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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Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... where (Jurgen Moltman, The Open Church, 33): · "No one is alone with his or her problems" · "No one has to conceal his or her disabilities" · "There are not some who have the say and others who have nothing to say" · "Neither the old nor the little ones are isolated"" · "One bears the other even when it is unpleasant and there is no agreement" · "One can also at times leave the other in peace when the other needs it."
2827. Jedi Christians
Matthew 14:22-36
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... since the day we heard it, we have not ceased praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of God's will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so that you may lead lives worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, as you bear fruit in every good work and as you grow in the knowledge of God. May you be made strong with all the strength that comes from his glorious power, and may you be prepared to endure everything with patience, while joyfully giving thanks to the Father who has ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... and freedoms. I hate the phrase "Third World." There is only one world, like there is only one God. But nations and peoples we have wrongly dubbed the third world resent and fear us because they feel the weight of our country, the last superpower, bearing down upon their backs. They experience US as a persistent, pervasive power-over them, their independent identity swallowed up by the long shadow cast by our wealth, our reasoning, our resources, and our technology. In the way of the world, it's been those ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... do to them in retaliation. [NOTE: The text itself is obscure, with few commentators agreeing over just what verse 21 intends to convey with "he established for them household." Some suggest these midwives were formerly childless and now were able to bear children of their own. Others suggest they simply received protection within the Hebrew community. Still others contend that their fear of God prompted virtuous behavior on their part, but helped rouse Pharaoh to such anger that he proclaimed the horrible ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... . But there is one more thing about these satellite networks. To get more channels, you have to pay for them. There is a cost to the discipleship that brings abundant life. What are you willing to pay to get more channels of the Spirit? What costs are you willing to bear and share to receive all that God has out there for you? What do you need to do in your life to let Christ be Christ in you . . . the real meaning of the abundant life?
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... among us has not cringed when we've pulled our dirty mini-van up to a valet parking lot, hauled out ourselves, our kids, the stroller, the toys, and then smiling apologetically watched the valet try to and sit down without landing on a gummy bear or an exploding juice box, or something worse. If cars are one of our most easily recognizable status symbols they are certainly only at the top of an ever-lengthening list. America loves to proclaim herself a truly classless society – where anyone from anywhere ...
2832. ASAP
Luke 11:1-13
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... got no time to spare, But as you hurry and scurry, ASAP: Always Say a Prayer. In the midst of family chaos, quality time is rare. Do your best; let God do the rest, ASAP: Always Say a Prayer. It may seem like your worries are more than you can bear. Slow down and take a breather, ASAP: Always Say a Prayer. God knows how stressful life is; he wants to ease our cares, And he'll respond to all your needs, ASAP: Always Say a Prayer. (Source Unknown)
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... Jesus looks around at his disciples. These were leaders who had traveled with him, who had been tutored by him, who had walked with him and who witnessed his works. And yet Jesus knew that his disciples were still not at the place where they could bear the whole of his mission. They couldn't yet digest the entirety of the salvation that he was about to offer the world. The full weight of genuine discipleship would crush their fledgling faith. So Jesus promises them that when the Spirit of truth comes to ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... -serving. A hydro project on the St. Lawrence ended with a monument (at the center of the Moses-Saunders Power Dam) which was unveiled by Queen Elizabeth at the project's dedication 45 years ago this June (2004). The monument carries this inscription: "This stone bears witness to the common purpose of two nations whose frontiers are the frontiers of friendship, whose ways are the ways of freedom, and whose works are the works of peace." Let us seek the things for which Jesus prayed when, in grief, he said ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... isn't sending us a comforter who is going to blanket us with warmth and encouragement, telling us to cheer up and be chirpy everything will be fine. This Paraclete is our battle companion and protector who will, in the words of one preacher, "bear every burden of service, lift every load of care, climb every mountain of difficulty, ford every stream of challenge, breach every wall of opposition and win every battle." This Paraclete is a fulfillment of the promise: "When you pass through the waters, I [will ...
2836. Prayer
Matthew 1:18-25
Bulletin Aid
Stephen Brown
Look, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel’ which means, ‘God is with us.’ You are coming to be with us. We have talked about your coming. We have dreamed about your coming. We have told stories and prophesied about your coming. We whisper your name in our prayers sing ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... the presence of my creator and have to apologize for not being the Christian he wanted and expected me to be. Do you? Your youth group is in desperate need of guidance. I know unsaved people who dress or act more modestly. I know that what we wear has no bearing on our salvation, but I also know that WE are the only Bible that a sinner will read. And that we're a living testament to God. The way that we carry ourselves, the way we look. Lot hurt his testament living in Sodom; no one would even take him ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... given by the magazine to reach the summit of Britain's largest mountain, Ben Nevis, they would have hiked straight off a sheer cliff and ended up in a broken heap at the bottom of Gardyloo Gully. It seems Trail missed one all-important bearing mark in describing the route, an oversight that would have sent hikers straight to their death. As you might imagine, the magazine quickly issued a correction. It virtuously touted the accuracy of the over two hundred other trails it had published. But as all ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... of Benjamin was considered distinctly inferior to the temple site and Judah's powerful Davidic kings found in Jerusalem. Jeremiah was at best a bumpkin, and his youthful inexperience at the time of his call only added to his inferior status and undignified bearing. But the dialogue between Yahweh and Jeremiah reveals first that this youth is, in fact, not tongue-tied, not even before the Lord. Like Abraham and others, he has enough chutzpah to speak up and talk back to God, protesting his chosenness. Even ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... was genuinely important came sharply into focus as things burned away. The individuals, families, neighborhoods, and cities that went through those fires will never look at their homes, their communities, their environment, in the same way. Their rebuilt houses and restructured lives will always bear the sear-marks of those fires. Many of us say we want change, we want a new start, when all we really want is more, better, improved. We don't want to be different, we just want to be our same old selves but ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... another's home that has coordinated Christmas china and table linens. Love doesn't yell at the kids to get out of the way. Love doesn't give only to those who are able to give in return but rejoices in giving to those who can't. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails. Video games will break, pearl necklaces will be lost, golf clubs will rust. But giving the gift of love will endure. What this world lacks the most isn't more stuff. What the world ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... three years in which to save the world, and he spent the entire time investing in a team. He put all his eggs in one basket. He risked the salvation of the world on 12 relationships. And when the exasperation of those relationships became almost too much to bear ("Have I been so long with you and you still don't get it?" . . . "How dull you are!" . . . "Get behind me, Peter") Jesus had a place to hang out with his three closest friends two women, one man. His best female friends? Mary and Martha. His best ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... the feathered and never the furred creatures is somewhat of a mystery. But there have been thousands of dollars spent in the name of squirrel defense over the years. Anyone living in a rural, wooded area can testify to the plenitude of both fur-bearing and feathered free-loaders queuing up to the trough. From personal experience I suspect that the squirrel wars may camouflage the ugly truth that what we are actually trying not to feed is the squirrel's universally hated naked-tailed cousin . . . the wood ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... many of the following as work in your area): Recent Nielsen Media research has found that more adults between the ages of 18-49 Watch the Cartoon Network than watch CNN. Nearly half of all Harry Potter books are read by those over 24. Care Bears have now been reintroduced, not because kids are clamoring for them, but their parents are Commercials like the Pepsi one with parents surprising their kids at a rock concert mosh pit Booklist now features a Crossovers: Children's Books for Adults Adults buying cars ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... the risks of creation. According to Christian tradition, God is also assuming the victim's role in the incarnation of the eternal Son." The story of the cross and resurrection of Christ is the story about how God the creator, who has exposed others to risks, also bears the risks and succumbs under the burden of risk. On the cross God is depicted as self-giving, even to the point of death. Since he had no offspring, Jesus is the icon of a loser in the evolutionary arms race. Since he was not able to ...
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... never recovered. By this time, the two teenagers were sitting up straight in the pew, anxiously waiting for the next words to come out of the old minister's mouth. "The father," he continued, "knew his son would step into eternity with Jesus and he could not bear the thought of his son's friend stepping into an eternity without Jesus. Therefore, he sacrificed his son to save the son's friend. How great is the love of God that he should do the same for us. Our heavenly father sacrificed his only begotten son ...
2847. Maker's Mark
2 Corinthians 1:12--2:4
Sermon
Leonard Sweet
... 's epistle text that all those who have received Jesus Christ into their lives are marked by a specific seal from God the red-hot presence of the Spirit in their hearts. What are the signs that reveal the marks of your Maker? Do you bear the Maker's mark? Or let me put the question another way: Is your life project life-giving? Giving life to new ideas? Giving life to old friendships? Giving life to eco-friendly consumerism? Giving life to neighborhood-friendly businesses? Giving life to schools for the ...
Sermon
James McCormick
... a big fairy tale.” The program began and proceeded through one magnificent number after another. The two students sat there and listened to the words of scripture expressed in that great musical setting: “Comfort ye, comfort ye my people - Behold a virgin shall conceive and bear a Son and shall call His name Emmanuel, God with us - The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light - For unto us a child is born - Behold I bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be to all people - For to ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... Of course, you and I are not likely to experience that power until we make Christ’s name our own. He was called Jesus the Christ. Christmas is the celebration of Jesus the Christ. Those who are followers of Jesus are, of course, called Christians. Do you bear his name? If someone asked you if you are one of his followers, how would you answer? It makes a difference how you regard His name. The Reverend Sue Reid tells of a priest she knows who had an extraordinary experience. It was just before Easter. The ...
2850. Luke 1:26-38
Luke 1:26-38
Sweet
Leonard Sweet
... and then further repeats that Mary has found favor (charis) with God in verse 30. Mary herself is diatarasso "utterly confused" or "much perplexed" by this greeting and the status it confers. The angel immediately gives evidence of Mary's favor, announcing that she will conceive and bear a son (verse 31). This son will "be great and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his ancestor David" (verse 32). This reign is specifically "over the house of Jacob," an ...
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