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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... beautiful spot for a rustic retreat in the mountains of Western North Carolina near Bat Cave. Some years ago an attractive log cabin was built there, but for some reason it was never occupied. There it stood for many years - a beautiful mountain lodge by the side of the road, well-built and ready for use - but it remained empty. Many lives are like that mountain cabin! We dream fine dreams, yet we fail to follow through. Our lives remain empty and useless, while all about us are cries for useful, happy, and ...
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... . Genesis 25:2 The horn of the diesel train sounded in the distance, awakening me in the dawn of the morning. A horn blast sounded at every crossroad, louder and louder as the engine came near. Then it faded as it passed into the hills on the other side of the city. I then considered the many crossroads that I have had in my life and meditated on the meaning for that very day. Today across this great land of ours, and other lands of the world, the family as a strong influential, happy and powerful unit ...
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... , died there in the land of Moab, according to the Word of the Lord, and he buried him in the valley in the land of Moab opposite Bethpeor; but no man knows the place of his burial to this day." (Deuteronomy 34:5) By Nebo’s lonely mountain, On this side Jordan’s wave, In a vale in the land of Moab There lies a lonely grave; And no man knows the sepulcher, And no man saw it e’er; For the angels of God upturn'd the sod And laid the dead man there. (Cecil Frances Alexander, "The Burial of ...
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... a perplexing and confusing time - We have everything; and we have nothing. We have great possibilities: Technology is highly developed; and the chances that our children might go to the university or to a good technical school - these are also great. But, on the other side: Our children today can hardly learn anything by memory anymore: Not the catechism, not the Bible verses, nor our proverbs, nor our church hymns, nor the folk songs,6 nor the stories of the past - the way it was once done. Yes, it seems ...
3130. Treasure's Tug
Matthew 13:44-46
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... in the morning and has become everyone's favorite "lush" of the party, suddenly quits, naturally her old friends liked her better the other way. And so did the friends of the teen-age shoplifter. They were much more comfortable around him when he stole right along side them. And it's the same with the man who "got religion" and began raising questions on the job. Many co-workers and superiors liked him the other way when values were not questioned. Oh, yes, where the treasure of God's rule is found, there ...
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Glenn L. Borreson
... " not encased in plastic and without the same predictable flavor. Oh, fast food may fill us but, after a time, we have discovered it doesn't satisfy us. We have eaten, true, but we have not dined. That difference becomes great, and we learn that hunger has many sides to it. I imagine that Jesus was well acquainted with human hunger. He grew up around people who often had to scrounge out enough bread for one day. He had fasted in the wilderness and there had been tempted to turn stones into bread to dull the ...
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Glenn L. Borreson
Today my mother's side of the family is having a reunion in Black River Falls, Wisconsin. It's an annual event. Sometimes we attend. This year we won't. For a preacher and family it's always this question: will we spend one of our four free weekends during the year at a family ...
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... again and try once more with Jesus as our inspiration. He is the miracle of God's grace whose purpose is not to shame us. No, his ultimate and loving purpose is to free us to live in service. To live for others in that way, without being side-tracked into self-centered concerns for glory and power, that is the grace we are granted day after day. Angelo Roncalli, better known to us as Pope John XXIII, who brought fresh breezes to blow in the Roman Catholic Church, is a good example of the self-forgetfulness ...
3134. Sixth Sunday of Easter
John 14:15-21, Acts 17:22-31, 1 Peter 3:13-22
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... with us. He also asks us to express our love through obedience to Jesus. People: God forbid that we should ever fail to follow the life of love our Lord commands. May the Holy Spirit enable us to give such obedience. Collect Eternal God, who is ever by our side, encouraging us with your Holy Spirit: Enable us to give obedient love to our Lord; that we may grow in faith, strengthened by the help of your Spirit. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Prayer of Confession Dear Father, we do love your Son, Jesus. But we ...
Children's Sermon
... it was safe because they had plenty of food and they had each other. The ark was their home. Do you feel safe in your home? (Let them answer.) I feel safe in my home. But, how would you like to spend 562 days in your house without going out side? You could not go to school, church, or the store. You would forget what a park or your friend’s house looked like. Noah and his family stayed on the ark for 562 days, and the only thing they could see was water and the sky. There were no hills ...
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... to tell you today. It’s about Jesus and the storm on the sea. Jesus and his disciples had worked very hard that day and Jesus wanted to take a quiet boat ride across the sea. He told his disciples to get in the boat and sail to the other side. Shortly after they left the shore, Jesus put his head down and went to sleep. All seemed calm until the storm came and began to make big waves. These were not ordinary waves; these were giant waves. The boat went this way and that way and the disciples were holding ...
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... . Cold or hot, wet or dry, no matter what time of day, he still whistled. Out of curiosity, he stopped at the house to ask him why. As he came up on the porch, he saw a woman in a wheel chair, the man out in the garden at the side of the house, still whistling. He walked out to him, and the man explained, "My wife is an invalid. She is blind, and cannot walk, and spends her life in that wheel chair. I whistle when I work so she'll always know where I am and all she has ...
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... for defeat should be made at the same time! You can't fool around with the great "I Am." He plays for keeps and means business in all his dealings. When will puny humanity understand that to declare war on God, to challenge him, to take the other side, is to invite certain death and defeat? So, to the nation who is about to be emancipated, without open warfare, without a blow struck, the command is given, "Get you a lamb! You must have a lamb! Not just any old lamb will do. It must be male, young ...
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... on the lawn to dry. 8. Hang old rags on the fence. 9. Pour rench water on the flower bed. 10. Scrub porch and kitchen floor with hot, soapy, wash-water. 11. Turn tubs upside down to drain. 12. Go and put on a clean dress, smooth hair back with side combs, brew a cup of tea, set and rest a spell, and count your blessins'. So soon we forget! We can't remember how bad it once was nor how good we have it now! But this text reminds us that we have ... Poor Memories The people of God have ...
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... to guzzle the red-colored, sugar-water that I keep in feeders for them under the eave of the house. At another feeder, filled with sunflower seeds, we are visited by the white-breasted nuthatch, black-capped chickadee, tufted titmouse, cardinal, rufus-sided towhee, rose-breasted grosbeak, American goldfinch, purple finch, and even an occasional robin and blue jay. We are only novices in recognizing the bird species, but God is an expert ornithologist. He is really into birds! He created them and put them ...
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... edge of the same stream, watching as several men of the president's party crossed over. Then the stranger hailed President Jefferson and asked him to take him across the river on the back of his horse. The President willingly did so, and carried him safely to the other side, putting him down on the bank of the stream. One of the men of the party came to the stranger and asked, "Tell me, why did you select the President over all of us to ask this favor for yourself?" The man answered, "I didn't know he was ...
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... first? Who carries the most weight in your life? Whose word is law? The Great Command of Jesus demands this be God. Whatever, or whoever, is first in your life is taking the place of God or is your God. The Second Commandment, the love of neighbor, is the other side of the same truth. If you don't love God and your neighbor, you don't love either. John says, "If any one says, 'I love God,' and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother ... cannot love God." (1 John 4:20 ...
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... house, but perhaps you've broken God's heart by your lack of faithfulness in worship and in the study of his Word. Confess that to God, then come to Holy Communion and realize that he has forgiven you. Have you thrust that spear more deeply into Christ's side by your apathy toward the hurting and hungry in this world? Acknowledge that to God, then come to his table and realize that you are forgiven. Have you shattered God's will through the way you treat your family or the way you conduct your life when no ...
3144. Communion Is Reconciliation
2 Corinthians 5:11--6:2
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... . The LCA material Welcome to the Lord's Table which students use for Early Communion instruction, includes an exercise to demonstrate the dual nature of communion reconciliation. The teacher sets two dinner tables. On one of them are two places set on either side of the table - symbolizing that the Lord's Table is a place where God and you come into the personal and private fellowship. The other table is set with many plates and cups around it symbolizing that we are all in fellowship and communion ...
3145. Communion Is Repentance
1 Corinthians 11:17-34
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... gracious, loving forgiveness. When you eat the bread, remember his body hanging on that cross of agony, tearing, bleeding, writhing in pain. When you drink the wine, think about his blood oozing down his brow from the crown of thorns and pouring from his spear-punctured side. Focusing our hearts and minds on the fact that it was our sin - not his - that put Jesus on the cross, remembering that he endured that agonizing death to forgive you and me, should strip away all our pretense and bring us to our knees ...
3146. R.S.V.P.
Matthew 22:1-14
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... themselves if they’re to feel any ownership. Don’t program for them; plan and design ministry with them. Support ‘em, love ‘em and don’t be afraid to challenge ‘em. And keep me informed. In Christ, Mark September 29 Dear Sue, Well, look on the bright side: at least they were honest with you. Calling on every household with junior and senior high youth took a lot of time and effort. You and your core group are to be commended. You ask if I am surprised that so many youth and parents were able ...
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... ’s Jesus says of himself "the son of man came not to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many" (20:28). His credentials are a scarred brow, nailprints in feet and hands and a non-surgical wound in the side. Because he was the perfectly obedient servant, he is the greatest among us. Because he "humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross, therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed upon him that name which is above every name" (Philippians 2 ...
3148. Real Absence
Matthew 25:1-13
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... do, what it means to live in a world which gives precious little evidence of the presence or reality of God."3 Blasphemy? Unfaith? Disbelief? A rehash of the "Death of God" debates? I think not. Then what? The age old experience of faith’s flip side. Precisely because we are privileged to know and experience the presence of God, we therefore know also what God’s absence is like. Nor is there anything particularly new about this perplexing absence: Isaiah spoke of it when he said, "Truly thou art a God ...
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... and the eternal rewards-and-punishment system inherent in it. Indeed, faith seems to have little to do with anything since the righteous are so-called for their works and the cursed are so-named on the basis of their failure to act. The flip-side of the surprise and ignorance of the righteous is the surprise and ignorance of those called cursed: are they to be judged on the basis of rules and expectations never explained to them? Are "all the nations" to be expected to know of Jesus’ close identification ...
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... him, "Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?" Of course it was lawful in Roman jurisprudence, but religious law was uppermost in their minds. Judaism was divided on the question, thus the aim of the inquiry was to force Jesus to take sides in a no-win argument. Jesus had spoken harsh words against the Pharisees. They were threatened and had appeared vulnerable in the public eye. So, they figured that if they could entangle Jesus in a controversy over Roman taxes, the heat would be off them. Somewhere ...
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