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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Stephen M. Crotts
... fourth question: What are the symptoms of demonic possession? Throughout the Bible we are given hints of what demons in people do to give away their presence: a carnal appetite out of control, unexplainable physical strength (Mark 5; Acts 19), unexplainable intelligence (Acts 16:16), self-destructive tendencies (Mark 5), rage against Jesus (Mark 1:22), pride, rebelliousness, filthiness, and even such physical liabilities as dumbness (Matthew 9:32-33), blindness (Matthew 12:22-23), epilepsy (Matthew 17:14-21 ...
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Fredrick R. Harm
... like." Noble behavior attributes, indeed. May the Divine Artist paint them boldly on the canvass of your life and mine. In the third, and final, of our ABC's we remove bedlam from Bethlehem when we realize who is coming one day to usher in the final act in the Eternal Christmas Pageant. Verse 13 tells us, "While we wait for the blessed hope and the manifestation of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ." Be certain of this, dear Christian friend, the Christ of Christmas who came once as a babe ...
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Fredrick R. Harm
... But here is the crowning mystery of the story behind the glory of the Christmas event. He tells us, "My thoughts are not your thoughts and my ways are not your ways" (Isaiah 55:8). There is no desire in him to retaliate, or in any way act as man would act under similar provocation. On the contrary, the cross of Calvary, which is the supreme evidence of human wickedness, proves to be at the same time the crowning revelation of God's redeeming grace. It was all in his loving purpose; it was the price he was ...
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Paul E. Robinson
... with a dove in hand or buying one there, giving it to the priest and watching the blood fly, hoping that this time that nagging guilt would go away, the heaviness of spirit might disappear, peace might finally come. But if the report of Luke in the book of Acts is any indicator, it didn't happen. The law and associated guilt from not being able to carry it all out was a burden, not a pathway to God. Listen to the words of Peter at the Council of Jerusalem, as Luke reports: "Now therefore why do you make ...
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Paul E. Robinson
... and thereby know God. What does it take to get a glimpse of this thing called eternal life? It just doesn't seem to work very well just to think about it, right? It goes back to that great line that "you can act your way into thinking much easier than you can think your way into acting." I believe that is why John writes that "eternal life is in God's Son." It is Jesus who is always BASE jumping, always doing crazy, unexpected things. And as we walk and jump in the footsteps and hang gliders of Jesus, we ...
3081. Grace in the Midst of Judgment
2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2, 2 Corinthians 5:1-10
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Glenn McDonald
... history and let it be posted on his cross, as if he were personally responsible for all of it. He died for it. That means justice has been served. That means our sin records, in principle, have been erased. What do we mean, "in principle"? Jesus has acted. Now it is our call to act. The case against us is canceled when and if we are willing to say, "Thank you, Lord. You rescued me. You gave me my life back. Now I will live a brand new life -- not for me this time, but for you." That is the background of ...
3082. The Highest Bidder
Ephesians 3:14-21
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Harold Warlick
... which was shrouded from view and from visitation (except once a year by the high priest) by a thick curtain. When Jesus died, the curtain was torn from top to bottom. There is little doubt that Matthew intended the reader to conclude that this was an act of God. Now, through God's own initiative, the doorway to the fullness of spiritual life is opened to everyone -- male or female, Jew or Gentile, clergy or laity. What Jesus did once in history at the Temple, and accomplished spiritually for all time on the ...
3083. Gifted People
Ephesians 4:1-16
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Harold Warlick
... common good of the whole. The gifted Ephesians apparently grasped the meaning of maturity in Christ. They couldn't keep all their religious options open. They agreed to give up their superstition. The book of Acts records that they gathered their books and their magic together and made a great bonfire out of them. Scripture (Acts 19:19) says that they counted the price of what they had burned and found it to be 50,000 pieces of silver. Now, my friends, metallurgy was advanced in Ephesus in Hellenistic and ...
3084. Humility
John 13:1-17
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King Duncan
... another’s feet. I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you.” Should we have a foot washing service this evening? We could. Some churches do, but it’s not required. What Jesus is asking of his disciples is not an outward act, but an inner attitude--an attitude of humility and love and service. “Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you.” TV pastor ...
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King Duncan
... . The other whips out his wallet, pulls out a couple of dollars and gladly hands them over to the homeless man with a smile. The homeless man thanks him kindly and then continues on to the other passengers. The first student is outraged by his friend’s act of generosity. “What on earth did you do that for?” he shouts. “You know he’s only going to use it for booze.” And the second student replies, “And we weren’t?” We’ve all been there. A needy person intrudes himself or herself into our ...
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Curtis Lewis
... safe from Pharaoh's army, they sang, but they also danced. Miriam, the sister of Moses who was a prophetess, danced a dance of joy for God's mighty deliverance. As she danced, other women joined her in a dance of praise to celebrate the saving acts of God. The Old Testament is punctuated with the praise dances of those who encountered the God of steadfast love. Jeremiah imagines all of the exiles journeying together in one great homecoming parade led by God himself. When the exiles arrive home, they find a ...
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Curtis Lewis
... . Jonah was unwilling to go until he was forced to go. Jesus, however, came to do the "will of his father." Jonah spent three days in the stomach of a great fish because of his disobedience. Jesus spent three days in a tomb of earth and death as an act of obedient love. Not only did the people of Nineveh repent, but the king also repented and joined his subjects by putting on mourning clothes and sitting in ashes. The king then called for a fast and admonished all of his subjects to turn from their evil and ...
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Curtis Lewis
... named the Valley of Achor, or "trouble." It was a place of terrible failure. The people of God in the eighth century were in their Valley of Achor because of their corruption, idolatry, and rejection of God. In spite of Israel's forgetting God, God now, in an act of grace, states that he will transform Israel's repetition of the sin of Achan into a place of grace. God's promise to ancient Israel has deep personal meaning for us. We all have memories of sin and failure. The good news of grace is that the ...
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King Duncan
... , yet they are positive, upbeat, a joy to be around. We say, the difference is attitude. But what is attitude? Doesn't it have to do with the way we imagine ourselves? If we see ourselves as victims, we will act accordingly. However, if we see ourselves as God's own children, we will also act in accordance with our beliefs. Paul says that we should approach life with a sense of entitlement. He writes, "Now if we are children, then we are heirs heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ . . ." Have you ever been ...
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King Duncan
... human or alien, then she needed to look her best. But the aliens never knocked on her door. The noises and the green and purple lights came from an explosion at a nearby natural gas plant. (2) That grandmother acted rather foolishly, but no more foolishly than many Christians have acted through the generations by their constant setting of dates for Christ’s return. The scriptures are very explicit. No one knows when that day will be. “Even the angels in heaven” do not know, according to Matthew 24:36 ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... ! You may not live upon this earth a long time, but you can have the promise of life tomorrow.> Let's close as we began. What's the Easter word? Jesus Christ -- Alive and wanting to live in us...And how do we appropriate that Easter word? By remembering and acting upon three truths: One, you may now know where you are going, but no matter where you go, there will always be The Way. Two, you may not know all things, but no matter what you know, thee is always the Truth. And three, you may not live upon this ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... Unlike the woman we just talked about, whose reputation condemned her, the woman in this story is actually caught in the act of adultery. And Jesus is caught in a no win situation. If he elects to show mercy on this woman and free her, he will be clearly disobeying ... the Jewish law, for the law was that any person caught in the act of adultery had to be stoned. But if he doesn’t intervene, and not condemn her or prevent her condemnation, he is caught in ...
3093. Living Lightly
Genesis 45:1-28
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Maxie Dunnam
... We see someone who is really alive, they’re vibrant in spirit, they’re spontaneous, and we think it is all so natural, so easy, so effortless, and it is. But ,oh, the discipline behind the spontaneity! William Blake insists that Jesus was all virtue and acted from impulse, not from rules. He did not ponder. Now that may be a bit too strong a description of Jesus, but the truth is there. Even a casual reading of the New Testament confirms this spontaneous quality of Jesus’ life. Note how he dealt with ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... , slave or free person, male or female, but all are one in Christ. But not only to say it, not only to say it, but to act it out in our own way, however small and limited that may be. Now I don’t know what that means for this congregation. I can ... one was sick. There were over 60 leaders of the church gathered in their small meeting hall. They stood spontaneously as we entered, an act of honor that humbled us. We sang and prayed together, then we took the Lord’s Supper. I watched those people, many of ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... grace given to us. Let us use them. If prophecy in proportion to our faith, if service in our serving. He who teaches, in his teaching. He who exhorts, in his exhortation. He who contributes, in liberality. He who gives aid, with zeal. He who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.” Let us pray. Lord we claim the promise, that your word will not return unto you void. Come Holy Spirit, heavenly dove, with all your quickening powers. Come shed abroad a Savior’s love and that will quicken ours. Amen. In the ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... common practice among ancient warriors to tithe the spoils of war. Abraham no doubt was familiar with that practice, yet there’s something very unique about what Abraham was doing. It was an act of genuine devotion, and for the first time in history, persons were bringing a tithe of that which they possessed as an act of gratitude to God, whom they sought to serve. Therefore, tithing became a precedent of the Jewish people. From Abraham on, the principle of giving, separating a tenth unto the Lord grew ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... upon which we come abruptly. We don’t plan them, we don’t anticipate them, and we have to choose and destiny is in the choice. There are flashes of insight that break in upon us, guide us, intuition, discernment which, if we do not receive, record, and act upon, we lose. Such as we, the gift of our time. But one other quick word about it. The need of most troubled people, the heart cry of the lonely and hurting folk around us, for the most part, can be satisfied with time. That sounds simplistic, it ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... doing exactly what the Lord told him to do. All his long life, he had looked for the consolation of Israel – that is the coming of the Messiah. So when Mary brought the baby Jesus to the temple in Jerusalem for the act of purification and sacrifice, old Simeon led by the Spirit, was there waiting, acting as a priest. And I want you to relive that scene. He took that little baby in his arms, blessed God and said, “At last Lord, at last. You can dismiss your servant in peace as you promised, for my own ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... out everything he said. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Paul felt poverty-stricken in language too, as we do. So he pictured agape in Jesus, urging us to read into the meaning of the word all the mighty acts of God, culminating in God’s choosing to do in Jesus Christ something that had never been done before and would never be done again. To be born, to live, to teach, to suffer, to die, to rise again, and all for us persons and our salvation. And the way ...
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Maxie Dunnam
... caught up in trying to save ourselves. We’re in the far country, far from home, if we’re trying to deal with sin in any other way but by confessing it, repenting of it, and pleading the mercy of God. And remember, sin is not just those glaring acts of immorality we usually label such, though it is that. A character in one of Flannery O’Connor’s short stories said, “Did you ever look inside yourself and see what you are not? Well did you? Did you ever look inside yourself and see what you are not ...
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