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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. Some Women's Stories

John 7:45--8:11

Sermon

Carl Jech

... have been effectively barred from playing major roles in the more traditional Christian churches? Our culture has done a great job of teaching women to express their emotional and intuitive side, but then has failed to take seriously enough the role of feeling and intuition in our theology and our institutions. Walter Wangerin Jr., pastor and author of The Book of the Dun Cow and other successful books, has observed that for a majority of Christians, literature is suspect "because it does not seem explicit ...

3177. Divine Liturgy, Divine Play, Divine Comedy

John 13:31-38

Sermon

Carl Jech

... such grace is a spontaneous gratitude that spills over and becomes a channel of that grace to others. We love one another just as Jesus loves us. Sadly, however, when many people say "thank you," they actually demonstrate their inability to receive a gift graciously. They feel that every favor must be returned. A "thank you" becomes a way of evening the score, of making sure that you haven't given me more than I have given you. There is nothing wrong with sharing favors and gifts in a spirit of mutual give ...

3178. Persistence in Being Fishers of Men

Luke 5:1-11

Bulletin Aid

Carl Hoefler

... is to hear the call to become fishers of men. People: We know we are to be fishers of men, but sometimes we feel discouraged when our work does not produce results. Pastor: When Peter felt that way, he still followed Jesus' advice to let the nets down ... can fish become fishermen! Right now we are torn between the two. We hear you calling us to be fishers of men; but we feel like we need to be caught a little better ourselves. Forgive us for our slow conversion to being fishers of men. Remove all sinful ...

3179. God Never Ceases to do New Things for His Children

Isaiah 43:14-28

Bulletin Aid

Carl Hoefler

... look eagerly for what is to come, just as surely as that which has been. We pray through Christ our Lord. Amen. Prayer of Confession Dear God, sometimes when we compare our present experiences with the divine drama of history, we feel discouraged because we do not feel as delivered as those who were led through the wilderness. Forgive us for letting our faith suffer to the point that we do not expect, or even hope for your intervention in our undesirable situations. Revive us with new expectations of your ...

3180. The Spirit Will Lead Us in Truth

John 16:5-16

Bulletin Aid

Carl Hoefler

... which he promised: Make our spirits and our wills receptive to the Spirit's leading; that we may live in the will of our Lord and Savior, through whom we pray. Amen. Prayer of Confession In the silence of our hearts, Father, and the sensitivity of our minds, we feel the very presence of our Lord through his gift of the Spirit of truth. But our human nature teaches us how to close our hearts and minds to your will. Forgive us when we avoid, or even contradict our Lord's will for our lives. Help us to yield ...

3181. Joy over One Penitent Sinner

Luke 15:1-10

Bulletin Aid

Carl Hoefler

... his love and forgiveness. People: We have all experienced the thrill of finding things we have lost, so we know the joy that God feels. Pastor: God is happy for each one who repents, because that is one more who is saved from sin. People: We pray for God ... Amen. Prayer of Confession We believe the church must minister in a sinful world, Father; but at the same time we feel Christians should separate themselves from sinners to resist their influence. Forgive us for knowing our mission, but aborting it by making ...

3182. God's Judgment on the Wicked and the Righteous

Malachi 2:17--3:5

Bulletin Aid

Carl Hoefler

... in the name of Jesus. Amen. Prayer of Confession We sometimes wonder, Father, what difference there really is between the wicked and the righteous. Unbelievers seem to get along as well as, if not better than, the righteous; and we are human enough to feel that is unfair. Forgive us for wanting to be in control of your blessings and your wrath. Give us determination in our faithfulness, and confidence in the justice of your judgment, that we may be saved from the severity of your wrath through the grace ...

3183. We Prefer Justice to Mercy

Luke 15:11-32

Illustration

Lee Griess

... the cartoon strip, Calvin and Hobbes. Calvin is a little boy with an overactive imagination and a stuffed tiger, Hobbes, who comes to life as his imaginary friend. In one cartoon strip, Calvin turns to his friend Hobbes and says, "I feel bad I called Susie names and hurt her feelings. I'm sorry I did that." Hobbes replies, "Maybe you should apologize to her." Calvin thinks about it for a moment and then responds, "I keep hoping there's a less obvious solution." We have trouble accepting those whom God ...

3184. After A Lost Election, Field Of Dreams

Jeremiah 8:4--9:26

Sermon

James Angell

... he voted for Jones. I wasn't shattered by that turn of events. I would have been surprised to have been chosen, given my very junior qualifications. But I remember walking home from the council chamber that night with a new lightness of spirit, with some feelings of freedom that seemed to say, "If you're determined to go to Seminary, you can still go. The light has just gone green." I was ordained on a February night in 1950, after it had snowed most of the afternoon. Many of the highways that surrounded ...

3185. Windows Of Wonder

Sermon

James Angell

... anyway, and they're free. Try to have every sermon include what Dr. Ross Snyder called "one big scene." Remain with an illustration once you begin. And whether it is a major or minor one, sufficiently long enough to allow worshippers to see and feel the action involved, its latent emotional power - rather than settling for a two-sentence "passing reference." Honor the Bible's own treasury of illustrations. But don't be confined to them. Today's world is a different one from the Bible's typically pastoral ...

3186. The Aim Of Preaching: To Bestow The Kiss Of Life

John 20:19-23

Sermon

James Angell

... in the early evening as we walk along the ocean with the sun falling into the distant horizon, or as huge forces out of control. God may also seem vividly present to us as we enter upon new forms of experience. Like a first week at college - feeling alone, yet not alone. When two people marry. Or when a child is born, an event that starts the world over. God swoops, slides, or sneaks mysteriously into our common life and life is suddenly different. The breath of God. The breath of amazement. Of our best ...

3187. ASAPH: The Fish Who Taught Courage

Jonah 1:1-17

Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... Asaph's belly. Just then Asaph noticed something else kind of funny. The sea was alright and the storm was over but his belly sure did feel funny with that man moving around in it. Asaph asked in a loud fish voice, "Who is it down there that is walking around in my ... Asaph agreed to take Jonah to some dry land and spit him out so that he could continue with his journey. It sure was a funny feeling riding inside of a great fish but Jonah had a lot of time to think and one of the best thoughts that lie had was ...

3188. Hermon: The Camel Who Was Humbled

Matthew 19:24

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... are closed, and we will have to enter through the needle's eye." The owner knew what a proud camel Hermon was and he knew his feelings would be hurt when his handsome carrier saw what he must do to enter the city. There really was no other way, for the enemy ... for the first time. It felt good to be humble. I suppose you know, boys and girls, the same thing is true of us. We too feel good when we are humble and not proud. God teaches us to use ourselves for other people's happiness and that in so doing we will ...

3189. The Box

Drama

Cynthia Mercati Prigge

... up and - here I was. SECOND PERSON: You woke up and - there you were? In the box? Just like that? FIRST PERSON: I'm afraid so. SECOND PERSON: Didn't you have any warning? Didn't you have any symptoms? FIRST PERSON: I did have this feeling, kind of a - a suffocating feeling. My head was kind of clogged. SECOND PERSON: Like a cold? FIRST PERSON: Not exactly. I felt - locked in. Tight. Like there was no where to go, no one to go to. And then this morning - here I was. SECOND PERSON: Why, this could happen to ...

3190. The Bridge

John 1:1-18, Matthew 2:1-12, Luke 2:8-20, Luke 2:1-7, Luke 1:26-38, Genesis 3:1-24

Drama

H. J. Hizer

... to do and I can't count on any help. Do I have to do everything myself? Oh, the agony of it all -- sometimes I feel like I'm in Hell. One: Uh, but you are in Hell, Lowliness. Five: Propaganda -- how could you let Jospeh believe that absurd story Mary ... I want you to go up there -- now here's what you do -- [Exits] Three: Don't anybody tell his Lowliness, but sometimes I get the feeling that the Bridge is Good. Two: It is Good. One: It's really Good. Two: That's bad -- that's really bad. SCENE 9 HUMAN ARENA ...

3191. Living Passionately

Luke 4:14-30

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... Revelation: "I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot, and because you are neither cold nor hot, but lukewarm, I will spit you out of my mouth." To how many churches our Lord must be saying that today! So often I feel like the Word of God is being proclaimed to the same audience to which many of our radio and television commercials are addressed - people with sluggish livers, nervous headachy depression, sagging appetites, loss of pep and energy, tired blood, limp, lethargic, lusterless, languid ...

3192. Natural Or Supernatural?

Luke 9:28-36

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... that they can really depend upon. Like Russian peasants, they find that crop rotations and proper fertilization is more effective than the holy water - but they kind of hate giving up the holy water. So, they stand in the natural, and they feel rather silly, as we all feel silly, don't we, crying for favors up to the supernatural? What is really silly is this stupid picture of the split cosmos. This is one world. It is one spiritual system throughout, and we never get what we want until we fulfill ...

3193. Why I Believe In The Resurrection

John 20:1-9

Sermon

Brett Blair

... . He said to himself, “What a terrible son I am! I have caused my dad great pain.” It seemed that was all he could remember after his fathers death—the pain he caused his dad. Finally, the young boy went to see his pastor and told him about the deep feelings of guilt and about breaking his dad’s thumb. The young boy… well, let me tell you in the boy’s own words, he said: I’ll never forget how my pastor handled that. He was so great. He came around the desk with tears in his eyes. He sat ...

3194. The Law of the Spirit

John 13:34

Illustration

Brett Blair

... and what is unacceptable behavior. To be sure, society will fail if it's people reject law. But law can only go so far. It can dictate to us what we can and cannot do but it is powerless to dictate to us what we think and what we feel. When Jesus says, "A new commandment I give to you," I want you to hear those words within the context of community law. When the disciples, or the Jews, talked about Commandments they were discussing laws for acceptable behavior in society. Now, I want you to hear how utterly ...

3195. Overlooked, but Not Forgotten

John 14:15-31

Illustration

Lee Griess

... Even though my values have changed and my outlook is different, I still remember how I felt -- completely forgotten and totally unappreciated." Friends: if one of the greatest basketball players of all time can feel forgotten, how about the rest of us who are not blessed with the talent and skill that he has? We know how it is to feel forgotten and unappreciated. We've been down that road. But the good news this morning is that God will not forget us. God tells us that we are somebody -- and in baptism God ...

3196. The Day of the Lord Is Coming

1 Thessalonians 4:13--5:11

Bulletin Aid

James Wilson

... . In Christ we pray. Amen. Prayer Of Confession Lord, so often when we think Your return will still be many years away, death reminds us judgment can come in the blink of an eye. Too often, like small children, we feel we still have a lifetime with which to play. Forgive us, Lord, and help us to know the joy we feel when we are serving You is really what we have been seeking all along. In Christ we pray. Amen. Hymns "The Morning Light Is Breaking" "Give Of Your Best To The Master" "Almost Persuaded"

3197. The Friend At Midnight

Luke 11:1-13

Sermon

Brett Blair

... just speaking to ourselves, or are we speaking to God? Do we merely ask for something, or do we ask to be transformed? If you feel somewhat inadequate in knowing how prayer works and exactly how to pray, then take heart you are in good company. For none other than the disciples ... on the Boss Tweed element. At first they seemed to make headway. But as the campaign drug on they began to feel the pressures of machine politics. Many of these good people began to drop out. When the election was held and the ...

3198. Come From Anywhere

Matthew 15:21-28

Sermon

... bridge across any chasm, slender and frail maybe, but by it any soul can cross over. Faith is a road from anywhere, steep and rough perhaps, but by it any soul can come unerringly to the Master. Faith is a guide-rope along which those without sight may feel their way to touch the Redeemer's reaching hand. Putting it another way: Christ sends his signals out That all the world may see, And by his signals says, "Whoever will may come to me." Faith is the lighted path By which the willing pilgrims come, And by ...

3199. The Importance of Believing

Matthew 16:13-20

Sermon

... , for the time of darkness, they have a light. If turbulence swirls around them, peace abides within. If tomorrow is uncertain, eternity is sure. When things close in, they can look up. When sorrow overtakes them, they know that joy is somewhere ahead. Sensitized for feeling, their capacities expanded, they can experience at the same time the joy of the Lord and the heartache of a world; in one heart they can hold a passionate hatred of all that is evil and a loving compassion for all who hurt. These are ...

3200. The Quality of Mercy

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

... sinews get loosened up and how they become "toned" for the forgiving touch of God. Our forgiveness of others is an exercise of spirit which stretches and enlarges our capacities, opens up the inner spaces of our life, makes us more capable of being and feeling. To put this into the most simple of figures, God cannot bestow his forgiveness unless we have some place to put it! And to provide that place we need the soul-stretching exercise of forgiving people their offenses against us. I have been saying that ...

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