Synonyms: renounce, relinquish, dispense with, forswear, disclaim, disown, disavow, discard, wash one's hands of, give up, stop, cease, drop, forgo, desist from, have done with, abjure, abstain from, discontinue, break off, refrain from, set/lay aside, desert, leave, leave high and dry, turn one's back on, cast aside, break (up) with, vacate, quit, evacuate, withdraw from, surrender, cede, yield, indulge in, give way to, give oneself up to, yield to, lose oneself to/in, uninhibitedness, recklessness, lack of restraint, lack of inhibition, unruliness, wildness, impulsiveness, impetuosity, immoderation, wantonness
Antonyms: keep, claim, continue, stick by, self-control, power through, achieve, defend, bear, hope, acquire, quick visit, adopt, continue along, adhere, remain, pursue, support, take up, keep up, reuse, advocate, stay, persevere, cherish, keep going, carry on
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251. A New Attitude
Matthew 17:1-13
Sermon
King Duncan
... it’s not broke, don’t fix it.” However, sometimes it is broke, but we don’t want to admit it. Sometimes we want to stay where we are--even when where we are is not all that great. For example, consider having a bad attitude. Some of us know we ... treating a spouse with more kindness, or whatever your need might be, this is the time. Peter wants to build three shelters and stay on that mountain. While he is still speaking, a bright cloud envelopes them, and a voice from the cloud says, “This is my Son ...
Sermon
James W. Moore
... on the bus and out of your life.” Remember the words of the chorus with me: “Tie a yellow ribbon ‘round the old oak tree. It’s been three long years… Do you still want me? If I don’t see a ribbon ‘round the old oak tree, I’ll stay on the bus, forget about us, put the blame on me… if I don’t see a yellow ribbon ‘round the old oak tree.” Now, I have a strong suspicion that this song was inspired by an old, old story that preachers have loved to tell for many generations. There ...
Sermon
James Merritt
... Land, and go to the top of Mt. Sinai, and shout the Ten Commandments?" She said, "I think it would be better if we just stayed home and kept them."[7] So in this study we come to rule number one. Simply stated, rule number one is: There is only ... heard about a college student that took a course in ornithology, the study of birds. Well, the night before the final exam, this student stayed up all night studying. He memorized every bird in that book. He thought he was ready for the exam. When he walked in the ...
Sermon
James Merritt
... lifting power of the bird immediately in front of him. Now, if we as a people, can have as much sense as a goose, we will stay in formation and so will those who are headed the same way we are. When that lead goose finally gets tired, he rotates back in the ... sick or tired, and falls too far back, two other geese will fall out of formation and follow it to help it and protect it. They stay with it until it is able to fly again and get back in the formation. If we could just have the sense of geese, we would ...
Sermon
James Merritt
... Why are we on planet earth?" I said, "I can answer your question in three words—to glorify God." That's what happens when you have that quiet time—God is glorified. Secondly, faith is fortified. Isa. 26:3 says, "You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You." When you make the time, and you take the time to have that quiet time, where all you do during that time is focus on God, there will be a peace like a river that will flood your soul. Finally, the soul is ...
Sermon
James Merritt
... back across the Jordan and settle there east of the river. But first they must go and fight because no one has the right to stay in the barracks while the rest of their brethren are on the battlefield. Well, they agreed to fulfill their commitment to the Lord and to ... is in the Bible because it is true. You cannot win the game of sin. It will beat you every time. The skeletons will not stay in the closet. You can lock the door and throw away the key, but they will crawl through the keyhole and find you out. ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... Kingdom people live the not yet in the here and now. Kingdom people are constantly blowing past barriers and barricades, crossing over lines, even into enemy territory, to get to the future when around us people are shouting, “Stand back. Stay behind the lines. Don’t go there! Stay in line.” Second, people with a kingdom identity have reJesused their lives. This is the phrase of Alan Hirsch and Mike Frost in their wonderful new book, ReJesus (Hendrickson, 2009). To a church that has become big on the ...
258. The Call to Be Champions
Mk 1:14-20
Illustration
King Duncan
... see what kind of young men he had, winners or quitters. He made a sign with a slogan on it and hung it above the locker room door. The sign read: "Those Who Stay Will Be Champions." Of course, not everyone stayed. One morning Schembechler came to the office and looked at the sign. Underneath the words "Those Who Stay Will Be Champions" someone had written, "And those who quit will be doctors, lawyers, and captains of industry." I suppose both those sentiments have truth to them. Either way you will have to ...
Sermon
James Merritt
... Team that will help lead us through this process. This team will be composed of an equal number of people who feel led to stay on the main campus, and those who feel led to go to the new work. I envision two groups united in their desire to ... you rob God. Quite frankly, there is no excuse for robbing God. So let those who say they love this church and believe this church should stay here and not only survive but thrive—give; give to support the daily expenses of the church, give to retire to the debt of the ...
260. Fishing Buddies
John 1:35-42, John 1:43-51
Sermon
James Merritt
... eat, breath, and sleep the wedding. It is all consuming. It is 24/7 flowers, food, dresses, colors, the ceremony, the cake, the reception, the minister, the rehearsal, and the music. The job of the groom during these pre-wedding days is very simple – fake interest and stay out of the way. The groom is totally different. He only thinks about one thing and gets excited about one thing and that is the honeymoon. He is ready to have the bride all to himself. After he says, "I do", two words in his mind are ...
Sermon
James Merritt
... is even worse. Cohabitation does not help to preserve relationships, it helps to destroy them. Only one 1 out of 6 couples who cohabit stay together at least 3 years and only 1 out of 10 lasts 5 years or more. [[2]] Let me just say a word to ... the other side of the fence may start off green, but it usually ends up brown. 80% of all men who have had an affair end up staying with or returning to their wives and of those who do divorce their wives, only 10% married the woman with whom they had the affair. [[5]] ...
Sermon
James Merritt
... influence, everyone is a leader. If you are a father and a husband, you are to be the leader of your home. If you are a stay at home mom, your job is to lead those kids most hours of the day. With the people that you work with, with the friends you ... where other people sit and walk where other people walk and feel what other people feel. Somebody used a football analogy and said, "Leaders stay back in the pocket and take the hit, but losers run out of bounds." Another way of putting it is - Leaders share the ...
Sermon
James Merritt
... we can learn from Nehemiah as he came under the most intense opposition of his life on how to get the job done, hold the marriage together, make the business succeed, reach your goals - by keeping your eye on the ball. I. When Some Try To Sidetrack You Stay Focused "Now it happened when Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall, and that there were no breaks left in it (though at that time I had not hung the doors in the gates). That Sanballat and ...
Sermon
James Merritt
... the "dark side" the Bible calls "sin." When the dark side does arrive, you have to make a decision whether you are going to cross over to that dark side or not. Remember, I warned you last week, that once you do cross over to the dark side, if you stay there, the dark side will consume you, control you, corrupt you, and ultimately condemn you. In the two chapters of Proverbs that we are going to look at today, Solomon, the wisest man who ever lived is going to share with us, just one area of life where the ...
265. Eating in the Echoing Hall
2 Samuel 18:5-9, 15, 31-33
Sermon
Stan Purdum
... by WW II events. Near the end of the movie, their characters, Rick and Ilsa, are standing in an airport. Ilsa's husband Victor is already on the plane, and Ilsa, who loves both him and Rick, is terribly torn about whether to get on the plane with Victor or stay in Casablanca with Rick. Then Rick says to her, "Inside we both know you belong with Victor. You're part of his work, the thing that keeps him going. If that plane leaves the ground and you're not with him, you'll regret it. Maybe not today. Maybe ...
266. Back to the Future
Luke 9:28-36 (37-43)
Sermon
Gary L. Carver
... name was Raphael. He chose to spend his dying hours painting The Transfiguration. He never finished, but he got one part completely finished and that was Jesus. The critics say that Jesus' garment is so white and glistening that no one could bleach it as white. Raphael stayed focused. He had seen the future and that future was a victorious Jesus. His way of telling the world was through his painting. What's your way of telling the world about the victory of Jesus? When people see your life, will they see a ...
Sermon
John Jamison
... away from. I'm sure Jesus didn't mean for us to stop following those laws. Actually, those were some of the laws that really set us apart from all those other folks. They would eat anything. So the laws about what food we can and cannot eat stay. But all the rest of them are finished. Except of course, for the law about circumcision; we really ought to keep that one, too. Circumcision is what has set us apart since the days of Abraham. It is what has identified us as God's chosen people throughout history ...
Drama
Lois Anne DeLong
... a big help. And thanks for getting your sisters to bed. They were so excited I thought they’d never fall asleep. Why are you holding a blanket? Esther: Well, this woman. She stopped by with her husband before. She’s having a baby and they had no place to stay. Father sent them to Daniel’s inn and they’re so full that I thought she might need a blanket. Mother: And what are you going to sleep under? Esther: My cloak? Mother: Do what you want, but don’t complain to me if you get cold. (Mother exits ...
Drama
Lois Anne DeLong
... . You have to come. (drops bundle and tries to pull David up) Come on, you’ll get us in trouble. David: You don’t have to stay with me. Go on if you’re worried. I’m going to take a nap and then I’m headed back to the palace. Esther: Go ... t want to do it alone. Shepherd 2: I can’t help it. The fire is so warm and it’s so quiet. Shepherd 1: Well stay awake. We get to sleep later when the others wake up. Shepherd 2: Okay, I’ll try. Narrator: Suddenly the shepherds heard a great noise. The ...
270. Walking First Class
2 Corinthians 3:12-18
Sermon
Billy D. Strayhorn
... her got up. Then the people on each side of them got up and then the whole table. As she started to leave, the entire restaurant got up to leave. Then the large man with the greasy apron said, "Oh, now wait a minute. Everybody sit back down, she can stay." He even brought her a bowl of soup. Craddock asked the man next to him, "Who is she?" He said, "I never saw her before in my life. But if she ain't welcome, ain't nobody welcome." Craddock said in that new atmosphere he began to eat his soup ...
271. Like a Venomous Snake
1 Corinthians 10:1-13
Sermon
King Duncan
... words of the old joke, “I’ve quit preaching and gone to meddling.” But families are being torn apart, lives are being ruined and even being lost by the oldest vices known to humanity. And it doesn’t have to be. Flee from temptation. Stay connected to God and your church family. Much is at stake, perhaps even your very soul. 1. Tommy Nelson, The 12 Essentials of Godly Success (Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2005), p. 76. 2. http://www.stmarkshudson.org/sermons/2008/03/03/ephesians-5-8 ...
Sermon
Billy D. Strayhorn
... Did you plug it in?" We were ruthless and laughed about that for weeks. He said he was never so glad when somebody else finally made a bonehead mistake so he could get out of the center of the firing range. The point is that we have to stay connected to the source of our power. And we do that through prayer and Worship. By Altaring our Worship, we can actually begin fulfilling the mission God in Christ has set before us; Altering or Transforming the world around us. Jesus was trying to get this point across ...
273. God's Whatever
Philippians 4:2-9
Sermon
Billy D. Strayhorn
... with you. Those last two verse are the focus for today because they talk about living a life of God's Whatever. In the first seven verses Paul gives us the attributes for living a life of God's Whatever. He says it involves Rejoicing, Giving Thanks and Staying Focused. I. How A. I know, some of you are thinking, 'Yeah right. That's Paul. He could rejoice and give thanks any time he wanted.' Or you're thinking, 'Paul lived 2000 years ago, what does he know about life today?' We forget the circumstances under ...
274. Come and See
John 1:29-42
Sermon
Billy D. Strayhorn
... the message of the Angel didn't surprise them. The Star People are like the Wisemen, people still on the journey, people still searching and seeking out the meaning of life. But once the Star People and the Angel People, experienced the newborn Messiah, they could longer stay in those roles. Their lives had been changed. So, I want to give them a different name. Since the birth of Christ, there are Seekers and there are Pointers. Now, I know what our mothers told us, "It's not polite to point," but in this ...
Sermon
Billy D. Strayhorn
... . [43] But understand this: if the owner of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into. [44] Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming ... telling his disciples. He says the signs are there. The signs have always been there. We just have to look. We have to get ready and stay ready so we'll know them when we see them. So, where do we look? How do we see the signs. I personally think it's ...
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