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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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251. God's Job Profile

Amos 7:10-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... marching in the recessional. As he came to a row of seats near the back, he stopped briefly by a middle-aged couple who were seated by the aisle. They were quite poor, a fact that seemed obvious from the old-fashioned clothes they were wearing. The young man bent down, placed the medal in his mother's hands and kissed her on the cheek. As he quickly stepped back in line, the mother placed her small hand upon the big, rough hand of her husband and squeezed it. Someone heard her say, "It's worth all it cost ...

252. An Empty Stage Or An Empty Tomb?

Luke 24:1-12

Sermon

King Duncan

... LIFE. Because of what happened that first Easter Sunday, you and I can walk in freedom and dignity and joy. That prince of the pulpit Charles Hadley Spurgeon was walking the streets of London deep in thought when he saw a young street boy. The lad was carrying an old, bent bird cage. Inside was a tiny field sparrow. Spurgeon stopped the boy and asked him what he was going to do with the bird. "Well..." the boy said. "I think I'll play with it for a while, and then when I'm tired of playing with it ” I ...

253. Isn't It Time To Get It Right?

Romans 5:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... . 'Trouble ahead. Ma! We're high up over a precipice and we're gonna run right off.' "To my boyish ears," said Rickey, "the noise of wheels repeated `Trouble-ahead-trouble ahead....' I never hear train wheels to this day but what I think of this. But our train course bent into a tunnel right after the old man spoke, and we came out on the other side of the mountain. That's the way it is with most trouble ahead in this world, Jackie ” if we use the common sense and courage God gave us. But you've got to ...

254. Facing Up To The Giant Task Of Life

1 Samuel 17:1-58

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... no one else ready to volunteer, Saul consented and gave David permission to go into battle. He gave David his armor, but it was so heavy, David couldn't even move! He took the armor off and instead went down to the stream. Beside the rushing stream, David bent down, chose five smooth stones and went with his slingshot to meet the giant Goliath in battle. Well, Goliath could scarcely believe what he was seeing. He laughed and made much fun of the little boy, David. Goliath says, "Am I a dog that you come at ...

255. The Source Of Joy

John 3:22-36

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... them lay a Bible in his lap. I watched his stiff fingers force open the pages. And I watched people in the audience wipe away tears of admiration from their faces. Robert could have asked for sympathy or pity, but he did just the opposite. He held his bent hand up in the air and boasted, `I have everything I need for joy.' His shirts are held together by Velcro, but his life is held together by JOY." (2) This real life story from one of God's special saints demonstrates that the source of joy depends ...

256. Thankless Jobs

John 10:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... a women's club; You know how I effervesce when I promote A fellowship group. You know my genuine enthusiasm At a Bible study. But how would I react, I wonder If You pointed to a basin of water And asked me to wash the callused feet Of a bent and wrinkled old woman Day after day Month after month, In a room where nobody saw And nobody knew? (3) We know what she's talking about, don't we? Thankless jobs. Jobs without much of a payoff in money or recognition. Repetitive jobs, boring jobs, repulsive jobs. Being ...

257. Thanksgiving: Where Are You Looking For It?

Deuteronomy 8:1-20

Sermon

Eric Ritz

... drawn hand. But whose hand? The class was captivated by the abstract image. "I think it must be the hand of God that brings us food," said one child. "A farmer," said another, "because he grows the turkeys." Finally, when the others were at work, the teacher bent over Douglas's desk and asked whose hand it was. "It's your hand, Teacher," he mumbled. She recalled that frequently at recess she had taken Douglas, a scrubby forlorn child, by the hand. She often did that with the children, but it meant so much ...

258. Pardon Me, But Do You Know God?

Jeremiah 30:1--31:40

Sermon

King Duncan

... Yes, who is it? What do you want?" No response. Just a bit of wind over the deserted moorland. The lad concluded he'd been mistaken and walked on a few more steps. He heard the voice again, more urgent than before: "Peter!" He stopped in his tracks, bent forward to peer through the dense black, and stumbled to his knees. Reaching out a hand to the ground before him, he clutched thin air. The quarry! Sure enough, as Peter carefully felt around in a semicircle he discovered he had stopped on the edge of the ...

259. Busybodies

Luke 13:10-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... anything significant in the world is going to have someone there telling him that he should have done it differently. As Yogi Berra once said: "Anyone who is popular is bound to be disliked." Jesus healed a woman with a bad back. She had been bent over for eighteen years, unable to straighten herself up. Jesus saw her, had compassion on her, and healed her. THAT'S WHAT JESUS DOES. He heals people. He heals them spiritually, he heals them emotionally and occasionally, he heals them physically. There was an ...

260. Yes!!!

2 Corinthians 1:12--2:4

Sermon

King Duncan

... that President Lincoln would be visiting this Confederate field hospital. Many of the rebel soldiers were terrified of meeting him. Surely Lincoln was a monster, and he would treat the Confederate soldiers cruelly! But when Lincoln entered the hospital tent, he began to cry. He bent over the injured soldiers' cots and spoke softly them. He patted their hands and stroked their hair, just as a father might do. And when he left, the men couldn't stop talking about what a good man he was. They had expected a ...

261. Skating To Where The Puck Is Going To Be

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

Frank Lyman

... truth. Denalyn went out of town for a week. I figured I'd be a slob for six days and clean on the seventh. But something strange happened. I couldn't relax with dirty dishes in the sink. When I saw an empty potato chip sack on the floor I . . . bent over and picked it up! What had happened to me? Simple. I'd been exposed to a higher standard."(4) Jesus is our higher standard, and the closer we are to him, the more ready we are to embrace the un-embraced. We are skating to the place Jesus wants ...

262. Surprise!

Luke 4:14-30

Sermon

King Duncan

... And He can free you too. Kazimerz Symanski of Poland was a prisoner of war during World War II. There is no record of what happened to Symanski in the prison camp, but his experiences there obviously changed him. In his later years, Symanski seemed bent on reliving his prison experience. He even turned his small apartment into a prison cell. He put bars over the windows and constructed a small cage in which he slept. He refused to allow electricity or running water in his apartment. He seemed determined to ...

263. Balancing Act

Mark 6:30-44

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Then he said to the critical Athenian, "Now, answer the riddle, if you can. Tell us what the unstrung bow implies." The man looked at it for several moments but had no idea what point Aesop was trying to make. Aesop explained, "If you keep a bow always bent, it will break eventually; but if you let it go slack, it will be more fit for use when you want it." Aesop was talking about balance. As followers of Christ it is important for us to realize that Jesus advocated balance in life too. Christianity has ...

264. Worriers Or Warriors?

John 14:15-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... , teeming with merchants and shoppers and tourists. Into that bustling place came a man riding slowly through the crowd on a bicycle, precariously balancing a basket of oranges on the handle bars. He was bumped accidentally by a porter who was so bent over, carrying a heavy burden, that he had not seen him. The burden dropped, the oranges were scattered, and a bitter altercation broke out between the cyclist and the porter. Angry words, threats, hostilities were shouted. A crowd gathered to watch what ...

265. General Hospital

John 9:1-12

Sermon

Frank Lyman

... wait to see the years melt away. Jesus gave the blind man his sight and there should have been joy, but the Pharisees threw a wet blanket over everything. The healing had taken place on the Sabbath, the day of rest, and some of the Pharisees were bent out of shape because Jesus had "worked" on the Sabbath by making mud! I kid you not! The Pharisees decide that further investigation is warranted. They visit the parents of the formerly blind man to find out if he really had been blind from birth. The parents ...

266. A Mother And Her Son (Mother's Day)

Matthew 12:46-50

Sermon

King Duncan

... robbers in the back yard after dinner. One of the boys "shot" his mother and yelled, "Bang! You're dead." She slumped to the ground. When she didn't get up right away, a neighbor ran over to see if she had been hurt in the fall. When the neighbor bent over, the overworked mother opened one eye and said, "Shhh. Don't give me away. It's the only chance I've had to rest all day." It's never been easy being a mother. Do you think it was any easier for Mary, the mother of Jesus? Life was ...

267. Sons And Daughters Of God

Romans 8:18-27, Romans 8:1-17

Sermon

King Duncan

... . He passed by a fast food stand, and ordered something to eat and a milkshake to wash it down. He balanced it all on top of his briefcase and began looking for an empty table at which to sit. While looking, the milkshake got the better of him, and he bent down without looking in order to take a sip from the straw. The straw missed his mouth and ended up in his nose. Embarrassed, but not at a loss, he thought that, if he straightened up, the straw would stay in the shake. But when he lifted his head, the ...

268. Needed: Peacemakers

Ephesians 2:1-10

Sermon

King Duncan

... crowded, teeming with merchants and shoppers and tourists. Into that bustling place came a man riding slowly through the crowd on a bicycle, precariously balancing a basket of oranges on the handlebars. He was bumped accidentally by a porter who was so bent over, carrying a heavy burden, that he had not seen him. The burden dropped, the oranges were scattered, and a bitter altercation broke out between the cyclist and the porter. Angry words, threats, hostilities were shouted. A crowd gathered to watch what ...

269. The Voice Of The Lord

Psalm 29:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... the room. "What did you say?" he asked. The pastor repeated himself, but again in a tone as soft as a whisper. So the young man moved closer until he was leaning on the pastor's chair. "Sorry," he said. "I still didn't hear you." With their heads bent together, the old minister spoke once more: "God sometimes whispers," he said, "so we will move closer to hear Him." This time the young man heard and he understood. Draw near to God. Hear God speak to your deepest need. Hear God affirm your life. God's voice ...

270. You Can't Please Everybody

Luke 13:10-17

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

Object: Bring a box of toothpicks Today's scripture tells the story of Jesus healing a woman on the Sabbath. She was bent over and couldn't stand up straight. She had been this way for 18 years. Jesus was teaching in the church when he saw this woman and he healed her. How do you think she felt when she realized she could stand up straight? She was so happy she praised ...

271. In A Time Of War

Exodus 20:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... to get up when the minister came running to help. The minister kept asking Carl if he was okay, or if he was hurt as he helped him to his feet. Carl sighed and shook his head. "It was just some punk kids. Maybe they'll wise up someday." He bent and picked up the hose, adjusted the nozzle and started watering again. The minister was confused and concerned as he asked Carl what he was doing. "I need to finish watering the garden. It's been very dry lately," was the calm reply. A few weeks later the gang ...

272. A Lightning Rod Instead of a Cross

Acts 2:1-21

Sermon

King Duncan

... that happens in life begins with a vision. The land we inhabit was founded on a vision. Young Henry Clay of Kentucky was one of those visionaries. It is said that, on his way home from his duties in Washington, he stepped from the stagecoach, bent down, and put his ear to the ground. “What are you listening for?” inquired the driver. “I’m listening for the tread of unnumbered thousands of feet,” said Clay, “that will pass this way westward.” Part of the power that the Spirit brings is the ...

273. Excellence In Living

Romans 12:1-8

Sermon

King Duncan

... the lot with pride and the aura of a man who knows that destiny and determination have conspired to bring about the perfect union. The next day, however, the beautiful new van came back to the lot on a tow-truck. It was bent and battered, obviously undriveable. Shortly thereafter the livid owner stormed into the salesman's office, demanding not only a complete refund, but also threatening to sue for medical damages. "What happened?" asked the startled salesman. "I bought your van," sputtered the young man ...

274. Men Like Trees Walking

Mark 8:22-26

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... reference is to John Wesley’s notion that God can do more with our sin than forgive it. God can move into us by the Holy Spirit and change our hearts, give us a “second touch,” that, as the hymn says: “Take(s) away our bent to sinning.” The reference is to the so-called “second blessing,” through which the Holy Spirit transforms the hearts of believers. The folks back in 1935 probably omitted the phrase because there were a number of Methodists who were walking around claiming to be sinless ...

275. Childish or Child-like?

Mark 10:13-16

Sermon

Donald B. Strobe

... so much joy into the world.” To which Groucho, always quick on the uptake replied, rather ungraciously, I think, “I want to thank you for taking so much out.” He was ungracious, but he had a point. A lot of religious folk seem bent on bringing their wet blankets to every party. Finley Peter Dunne (1867-1936), the American humorist who wrote thick dialect humor under the pseudonym of “Mr. Dooley” once said of Thanksgiving: “’Twas founded by th’ Puritans to give thanks f’r being presarved ...

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