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Antonyms: aversion, distaste, apathy, dislike, hatred, antipathy, disgust, disregard, abhorrence, acrimony, wet, animosity, animus, antagonism, bad feeling, bitterness, be averse to, detestation

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276. Love

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Eulogy

George Reed

... actions. When we strive to be pleasant in unpleasant circumstance; when we do not take offense when offense has been given then the great love of God which was so evident in [NAME’S] life will be evident once again. When we refrain from taking delight in what is ... up the life of [NAME]. It is good for us to come together today to support and care for one another and to celebrate the loving life [NAME] shared with us. But in the days and years ahead we will bring even more honor to her/him as we bear the ...

277. Love And Money

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

William G. Carter

... news is anything is possible with God; God can purge us of all our possessiveness. Or is that bad news? Each of us must decide. One thing is for sure. If we want to follow Jesus, we had better brace ourselves. He calls us to serve a God who loves us, a God who will keep disturbing us until we finally relinquish our grip on money and possessions. Once we say yes to God, we can expect holy disruptions in our lives until the day when God alone shall purge and possess our hearts. 1. Stanley Hauerwas, Center for ...

278. Christian Love as Bifocal

Matthew 22:34-40

Bulletin Aid

Dennis Koch

... Color Green Suggested Hymns Rise Up, O Saints Of God! Your Word, O Lord, Is Gentle Dew God Of Our Life, All Glorious Lord Lord, Thee I Love With All My Heart Jesus, Thy Boundless Love To Me Spirit Of God, Descend Upon My Heart O God, I Love Thee Jesus Calls Us, O'er The Tumult Prayer for Proper 25, Pentecost 23, or OT 30 Lord, we hear your call to love our neighbors as ourselves. As this call enters our ears, it sounds good. However, as the message sinks into our hearts and minds, it becomes unsettling. We ...

279. Love is Like A Pillow Case

1 Peter 4:8

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... you get any answers.) Do you just forget about her or tell her that you are sorry or do you just feed the dog? The Bible teaches us that saying sorry isn't enough. The Bible teaches us that we must love the person and show our love. As a matter of fact, the way the Bible says it is this: "Love covers a multitude of sins." Do you know what that means? Let me show you. Do you see this lumpy old pillow? Doesn't it look awful? It looks kind of yellow and gray and has spots on the outside and ...

280. God's Great Love

1 John 4:11

Children's Sermon

... part of his own family. That helps to explain everything, doesn't it. We are always ready to do something to help somebody in our own family. God did not want us to get hurt or get lost because we are special to him. How does it feel to be loved that much? (Talk about this.) We know how it feels when we know somebody else doesn't really like us very much. And then when we discover that somebody really does care a lot about us, it makes us feel extra good. That's how it is with God's ...

281. Increasing Love

2 Thessalonians 1:3

Children's Sermon

Tim Carpenter

... balloon and tie it. I think you are right. The more the air increased inside, the prettier it became. Application: The Apostle Paul said this about Christians. In the Bible, Paul tells a church that he is thankful that they are increasing in their love for one another. He knew that the more love increases in our hearts, the better off we are. Which is the better balloon? Hold up the inflated and a deflated balloon. Is it the one with no air or the one with a lot of air inside of it? (the one blown up) You ...

282. Love to God in Relation to Forgiveness Received

Luke 7:1-10

Bulletin Aid

Carl Hoefler

... we feel toward you. We pray through Christ, our Redeemer. Amen. Prayer of Confession Dear Lord, we have assumed forgiveness without realizing the consequence of our sins from which your forgiveness has saved us. Our "acceptable" sins have brought little forgiveness; and little forgiveness has produced weak love; and weak love is not enough to make us rejoice. Forgive us for our apathy toward our sins and your forgiveness. We confess that our sins are immeasurable. Give us that kind of forgiveness; and our ...

283. GOD IS LOVE

1 John 4:7-21

Children's Sermon

... ; a napkin is like [Let them guess.] - that's right - paper. Rubber, corn, and paper. Now, what do you think God is really like? [Let them guess.] God isn't rubber and he isn't corn and I know that he isn't paper, so what is he? God is love. That's right, just like popcorn is corn and napkins are paper and erasers are rubber, so God is love. That is what God is really like because that is what God is made of. Isn't that wonderful? The thing that we like best of all ...

284. I Love You But I Don't Like You

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... produce an apology. A young couple named Ruth and Mike had a quarrel. She was relatively sure he was the main one at fault, but he found it very hard to apologize. So, before he left for work on Monday, she slipped a note into his briefcase. It read, "I love you more than you'll ever know. I'm sorry about the trouble we're having and for whatever part I had in causing it. Have a good day." When Mike read the note, he still could not bring himself to phone Ruth and say, "I'm sorry." But he ...

285. Love One Another

John 15:1-17

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... witness that God's mercy and grace are real. People: For when we were each yet lost God sent the Christ to bring us home. Leader: Let us raise our voices in song and praise for God's healing love! All: Blessed be the name of the Lord! Collect O God, You are the author of all love, and in You we have our redemption. Help us to do as You commanded us by loving one another. We look forward, Lord, to Your victorious return. In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord, so often we feel we can earn Your ...

286. Would a Loving God Really Let Anyone Go to Hell?

Luke 16:19-31

Sermon

David E. Leininger

... leading up to should, by now, be obvious. The more I study, the more I dig, the more I become convinced that the God of love whom we have come to know in Jesus would not condemn someone to the kind of Hell our tradition has always described. Then what would ... . He says, "Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice, and opens the door, I will come in..." Would a loving God really let anyone go to Hell? I think the answer is the same one we came up with after we read our lesson - Yes, even ...

287. Anointing The Feet Of Jesus As A Sign Of Our Love

John 12:1-11

Bulletin Aid

H. Burnham Kirkland

... of the world are so great that we are tempted to believe we have no need to spend vast sums on brick and mortar. Then we remember that our churches stand as beacons in the community, bearing testimony to your love and concern for all your children everywhere. They are the ointment by which we show our love for you, and the perfume we carry from being with you goes with us as we reach out to the community to serve your people. Thanks be to you, O God. Amen. Offertory Prayer Lord, accept these gifts of money ...

288. Cook Food. Serve Love.

Matthew 10:1-42

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... to put it, “eating good food with bad people.” There is a truck stop diner in South Dakota that also keeps it simple, and it too gets the gospel just right. As diners walk in they are confronted with a big sign that reads simply: “Cook food. Serve love.” Hospitality is at the heart of the gospel. Jesus knew that we cannot open our hearts until we first open our doors. And too many of our doors today have too many passwords for people to enter. Even when we say “Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors ...

289. Defining Love

Matthew 22:34-46

Illustration

Frank G. Adams

... is like a little old man and a little old woman who are still friends even after they know each other so well." Bobby, age 5, says: "Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen." Jenny, age 7, says: "There are two kinds of love. God's love. Our love. But God makes both kinds." That last answer is worthy of a philosopher. Maybe we should listen to children more than we do. They see the world around them with clear, fresh eyes, and interpret it with clear, fresh ...

290. The Strong, Saving Love

Mark 12:28-34

Illustration

Cathy A. Ammlung

... his marriage together, that daughter who pushes your buttons every ten minutes, that husband scared of being laid off these are the ones who desperately need the strong saving love, the compassion and mercy, the challenge and holiness and presence of Jesus. In those moments, dare to risk being rebuffed or inconvenienced. Dare to look foolish and make mistakes. Dare to love God and that person, even if it wrings your heart with pain to do so. It's what we've been created, redeemed, and commanded to do. Hang ...

291. Loving as Jesus Loved Us

John 13:31-38

Illustration

Scott Hoezee

... point that bad traits disappear even as the performing of normal tasks becomes all the more meaningful and remarkable. Something like that is our Christian goal as we travel with Jesus. Our desire is to love one another—to love the whole world finally, I suppose—as Jesus loved us. To do that, we need an infusion of a kind of love that does not arise naturally from the context of the world as we know it. So as we lose ourselves in Jesus and in being his disciples, and all our tics disappear as we focus ...

292. Unconditional Love

Luke 15:1-10; 1 John 4:10

Illustration

King Duncan

... she said. "Is there a difference between a grown-up and a parent?" "Oh yes," her five-year-old answered quickly. "Grown-ups love you when you are good and parents love you anyway." I know this sounds trite to some of you, but have you ever really come to appreciate the wonder of God's unconditional love? I dare say that there are some people in this room who don't really believe in unconditional love. You have never received it, and you have never given it. Some of you are still trying to earn your way to ...

293. Loving The Bridegroom

1 John 2:15

Illustration

... the created world is not wrong as long as our loving God is not diminished. To love the world and fail to love God would be like a bride, who, being given a ring by her bridegroom, loves the ring more than the bridegroom who gave it. Of course, she should love what the bridegroom gave her, but to love the ring and despise him who gave it is to reject the very meaning of the ring as a token of his love. Likewise, men who love creation and not the creator are rejecting the whole meaning of creation. We ought ...

294. Mature & Immature Love

Illustration

Erich Fromm

Infantile love follows the principle: “I love because I am loved.” Mature love follows the principle: “I am loved because I love.” Immature love says: “I love you because I need you.” Mature love says: “I need you because I love you.”

295. Unconditional Puppy Love

Illustration

Michael P. Green

... even rocks at it?” “Yes.” “Do you also remember how the puppy would always greet them with a wagging tail and would try to lick their faces?” “Yes.” “Well, that puppy had an unconditional love for those two boys. They certainly didn’t deserve his love for them because they were mean to him. But, he loved them anyway.” The father then made his point: “God’s love for us is also unconditional. Men threw rocks at his Son, Jesus, and hit him with sticks. They even killed him. But, Jesus ...

296. Love

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

One Volume

Gary M. Burge

... the gift of prophecy” (which conveys insight into the mysteries of God’s activity [1 Cor. 2:7] and knowledge about God himself [1 Cor. 8:4]) or a “faith that can move mountains” (Mark 11:23) is of no value unless these abilities are motivated by love as they are used within the body of Christ (13:2). So also the offering of “all I possess” in sacrificial service to “the poor” or the offering of “my body to the flames” in the sacrifice of martyrdom is of no lasting benefit apart from the ...

297. Love for Enemies

Matthew 5:43-48

Understanding Series

Robert H. Mounce

... ordered to “hate all the sons of darkness” (1QS 1.10). Rather than interpreting hate as a Semitic way of saying “love less,” it is better to understand the teaching as directed at Israel’s national enemies. The attitude reflects God’s ... meet moral conditions. To be like God we must show our favor not simply to those who are ready to love in return. There is no reward for loving those who love us. Even the despised tax collectors do that. And if we show courtesy only to our friends, there is ...

298. The Politics of Love

Mark 15:1-15

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... in which our “social” relationships take place. In 2017, an article came out in The Guardian about a “politics of love.” Written by Max Harris and Philip McKibbin, the essay was a first attempt to dream of another way to get ... two authors asked the question, “Instead of a politics of division in our current culture, can we somehow foster a politics of love, a way of relating that emphasizes universal care, concern, and commitment fueled by creativity and collaboration?” The two noted that today in ...

299. God So Loved

John 3:16-17

Sermon

Will Willimon

... honesty, more Sundays to examine our lives again and to pray for the courage to be truthful about all the ways we betray so great a love. Lent is only half over; there is still more repenting and confessing to be done. It doesn't take much of a preacher to prove ... says: He beckons us on, not to condemn, but to save. It was not for condemnation that he was sent to us, but for love. There you are. You're coming down the aisle on your knees, coming to grovel. PREPARE TO MEET THY GOD says the crudely lettered ...

300. Loving Against the Grain

Mark 3:20-35

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... our world has been divided. Throughout history, people have divided themselves again and again according to identity or preference. As we talked about last week in our discussion of Schadenfreude, it’s much easier to exclude than to include, much easier to fear than to love. Loving is hard. That’s what makes it all the more valuable when we receive it. But it’s one thing to be unloving and another to “demonize” those who disagree with our own point of view. We seldom demonize those close to us. It ...

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