Dictionary: Face
Synonyms: countenance, physiognomy, profile, features, expression, facial expression, look, appearance, air, manner, bearing, guise, cast, aspect, impression, grimace, scowl, wry face, wince, frown, glower, smirk, pout, moue, side, flank, vertical, surface, plane, facet, wall, elevation, dial, display, (outward) appearance, nature, image, front, show, act, false front, facade, exterior, mask, masquerade, pretence, charade, pose, illusion, smokescreen, veneer, camouflage, respect, honour, esteem, regard, admiration, approbation, acclaim, approval, favour, appreciation, popularity, estimation, veneration, awe, reverence, deference, recognition, prestige, standing, status, dignity, glory, kudos, cachet, effrontery, audacity, nerve, gall, brazenness, brashness, shamelessness, look out on, front on to, look towards, be facing, have/afford/command a view of, look over/across, open out over, look on to, overlook, give on to, give over, be opposite (to), accept, come to accept, become reconciled to, reconcile oneself to, reach an acceptance (of), get used to, become accustomed to, adjust to, accommodate oneself to, acclimatize oneself to, be confronted by, be faced with, encounter, experience, come into contact with, run into, come across, meet, come up against, be forced to contend with, beset, worry, distress, cause trouble to, trouble, bother, confront, burden, brave, face up to, meet head-on, dare, defy, oppose, resist, withstand, cover, clad, skin, overlay, dress, pave, put a facing on, laminate, inlay, plate, coat, line
Antonyms: dodge, fear, back, give way, back down, dodge, avoid, throw in the towel, withdraw, cave in, retreat, succumb to, lay down one's arms, throw in the sponge, defer, submit, escape, bashfulness, shun, evade, elude
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2476. The Rights of an Apostle
1 Corinthians 9:1-27
Sermon
Johnny Dean
... example. If we were to try and witness to an alcoholic who does not see any value in their life and has given up, we shouldn't say "just quit drinking and come with me to church". That's part of the end goal - but it is not the starting line. Instead we need to figure out where they are and how they got there. Then search with the person to take some positive steps. Teach them first and foremost that God still loves them - even in the shape they are in and the situation they are in. Please - there is ...
Sermon
Johnny Dean
... here today, who would read that story and grieve inwardly, longing for the days when men were men and women were glad that we were. And I’m equally certain that there are those among the ranks of us males who will continue to cling to the party line, that men are just so much more intelligent and sophisticated than women, and therefore it takes more to hold our attention. If you know someone who has a field that needs fertilizing you may be able to sell that load. I don’t personally know any women who ...
Sermon
Johnny Dean
... then they have to die Trapped within the circle-time parade Of changes. Of course, other writers took a different view. I believe it was David Crosby who wrote my all-time favorite protest song, "For What It’s Worth." The song contains memorable opening line, "There’s something happening here, What it is ain’t exactly clear," expressing the uncertainty felt by many who lived during that era, who knew that changes had to come, but didn’t know exactly how they would come about. But maybe David Bowie ...
Sermon
Brett Blair
... would help demilitarize the arsenals of Earth. It would render nuclear weapons obsolete. Ronald Reagan, Second Inaugural Address, Monday, January 21, 1985 *********** No doubt you were able to identify several of the presidents by the historical references or by the famous lines and while all of these Inaugural Addresses are moving and inspiring and worthy of remembrance I want you now to listen to an Inaugural Address delivered not to a Nation but to Nazareth; not in America but in Synagogue; and delivered ...
Drama
Marion Fairman
... to show even that first evidence of love - what then? Leader: Then, God breathes, once again, into us - and gives us new life. Man: (After a slight pause) On that first Christian Pentecost - (Do not speed up the following lines. Speak thoughtfully, clearly, deliberately) Leader: (Stands, closing folder) Three thousand shaken people left Jerusalem - Woman: (Stands, closes books) Dazzled by tongued flames - Man: (Stands, closes books) Blown into freedom by the wind - Leader: (Takes two or three steps forward ...
Sermon
Wallace H. Kirby
... out a deposit for counting?... A child shaking a piggy bank in hopes that a coin will slip through the slot?... A clerk dropping the money from your purchase into a register?... An expectant gambler at the fair, trying to make a penny land between the lines?... A woman searching through a change purse, trying to locate money for a parking meter?... A cafeteria cashier pushing a button that lets two dimes and a few pennies rattle down a metal slot? What does the sound of loose change remind you of? Have you ...
Sermon
Ron Lavin
... have to face that kind of persecution. We wear red today2 to remember your martyrdom but also because you are blood of our blood, our brother. 2.The liturgical color for this day. Jimmy, you weren't any "great shakes" as a Sunday School student. You missed some of the lines in the Christmas play. Your halo was tipped, but so was the halo of your namesake. We love you. God loves you and he will use you, if you let him. To tell you the truth, Jimmy, our halos are tipped too.
2483. Help Me See
John 9:35-41, John 9:13-34
Children's Sermon
Brett Blair
... went to far) You want me to go back? (yes) Now place the spoon over the glass. What about now? (yes!) Can I drop it? (yes!) Great! Depending on the time you have you might make the first attempt a failure so that chocolate falls all over the tray. Line up over the glass but when you turn the spoon miss the glass and ask them, "What Happened?" and then repeat the process of getting the chocolate. Once you get chocolate in the glass stir the chocolate and lift up the glass. Is it chocolaty enough? Do I need ...
Sermon
R. E. Lybrand
... Lord. Across the sky flashed scenes from his life. In each scene he noticed two sets of footprints in the sand - one set belonging to him and the other set belonging to Christ. When the final scene had flashed before him, he looked back at the long line of footprints and noticed that many times along the path, there was only one set of footprints in the sand. He also noticed that this happened during the saddest and darkest times in his life. This really bothered him, so he questioned Jesus about it, "Lord ...
Sermon
R. E. Lybrand
... in the Church's symbol for Holy Matrimony. The man and woman, symbolized by the two circles are brought together and united by Christ, who is symbolized by the cross standing tall in the center. For a marriage to be strong and healthy, for it to be in line with God's will, Christ must be central! How do we keep Christ central in our marriages? Well, the old adage is simple but true: "The family that prays together stays together." The marriage which begins in the Lord's house must return to the Lord's house ...
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Carl Jech
Many of us grew up singing the hymn "Beneath the Cross of Jesus" with it's memorable line: "I take, O cross, thy shadow for my abiding place ..." This image of "the shadow of the cross" has been used in many different ways by poets and writers. In the hymn, it refers to a place of refuge and rest "from the burning of the noon-tide heat and ...
2487. Only A Child
Jeremiah 1:1-19
Children's Sermon
Tim Carpenter
... book. The question for us is this, hold open the book as if you are reading “If a person stands on a cliff that is 700 feet straight up, and throws a rock 30 feet from the base of the cliff, what is the angle formed if one draws a line from the rock to the person on the top of the cliff?” Who knows the answer? (response) Doesn’t anyone know the answer? (no) Why don’t any of you know the answer? (we’re not old enough)Oh, I see. You are still children, and you haven’t been ...
Children's Sermon
Brett Blair
... child, hand these out afterwards in exchange for their cut out hearts. Explanation: Fold the red sheet of paper in half. On the folded end cut out half the shape of a heart. When unfolded a regular shaped heart should be the result. Now fold the heart along the same line and cut half the shape of a cross. You should have a hole in the heart in the shape of a cross. Lesson: Today is a very special day, does any body know what today is? (Valentine's Day) And what happens on Valentine's Day? (Response) That's ...
Children's Sermon
Tim Carpnter
... His plan. Props: A watch with a second hand and minute marks. Lesson: Today I want us to learn how to count time. I have a watch here, and it has some numbers. Each number is an hour. One hour is worth sixty minutes, this is represented by the little lines in between the numbers. Each minute is worth sixty seconds, which is how long it takes for this big hand to go all the way around the clock. So, if we count to ten, how much time has passed? (Response) Correct, ten seconds. Now, in a day there are twenty ...
Sermon
James W. Moore
... he gives them a classic and powerful response that has resounded across the centuries. He says: “This one thing I know. Once I was blind, but now I see.” You see, this man (like most people) is a Pragmatist. Look at what he is saying to their “hard-line” questioning! “I don’t know about all of that. I don’t know about rules or regulations or restrictions… but I do know results when I see them. This one thing I do know. Once I was blind, but now I see.” The Pharisees are defeated by this ...
Sermon
James W. Moore
... had only known! Jesus was saying to them and to us… “It’s o.k. to think!” There is a fountain of living water welling up inside of you. Read the great minds, study the great historical ideas, learn the great traditions, but somewhere along the line you and I have to ask… “What do I think about this?” Jesus gave us the great permission to think, to open our mind, to communicate directly with our Father God… to wonder, to probe, to question, to assess, to analyze and to decide. He said the ...
Drama
Pamela Urfer
... of the Messiah all my life. If he really is the Messiah, he could change the whole world. He could change my life. RIBLAH: How do you know that he's the one? HAMATH: A lot of people seem to think so. And they're putting their lives on the line for their belief. I'll listen to him and then make up my own mind. (Slipping down from the stool) See you later! RIBLAH: Wait! I think you're making a big mistake! (Slipping off the stool and going after HAMATH) Wait! It's not worth it! What good could ...
Drama
Lynda Pujad
... , who was also my king, agreed to do this. He did not know that I would be one of the people killed. My husband trusted Haman completely and had chosen him to be his personal confidant and advisor about affairs in the kingdom. When this happened, I walked a fine line. In front of me was the promise never to forget my God or my people and I had also to find a way through to my husband the king. I mentioned previously how easily he had banished the former queen. He could do the same to me and I had ...
Children's Sermon
Brett Blair
... or orange juice. (response) You mean I will be thirsty again. Maybe in a couple of hours? (response) You're right. We always get thirsty no matter what we drink.What if I told you that I have a drink that--lean into the kinds a bit and punch this line If you drink it--you will never be thirsty again as long as you live. (response) Interact with the kids just a bit with this idea and then produce the chalice from behind your back. Here it is! This is the drink that Jesus gives us. Churches who are giving ...
Sermon
Wesley T. Runk
... a better position, higher income and influential friends. The price was to give up his role as an active member and leader of a small congregation. It offended the boss' taste and his conscience and he demanded this this employee join his rank or the lines of the unemployed. When he measured the cost of his family, the years of hard work, the possibilities of the rewards, he accepted the offer and removed himself from the community of Christians. Most of what he was promised was delivered, but he regretted ...
Sermon
Robert Allen
... up a sign that in bold letters said: John 3:16 Romans 5:8 Galatians 4:4 I recognized the man because he is seen on television all the time at nationally televised football games, the World Series and golf tournaments. During halftime, I went and stood in line at the concession stand. The man with the multi-colored wig was standing in front of me and we got to talking. I asked him what got him started going to all those ballgames and holding up signs with scripture passages. He said, "There was a time in ...
Sermon
Robert Allen
... of all the traditional sites like the White House, the Smithsonian, the halls of Congress and the Lincoln Memorial. There is something about standing in the Lincoln Memorial and reading the Gettysburg Address and the Second Inaugural Address which gives you goosebumps. One line in the Second Inaugural reminds you what a caring and compassionate man Lincoln was. He was speaking about the coming end of the War and he said: "With malice toward none; With charity for all." Lincoln put this idea into practice on ...
Sermon
Carl Jech
... that God gives us as a gift of grace. To have a real sense of humor does not mean that we are always laughing. It does mean that we need never lose our ability to laugh. To have a profound sense of humor is to know that the "bottom line" for the Christian is not grim but grace. The symbol of "Laughing In Church" is a criticism of all those humorless preachers and groups that remain painfully serious even when they talk about joy, if they talk about it at all. Louie Crew even describes the Resurrection as "a ...
2499. Jesus and the Losers
Luke 6:27-36
Illustration
Richard A. Wing
... to Israel. These brothers are forced to go to Egypt and ask the king for food. Traditionally, the king has been their enemy. Can you imagine the drama of that moment when they lift up their eyes and see their brother? There is an exchange and the very last line is the most important. Joseph looks upon them with the eyes of forgiveness and says, "What you did to me you intended as evil, but God and I were able to bend it into something good." You see, the noblest revenge is to forgive your enemy, and it is ...
Sermon
Carl Jech
... and spiritual effort, is to remember the words of Saint Paul in 1 Corinthians 15:10: "I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God which is with me." We would also do well to make a motto out of a line from Saint Ignatius Loyola, the founder of the Jesuit Order. He expressed this same profound paradox when he wrote: "Work hard and struggle as if everything depended on you; yet pray and trust God as if everything depended on God." (4) Martin Luther once described faith as a ...
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