Sermon and Worship Resources

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

Showing 301 to 325 of 633 results

301. What's in It for Me?

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

Michael Milton

... the class for any signs of misbehavior, the class could take no more of June. The class erupted into a giant spitball arena. It was absolute anarchy. Suddenly, June got hit—right in the face. There was silence. We wondered what would happen. June put down her chalk, bent over, got the spitball, and threw it back. She was a part of the anarchy! June Day was not perfect! She could not keep up her veneer of perfection. She was a party to the crime. It was then, as June’s arm was cocked back ready to ...

302. Prayer

Psalm 42:1-11

Sermon

Maxie Dunnam

... allow us to be totally dependent on God. We move in and out of a trustful relationship with God. Even though we experience “rest” and meaning, purpose and joy in times of yielding to God’s will and way for our life, something within us, our bent to sin and self-reliance, keeps pulling us away from that state of “yieldedness” and trustful relationship with God. That is the reason a big part of prayer is dealing with our prideful self. We will talk about this more when we talk about naming ourselves ...

303. An Incredible Encounter

Genesis 32:22-31

Sermon

Arley K. Fadness

... ." When scientists sequestered themselves in an artificial environment called Biosphere 2, they discovered that nearly every weather condition could be simulated except one, wind. Over time, the effects of their windless environment became apparent. A number of acacia trees bent over and even snapped. Without the stress of the wind to strengthen the wood, the trunks grew weak and could not hold up their own weight. Someone named it "the adversity principle." Problems make us stronger. Life without challenge ...

304. Free Living Water for All

Exodus 17:1-7

Sermon

Arley K. Fadness

... tool, a dowser's staff? Was it a divining rod or a mysterious ploy -- a bit of both? An elderly man by the name of Fred was engaged by the leaders of the city of Custer, South Dakota, some years ago. Fred was a witcher. So, with copper wires bent a certain way and held tightly in his hands, he traversed a designated area and determined, to the chagrin of everyone, a spot where he predicted the precise number of feet needed to dig down for a city well and where he predicted the precise number of gallons per ...

305. Writing the Law on Our Hearts

Jeremiah 31:31-34

Sermon

Charles L. Aaron

... even further away. Sometimes God seems far away because somewhere in our past our understanding of God got all twisted up. Some purple-faced preacher snarled at us about a punishing God or told us that some horrible thing was God's will, and our view of God got bent out of shape. The way it often happens is that a young child will experience the death of a loved one -- a sibling or a parent -- and some well-meaning soul will tell the child that the death was God's will. The child then carries that anger at ...

306. Life, Death, and Judgment

Romans 14:1-12

Sermon

Jeff Wedge

... received no warnings from you." A hideous grin spread across the skeletal features, and then came a response: "What about your failing eyesight, your dimmed sense of hearing, your grey and falling hair, your lost teeth, the wrinkles on your face, your bent body, your dwindling powers, your vanishing memory? Were these things not unmistakable signs and warnings of my impending arrival?" We want so much to avoid the results of our actions, especially when they look like something we will dislike, some sort of ...

307. Are You Trying to Prove Something?

Genesis 12:1-9

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... this was for everyone, he was still preaching, he said, "Ma'am, have you ever seen a cat carry her kittens?" No response. The woman just sat, starred straight ahead. "Well you know," he says, "the kitten has to let go. The kitten has to slump, like this." Then he bent over at the waist, his arms hanging down in front of him. Then he stood up again to his full height, and he said, "Relax ma'am. That's the only way God is going to get a hold of you." That is what Paul learned. He had to go ...

308. Now Try Forgiveness

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... woman who picked up her young girl at a preschool. She had a lot of errands to run before she went home to fix dinner for her family. She went to the post office first to get her mail. As she reached for her mail box, there was a woman bent over to get the mail out of her box. The first woman brushed the head of the second woman with her arm. She apologized, and then stepped back to read her mail. She was about to walk away when the other woman came at her, head down, and rammed her ...

309. Now What Do We Do?

John 1:1-18

Sermon

Mark Trotter

310. The Paraclete Is Not a Bird

John 14:23-29

Sermon

Mark Trotter

... knew she would never make it, but it was her turn, so she moved forward to the wings where Miss Caroline was waiting. She could see how nervous Ann Louise was. Her body had become stiff and rigid. Miss Caroline put her hands on Ann Louise's shoulders, and bent down to whisper in her ear, "You have worked hard. You know this piece. You have nothing to fear. And remember, I am counting with you all the way." With a little shove she pushed Ann Louise out onto the stage where, all of a sudden, she was facing ...

311. In the Darkness of Despair, There Is the Light of Hope

Isaiah 9:1-7

Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

... to have a live manger scene in front of the church. One of the men built a stable. The Sunday afternoon of the first performance, I went to the church to put the light in the stable. I carefully held it in place and secured it with several nails. I bent down to pick up one more nail, and when I looked back up, the light fell and hit me right above my left eye. I ran inside and called my wife and told her to come quickly and take me to the emergency clinic. I was bleeding too badly to ...

312. The Tree That Didn't Get Trimmed

Romans 11:33-34

Drama

Matthew Powell

... branches are too skimpy. Storyteller 2: So the grocer said, Grocer: If I chop off the top, it wouldn't be so bad. Storyteller 1: The tree shuddered, the customers passed on to look at others. Some of his branches ached Tree: (Sadly) where the grocer bent them down to make my shape more attractive. Storyteller 2: Across the street was a five-and-dime store. Its bright windows were full of scarlet odds and ends. When the door opened, he could see Tree: people crowded along the aisles, cheerfully jostling one ...

313. Proper 6

Genesis 18:1-15, Romans 5:1-8, Matthew 9:35 – 10:8 (9-23), Matthew 9:35-38, 10:1-42, Romans 5:1-11

Bulletin Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... . Second, we are his by redemption - "You have seen what I did to the Egyptians ... and brought you to myself" (v. 4). Epistle: Romans 5:1-8; 6-11 1. Amazing Grace. The love of God is seen in Jesus' dying for sinners - worthless, evil, polluted people who are forever bent on doing evil. What did God see in a fallen man that he would give his Son to save a people like that? It is not human to do it; we would hardly die for a glorious man, let alone a wicked one. "While we were yet sinners" - a glorious ...

314. In the Darkness of Suspicion, There Is the Light of Devotion

Matthew 2:1-12

Sermon

Thomas A. Pilgrim

... before. But, I would suggest that there ought to be something different about us because we have been able to see again a star of wonder, to hear again the angels sing, to hear again the cry of a babe, and have our hearts strangely warmed because God has bent low to the earth, again. Today, I remind us of the story of the visit of the Magi, three Wise Men from the east, to the holy family in Bethlehem. We have been thinking during these weeks about the theme: The light of Bethlehem still shines on. Today ...

315. Pentecost! Slow ... and Sure!

John 20:19-23

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... still that way today, isn't it? There are those who continually absent themselves from the gatherings of the body here who later pay us a visit and then wonder what on earth is going on. "Why are you so glad when I'm so glum?" "Why are you so bent on world missions when I can't even get over my guilt?" "Why do you seem to have in your life the absence of those things harmful and the presence of those things helpful?" And the answer is forever that the risen Lord Jesus has come and stopped in our ...

316. History: His Story

Matthew 21:33-46

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... . So, finally Jesus said, the owner sent his only son, thinking, "Surely they well respect my son, the heir." But when they saw him, they killed him, gloating, "Now the vineyard will be all ours!" Yes, Jesus said, history is like that. There is something in our bent, sinful nature that will not be owned, will not be ruled, will not accept orders, will not worship, and Jesus said the history of civilization is but the working out of that sin. Years back, I caught my two pre-school-age sons in my Jeep. They ...

317. God, The Venture Capitalist?

Matthew 25:14-30

Sermon

Stephen M. Crotts

... am eager to preach." "I am not ashamed" (Romans 1:14-16). It is as if God had given Paul a great wealth that he was in turn to pass along to others. I read in the New York Times of a college graduate who moved to the big city bent on making his fortune in banking. He was driving a very nice car, a graduation gift from his older brother. One day as he was getting into his car, a poor inner city child of twelve stood admiring the car. "My brother gave it to me," the young banker explained ...

318. Lost and Found

Luke 15:1-7

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... as the media dubbed her, a tiny two year old who somehow managed to fall down an abandoned well-pipe with an unbelievably narrow diameter, which made sending anyone or any equipment in after her impossible. The little girl's body was wedged tight, bent in two at the waist, dozens of feet below ground. After conventional rescue techniques all failed, the small Texas community turned all its brawn and willpower loose. They determined they must dig a new, intersecting rescue tunnel in order to free the trapped ...

319. Eleven Plus One

Acts 2:1-13

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... past have castigated Thomas as the doubter, the modern world understands the demands of his rational, logical, and linear mind. In fact, Thomas gives hope to all those who live their lives without ever seeing a vision, and to all those with a skeptical bent. Jesus honored and proved himself to the most scientific of minds. Just as his name "Didymus" suggests, Thomas has a twin nature. A doubtful, penetrating, and skeptic mind on the one hand, Thomas boasts a simple, loving heart on the other. When Jesus ...

320. Four Cornerstones

Ephesians 2:11-22

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... It's Dreiser's argument that we've developed a listening ear for the voice of materialism, and can hear the "voice of the so-called inanimate." Dreiser does this through his heroine in Sister Carrie: "When she came within an earshot of their pleading, desire in her bent a willing ear. Ah, ah! The voice of the so-called inanimate. Who shall translate for us the language of the stones? 'My dear,' said the lace collar she secured from Partridge's, 'I fit you beautifully; don't give me up.' 'Ah such little feet ...

321. Let Familiarity Breed Contentment

Hebrews 13:1-25

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... classic children's stories, it's as much for adults as for children. The Phantom Tollbooth is the tale of the young boy Milo's encounter on his odd journey an invisible city. It is filled with crowds of people rushing about, heads bent over their shoes, intent upon their various destinations. But their city has disappeared – an event they haven't even yet noticed. As Milo watches in astonishment the citizens disappear into invisible doorways, step into invisible buses, even eat invisible food. Since they ...

322. Missing the Mark

1 Samuel 8:1-22

Sermon

Charles Allo

... how. v3: But his sons did not walk in his ways. They turned aside after dishonest gain and accepted bribes and perverted justice. 1. natah betsa "stretch out to profit ...by violence" 2. laqach shachad "take bribes" 3. natah mishpat "bent justice" Extortion. Bribery. Untrustworthy. The sons of Samuel resembled the mob of our day. They were corrupt. They accepted bribes from those who were rich and decided against those who were poor, those who were innocent. Through relationship or intimidation, they ...

323. Who Put It There? (Mother's Day)

1 Peter 5:1-11

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... angel circled the model of the mother very slowly. 'It's too soft,' she sighed. 'But tough!' said the Lord excitedly. 'You cannot imagine what this mother can do or endure.' 'Can it think?' 'Not only think, but it can reason and compromise,' said the Creator. Finally the angel bent over and ran her finger across the cheek. 'There's a leak,' she pronounced. 'I told you you were trying to put too much into this model.' 'It's not a leak," said the Lord, 'it's a tear.' 'What's it for?' 'It's for joy, sadness ...

324. Be Kind

Ephesians 4:17--5:21

Sermon

James McCormick

... to the door. The woman was already seated in a wheelchair. “How much do I owe you?” she asked, reaching into her purse. “Nothing,” I said. “You have to make a living,” she answered. “There are other passengers,” I responded. Almost without thinking, I bent over and gave her a hug. She held onto me tightly. “You gave an old woman a little moment of joy,” she said. “Thank you”. I squeezed her hand, then walked into the dim morning light. Behind me, a door shut. It was the sound ...

325. Christmas 2

Psalm 147:1-20, Jeremiah 30:1--31:40, Ephesians 1:1-14, John 1:1-18

Sermon Aid

Marion L. Soards, Thomas B. Dozeman, Kendall McCabe

... those designing either preaching or worship. One may cluster and contemplate the statements in these verses in terms of point of view: poetic confession (1:1-5, 10-12a, 14, 16); historical reporting about John the Baptist (1:6-7, 15); and narrative commentary—frequently with a confessional bent— (1:8-9, 12b -13, 17-18). Or, one may divide the passage in terms of poetic (1:1-5, 10-12a, 14, 16) or prose (1:6-9, 12b -13, 15, 17-18) style. Significance. There is room in this brief space to treat only the ...

Showing results