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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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2876. Always?

1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

Sermon

Rick Brand

... standard of devotion that humbles us and embarrasses us. Few of us pray always and seldom does our agenda remain always the same. Paul says he is always giving thanks for the blessings that have been revealed in the saints at Thessalonica, and our prayers seldom touch on giving thanks for the gifts that others have received. If we pray for others, it is because of our desires that they receive a new blessing, that God may help them through a new problem, that God will give to those who are without work new ...

2877. The Cloak

1 Thessalonians 2:1-8

Sermon

Rick Brand

... with all people, and brings us into the community of the faithful so that we are a part of a community and not isolated individuals. We need some food. We need some clothing. We need some stuff, but we need the presence and grace of God to touch the deepest hunger in our heart, and in the joy of God's dwelling in us we discover what Paul discovered about contentment. "Everything depends on knowing how much. Good is knowing when to stop." 1. Scott Kling and Chris Hartman, "Executive Excess 2002: CEO's Cook ...

2878. A Tale of Two Dancers

Mark 6:14-29

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... here, the ark is stored away. It is in somebody's barn, old Obededom's barn. It's up on blocks, like a Model A. So David sends for the ark to bring it to Jerusalem, the capitol city, to the City of David. This is to be the crowning touch of his inauguration festival. First of all the City of David is named the capitol. Then Michal rejoins the king. Now the ark is brought to the capitol city. Because if the ark is there, that means that God is there. And if God is there, then God will bless ...

2879. Are You Feeling Sheepish?

Psalm 23, John 10:11-18

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... great Brazilian soccer player, has. He says it is like a strange peace, or calm. He called it a euphoria. He said, "When it comes, I feel like I can run all day without tiring. I can run right through the defensive zone of the other team without being touched. I feel like I can play without ever being hurt." John Brodie, the old quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers said, "There are moments in every game when time seems to slow down, as if everyone were moving in slow motion and I have all the time in the ...

2880. Beware of Crowds

Mark 1:29-39

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... . It will come when one person reaches out to another in love. And in that moment, the Kingdom comes. We believe that someday the Kingdom will come in glory. But until then, it comes in parables, when Christians, or even non-Christians, reach out and touch somebody in compassion. This morning we had the privilege of highlighting the Befriender Ministry in this church, which is simply people reaching out to other people in need. Each of those encounters is a parable of the Kingdom. But let me tell you of ...

2881. Body Language

Mark 7:1-23

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... , deceiving yourselves." James is a corrective to Paul. Paul was right. We are saved by grace, what God has done for us, not by our works. But you can't stop there. If you have been saved by grace, then you ought to live by grace. If you have been touched by God's love in your life, then you ought to share that love with other people. If you have been transformed by grace, then you ought to be gracious to other people. "Don't deceive yourselves," James says. It is almost there in the form of a warning. Don ...

2882. God Never Gives Up

Luke 15:1-10

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... all the verses of this plaintive, Appalachian tune, “Amazing Grace.” For those present, it was a stunning moment. It is amazing, its popularity. Even people who are not members of churches, and those who do not profess faith, find something about this hymn touching them. It is over two hundred years old. It is uncompromisingly Christian in its language. It is evangelical in its message, reflecting John Newton’s experience of being found. “I once was lost, but now am found.” Maybe that is the clue ...

2883. If You Can't Stand the Heat

Luke 14:25-33

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... feels so right"--which has to be one of the great moral affirmations of Western civilization. In a therapeutic situation, you are supposed to get your feelings out. That's appropriate there. You're supposed to "go with your feelings," and "get in touch with your feelings." That's appropriate in the context of therapy. But the purpose of therapy is to move you to responsible adult living, where there are other realities that must be considered besides my own feelings--like my obligations and responsibilities ...

2884. On the Beach

John 21:15-25, John 21:1-14

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... was a self-made person. Then one day he was knocked down, and couldn't see. He held out his hands, and literally, somebody had to lead him. He had been blinded. When he got to Damascus, some more people took his hands. In Damascus the Christians reached out and touched him. When he got his vision back, he could see things that he had never seen before. They had been there all along, but he had never seen them. That he lived by grace, and not by his own strength alone. Later on he would write to the Romans ...

2885. Plain Talk

Luke 6:17-26

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... . The crowd he heals. He doesn't ask anything of them. Out of compassion he sees their sicknesses and he heals them. Then they go away. We never hear of those people again. They have no names. They are the suffering in this world. He touches them, and heals them. But disciples he doesn't heal. Nor does he particularly express any compassion toward them. Nor are the comfortable words uttered to them. There is nothing in the gospels about the disciples becoming a support group. Jesus heals the crowds, and ...

2886. Reflections on a Bumper Sticker

Mark 2:1-12

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... reputation. They've come to see a miracle of healing. So the crowd is there looking at Jesus now. But Jesus is looking at the scribes in the back of the room, with their notebooks. He continues to look at them, and stretches out his hand, and touches the paralytic, and says, "Your sins are forgiven." But look. That does not heal the paralytic. He is still paralyzed. To say, "Your sins are forgiven," doesn't heal him. What it does is shock the scribes. Which is exactly what Jesus intended to do. The scribes ...

2887. Scandalous News

Luke 4:16-30

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... show you how carrying a cross is going to lead to a new life. So stop thinking about yourself all the time, and start following me. You read the New Testament and you can divide it this way. Some people he healed, he set free, simply by touching them. He healed them because of his compassion. He healed them with his comfortable words. There were thousands of those people, I imagine. In the New Testament those people are called, "the crowd." But there were other people in the New Testament whom he healed and ...

2888. The Source of Self Esteem

Romans 8:14-25

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... there is another group on the bottom, the group on the top will always say, "Don't blame me for this. This is God's doing." We believe that God sees the way the world sees. Most people believe status quo means, God made it this way, so don't touch it. But the truth of the matter is, from the biblical perspective, the world is in rebellion from God, and the purpose of God's intervention into the world is to redeem the world. Not to bless it, but to change it. The world, as that word is used in ...

2889. This Is the Day

Matthew 6:25-34

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... for you. I mentioned there are people you don't want to ask "How are you?" because of the fear of hearing what they are going to say, but you've had the experience of visiting somebody who has really had terrible things happen to them. You get in touch with them to express your concern. You are amazed at their attitude. You go there hoping maybe you can help them, and you leave feeling better about the human race. That's the way Paul was. I am inspired by Paul's letter to the Philippians. He's in ...

2890. Uses of the Past

Philippians 3:4b-16

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... morning, where all around the world millions and millions of Christians are gathered around this Table to hear the words that our Lord actually spoke to you and to me. Because of that tradition we can sing, Here, O my Lord, I see thee face to face; Here would I touch and handle things unseen; Here grasp with firmer hand eternal grace, And all my weariness upon thee lean.

2891. What If He Shows Up?

John 2:13-22

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... Immediately the scientists were called in to analyze this. Did this really refute Murphy's Law, which said that "buttered toast, when it falls to the floor, will always fall buttered side down"? The scientists secured the kitchen, told everybody not to touch anything. They took pictures and brought in their instruments, weighed and analyzed everything. They created a computer model, tested it. They reached the conclusion that Murphy's Law was intact. The woman had simply buttered the toast on the wrong side ...

2892. What Will They Think Up Next?

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... door to the church, because we didn't have a piano. We went into a Sunday School room, stood around. She played Bach for her father's Christmas present, because she knew that her father loved Bach cantatas. I was surprised. I was amazed. And I was deeply touched. I felt, this is what Christmas is. We give gifts at Christmas for a number of reasons. But the gifts that are most like Christmas are the surprises. That's what happened. Nobody expected it. Not now. Not like this. Not me. "How can this be?" Mary ...

2893. Million Dollar Christmas

Matthew 19:21

Drama

Matthew Powell

... ! Edgar 1: At last we had something to start on. We were agreed that the mothers of the world were the people who denied themselves the things they wanted in order to give to others. Helene: Ah, ha! I have the whole thing ready now! We get in touch with the teachers in the schools in the poorer neighborhoods and have them assign a theme for the children to write titled, "What Would Mother Like For Christmas?" We will explain that it is not what mother needs, but what she would like. And it is not what ...

2894. Hoodoo McFiggin's Christmas

Luke 2:1-14

Drama

Matthew Powell

... them all alike, Narrator: and all his own size. The boy was so pleased that you could see his face crack up with pleasure. He waited a few minutes until his intense joy subsided. Then he tried again. This time, the package was long and hard. It resisted the touch and had a sort of funnel shape. Hoodoo: It's a toy pistol! Narrator: said the boy, trembling with excitement. Hoodoo: Gee! I hope there are lots of caps with it! I'll fire some off now and wake up father. Narrator: No, my poor child, you will not ...

2895. Home For The Holidays

John 1:1-14

Drama

Matthew Powell

2896. In the Darkness of Anxiety, There Is the Light of Peace

Luke 2:8-20

Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

... was always suspicious of religion, said to him, “Okay, preacher, tell me now. Where is your God at a time like this?” A nurse, who had been helping their family member, walked by. The pastor pointed to her and said, “There goes God. God is here in the touch of that nurse.” You need to look for signs of God’s peace in the kindness of others, in the generosity of friends, in the lives of fellow Christians, and in the mission of the church. Then, second, move on to this: II Accept the promise of God ...

2897. Christmas 1

Isaiah 63:7--64:12, Colossians 3:1-17, Colossians 3:18-4:1, Galatians 3:15-25, Hebrews 2:5-18, Matthew 2:13-18, Matthew 2:19-23

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... as a son of God? - v. 5. 2. What Does Christmas Have To Do With Me? 4:6-7 Need: So God sent his Son to the world as a baby? That was about 2,000 years ago. What does that have to do with me? Of course, Christmas did touch me in recent weeks: shopping, bills now to be paid, lively Christmas parties, getting the family together, a lovely tree, good food, and fun. Is that all there is to Christmas? You don't have to be a Christian to have that kind of a Christmas. What is the real ...

2898. Road Rage

Matthew 3:1-12

Sermon

Susan R. Andrews

When our children were small, a nice church lady named Chris made them a child-friendly creche. All the actors in this stable drama are soft and squishy and durable - perfect to touch and rearrange - or toss across the living room in a fit of toddler frenzy. The Joseph character has always been my favorite because he looks a little wild - red yarn spiking out from his head, giving him an odd look of energy. In fact, I have renamed this character John ...

2899. Demonstrating the Divine

John 1:10-18

Sermon

Susan R. Andrews

... jacket on the Spirit of the law in order to preserve the letter of the law. Forgetting that Jesus defied the law in order to fulfill the law, we all too often deify the law. Think about it. Jesus healed on the Sabbath, he touched menstruating women, he put the needs of children before the needs of adults, he preferred the companionship of sinners over saints. Jesus fulfilled the law by redefining the law - by turning rules into relationships. Jesus flexibly figured out in each situation how holy virtues ...

2900. God's Delight

Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon

Susan R. Andrews

... was bigger than life, he was also gentle as anything. I don't know anybody who didn't feel bigger in his presence." Timothy Healey was a transparent channel for the vigorous and transforming power of God, but it was a gentle power - used to touch and encourage and bless the individual lives of thousands of people. Finally, Christian power, as embodied by Jesus and described by Isaiah, is persistent power - power that does not grow faint, cannot be crushed - power that even a cross and a tomb cannot destroy ...

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