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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3176. Show Us the Father
John 14:8-17, 25-27
Sermon
Dave Zuchelli
... . How could they remember all of these things? He seemed to be dumping heaps of knowledge on them without a chance to absorb what he was saying. They were mere men. How could they remember everything, let alone grasp it all? The task was beyond their abilities — particularly at a bewildering time such as this. Jesus tried to reassure them by telling them he would not leave them as orphans — parentless in a hostile world. He told them he would come to them, and though the world would no longer see him ...
Sermon
Schuyler Rhodes
... of self-giving love. You see, when we pour ourselves out for others, things change. Redemption happens! So it’s not our happiness or the meeting of the quotient of our desires that should “satisfy” us. It is our humble reception of this great gift and our ability to turn around and do likewise that shapes our journey in faith. This understanding sheds light on this passage of John as Jesus insists that the one who trusts in him will do the works that he does, and in fact will do greater works (John 14 ...
3178. Recruiting Volunteers
Luke 10:1-11, 16-20
Sermon
King Duncan
... in that society. He respected the culture and traditions of the Indian people and did not try to impose Western culture or practices on them. Soon his ministry also began attracting well-educated and influential Indian citizens who appreciated his ability to share his faith with intellectual rigor and respect. He brought together people from different faiths to discuss their religious experiences. He was so influential at bringing people together in a spirit of understanding and mutual respect that he was ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... to build family-style orphanages in Mexico and Honduras. (5) One comment changed Joshua Becker’s mindset: “Maybe you don’t need to own all this stuff.” Once he and his wife began giving away their stuff, they discovered an even greater desire and ability to help those in need. They gained God’s perspective on their wealth. Generosity toward the poor is in perfect alignment with the character of God. And aligning our mindset and actions with the character of God is a sure way to avoid foolish ...
3180. A VIP Seat
Luke 14:1-14
Sermon
King Duncan
... in which players could choose to support one another or compete against one another. The results of this study showed that, “The group members who were most generous also enjoyed the highest status in the group, as measured by their reputation within it and their ability to influence its members.” (3) Humility is risky. Others may take advantage of us or look down on us. We may miss out on the temporary rewards of our society. But we will discover a joy that we couldn’t have discovered any other way ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... ’s past. The young woman, held up to public shame, hid her face and cried. Then the pastor’s son stood to address the angry crowd. “What is on trial here is not my fiancée’s past. That has already been dealt with. What you are questioning is the ability of the blood of Jesus to wash away sin. Today you have put the blood of Jesus on trial. So, does it wash away sin or not?” Well, does it? Did Jesus die for nothing? And if Jesus’ blood was sufficient to wash away our sins, then isn’t it ...
Sermon
Dave Zuchelli
... our Christian faith, we understand more and more that there are things we need to do (as well as other things we should avoid). As our pilgrimage through this life winds through the villages and towns of our existence, we slowly gain confidence in the ability of Jesus to get us to the New Jerusalem. We ultimately learn that many legs of the journey will be hard, and there will be things we’d just rather avoid. Yet, we tackle these hardships — these uncomfortable interludes — because we have learned we ...
3183. High Anxiety
Luke 10:38-42
Sermon
Lori Wagner
... well-intentioned, that cause us anxiety. The more pressure we put on ourselves to “succeed and get something done in order to live up to our standards, or a bar set by our inner critic,” the more our anxiety grows. Breakdown happens when our ability to reach one of our self-imposed bars appears more and more elusive. The sense of order, completion, success, and self-worth that we’ve wrapped into our self-expectation begins to feel threatened. What happens? We begin not only to doubt ourselves but we ...
Sermon
Lori Wagner
... gospels drive home this quote more than once, for Jesus is adamant, the Sabbath was not intended to burden people but to ease their burden. Whether the man with a withered hand or this woman bent and disabled, Jesus restores their ability to function as a vital part of their community again. Not only is their physicality restored, but their dignity, their relationships, their name, their future. Their shame has been negated, their “sin” removed, their past wiped clean, their damaged reputations restored ...
3185. Find Joy Again!
Romans 15:4-13
Sermon
Charley Reeb
... God of joy, fun, and play. (Campolo, Let Me Tell You a Story, pages 12 and 13, Nashville, Word Publishing, 2000.) But something happened to our world. We lost our joy. We lost our sense of fun and laughter. Sin and cynicism crept in and caused us to lose our ability to play. God wanted us to get our joy back, so he decided to come to us in Jesus Christ. One of the things God said to us in Jesus was; “I have come that they might have life and have it in all of it abundantly!” (John 10:10 ...
3186. Watch This!
Luke 14:1, 7-14
Sermon
Dave Zuchelli
... to me, we should be the ones who are carefully watching. We should be watching for opportunities to touch the lives of the less fortunate. We should be looking for ways to serve our fellow human beings. We should be finding avenues to use the gifts, talents, abilities, and riches the Lord has bestowed upon us. When we fail to do those things, we fail a watching world, we fail the Lord, and consequently, we fail ourselves. We’ve been given so much. We’ve been invited to the Lord’s banquet table. As ...
3187. Missing!
Luke 15:1-10
Sermon
Lori Wagner
... as it were, we however can. And God hopes that we will. Much as a parent hopes that his or her teen will survive the hormones, dangers, and temptations of young and inexperienced adulthood in a yet unknown and sometimes misleading world, trusting in the child’s ability to learn and grow from experience, stability, and roots, God hopes the same for us as well. In a sense, God raises us in faith to love, to dream, to hope, and to rely on God for guidance and wisdom. It doesn’t mean we will never encounter ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... is an employee of Microsoft Corp., and he paid $32,000 for “Diamond Club” season tickets just a few rows behind the Mariners’ home plate. Players and other fans claim that Ercolano’s yelling is so loud and obnoxious that it interferes with their ability to concentrate or enjoy the game. And it’s not just his yelling. Ercolano also makes loud crying noises at batters who argue with the umpire, and yells at short players to “Stand up!” Ercolano’s loud yelling became so disruptive that the team ...
Sermon
King Duncan
... Pinkard. Jonathan was 26 years old, autistic, and in heart failure. His grandmother had been his guardian until her death. Now Jonathan was a ward of the state. Because donor organs are so rare and precious, they are only granted to people who have the ability or the support system to follow a strict health regimen to ensure the organ recipient lives as long as possible. With no family to help him and a disability that made it difficult for Jonathan to care for himself, he was taken off the transplant ...
Sermon
Lori Wagner
... over death –and the great chasm! Throughout the scriptures, the primary symbol for God’s covenant, salvation, and promise is the crossing over of “chasms.” Whether the Red Sea, the Jordan, Jacob’s journey across the river to Esau, or his subsequent “ladder,” the ability to “cross over” has been made possible by the sacrifice of Jesus on our behalf. What an amazing story! Jesus you see can not only close the chasm between us and God initiated by us in the garden, but he can close the gap of ...
3191. The Foreigner
Luke 17:11-19
Sermon
Lori Wagner
... blemish-less. Instead, he healed those who clearly had been kicked about, dirtied by sin, their names muddied by their communities, their countenances bleak. They could now “connect” with God and others in a blameless, full, and intimate way. Their dignity, their ability to connect with others, and their self-image had been entirely restored. Their healing marked a “re-joining” to themselves, to God, and to others. Have you ever gone through a chronic illness, in which you learn to live with a ...
Sermon
Lori Wagner
... the way the “righteous” men treated those why deemed as “sinners” would be the very word used to describe the way they treated Jesus (the cornerstone). These “righteous” men were so taken with themselves, their own judgment, their own ability to determine sin, their own “goodness,” their own power, that they felt justified in dismissing just about everybody else as useless, wrong, inferior…..nothing. Here’s the thing. When you are that overconfident in yourself and your own “goodness ...
Sermon
King Duncan & Angela Akers
... and feel like a fool. But this experience of missing what is obvious is so common that it is even the subject of psychological studies. Alejandro Lleras is a professor of psychology who studies what he calls “inattentional blindness,” or the ability to miss something obvious. He believes that our brains have developed highly selective ways of scanning and sorting information. And this scanning and sorting function in our brain works more efficiently if we “create biases against certain images it deems ...
Sermon
King Duncan & Angela Akers
... common themes appeared in most of them. She wrote about these themes in her book, The Power of Meaning. Her research showed that there are four things that are essential for a life of meaning: a sense of belonging, a sense of purpose, the ability to shape the experiences of our life into a meaningful story and experiences of transcendence. Transcendence is the sense that we are connected to something greater and more awesome than the normal, physical world. (4) When Jesus called to these first men, “Come ...
3195. Rule Breakers
Matthew 5:21-37
Sermon
King Duncan & Angela Akers
... John 4: 7b-8 reads, “Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.” Now there’s a standard for perfection that’s more challenging than following a list of rules. Our ability to love others is a direct reflection of our relationship with God. We cannot separate our relationship with others from our relationship with God. Let’s look at verses 23-24 again: “Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember ...
Sermon
John Jamison
... our control away, but we are to wake up wondering how we can care for others today. That does not mean that we simply sit back and say or do nothing when control is being misused around us. We can speak up, we can take roles that give us the ability to participate in leadership. But whatever we do, we do not do it to gain or keep control. We do it because our role is to do what we believe shows love for others. And while that seems so trite and simple, it is the most difficult thing we are ...
3197. Imagine This
Matthew 3:13-17
Sermon
John Jamison
... impudent at times, even arguing with his teachers about some finer points of the various laws. In my mind, he could be a bit cocky, sure of himself, convinced that it was his responsibility to defend and enforce the laws to the absolute best of his ability. And, in my imagination, that is what led him to make the trip down to the Jordan River that morning to evaluate the rumors of a possible new threat there. Remember, this is just my imagination talking here now. There is nothing written to support this ...
Sermon
Charley Reeb
... that his taste had returned. What most people would call a bland dinner had become the best meal he had eaten in his life. Through losing his taste and then regaining it, [his] father learned to relish each morsel as never before. He became thankful for the ability to taste because he now had a reference point. He would never forget what it was like to eat tasteless food. “You don’t have to lose something in order to be thankful,’ says Crockett. ‘You can develop a taste for your blessings by simply ...
Sermon
Lori Wagner
... his time on earth was waning. He needed to know that his mission would be carried on, that the establishment of his kingdom of the heart would take root and flourish. Everything he had taught his disciples during his time with them depended on their ability to carry it forward. So, he chose his disciples carefully. Some of them had been disciples of John. John passed the baton to Jesus by encouraging several of his own disciples to follow Jesus instead. One of those who heeded John’s advice was Andrew ...
3200. Invictus
Romans 5:1-11
Sermon
Dr. Ronald Love
... years, Keller went on to become a political activist and lecturer. Helen Keller, who understood suffering, but also understood endurance and character, once said, “Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.” The ability to overcome suffering results in endurance and character . William Ernest Henley was a poet. He had tuberculosis which caused him to have his left leg amputated below the knee. Lying in bed at the Edinburgh Infirmary, Henley faced the prospect of ...
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