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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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301. Proper 14

Mt 14:22-33 · Rom 9:1-5 · Ex 14:19-31 · Ps 106:4-12

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John R. Brokhoff

... the short story of Jesus' walking on water Peter calls Jesus "Lord." This is a term expressing the divine nature of Jesus. He is the Messiah, Son of God. Jesus is acknowledged as supreme being, top authority and sole leader. Because he was and is Lord - A. He had the ability to defy natural law by walking on water - v. 25 B. He had the grace to save from death - v. 31 C. He was worthy of worship - v. 33 6. Human Reactions to a Successful Storm (14:22-33). If a storm threatens to destroy your home and your ...

302. God's Descending Spirit

John 20:19-23

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Leonard H. Budd

... put the deepest knowledge into words. Another, by the same spirit, is granted faith; another, by the one spirit, gifts of healing and other miraculous powers, another has the gift of prophecy, and another the ability to distinguish true spirits from false, yet another has the gift of ecstatic utterance of different kinds and another the ability to interpret it. But all these gifts are the work of one and the same spirit." (1 Corinthians 12:7-11) I am not old enough and, I hope, am honest enough, never to ...

303. Unfinished Journeys

Deuteronomy 34:1-12

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Erskine White

... to pick one path and pursue it doggedly to the end. It has more to do with how well we are able to change paths and shift directions when the situation demands it. Most of all, the art of living is the ability to respond with grace and faith when the journeys we make in life are interrupted and left unfinished. If I may use the analogy of sports: life is not like a track meet, where you run in a straight, predictable direction until you finish the race. Life is more like ...

304. Proper 20

Luke 16:1-15, Psalm 113:1-9, Psalm 130:1-8, Amos 8:1-14, Hosea 11:1-11, 1 Timothy 2:1-15

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George Bass

... and whom he justified in his glorious resurrection. Our business is to make the sounds of the resurrection loud enough that the whole world will hear them; they need to be heard above the din of daily life, assuring people of God's love and of his ability to help and sustain us in every situation we encounter in life. God has the power to heal our infirmities, to undergird our efforts to live the good life in Christ, and to support us when suffering tends to weaken and diminish our faith. The church year ...

305. Beyond Denominationalism

John 13:31-38

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Thomas Slavens

... work together in a common cause, they relegate denominational bigotry to its proper place. We who seek to love other Christians will probably be challenged to surrender some of the traditions that separate ‘‘us’’ from ‘‘them.’’ Our ability to allow others freedom of conscience may determine our ability to work for the ecumenical movement. We who seek to love other Christians should pray for them. If the one holy universal church becomes real in the world, it will be ultimately an act of God ...

306. Doors to God

Mark 12:28-34

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Thomas Slavens

... stomachs drawn from lack of milk, of civil servants who resist the temptation of selfish aims, of all who suffer persecution from hates of race and creed, keep us growing, O God. To appreciate those with whom we are united in one common task, for the ability to see the fruits of our common efforts, which in unexpected ways appear to encourage and delight us, keep us growing, O God. To give ourselves in fresh acts of faith which through the years mature into committed lives, keep us growing, O God. And then ...

307. The Strength of the Master

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Thomas Slavens

... in our generation to good works, especially for those who find avenues of service in the church, we are grateful. For those who serve in local churches as well as in regional, national and world organizations of the church we thank You. Grant to us the ability and the desire to continue to grow in Your service. Give us glimpses of the vastness of the Christian world enterprise and give us courage and devotion to contribute to it. Help us to envision what one person might do for You in the world. Help ...

308. The High Cost of Christian Living

Matthew 16:24-28

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Thomas Slavens

... moderns as freshly today as it did to those to whom it was originally spoken. To give people the way and the strength to accomplish his tasks, God has sent his Son and his Spirit. In God, then, not in the self alone, do Christians find the ability to deny ourselves, take up our crosses and follow the Christ. A young man graduated from a school of journalism and was given a job in a large newspaper office. For weeks he had been assigned to the classified ad department doing routine, uncreative work. Then his ...

309. Black Preaching: A Four-Cornered Universe

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Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... text, the preacher must devote time to analyzing both the text and the context of scripture. Such analyses are often influenced by what the text literally and figuratively says rather than what it does not say. A hallmark of black preaching has been its ability to imaginatively take the things not said in the text and apply them to today's context in ways which provide new insight and meaning into the biblical text and black hearers. While traditionalists may view this as a form of isogesis or interpolation ...

310. Hostage Crisis

1 Kings 19:1-8

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Carlyle Fielding Stewart

... used to destroy and intimidate are not AK-47's, but weapons designed to dash the spirit and defuse the joy for Christ of the people of God. Three basic things lead to hostage situations in the people of God. First is loss of faith in God's ability to deliver. Second is fear of reprisals and repercussion for doing the things of God, and third is outright ignorance to the best laid plans of God for us. We see in our scripture lesson today a classic case of spiritual hostage taking. Elijah, called by God, is ...

311. Moving Words

Matthew 10:1-42

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Larry Goodpaster

... instructions for the marchers, the pilgrims who need some direction to stay on the right road and finish the journey. I played in the high school band before the days of flag corps, rifle drill teams and dance routines. Everything depended on the band and its abilities and talents in playing and marching. Every week we had to learn an entire new set of songs, to go with our new marching formations to be performed at half time of the football games. We all received our instructions early in the week and then ...

312. Illusion Or Reality?

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Harold Warlick

... is a different view. If we, out of comfort and habit, always go to the same window and focus on the same buildings, the same trees, and the same horizon, we overlook some things in our lives that need attention. Our power in life exists in our ability to risk occasionally becoming uncomfortable enough to change the focus of our attention.26 In the light of this fact about life, Jesus speaks to us in Luke 16 a parable. It begins, "There was a rich man." The words haunt us because it is a terrible thing ...

313. The Priesthood Of All Believers

Exodus 19:1-25

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Walter Kimbrough

... who stayed together even in a pit of execution with curiosity seekers standing by looking on is impressive. They were together on one accord. Because priests are on the same team with a common enemy, they will consistently stand together in support of each other. The ability to assist each other is of paramount importance in the life of a priest. All believers in Jesus Christ are called to priestly functions. Ours is a job of servant in the world. We major in helping each other in the interest of the whole ...

314. God’s Ultimate Concern

Exodus 20:1-21

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Walter Kimbrough

... academically, finishing third in her graduating class and had received a full four-year scholarship to college. With no money and no job, the woman convinced the jeweler that she would pay every dime that she owed. Faith became two-dimensional -- the woman had faith in her ability to pay and the jeweler had faith that she would keep her word. Faith was at work. The gospel writer Mark records the event where there was a woman who was poor and widowed. This woman was at worship and at the time of the offering ...

315. The Road To Jericho

Luke 18:35-43

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Thomas A. Pilgrim

... surgery. So the possibilities were frightening. I remember saying to the doctor, "I only need one good eye. More than that I need to be able to speak." I knew a preacher needed his voice more than he needed his vision. But still I did not want to lose the ability to see. None of us would want to lose our sight. Think how it might have been if you had been born blind - if you had never been able to see. The roads Jesus chose to follow carried him always closer to Jerusalem. At one point Luke writes in his ...

316. Called in From Off-stage

1 Samuel 16:1-13

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Donald Zelle

... wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth, but God chose what is foolish in the world." (1 Corinthians 1:26, 27) There is something else God does when he calls people in from off-stage. He gives them the ability to play their role. He takes them from what appears to be an inferior position and gives them the wisdom and insight to do their task. David was anointed without and within. It was by his God-given prowess that he confronted a giant, Goliath. It was ...

317. Our Time Will Come!

1 Samuel 16:14-23

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Donald Zelle

... which he had been chosen by God, and anointed. He knew his time would come. Knowing the right time is important for all of us. We who are used to having everything at our fingertips for easy access and control have difficulty with patience. We who have the ability, by snapping a switch or pushing a button, to have a machine do our work for us, expect instant results. We who can only read about the decades and centuries it took to build a single European cathedral, or the hours it took for an American Indian ...

318. See the Light, Be the Light

Matthew 5:13-16

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Johnny Dean

... commandments (you get to pick which ones you want. It’s just too HARD to keep up with 10 of those things!). And of course, our ability to influence society for good can also be compromised if our over-inflated ego at being salt and light causes us to present our agenda, our ... you do – when you do – you will find NOT that you have miraculously done everything perfectly, amazing everyone with your ability and creativity. No. You will find, as I do, that Jesus has been right there with you through it all, ...

319. Conversation or Monologue?

1 Samuel 3:1--4:1

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Johnny Dean

... is. From what I understand, several of them are highly efficient when it comes to getting under the skin of their opponents by the use of verbal punches. I think it’s called "trash-talking" – or at least, it used to be called that. But the ability to stand in front of a group of people and talk about something other than the sport they play is uncommon. Maybe that’s the reason why one interview, conducted with a professional football player, stands out in my mind now, even though it’s been several ...

320. The Dripping of Water

John 13:1-17

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Wallace H. Kirby

... that dripping water stands as a symbol of our human inability to be rid of what we have done and to get back that clean feeling once we have lost it. Jesus' kind of washing does work. The sound of that dripping water stands as a symbol of his ability, through his love expressed on the cross, to help us see ourselves and begin anew, clean and fresh. In one of his plays, George Bernard Shaw portrays a horse thief making a successful getaway from the scene of his latest crime. Suddenly, he turns back to go for ...

321. The Clop, Clop, Clop of a Donkey

Luke 19:28-44

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Wallace H. Kirby

... heard a clop, clop, clop, for this is the way the Saviour rides. A retired Lieutenant Colonel had a very delicate hip operation at a U. S. Army Hospital. He had been crippled by a war injury ten years prior to the surgery, which was performed to improve his ability to walk. Noel was in the hospital for two months. He told me of a young man whom he had met in therapy there. Bitter, cynical, angry at the world because he had lost a leg in the Vietnam struggle, the soldier had not let his family and fiancee ...

322. WHAT IS MAN?

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Larry Powell

... they are believable. We do not resent big companies simply because they are big. We do resent the big PROFITS realized from the exploitation of goods and services. Crises historically have not crippled the American people. We possess an amazing resiliency and ability to recover, adapt, and deal with the situation at hand. In fact, alternate systems (from carburetors to energy sources) have already been developed, but are being withheld by private concerns who are not willing to be milked of their PROFITS. A ...

323. Gifts of Talent

Matthew 25:14-30

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... something and told me to use it and I took it and hid it? (response) Why would I be in trouble? (response) Cause I didn’t do what God told me to do? (response)God has given me something. You know what he gave me? (response) He gave me the ability to play the guitar. Play a short segment of music or show something you’ve drawn. If something can be drawn quickly let the children watch your work. Do you know what else he gave me? (response) What skills and talents do you think he gave to the choir members ...

324. Six Nails of the Cross IV: The Nail of Indecision

Matthew 27:11-26

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Wesley T. Runk

... a child or adult, it indicates that they do not trust his judgment. Thus, they have sown in him a lack of self-confidence, which makes him weak, incapable of decision, less than adult. And so trust is of prime importance -- trust in the person's ability to make a responsible choice, even if the decision seems questionable to us sometimes. I read recently that worry is created by those who live in the past or the future, but never in the present. These people live provisional lives, their lives are never in ...

325. Six Nails of the Cross V: The Nail of Hatred

Luke 6:17-26

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Wesley T. Runk

... loves to tell us that value is measured by the strength of my voice, the size of the group which will come and hear it; the world loves to tell us that value is determined by success, not lowliness. Success is the ability to stand while others fall, the ability to climb over and above the others. Christ came preaching a different message. "Deny yourselves," he said. In humility count others better than yourselves. Look not merely to your own interest, but to the interests of others. Be even like me ... who ...

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