church. With all my heart, I want to build a congregation that honors God and ministers to people. Let me be perfectly clear. It’s ...

249. The Four Scents of Adventing

Mark 1:1-8

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... ? We also crave the tastes of the season. The Food Network makes a mint on marketing Christmas goodies: sweets and savories, down-home or up-scale. Christmas memories taste fresh out of the oven and they taste specially imported once a year. Our Advent touch is both delicate and durable. Delicate enough to unwrap and hang up ornaments both antique and valuable, dog-eared and priceless. Durable enough to labor overtime on special projects from the garage or the sewing room, to the backyard and the back-forty ...

250. Love to Life

Luke 13:10-17

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... this morning. She treats them, not as doddering seniles, but as a child of God with senility. Watch this video of a daughter of Abraham named Gladys Wilson who is treated with real eye contact and gentle words, with familiar songs and a soothing touch. Notice how even the most bent and broken can stand up straight and reconnect in relationship with another person who cares about them. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrZXz10FcVM [This five minute YouTube video will not leave a dry eye in the congregation ...

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